4 h. ago PDC World Championship: Gian van Veen sets up final with Luke Littler

World No 1 Littler swats aside Ryan Searle 6-1 in semiVan Veen wins classic against Gary Anderson 6-3It’s barely a couple of years since a 16-year-old Luke Littler and a 21-year-old Gian van Veen came through a 96-player field at Milton Keynes to qualify for the final of the world youth championship. There’s a charming photo of the pair of them with their arms around each other, silly little smiles plastered on to their silly little faces, the cutest high-street haircuts you’ve ever seen. Two kids at the very start of an unforgettable journey.Did either of them foresee, in those sepia-tinted days of August 2023, that the journey would convey them this far, this fast? I reckon Littler did. There’s never been much room for doubt and scepticism in there. His whole world has been stepping up, throwing a dart and watching it go exactly where he wants it to. Four months later, he would go to Alexandra Palace and change the sport for ever. Continue reading...

Sport

4 h. ago Gian van Veen denies Gary Anderson in epic to set up final against Luke Littler

Van Veen wins classic against Gary Anderson 6-3World No 1 Littler swats aside Ryan Searle 6-1It’s barely a couple of years since a 16-year-old Luke Littler and a 21-year-old Gian van Veen came through a 96-player field at Milton Keynes to qualify for the final of the world youth championship. There’s a charming photo of the pair of them with their arms around each other, silly little smiles plastered on to their silly little faces, the cutest high-street haircuts you’ve ever seen. Two kids at the very start of an unforgettable journey.Did either of them foresee, in those sepia-tinted days of August 2023, that the journey would convey them this far, this fast? I reckon Littler did. There’s never been much room for doubt and scepticism in there. His whole world has been stepping up, throwing a dart and watching it go exactly where he wants it to. Four months later, he would go to Alexandra Palace and change the sport for ever. Continue reading...

Politics

5 h. ago Coronation Street star Alan Halsall shares steamy kiss with stunning girlfriend

IT looks like things are heating up for Coronation Street star Alan Halsall as he shared a steamy kiss with his stunning girlfriend Ellie Dolan recently. The ITV star spent New Year’s with his human resources co-ordinator partner and took a loved up snap together. Ellie took to Instagram to post the picture of them...

Politics

6 h. ago Corrie's Beverley Callard hits back at 'skinny jab' rumours as she shows off weight loss

Coronation Street legend Beverley Callard, who starred as Rovers landlady Liz McDonald, has hit back at accusations she has taken weight loss medication to get into shape

Events

6 h. ago Inside Jamie ‘Iceman’ Stevenson’s plot to flood Scots town with dodgy street valium as EncroChat messages exposed 

JAMIE ‘Iceman’ Stevenson ordered a notorious dealer to flood the  streets with ‘blue plague’ pills from his Breaking Bad-style drugs factory — as he used a top-secret chat network to run a  multi-million-pound narcotics empire. An investigation by The Scottish Sun has revealed how Scotland’s No1 gangster urged Lee Docherty to take delivery of 500,000...

Events

7 h. ago Saks Global CEO steps down as luxury retailer reportedly preparing for bankruptcy

Executive chair Richard Baker to replace Marc Metrick after company misses $100m interest payment on debtSaks Global said on Friday that its CEO, Marc Metrick, has stepped down and named executive chair, Richard Baker, as his successor, amid reports that the luxury retailer is preparing for bankruptcy.The change at the top comes days after the Wall Street Journal reported that the Neiman Marcus parent company is preparing for bankruptcy after missing an interest payment exceeding $100m on debt from its Neiman merger. Continue reading...

Economics

7 h. ago We Bury the Dead review – Daisy Ridley tackles the undead in solid zombie twist

Star Wars alum gives an impressively modest performance in this slightly smarter-than-average survival taleUnlike some other less resilient horror subgenres, the zombie movie is, fittingly, never going to really die. Neither will film-makers attempting to add their own twist, understandable given how repetitive the die, wake up, lumber, bite and repeat formula has become. Australian director Zak Hilditch’s attempt, the rather buried We Bury the Dead, is therefore not quite as striking as it might have seemed a decade and change ago. Using words such as “contemplative” and “mournful” to describe a film that includes its fair share of gnarly head-smashing has become something of a cliche, so much so that last month’s meta-comedy Anaconda reboot had its characters joke that these days, even a film about a giant snake needs “intergenerational trauma” to work.But Hilditch mercifully avoids drowning his film in drab self-seriousness. Yes, it’s a zombie survival thriller that’s also about ...

