14 h. ago Man hit by train and killed days after being released from prison after charge was dropped

Darren Stokes died less than a fortnight after a three-week stint on remand in HMP Cardiff, but a report has found no failings by the authorities

Events

14 h. ago Hugh Jackman and Sonia Friedman launch new company for ‘affordable’ theatre

Jackman was last seen on Broadway in ‘The Music Man’ while Friedman currently has several productions running

Politics

19 h. ago Some serious arcade deep cuts are coming to Xbox Game Pass in the Blizzard Arcade Collection

Xbox Game Pass has delivered on a new update that is set to deliver day one releases and some arcade classics that you completely forgot about.

Sport

25 h. ago ‘The prison system is insanely broken’: a climate activist on his experience in jail

George Simonson says you learn about society by seeing how it treats its prisoners – and jail has strengthened his belief that change is crucialGeorge Simonson, 24, from London, had recently graduated in mechanical engineering from the University of Edinburgh when he was given a 24-month custodial sentence for climbing a gantry over the M25 in 2022. He was also found guilty of criminal damage and sentenced to a further six-week custodial sentence for spraying paint on a wall of Exeter University in 2023. He sent this letter from prison before he was released in January.I remember the day I was sentenced like it was yesterday. I was filled with anxiety the entire time. It’s a strange situation to be in, not knowing whether or not you’d have your liberty at the end of the day, or for how long it might be taken away. My mind was racing and I had no idea how to operate. Continue reading...

Events

41 h. ago ‘I aggressed you’: Jonathan Majors reportedly admits to assault in audio recording

Actor known for his Creed III and Marvel roles seemingly confirms strangling his ex-girlfriend in recordingJonathan Majors evidently admitted to battering ex-girlfriend Grace Jabbari in an audio recording that was obtained and published by Rolling Stone on Monday, nearly a year after the actor avoided jail time after being convicted of assaulting and harassing her in a separate case.The clip of Majors, 35, surfaced days before the theatrical release of his delayed film Magazine Dreams – and as movie industry colleagues endorsed his attempts at a career comeback. It also seems to contradict his denials that he ever physically harmed Jabbari or women in general. Continue reading...

Events

61 h. ago Man raped severely disabled woman who couldn't walk or speak he was caring for

Isaiah Fields, 23, sexually assaulted a severely disabled woman with Rett Syndrome who has the cognitive ability of an infant.

Events

64 h. ago Man impregnated severely disabled woman at care home as doctors made horror find

The severely disabled woman was seven months' pregnant when doctor's realised she'd been attacked. She gave birth to a baby boy, but he died shortly after

Society

64 h. ago When the East End stopped for Ronnie Kray's final goodbye: Gangster's funeral featured minders in dark suits, a cortege that blocked traffic and brother Reggie on day release

Chief among the mourners was Ronnie's brother Reggie, who was on day release from the murder sentence that was handed down alongside his brother's in 1969.

Events

67 h. ago Six arrested and 'several' seriously hurt after mass brawl on Manchester streets with three cordons in place

Detectives said they believe it to be a 'targeted attack'

Events

67 h. ago Lindt brings back £10 chocolate bar sold out in days as it reveals release date

Chocolatiers over at Lindt have confirmed one of its most popular limited-edition bars which flew off shelves in just five days is set for a glorious comeback - but the hefty price tag hasn't dropped

Economics

2 d. ago 'I reversed my social media 'brainrot' after picking up this common hobby'

Are you suffering from 'brainrot'? In a bid to read more books in 2025, I've managed to improve several aspects of my life span in a multitude of unexpected ways

Politics

3 d. ago Man's 'severely decomposed' body found 11 days following release from prison

Jason Lyons' decomposing remains were discovered by a neighbour looking through his window 11 days following his release from Brixton Prison in 2023, a report has found

Events

3 d. ago How the loss of belief in Hell has had a profoundly destructive effect on civil order: DOMINIC LAWSON

Whatever sentence you are about to receive remember that after your days on earth are done, on your dying day, there will be no release for you.

Politics

3 d. ago Will Smith to release first album in 20 years in a matter of days

‘Been working on this project for a minute and I’m itchin’ to get it out to y’all,’ said Smith

Politics

3 d. ago Maternity Service by Emma Barnett review – a tour of duty in early motherhood

In this valuable, brutally honest guide, the broadcaster argues that a supposedly joyful time is often steeped in drudgery and social isolation“It’s a bloody weird experience, maternity leave, and it’s OK to acknowledge that,” Emma Barnett writes in Maternity Service, her short, no-nonsense guide to surviving this curious – and relatively recent – phenomenon that can feel, in the thick of it, like a temporary exile from the outside world. For many new mothers, the abrupt severance from their professional lives and previous identities can leave them flailing in a strange and destabilising limbo where it seems almost taboo to voice any feelings of dislocation, in case these come across as a lack of maternal devotion.Barnett proposes that the whole business should be rebranded – rather than “maternity leave”, which suggests a nice relaxing break, it should be styled “maternity service”, with all the latter term’s connotations of a military tour of duty. Words such as “duty” and “servic...

Politics

3 d. ago When is a desk not a desk? When it’s a status symbol | Gareth Rubin

The employers of the estate agent who sued them for unfair constructive dismissal would do well to read MachiavelliNiccolò Machiavelli had an important piece of advice about office politics: “If an injury has to be done to a man,” he writes in The Prince, “it should be so severe that his vengeance need not be feared.” Most of us can relate to that.It’s likely that whoever accidentally insulted Nicholas Walker, the take-no-prisoners manager of the Rickmansworth branch of Robsons Estate Agents, by giving him a second-rate desk, hadn’t read Machiavelli’s 1532 tract. Because Walker, no doubt thinking of Machiavelli’s subsequent invocation – “it is safer to be feared than loved because fear preserves you by a dread of punishment which never fails” – immediately dragged his ashen-faced employers to an employment tribunal where he successfully sued them for unfair constructive dismissal. They probably really regret giving him that desk.Holmes and Moriarty, the new authorised Sherlock Holme...

Politics

4 d. ago Rachel Zegler's career on the brink: Insiders spill on actress's deepest fears if her 'woke' Snow White flops... and say 'it's one massive headache after another'

After years of being embroiled in controversy, we are just days away from the release of Disney's live-action Snow White... and main star Rachel is said to be feeling the pressure.

Events

4 d. ago Disney fans outraged by huge change to Lilo & Stitch character in remake

23 years after its original animated film, Disney is set to treat fans to a new Lilo & Stitch theatrical release. With the first trailer dropping a few days ago, people have already voiced their first impressions

Politics

4 d. ago Meghan Markle's favourite music tracks revealed as we uncover her 'positive vibes' picks from her blog The Tig

King Charles released a playlist in collaboration with Apple Music to mark Commonwealth Day this week - but the monarch is not the first royal to give fans an insight into their music taste.

Politics

4 d. ago LIVE with severe disruption on trains to Manchester Piccadilly with lines blocked

Passengers are being warned to expect disruption

Politics