31 m. ago Business groups urge peers to PASS Labour's workers' rights law

In a joint letter to Business Secretary Peter Kyle, six organisations said that 'now is the time' for Parliament to pass the Employment Rights Bill.

Economics

71 m. ago Brit tourist hotspot fines Airbnb €64 million in crackdown on illegal holiday homes

The country is tightening the net on tourist accommodation

Society

1 hour ago Starmer calls for police crackdown on antisemitic chants at pro

The prime minister’s official spokesperson said that while ‘free speech is an important right in this country, that can't extend inciting hatred or harassing others’

Events

2 h. ago Why the ‘WRABB’ trick makes kids’ sleepless nights on Christmas Eve a thing of the past – as doctor reveals how it works

'TWAS the night before Christmas, and all through the house, not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse. Well, that's the dream, right? But as any parent knows, the reality of trying to get kids to go to sleep on Christmas Eve can be an absolute nightmare. However, there's a six-step process - labelled...

Politics

2 h. ago Women who say they were tricked into servitude for Opus Dei to meet in Argentina

Pope urged organisers to hold conference after 43 women alleged they were exploited as minors by Catholic groupBuenos Aires will on Tuesday host the first-ever international gathering of former Opus Dei members who say they were tricked and trafficked into domestic servitude as minors – allegations that have drawn scrutiny of the powerful, secretive Catholic group. Pope Leo XIV privately urged organisers to convene the conference, the Guardian has learned.Forty-three women in Argentina say they were lured to Opus Dei schools as children and teenagers under promises of receiving an education. Instead, they say they were forced into working up to 12-hour days, cooking and cleaning for the elite male members, without pay. Continue reading...

Politics

3 h. ago Foreign farm workers are struggling amid Trump’s immigration crackdown: ‘It was terrifying’

Growing instability in the US is being exacerbated by devastation at home and alleged pressure from employersFarm worker Owen Salmon has picked apples in upstate New York for almost a decade, some 1,500 miles (2,400km) from home. In the midst of harvest season this year, Hurricane Melissa, a record-breaking category 5 hurricane, made landfall in Jamaica.“It was terrifying,” said Salmon, whose wife and two children were at home near Black River, a town on the country’s south-western coast. “For days, I couldn’t hear from them. When I finally did, I heard my roof was completely gone. My wife and kids had to run for their lives, but thank God they’re alive.” Continue reading...

Politics

4 h. ago Ilhan Omar says her son was pulled over by ICE agents during immigration crackdown

Omar and Trump have repeatedly clashed, with the president calling for the Congresswoman to be ‘thrown the hell out’ of the United States

Politics

4 h. ago New crackdown on Dodgy Fire Sticks: Police action sees sellers shut down, leaving fans with no Premier League football and films ahead of Christmas

Vendors of 'dodgy' Amazon Fire Sticks are reportedly suspending their services after the police declared war on the illegal devices.

Sport

4 h. ago Hong Kong Mixtape review – dissident artists keep hope alive in the face of China’s crackdown

San San F Young’s passionate documentary records a vibrant creative scene that continues to resist Beijing’s repression Dotted with towering corporate skyscrapers, the skyline of Hong Kong attests to its global reputation as a financial hub; this image is profoundly challenged by San San F Young’s passionate documentary. Turning her camera to the streets and taking us into artists’ studios, the film-maker captures the vibrant creative scene of the city. The turmoil of the protests against the 2019 Hong Kong extradition bill, along with the draconian laws that followed, hangs heavy over every frame. In the midst of political turbulence, art emerges as a powerful, transformative tool of collective resistance.In an engaging and personable voiceover, Young weaves in stories from her own life growing up in Hong Kong as a rebellious teenager. Surrounded by bankers and financiers, she yearned to follow the footsteps of her film-making idols, such as Spike Lee, in the west. Her youthful dis...

Politics

5 h. ago Stephen Mulhern breaks down in tears discussing death of his dad on Accidental Tourist

The Catchphrase presenter, 48, embarked on a trip to South Korea intended to help face his fears - organised by Ant and Dec .

