44 m. ago Kate Lawler confesses she splurges £1,000 a day on holiday despite worrying about making ends meet after huge tax bill following Big Brother

The TV personality, 45, rose to fame after she won the third series of Big Brother back in 2002.

Economics

99 m. ago Scottish SPCA workers, including animal rescue staff, to vote on strike action after rejecting pay offer

A dispute over pay involved workers at the Scottish SPCA.

Events

2 h. ago The Courageous review – rebellious mum on the edge will have you sobbing in sympathy

Call My Agent!’s Ophélia Kolb leads a Swiss drama with morally ambiguous realism reminiscent of the Dardenne brothersJust in time for the migration of children from their summer stations in front of phones, games consoles and laptops back to full-time education comes this Swiss-set tale of a mother on the edge. An outstanding Ophélia Kolb (arguably best known to anglophone audiences for playing the accountant Colette in Call My Agent!) stars here as Jule, a single woman trying to hold it together for her brood of three. Eldest child Claire (Jasmine Kalisz Saurer) is just entering puberty and is savvy enough to work out that mama isn’t always strictly truthful about why she wears an ankle monitor that beeps when she strays from certain areas. (Jule’s explanation that she has weak bones doesn’t really cut it.) But younger brothers Loic (Paul Besnier) and Sami (Arthur Devaux) just read it as normal that Jule disappears for long periods of time, leaving them abandoned at a cafe, for ins...

Politics

2 h. ago Abandoned holiday park with private beach, swimming pools and playground is ‘filthy hellhole’

Pontins Holiday Park in Prestatyn, Wales was once a thriving tourism hotspot, but now it lies dormant and soulless after it was closed permanently in November 2023

Politics

7 h. ago Mum's tragic final four words before her body was pulled from reservoir

Kimberley Johnson, 33, went for a swim while at a local reservoir with her partner - but vanished beneath the water moments later where she was found dead by rescue teams

Events

7 h. ago Channel 5 to air Kim Woodburn's final TV appearance months after her death aged 83 following a short illness

The How Clean is Your House? and Celebrity Big Brother star passed away on June 16 following a short illness.

Events

9 h. ago Thames Water creditors pledge more investment to try to seal rescue deal

Bondholders also intend to inject more equity into the utility as it seeks to avert nationalisation

Economics

9 h. ago Thames Water creditors outline £20.5bn investment aims under rescue plans

The London & Valley Water consortium is pledging to ‘fix the foundations’ of Thames Water with the mammoth spending proposal put forward to Ofwat.

Economics

10 h. ago Inside the Beckhams' intimate Italian getaway for Romeo's birthday without Brooklyn

Romeo Beckham has celebrated his 23rd birthday in style as he was treated to a lavish Italian meal with his famous parents and siblings while older brother Brooklyn stayed away

Politics

15 h. ago Argentina couple under house arrest amid search for painting stolen by Nazis

Daughter of former Nazi official and her husband to be questioned after raid on home failed to find masterpieceA federal court in Argentina has ordered house arrest for the daughter of a former Nazi official and her husband after a raid failed to locate a painting stolen from a Jewish art dealer in Amsterdam.Authorities raided a home in the coastal city of Mar del Plata last week after a Dutch newspaper identified a painting seen in a real estate photo as an Italian masterpiece registered on a database of lost wartime art. Continue reading...

Events

15 h. ago Science teacher who looked at pictures of naked women and used adult chat sites during lessons is banned

Christian Watkinson, 48, used a 'hotspot' mobile phone internet connection to bypass safety features at The Christian School in Takeley, Essex, and access the content.

Events

16 h. ago The best UK glamping sites for luxury hot tub retreats, family tents and coastal pods with a view

Getting up close to nature doesn’t have to mean battling tent poles and using communal showers, check out these top glamping sites around the UK

Politics

17 h. ago Woman, 83, was found drowned in Storm Babet floodwater by her son after fire service failed to check in on her home, inquest hears

Maureen Gilbert, who was housebound, was discovered floating in the water by her son Paul Gilbert at her home in Chesterfield, Derbyshire after the River Rother burst its banks.

Events

18 h. ago Teacher banned after using adult chat sites on school laptop during lessons

Christian Watkinson used a ‘hotspot’ mobile phone internet connection to bypass school safety features and access the content.

Events

18 h. ago Stephen King reimagines 'Hansel and Gretel' with Maurice Sendak's unpublished drawings

Stephen King has collaborated on a new project, a retelling of “Hansel and Gretel” using unpublished drawings by Maurice Sendak

Politics

20 h. ago UK coastal town rocked by earthquake as shaking detected near popular beach

The latest earthquake to hit the UK was felt just off the coast of Southport, in the Irish Sea, however, the BGS has confirmed that it was felt further in-land in Southport itself

Politics

20 h. ago Scotland kayaker 'lucky' after giant 25ft creature races towards his boat

A man has described himself as 'lucky' after spotting a 25 foot creature pick up the pace and rapidly swim towards him while he was out on the open water in a small kayak

Events

21 h. ago Death toll in Afghanistan earthquake rises to more than 1,100 as rescue efforts continue

The UN coordinator in Afghanistan has warned that the final toll is likely to rise further

Events

21 h. ago Straight Circle review – boisterous border guard satire from a director to watch

Venice film festivalOscar Hudson’s feature debut, starring twins Elliott and Luke Tittensor as ritual-performing representatives of fictional warring nations, is an absurdist nightmareBritish documentary and ad director Oscar Hudson makes his feature debut in the Venice critics week sidebar with this high-concept anti-war satire, a through-the-looking-glass absurdist nightmare about realising that the otherness of your enemy is an illusion. There are some bold and ambitious images here, and some interesting split-screen work. Maybe there’s an issue about the style and substance ratio and perhaps the running time is indulgent, but this is a strong piece of work.Twins Elliott and Luke Tittensor play two soldiers of equal rank in opposing armies, called Pte Warne and Pte Arthur. They represent two nations of fictional Ruritanian weirdness, formerly at war but who have evidently concluded a tensely unstable peace treaty. Warne has a resplendent white uniform and, like the rest of his co...

Politics

21 h. ago Inside chilling 'Devil Island' near Greek holiday hotspot left with one creepy building

From exiling people in 10AD to punishing political dissidents in the last century, the Greek island of Gyaros has a complicated past, with controversial plans for its future

Politics