37 m. ago Beautiful EU holiday destination that’s hot in September with lower prices and fewer crowds

Want guaranteed good holiday weather? Here’s our handy calendar of the best places to visit, all year round – including 28+ degrees in April and 'shoulder season' ideas

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47 m. ago A98 crash: Scottish family pay tribute to 'beloved' husband and son who died in crash with ambulance

Police have named the 36-year-old as Alistair J Stewart

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55 m. ago Millions of people over State Pension age set to pay tax in retirement this year

HMRC estimates 8.7 million pensioners will pay tax for the 2025/26 financial year.

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57 m. ago DWP warned 'questions need to be answered' over £452million compensation payouts

Lawyers have questioned claimants losing SDP to universal credit, years before protection was implemented for the transition, arguing not enough was done to protect incomes

Economics

2 h. ago Flytipper ordered to pay thousands after dumping concrete on road

Footage captured on CCTV helped the local authority trace the man after he dumped concrete illegally in Neath Port Talbot

Economics

2 h. ago Oslo Stories Trilogy: Love review – gracefully grownup and breezy relationships drama

Doctor Marianne wonders if her gay colleague Tor’s approach to dating would work for her, in the second film of Dag Johan Haugerud’s absorbing trilogyHere is the second of Norwegian film-maker and novelist Dag Johan Haugerud’s seductive trilogy about affairs of the heart and mind, set in Oslo. (It comes between Sex and Dreams.) It is a thoroughly grownup and absorbing drama, acted with such sympathy and warmth, a ruminative and exploratory movie of ideas, and one that pays its audience the compliment of treating them as intelligent beings. Love is about a familiar question: can straight people learn from or even absorb the open and polygamous approach to sex that appears to come easier to gay people (and perhaps younger people of all sexualities), perhaps specifically gay men? Or is that idea stereotypical and naive?Andrea Braein Hovig plays Marianne, a urology consultant whose job it is to give bad news to a succession of men about their prostate cancer. She is single (though her p...

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3 h. ago Alien: Earth is a stark warning against the erosion of humanity

The new sci-fi horror serves as an alarm bell about the current state of the world, and the technological threats we face, writes Nick Hilton. It’s what the genre does best

Events

4 h. ago Tesco's 'gorgeous' £18 shoppers love comes in 'beautiful' colour

Tesco F&F Clothing is selling a new shirt that fans are keen to get their hands on - and they say it looks “gorgeous”

Economics

5 h. ago UK airport could 'shutdown' next month with all flights grounded

A UK airport is facing shutdown over potential strike action as key staff members are discontent with recent pay offers which they claim don't cover the increasing cost of living

Events

5 h. ago Inheritance tax changes under consideration amid spending gap concerns – reports

Government U-turns over winter fuel payments and welfare reform have left Chancellor Rachel Reeves with a multibillion-pound fiscal shortfall.

Economics

7 h. ago Majorca 'dupe' has beautiful beaches, no crowds and £1.99 beers

It's often overlooked by tourists flocking to the likes of Tenerife and Gran Canaria, but La Gomera is a peaceful paradise that should be on every travel lover's list

Economics

9 h. ago Revealed: The area where parents would pay £81,000 MORE to buy a home near a good school

Parents are willing to pay tens of thousands of pounds extra to live in the catchment area of a top state school, as private school fees hike intensifies competition.

Economics

10 h. ago Before it burned, Salt Lake City’s London Belle bar celebrated ‘shady’ history, hosted packed Latin nights

Before it burned, Salt Lake City’s London Belle bar celebrated ‘shady’ history, hosted packed Latin nights  The Salt Lake Tribune

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11 h. ago Gianluigi Donnarumma's stance on Man Utd transfer as PSG exit confirmed

Manchester United have been linked with a swoop for Paris Saint-Germain goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma with a decision from the French club adding to the noise

Politics

11 h. ago Great British Sewing Bee contestant in tears after 'beautiful' tribute to late mum

One contestant was left wiping away tears after explaining his personal connection to his design.

Politics

12 h. ago Macron admits France's repressive violence in Cameroon's war for independence

French President Emmanuel Macron has acknowledged that France waged a war marked by "repressive violence" in Cameroon before and after its independence in 1960

Events

14 h. ago Heartbroken family pay tribute to "beloved" Scots dad killed in ambulance crash

"He is a much loved brother to Mhairi and Alan, and caring uncle to Rhys, Eryn, Owen and Jack, he'll be sorely missed by us all”.

Events

14 h. ago Huge sculpture taller than Angel of the North to be built beside the M62

The Bolt of Lightning will pay tribute to the area's past

Politics

14 h. ago Trump fumes and again insists companies pay tariffs not consumers as he bashes criticism of his plan

‘Consumers aren’t even paying these Tariffs, it is mostly Companies and Governments,’ Trump continues to claim.

Economics

14 h. ago Texas attorney general seeks jail for O’Rourke as senate passes Republican

Ken Paxton asks judge to fine and jail ex-congressman for defying order to halt political fundraisingThe Texas attorney general, Ken Paxton, has asked a local judge to consider jailing Beto O’Rourke, saying the former congressman was openly defying a judicial order blocking him and his political group from fundraising and paying the costs of Democrats who left the state to stop Republicans from passing a new congressional map.Tarrant county district judge Megan Fahey granted a request from Paxton last week halting O’Rourke and a group aligned with him, Powered by People, from fundraising. The order bars the group from using funds to pay the costs of Texas lawmakers during the special session or paying the $500 daily fines the lawmakers face for each time they are absent. Continue reading...

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