Events

5 h. ago ‘Apocalyptically funny’: why The Mitchells vs the Machines is my feelgood movie

The latest in our series of writers explaining their comfort watches is a celebration of 2021’s acclaimed animated adventureAnimation is a great way of allowing you to experience the world through the eyes of another, complete with the colour, energy, imagination and chaos that this can bring. It’s true whether you’re looking at the world from the perspective of a frustrated and talented teenage girl, or from that of a megalomaniacal rogue AI who dreams of blasting every human on Earth into space in tiny hexagonal pods (with free wifi!). Such is the chaotic and sensational combination of styles that fuels animated road-trip riot The Mitchells vs the Machines, a film that crams a father-daughter conflict, a techno-apocalypse, Olivia Colman, and every colour of the rainbow into a burnt-orange 1993 station wagon.Phil Lord and Christopher Miller produce with the same kind of free-spirited approach that characterised the likes of The Lego Movie and Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse. It’s...

Politics

6 h. ago Pussy Riot labelled ‘extremist organisation’ in latest Kremlin crackdown

Decision follows a court judgment that saw five members of the group sentenced in absentia to up to 13 years in jail

Politics

10 h. ago Bondi Beach shooting: 'Hugely respected' retired police officer named as victim of horror attack

A heartbreaking tribute has been made for retired police officer and rugby manager Peter Meagher that labels him 'a much loved figure and absolute legend' caught 'in the wrong place at the wrong time'

Events

11 h. ago The rise and fall of Jimmy Lai, whose trajectory mirrored that of Hong Kong itself

Progressing from child labourer to billionaire, Lai used his power and wealth to promote democracy, which ultimately pitted him against authorities in BeijingOn Monday, a Hong Kong court convicted Jimmy Lai of national security offences, the end to a landmark trial for the city and its hobbled protest movement.The verdict was expected. Long a thorn in the side of Beijing, Lai, a 78-year-old media tycoon and activist, was a primary target of the most recent and definitive crackdown on Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement. Authorities cast him as a traitor and a criminal. Continue reading...

Politics

13 h. ago 'The kids are like animals': The Northumberland secondary school where pupils are accused of attacking pregnant staff and 'gangs of boys run riot'

Staff at Haydon Bridge High School in Hexham believe behaviour among some of the 430 pupils has become so bad that last week 30 of them felt compelled to walk out on strike in protest.

Events

15 h. ago ‘The frontline is everywhere’: new MI6 head to warn of growing Russian threat

Blaise Metreweli expected to say UK faces new ‘age of uncertainty’ in speech identifying Kremlin as key threatAssassination plots, sabotage, cyber-attacks and the manipulation of information by Russia and other hostile states mean that “the frontline is everywhere”, the new head of MI6 will warn on Monday.Blaise Metreweli, giving her first speech in the job, is expected to say the UK faces a new “age of uncertainty” where the rules of conflict are being rewritten, particularly in light of wider Kremlin aggression after the invasion of Ukraine. Continue reading...

Events

17 h. ago US immigration crackdown forces teens to caretake after parents are detained

As federal agents target families, teens are left to care for siblings – from accessing bank accounts to medical recordsVilma Cruz, a mother of two, had just arrived at her newly leased Louisiana home when federal agents surrounded her vehicle in the driveway. She had just enough time to call her oldest son before they smashed the passenger window and detained her.The 38-year-old Honduran house painter was swept up in an immigration crackdown that has largely targeted Kenner, a New Orleans suburb with a large Hispanic population, where some parents at risk of deportation had rushed to arrange emergency custody plans for their children in case they were arrested. Continue reading...

Politics

19 h. ago Cole Palmer labelled ‘close to Mbappe and Dembele’ as Chelsea star makes triumphant Stamford Bridge return

WESLEY FOFANA knows all about playing alongside elite forwards - and reckons Cole Palmer is right up there with the very best. The Chelsea defender has the likes of Ballon d'Or winner Ousmane Dembele and Kylian Mbappe as France team-mates, so he is in a good place to judge. And described Palmer as on a...

Politics

20 h. ago Fuming Bruno Guimaraes blasts ‘embarrassing’ Newcastle and labels team

BRUNO GUIMARAES slammed “embarrassing” Newcastle and called his team-mates a “mess” in the defeat at Sunderland. The woeful Mags failed to lay a glove on the Black Cats as Nick Woltemade’s own goal condemned them to derby defeat. And Newcastle’s Brazilian captain did not hold back after their rivals moved four points clear of them...

Politics

21 h. ago Bondi Beach terror attack moment by moment: How massacre during Jewish Hanukkah festival unfolded in footage sent in real time from Sydney

On Sydney's Bondi Beach this year, a 'Chanukah By The Sea' festival was organised by the city's population of practising Jews.

Events