2 h. ago Several people arrested in New Orleans amid ICE ‘siege’: ‘It’s racial profiling’

Communities remain terrified as Trump administration’s crackdown on another Democratic-led city enters day twoDozens of people have been detained across the New Orleans area as the Trump administration’s latest sweeping federal immigration crackdown in a Democratic-led city entered its second day.The city’s immigrant communities remain terrified and traumatized, advocates said, with many in hiding as people have been arrested in public spaces including parking lots outside Home Depots and Lowe’s hardware stores, at bus stops, shopping malls and in residential areas around the city. Continue reading...

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10 h. ago 'Millennial optimism' could save clubs and pubs as people long for 'golden age' of 2010s

Millennial optimism is all over TikTok - but what is it? Here, we take a look at the new trend that is budging 90s nostalgia out of the way and it might make you feel old

Politics

11 h. ago Kids’ parties are hell on earth but may be the cure to the world’s ills | Emily Mulligan

As society becomes increasingly weird, birthdays are a chance to build connection. Even if it means 300 attempts at conversation with other tired parentsWhen my beautiful firstborn turned one, about 70 people came to the pub to celebrate. There were drinks, there were meals, there were balloons, there was singing. They were celebrating me. Since then his birthdays have become about him and his friends and the quality of the event has spiralled precipitously.These days, with two kids out in society, kids’ birthday parties dominate our family’s schedule. Barely a weekend goes by without a scramble to find a gift that’s appropriate, I’m getting increasingly desperate for some form of wrapping apparatus, and I have long given up on cards. Continue reading...

Politics

55 h. ago Russian interference in UK politics: Why more than 100,000 people want a public inquiry

It is clear that Russia is trying to undermine democracy in this country, but we need to know the size of the threat

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3 d. ago ‘Mansplaining’ was once a contender for word of the year. Here’s why we should stop using it

‘Rage bait’ is Oxford word of the year in 2025. But I think we should be able to decommission words that have brought more trouble than they’re worth, starting with the 2015 runner-upThe Oxford word of the year has been chosen, and it’s “rage bait”. It was a close-run contest with “aura farming” – that just means charisma, for which a number of perfectly fine words already exist – and “biohack”, a non-specific lifestyle improvement in which you’ve somehow got into the mainframe of time itself, and made some aspect of your body immune to its ravages. Since “aura farming” is extraneous and “biohacks” are almost all bollocks, the competition can’t have been that close, but the neologism isn’t necessarily welcome.Rage bait, as you probably already know, is the publication, usually online, of material designed to make people angry. It’s not a made-up phenomenon; we’ve known for some time that online engagement is most strongly driven by out-group animosity, but nor is it a cute feature o...

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3 d. ago Huge Tesco Clubcard update today could save you an extra £500 before Christmas

Tesco is offering shoppers a festive boost with changes to its Clubcard scheme, including double points on gift cards and exclusive rewards on everything from Vauxhall cars to EV chargers

Economics

3 d. ago Art deco: the golden age of poster design | London Transport Museum | Art in London

Art deco: the golden age of poster design | London Transport Museum | Art in London  Time Out Worldwide

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3 d. ago Scotland’s richest man wants to buy English club – after turning down chance to save SPFL side

SCOTLAND'S richest man is said to be interested in buying an English soccer club – after turning his back on Inverness Caledonian Thistle. ASOS billionaire Anders Holch Povlsen, who with over 220,000 acres in the Highlands is also Scotland’s largest private landowner, is believed to be one of the bidders for struggling English Championship side...

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3 d. ago ‘Rage bait’ named word of the year by Oxford University Press

Existence of phrase – to describe content intended to make you angry – shows people are aware of manipulation tactics used online, says Oxford Dictionary publisherGood news for those who find their blood pressure rising as they scroll through their online news feeds: the Oxford English Dictionary’s publisher has highlighted the term they might need to describe how they often feel, naming “rage bait” as its word of the year.According to the Oxford University Press’ analysis, use of the phrase has tripled in the past 12 months. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Jennifer Saunders reveals why she TURNED DOWN Celebrity Traitors and admits her public image is very different from her private persona: 'People don't really know who I am...'

Jennifer Saunders has revealed why she turned down the chance to be on Celebrity Traitors.

