76 m. ago Moment 'Britain's worst neighbour' climbs onto roof of home and pelts the owners with tiles while causing £200k of damage amid seven

Mark Coates, 57, smashed a hole through the roof of his semi-detached home before clambering out.

Economics

2 h. ago Moment 'human wrecking ball' climbed onto his neighbour's roof and tore off his tiles in seven year fence war

Mark Coates, 57, smashed a hole through the roof of his semi-detached home before clambering out.

Events

3 h. ago Neighbour from hell that judge branded a 'human wrecking ball' for climbing onto a roof to throw tiles at the family next door is jailed for four years

Mark Coates, 57, smashed a hole through the roof of his semi-detached home before clambering out.

Events

33 h. ago EU must brace for impact of Trump wrecking ball on global trading system | Heather Stewart

UK appears to be out of US eyeline for now but it would not be immune to slowdown triggered by rising tariffsForget the “Trump put”, as financial analysts called the bet that the US president’s policies would unleash a winning era for the nation’s stock markets. By Friday, the chat was of the “Merz spurt”.The decision by Friedrich Merz, the German chancellor-in-waiting, to cut a deal on ditching Germany’s debt brake – still to be confirmed by the outgoing parliament – marked a seismic shift. Continue reading...

Politics

5 d. ago Gang of professional Italian burglars stole £68,000 worth of jewels and £10k in cash during raid on home of Premier League star, court hears

The Newcastle United and Sweden forward was not in the house at Darras Hall, Northumberland when a family of thieves broke through his glass door last April.

Economics

5 d. ago While our eyes are on the welfare state’s destruction, Trump is building a police state | Judith Levine

Republicans aren’t simply shrinking the government. They’re investing billions in defense, border control and prisonsLast week, the federal human resources department sent out a seven-page memo ordering agencies to submit detailed plans on how they will work with the so-called “department of government efficiency” (Doge) to slash their payrolls. To do this, they were to eliminate whole job categories – except one. Untouchable were positions “necessary to meet law enforcement, border security, national security, immigration enforcement, or public safety responsibilities”.While we’ve had our eyes on the wrecking ball–Doge pulverizing social services, environmental protection and scientific research, we’ve hardly taken notice of what is being constructed. In the footprint of the already shabby, now half-demolished US welfare state, the Trump administration is building a police state. Continue reading...

Politics

8 d. ago Pope Francis weighs in on Zelensky and Trump clash from his sickbed as he posts on X 'pray for martyred Ukraine' and 'judge our neighbour with charity'

The pontiff, 88, wrote: 'I pray for you, too. I pray above all for peace. Let us pray for martyred Ukraine , Palestine , Israel , Lebanon, Myanmar, Sudan, and Kivu'.

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8 d. ago Football’s relentless hunt for profits still not matching global popularity

For all the brand awareness, the human element in decision making in the most emotional of sports is undervaluedWhen William Goldman wrote in his memoir Adventures in the Screen Trade that in Hollywood “nobody knows anything”, he coined a phrase that spoke directly to the chaos at the heart of the movie industry. It was a remark made in 1983, the year of classic movies such as Tootsie, Trading Places and Local Hero and an era when the box office was booming.The phrase came to mind this past week in the ballroom of the Peninsula hotel in London, where the great and the good and the rest of the global football industry gathered for the latest FT Business of Football Summit. Continue reading...

Politics

2 w. ago Trump and Elon Musk get Sean Hannity’s primetime propaganda for their constitutional wrecking ball

Analysis: The world’s wealthiest man spins his government siege as the will of the people but has no idea how government works

Politics

2 w. ago RFK Jr. goes viral after posing with shirtless Dr Oz and Russell Brand in bizarre group shot

The new secretary of health and human services, 71, held a lizard as he smiled alongside Brand, 49, and Mehmet Oz, 64.

Politics

2 w. ago 'He put his trust in his neighbour... he can't believe she could do such a despicable thing'

The victim was an elderly and vulnerable man who lived on his own next door to Iles' family

Politics