37 m. ago SNP accused of 'raiding' £8bn from councils' core funding as tax poised to rise

New analysis has suggested SNP ministers have cut Scottish councils’ core funding by almost £8 billion.

Economics

80 m. ago Inside Dolly Parton and Carl Dean's almost 60 year marriage – a love story with 'arrests' and 'affairs'

Dolly Parton has shared her agony after her husband Carl Dean's death on March 3, writing they "spent many wonderful years together. Words can't do justice to the love we shared for over 60 years."

Events

97 m. ago ‘It’s very brazen’: retail workers and shoplifters on the UK’s record theft statistics

Staff tell of thieves costing stores thousands, while shoplifters say soaring living costs drove them to crimeIt was about 8pm in Tesco Express when Katherine*, a shift manager in north-west England, was alone with her younger colleague when she noticed a man acting suspiciously in the aisle containing home goods.The section – which stocked items such as laundry detergent and fabric softener – is behind plastic security barriers, so “he basically ripped it out the shelf, swept it into a duffel bag and walked out,” Katherine said. Continue reading...

Economics

3 h. ago Teen girl fights for life after being thrown from car and hitting tree in horror crash

Olivia Windle, 17, suffered multiple fractures and breaks to her head and face after being ejected from a car and hitting a tree headfirst in a devastating crash

Events

4 h. ago Headmaster bans MIRRORS from school because students were arriving late to class after spending too much time looking at them

A Lincolnshire school has banned mirrors in school toilets after head teacher Grant Edgar said they encourage pupils to spend 'too much time in them'.

Politics

4 h. ago Could microdosing Ozempic or acne pills work BETTER and cut your risk of side

Could taking tiny fractions of the normal prescribed dose of a medication offer a brilliant way to benefit from the drug, without suffering its usual side-effects?

Events

6 h. ago Swab test could help UK women avoid invasive checks for womb cancer

New method reported to cut number of false positives by 87% has been registered with regulator for approvalA new swab test could help hundreds of thousands of women a year in the UK who may have womb cancer avoid having an often painful invasive procedure to detect the disease.About 800,000 women annually go to see a GP because they are suffering from abnormal bleeding from their uterus and then undergo uncomfortable and stressful investigations to identify the cause. Continue reading...

Events

6 h. ago Coronation Street spoilers: Double 'return', heartbreaking exit and crash arrest

Coronation Street is lining up some huge scenes next week according to new spoilers for the ITV soap, with returns, shocking discoveries, death hints and danger

Events

6 h. ago Dementia risks could be cut by 41% by doing five minutes of exercise a day, study shows

A new study has highlighted the relationship between dementia and exercise.

Events

7 h. ago Head of FBI New York office says he's retired from the bureau after being ordered to do so

The head of the FBI’s New York field office who was reported to have resisted Justice Department efforts to scrutinize agents who participated in politically sensitive investigations has told coworkers that he has retired from the bureau after being directed to do so

Events

7 h. ago Ofgem boss admits energy watchdog cannot ensure all wood burned at Drax is sustainable

The head of Ofgem has admitted that it cannot ensure Drax only uses sustainable wood following reports it burned pellets from rare forests

Events

7 h. ago Two leaders of group suspected of smuggling 20,000 immigrants arrested in LA

Vast human smuggling ring was responsible for deaths of seven, including a four-year-old child, prosecutors sayTwo alleged leaders of a criminal organization suspected of smuggling 20,000 people without permanent legal residency into the US from Guatemala have been arrested in Los Angeles, federal prosecutors said on Monday.Eduardo Domingo Renoj-Matul, known as “Turko”, and his lieutenant, Cristobal Mejia-Chaj, were taken into custody Friday and have pleaded not guilty to multiple charges related to smuggling migrants across the border over five years, the US attorney’s office said. A federal judge ordered the men, who themselves are in the country illegally, jailed without bond until their trial in April. Continue reading...

Events

7 h. ago 2 leaders of a group suspected of smuggling 20,000 immigrants are arrested in Los Angeles

Federal prosecutors say two men accused of leading a group suspected of smuggling 20,000 people into the country from Guatemala have been arrested in Los Angeles

Events

7 h. ago Keir Starmer faces growing pressure from senior Labour MPs over his decision to cut the overseas aid budget to fund increase in defence spending to 2.5 per cent of GDP

Labour MPs lined up to criticise the move in the Commons on Monday, with Barry Gardiner warning it would lead to more 'more people being slain by famine, drought, disaster and war'.

Economics

8 h. ago Factory jobs cut at fastest pace since Covid as Labour's anti

S&P Global found 'the steepest cut to employment' in the sector since May 2020, with staffing levels falling in five of the last six months.

Politics

8 h. ago Fiscal 'heart attack' looms for US due to Donald Trump's spending plans, warns top fund manager

Ray Dalio, founder of asset manager Bridgewater Associates, said Trump's plan to cut taxes while ramping up spending would trigger a meltdown

Events

8 h. ago Girl, 13, and mom arrested after dispute with neighbor devolves into a stabbing

Estela Martinez, 43, allegedly tried to hide the knife in a bottle of laundry detergent

Events

9 h. ago Two arrested on suspicion of murder as family remember 'kind' woman

Cathy Doherty was found dead in a flat on Meols Cop Road in Southport February 26

Events

10 h. ago Two farmers are fined after deputy head teacher, 59, was trampled to death by their cows while exercising his dogs

David Clark, 59, was running through a field with his dogs in Coalsgarth Valley, North Yorkshire on September 21, 2020, when he was surrounded by a group of cattle.

Society

10 h. ago Giant chipmaker TSMC to spend $100B to expand chip manufacturing in US, Trump announces

Chip giant Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. plans to invest an additional $100 billion in the United States, President Donald Trump announced Monday as he appeared with the company’s head at the White House

Economics