60 m. ago Huge noughties band announce 2026 world tour including UK dates

This will be the band’s first full UK and European tour since their World’s Collide Tour in 2022

Politics

1 hour ago Car hire firm Zipcar to end UK operations by end of the year

Zipcar's UK general manager James Taylor said in an email to customers the company had temporarily suspended bookings

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5 h. ago Reading and Leeds Festival fans ask same question as 2026 headliners announced

Fans have said they are "disappointed" after claiming one thing is missing from the iconic line-up

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6 h. ago Super Bowl 2026 announces pregame performances from Charlie Puth and Brandi Carlile

Next year’s Super Bowl halftime show will be performed by Bad Bunny

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6 h. ago Reading and Leeds Headliners 2026: Here are all 18 acts announced for the festival so far

It’s going to be one of the biggest parties of the year.

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7 h. ago Reading and Leeds 2026 announce six huge headliners in huge switch up

Reading and Leeds Festival fans are being treated to a history-making 2026 event as organisers announce the first headliners ahead of next year

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7 h. ago Reading and Leeds 2026: Headliners and lineup announced ahead of tickets going on sale

Festivals have secured a number of exclusive performances, including from British pop star Charli XCX and rapper Dave

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7 h. ago Electric vehicle wins Top Gear's Car of the Year and it's not an Audi, Tesla or Mercedes

Top Gear has announced its Car of the Year 2026 winner and it has taken the prestigious award ahead of rivals from Tesla, Mercedes and Audi

Transport

7 h. ago Reading and Leeds Festival announces Charli xcx among headliners for 2026

Next year’s line up features all British and Irish artists, and tickets are already on sale

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7 h. ago John Cooper Clarke announces huge 2026 UK tour including Manchester date

The 20-date tour will stretch across the UK with performances in iconic venues such as London’s Palladium, Liverpool’s Philharmonic Hall and Manchester’s O2 Apollo.

Politics

10 h. ago Wicked author Gregory Maguire announces 2026 release date for Galinda prequel

New book will serve as sister volume to ‘Elphie: A Wicked Childhood’

Culture

11 h. ago 'I just played to my strengths for 50 years': John Cooper Clarke on Bernard Manning, the Arctic Monkeys and shopping in Aldi

As he gears up for the release of a new collection of poetry and a huge new UK tour - including a homecoming show at Manchester Apollo - the Bard of Salford spoke to Damon Wilkinson

Economics

48 h. ago Tom Stoppard, playwright of dazzling wit and playful erudition, dies aged 88

A theatrical sensation since the 1960s, whose dramas included Arcadia, The Real Thing and Leopoldstadt, Stoppard also had huge success as a screenwriterThe playwright Tom Stoppard, whose playful erudition dazzled the theatregoing world for decades, has died aged 88.One of a select band of writers from any discipline to earn his own adjective – “Stoppardian” – in the Oxford English Dictionary, he delighted in the most improbable juxtapositions: philosophy and gymnastics in Jumpers (1972); early 19th-century landscape gardening and chaos theory in Arcadia (1993); rock music, dissident Czech academics and the love poetry of Sappho in Rock ’n’ Roll (2006). Continue reading...

Events

51 h. ago Shoppers snap up 2kg of Quality Street chocolates with 25% off ahead of Christmas

Amazon's Cyber Weekend sales have a huge range of chocolates on offer, including 2kg of Quality Street Chocolates which is now 25% off, making it less than £21

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69 h. ago Cadbury's 'great for gifting' chocolate hamper slashed to £15 in mega Black Friday offer

The Cadbury Dairy Milk deluxe hamper is now £15 in a huge Black Friday offer, and includes 10 different chocolates for sharing over the festive season

Economics

3 d. ago R360 forced to scrap 2026 launch plan as Mike Tindall makes major announcement

The breakaway competition was due to launch next year but that start date now been delayed

Politics

3 d. ago Made in Chelsea's Maeva D'Ascanio welcomes baby girl and reveals sweet name

Made in Chelsea stars Maeva D'Ascanio and James Taylor have welcomed their second child together, with the tot joining big brother Beau

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3 d. ago Made In Chelsea's Maeva D'Ascanio and James Taylor welcome second child and reveal beautiful name

Made In Chelsea stars Maeva D'Ascanio and James Taylor have welcomed their second child, a baby girl, and shared her first pictures and her beautiful name

Politics

4 d. ago Peter Kay unrecognisable as he makes rare appearance to announce he will donate proceeds from 2026 to charity

The announcement comes as the comic prepares to finish his years-long Better Late Than Never tour

Politics

4 d. ago Gtech launches biggest ever Black Friday sale with huge mower and vacuum deals

Gtech has dropped its prices harder than ever for Black Friday, including a huge cut on a cordless lawnmower that you won’t even use until spring. Here’s why now is the moment to grab one before the deals vanish.

Economics