35 m. ago Crypto news live: Market shock sees Bitcoin fall to less than $80,000 with fears of more pain to come

Bad week for cyber currency as $1 trillion rout continues

Economics

57 m. ago Sports are an ideal home for Donald Trump’s singular brand of ego stroking

Presidents have always used sports to further their own agendas. The current incumbent has identified exactly where he can boost himself the mostDonald Trump’s appearance at this year’s Daytona 500 was not subtle.Named the race’s grand marshal, the president buzzed the speedway from aboard Air Force One, dangling the world’s most advanced airliner above 150,000 Nascar fans the way a parent humors an infant with a spoonful of baby food. Later, from the backseat of the presidential limousine, AKA The Beast, he paced the 41-car field around the oval track before the race. The sight of that 20,000lb machine sticking to the track’s banked lanes at 70 mph blew away the crowd all over again. “This is your favorite president,” he told the drivers via their in-car radio system. “I’m a really big fan of you people. You’re talented people and great people and great Americans.” The shock and awe spectacle couldn’t have been more fitting of a man who has been taking the country for a ride since ...

Economics

57 m. ago Gene Hackman's daughters pictured looking sombre after star's death as mystery deepens

Gene Hackman's daughters, Elizabeth and Leslie, were seen in public just a day after his passing. The pair appeared sombre following the heartbreaking news.

Events

63 m. ago Transfer news LIVE! Arsenal in Isak battle with Liverpool; Osimhen wants Man United; Chelsea eye £37m winger

Premier League clubs expected to splash out in attack this summer

Sport

77 m. ago Gene Hackman's wife kept him on 'strict diet' as he was in 'good health' before death

A friend of Gene Hackman has claimed that Gene’s wife Betsy looked after the Oscar-winning actor by keeping him on a ‘strict diet’ in the years before his death at the age of 95

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83 m. ago Two priests 'plotted to assassinate' top Russian bishop known as Putin's personal 'confessor'

Clerics Denis Popovich, 27, and Nikita Ivankovich, 28, have been held by the Russian FSB security service and face life in prison if found guilty of terrorism charges

Politics

91 m. ago What happened to Rebecca Black? Friday star gives interview 14 years after hit song

New EP Salvation being released... on Friday (of course)

Events

92 m. ago Man Utd have already been given Cole Palmer green light amid shock Liverpool claim

Since arriving at the club on transfer deadline day in September 2023, Cole Palmer has wasted little time showing how good he is and collecting plaudits

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99 m. ago Kate Middleton and Prince William 'not that interested in the fame and celebrity that comes with' being a royal, claims couple's former aide

The Prince and Princess of Wales are 'not that interested in the fame and celebrity that comes with' their roles as senior members of the British royal family, the pair's former aide has revealed.

Politics

1 hour ago Sports quiz of the week: Neymar, Jaden Agassi and WNBA legend Diana Taurasi

Were you keeping an eye on the latest news from the football, rugby union, cricket, F1, boxing, rugby league? Continue reading...

Politics

2 h. ago Sadiq Khan launches £150million plan to pedestrianise Oxford Street despite fears traffic ban will turn shopping district into 'no

The Mayor of London has today launched a public consultation on his plans which would see a 0.7-mile stretch of Oxford Street pedestrianised.

Economics

2 h. ago Keir Starmer's tactic of sucking up to Donald Trump at every turn paid off handsomely. But, JASON GROVES reveals, it was far from mission accomplished 

Keir Starmer was in buoyant mood as he arrived at Washington's Andrews Air Base last night to fly home from a crunch trip to the White House which had gone far better than feared.

Politics

2 h. ago Trump tried to extort Zelenskyy and was impeached – now he may succeed

The Ukrainian president is expected at the White House on Friday to sign a multimillion-dollar minerals deal with echoes of a notorious 2019 phone callAlexander Vindman remembers the phone call – and what he did next. Serving on the national security council (NSC), he went to see his twin brother, who was the council’s senior ethics official, closed the door and told him: “Eugene, if what I’m about to tell you ever becomes public, Donald Trump will be impeached.”Vindman had set up a call between Trump and Ukraine’s new president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, in July 2019. He heard the US president attempt to leverage US military aid to the country in return for Zelenskyy launching an investigation into Joe Biden’s son, Hunter, over his position at a Ukrainian gas company. Continue reading...

Politics

2 h. ago Licence to kill: could a James Bond horror emerge when book copyrights expire?

Character and plots of Ian Fleming’s original literary works become open for public use in most countries in 2035Amazon may have captured James Bond, paying billions to get creative control of the super spy, but a clock is now ticking that means 007 – or at least a version of him – could escape into the wider world in a decade’s time.The character and plots of the original literary works by creator Ian Fleming become open for public use in most countries in 2035, raising the prospect of Bond starring in rival film and TV stories of espionage, comedy or even horror. Continue reading...

Events

3 h. ago Lanarkshire school pupils help champion suicide prevention awareness

Over 160 students from high schools in North and South Lanarkshire took part in football and netball tournaments at Ravenscraig Sports Centre.

Events

3 h. ago Londoners asked whether they support Sadiq Khan's plan to seize control of Oxford Street

Principle of pedestrianising the street to be considered - but no details yet of how buses would be re-routed

Politics

3 h. ago Crystal Palace: Adam Wharton issues rallying cry for Millwall clash as Eagles eye FA Cup success

Eagles host London rivals at Selhurst Park this weekend looking to secure quarter-final berth

Politics

3 h. ago The very worst Noughties fashion trend is making a stealth comeback

Trends inevitably come in cycles, and now the Noughties craze for wearing shorts over tights is sneaking back into fashion. Katie Rosseinsky looks back at the sartorial mistakes she made earlier in life

Events

3 h. ago Sadiq Khan launches public consultation on pedestrianisation of Oxford Street

Mr Khan announced the proposal to pedestrianise a 0.7-mile stretch of the popular shopping district in September.

Politics

4 h. ago Man United given green light for David de Gea transfer repeat as £30m battle commences

Latest Manchester United transfer news as MEN Sport breaks down two fresh transfer stories involving Andre Onana's replacement and a shock transfer battle

Economics