36 m. ago Trump promises his ballroom construction won’t ‘interfere’ with White House in resurfaced video

A video of Donald Trump promising that the East Wing will not be damaged during construction of his White House ballroom has resurfaced.

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45 m. ago Welfare cuts have fuelled rise of far right and populism, top UN expert says

Exclusive: Special rapporteur for poverty cites mainstream parties’ ‘extremely dangerous’ them-or-us dialogue Decades of efforts by mainstream politicians to roll back welfare programmes have given rise to an “extremely dangerous” discourse that has helped fuel the rise of the far right and rightwing populists in countries around the world, a top UN expert has told the Guardian.From London to Lisbon, politicians from centre-right and centre-left parties alike have steadily eroded social programmes, fostering a sense of scarcity and creating fertile ground for the stirring up of anti-migrant sentiment, said Olivier De Schutter, the UN special rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights. Continue reading...

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50 m. ago Netflix announces Michael Fassbender to lead gripping new period drama about the Kennedys

The new series will be set in the 1930s and follows an extremely famous family.

Events

59 m. ago Budding Airdrie stage performer urges fellow young talent to pursue opportunity to star in huge theatre productions

Kirsty Montgomery, 19, plans to return to the Beyond Broadway Experience [BBEXP] for the fifth successive year to continue gaining valuable stage experience

Society

87 m. ago 'Bomb hoaxer', 44, sent US Embassy into lockdown after 'planting fake IED device', court hears

Daniel Parmenter, 44, allegedly left a fake IED near to the embassy in Nine Elms on November 22 last year.

Events

1 hour ago Asylum seeker accused of 'vicious' screwdriver murder of woman who worked at his migrant hotel denies responsibility, saying he 'never had any problem' with staff

Asylum seeker Deng Chol Majek, accused of killing a woman who worked at his migrant hotel, today told a jury he 'never had any problem with anyone', as he denied responsibility for the attack.

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1 hour ago The vegetable that can lower cholesterol and combat infections

While herbs like ashwagandha and turmeric are now widely recognised, ayurveda encompasses a much broader range of therapeutic plants

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2 h. ago Ministers challenged over claims of menopausal women being ‘exploited’

Unregulated private companies are providing menopause information online, researchers said.

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2 h. ago 'My baby didn't cry getting his vaccinations... we knew something wasn't right'

Ezra Fletcher, who will turn 2 in December, has been diagnosed with a rare illness

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2 h. ago Gynaecologist who lied to patient about operation at north London hospital loses bid to have ban lifted

Dr Sohier El-Neil, a consultant gynaecologist at University College London Hospital (UCLH) in Camden ,was found guilty in 2024 of serious misconduct

Science

3 h. ago Met Office issues two UK weather warnings as 'damaging' winds and heavy rain forecast

Several weather warnings are in place as a "heavy swathe of rain" and "damaging winds" are set to hit the UK on Thursday

Events

3 h. ago Strictly Come Dancing's Nikita Kuzmin address 'curse' as he shares rare insight into romance

Strictly Come Dancing professional Nikita Kuzmin has been dating his girlfriend, Lauren Jaine, since 2023 and the dancer has opened up about the effects of Strictly curse rumours

Culture

3 h. ago Tesco's rare 25% off sale drops items to just £7.50 but it ends this weekend

Shoppers will have to act fast as the offering is only available for a few days.

Economics

3 h. ago Top Tech: Virgin Media's Netflix and 1Gb broadband bundle drops to £1 a day in rare deal

The telecoms giant has kicked off an October sale by including Netflix free with select fibre broadband packages that save more than £140 and deliver speeds up to 1,130Mbps.

Economics

4 h. ago Mother is handed £100 fine after pulling over in college car park when her daughter, two, began to choke

Priyanka Singh was driving on a roundabout in Guildford, Surrey, with her son and daughter when the toddler began coughing violently.

Economics

4 h. ago Greg Rutherford's wife Susie reveals decision to let their neurodivergent son take 'days off school to avoid causing damage' as she says 'her family do things a little differently'

Greg Rutherford's wife Susie Verrill took to Instagram Stories on Monday night to reveal how they parent their three children after their son was diagnosed with autism. 

Society

4 h. ago Mysterious debris found in Australian outback likely from Chinese rocket, space agency says

Experts say it is rare to find rocket debris intact on land and smouldering hot

Events

4 h. ago Black Battle of Waterloo veteran identified 200 years later: Sitter in 'exceptionally rare' painting is former slave who fought for Britain, experts believe

Private Thomas James is believed to be the bandsman depicted in an 'exceptionally rare' painting from 1821, by respected artist Thomas Phillips.

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4 h. ago Afghan hotel migrant who 'sexually assaulted woman in West End bar' weeps in court as he complains about his 'limited English'

Bashir Hotak, 23, was living in a hotel in east London at the time of the alleged sex attack in Simmons Bar, Leicester Square, on June 29.

Events

4 h. ago Cabinet minister urges Prince Andrew to give evidence on Jeffrey Epstein to US authorities

Nobody’s Girl ghostwriter Amy Wallace speaks out as Andrew and the royal family faces another wave of damaging details and allegations contained in the book, which is published today

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