87 m. ago Lando Norris squeezes out Max Verstappen in Abu Dhabi Grand Prix first practice

McLaren’s Norris has to finish third on Sunday to be assured of his maiden world championship title.

Sport

2 h. ago Ministers don't know how many illegal migrants are in Britain or the number using human rights law to avoid deportation

The University of Oxford's Migration Observatory flagged 10 major areas where information is lacking, including immigration enforcement and returns.

Politics

2 h. ago Price of popular pint to rise in pubs as brewer blames Reeves’ brutal Budget increases

DRINKERS will feel the pinch as the price of a popular pint is set to shoot up across the country in months. The cost of a pint of Asahi will increase next year due to rising costs, alcohol duty and changes to Government legislation. Dhati Holohan, Asahi UK sales director, told the Morning Advertiser she...

Economics

4 h. ago Spartacus House of Ashur star thinks cliffhanger will make fans say 'holy s***'

Spartacus House of Ashur takes a deep dive into an alternative reality where Ashur not only survives but thrives.

Politics

6 h. ago Over a pint in Oxford, we may have stumbled upon the holy grail of agriculture | George Monbiot

I knew that a revolution in our understanding of soil could change the world. Then came a eureka moment – and the birth of the Earth Rover ProgramReport: Experts say seismic waves can check soil health and boost yieldsIt felt like walking up a mountain during a temperature inversion. You struggle through fog so dense you can scarcely see where you’re going. Suddenly, you break through the top of the cloud, and the world is laid out before you. It was that rare and remarkable thing: a eureka moment.For the past three years, I’d been struggling with a big and frustrating problem. In researching my book Regenesis, I’d been working closely with Iain Tolhurst (Tolly), a pioneering farmer who had pulled off something extraordinary. Almost everywhere, high-yield farming means major environmental harm, due to the amount of fertiliser, pesticides and (sometimes) irrigation water and deep ploughing required. Most farms with apparently small environmental impacts produce low yields. This, in r...

Politics

9 h. ago Kate to stage annual Christmas carol service celebrating love in all forms

Royal fans will be hoping Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis make an appearance, as they did at last year’s carol service.

Politics

15 h. ago Georgia ethics panel decides a GOP candidate for governor can loan $10M to his campaign

Georgia’s Ethics Commission says Lt. Gov. Burt Jones can loan $10 million loan to his campaign committee

Politics

16 h. ago Adrien Brody joins his glamorous partner Georgina Chapman at gala opening of The Red Sea International Film Festival as she stuns in lace gown

Walking the red carpet in Jeddah amongst a host of stars, the couple, who are believed to have been dating since 2019, looked as loved up as ever.

Culture

18 h. ago Why small farmers can’t fix our hunger problem | Cassandra Loftlin

Big farmers grab the lion’s share of US government support, and recent cuts have chipped away at small growers’ markets and marginsThe most significant food system failure since the pandemic was not a natural disaster: in October, the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (Snap) was temporarily suspended for the month of November due to the government shutdownMore than 40 million people had to ration food, skip meals and make sacrifices we might associate with the Great Depression, not 21st-century America. Churches, community groups and neighbors sprang into action. They checked on single moms juggling multiple jobs, elderly friends living alone, people with disabilities and large families with children too young for school lunch programs. And though food stamps were restored, the Trump administration is now threatening to pull Snap funds from Democratic-led states. Continue reading...

Politics

20 h. ago George Clooney reflects on fame, failure and a life in movies with 'Jay Kelly'

George Clooney plays a movie star with regrets in “Jay Kelly.”

Events

20 h. ago US and EU critical minerals project could displace thousands in DRC– report

Global Witness says plan to upgrade railway line to Angola puts up to 1,200 buildings at risk of demolitionUp to 6,500 people are at risk of being displaced in the Democratic Republic of the Congo by a multi-billion-dollar infrastructure project funded by the EU and the US, amid a global race to secure supplies of copper, cobalt and other “critical minerals”, according to a report by campaign group Global Witness.The project, labelled the Lobito Corridor, aims to upgrade the colonial-era Benguela railway from the DRC to Lobito on Angola’s coast and improve port infrastructure, as well as building a railway line to Zambia and supporting agriculture and solar power installations along the route. Angola has said it needs $4.5bn (£3.4bn) for its stretch of the line. Continue reading...

Politics

21 h. ago Outcry in Italy over sex education bill to crack down on ‘gender ideology’

Legislation is needed to stop leftwing politicians ‘bringing drag queens and porn actors into schools’, minister saysA restrictive sex education bill backed by Georgia Meloni’s far-right government and intended to crack down on “gender ideology and the woke bubble” has provoked fury in Italy.Italy is one of the few EU countries not to have compulsory sex education in schools despite evidence showing that comprehensive relationship and sex education helps to prevent violence against women and girls. Continue reading...

