24 m. ago Breakthrough for MALE birth control pill: Scientists begin testing hormone

Developed in collaboration with Columbia University in New York and YourChoice Therapeutics, YCT-529 works as a contraceptive by stopping the production of sperm.

Science

36 m. ago 'Are we there yet?' Top 20 most common family road trip frustrations

Constant cries of "Are we there yet?", frequent toilet stops – and poor mobile signal are some of the biggest irritations on family road trips.

Politics

43 m. ago Adam Idah warned Celtic clock is ticking as Irish icon reveals 10 million reasons why patience is over

The Irishman was a big money addition last summer but has struggled to make himself a regular starter for Brendan Rodgers

Events

48 m. ago We passed the 1.5C climate threshhold. We must now explore extreme options | Sir David King

We do not have the luxury of rejecting solutions before we have thoroughly investigated their risks, trade-offs and feasibilityAs a lifelong scientist, I have always believed that if something is possible, we can find a way to achieve it. And yet, one of the starkest realities we now face is that the world is failing to meet its climate goals. Last year marked a historic and deeply troubling threshold: for the first time, global temperatures exceeded 1.5C above pre-industrial levels. Without drastic and immediate climate action, this breach will not be temporary. The consequences – rising sea levels, extreme weather and devastating loss of biodiversity – are no longer projections for the distant future. They are happening now, affecting millions of lives, and likely to cause trillions in damages in decades to come.But we must think beyond our immediate horizons. When I read The Iliad, I am reminded that it was written 2,800 years ago. I often wonder: in another 2,800 years, what wil...

Politics

53 m. ago The charming Scottish town just outside Edinburgh named 'best place to live'

From cosy pubs to plenty of shops, it has everything you could want.

Politics

1 hour ago People joke they'd 'never check their bank again' after man shares eye

Ryan had been enjoying a holiday in the Irish capital but was left stunned after forking out €107.20 (£91.16) at the bar in Dublin's tourist hot spot.

Economics

3 h. ago Outrageous Irish pub receipt exposes price for 1 round of drinks at Temple Bar

A visitor to the Temple Bar in Dublin has shared his shock after his receipt showed a round of a beer, a Coke, two rums and six Baby Guinness shots cost him more than 100 euros

Politics

3 h. ago UK's first confirmed 'reverse zoonosis' case as experts issue pandemic warning

Calls have been made to put a stop to the fur trade and wet markets in an effort to stop diseases spreading.

Events

3 h. ago Camping in the wild heart of Italy – en suite rooms and fabulous restaurant optional

In the rugged Maiella national park, a secluded campsite offers everything from pitches to hotel-style rooms, guided walks to Abruzzo hospitalityThere was a shift in atmosphere as a pewter cloud rumbled overhead. As we approached the end of our walk in the Maiella national park, we stopped beside the remains of a second world war prison camp, deep in the park’s corn-coloured hills, and Lisa, our guide, told us a story as dramatic as the simmering sky. In 1943, a band of prisoners, including New Zealand corporal John Broad, fled the camp and spent seven bitter winter months hiding out in caves before eventually making it across British lines. That they survived was thanks to the kindness and bravery of local families, who risked their own safety, and hunger, to help them stay alive and avoid German patrols.Lisa told us that Broad later described the impoverished Abruzzesi as the country’s true gold, and the sun suddenly sliced through the cloud as though in d...

Politics

4 h. ago Politicians want to normalise what’s happening in Gaza. Our moral outrage won’t let that happen | Nesrine Malik

The more shocking the carnage becomes, the more people are punished for speaking out. This just makes it clear how much is really at stakeGraphic images. Distressing footage. Blurred-out posts that only clicking a consent button will reveal. For a year and a half now, disclaimers have hung over what the world sees from Gaza. Sometimes, the scenes stop me in my tracks as they are suddenly recalled, like a nightmare forgotten but then vividly remembered. Except without the relief that it was all a dream. Last week, I watched footage that showed what appeared to be the shattered, headless corpse of a baby. I have seen shredded body parts collected in plastic bags. Heard the screams of the dying and the silence of the dead, as cameras capture them piled together, some in entire families. Israel’s assault on Gaza defies inurement. As time goes by, even as the threshold for what is seen as intolerable increases, the graphic and varied forms of killing continue to scale the hurdle of numbn...

