51 m. ago Job hunters rise to highest level for nearly five years – report

The monthly KPMG and REC report on jobs showed a slight improvement in permanent recruitment activity, but it remained in decline.

Politics

95 m. ago 30,000 reasons why Labour won't stop the boats... as country hits a new Channel migrant record on Home Secretary's first day on the job

The surge of 1,097 small-boat migrants tipped the total for 2025 to more than 30,000 in record time - and is 37 per cent up on the same date last year. Ms Mahmood said it was 'utterly unacceptable'.

Society

2 h. ago Healey launches defence growth deals in bid to boost UK jobs and industry

The new strategy promises £250 million investment in regions with high defence potential.

Economics

2 h. ago ITV Loose Women branded 'insensitive' over huge ITV star's 'lifetime ban'

Kavana has detailed the moment he was given a 'lifetime ban' from ITV's Loose Women, saying that he has flashbacks and helps himself to a 'slug of beer' when he remembers

Politics

3 h. ago Steve Clarke orders Scotland to get 'horrible' for World Cup charge as dressing room hears his message loud and clear

Clarke wants his players to get back to what they're good at - being horrible and making life hell for the opposition

Politics

3 h. ago Steve Clarke teases Scotland team news as he expresses sympathy for Tartan Army and avoids distraction

Head coach knows how tough closed-door game is for supporters

Politics

4 h. ago Downton Abbey's Michelle Dockery 'not posh' in real life as she reveals very first job

Downton Abbey star Michelle Dockery has insisted that she is 'not posh' in real life, even though she is known to millions as Lady Mary Crawley on the hit period drama

Politics

5 h. ago Who will win Belarus vs Scotland? Our writers predict behind closed doors World Cup qualifier

A decent start in Denmark must be built on as Steve Clarke takes his team to neutral territory for second World Cup qualifier

Politics

6 h. ago Belarus boss wanted Scotland fans at 'abnormal' World Cup qualifier Tartan Army are locked out of

Carlos Alos believes his side can get something against Steve Clarke's side who he has challenged to prove their favourites status

Politics

8 h. ago Vernon Kay says 'I just got fired' after giving BBC Radio 2 co

TV presenter Vernon Kay was left fearing for his job after he made a cheeky comment about his BBC Radio 2 co-star Michelle Visage, who is friends with his wife Tess Daly

Events

8 h. ago Trump’s job approval remains negative as Americans show overwhelming vaccine support, new poll shows

Trump’s policies on inflation, cost-of-living, and trade are his least popular ones with Americans

Politics

8 h. ago Geraint Thomas rides into Cardiff with son on handlebars and gets 4,000 people a beer

Welsh legend Geraint Thomas finished the Tour of Britain in Cardiff in his last-ever race

Politics

8 h. ago Mahmood to host Five Eyes border talks in first major job as Home Secretary

The meeting between US, Australian, Canadian, New Zealand and UK counterparts will take place in London this week.

Society

8 h. ago Minns’s $140m great koala national park will ‘obliterate’ regional towns, Coalition claims

Labor’s koala strategy doesn’t go far enough, Coalition says, but environmentalists hail park a ‘once-in-a-lifetime’ decisionGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe long-awaited great koala national park in the north of New South Wales, celebrated by wildlife groups, has drawn a mixed reaction from the state’s Coalition.The opposition leader, Mark Speakman has hedged his party’s support, saying while he “supports the ambition of protecting koalas”, he was concerned about job losses and the cost of the park. Continue reading...

Politics

10 h. ago Martin Brundle apologises and cuts short F1 grid walk after 'horrible man' comment

Martin Brundle was left red-faced on the grid at the Italian Grand Prix as he was forced to cut an interview with former F1 driver Eddie Irvine short after a 'colourful' comment

Politics

10 h. ago Coronation Street’s Katherine Kelly looks back: ‘My friends were very accepting of me being a bit different’

The actor on wearing men’s clothes, her bohemian family and the six-week soap job that turned into six yearsBorn in 1979 in Barnsley, Yorkshire, Katherine Kelly studied at Rada before beginning her career with the Royal Shakespeare Company and going on to perform at the National Theatre and Manchester’s Royal Exchange. Her first major television role came in 2006, when she joined Coronation Street as Becky McDonald, a part she played until 2012. Since then she has appeared in The Night Manager, Gentleman Jack, Mr Bates vs The Post Office and Inside No 9. She stars in In Flight, available now on Channel 4.This is a very typical image of me aged four. I spent most of my preschool life with a towel on my head. It was a replacement for the long hair I so desperately wanted. Continue reading...

Politics

11 h. ago Martin Brundle cuts Monza grid walk interview short and calls ex

Former Ferrari F1 driver Eddie Irvine saw his interview with Martin Brundle cut short on the Italian Grand Prix grid after the Irishman used some 'colourful' language

Politics

11 h. ago 'I'm too hot to get a job – employers can't see past my curves'

Busty Alê Gaúcha, 21, says her curves have drawn more attention than her qualifications after failing to land a job as a nanny so turned her hand to creating adult content

Society

11 h. ago 'Katie Price and Kerry Katona's show was a terrifying experience

Sitting in the audience as Katie Price and Kerry Katona discuss their issues with the media isn't an easy job as a journalist, but it's one Zoe Delaney would be happy to relive

Events

12 h. ago A year under CEO Niccol: Starbucks workers’ long fight for a union contract

Twelve months since Brian Niccol took the top job and promised change, the union and CEO are still at loggerheadsIt’s been a year since Brian Niccol took the top job at Starbucks and promised change after years of bitter fighting with the company’s burgeoning union.“I deeply respect the right of partners to choose, through a fair and democratic process, to be represented by a union,” Niccol wrote in a letter to the union last September. “If our partners choose to be represented, I am committed to making sure we engage constructively and in good faith with the union and the partners it represents.” Continue reading...

Economics