32 m. ago Double whammy fares misery for commuters as Tube and train fares rise above inflation

Passengers advised to renew season tickets and Railcards before Sunday

Economics

32 m. ago Charli XCX pokes fun at BRIT win as her 'Songwriter of the Year' nod divides fans

The bestselling 'Brat' queen has poked fun at her own 'Songwriter of the Year' win after social media users critiqued her writing for being "too simplistic" and "repetitive"

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40 m. ago Jury urged to clear Charles Hanson after claim his wife lied to ‘build’ her case

Defence KC Sasha Wass suggested Rebecca Hanson had ‘dismally failed’ to satisfy the court that the TV auctioneer had committed any crime.

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43 m. ago UK competition regulator will review fewer global deals, says boss

CMA head also warns it will not be ‘open season’ for takeovers harmful to consumers

Economics

69 m. ago A regimental goat and a carnival queen: photos of the day – Thursday

The Guardian’s picture editors select photographs from around the world Continue reading...

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76 m. ago Matthijs de Ligt claims Man Utd ready for ‘most important phase of season’

The defender believes Ruben Amorim’s side can still end the season on a high

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81 m. ago ‘Ambition beyond words’: How Siena’s art revolution brought heaven down to earth

Before the Black Death devastated Siena, the city thrummed with energy, expressed in art and architecture designed to dazzle its audience – and which still astonishes 800 years laterIf you want to know the moment of a medieval Italian city’s greatest prosperity, look at the year it began work on its cathedral. In Siena, the magic year was 1226, the start of some 85 years of construction of the duomo, a remarkable gothic structure with an intricately complex, creamy pink facade and stripy, black-and-white campanile. “The scale of ambition is difficult to put into words,” says Laura Llewellyn, one of the curators of The Rise of Painting, the National Gallery’s new exhibition of Sienese art. “The extravagance of it: to appreciate it you need to unknow and unlearn later buildings like the duomos in Florence and St Peter’s in Rome.”But by the 1350s, Siena’s most glorious years in the raging Tuscan sun would be as good as over. After decades of rapid artistic transformation – a half centu...

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89 m. ago Moment police discover lorry packed with suspected illegal migrants after M3 motorway crash near film studios

The Spanish-registered HGV carrying oranges was intercepted on the M3 westbound in Surrey between junction two for the M25 and junction three for Woking, Bracknell and Lightwater.

Events

89 m. ago Jamie Carragher picks forgotten Liverpool game as most important win of season

Liverpool are on course for the Premier League title while remaining alive in two cup competitions and their former star Jamie Carragher has pointed to a key moment

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96 m. ago F1 testing LIVE: Day 2 updates, results and times as Lewis Hamilton loses top spot in Bahrain

Follow live updates as the 2025 season starts with the three-day pre-season test in Bahrain

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1 hour ago Archbishop selection panel must not be implicated in safeguarding failures – MP

A successor to Justin Welby will be chosen by the Crown Nominations Commission.

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1 hour ago Arsenal now need to make Premier League history to snatch title from Liverpool's hands

Mikel Arteta has seen Arsenal’s title hopes fade over recent weeks but they could still reel Liverpool in over the final few months of the season with a record-breaking run of form

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1 hour ago Video shows moment car bursts into flames on busy Ayrshire road

A car became engulfed in flames on the A78 south of Irvine on Thursday morning.

Transport

1 hour ago Matthijs de Ligt ready for battle as Man Utd enter ‘most important phase of season’

The defender believes Ruben Amorim’s side can still end the season on a high.

Events

1 hour ago Celebrity osteopath who admitted voyeurism had camera and telescope in car

Torben Hersborg pleaded guilty to spying on female university students in December last year, the court was previously told.

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1 hour ago ‘The love child of Mick Hucknall and Crazy Frog’: is Eurovision’s Lumo the worst mascot ever?

Meet the song contest’s first ever mascot – a sentient heart with a bizarrely sexy mouth that looks like the result of the ChatGPT prompt ‘please ruin my day’. Why oh why has this happened?The miracle of Eurovision is how much it has legitimised itself over the last decade and a half. For years, the song contest was the laughing stock of Europe, a toe-curling night on which all the continent’s fifth-rate novelty acts would gather and bing-bam-boom themselves to death while the rest of Europe looked on and jeered.But look at it now. By carefully repositioning itself, and by encouraging countries to submit relevant, modish entries, Eurovision has transformed into the party of the year. People love Eurovision – and not ironically, either. At a time of growing international strife – the sort of strife that it was designed to combat – Eurovision represents a moment of unity. It is, in short, in the shape of its life. It would take something spectacular to mess it up. Continue reading...

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1 hour ago EastEnders sisters lick each other on wild night out in London's West End

Samantha Womack and Rita Simons were spotted sharing a playful moment during a wild night out in London’s West End.

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2 h. ago Reunified Hibs not getting carried away but fans can start to dream as season comes full circle

‘Sir David’s’ side are the form team in the race for third

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2 h. ago Watch the heartwarming moment three tiny polar bear cubs emerge from their den for very first time

An adorable video shows the moment three tiny polar bear cubs emerged from the den with their mum for the first time on the remote island of Svalbard, Norway.

Events

2 h. ago Sophie follows in late Queen’s footsteps to become patron of Mothers’ Union

The Christian organisation, which marks its 150th anniversary next year, was founded in 1876 to support mothers from all backgrounds.

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