25 m. ago Shark shoppers race to buy £268 cordless vacuum for £89 before deal ends

This vacuum is equipped with Shark's 'cyclonic' technology, which effectively separates dust and debris while being sucked up through its powerful motor

Economics

52 m. ago Virginia Giuffre's funeral takes place in private service held in Australia

Prince Andrew accuser Virginia Giuffre, who claimed to have been trafficked for sex with the disgraced royal by billionaire paedophile Jeffrey Epstein, was cremated in a funeral service held in Perth, Australia.

Politics

60 m. ago French authorities investigate power blackout blamed on sabotage

At least 45,000 people affected after electrical transformer set on fire and pylon pillars cut in ‘malicious act’French authorities have launched an investigation into a power blackout blamed on sabotage that affected at least 45,000 people, just a day after a similar outage disrupted the final day of the Cannes film festival.Authorities in Nice said an electrical transformer had been set on fire in the west of the city in the early hours of Sunday, with power restored later in the day. A day earlier, a separate blaze, believed to have been started by arson, contributed to a power cut that hit Cannes. Continue reading...

Events

85 m. ago Pope Leo XIV declares 'I am Roman!' as he completes formalities to become bishop of Rome

Pope Leo XIV has declared himself a Roman as he completes the final ceremonial steps cementing his role as the bishop of Rome

Politics

3 h. ago Can Pope Leo retain US citizenship while leading a foreign government?

US state department says on website it may ‘actively review’ status of Americans who ‘serve as a foreign head of state’Pope Leo XIV’s election as the first US-born leader of the Roman Catholic church elevated him to the rare, legally thorny, position of being an American citizen who now is also a foreign head of state.Born in Chicago as Robert Prevost in 1955, the new pope for the past decade has held dual citizenship in the US and Peru, where he spent time as a missionary and bishop. Continue reading...

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5 h. ago Kemi Badenoch warns Nigel Farage becoming PM would be 'very bad' for Britain as she accuses Reform leader of aping Keir Starmer by 'saying anything in order to win power'

The Tory leader accused her Reform UK rival of saying 'whatever he wants in order to get into power' and said he would 'bankrupt' the country if he enters Downing Street .

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5 h. ago Ollie Pope eager to prove he is better equipped to deal with Australia and India

Pope scored 171 against Zimbabwe as England ran out convincing winners on the one-off Test.

Economics

5 h. ago Pope prays for Chinese Catholics to be in communion with Rome in first comments on thorny issues

Pope Leo XIV is praying for China’s Catholics to be in communion with the Holy See

Politics

5 h. ago The woman who went on a first date with a personal trainer... then he put seven police officers in hospital

Mum of two Courtney Redfern, 27, was on her first date with Mayzar Azarbonyad, 20, when police tried to stop his powerful BMW M5 as he drove her home.

Events

5 h. ago Can Pope Leo remain a U.S. citizen now that he's a foreign head of state?

Pope Leo XIV’s election as the first American to lead the Catholic Church elevated him to the rare position of being a U.S. citizen who is also a foreign head of state

Politics

5 h. ago Prince Andrew's accuser Virginia Giuffre is laid to rest at private cremation in Perth after she took her own life

A funeral service for the 41-year-old is believed to have taken place at the Pinnaroo Valley Memorial Park in Padbury.

Politics

5 h. ago George Floyd’s family fights for sacred ground where he took his last breath: ‘That’s my blood’

Minneapolis site where Floyd was killed by Derek Chauvin in 2020 faces tense debate over how best to honor his legacyLast May, Roger Floyd and Thomas McLaurin walked the lengths of 38th Street and Chicago Avenue in Minneapolis, passing a roundabout with a garden, and a vacant gas station with a large sign that read: “Where there’s people there’s power.” Though it had been four years since the murder of George Floyd, their nephew and cousin, respectively, concrete barriers erected by the city to protect the area still cordoned off the corner of the street where he was killed by the Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin on 25 May 2020.Behind those barriers stands a memorial with a black-and-white mural of George Floyd on the side of a bus stop shelter. “That’s my blood that was laying there taking his last breath. What was he going through?” McLaurin recalled thinking as he stood in front of the mural. Flowers and stuffed animals from visitors surrounded the memorial. Roger said he...

Events

5 h. ago Now is the time for scientists to stand up against Trump’s repressive agenda | Daniel Malinsky

The administration is attacking research, health and the environment. We might seem unlikely activists – but we have a duty to dissentThere is a stereotype that the natural political activists in academia are the humanities professors: literary scholars, social theorists and critics of culture are the ones who speak truth to power and fight back against oppression.Yet scientists also ought to stand up and organize against the Trump administration’s attacks – not only the attacks on scientific research and integrity, but also the attacks on immigrants, on political speech and on democracy. Scientists cannot see themselves as above the fray but rather in coalition with other workers resisting authoritarianism. Continue reading...

Politics

7 h. ago Funeral of Prince Andrew and Jeffrey Epstein accuser Virginia Giuffre held in secret

Virginia Giuffre passed away on her farm 80km outside of the Western Australian city of Perth with police saying nothing about the circumstances marked the death as suspicious

Politics

7 h. ago Kemi Badenoch warns Farage in power would be ‘very bad for this country’

The Tory leader accused Mr Farage of offering empty promises as the Conservatives fell behind Reform UK, Labour and the Liberal Democrats in a poll.

Events

7 h. ago Prince Andrew accuser Virginia Giuffre funeral takes place in secret

Virginia Giuffre, who claimed to have been trafficked for sex with Prince Andrew by billionaire paedophile Jeffrey Epstein, was cremated in a funeral service held in Perth, Australia

Politics

7 h. ago If you think the Defund movement failed, you’re missing the bigger picture | M Adams and Miski Noor

Five years after George Floyd’s murder, America’s view on policing has fundamentally changed. But one summer of protest isn’t enoughMemory is a strange thing – the way sounds, images, and sensations converge to cement a moment in our minds. For millions of people, the memory of what happened to George Floyd five years ago in Minneapolis will stay with us for ever.On Sunday, we remember the life of George Floyd and reflect on the summer of 2020, when movement builders activated as many as 26 million people into the streets to demand an end to the state’s violent disregard for Black lives. Many people will opine today about the perceived failures of that time and the years that followed, focusing on how corporate pledges to increase diversity have since been revoked or zeroing in on how many police departments did not cut their budgets, all in an effort to decide whether the summer of 2020 was really as powerful as it felt.M Adams, Co-Executive Director, Movement for Black Lives &...

Events

8 h. ago Paddy Power offer: Bet £5 on the final Premier League weekend get £30 free bets

Paddy Power is offering new customers £30 in free bets when they sign up and place a £5 on the Premier League's last matchday of the season

Politics

10 h. ago Ben Stokes claims Jacob Bethell comments were ‘twisted to suit an agenda’

The England captain had hinted at an immediate return to the Test side for the left-hander but has since clarified his remarks

Politics

11 h. ago Artist Caravaggio's faith shines in new Rome exhibit and at churches run by Pope Leo XIV's order

The Roman basilica of the Augustinians — Pope Leo XIV’s religious order — preserves an iconic painting of the Virgin Mary by Caravaggio

Culture