4 h. ago Oasis Heaton Park support band Cast brings out music legend for first Manchester show

The band, fronted by John Power, brought out a surprise star

Culture

5 h. ago What David and Victoria Beckham REALLY thought of Brooklyn's birthday message to little sister Harper: Insiders tell KATIE HIND how they fear he may be using social media to 'taunt' his parents

Whenever Brooklyn Beckham brought his wife Nicola Peltz home to visit the family, there would be much excitement.

Politics

7 h. ago Want to get paid £70,000 to move to a remote island? Here’s how

Properties up for grabs are located on islands such as Aran Islands, Clare Island, Dursey, Inishturk, Inishbofin and Bere

Economics

9 h. ago New Writing Sets Sail: Shortlisted Playwrights Celebrated as Theatre@Sea Heads to Dundee

Two playwrights from across the UK are preparing to see their work brought to life in a most unexpected setting — aboard a cruise ship, as it docks near Dundee this summer as part of the Ambassador PEEL Playwriting Challenge 2025.

Culture

9 h. ago Panting, gular fluttering and sploots: how Britain’s animals try to keep cool

From cows and cats to squirrels and birds, all have their own methods but may need more help as heatwaves intensifyWith the UK bracing for its third heatwave of the summer, 2025 is on course to be a record-breaking year for temperature. As people retreat into paddling pools and beneath the breeze of pedestal fans, a quieter and less visible struggle is playing out across the country’s fields, forests and hedgerows. So how are Britain’s animals weathering the heat?From cows and cats to herons, horses and even earthworms, each species has evolved its own tactics for staying cool – some more effective than others. But as extreme heat events become more frequent and intense, scientists are beginning to question the longer-term resilience of UK wildlife, and what we can do to help. Continue reading...

Politics

9 h. ago Preferred location of a new Welsh medium school in Merthyr revealed

Cabinet members have given their backing for a new build on the Goetre Primary School site

Politics

9 h. ago Number of long term empty properties in Merthyr brought back into use last year

The council's target is to bring 7% back into use each year and 200 over the course of the period covered by their strategy

Politics

10 h. ago How the Monday blues are seriously affecting your physical health... even if you're retired

The Monday blues could be harming your health, even if you're unemployed or retired.

Politics

12 h. ago DWP next steps for PIP assessments which will affect millions

The benefit supports people who live with a long-term health condition or disability to help cover their extra costs

Politics

13 h. ago Vote system change for electing London mayor 'good news for Labour but makes victory harder for Tories and Reform'

Will axing of first past the post encourage Sir Sadiq Khan to seek a fourth term in 2028?

Politics

13 h. ago UK politics live: Cooper refuses to criticise Macron’s Brexit swipe after more migrants arrive in Dover

Several migrants, wearing life jackets, were brought ashore by Border Force to Dover, Kent, on Friday

Politics

13 h. ago One wrong move could be fatal: the divers risking their lives to save whales from ‘ghost nets’

Abandoned fishing equipment haunts our oceans, killing coral, turtles, sharks and whales. But in Colombia’s Gulf of Tribugá, ‘guardians’ are on call to free entangled marine animalsAfter a day of scuba diving, Luis Antonio “Toño” Lloreda was exhausted. Then a friend brought urgent news. “Toño, man, there’s a whale caught in a net out there.” Lloreda, 43, had freed other, smaller wildlife from fishing nets but this would be his first marine animal of such size.The four to five metres-long juvenile humpback, accompanied by its mother, had a net studded with hooks wrapped around its fin and mouth. One wrong move could have been fatal for Lloreda or the whale.Luis Antonio ‘Toño’ Lloreda holds a photo of the whale he freed from a fishing net Continue reading...

Events

16 h. ago UK economy shrinks for second month running in May – business live

UK GDP falls by 0.1% in May, following 0.3% fall in April.US will impose 35% tariffs on Canadian imports, Trump says in letterFTSE 100 hit record high on ThursdayThe pound has dropped against the US dollar, as investors react to this morning’s worse-than-expected GDP report.Sterling has lost a third of a cent to $1.354, a drop of 0.2%.“The economy contracted slightly in May with notable falls in production and construction, only partially offset by growth in services. However, across the latest three months as a whole, the economy still grew. This reflected strength earlier in the year that resulted, in part, from some activity being brought forward to February and March.“May’s fall in production was driven by oil and gas extraction, car manufacturing and the often-erratic pharmaceutical industry. Continue reading...

Economics

19 h. ago Russell Grant's horoscopes as Capricorn told to break free from routine

Today's horoscopes, brought to you by Russell Grant.

Politics

21 h. ago Starmer's Sandbanks exodus: Experts warn properties Britain's most sought

The great Sandbanks gold rush might be over as properties in the UK's highly sought after and most expensive postcode are struggling to sell.

Events

22 h. ago Native Hawaiian man faces longer prison term for hate crime against white man

A U.S. appeals court has ruled that a Native Hawaiian man convicted of a hate crime against a white man must be re-sentenced, potentially adding years to his prison term

Events

23 h. ago Picture This: Notting Hill's most famous road brought to life in pictures

Photographer Brian Jaquest captures all spectrums of life on Notting Hill's Portobello Road - from the street performers, to market sellers, his book has it all.

Politics

23 h. ago How the Monday blues are seriously affecting your physical health

The Monday blues could be harming your health, even if you're unemployed or retired.

Politics

25 h. ago Xhemaili’s late leveller floors Finland and sends Switzerland into quarter

Geneva may never have known a din like it. Any pretensions of lakeside refinement were blasted into the sky when Riola Xhemaili, brought on as a late throw of the dice, showed the instinct Switzerland had been missing all night. They had only needed a point to continue local interest at Euro 2025 but found themselves trailing to a gutsy Finland as the match entered its second minute of added time.Then the tireless Geraldine Reuteler skewed a cross-shot into the six-yard box; Xhemaili was placed to capitalise and host nation politesse was the last thing on anybody’s minds from thereon. Continue reading...

Politics

25 h. ago Mother who hid the bodies of two dead babies inside blankets and binbags walks free from court

Egle Zilinskaite, 31, of Crwys Road in Cardiff, hid the bodies of two full-term babies inside her home after she delivered them 'alone and without medical support', a court was told.

Events