4 d. ago Inside the $1bn Grand Egyptian Museum as 50,000 artifacts go on display from Tutankhamun to Khufu’s solar boat

The building, the size of Vatican city with a collection larger than the Louvre, has been in the making for over 30 years and is finally set to formally open in November, Maira Butt writes

Events

5 d. ago £500 paid to migrant sex offender ‘galling’ but right thing to do, says minister

Sarah Jones said removing Hadush Kebatu from the flight and taking him back into custody would have cost thousands of pounds.

Politics

5 d. ago ‘One contestant makes wool vulvas!’ Tom Daley on his knockout knitting show – and arguing with Traitors producers

As he prepares to host The Game of Wool, the Olympian diver talks about trying to get murdered faithfuls resurrected on Traitors – and the time he knitted himself a woollen chandelierIn The Game of Wool, Channel 4’s quest to find Britain’s best knitter, you can’t take your eyes off Tom Daley’s outfits. One of his goals for the series, he says, is that “what I was wearing would get progressively more interesting”, which is ridiculous because in the very first episode he’s wearing a vivid, asymmetrical shawl that in some places reaches the floor, and he looks like a wizard who might seem chaotic but is actually very powerful.“Sheila [Greenwell, one of two judges, along with Di Gilpin] made that for La Fetiche,” he says, referring to the avant garde house of knitwear. “Later on I wear some stuff by Hope Macaulay, a Northern Irish textiles designer, then Boy Kloves, right out of Central Saint Martins, then towards the end, two archival Stella McCartney looks.” Continue reading...

Culture

1 week ago Pride of Britain Awards 2025: what time does it start on TV and channel?

The Pride of Britain Awards will be on TV tonight - but how can you watch?

Events

1 week ago Why Ronnie O'Sullivan lived on £130,000 canal boat before finally leaving UK

Ronnie O'Sullivan has left the UK in favour of a glamorous new life in Dubai, but the snooker legend once lived on a narrow boat in London before opting to sell it after just a year

Economics

2 w. ago The Guardian view on the US and Venezuela: Trump’s ‘war on drugs’ ramps up military threats to Maduro | Editorial

Hawks want regime change. Democrats and others are right to warn against illegal and unauthorised use of forceThe drumbeat is growing louder. Covert operations are supposed to remain just that, but on Wednesday Donald Trump confirmed that he had approved secret CIA actions in Venezuela and suggested that he was considering strikes on its territory. These comments follow the administration’s extrajudicial killings at sea: attacks on alleged drug boats in the Caribbean that have left at least 27 dead – a frightening new precedent denounced by UN experts as illegal. The US has already built up forces in the region, with about 6,500 troops now stationed there. “No to war in the Caribbean No to regime change No to coups d’état orchestrated by the CIA,” railed Nicolás Maduro, Venezuela’s dictator, after Mr Trump’s remarks.The US president’s repeated claim that each boat strike saves 25,000 American lives is even more preposterous than it first sounds. The fentanyl that killed 48,000 peopl...

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2 w. ago British border officers sent to Balkans to crack down on human traffickers, Shabana Mahmood announces, with small boat arrivals under Labour poised to hit 60,000 within days

Shabana Mahmood said the officials would look at whether UK teams could eventually be deployed permanently in the region.

Events

3 w. ago French police use pepper spray on migrants trying to cross English Channel

French police have used pepper spray to stop migrants from trying to cross the English Channel.

Events

3 w. ago More than 1,000 small boat migrants arrive in UK in 24 hours

It is the fourth time this year that more than 1,000 migrants have arrived on small boats in the UK in a single day

Events

3 w. ago More than 1,000 small boat migrants cross Channel to Britain in just one day AGAIN

There were 1,075 arrivals in a 24-hour period, the Home Office said. It brings the total since the start of the year to 35,476, up a third on the same period last year.

Events

3 w. ago More than 1,000 small boat migrants cross Channel to Britain in just one day

There were 1,075 arrivals in a 24-hour period, the Home Office said. It brings the total since the start of the year to 35,476, up a third on the same period last year.

Events

3 w. ago No wonder billionaires' row has lost its shine! Mansion on sale for £20M

Fair Hill, located on the enviable road near Hampstead Heath, North London, is on the market for a cool £20 million, according to Channel 4's Britain's Most Expensive Homes.

Economics