45 m. ago Heathrow Airport disruption as car catches fire in tunnel sparking M4 closure

The incident in the early hours of the morning forced National Highways to close the M4 southbound, between the J4 and J4A

Society

50 m. ago Michael Barrymore abandons plans to start new life in Spain over 'self

Michael Barrymore quit London with his pet dog Lara last November to start house-hunting near Barcelona after making the life-changing decision to emigrate

Politics

52 m. ago Courtney Love Covers Bob Dylan’s “Like A Rolling Stone” During London Show

Courtney Love Covers Bob Dylan’s “Like A Rolling Stone” During London Show  mxdwn.com

Events

52 m. ago ‘Just be radical’: the feminist artist giving Matisse a modern punk twist

In her irreverent new exhibition, Sylvie Fleury is pairing the great modernist’s drawings and cutouts with her own fashion-focused workWhen Henri Matisse described his work as “in step with the future”, he was thinking about his revolutionary cutouts, made with collaged coloured paper, rather than, say, the evolution of the women’s movement or consumer culture. The leading Swiss artist Sylvie Fleury came of age with the latter, but when she was invited to select drawings and cutouts from the Matisse estate for an exhibition, she was struck by the enduring immediacy of his vision. “My feeling with modernist artists is that, a lot of the time, they were trying to define what was happening within the history of art,” she says preparing for Drawing on Matisse, her showwhich situating 16 of his works within and alongside her impishly feminist and fashion-focused sculpture. “With Matisse, it was more like: ‘Just do it, be radical.’”Fleury well understands the power of disru...

Politics

59 m. ago I tried PrettyLittleThing's 'ugly' rebranded clothes and was baffled when someone said I looked like a crumpled McDonald's bag

Muinat, from Manchester, purchased a new nude ruched top and matching capri trousers from the fast fashion brand.

Politics

61 m. ago South Africa's giant playwright Athol Fugard, whose searing works challenged apartheid, dies aged 92

Athol Fugard, South Africa’s foremost dramatist who explored the pervasiveness of apartheid in such searing works as “The Blood Knot” and “'Master Harold’

Events

63 m. ago Business leaders urge Chancellor to back carbon capture project

They said Scotland cannot afford further delays on the Acorn Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) project.

Politics

64 m. ago Pennsylvania plane crash: Small aircraft 'with open door' smashes into care home car park in latest US aviation crash

Air traffic control audio captured the pilot reporting that the aircraft ‘has an open door, we need to return for a landing’

Events

69 m. ago Met Office say 80% chance of polar vortex collapse which could bring severe weather to UK

The phenomenon was behind the Beast from the East seven years ago, which resulted in the death of 17 people

Society

72 m. ago Met Office fog warning issued as 'flight delays and travel chaos' on the cards

The yellow fog warning was issued for parts of the North East, North Yorkshire and East Yorkshire today with the Met Office adding there could be 'delays or cancellations' to flights

Events

73 m. ago Scots toddler given 'empty oxygen tank' on Easyjet flight after becoming unresponsive

The parents of a Scots tot, who took a seizure on an easyJet flight, claim she 'could have died' after an oxygen tank onboard was found to be empty.

Events

1 hour ago Plane 'with open door' crashes into care home car park in Pennsylvania

Air traffic control audio captured the pilot reporting that the aircraft ‘has an open door, we need to return for a landing’

Events

1 hour ago What’s On in East Lothian: Discover things to do and see for Easter 2025, just 30 minutes from Edinburgh

If you’re looking for a great day out with all the family over Easter, East Lothian has plenty to offer – and it’s all on the doorstep.

Politics

2 h. ago Chelsea injury update: Reece James, Malo Gusto and Nicolas Jackson latest news and return dates

Chelsea’s defensive crisis has eased in the past week but Enzo Maresca doesn’t yet have a fully fit squad

Events

2 h. ago The rise, fall and (very quiet) return of Michael Fassbender

The Irish actor had a sensational 2010s, with roles in films including ‘Shame’, ‘12 Years a Slave’ and ‘Prometheus’ – then he seemed to vanish. As he returns to acting with a series of under-the-radar projects, Adam White digs into where he’s been

Politics

2 h. ago London exhibition celebrates 100 years of black British music

London exhibition celebrates 100 years of black British music  BBC.com

Culture

2 h. ago Government agency to operate rights center at London Book Fair

Government agency to operate rights center at London Book Fair  The Korea Herald

Politics

3 h. ago Floodwaters still threaten parts of Australia's east coast as tropical storm cleanup begins

Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has cautioned that the fallout from a vicious tropical storm over the weekend was “far from over.”

Events

3 h. ago Syria’s new Islamist leader vows action after his soldiers massacre civilians

Ahmed al-Sharaa’s forces kill hundreds of civilians from minority Alawite community following ambush by insurgents loyal to ousted president Bashar al-Assad

Events

3 h. ago FT economists’ poll: Germany can spend almost €2tn without harming growth

FT survey finds ‘large fiscal capacity’, but economists urge would-be chancellor Friedrich Merz to spend funds wisely

Economics