79 m. ago Cheltenham Festival 2025 rich list: Premier League mogul, airline CEO and millionaire banker feature as owners

Big bucks are spent on the best horses and trainers in the business

Economics

2 h. ago Drop review – a standout from White Lotus excels in tight first date thriller

SXSW film festival: Meghann Fahy lands a killer star vehicle with a fun, seat-edge piece of pulp entertainment, playing a woman tasked with killing her dateI have a special place in my heart for a movie that knows what it is, doesn’t mislead and delivers accordingly in a tight 90 minutes. Drop, as indicated by title and trailer, is a one-room thriller for the digital natives: what would happen if your phone was barraged by mysterious AirDropped memes telling you to kill your date, or your family dies? It’s a simple premise familiar to anyone who has received an unwanted dick pic on the subway, and one that writer/director Christopher Landon drills into with fresh and invigorating precision.And one elevated by two well-cast leads in Meghann Fahy and Brandon Sklenar, who both keep their cards just close enough to their chests. Sklenar, recently in It Ends With Us, once again convincingly plays the nice, understanding guy to a woman who has survived domestic abuse; sweet and self-effac...

Events

3 h. ago Ryanair announce major change for all travellers flying this year

The budget airline announced the changes earlier this month.

Transport

4 h. ago 'Michael Sheen changed my life with one action – I had no idea he had done it'

The Hollywood actor has paid off the debts of 900 people aged between 25 and 35 who live in the area he grew up in in Wales – and one of them has admitted the action gave her a 'second chance'

Politics

4 h. ago Southwest plane passenger slammed for saving three rows for entire family

A fellow passenger on the flight recalled interacting with the seat saver in a post on Reddit

Politics

6 h. ago 'Michael Sheen's act of kindness changed my life – I didn't even know he'd done it'

Hollywood actor Michael Sheen established a debt acquisition company and paid off the loans of 900 people from his local are in Newport – and one of those was left gobsmacked after she found out

Politics

6 h. ago New update on calls for people on Carer’s Allowance to be paid £1,600 each month

More than 10,000 people have signed an online petition supporting the proposed increase.

Economics

6 h. ago Plane passenger who went viral for refusing to give up window seat to crying child details 'nightmare' experience

Jeniffer Castro, 29, went viral after a passenger filmed and berated her for refusing to give up her seat to a crying child... now she details how this 'nightmare' experience changed her life.

Politics

6 h. ago The making of Elon Musk: how did his childhood in apartheid South Africa shape him?

The billionaire and now Trump adviser grew up amid the collapse of white rule, attending an all-white school and then a more liberal oneWith an imposing double-winged redbrick main building, and school songs lifted directly from Harrow’s songbook, Pretoria boys high school is every inch the South African mirror of the English private schools it was founded in 1901 to imitate.Elon Musk, who has rapidly become one of the most powerful people in US politics, spent his final school years in the 1980s as a day pupil on the lush, tree-filled campus in South Africa’s capital, close to his father’s large detached home in Waterkloof, a wealthy Pretoria suburb shaded by purple jacaranda blossoms in spring. Continue reading...

Politics

6 h. ago Buffalo Bills reward quarterback Josh Allen with record contract after first NFL MVP season

NFL MVP Josh Allen was rewarded with a contract extension that is reportedly worth $330 million, which would make him among the league’s highest-paid players

Events

7 h. ago Trump refuses to rule out recession as chaotic trade war with Canada, Mexico and China escalates: Live updates

President’s remarks follow turbulent week as markets rattled by series of aggressive tariff announcements and immediate walkbacks

Politics

7 h. ago Foreign states including repressive regimes pay peers over £3m in two years

Middle East nations among those to have paid 27 members of Lords for work such as consultancy and legal advicePhilip Hammond has made millions from 30 roles while member of Lords Members of the House of Lords have been paid more than £3m in the last two years by foreign governments including repressive Middle Eastern regimes.Many of the states paying peers have human rights records that have been widely criticised, such as Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan. Continue reading...

Economics

7 h. ago Farcical failures for Bundesliga big boys underline European pressures | Andy Brassell

Bayern Munich were shocked at home by Bochum, but they still strengthened their hand after Leverkusen lost againAfter all the big moments, the daring comebacks, the thrilling crescendos, it felt like they had finally run out of road. Having both been substituted, Florian Wirtz and Jeremie Frimpong sat on the visitors’ bench at the Allianz Arena as time ticked down, a seat apart, both yelling, maybe at each other, maybe just into the ether. Finally Wirtz covered his face with his hands.Of all the images of last week’s all-German Champions League last-16 match between Bayern Munich and Bayer Leverkusen, this was the one that stuck. Frustration is to be expected, particularly in the dying embers of a bad defeat against a domestic and European rival, but this was something that we have rarely seen from Xabi Alonso’s Leverkusen. Setbacks happen, but he and his players have always maintained their poise, knowing that their path is the right one and that an answer is coming. This time? May...

Events

8 h. ago Moment passenger starts screaming about 'Lord Jesus' while being pinned down as terrified Brit tourists watch on during flight to Canary Islands

Footage captured aboard Jet2 flight LS307 and since posted to TikTok showed a man shouting loudly from his seat as passengers tried to intervene

Events

8 h. ago BBC broadcasting legend John Simpson shows support for The Usual Place in Dumfries

The renowned foreign correspondent paid a visit to the Academy Street charity, which is undergoing a restructure due to rising costs.

Politics

8 h. ago Lewis Hamilton’s homes including £18m mansion as he 'moves into new luxury pad'

Lewis Hamilton has been one of the highest paid sportsmen in the world for numerous years, and the Brit has splashed the cash on lavish properties across the globe thanks to his incredible F1 career

Economics

8 h. ago SNP minister undergoing cancer treatment is 23rd MSP to stand down at election

Drug and alcohol minister Christina McKelvie is stepping down from her Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse seat.

Politics

9 h. ago Spanish islands loved by Brits to spike tourist tax for one type of traveller

In what would be a huge blow for Brits, the insatiably popular Balearic Islands are mulling over a new tourist tax rule that would heavily penalise one specific type of traveller

Politics

10 h. ago Harry Potter, The Bill and One Foot in the Grave star dies at 63

He also appeared in the BBC's Doctor Who alongside Matt Baker in a long TV career. Now tributes have been paid to his life

Events

10 h. ago Monk expelled for public sex scandal 'reaches nirvana' aged 73 as tribute paid

Controversial monk, Yantra Amaro, has died at 73 – during his life the monk was expelled by the Sangha Supreme Council of Thailand after being involved in a public sex scandal

Politics