15 h. ago James Martin issues announcement as Saturday Kitchen taken off air in schedule shake

ITV's James Martin Saturday Morning was taken off air after the TV chef issued a big announcement about the schedule

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18 h. ago Everton v Arsenal LIVE: Gunners look to cut Liverpool’s Premier League lead on Merseyside

Arsenal have the chance to trim Liverpool’s advantage to nine points in the early kick-off

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18 h. ago Saturday Kitchen's Matt Tebbutt says 'if it wasn't live we'd cut that out' over show blunder

Saturday Kitchen host Matt Tebbutt was quick to halt Saturday's live episode after suffering a blunder live on air

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33 h. ago Fed chair warns of high inflation and slower growth as Trump tells him to cut interest rates – live

Federal Reserve chair says ‘we face a highly uncertain outlook’ as president tells him to cut interest ratesPeople in the US: how have your shopping habits changed due to Trump’s tariffs?Trump insists he won’t back down from global trade war as markets slumpThe Trump administration is taking aim at Brown University with threats to freeze $510m in grants, widening its promise to withhold federal funding from schools it accuses of allowing antisemitism on campus, according to multiple media outlets including Reuters and the New York Times.University officials said they had not yet been formally notified, but the school was among dozens warned last month that enforcement actions could be coming as the administration seeks to crack down on academic institutions . Continue reading...

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36 h. ago Trump dismisses China tariff retaliation and implores Fed to cut interest rates as stock market dives: Live

Trump’s trade war escalates as China strikes back with 34 percent tariffs on all U.S. goods, sending stocks sliding further after worst day since 2020

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38 h. ago Bigger than Texas: the true size of Australia’s devastating floods

In outback Queensland, an area four times the size of the UK has been inundated with torrential rain, leaving many cut off or forced to abandon homesElection 2025 live updates: Australia federal election campaignGet our afternoon election email, free app or daily news podcastThe extent of flood waters that have engulfed Queensland over the past fortnight is so widespread it has covered an area more than four times the size of the United Kingdom. The inundation is larger than France and Germany combined – and is even bigger than Texas.The seemingly endless plains of outback Queensland are so vast and remote as to boggle any attempts to visualise the scale of what is being described as one of the most devastating floods in living memory. Continue reading...

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38 h. ago RFK Jr says 20% of Doge’s health agency job cuts were mistakes

Health secretary says roles will need to be reinstated amid Trump administration’s push to slash federal workforceUS politics live – latest updatesAround a fifth of the 10,000 jobs cut from the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) were done in error and will need to be corrected, the US health secretary, Robert F Kennedy Jr, has admitted.Mass layoffs from the health department began this week amid a push by Donald Trump’s administration to shrink the size of the federal government workforce. Union representatives were told around 10,000 people were to lose their jobs ahead of further reductions that could see the department’s 82,000-strong workforce slashed by nearly a quarter. Continue reading...

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2 d. ago Muriel’s Wedding review – Toni Collette is outstanding in the film that brought Abba back

Brilliantly led by Collette, PJ Hogan’s 1994 story of a lovable loser was the feelgood sensation that rescued the band’s reputation – how can you resist it?When writer-director PJ Hogan made Muriel’s Wedding in 1994, he surely knew he had struck feelgood-movie gold. But maybe he didn’t realise he had personally authored a pivotal moment in Abbamania’s global history: the momentous transitional phase between the band being taboo-naff and being world-conqueringly beloved. (Maybe Mr Hogan should be getting a cut of the Mamma Mia! musicals and the Abba Voyage live show.) Hogan also gave us our first real view of Toni Collette who started the way she meant to go on: being outstanding in everything she is in.But back in 1994, it was still appropriate that a loser – albeit a lovable loser – could be depicted as an Abba fan; but this movie gets something right that the endless pedantic jukebox musicals that came later get wrong. This crucial pro-Abba film is not itself obsessed with Abba an...

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7 d. ago EastEnders star Natalie Cassidy makes frank confession about BBC soap exit

EastEnders icon Natalie Cassidy opened up about her exit from the popular BBC soap during an appearance on Saturday Kitchen

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7 d. ago Saturday Kitchen fans 'switch off' as they say BBC show is like a Carry On film

BBC One's Saturday Kitchen was branded a "hard watch" as viewers at home claimed it was more Carry On than cooking

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1 week ago Odds of May interest rate cut rise after UK inflation falls to 2.8% – business live

Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news, as pound dips after February’s inflation reportFurther benefits cuts planned as Rachel Reeves forced to find extra £1.6bnFive economic factors that will govern Rachel Reeves’s spring statementSterling is weakening a little, after UK inflation fell by more than expected this morning.The pound has lost nearly a third of a cent against the US dollar to $1.2915.The market reaction to this data has been minimal, as the focus remains on the Spring Statement later today.The pound has dropped slightly, but GBP/USD is down less than 20 pips so far on Wednesday, the bond markets are not open, but we think that UK Gilts will also have a mild reaction to this data. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Shell plans more cuts to costs and spending but hands CEO bigger bonus

Increase in pay package comes despite fall in profits and as oil company watered down pledge to cut emissionsBusiness live – latest updatesThe oil company Shell has revealed plans to ramp up cost savings and cut spending, as it handed its chief executive an increase to his pay package which angered environmental campaigners.The pay package for the energy company’s chief executive, Wael Sawan, rose by 8.5% last year, to £8.6m, according to its annual report, released on Tuesday. The payout was labelled “obscene” by green campaigners. Continue reading...

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1 week ago 'I've had panic attacks ever since benefits cut announcement – I need PIP to live'

Katie McGill, 39, from Wiltshire, used to work as a call handler before developing a chronic pain condition which leaves her bedbound and struggling to walk - she fears her benefits will be cut

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2 w. ago Heathrow closure: airport resumes some flights today and hopes for full Saturday service

First plane has landed since fire caused closure but people still told not to travel to the airport unless advised to do so by airlineCounter-terror police leading fire inquiryTell us: have you been affected by London’s Heathrow airport closure?Airlines’ carefully choreographed networks depend on airplanes and crews being in specific locations at specific times. Dozens of air carriers will have to hurriedly reconfigure their networks to move planes and crews around after the Heathrow closure.“The other question is, ‘What will airlines do to deal with the backlog of passengers?’”, said travel industry analyst Henry Harteveldt with Atmosphere Research Group. “It’s going to be a chaotic couple of days.” Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Heathrow closure: airport plans to resume some flights today and hopes for full Saturday service

First services will be repatriation flights with people still told not to travel to the airport unless advised to do so by airlineCounter-terror police leading fire inquiryTell us: have you been affected by London’s Heathrow airport closure?Airlines’ carefully choreographed networks depend on airplanes and crews being in specific locations at specific times. Dozens of air carriers will have to hurriedly reconfigure their networks to move planes and crews around after the Heathrow closure.“The other question is, ‘What will airlines do to deal with the backlog of passengers?’”, said travel industry analyst Henry Harteveldt with Atmosphere Research Group. “It’s going to be a chaotic couple of days.” Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Heathrow Airport closed LIVE: Huge fire sees thousands of flights impacted

Follow the latest updates on the Heathrow Airport closure on MailOnline's live blog.

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2 w. ago Heathrow airport closed: more than 1,000 flights affected after substation fire causes power outage

Travellers warned to stay away amid ‘significant disruption’ after fire in Hayes causes power outageFull report: Hayes fire sparks major power outageAirlines’ carefully choreographed networks depend on airplanes and crews being in specific locations at specific times. Dozens of air carriers will have to hurriedly reconfigure their networks to move planes and crews around after the Heathrow closure.“The other question is, ‘What will airlines do to deal with the backlog of passengers?’”, said travel industry analyst Henry Harteveldt with Atmosphere Research Group. “It’s going to be a chaotic couple of days.” Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Heathrow airport closed: more than 100 flights diverted after substation fire causes power outage

Travellers warned to stay away amid ‘significant disruption’ after fire in Hayes causes power outageFull report: Hayes fire sparks major power outageSome more details from Flightradar24, which says that more than 1,000 flights will be impacted by the sudden closure of Heathrow today.“Today’s total closure of London-Heathrow will affect at least 1,351 flights to/from LHR,” the flight tracker said in a post on Bluesky, “That doesn’t include any flights that might be canceled or delayed due to aircraft being out of position.” Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Heathrow Airport live updates: London's biggest airport will be SHUT all day on Friday after massive power cut following substation blaze

More than 200,000 travel through the airport a day - with the chaos expected to have drawn out effects over the weekend.

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2 w. ago Pentagon reportedly planning to cut workforce by at least 50,000 – US politics live

Cuts are expected to come from hiring freezes, dismissing some probationary workers and by people taking up an offer to resignDonald Trump’s zeal to roll back environmental regulations could have real impacts on health in the United States, reports the Guardian’s Oliver Milman, Dharna Noor and Aliya Uteuova:A push by Donald Trump’s administration to repeal a barrage of clean air and water regulations may deal a severe blow to US public health, with a Guardian analysis finding that the targeted rules were set to save the lives of nearly 200,000 people in the years ahead. Continue reading...

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