74 m. ago Senior rugby figures believe rebel R360 league all but dead after unions’ statement

Players who sign up would be ineligible for national sidesProposed event yet to be sanctioned by World RugbySenior global rugby figures believe the rebel R360 venture is all but dead unless it can find a way to appease the world’s top nations. In a dramatic move the leading unions collectively made clear this week that players involved in the R360 competition would be ineligible for their national sides and have warned them to treat offers with “extreme caution”.Privately there is a widespread view that those pushing the R360 concept, fronted by the England World Cup winner Mike Tindall, now face a struggle to get the project off the ground if the world’s top male and female players are required to forfeit their international futures to join the rebel league. Continue reading...

Sport

3 h. ago Spain opts for just a single flight for start of new EU entry

Exclusive: UK’s most popular overseas destination will only gradually roll out EES plan across airports, road frontiers and sea ports

Politics

5 h. ago The next JK Rowling just clinched a megabucks deal with Disney to adapt her fantasy series for film

Katherine Rundell’s Impossible Creatures will become a film franchise and is set to become a hit like Harry Potter

Economics

5 h. ago Rian Johnson on Knives Out: Wake Up Dead Man and why murder mysteries shouldn't be 'cosy'

Director Rian Johnson and producer Ram Bergman give the inside track on Knives Out: Wake Up Dead Man ahead of its premiere at the Opening Night Gala at London Film Festival

Events

6 h. ago Jet2 boss criticises 'absolutely disgraceful’ Spain for 'shunning poor tourists'

Jet2 CEO Steve Heapy has criticised the Spanish left-wing government for allegedly attracting rich travellers to the country, saying it goes against its 'socialist utopia'

Politics

8 h. ago The Spanish holiday islands facing migrant 'emergency' as thousands arrive by boat from North Africa

Overall, irregular migration to Spain has fallen this year, but it rose by 170 percent in the Balearics in the first six months of 2025 to around 3,000 people, official data released in August shows.

Events

8 h. ago Warnings issued in Spain for heavy rain, storms and ‘local flash flooding’

Holiday destinations inculding Benidorm, Alicante and Ibiza are set to be affected

Events

8 h. ago Dan Biggar lays out two clear choices for Welsh rugby now in 'categoric' statement

The former Wales fly-half says "something drastic does needs to change" despite the Welsh Rugby Union's plans to halve the number of regions facing widespread opposition

Politics

8 h. ago Louis Tomlinson says Liam Payne death was 'impossibly difficult' despite own tragedies

One Direction star Liam Payne tragically fell to his death at an Argentina hotel in October 2024, and his band mate Louis Tomlinson has opened up about the devastating loss

Events

12 h. ago Louis Tomlinson says Liam Payne's death was 'impossibly difficult' as he addresses 'really uncomfortable' moment 

The 33-year-old singer has reflected on the death of his late One Direction bandmate - who died age 31 on October 16, 2024

Events

13 h. ago 'I'm a skin doctor and there are 3 types of tattoo you should not get'

Some inkings can lead to allergic reactions and others are almost impossible to remove

Politics

13 h. ago Malaysia rejects Fifa accusations it forged players’ citizenship and says it will appeal sanctions

Malaysia’s football association says it will appeal Fifa sanctions and fine after seven players on national team suspended for one yearThe Football Association of Malaysia (FAM) will appeal Fifa’s decision to sanction it for allegedly falsifying the citizenship documents of seven overseas-born players who have been suspended from representing the country for one year.Fifa fined FAM $438,000 this September and suspended the players after it discovered their grandparents were not born in Malaysia as FAM had claimed, but instead in Argentina, Brazil, the Netherlands and Spain. The global football body reiterated its claims about falsified or doctored documentation in a disciplinary committee report released on Monday. Continue reading...

Sport

18 h. ago Only 1% can solve this 'impossible' brainteaser and choose the right cup

A tricky brainteaser has left people scratching their heads as they try to work out which cup will get full first - but only 1% of people will be able to get it right

Politics

21 h. ago Where should YOU buy a home? Our brilliant new interactive tool helps you find the perfect spot based on what you want

There is no perfect place to live. Anyone house-hunting can attest that finding a town or city that ticks every box is all but impossible.

Politics

24 h. ago New technique improves cognitive function in mice with Alzheimer’s

Researchers restored the function of the blood-brain barrier which helped removed amyloid beta plaques.

Politics

26 h. ago ‘Photos don’t go bigger than mine’: the epic, impossible images of the great Andreas Gursky

From Amazon warehouses to Olympic skiers and the crowd at a Madonna gig, his pictures have made him one of the world’s most feted photographers. So why did the German artist want to postpone his new show?Andreas Gursky started out shooting mostly black and white landscapes on a handheld camera, but in the 1990s he switched, taking the pictures that he has now become famous for. Out went analogue and in came epic panoramas that were digitally stitched together, capturing in intricate detail and colour stock exchanges, factories, Amazon warehouses, 99 cent stores, Olympic skiers and the crowd at a Madonna concert.“My works,” he recalls, “were selling for more and more.” In fact, his rising status in the art world was reflected in his photographs inside Prada and Gucci stores – the former was taken while he was waiting for his wife, who was shopping there. Then, in 2011, Gursky’s 1999 colour photograph Rhein II, a horizontal vista of the river flowing across flat fields near Dusseldorf...

Culture

27 h. ago Restricting Spanish holidays to the rich would be ‘disgraceful’, Jet2 boss says

Chief executive Steve Heapy acknowledged some of Spain’s most popular areas have issues with ‘poor tourism management’.

Politics

30 h. ago British fraudster will not attend court in person for confiscation hearing

Mark Acklom previously admitted five counts of fraud against his ex-girlfriend.

Events

31 h. ago DON'T start deleting old state pension records again, Steve Webb urges DWP

Records are usually wiped four years after an individual and their spouse die, but DWP started keeping them after we found widespread underpayments.

Economics

31 h. ago UK Foreign Office issues update for Spain, Greece and more ahead of major rule change

The new rules come into force on October 12

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