Politics

21 h. ago Jay Kelly review – George Clooney is raw and revealing as an ageing movie star

A star-studded cast – including Adam Sandler, Laura Dern and Greta Gerwig – surround Clooney’s egotistical A-lister in Noah Baumbach’s new Netflix film

Politics

21 h. ago All My Precious Madness by Mark Bowles review – a deliciously sweary, prize

The actor Paul Hilton brilliantly inhabits the character of a ranting working-class academic in this debut novelSome books feel so suited to the audio format that they could have been written with the voice in mind. All My Precious Madness is one of those. Mark Bowles’s debut novel, which won the audiobook fiction category at the inaugural British Audio awards (where, full disclosure, I was a judge), is a deliciously sweary monologue from a middle-aged malcontent.A sideways reflection on working-class identity and masculinity, the novel gives voice to Henry Nash, a man of little patience. Sitting in a London coffee shop and trying to write a monograph of his father, he rains judgment on the other patrons whose obnoxious phone calls he can’t help but overhear. An Oxford graduate turned writer and academic, Nash lives in a Soho flat where he has been known to furtively drop eggs on passersby who disturb him with their drunken racket. Continue reading...

Politics

23 h. ago US envoy Steve Witkoff to meet Ukraine national security chief in Miami

Meeting comes two days after Witkoff and Jared Kushner held five hours of talks with Vladimir Putin in MoscowAnalysis: Ukraine peace deal has stumbled yet againThe US special envoy Steve Witkoff will meet Ukraine’s national security council chief, Rustem Umerov, in Miami on Thursday as Washington steps up its diplomatic push to secure a pathway to peace in Ukraine.Witkoff, accompanied by Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner, spent nearly five hours in talks with Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin on Tuesday. Moscow later said the meeting had not brought the sides any closer to a peace agreement. Continue reading...

Events

23 h. ago ‘It’s absolute anarchy’: Oxygen therapy chambers have led to horrific deaths. Why are Maha elite raving about them?

Touted as a cure for everything from wrinkles to autism, the treatment has been hyped by Robert F Kennedy Jr and various celebrities. Experts say it needs to be regulatedWarning: this article contains distressing contentIt was the kind of cold, damp morning that makes it hard to get out of bed, much less get a child out the door. The sun had not even risen when five-year-old Thomas Cooper and his mother, Annie Cooper, arrived for an appointment on 31 January at the Oxford Center in Troy, a northern suburb of Detroit, Michigan.Thomas was an exuberant child with a button nose and pinchable cheeks – a little kid who loved running fast, playing Minecraft and watching Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, according to a GoFundMe set up by his family. He had just received money in a special red envelope for lunar new year, and he planned to spend it later that day with his little brother. But first, he was going to receive hyperbaric oxygen therapy for his attention deficit hyperactivity dis...

Events

24 h. ago Widespread culling ‘not the response’ to bluetongue in Northern Ireland – Muir

Stormont Agriculture Minister Andrew Muir said the farm where Northern Ireland’s first cases were detected has excellent biosecurity.

Politics

25 h. ago Ronaldo's fiancée Georgina Rodriguez shows off her incredible figure in a red bikini as she hits the beach after picking out her wedding venue

Cristiano Ronaldo's fiancée Georgina Rodriguez showed off her incredible figure in a red bikini as she hit the beach after picking out her wedding venue.

Society

27 h. ago Ian Wright recalls ‘worrying’ moment Laura Woods collapsed on air

The pundit was on hand to help catch Woods after she stumbled on air during coverage of the Lionesses against Ghana after falling ill

Politics

27 h. ago US and EU critical minerals project could displace thousands in DR Congo – report

Global Witness says plan to upgrade railway line from DRC to Angola puts up to 1,200 buildings at risk of demolitionUp to 6,500 people are at risk of being displaced in the Democratic Republic of the Congo by a multi-billion-dollar infrastructure project funded by the EU and the US, amid a global race to secure supplies of copper, cobalt and other “critical minerals”, according to a report by campaign group Global Witness.The project, labelled the Lobito Corridor, aims to upgrade the colonial-era Benguela railway from the DRC to Lobito on Angola’s coast and improve port infrastructure, as well as building a railway line to Zambia and supporting agriculture and solar power installations along the route. Angola has said it needs $4.5bn (£3.4bn) for its stretch of the line. Continue reading...

Politics