9 h. ago Dr Jane Goodall final act of kindness was to be a proud guardian of beloved 'sassy' rescue bear

The late Dr Jane Goodall adopted a bear in dire straits the year before she died - but tragically, never made it to the country to visit her at the sanctuary she started a new life in

Events

9 h. ago The late Dr Jane Goodall became proud guardian of 'sassy' bear with 'crooked smile' before her death

EXCLUSIVE: The late Dr Jane Goodall adopted a bear in dire straits the year before she died - but tragically, never made it to the country to visit her at the sanctuary she started a new life in

Events

11 h. ago RICHARD LITTLEJOHN: This quiet hero who gave his life for his country puts work

Barely a day goes by in the run-up to Christmas without another senior military or intelligence figure warning us to prepare for war with Russia.

Politics

12 h. ago Photos of Scotland in the 1950s show just how much life has changed

The 1950s was a very different time in Scotland, and these photos capture what life was like across the country throughout the decade

Culture

35 h. ago Rosa von Praunheim, provocative pioneer of gay cinema, dies aged 83

The film-maker, whose 1971 feature about queer life has been described as Germany’s ‘Stonewall moment’, married his long-term partner on FridayRosa von Praunheim, a key figure of the New German Cinema movement who made taboo-breaking films about queer life and scandalised the country when he outed German celebrities on live TV, has died aged 83.German media reported that Praunheim died in Berlin in the early hours of Wednesday morning, just days after marrying his long-term partner at a ceremony in the German capital on Friday. Continue reading...

Events

4 d. ago Brits urged to prepare emergency kit amid 'danger to life' weather warning

Amber weather and danger to life warnings are in effect across several regions of the country with people living in these areas being told to prepare emergency kits

Events

6 d. ago 'My identity is my hair loss and my confidence to be myself'

Olivia Apps has settled in nicely to life at Saracens after helping her country reach the World Cup final earlier this year

Politics

7 d. ago RICHARD LITTLEJOHN: It's a free country, innit? Not any more

It's a free country, innit? Try telling that to 86-year-old Roy Marsh, who has just been fined £250 for spitting out a leaf which blew into his mouth.

Politics

8 d. ago BBC is accused of 'metropolitan bias' towards rural folk: Broadcaster 'misrepresents' country life with badger cull documentaries and use of Chris Packham

In a new survey by the Regional Moorland Groups 38 per cent of rural folk felt the broadcaster's coverage was 'inaccurate'.

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9 d. ago Storm Bram in Scotland LIVE as 'danger to life' warning in place across country

The Met Office has issued a number of weather warnings for Scotland across the course of the day.

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9 d. ago UK weather: Storm Bram batters Britain with 90mph winds and heavy rain as Met Office ‘danger to life’ warning launched

THE Met Office has issued danger to life warnings as Storm Bram batters the UK. Parts of the country will experience 90mph winds with rain amounting to more than half the average monthly rainfall in December expected to come pouring down. The weather will spark disruption across parts of the island today with strong winds...

Events

1 week ago RICHARD LITTLEJOHN: The jobs market has already collapsed. Now, Angela Rayner is back... and this is how she's planning to take us back to the mayhem of the 1970s

Angry Ginge may currently be serving a three-match ban, after getting a red card for not paying tax, but her crusade to increase the power of the trades unions is being enthusiastically pursued.

Politics

2 w. ago RICHARD LITTLEJOHN: There's only one thought I had when I heard Holly Willoughby had knocked over a moped rider and broke his neck. Most won't be brave enough to say it... but I will

When I read that a TV presenter called Holly Willoughby had knocked over a moped rider, breaking his neck, my first reaction was: Oh dear, how sad, never mind.

Politics

2 w. ago How Pope Leo has become a quiet hero amid Trumpian attempts to warp the Christian message

Donald Trump and his followers, and the “woke” Pope Leo and his church appear to be engaged in an undeclared battle over who gets to define ‘Christianity’

Politics

2 w. ago RICHARD LITTLEJOHN: Rachel Reeves lied, but ultimately the buck stops with 'Surkeir' Starmer. This gruesome twosome can't postpone their day of reckoning for ever...

When Keir Starmer became Labour leader five years ago, I thought I'd better come up with a suitable nickname. The first I fastened upon was Max Headroom.

Politics

2 w. ago We have a practical framework for American resistance. Now we need a spiritual one | Rami Nashashibi

There is growing understanding that our country is witnessing evil in our public life. Here is a path to confronting itAcross the country, organizers are carrying something heavier, clearer and more spiritually charged than anything I have seen in over 30 years of this work. From veteran freedom fighters to young activists, there is a growing alignment around the unmistakable presence of evil in our public life. The horrors unfolding before us have sharpened our collective sight and deepened the understanding that our resistance must be morally unwavering and spiritually grounded.The spiritual framework for this argument begins with a simple conviction. Our movements need to reclaim a moral vocabulary that names evil plainly. Dr King understood this. When he named the pain of poverty, the sickness of racism and the excess of materialism, he called them the “triple evils”, speaking with unflinching clarity about the devastation that this collective evil was inflicting on the country,...

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2 w. ago Met Office issues amber 'danger to life' warning for Wales as entire country faces brutal 24 hours

The weather has been much better on Saturday than initially expected, but the respite will not for long with much worse to come on Monday

Events

3 w. ago RICHARD LITTLEJOHN: Wealth taxes, union bungs and yet another pension raid

This, sadly, is going to be one of those 'I Told You So' columns, modesty aside and all that. Forgive me. But, er, I Told You So.

Economics

3 w. ago Real life fairytale village in gothic UK country park with willow cathedral

Margam Country Park in Wales transforms into a magical winter wonderland in December, with a miniature fairy village, elf workshop and Santa feeding the deer

Politics

3 w. ago Italy now recognizes the crime of femicide and punishes it with life in prison

Italy’s parliament has approved a law that introduces femicide into the country’s criminal law and punishes it with life in prison

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