41 m. ago Reeves set to announce Budget date today as UK borrowing costs soar: Politics live

Rachel Reeves is expected to announce the date for the upcoming budget on Wednesday

Politics

50 m. ago Farage condemns UK’s ‘authoritarian censorship regime’ ahead of giving evidence at US congress

Reform UK leader to speak about Online Safety Act at House judiciary committee; government set to announce date of budget at PMQs later Good morning. It is the first PMQs, and with the government set to announce the date of the budget today (Wednesday 26 November, if HuffPost UK is right), you would expect Keir Starmer and Kemi Badenoch to get stuck into a debate about the economy, and taxation.But it might end up as a free speech day at Westminster, as a result of the conflation of two related issues.On the question of civil liberties, Britain has, unfortunately, now lost her way.I will do my part, as a participant in UK democracy, to help our country find its way back to the traditional freedoms which have long bound together our two countries in friendship. In the meantime, Congress should draw bright lines: British free speech rules, applicable to Britons, are made in Britain, and American speech rules, applicable to Americans, are made in America. Continue reading...

Culture

61 m. ago Furious Good Morning Britain viewers threaten to go to Ofcom after ITV hosts 'attack' guest

Good Morning Britain viewers threatened to report presenters Susanna Reid and Ed Balls to broadcasting regulator Ofcom as they complained about Wednesday's show

Events

78 m. ago Inside Lady Gaga's Wednesday season 2 cameo as star briefly appears as Rosaline Rotwood

Lady Gaga fans have been desperate to see what role her teased character Rosaline Rotwood plays in Netflix’s Wednesday

Politics

85 m. ago Wednesday season 2 part 2 review: Series is freakishly good at dropping bombshells

Netflix's Addams Family adaptation does not hold back when it comes to shocking revelations.

Events

89 m. ago Palestine Action Scotland: Man, 59, arrested and charged over alleged support for proscribed group

The man will appear at Oban Sheriff Court on Wednesday.

Events

2 h. ago Will there be Wednesday season 3 on Netflix? Renewal status and when it could release

Netflix has already made a decision on Wednesday season 3

Politics

2 h. ago Woman, 28, 'picking music for her funeral' a year after 'perfect' wedding

'She's communicating with a whiteboard and keeps writing 'I'm 28, I don't want to die'

Politics

2 h. ago Prince Harry revealed adorable nickname for Kate Middleton during perfect best man speech at wedding that left Princess of Wales with a tear in her eye

Any grooms would be forgiven for being nervous when their best man stands up to give his speech.

Politics

3 h. ago Women behind the lens: ‘A quiet act of resistance where words are silenced’

Fatimazohra Serri’s photography grew from a desire to question and resist roles imposed on Moroccan womenThis photograph is titled The Swing of Life. My aim was to illustrate the deep connection between a woman and a man, a relationship shaped by care and burden, intimacy and distance. The man swings from the flowing black dress of the woman above him. The clothing becomes the bridge between the two figures, soft yet unbreakable.It’s a visual metaphor for how men, knowingly or not, often rest on the invisible emotional strength of women. Continue reading...

Politics

4 h. ago Wales breaking news plus weather and traffic updates (Wednesday, September 3)

All of the latest news from across Wales and further afield

Politics

4 h. ago Horoscope today: Your daily guide for Wednesday, September 3, 2025

Read what the stars mean for you today, from Virgo to Gemini

Politics

4 h. ago Why isn't EastEnders on iPlayer and what time is it on tonight? All the details

EastEnders made an announcement just days ago confirming why Wednesday's episode isn't on iPlayer and what time fans can watch it on BBC One as Zoe Slater's secret is revealed

Sport

5 h. ago In the shattering ‘The Voice of Hind Rajab,’ the story of a 6

Tunisian filmmaker Kaouther Ben Hania's” The Voice of Hind Rajab” is debuting at the Venice Film Festival Wednesday

Politics

5 h. ago ‘You need solidarity and consistency’: Pedro Sánchez on the EU, Trump and fighting the far right

Spanish PM insists ‘migration is an opportunity’ and is not afraid to discuss what he considers Europe’s recent failuresWhen Pedro Sánchez and Keir Starmer meet in Downing Street on Wednesday it will be the first such bilateral summit between a Spanish prime minister and his British counterpart for more than a decade, an interregnum explained by Brexit and the now healed sore of Gibraltar.The absence of highest level diplomacy has become more glaring given the two men are the leading social democratic leaders of Europe, facing similar problems of migration, souring populist parties, the climate crisis and divisions over how to minimise the damage caused to the European global influence by Donald Trump’s erratic unilateralism. Continue reading...

Politics

5 h. ago Sánchez: Europe’s response to war in Gaza has been a ‘failure’

Spanish prime minister says double standards over Gaza and Ukraine threaten to undermine the west’s global standing‘You need solidarity and consistency’: Pedro Sánchez on the EU, Trump and fighting the far right Europe and the west’s double standards over the wars in Ukraine and Gaza threaten to undermine its global standing, the Spanish prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, has warned, describing the response to Israel’s assault on the Palestinian territory as one of the darkest episodes of international relations in the 21st century.In an interview with the Guardian before talks with UK prime minister, Keir Starmer, in London on Wednesday, the socialist leader also said the US under Donald Trump was trying to end the post-second world war, rules-based global order it had originally created. Continue reading...

Events

5 h. ago Pedro Sánchez: Europe’s response to war in Gaza has been a failure

Spanish prime minister says double standards over Gaza and Ukraine threaten to undermine west’s global standing‘You need solidarity and consistency’: Pedro Sánchez on the EU, Trump and fighting the far right Europe and the west’s double standards over the wars in Ukraine and Gaza threaten to undermine its global standing, the Spanish prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, has warned, describing the response to Israel’s assault on the Palestinian territory as one of the darkest episodes of international relations in the 21st century.In an interview with the Guardian before talks with UK prime minister, Keir Starmer, in London on Wednesday, the socialist leader also said the US under Donald Trump was trying to end the post-second world war, rules-based global order it had originally created. Continue reading...

Events

6 h. ago Photos of China military parade marking the 80th anniversary of WWII's end

China hosted several world leaders at a military parade in Beijing that marked the 80th anniversary Wednesday of the end of World War II.

Events

7 h. ago My friend divulged disgusting sex secrets about my FATHER between sips of wine: DEAR JANE

My fear is that this drives a wedge between us or, worse, it could make things awkward for me with my dad.

Politics

10 h. ago Bride collapses in tears after brazen thief swipes £75k in gifts from lavish wedding

The theft happened shortly after midnight on Saturday at the Renaissance Banquet in Glendale, California, where George and Nadeen Farahat were celebrating their marriage with almost 300 guests

Economics