78 m. ago Fears new Labour property tax will hit the hardest workers, as Rachel Reeves's minister refuses to rule out controversial new levy to replace stamp duty

Labour vowed before the last election that it would 'not increase taxes on working people', ruling out rises in National Insurance, income tax or VAT.

Politics

81 m. ago Ranger fired for hanging transgender flag in Yosemite and park visitors may face prosecution

A Yosemite National Park ranger was fired after hanging a pride flag from El Capitan, and some visitors to the California park face potential prosecution for participating in a demonstration

Events

4 h. ago Lawyer argues Meta can't be held liable for gunmaker's Instagram posts in Uvalde families' lawsuit

Lawyers for the media giant Meta says a lawsuit brought by families of the victims of the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, should be thrown out

Society

5 h. ago Zainab Johnson: Toxically Optimistic review – US comic targets gun culture

Pleasance Courtyard, EdinburghThe slick standup’s fringe debut is full of searching questions about the right to keep and bear arms‘I’ve got a gun.” Nice to be pitched, with that opening line, straight into a show declaring itself different from the others. Zainab Johnson’s maiden fringe set – although she’s already a big noise in the US – gives an account of how she came to own a firearm. It’s not an explicitly political show – if a show about gun ownership by a black, Muslim, American female is allowed to be anything but. But Toxically Optimistic does invite engagement with some searching questions about guns, their use, and the safety they supposedly ensure – even if, so poised is Johnson’s delivery, you barely notice it doing so.Hers is that particularly American style of standup that can feel too polished for UK tastes: smiling, slick and a little bit frictionless. If a British comedian tells a dating story, you can bet they’ll be the butt of the joke; when Johnson does, it’s t...

Events

5 h. ago Christine McGuinness breaks down in tears as she quits Celebs Go Dating as she makes vow

Christine McGuinness broke down in tears as she made the decision to leave Celebs Go Dating before filming had finished

Politics

6 h. ago Gavin Newsom rises in 2028 presidential primary poll amid aggressive Trump tactics

California governor has taken the reins as a prominent, outspoken opponent of Trump – using social media to criticize and mock the president

Politics

6 h. ago Alexander Isak breaks silence on Newcastle transfer saga and vows he's played last game

Alexander Isak has broken his silence on his bitter Newcastle transfer saga and vowed he has already played his last game for the club claiming 'promises have been broken'

Sport

6 h. ago Community rallies around LA teen detained by Ice while walking dog

Days after his 18th birthday, Benjamin Marcelo Guerrero-Cruz arrested in Van Nuys in what family call kidnappingA southern California community is calling for the release of a high school student whom US immigration agents arrested earlier this month while he was walking his dog.Benjamin Marcelo Guerrero-Cruz was supposed to be starting his senior year of high school at Reseda charter high school this month. But just days after his 18th birthday, masked Ice agents detained him as he walking his dog in the Los Angeles neighborhood of Van Nuys in what his family described as a kidnapping. Continue reading...

Politics

10 h. ago 'Ghost boat' sails itself into California after fisherman owner vanished without trace

Joel Kawahara, 70, was last heard from around 7.30am PT on August 8 after he departed alone on his fishing boat, the Karolee, off the coast between Washington and Oregon .

Politics

11 h. ago ALAN JOHNSON: 'Deporting criminals will make streets safer than Farage’s nonsense'

We do not depend on that know-all down at the local pub who sits on a bar stool loudly expressing his fact-free-opinions to anyone who’ll listen, we rely on the data

Politics

11 h. ago Living up to their 'killer' reputation: Watch the shocking moment a pod of orcas DROWNS a humpback whale off the coast of California

A heartbreaking video shows a pod of orcas hunting a humpback whale calf in the Sea of Cortés off the coast of California.

Events

11 h. ago Couple escape death after car crashes into restaurant table during influencer filming

NinaUnrated said this was the couple’s second accident to have occurred this month

Events

12 h. ago White House says more than 450 people arrested since start of federal crackdown on crime in DC – US politics live

Official says 52 people arrested on Monday alone; 68 firearms have been seized and three known gang members arrested since 7 AugustThe Republican governors of Louisiana and Tennessee will send hundreds of their national guard troops to assist federal law enforcement in DC – to help assist the president’s “crime crackdown”.They join Mississippi, Ohio, West Virginia and South Carolina – who have all sent national guard troops to DC. Continue reading...

Events

12 h. ago Young mom beaten unconscious by man in shocking attack at LA concert after drink accidentally spilled on him

At a concert in California, a violent man angrily erupted at a woman and beat her unconscious for an innocent mistake after a drink was splashed on him.

Events

12 h. ago Higher airfares and hotel prices predicted to push up UK inflation in July

The rate of Consumer Prices Index (CPI) inflation is widely expected to have increased to 3.7% in July, from the 3.6% recorded in June.

Economics

13 h. ago Keir Starmer gives major update on Ukraine security plans after crunch Trump meeting

Keir Starmer co-chaired a meeting of the 'Coalition of the Willing' and vowed that European leaders would work with the US to draw up crucial plans to defend Ukraine is a peace deal is reached

Politics

14 h. ago BORIS JOHNSON: Trump's broken the logjam by having the balls to offer Ukraine something priceless

It would be fair to say that the mood among my Ukrainian friends yesterday morning was positively bubbling - the most optimistic I have heard them for ages.

Politics

14 h. ago 'We have holidayed in Mallorca for 20 years but now we won't ever go back'

One family of former regulars to the holiday hotspot have vowed never to return.

Politics

15 h. ago ITV will NOT launch an investigation into Good Morning Britain despite sparking outrage with Holocaust blunder 'too big and humiliating to ignore'

The popular daytime show covered the 80th anniversary of Holocaust Memorial Day back in January - but failed to say its victims were Jewish.

Events

15 h. ago BORIS JOHNSON: Trump's had the balls to offer Ukraine something priceless and peace is now closer . but I know exactly what crazy Putin will do next and now Europe needs to step up

It would be fair to say that the mood among my Ukrainian friends yesterday morning was positively bubbling - the most optimistic I have heard them for ages.

Politics