76 m. ago Federal investigators comb site of San Diego plane crash in neighborhood of military housing

Federal investigators are combing a San Diego neighborhood a day after a private jet carrying a music executive and five others crashed there and are presumed dead

Events

95 m. ago More than £20 million in funding approved for three Neath Port Talbot projects

It is part of a wider £70m funding allocation that has been announced in the past nine months

Economics

2 h. ago Fresh legal challenge over Brockwell Park festivals as campaigners accuse council of 'silencing residents'

Lambeth Council approved a Certificate of Lawfulness less than 24 hours before Wide Awake opened its gates to revellers

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3 h. ago The Guardian view on billionaire Britain: tax wealth fairly or face democratic unravelling | Editorial

Without bold reform which makes the rich pull their weight, rising inequality risks eroding public trust and fracturing social stabilityBritain for the last decade has experienced a bleak paradox: rising child poverty alongside a dramatic increase in billionaire wealth. This inequality has been tolerated partly because greed has been rehabilitated as virtue. The Billionaire Britain report, published this week by the Equality Trust, reveals what many instinctively feel but few in parliament will admit: the UK economy has become a machine for the upward redistribution of wealth.Using Sunday Times Rich List data, the report found that the 50 wealthiest UK families now own more than the poorest half of the population combined. Their opulence is no accident. It’s largely built on the labour and consumption of those 34 million other Britons. The gains of society are being hoarded by those least in need. There’s a lexicon that sells it all as “entrepreneurial spirit” and bus...

Economics

3 h. ago SAS officer 'blocked bid by Afghan troops to come to UK because they may have witnessed war crimes'

A United Kingdom Special Forces officer rejected the asylum applications of 1,585 Afghan soldiers who may have witnessed war crimes committed by British troops.

Events

5 h. ago Former LA Deputy Mayor of Public Safety reaches plea deal over threats to blow up city hall for Israel support

Brian Williams, 31, was in a meeting when he used the Google Voice application on his personal cell phone to make the threat, officials say

Politics

5 h. ago Blue Badge driving alert on risk of £1,000 fine over parking rules

Experts say you could even have your badge withdrawn for not following the rules

Events

6 h. ago Work set to begin on two major projects in Neath Port Talbot

Both projects were approved unanimously by members at a council planning committee last year

Politics

6 h. ago In Ukraine, I saw Trump’s ‘peace deal’ wouldn’t just trade away land – but lives, memories and homes | Timothy Garton Ash

Ukrainians I met in Kyiv and Lviv were grimly realistic about the end of the war. We should follow their exampleThe next time a breathless news anchor talks about the prospect of a war-ending “deal”, with Ukraine “ceding land for peace”, I want to sit them down with Adeline. In Lviv last week, Adeline showed me on her phone map her lost home in Russian-occupied Nova Kakhovka, just across the Dnipro River from the Ukrainian-liberated territory around Kherson. Look, she said, with tears welling up in her eyes, here on this satellite snapshot you can see the ecological disaster that followed Russia’s destruction of the Kakhovka dam in 2023. And here’s the place where she dreamed of setting up a small art gallery. “Why should I give up on my home?” she cried. Why indeed.The territory occupied by Russia is the size of Portugal and Slovenia combined. It’s difficult to get accurate figures, but perhaps some 5 million people live there, while at least another 2 million refugees from those t...

Politics

7 h. ago Why El Salvador President Bukele's foreign agents law is fueling democratic concerns

Human rights organizations, politicians and experts have sharply criticized a law approved by El Salvador’s Congress this week that seeks to limit foreign influence and corruption

Politics

7 h. ago What festivals are taking place in London this weekend and where?

Brockwell Park has confirmed its festivals are going ahead in spire of a High Court decision that determined the events lacked the required planning approval

Politics

8 h. ago Cocktail of the week: Elements’ earth – recipe | The good mixer

A zippy take on a gin sour, with extra tropical notes from yuzu and a whack of basil on the noseThe inspiration behind this drink was a basil sour I had when I was working in Trondheim, Norway. I loved the flavour combinations, and was keen to incorporate similar herbaceous notes into a drink that would represent one of the four elements, as well as our new restaurant. I’ve used citrus in the form of yuzu to introduce another flavour dimension that blends in harmoniously. At the restaurant, we make big batches of the citrus syrup from spent lemons and limes, to save on wastage.Connor Wren, bar manager, Elements, Glasgow Continue reading...

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10 h. ago ‘My daughter went into hospital with flu symptoms – and ended up a quadruple amputee’

Lily McGarry’s mother opens up about ‘terrifying’ moment hospital called to say her daughter was in a coma as family fundraise for treatment and also call on people to get meningitis vaccine

Science

10 h. ago ‘My daughter went into hospital with flu symptoms – and left a quadruple amputee’

Lily McGarry’s mother opens up about ‘terrifying’ moment hospital called to say her daughter was in a coma as family fundraise for treatment and also call on people to get meningitis vaccine

Science

10 h. ago US applications for British citizenship skyrocket after Trump election win

Nearly 2,000 Americans applied for British citizenship in the first three months of 2025

Politics

10 h. ago Trump’s barbarism is turning his biggest strength into a liability | Osita Nwanevu

Americans are gradually turning against the president over his handling of immigration. Republicans will have to answer for itIf you can bear to hear it, there are still more than 1,300 days remaining in the Trump administration. That’s an interminably long time given all the havoc the president has been able to wreak since January alone; the chaos and cruelty of the term so far also happen to have used up his political capital remarkably quickly. The New York Times average of polls, which found him at 52% approval on inauguration day, had him at 51% disapproval on Wednesday. That collapse is less a problem for Trump specifically – assuming, perhaps optimistically, that he won’t appear on a ballot again – than it is for the Republican party, which will have to answer for the mess he’s made in next year’s midterms and beyond. And one of the challenges they seem likely to face is a changed public opinion landscape on immigration – a strength that Trump’s barbarism, just as in his firs...

Politics

12 h. ago Trees set for chop across Stirling route to prepare for Walking of the Marches

An application has been made by council planners to chop back trees to accommodate flags within the parade - which is set for a route through city centre streets.

Politics

12 h. ago Watchdog reveals concerns over damage from Callander pooch exercise park

The park is now subject to a retrospective planning permission application - but has been criticised by NatureScot after a visit late last year.

Events

12 h. ago Paisley's Abbey Mission Hall set for transformation after plans approved by Renfrewshire Council

The project in Lawn Street has been granted the relevant approvals by the local authority.

Events

12 h. ago Renfrewshire Council prepares funding bids which could unlock regeneration of Lochwinnoch

Officials will submit applications to Historic Environment Scotland and National Lottery for ambitious 'Cornerstones Project'.

Politics