66 m. ago I made a £2.15 a head Easter lamb roast dinner from the supermarket where essentials have been cheaper than Aldi and Lidl

Cooking most of it in the air fryer made it even cheaper

Economics

73 m. ago It's only April, but 2025 is already the UK's second worst year on record for wildfires

There have been 115 blazes this year

Events

3 h. ago Dubai Mr Big fuelling gang wars in Scotland "working with biggest cocaine cartels in world"

The Dubai-based gangster fled Scotland after the Encrochat group was cracked by cops but his operation has since grown massively.

Events

5 h. ago How smoked salmon, artisan cheese, fine wine and single malt whisky are being stolen in vast quantities from the UK's top producers

They'll spend months planning a heist. Nurturing or placing a man on the inside. Learning every detail of how their target business operates - the supply chain, the distribution pattern.

Events

8 h. ago Wildfires grow to hundreds of acres after North Carolina lifts burn ban

Wildfires in the Carolinas have been fueled by dry and warm weather and leftover hurricane debris

Events

10 h. ago US releases thousands of files related to Robert F Kennedy assassination

Release of files, ordered by Trump, includes notes from killer, who said presidential candidate ‘must be disposed of’About 10,000 pages of records related to the 1968 assassination of Robert F Kennedy, including handwritten notes by the assassin, who said the US senator and Democratic presidential candidate “must be disposed of” and acknowledged an obsession with killing him.The release continued the disclosure of national secrets ordered by Donald Trump after he began his second presidency in January. It comes a month after unredacted files related to the 1963 assassination of president John F Kennedy were disclosed. The earlier documents gave curious readers more details about cold- war era covert US operations in other nations but did not initially lend credence to long-circulating conspiracy theories about who killed JFK, RFK’s brother. Continue reading...

Politics

10 h. ago Christian Horner responds as Max Verstappen linked with record

Max Verstappen has a Red Bull contract until 2028 but it contains performance clauses and, should he become available, Aston Martin look primed to make a move for the four-time F1 champion

Politics

11 h. ago Nicola Sturgeon's failure to respond to landmark gender ruling is 'insulting,' critics say

Nicola Sturgeon's continued failure to respond to the landmark legal ruling that trans women are not women is 'becoming insulting', it's been claimed.

Events

11 h. ago FSU shooting victims include a school employee whose dad was a Cuban exile turned CIA operative

Two people were killed and six others were injured when a gunman opened fire at Florida State University, sending students fleeing from the student union and putting the Tallahassee, Florida campus under lockdown

Events

14 h. ago Vernon Kay breaks silence on beloved family member's health ordeal and 'major operation'

BBC Radio 2 presenter Vernon Kay was back on the airwaves on Friday, where he shared an update on a family member who had recently undergone a 'massive operation'

Society

14 h. ago Fearne Cotton reveals 'not a scrap of tumour left' in candid health update following operation

The presenter is one of the UK's biggest podcasters

Politics

14 h. ago Vernon Kay shares update on beloved family member after ‘massive operation’

Vernon Kay vowed to spend the Easter weekend taking care of his loved one, who is recovering from an operation, alongside wife Tess Daly

Politics

15 h. ago Emmerdale star Isabel Hodgins gives 'married life' update as fans rush to respond

The Victoria Sugden actress gave a fresh update after revealing she'd tied the knot with partner Adam Whitehead

Politics

15 h. ago "It's the highlight of my year": The Good Friday tradition that keeps Ramsbottom residents coming back

Families across the town are carrying the tradition on with their children

Politics

16 h. ago NFL's smallest market prepares to host league's top offseason spectacle as draft comes to Green Bay

The NFL draft’s annual pilgrimage to cities across the league is arriving in Green Bay next week with all the pageantry that comes from operating in the home of the league’s only publicly owned franchise

Politics

17 h. ago Most people unaware National Insurance impacts State Pension payments in retirement

A new survey found over half of respondents admitted they had no idea of the current value of State Pension.

Economics

17 h. ago Denied, detained, deported: the people at the heart of Trump’s immigration crackdown

The White House is targeting people seen as opponents of its agenda – here are some of the most high-profile casesDonald Trump retook the White House vowing to stage “the largest deportation operation in American history”. The administration has set about further militarizing the US-Mexico border and targeting asylum seekers and refugees while conducting raids in undocumented communities and spreading fear.Critics are outraged, if not surprised. But few expected the new legal chapter that unfolded next: a multi-pronged crackdown on certain people seen as opponents of the US president’s ideological agenda. This assault has come in the context of wider attacks on higher education, the courts and the constitution. Continue reading...

Politics

17 h. ago Denied, detained, deported: the people ensnared in Trump’s immigration crackdown

The White House is targeting people seen as opponents of its agenda – here are some of the most high-profile casesDonald Trump retook the White House vowing to stage “the largest deportation operation in American history”. The administration has set about further militarizing the US-Mexico border and targeting asylum seekers and refugees while conducting raids in undocumented communities and spreading fear.Critics are outraged, if not surprised. But few expected the new legal chapter that unfolded next: a multi-pronged crackdown on certain people seen as opponents of the US president’s ideological agenda. This assault has come in the context of wider attacks on higher education, the courts and the constitution. Continue reading...

Politics

17 h. ago Part of Dover Port taped off amid police investigation after small boat migrant dies in Good Friday tragedy on the English Channel

Officials brought a body ashore at the Port of Dover after Border Force responded to an incident aboard a migrant dinghy mid-crossing.

Events

18 h. ago Cruise passengers look devastated as ship sets off without them after they turned up 30 minutes late

Crew on Royal Caribbean's Rhapsody of the Seas waited 30 minutes for a pair of latecomers to return to the dock in Saint Kitts before they pulled the boarding ramp up and left the port.

Politics