81 m. ago From preventing diabetic foot ulcers in Peru to teaching Pakistanis about their country's 'violent past', see ALL the 3,250 projects Britain's foreign aid funding is being spent on

One example which has irritated experts is a four-year medical study investigating ways to 'prevent diabetic foot ulcers in Peru'. That scheme was originally budgeted £175,000.

Economics

2 h. ago Revealed: The number of council hall fat cats earning more than £100,000 as report reveals a record surge in six

Despite hitting families with inflation-busting tax hikes, and more kicking in today, at least 262 local authority chiefs were handed more than £200,000 in pay, pensions, pay-offs and bonuses.

Economics

2 h. ago Trump welcomes Kid Rock to White House for order targeting ticket scalpers

President Donald Trump invited Kid Rock into the Oval Office and signed an executive order that he says will help curb ticket scalping and bring “commonsense” changes to the way live entertainment events are priced

Events

2 h. ago National living wage rise kicks in as households brace for tax and bill hikes

The wage increase coincides with hikes to council tax, employer national insurance contributions and household bills.

Economics

3 h. ago AD FEATURE: 'I needed investment to grow my business, and NatWest was a huge part of that process'

The bank is expanding its free Accelerator to reach 10,000 entrepreneurs in 2025 – celebrating the milestone with launch of new competition to help UK businesses grow

Economics

4 h. ago Twitter: Breaking the Bird review – how all the hate speech flooded in

This film shows how a ‘hallucinogenically optimistic’ vision descended into the hellscape we know today. Young, confident men really should not rule the internet It turns out that Mike Judge’s supposed sitcom Silicon Valley was a documentary after all. My bad, as the people young and in touch enough with the world to have known this all along may still say.Twitter: Breaking the Bird is a 75-minute CNN film chronicling the rise, fall and possibly end of the social media site that was launched by a group of eager young things in 2006 amid a widespread belief – at least in the Valley – in the power of the internet to remake the world in radically better ways. This, a co-founder or two has come to consider since, may have been a “hallucinogenically optimistic” view. Well, we were all young once. Although that feels – and in no small measure because of Twitter – like a very long time ago. Continue reading...

Events

5 h. ago Firefighters battle huge grass fires above Cardiff and in Bannau Brycheiniog

The South Wales Fire and Rescue Service have been tackling blazes on mountains near the capital as well as in the Cynon Valley and on Sugar Loaf mountain near Abergavenny

Events

6 h. ago Coronation Street star hits back at claims she was "furious" over new health storyline

Sue Devaney's long-running plot will bring heartache to many in Weatherfield as Debbie receives a diagnosis of early onset dementia, but it will also shine a light on the condition

Events

6 h. ago Marine Le Pen attacks ban on French presidency run as a ‘political decision’

Far-right leader, who was found guilty of embezzlement of European funds, says conviction is a ‘denial of democracy’The French far-right leader Marine Le Pen has railed against a Paris court’s “political decision” to bar her from competing for the presidency in 2027, attacking the move to ban her from running for public office as “a denial of democracy”.In a day of high political drama, Le Pen was found guilty of embezzlement of European parliament funds on a vast scale, a conviction for which she was also handed a four-year prison sentence, with two of those years suspended and two to be served outside jail with an electronic bracelet. She was also ordered to pay a €100,000 (£84,000) fine. Continue reading...

Politics

6 h. ago Marine Le Pen's party calls on supporters to take to the streets amid fury over her presidential election ban and jail sentence

The leader of France's far-right party called Monday for a peaceful 'mobilisation', after Marine Le Pen was banned from running for office following an embezzlement conviction.

Politics

6 h. ago Noel Clarke left women he thought spoke to Guardian ‘fearful and in tears’

Court hears from publisher’s head of investigations about actor’s libel claim over sexual misconduct allegationsThe actor Noel Clarke made calls to some of the women he thought were cooperating with the Guardian prior to the publication of its investigation into his behaviour, leaving them “shaken, fearful and in tears”, the high court in London has heard.The Guardian’s head of investigations, Paul Lewis, was giving evidence in defence of Clarke’s libel claim against the news publisher over allegations of sexual misconduct. Continue reading...

Politics

7 h. ago Celebrity Big Brother hosts hint bosses could bring back iconic twist after 19 years

AJ Odudu and Will Best have lifted the lid on what fans can expect from Celebrity Big Brother 2025 and addressed whether or not they'd like history to repeat itself almost two decades later

Politics

7 h. ago England's Sentencing Council suspends plans to introduce 'two

England's Sentencing Council suspends plans to introduce 'two-tier' justice guidelines  Reuters

Politics

7 h. ago Revolting grooming gang leader admits 19 rape and sexual offences against underage girls

Ashley Darbyshire, 28, of Bolton Road, Westhoughton, was due to take the stand at Liverpool Crown Court this morning but changed his plea and admitted the acts.

Events

7 h. ago Police make decision on Rangers star Vaclav Cerny's Celtic Park water spraying

Police have investigated and come to a decision on the controversial Parkhead incident

Events

7 h. ago Gene Hackman judge set to rule on whether star's death investigation records can be kept private

Santa Fe-based Judge Matthew Wilson is considering a request from Hackman's family that documents related to his death remain sealed.

Events

8 h. ago Global policy makers and tech giants to convene in Abu Dhabi this year

The Advanced Technology Council (ARTC) announced today (March 31) that the Inaugural Governance of Emerging Technology Summit (GETS) is set to take place in Abu Dhabi this year.

Events

8 h. ago 'Beautiful' blackout curtains that come 'highly recommended' to stop early morning light and noise on sale at Dunelm

'They bring a luxurious note to my rooms'

Politics

8 h. ago Alec Baldwin stops filming of reality series as he tells crew 'show respect'

The latest episode saw Alec Baldwin bring filming to an early end

Culture

8 h. ago M&S announces £50m plan to transform eight UK stores including two in Greater Manchester

Stores in Bolton and Sale are among the areas with planned investments

Economics