46 m. ago TV licence fee is ‘unenforceable’ and could be replaced by sliding payment scale

The UK Government will use the Royal Charter review in 2027 to consider alternative ways of funding the BBC.

Politics

57 m. ago The amazing way Swiss workers commute home from the office in the summer

In many parts of the world, most people travel to work by car, bus or train - but what if you could avoid heavy traffic, cramped carriages and last-minute delays by simply floating down a river?

Society

64 m. ago River Island's viral dress in 'colour of the season' is a 'dream'

River Island shoppers are keen to get their hands on the "unreal" and "perfect" dress after seeing it online

Politics

82 m. ago 'I tried summer dresses from H&M, River Island, New Look, Next and bought one immediately'

Fashion Writer Rachel Williams picked out a selection of high street dresses you can wear anywhere this spring and summer.

Politics

1 hour ago Hiroshige: artist of the open road at the British Museum: 'spellbinding and cinematic'

Hiroshige was one of Japan’s most popular print artists during the Edo period and this new exhibition shows how his visual language helped shape the arts

Culture

3 h. ago MOVIE REVIEW: We see if we should keep our distance from horror 'The Woman in the Yard'

Strong acting and imposing antagonist let down by story and severe lack of scares.

Events

3 h. ago Robert De Niro thanks Francis Ford Coppola for not casting him in major film: ‘The best job I never got’

De Niro lost out on the huge role to James Caan

Politics

3 h. ago Ben and Imo at Orange Tree Theatre review: a small gem of a play

Erica Whyman’s efficient production retells the story of how Benjamin Britten’s catastrophic Coronation piece Gloriana was created

Politics

3 h. ago River Island's 'perfect' dress in 'colour of the season' is a 'dream'

River Island shoppers are keen to get their hands on the "unreal" and "perfect" dress after seeing it online

Politics

3 h. ago Perth and Kinross Council review after swimming pool leaks delay opening of £36 million Blairgowrie Recreation Centre

BAM UK and Ireland has apologised for the delay due to technical issues with the pool which has a movable floor

Economics

4 h. ago Notes to John by Joan Didion review – an invasion of privacy

There’s a crude fascination in seeing the contents of a literary celebrity’s therapy sessions, but no one comes out of it wellMotherhood is a state of continuous loss that is meant to culminate when the dependent baby becomes an independent adult. Joan Didion survived this, as many mothers have, by keeping constant watch over her adopted daughter Quintana, fearing “swimming pools, high-tension wires, lye under the sink, aspirin in the medicine cabinet”. She also survived it, as fewer mothers have, by writing obsessively about the loss she feared. In her arid, fevered masterpiece Play It As It Lays, published when Quintana was four, the narrator’s breakdown is precipitated by her daughter’s long-term hospitalisation with an unnamed mental disorder. A Book of Common Prayer is about the disappearance of the protagonist’s criminal revolutionary daughter. “Marin was loose in the world and could leave it at any time and Charlotte would have no way of knowing” – a description that cou...

Events

4 h. ago Tax hike fears mount as Rachel Reeves faces calls to splurge even MORE on public sector pay

Pay review bodies have recommended 4 per cent for teachers and 3 per cent for NHS workers - significantly more than the 2.8 per cent the government has proposed.

Economics

5 h. ago When will Captain America: Brave New World be out on Disney Plus? Explained

Captain America: Brave New World released in cinemas in early 2025 🦸 ♂️

Politics

5 h. ago Is a River Alive? by Robert Macfarlane review – streams of consciousness

An impassioned plea to save our rivers combines poetry and adventureTracking a river through a cedar forest in Ecuador, Robert Macfarlane comes to a 30ft-high waterfall and, below it, a wide pool. It’s irresistible: he plunges in. The water under the falls is turbulent, a thousand little fists punching his shoulders. He’s exhilarated. No one could mistake this for a “dying” river, sluggish or polluted. But that thought sparks others: “Is this thing I’m in really alive? By whose standards? By what proof? As for speaking to or for a river, or comprehending what a river wants – well, where would you even start?”He’s in the right place to be asking. In September 2008, Ecuador, “this small country with a vast moral imagination”, became the first nation in the world to legislate on behalf of water, “since its condition as an essential element for life makes it a necessary aspect for existence of all living beings”. This enshrinement of the Rights of Nature set off similar development...

Politics

7 h. ago BBC must take quicker action when staff step out of line, report says

The review has looked into ‘preventing abuse of power and ensuring everyone at the BBC conducts themselves in line’ with its values.

Politics

8 h. ago What to Stream: Tina Fey and Steve Carell, Martha Stewart and José Andrés, and Maddie & Tae

Blake Lively and Anna Kendrick going to Italy for a wedding and some mafia intrigue in the movie “Another Simple Favor” and new music from country duo Maddie & Tae are some of the new television, films, music and games headed to a device near you

Events

14 h. ago Netflix now streaming hit blockbuster that's regarded 'best movie of all time'

Netflix has started streaming one 1981 action-adventure film which set the standard for the modern day blockbuster and is widely regarded one of the best movies of all time.

Events

14 h. ago Christine Sun Kim and Thomas Mader at the Wellcome Collection: playfully enraged

1880 THAT is an exhibition about the Deaf experience and a crucial moment in history when sign language was sidelined

Politics

18 h. ago Nottingham Forest vs Man City LIVE: FA Cup result, latest updates and reaction

Forest hit woodwork three times as City hold on to reach FA Cup final

Politics

18 h. ago Liverpool vs Tottenham LIVE: Premier League result, latest updates and reaction as Reds cruise to title

Reds need just a point to win the Premier League title

Politics