Politics

4 h. ago Ken Doherty opens up on snooker future as Irish veteran makes major change on brink of World Championship

Crafty Ken has a new cue up his sleeve as he prepares for World Championship qualification to begin

Politics

5 h. ago The Rainham volcano: a waste dump is constantly on fire in east London. Why will no one stop it? – podcast

Under Arnolds Field, tonnes of illegally dumped waste have been burning for years, spewing pollution over the area. Locals fear for their health – and despair that no one seems willing to helpBy William Ralston. Read by Sam Swainsbury Continue reading...

Events

5 h. ago ‘Barcelona or death’: mothers watch and wait as Senegal’s men risk all to reach Europe

For many the perilous journey to Spain seems the only future. Can the country’s new government create enough jobs and prospects to make them stay?The view from the plastic chair in which Fatou Samba sits, looking out to sea, takes in many of the elements of the sorry tale of Senegal’s lost men. She can see the distant shapes of the big industrial foreign fishing ships and tankers, from Europe and China, strung across the horizon.Closer to shore are dozens of empty pirogues, Senegalese wooden fishing boats, rocking idle on a sea mostly denuded of fish. Continue reading...

Events

5 h. ago Heartbreak as famous town's renowned fish and chip shop shuts after 70 years

Hundreds of Brits have shed a tear for an iconic fish and chip shop that had been serving loyal customers for more than seven decades - after it announced it was suddenly closing

Politics

5 h. ago AP PHOTOS: In this Indian city, locals patrol the beaches at night to protect endangered sea turtles

For nearly four decades, residents in southern India's coastal city of Chennai have patrolled moonlit beaches at night trying to protect sea turtles and their hatchlings that for millennia have nested along these shores.

Culture

9 h. ago 3 of 6 people aboard an ambulance helicopter have died after it crashed in southwestern Japan

The Japan coast guard says a medical transport helicopter carrying a patient fell into the sea in southwestern Japan, leaving three of the six people aboard dead

Events

9 h. ago Ukraine war briefing: Macron urges strong action against Russia if it continues to ‘refuse peace’

French president speaks after missile attack on Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s home town that killed 20, including nine children. What we know on day 1,139See all our Russia-Ukraine war coverageFrench president Emmanuel Macron on Sunday called for “strong action” if Russia continued “to refuse peace”, days after a Russian ballistic missile killed 20 people, including nine children, in Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s home town. Despite US and European efforts to secure peace in Ukraine, Russia continued “to murder children and civilians”, Macron said. “My thoughts are with the children and all civilian victims of the bloody attacks carried out by Russia, including on 4 April in Kryvyi Rih,” Macron said on X. “A ceasefire is needed as soon as possible. And strong action if Russia continues to try to buy time and refuse peace.” Macron said that even though Ukraine accepted US president Donald Trump’s proposal for a complete ceasefire and European countries were also working to secure peace, “Russia is co...

Politics

10 h. ago We live in Britain's teen pregnancy capital... we get dirty looks and are told having kids young will ruin our lives

In North East Lincolnshire, nearly seven per cent of all births were to women under 20 in 2023, according to figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS).

Politics

10 h. ago Artist draws Bristol’s pubs to celebrate ‘one of the best things’ about Britain

Frank Morris told the PA news agency: ‘I have an ambition to one day get a book published on Bristol pubs featuring my art and local history.’

Culture

11 h. ago Wannabe scammer, 26, who pretended to be Home Office fraud expert to con elderly couple out of £4,000 is jailed

Abdi Ali (pictured), of the town of Northolt, Ealing, called a woman in her eighties, of Maidenhead, Berkshire, in September 2023, pretending to be a Home Office employee called 'Jason'.

Society