44 m. ago Chelsea vs Everton LIVE: Team news and updates as Blues look to earn vital three points in race for Champions League

The Blues begin the weekend in sixth as they look to land another early blow in the battle for the Champions League places

Sport

57 m. ago Debenhams' £400 garden decoration reduced to under £100 will make any space feel instantly more peaceful

It's been reduced by 75% in the Debenhams sale

Economics

64 m. ago How space exploration can improve life on Earth | Leigh Phillips

There is a cynical, ‘anti-space’ ideology emerging, especially on some parts of the left. But this is misguidedJohn F Kennedy once called space-faring “the most hazardous and dangerous and greatest adventure on which Man has ever embarked”. We go to space because, he said – like George Mallory said of his reason to conquer Everest – “it is there.”While it is truer to say that the race for space between Washington and Moscow was driven as much by cold war competition as by humanity’s pioneering spirit and the imperatives of scientific exploration, billions of ordinary people around the world recognized as much at the time and still were able to marvel at our species’ accomplishments in the heavens regardless of the flag under which they were achieved, from Sputnik to the moon landing. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago Chelsea vs Everton LIVE: Team news and updates as Blues look to earn vital three points in the race for the Champions League

The Blues begin the weekend in sixth as they look to land another early blow in the battle for the Champions League places

Sport

6 h. ago New tribal national park in North Dakota aims to preserve rugged and scenic landscape

A new tribal national park in North Dakota is opening a little-seen area of the rugged Badlands to hikers and other outdoors enthusiasts

Politics

6 h. ago Coronation Street's Jenny Connor sobbing as emotional exit confirmed in ITV soap

There's a big emotional outpouring for the Rovers Return landlady in the show next week

Politics

9 h. ago Full list of licence plate rules that could land drivers with fine of up to £1,000

There are strict rules in place for number plates for all cars within the UK

Economics

11 h. ago ‘People can’t imagine something on that scale dying’: Anohni on mourning the Great Barrier Reef

The Anohni and the Johnsons singer is collaborating with marine scientists for two special shows at Sydney’s Vivid festival that will show the reef’s plight Anohni Hegarty is about to go to the Great Barrier Reef for the first time. “I feel like I’m going to Auschwitz,” she says nervously. “On the one hand, I’m so excited to go because the landscape is so beautiful, and I know there’s going to be so much that’s gorgeous. And yet, I’m also scared.”In a week, the British-born, New York-based avant garde singer of Anohni and the Johnsons is flying to Lizard Island, a paradise of powdery sands on the reef, 1,600km north-west of Brisbane. Its luxury villas and bluest of blue waters are a stark contrast to the grim nature of Anohni’s assignment: documenting the current state of the world’s biggest coral reef. Continue reading...

Events

11 h. ago Starmer to rent out homes to migrants: Government now pleads with landlords to host asylum seekers, with five

Private contractor Serco - one of three working for the Home Office -  have offered five-year guaranteed rent deals to landlords, with the taxpayer footing the bill.

Events

11 h. ago We live in the most beautiful village in Dorset, we're fighting to stop out

In Sandbanks everything is on show. Your house, your jetty, your landscaped garden. Your artisan breakfast croissants on display through massive glass windows. And, most of all, your wealth.

Politics

12 h. ago Trump blows off Joe Biden's attendance at Pope's funeral: 'It's not high on my list'

Donald Trump made the remark as he landed in Rome ahead of the harrowing ceremony.

Politics

13 h. ago Donald Trump lands in Italy for Pope Francis' funeral: US president looks solemn as he steps off of Air Force One with wife Melania

US president Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump have arrived in Rome ahead of Pope Francis' funeral. 

Politics

14 h. ago Following the path: Cool space image shows route of Mars rover as it treks across the Red Planet

The Curiosity rover is heading to a region containing formations that were possibly made by groundwater billions of years ago

Politics

14 h. ago Shocking moment Florida woman dies in fireball explosion after helicopter crash

Shocking bodycam footage showed the moment a Florida woman died after a rescue helicopter crashed into her home in a fiery explosion.

Events

14 h. ago Coronation Street star lands new role in rival soap just months after leaving the cobbles

Bill Fellows left Coronation Street last year and has since landed a role in Casualty, teasing his appearance in the medical drama through posts on social media

Politics

15 h. ago Zoe Ball lands huge TV hosting gig after stepping down from breakfast radio show

Zoe Ball, 54, will host VE Day 80: A Celebration to Remember, a live concert marking the 80th anniversary of Victory in Europe Day, on May 8, the BBC has announced

Culture

16 h. ago How Milwaukee Judge Hannah Dugan allegedly helped a migrant slip past ICE agents and landed herself in handcuffs

The FBI claims the Wisconsin jurist attempted to prevent immigration agents from arresting someone who’d appeared in her courtroom

Events

17 h. ago Russian general killed after car blast as Ukraine peace talks could be scuppered

Yaroslav Moskalik, 59, was blown several metres through the air when a Volkswagen Golf exploded as the Russian army general walked by near his home in Moscow as a top US diplomat landed for talks

Events

17 h. ago Stable lad to land his monster Ladbrokes payout as life changing horse racing bet to be honoured after crunch talks

The leading bookmaker will settle all outstanding bets on Declan Queally-trained pair Diamond Nora and Rocky's Diamond

Politics

18 h. ago The giant plan beside the M60 that could create 10,000 new jobs

Employment space, leisure facilities and a hotel are all earmarked

Politics