Events

7 h. ago Coronation Street fans floored as Debbie Webster wedding ends in major Carl and Abi twist

Coronation Street fans were left on the edge of their seats as Debbie Webster and Ronnie's wedding was rocked by a range of dramatic revelations in true soap fashion

Politics

7 h. ago Coronation Street's major twist as Debbie Webster wedding bombshell revealed

Coronation Street aired a series of truth bombshells on Friday night's episode of the world's longest-running TV soap as fan favourite Debbie Webster tied the knot with Ronnie Bailey

Events

8 h. ago Coronation Street legend Beverley Callard claps back at weight loss jab rumours

The actress has been away from the ITV soap for the past five years after three decades on the cobbles

Politics

8 h. ago Coronation Street star warns David and Shona will 'unravel' in Corriedale fallout

Coronation Street star Julia Goulding told The Mirror that in the aftermath of Corriedale, David and Shona Platt will find their lives 'unraveling' across the coming months

Events

9 h. ago All high street shops closing in 2026 listed from Primark to River Island

Your local high street could soon be looking bleaker as top retailers pull out of long-established locations across the country - check out our list to see how your town will be hit

Politics

10 h. ago Trump’s aspirin dosing ‘makes no sense’ says Dick Cheney’s heart specialist

Trump takes high dose of aspirin because he wants ‘nice, thin blood pouring through my heart’ he told Wall Street Journal

Politics

10 h. ago The Guardian view on Gaza’s winter: the world must take heed as Palestinian suffering deepens again | Editorial

Families are struggling to survive amid the devastation. Israel’s ban on international NGOs will worsen this disasterAs Gaza enters the bleakest period of winter, children are dying of hypothermia, drowning in flooded camps and burning to death as their families try to cook in flimsy tents. Israel destroyed nine out of 10 homes over more than two years of war. Camped amid the ruins, Palestinians struggle against strong winds, heavy rain and freezing temperatures. Aid deliveries resumed following the ceasefire, staving off the famine that had taken hold in parts of the territory, but remain wholly insufficient: 1.6 million people face acute food insecurity. The sanitation infrastructure has collapsed.The UK, Canada, Japan, France and six other nations have jointly warned that the situation is catastrophic. Yet Israel is now deepening one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises. On Tuesday, it announced that it is deregistering 37 NGOs active in Gaza. They must cease all operations t...

Politics

11 h. ago Watch car career down snowy street as pedestrians dive for cover

According to locals, the road was gritted this morning

Politics

11 h. ago 'You turned our little idea into a place full of laughter, and we can't thank you enough'

The Pink Rhino cocktail bar, on Market Street in Ramsbottom, has been a staple of the town for close to five years

Politics

11 h. ago Pictured: Man stabbed to death in Lewisham on New Year’s Eve as two arrested

Officers were called at around 12.35pm on Wednesday following reports of a stabbing in Grove Street

Events

12 h. ago Voices: ‘Tired of broken promises’: Readers on Reform, Plaid Cymru and the collapse of Labour loyalty in Wales

Commenters said it is no wonder that poverty-stricken communities in Wales are abandoning Labour after years of broken promises, with anger and desperation now driving support towards Reform and Plaid Cymru

Politics

13 h. ago Supermarket giants and high street stalwarts to reveal festive figures

Tesco and Sainsbury’s will report updates after a hard-fought Christmas in the sector, while Next, M&S and Greggs will also give their verdict.

Events

13 h. ago Young couples increasingly choosing pets over starting a family...with dogs now outnumbering children in one in three neighbourhoods!

They are affectionately known as man's best friend but for many couples under 35 their pet pooches are increasingly part of the family.

Society