45 m. ago OBR could have been leaking Budget documents early for YEARS as tech blunder is blamed

The possibility was raised by a probe into the extraordinary episode that saw Rachel Reeves' package published 45 minutes before she started speaking last week.

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63 m. ago Virgin Media fined £23.7m after switching off vulnerable customer’s landlines

Virgin Media has four weeks to pay the fine or it will be passed to the Treasury

Economics

65 m. ago I visited Europe's richest country with free transport, 70 castles, a royal family and medieval charm

I spent a weekend in one of Europe's richest countries, home to more than 70 castles, a royal family, medieval houses, endless forests, and four Christmas markets.

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73 m. ago King Charles prepares to host third incoming state visit this year

The King and Queen will this week host German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier and his wife

Politics

75 m. ago The eight key takeaways after a promising weekend for the Welsh regions

Scarlets and Cardiff both picked up wins, while Dragons and Ospreys put in decent performances despite being without a number of international players

Politics

78 m. ago Watchdog reveals reasons behind blunder that saw Budget details released early

The Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) released key details of the Budget more than half an hour before Rachel Reeves stood up to deliver her speech to Parliament last week

Economics

78 m. ago Arsenal 'agree two signings' with both in London this week – and they're TWINS

Arsenal are closing in on a set of deals as they look to build for the future, with two academy stars from foreign soils likely to sign the dotted line in London imminently

Politics

81 m. ago UK forecast shows snow for three days with 10 counties in England and Scotland hit

10 counties in England and Scotland could see snow next week, new maps show

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84 m. ago Thomas Frank makes feelings clear after Tottenham players' crisis talks

Thomas Frank was vocal about Tottenham's supporters' actions over the weekend, but the Spurs boss has insisted that his squad need the fan-base on side.

Sport

95 m. ago 201 naked men in 'health centre' sex den update after 171 freed in 'victimless' case

Following a police raid on an alleged health centre in Kuala Lumpur, 171 of the 201 naked men arrested on the scene have been released without charge in a 'victimless' case, a magistrate decided

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98 m. ago West Lothian shoppers wait in huge queues as new store opens ahead of Christmas

Over 300 people turned up in their droves to The Centre, Livingston at the weekend for the opening of the pop culture retailer MINISO over four hours before the store opened.

Politics

1 hour ago Missing football coach now wanted over sex abuse claims after vanishing with a gun

Travis Turner vanished last week sparking urgent pleas for his whereabouts, but it later emerged he was wanted on child sex abuse charges. After initially using social media to plea for information, wife Leslie Caudill Turner has deleted her account

Events

1 hour ago 'My son made a sexualised comment he didn't understand – we've been referred to social services'

This week, Lala offers advice to a reader who has been left distraught after her 10 year old son made a sexualised comment in after school club, resulting in them being referred to children’s social care services

Politics

1 hour ago Zelenskyy says Ukraine peace must be ‘durable’ after Macron talks as US team head to Moscow – Europe live

Ukrainian president embarks on busy week of diplomacy as US ups pressure to end warUK prime minister Keir Starmer is delivering a major economy speech this morning.You can follow all the key lines on our UK live blog with my colleague Andrew Sparrow, but there’s a particular line of argument that will no doubt reasonate in Europe, too.“Let me be crystal clear, there is no credible economic vision for Britain that does not position us as an open, trading economy.So we must all now confront the reality that the Brexit deal we have significantly hurt our economy and so for economic renewal, we have to keep reducing frictions. Continue reading...

Politics

1 hour ago NYC's incoming socialist mayor hires 'community safety' advisor who wants to abolish cops and who said policing gangs is 'racist'

Sociologist Alex Vitale, author of 'The End of Policing', a 2017 book that argued for the abolition of almost all police activity in the US, was added to Mamdani's team last week.

Events

1 hour ago Attendance Allowance payments set to end for thousands of pensioners this month

Older people with a disability or long-term health condition could be due either £73.90 or £110.40 each week.

Economics

1 hour ago Airbus finds problem with fuselage panels after fixing software glitch

Shares in French manufacturer tumble as second problem comes to light after weekend of flight disruptionAirbus has fixed most of its jets affected by a software glitch after a technical problem grounded thousands of its planes, but its shares tumbled on Monday after it discovered a separate issue with its fuselage panels.Airlines around the world cancelled and delayed flights over the weekend after the French plane manufacturer ordered immediate repairs to 6,000 of its A320 family of jets, more than half of its global fleet. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago Missing heavily pregnant woman, 22, found dead in woods but baby is missing

Rebecca Park, 22, was 38 weeks pregnant when she vanished after visiting her mother's home in Michigan and her baby was not present when her body was discovered in woodland

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2 h. ago IT consultant says he was put through '13 weeks of hell' after he was arrested 'for posing with a shotgun in Florida'

Jon Richelieu-Booth posted three images of himself with guns on LinkedIn while staying on private property with friends in the US.

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2 h. ago Premier League club Brighton spark fury in China: Japanese player Kaoru Mitoma poses with photo of notorious WWII Imperial soldier, who refused to surrender for years and killed civilians

Brighton have been forced to apologise after a post from the club's academy on social media featured an image of a notorious Japanese soldier from World War Two.

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