61 m. ago Jessie J lets rip at ex Channing Tatum as she brands him a 'beast' and warns 'karma is gonna come one day' in savage new track as she returns to music

The Price Tag hitmaker, 37, is set to release her new album, Don't Tease Me With a Good Time, on Friday after returning to music amid her cancer battle.

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71 m. ago BBC shuts down claims iconic series is returning to our TV screens after 17 years

The BBC has denied that one of its most iconic series is set to make a return to our screens after 17 years.

Culture

72 m. ago Trafford Centre Black Friday will see two major new openings

Black Friday will see two big names open up at the Trafford Centre, in what is set to be a huge day at the giant shopping mall

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73 m. ago Anthony Joshua is brutally honest about Jake Paul's true ability

The boxing duo are set to go head-to-head next month in a profesisonal heavyweight dust-up, and Joshua did not mince his words when offering his verdict on his upcoming foe

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79 m. ago Sports cars and classic style: Behind the scenes with lifestyle creator Nick Howard

When it comes to photography, lifestyle creator Nick Howard-Lanes favours a simple, clean look that’s as stylish as the items he’s capturing. Here we follow him as he spends the day shooting electric sports cars and his own, equally chic, styling, at RBW Electric Cars in Lichfield with the new Samsung Galaxy S25 FE – using the device’s impressive quadruple camera set-up and image-boosting Galaxy AI technology to get a range of sharp shots from close-ups to selfies. Simply click the video to watch.

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85 m. ago ‘They killed my only son’: the young west African footballers scammed by fake agents

Cheikh Touré died after being lured abroad in one of a growing number of extortion schemes tricking talented teenagers with dreams of making it bigThe last time Diodo Sokhna spoke to her teenage son, he seemed subdued, his voice sapped of all the optimism he had set off with on a journey supposed to put him on the road to a career as a professional footballer.After that call Cheikh Touré went silent. His mother’s WhatsApp messages to his phone received only the dreaded single tick, indicating they had not been received. Soon afterwards a man with a foreign accent rang her from a number she did not recognise. He told Sokhna her son was dead and then hung up. Continue reading...

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87 m. ago BBC issue update on future of Grange Hill after 17 years and fans won't be happy

The BBC has denied that an iconic drama is set to make a return to screens after 17 years, following reports suggesting a revival

Politics

89 m. ago Budget 2025 LIVE: Chancellor Rachel Reeves admits people are 'angry' over economy ahead of tax raid statement

A ‘mansion tax’, income tax threshold freeze extension and pay-per-mile levy for electric vehicle drivers are among the measures the Chancellor is expected to announce today

Economics

1 hour ago Blurred Faces, by Allan Radcliffe review: 'an impressive Edinburgh

In exploring what can turn a casual encounter into a loving relationship, Allan Radcliffe’s second novel has the subtlety not to provide easy answers, writes David Robinson

Politics

1 hour ago Ukraine hopes to ride Trump’s carousel of chaos into a peace deal – but Putin is still in charge

The latest round of talks about peace may be drifting Ukraine’s way but Russia is still very active behind the scenes, writes world affairs editor Sam Kiley

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1 hour ago Reeves to extend scheme which boosts savings with up to £1,200 of free cash for those on low incomes

The 'Help to Save' scheme, which was set to end in 2027, will be made permanent from 2028 by the Chancellor in the Budget.

Economics

1 hour ago Budget 2025 live: Rachel Reeves says tax and spending changes based on ‘fair and necessary’ choices

Chancellor to deliver fiscal statement, billed as decisive moment for fate of Starmer government, at 12.30pmTax, pensions, savings: what to expect in the budgetReeves’s high-stakes budget in five key chartsCould you do better than Reeves? Play our gameYesterday the Metropolitan police said they were not allowing a planned protest in Westminster by farmers to coincide with the budget. Farmers have been protesting regularly about the decision announced in Rachel Reeves’ budget last year to extend inheritance tax to farms.The decision was criticised by the Conservative party, who said originally the Met had indicated the protest would be allowed. Last night Victoria Atkins, the shadow environment secretary, issued a statement saying:It doesn’t smell right, particularly when we think of the regular and frequent protests that are allowed in SW1 which inconvenience motorists, residents and businesses without consideration. Is this to save the chancellor embarrassment ahead of her budget o...

Economics

2 h. ago I’m a Celeb 2025 live: First rival pairing revealed after Ant and Dec bombshell

New twist is set to shake up ITV series

Society

2 h. ago Service by John Tottenham review – comic confessions of a grumpy bookseller

Working in a bookshop while failing to write a novel, the narrator admits to being a ‘living cliche’ in this bitter black comedy“I had become a living cliche: the cantankerous bookseller,” the narrator declares a third of the way through John Tottenham’s debut novel. “No book or movie that included a scene set in a bookstore was complete without such a stock ‘character’.” That’s one way to pre-empt criticism, and Sean Hangland is just such a stock figure. Embittered, rude, apathetic, resentful of the success and happiness of others and intellectually snobbish, he’s a 48-year-old aspiring writer who makes ends meet, just about, working in an independent bookshop in a gentrifying part of LA.He worries about turning 50 having made nothing of his life. He notes, lugubriously, that he barely seems to get any writing done and that – having no gift for plot, characterisation or prose – the novel he claims to be trying to produce will be lousy anyway. He keeps bumping into ol...

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2 h. ago Rachel Reeves Budget LIVE as Chancellor set to announce tax hikes

Scots could face a range of tax hikes as the Chancellor tries to plug a multi-billion pound blackhole in the nation's finances.

Economics

2 h. ago Man City 115 charges update as reason for delay confirmed ahead of 'imminent' verdict

Manchester City and the Premier League have been waiting nearly a year to hear the independent commission's verdict on the club's alleged 115 financial breaches

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3 h. ago Big tax or bust: Reeves admits Britain is 'angry' as she braces to smash vows to 'working people' and ramp up benefits in Budget TODAY

Chancellor Rachel Reeves is gearing up to impose another scorching round of tax hikes in her big set-piece at 12.30pm as she desperately tries to fill a black hole in the finances.

Economics

3 h. ago Inquiry into disgraced surgeon Sam Eljamel set to hear opening statements

Decades of concerns come under scrutiny this week as the inquiry opens in Edinburgh.

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3 h. ago Jade Goody's mum Jackiey Budden hits out at Jeff Brazier's marriage after split news

TV presenter Jeff Brazier and his PR executive wife Kate Dwyer called time on their relationship after tying the knot in 2018 as Jeff made a heartbreaking statement

Events

3 h. ago Jingle Bell Heist review – Netflix comedy is slight cut above standard festive filler

A game cast and some decent twists help to elevate this passably entertaining London-set Christmas offering about a department store robberyWe’re a few weeks into the annual Netflix Christmas dump and standards have already fallen below freezing. In both Alicia Silverstone’s A Merry Little Ex-Mas and Minka Kelly’s Champagne Problems, motions were lethargically, and cheaply, gone through without any seasonal sparkle added, a low bar once again set for the next month and change.So while there’s nothing all that remarkable about the streamer’s latest festive effort, crime caper turned romcom Jingle Bell Heist, there’s just about enough to give it an edge over its more anemic peers. Rather than being set in Snowflakeville or some other absurdly named small town in Middle America (while being clearly filmed in Canada), it’s shot on location in London during Christmas 2023 (directed by Mike Flanagan’s long-time cinematographer Michael Fimognari). The city does a great deal of heavy-liftin...

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