2 h. ago Toddler goes missing from Sydney childcare centre for HOURS after grandfather's grave error

The mix-up at a Sydney childcare centre was only discovered when the toddler's mother arrived at the daycare to pick him up.

Events

3 h. ago DVLA warning as 2.3 million drivers urged to check licence or face £1,000 penalty

Motorists could be slapped with a fine of up to 1,000 if they fail to renew their driving licence online

Events

4 h. ago Finance for transition mineral mining is driving destruction and abuse, says report

Hundreds of billions of dollars invested in extractive mining for green transition with few safeguards, research findsThe financing of transition mineral mining is driving widespread environmental destruction and human rights abuses, according to a report.Banks and investors have ploughed hundreds of billions of dollars into companies mining for minerals for the manufacture of solar panels, wind turbines, batteries, energy grids and electric vehicles in the past decade, according to the research. Continue reading...

Events

4 h. ago Europe’s Gaza response has been a ‘failure’, says Spanish PM

Ahead of a meeting with Sir Keir Starmer, Pedro Sanchez said the US was ending the international order established after the Second World War.

Events

8 h. ago New blow for Prince Harry revealed as ANOTHER key staff member quits. Shock departure revealed by RICHARD EDEN

Harry launched Travalyst in 2019 to make tourism more environmentally friendly. However, he and Meghan soon faced accusations of hypocrisy because of their use of gas-guzzling private jets.

Politics

10 h. ago Yellow warning for rain in force as heavy rain and strong winds forecast

A yellow weather warning for rain is in place from midnight until 2pm on Wednesday for south-west England and much of South Wales.

Events

10 h. ago UK does not know exact cost of Afghan data breach, watchdog says

Defence ministry has not demonstrated that an immigration scheme would have a £850mn price tag, NAO finds

Politics

10 h. ago More than 7,300 Afghans to be resettled in UK after MoD data leak, says National Audit Office

Watchdog’s report says government is unable to calculate exact cost of response to data breach, raising doubt over £850m estimateMore than 7,300 Afghans are expected to be resettled in the UK as a result of a major government data breach, according to a National Audit Office report that raises doubts over officials’ claims of a £850m cost.The accidental leak by an MoD official in 2022 of 18,700 Afghans’ details who had worked with or for the British government led to the opening of a new route by which those endangered could seek relocation to the UK from their home country. Continue reading...

Politics

10 h. ago Ministry of Defence does not know how much has been spent on bringing data

Britain’s spending watchdog says it does not have ‘confidence’ in the accuracy of MoD’s estimates

Politics

10 h. ago Cost of Afghan data breach scheme unknown to Government – watchdog

The amount spent on the scheme was not recorded separately to other resettlement activity following the fall of Kabul, the NAO said.

Politics

10 h. ago US conducts ‘kinetic strike’ against drug boat from Venezuela, killing 11, Trump says

Trump says ‘we took it out’ referring to the operation in international waters, amid US-Caracas tensions The US military has killed 11 drug traffickers from Venezuela during a “a kinetic strike” in the Caribbean Sea, the US president, Donald Trump, has claimed amid growing tensions between Washington and Caracas.Trump trailed the announcement during an address at the White House on Tuesday afternoon, telling reporters the US had “just, over the last few minutes, literally shot out a drug-carrying boat”. Continue reading...

Events

11 h. ago Football’s Financial Shame: The Story of the V11 review – so moving you’ll pity these poor footballers

This gripping documentary follows early Premier League footballers who lost it all following investment advice that went wrong. It perfectly captures the melancholy of being an ex-proSympathy for the financial plight of former Premier League footballers, you say? No, wait, hear us out. You might be surprised by this previously untold story. Richard Milway’s documentary, Football’s Financial Shame: The Story of the V11, is a gripping, moving and human enough tale to inspire more than a little fellow feeling.The V11 may sound like a fictional spy ring from a shonky airport novel but they’re actually a group of retired footballers whose careers spanned the 90s and early 00s. This era-specificity is crucial. They are members of the Premier League’s in-between generation. They’re mid-rankers: household names but it depends on the household. Danny Murphy. Rod Wallace. Brian Deane. Tommy Johnson. Michael Thomas. Craig Short. If you know, you know. And they played at a time when wages were ...

Politics

11 h. ago National League match abandoned in stoppage time after sickening collision between players

Eastleigh’s Archie Harris and Scunthorpe’s Jean Belehouan collided in stoppage-time with the match at 1-1, with the referee abandoning the game after both players required medical treatment

Sport

11 h. ago Woman at centre of Christian Horner scandal 'back working in F1' after Red Bull departure

The 'female employee', as she was usually referred to in media reports, made accusations of inappropriate and coercive behaviour of a sexual nature against then Red Bull team principal Horner.

Politics

12 h. ago Howard Webb admits officials made 'wrong' decision in Prem Leagiue VAR controversy

Fulham had a goal controversially ruled out in their 2-0 defeat by Chelsea on Saturday, with PGMOL chief Howard Webb admitting that the officials made an error

Politics

13 h. ago UN watchdog finds uranium traces at suspected Syrian former nuclear site

The United Nations' nuclear watchdog reports finding traces of uranium at a site in Syria

Events

14 h. ago World’s biggest iceberg breaks up after 40 years: ‘Most don’t make it this far’

‘Megaberg’ known as A23a has rapidly disintegrated in warmer warmers and could disappear within weeksNearly 40 years after breaking off Antarctica, a colossal iceberg ranked among the oldest and largest ever recorded is finally crumbling apart in warmer waters, and could disappear within weeks.Earlier this year, the “megaberg” known as A23a weighed a little under a trillion tonnes and was more than twice the size of Greater London, a behemoth unrivalled at the time. Continue reading...

Politics

16 h. ago Outcry as Swedish ‘cultural canon’ snubs Abba and anything since 1975

Critics argue ‘shared map’ of Swedish culture is ‘very exclusionary’ and a ‘nationalist education project’The Gustav Vasa 1541 bible, Pippi Longstocking, Ikea, the right to roam, paternity leave, Sámi joiks, the Nobel prize and works by Ingmar Bergman and August Strindberg all made it into Sweden’s long-awaited, much-criticised proposal for a “cultural canon”.However, notable omissions from the list of 100 works and references that have formed Sweden’s culture and history – intended, its creators said in Uppsala on Tuesday, to establish a “shared map and compass” for Swedish citizens and new arrivals to Sweden – included Abba and anything from after 1975, a period that has seen Sweden transform into an international, multicultural society. Continue reading...

Politics

16 h. ago England bowled out for just 131 in embarrassing first ODI loss to South Africa

England’s chosen XI turned in an error-strewn and incoherent effort at Headingley

Politics

17 h. ago Worries over Renfrewshire Council department's finances as predicted overspend discussed

The situation facing infrastructure, land and environment services has been flagged as a point of concern by elected members.

Economics