57 m. ago Win £300 Wickes vouchers to start your New Year home makeover

Just in time for a new year refresh, ten lucky winners will each received £300 Wickes vouchers to kick start their home makeover.

Economics

66 m. ago India arrests prominent climate activist for campaigning against fossil fuels

Financial crimes agency raids Harjeet Singh’s home and office after accusing him of using foreign funds to promote an international green initiative

Events

80 m. ago Home Bargains reduces £70 'luxury' haircare brand to £10 in exclusive StarBuy deal

Shoppers looking to save on high-end beauty brands could be in luck at Home Bargains

Economics

86 m. ago Home Bargains confirms 18 new store openings as pledges 2026 expansion

Cut price chain has published a list of where it has created new outlets - and says it wants to add a host of stores in the next 12 months

Economics

1 hour ago Up to eight inches of snow to hit the Home Counties in hours as 'snow bomb' Storm Goretti strikes

The Met Office has issued six separate yellow and amber warnings across the South West and North of England, the Midlands, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.

Events

1 hour ago Holiday Inn branded 'inhumane' for 'denying' homeless mens' bookings in

The two men were turned away from a hotel in Manchester city centre in sub-zero temperatures, despite a booking being made and paid for in full on their behalf via Booking.com

Politics

2 h. ago Moment man blows up ATMs with homemade explosives trying to steal cash

A would-be thief used homemade explosives to blow up ATMs in multiple failed attempts to steal cash.

Events

2 h. ago Storm Goretti live: 30cm of snow and 90mph winds set to hit UK as amber weather warnings issued

Large swathes of the country will be under ‘danger to life’ warnings on Thursday

Events

2 h. ago Storm Goretti map: Where Britain will be hit by heavy snow and high winds tonight with major travel disruption

Storm Goretti is the first of 2026 and will cause travel delays

Events

2 h. ago Albanian migrant gang moved to Britain in search of a 'better life'...then carried out £1m UK

The five men targeted wealthy householders during a string of 44 late night burglaries, with officers recovering 13 designer handbags and 14 luxury watches worth almost £17,000.

Events

2 h. ago His & Hers review – this glossy thriller is ideal new year TV

This six-part adaptation of the bestselling 2020 novel about a murder investigation is twisty, absurd and bingeable. It’s great January viewingA woman lies bloodied and twitching her last on the bonnet of a car parked deep in a wood. Another woman arrives home bloodied, gasping with fear and for wine, and starts scrubbing her hands before clearing her flat of – well, everything.A female voiceover intones that there are two sides to every story. “Which means someone is always lying.” Absolute nonsense, obviously, but it sounds great and more importantly it confirms what we were hoping: that we are in the presence of a glossy, efficient adaptation of a bestselling thriller and it is time to switch off our brains and enjoy (unless you are the type who likes to try to solve the mystery before the characters do, in which case, Godspeed and let me know where you get the energy from). Continue reading...

Economics

2 h. ago You be the judge: should my housemate take her shoes off inside our home?

Zara believes only slippers should be worn in the house, but Maya is against ‘barefoot living’. You decide who is putting their foot in it• Find out how to get a disagreement settled or become a jurorMaya covers our floors in dirt, germs and scuff marks. To me, it’s grossNot every shoe fits neatly on the rack, and sometimes life is a mess and I just forget. That doesn’t make me lazy, or a bad housemate Continue reading...

Society

2 h. ago Sébastien Tellier: ‘I thought I’d be famous after Eurovision

The musician’s elegant electropop marked him out as one of the ‘cool French dudes’, before an attempt to literally crash the Song Contest fell badly flat. Now back with an adventurous new album, he talks about the man who stole his identity and why he doesn’t care for ‘good taste’A few years ago, a stranger stole Sébastien Tellier’s identity. The impostor – sporting the musician’s trademark sunglasses and beard – posed as the Frenchman at fancy parties, nabbed free clothes from Chanel (Tellier used to be an ambassador for the brand), and even held meetings with bosses from Hollywood studios (Tellier has dabbled in soundtrack work). “He [also] took a lot of drugs like ketamine in front of a lot of people,” Tellier continues with perfect nonchalance from his Paris home, sunglasses and beard present and correct. The crime was only rumbled when a confused woman got in touch to tell him she’d been partying with “Sébastien Tellier” in France only to see on Instagram that the real Tellier ...

Politics

2 h. ago Quaint seaside town filled with colourful homes and bakeries just 30 mins from airport

This town offers Victorian charm with colourful cottages, stunning coastal walks including the Blackhead Path, and highly-rated dining

Society

2 h. ago 'I've never been so glad to go home after visiting frozen in time seaside town'

Walking the almost-empty streets of this small seaside town near Clacton-on-Sea felt like a fever dream. Returning to London has never felt better

Politics

2 h. ago 'I'm not racist': Salvation Army worker, 56, who was sacked for saying refugees should all be sent back 'on a boat' says migrants ARE taking up houses for the UK's homeless

Salvation Army worker Charles Markie, 56, who was sacked after saying migrants should be sent back home 'on a f***ing boat' has broken his silence to insist he is not racist.

Events

2 h. ago Brendon McCullum open to ‘tweaks’ but keen to stand firm as Ashes fallout begins

A five-wicket defeat in Sydney closed the book on a dreadful tour that saw high hopes of bringing the urn back home dissolve into another heavy loss.

Politics

3 h. ago How a TV interior designer is helping revive a remote Scottish island

On Ulva, in the Inner Hebrides, Banjo Beale and his husband are transforming a rundown mansion into their dream hotel, while another adventurous couple have created a charming bothy for hardier folkUlva House is a building site. There are workmen up ladders, hammering, plastering, but I leave my muddy walking boots by the door. There’s no central heating or hot water and Banjo Beale and his husband, Ro, have been camping out here for weeks, but he greets me, dazzlingly debonair, in a burnt orange beanie and fabulous Moroccan rug coat.The 2022 winner of the BBC’s Interior Design Masters, who went on to front his own makeover show Designing the Hebrides, Banjo’s vibe is more exuberant Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen than quizzical Kevin McCloud. His latest project with Ro, the transformation of a derelict mansion on the small Hebridean island of Ulva into a boutique hotel, is the subject of a new six-part series, airing on BBC Scotland. I’m here for a preview of the finished rooms. Continue r...

Culture

3 h. ago New milestone hit on major energy project in Greater Manchester village

The energy project would help boost capacity for energy storage

Events

3 h. ago "Inhumane": Homeless people turned away from Holiday Inn during

"I know that you're from the street"

Politics