4 h. ago Panic stations for Labour after Spring Statement: Polls show major hit for party in wake of Chancellor's package

A More in Common poll has found Labour dropped three points of support over the past week. Keir Starmer's outfit was on 21 per cent, behind the Tories on 26 per cent and Reform on 25 per cent.

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8 h. ago Horoscope today: Your daily guide for Wednesday, April 2, 2025

Read what the stars mean for you today, from Aries to Gemini

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24 h. ago Leeds Festival 2025: your guide to this year’s festival including travel, opening times and age restrictions

What time should you arrive to Bramham Park in 2025 and what are your travel options this year?

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32 h. ago Horoscope today: Your daily guide for Tuesday, April 1, 2025

Read what the stars mean for you today, from Aries to Gemini

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47 h. ago Local elections 2025: Guide to locations, timings and key numbers

There are 23 local authorities holding elections, including 14 county councils.

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48 h. ago Tories ‘lost touch’ with values, says Ed Davey at local election campaign launch

The Lib Dem leader rode a hobby horse around a series of jumps as he launched his party’s local election campaign.

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53 h. ago Women's spring 2025 fashion guide: trench coats, lace blouses, and studded sandals

The six trends to know, and where to get them

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56 h. ago Horoscope today: Your daily guide for Monday, March 31, 2025

Read what the stars mean for you today, from Aries to Gemini

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63 h. ago Lib Dems take aim at Tory place as ‘party of Middle England’ in local elections

The Liberal Democrats are hoping to erode the Conservative vote at the local elections in May.

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3 d. ago The Observer view on JD Vance: spurned in Greenland and humiliated at home, the vice

His foolish foreign trip and the response to the Signal chat leak reflect the irresponsibility of White House teamNot for the first time, JD Vance, America’s outspoken vice-president, has made a public fool of himself. He insisted on visiting Greenland despite unequivocal statements by the territory’s leaders and Denmark’s government that he was not invited and not welcome. Vance’s trip was confined to a remote Arctic base, where he briefly spoke to a few Americans. Plans to make a wider tour and speak to Greenlanders were cancelled – because Greenlanders did not want to speak to him.Such hostility is entirely understandable, given the repeated, provocative and disrespectful declarations by Vance’s boss, Donald Trump, that the US plans to annex Greenland and may do so illegally and by force. Greenland is a semi-autonomous territory within the kingdom of Denmark. Election results this month showed the vast majority of local people back expanded self-rule or outright independence. The...

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3 d. ago Nature’s secret soundscape: listen with me to the world’s quietest creatures

While humans are more boisterous than ever, other species are talking too – this is what you will hear if you really listenIt’s a spring day in northern Sweden, just 100km (62 miles) below the Arctic Circle. I tuck my sound gear into my backpack, clip into my cross-country skis and glide out on to a frozen lake, looking for a small ice-fishing hole.It’s a quiet day, with no snowmobiles or other skiers about. Conditions are perfect for the fishing I hope to do: not for dinner, but for sounds. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Nigel Farage leaves internet baffled after Jimmy Savile phrase used in new Reform slogan

Nigel Farage has picked a curious slogan for Reform UK's local election campaign, with 'Reform will fix it' eerily similar to the 'Jim'll Fix It' used by notorious paedophile Jimmy Savile

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4 d. ago What time is the FA Cup on TV? BBC and ITV schedule and channel details

The magic of the FA Cup is in the air this weekend ⚽

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4 d. ago Watch: Nigel Farage holds ‘biggest ever’ Reform UK rally to launch party’s local election campaign

Watch again as Nigel Farage held Reform UK’s “biggest-ever” rally in Birmingham on Friday (28 March), launching the party’s local election campaign.

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4 d. ago Reform UK announces Brexit architect Aaron Banks as mayoral candidate in quirky local election campaign launch featuring Nigel Farage riding JCB digger and Richard Tice waiting at mock

The businessman founded the Leave EU campaign with now-Reform MP Richard Tice and was previously one of the largest donors to Ukip .

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4 d. ago Watch live: Nigel Farage holds ‘biggest ever’ Reform UK rally to launch party’s local election campaign

Watch live as Nigel Farage holds Reform UK’s “biggest-ever” rally in Birmingham on Friday (28 March), launching the party’s local election campaign.

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5 d. ago Men's spring 2025 fashion guide: key trends and best buys — chore jackets, boat shoes, T

On the menswear frontier, countless intriguing independent brands are springing up across town, and offering one convincing co-ordinated outfit this spring: the chore jacket and pleated slack combo.

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5 d. ago New mums are being ‘strongly encouraged’ to take regular exercise and get more sleep. Don’t make me laugh | Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett

New guidelines are well intentioned, but as parents of babies know, finding time to look after yourself is impossibleOne of the many things you don’t realise until you have a newborn is just how much people congratulate you simply for leaving the house. “Well done for getting out and about,” they say, with the cheerful camaraderie of People Who Know. Going outside may sound like a low benchmark, but during those early weeks summoning the energy to put on clothes, pack a bag, and then using that narrow window between sleeping, feeding, pooing and screaming to cross the threshold into the world can feel like the grand sum total of all human endeavour. Screw the frescoes of the Scrovegni chapel: Mama made it to Budgens.Which explains my reaction when I read that new guidelines published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine say that new mothers should be strongly encouraged to do at least two hours of moderate to vigorous exercise a week, in addition to “daily pelvic floor muscle t...

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5 d. ago Horoscope today: Your daily guide for Friday, March 28, 2025

Read what the stars mean for you today, from Aries to Gemini

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5 d. ago Solar Eclipse 2025: Here are the best times and US locations to see the amazing sight

Only parts of the U.S. will be able to catch the spectacular celestial event

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