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4 d. ago California police search for suspect who killed four including three children at family party

Victims who died in Stockton attack reportedly between ages eight and 21, while 11 others were woundedPolice are searching for the suspect who killed four people, including three children, and injured 11 in a shooting at a family gathering in Stockton, California, on Saturday night – and they are appealing to the public for any tips people may have.“If you have surveillance footage, if you’re a local business here, if you’re in the area, live in the area, or maybe you’ve heard rumors – please contact the sheriff’s office,” said Heather Brent, a spokesperson for the San Joaquin county sheriff’s office. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago If toxic humility is a thing, I definitely have it. But perhaps there’s another way | Emma Beddington

We’re taught that modesty is good and pride is bad. This ignores the fact that telling ourselves we’re OK is actually beneficial What’s your favourite thing about yourself? Stylist’s Love Yourself campaign asked over 400 women that, and published eight pages of their answers. People mostly picked low-key, quite specific stuff – “I can cook something out of nothing”; “I’m really strong”; “I can talk to anyone”; “I’ve got an excellent bum” – and it was lovely, and touching, to see women affirm what they like about themselves. It also felt strange – almost shocking? Stylist called giving yourself a compliment “squirm-inducing” and yes, the thought of doing it myself made me squirm.I feel something similar when I see people online expressing uncomplicated, justified pride in their achievements or liking who they are out loud – it’s a sort of “is that allowed?” feeling, like the rules have changed and no one told me. If toxic humility is a thing, I definitely have it, because I get a mas...

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4 d. ago Jennifer Saunders reveals why she TURNED DOWN Celebrity Traitors and admits her public image is very different from her private persona:  'People don't really know who I am...'

Jennifer Saunders has revealed why she turned down the chance to be on Celebrity Traitors.

Politics

6 d. ago Working people DON'T like the Budget! Poll finds public think Labour's package is unaffordable and unfair

Chancellor Rachel Reeves' Budget package was widely regarded as unfair and unaffordable, according to a poll.

Economics

6 d. ago ‘We have to be able to ask difficult questions’: who really took the iconic Napalm Girl photo?

A controversial Netflix documentary follows an investigation into the truth behind one of the most important wartime photos ever takenIt is one of the most recognizable photographs of the 20th century: a naked girl – arms wide, face contorted, skin scorched and peeling – running toward the camera as she flees a napalm attack in South Vietnam. To her right, a boy’s face is frozen in a Greek tragedy mask of pain. To her left, two other Vietnamese children run away from the bombed village of Trảng Bàng. Behind them, an indistinguishable group of soldiers and, behind them, a wall of black smoke.Within hours of publication in June 1972, the photo, officially titled The Terror of War but colloquially known as Napalm Girl, went the analog version of viral; seen and discussed by millions of people around the world, it’s widely credited with galvanizing public opinion against the US war in Vietnam. Susan Sontag later wrote that the horrifically indelible image of nine-year-old Kim Phúc in di...

Culture

6 d. ago ‘Arne Slot has a WEEK to save his job’ – Jamie Carragher says Liverpool boss ‘hanging on’ and slams ‘falling standards’

ARNE SLOT has a week to save his job as Liverpool boss, club icon Jamie Carragher reckons. The defending Premier League champions have stunningly lost NINE of their last 12 matches in all competitions. Segments of the Anfield faithful are slowly starting to turn on the Dutchman following their midweek thrashing by PSV Eindhoven. And...

Society

7 d. ago Normal People author Sally Rooney claims she can’t publish new work in UK due to Palestine Action support

Sally Rooney has had two of her novels adapted into TV series by the BBC

Culture

7 d. ago How AI glasses might save clubbing from phones — and help us party in the moment

The secret saviour of global nightlife? Allegra Handelsman reckons it could be smart specs

Society

8 d. ago ZIA YUSUF: Welfare is now a £2trillion runaway train to which the whole economy is attached. Enough is enough

People who set their alarm clocks and go to work are being asked to pay record amounts in tax, accept appalling public services and pay for a record number of people to not work.

Economics

9 d. ago Close to £2,000 of an average earner's annual taxes will go towards Britain's bloated benefits bill, new analysis has found on eve of crucial Budget

Workers paid the median salary nationwide will have more of their taxes spent on welfare - £1,970 - than any other item of public spending, as increasing numbers of people receive sickness benefits.

Economics