21 h. ago Do house prices really double every 10 years? Why where you live has made a big difference

Property prices have risen far less in north England than south over two decades - but that is now changing, Zoopla data shows.

Society

34 h. ago Do house prices really double every 10 years? New data shows rises are less than people may expect

Property prices have risen far less in north England than south over two decades - but that is now changing, Zoopla data shows.

Politics

65 h. ago Brits to become sleep zombies with 27C heat, thunder and 'intense' rain, warn Met Office

UK weather to warm up - roasting Brits as temperatures soar, with the South East and central England potentially reaching 27C on Wednesday and Thursday and then 29C on Friday

Events

3 d. ago Met Office details exact day half a month's rain to batter Britain in just three hours

The Met Office forecasts "intense rainfall" across parts of the UK, particularly south Wales and Southwest England, but temperatures are expected to rise during this period

Politics

3 d. ago Pat Cummins: ‘We want to play hard and fair, and I think we’ve got it right’

The Australia captain talks about leading the side against South Africa and not getting too big for his boots – but plays a dead bat regarding the Bairstow dismissal at Lord’sAs Pat Cummins opens up at the pavilion end, while gazing across the vast empty space of Lord’s a few days before Australia face South Africa in the World Test Championship final, it’s clear that the unexpected opponents this week have helped to frame his remarkable career.On Wednesday morning, while towering a foot over Temba Bavuma, his 5ft 3in South African counterpart, Cummins will lead Australia for the 34th time, in his 68th Test. The fast bowler stands at the summit of world cricket, his grizzled matinee idol charm allied to the grit which has helped him to become such a successful captain. Australia have won almost everything during his tenure of three and a half years and they are expected to retain their Test title. Continue reading...

Politics

3 d. ago Rare Scottish dog breeds steal the show at this year’s Scottish Game Fair

Bark by popular demand, the Gordon Setter Parade returns on Saturday, July 5 as part of the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust (GWCT) Scottish Game Fair, held at the stunning Scone Palace in Perthshire. But this year, there’s even more to wag your tail about with three rare Scottish dog breeds coming together in a spectacular celebration of heritage and hounds.

Events

3 d. ago Scottish area named among best in Europe to see rare 'Strawberry Moon'

The rare celestial event will be visible this week.

Politics

6 d. ago Seal spotting and majestic waterfalls: how to see the wild side of the Isle of Man

The Isle of Man offers up majestic landscapes an hour’s flight from London. Here’s the seven sights not to be missed if you take a road trip of the island, according to author Andy North

Politics

7 d. ago Met Office issues thunderstorm warning with parched Britain set to get more rain tomorrow than in all of May

The Met Office has issued a thunderstorm warning for southern England including London as well as the Midlands and South Wales tomorrow from 9am until 6pm.

Events

8 d. ago Osprey chicks born from 'very rare' love triangle in Scots forest die after just three days

The ospreys' nest was being filmed on a live-stream camera which the public could watch.

Events

9 d. ago ‘Sidmouth became our summer place’: Jeremy Vine on why his family love holidaying in Devon

The broadcaster and author can’t get enough of this stretch of England’s south coast, and has even set his first murder mystery thereMy earliest memory of Devon is being lost, and my mum crying. I was at junior school. I had a friend whose mother was described as “vague” – this was the 1970s, so that could have been code for almost anything. The vague mother had given my normally quite organised mother directions to a remote house where my schoolfriend spent his summers. We were “popping in” (70s code: spending the day there). The instructions to find the place were something like, “Turn left after South Zeal, pass the dirt track and follow the direction the sheep are facing.”After an hour of pretending we were still on the right route, my mum suddenly burst into tears and uttered a rare denunciation of a fellow human being. “That SILLY woman!” she shouted. “We don’t know where we are. Nobody does.” Continue reading...

Politics

1 week ago Row between Farage and Sarwar rages on as Reform UK leader visits Scotland

Nigel Farage, making a rare visit to Scotland, accused the Scottish Labour leader of ‘sectarian politics’.

Politics

1 week ago Stuart Broad to work with South Africa ahead of World Test Championship final

This will be Broad’s first coaching role, with the 38-year-old having been a television pundit for Sky Sports since retiring from playing.

Sport

1 week ago Water chiefs say 'fix leaky loos' and help avoid a hosepipe ban

A water company has written to 16 million households across London and the south of England, asking them to “be mindful” about water usage

Politics

1 week ago Last weekend of spring could hit 27C but unsettled weather to come

The first week of summer is expected to bring changeable weather.

Events

2 w. ago Rachel Reeves to announce billions in regional spending after Treasury rule changes

Extra investment lined up for schemes such as energy projects, roads and rails outside London and the south-eastRachel Reeves is preparing to announce billions of pounds’ worth of extra spending for areas outside south-east England at next month’s spending review, after rewriting Treasury investment rules.The chancellor will unveil the extra capital spending after a review of the Treasury’s “green book”, which determines how officials calculate the costs and benefits of a scheme. Continue reading...

Economics

2 w. ago Walk on the wild side: Gillian Anderson and Jason Isaacs on their epic hiking movie The Salt Path

Raynor Winn’s bestselling memoir about her and her husband’s 630-mile trek around England’s south coast has become a film. Its stars, makers and Winn talk floods, fog and forgiveness‘I have played a lot of powerful, well-dressed women in my career,” says Gillian Anderson. They flash before your eyes: Margaret Thatcher (The Crown), Eleanor Roosevelt (The First Lady), Emily Maitlis (the Prince Andrew/Newsnight drama Scoop) – as well as the formidable sex therapist in the Netflix hit Sex Education, a role that led to her being inundated with dildos from over-enthusiastic fans. “These are all women in control of themselves and their environment. Any time I have an opportunity to steer against that, particularly lately, it’s of interest to me.”There is steering in another direction, and then there is the screeching handbrake turn represented by her role in The Salt Path, adapted from Raynor Winn’s 2018 memoir of homelessness and hope along the coastline of England’s south-west. Playing W...

Politics

2 w. ago Rare Scottish Golden Eagle spotted as majestic bird seen soaring south to England

Conservationists and environment lovers have something to cheer about as a rare Golden Eagle was spotted in England

Politics

2 w. ago Stunning photos show Scots 'Bridge over the Atlantic' covered in rare flowers

The rare fairy foxgloves bloom naturally in only a few Scottish locations for a short time each May.

Culture

2 w. ago Tragic tot's death after rare epilepsy syndrome diagnosis remembered by family a decade on

"I could not believe she would not wake up - we still tried to look for a positive. You do not believe the worst will happen until it does."

Events