3 h. ago EDEN CONFIDENTIAL: Former Tory MP Zac Goldsmith fails to sell his country manor for £8million

EDEN CONFIDENTIAL: When a house is bought by a former Tory minister, you might think a boost to its value would follow. However, these days, such ownership seems to reduce it.

Economics

4 h. ago Parkrun urged to stop letting trans people compete in women's runs after Supreme Court ruling

Women's rights groups are now calling for organisers to take action to comply with this week's Supreme Court ruling, which said that women are defined by biological sex and not gender .

Events

4 h. ago The sheer mendacity of Labour in the wake of the Supreme Court trans ruling is breathtaking. They're gaslighting us when they should be apologising to all those women who dared to speak out

The Supreme Court ruling on the legal definition of a woman is the perfect opportunity to stop and take stock of the mad culture war that has been raging around this issue for the past decade or so.

Events

5 h. ago Kilmar Ábrego García ‘traumatized’ by threats in prison, Maryland senator says

Chris Van Hollen describes meeting with constituent held in Salvadoran prison against supreme court orderUS politics live – latest updatesWrongly deported Salvadoran man Kilmar Ábrego García has been held incommunicado and faced threats in prison that left him “traumatized”, a Democratic senator said Friday after returning from meeting him in El Salvador.Chris Van Hollen of Maryland, the state Ábrego García had been living in with his US citizen wife and son until he was deported last month in what the Trump administration conceded was an “administrative error”, traveled to the central American country this week to see his constituent. After initially rejecting his request to meet Ábrego García and preventing him from traveling to the prison where he was being held, president Nayib Bukele’s government on Thursday facilitated a meeting at Van Hollen’s hotel. Continue reading...

Events

6 h. ago ‘Shocking to the sense of liberty Americans hold dear’: the impassioned US court order in the Ábrego García case

Judges on the US court of appeals for the fourth circuit issued a memorable call for the return of Kilmar Ábrego García and the separation of government powers. Here is the textUpon review of the government’s motion, the court denies the motion for an emergency stay pending appeal and for a writ of mandamus. The relief the government is requesting is both extraordinary and premature. While we fully respect the Executive’s robust assertion of its Article II powers, we shall not micromanage the efforts of a fine district judge attempting to implement the Supreme Court’s recent decision.It is difficult in some cases to get to the very heart of the matter. But in this case, it is not hard at all. The government is asserting a right to stash away residents of this country in foreign prisons without the semblance of due process that is the foundation of our constitutional order. Further, it claims in essence that because it has rid itself of custody that there is nothing that can be done....

Events

6 h. ago Trans protests to be held in London and Edinburgh after Supreme Court ruling

An ’emergency demonstration’ will be held in Parliament Square, central London, while a rally and march will take place in Edinburgh.

Events

7 h. ago Sky Sports F1 commentator told off for comments as colleague apologises to viewers

Sky Sports F1 commentator Karun Chandhok was forced to apologise during the second practice session at the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix after using blasphemous language

Sport

7 h. ago Lawsuit challenges revocation of visas for international students

A class action lawsuit filed Friday asks a federal court to reinstate the legal status of international students who have been stripped of their visas in a Trump administration crackdown that has left more than a thousand fearful of deportation

Society

8 h. ago The Sixth Sense star breaks silence after hurling antisemitic slurs during arrest

Child acting prodigy and The Sixth Sense star Haley Joel Osment has now apologised after he was arrested for public intoxication and was heard using antisemitic slurs

Events

9 h. ago Keri Hilson's 'We Need to Talk' marks her return to music after a 15

The year Keri Hilson released her second album, Barack Obama was in his first term as U.S. president, the first iPad was released and Instagram was launched

Politics

9 h. ago Ocado apologises to Mumsnet founder after online shop claimed website spread 'hateful political views' as it stood up for women's rights to single

Ocado has apologised to the founder of Mumsnet after pulling out from a partnership citing the website's 'hateful political views' as it stood up for women's rights to single-sex spaces.

Politics

10 h. ago No obligation to exclude trans women under ‘misunderstood’ Supreme Court ruling, former top judge says

Lord Sumption has warned the Supreme Court’s landmark ruling this week is being misinterpreted

Events

10 h. ago Judges warn Congress that more money is needed for security at a time of escalating threats

The federal judiciary is warning that Congress is not providing enough money for judges’ security, at a time of escalating threats and chilling efforts at intimidation

Events

11 h. ago Hundreds take to Manchester city streets in trans rights march

The protest comes after the UK’s Supreme Court ruled this week that the terms ‘woman’ and ‘sex’ in the Equality Act refer to a biological woman and biological sex

Politics

11 h. ago Ocado apologises to Mumsnet after it said forum had ‘hateful political views’

Mumsnet’s chief executive Justine Roberts said previously a ‘fair number of organisations pulled their advertising under pressure from activists’.

Politics

11 h. ago Judge approves Harvey Weinstein’s request to sleep at hospital during retrial

Ex-media boss moved from Rikers Island jail to Manhattan hospital as he awaits rape and sexual assault retrialHarvey Weinstein has been moved to a New York City hospital after a judge approved the ailing ex-studio boss’s request to stay there rather than in jail when he is not in court for his retrial on rape and sexual assault charges.The judge, Paul Goetz, late on Thursday ordered that Weinstein, 73, be immediately relocated from the city’s notorious Rikers Island jail complex to the prison ward at Bellevue hospital in Manhattan so he can receive necessary medical treatment. Continue reading...

Events

11 h. ago Federal judge blocks Musk team’s effort to shutter top consumer agency

Order comes a day after the ‘efficiency’ team sent out orders to lay off 1,500 of the agency’s 1,700 employeesA federal court has blocked the sweeping termination of staff at the top US consumer protection agency, a day after the Trump administration moved to axe about 1,500 of the agency’s 1,700 workforce, while officials investigate whether the action violated existing judicial orders.The ruling from the judge Amy Berman Jackson put a legal hurdle in front of mass layoffs at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced on Thursday, which came after a federal appeals court modified – but did not eliminate – an injunction limiting the agency’s ability to terminate employees. Continue reading...

Events

11 h. ago A US citizen was held for pickup by ICE even after proving he was born in the country

A U.S. citizen was arrested in Florida for allegedly being in the country illegally and held for pickup by immigration authorities even after his mother showed a judge her son’s birth certificate and the judge dismissed charges

Politics

12 h. ago Robbie Williams says he feels ‘panic’ when fans approach in public

Pop star posts on Instagram about his fright and ‘discomfort’ when asked for photos and autographsRobbie Williams has spoken of the “discomfort” and “panic” he feels when he is approached for photos and autographs by fans.In a post on Instagram, the pop star said he was able to “mask” the reality that social interactions frighten him. Continue reading...

Politics

12 h. ago Jack Black’s A Minecraft Movie song becomes shortest track to enter UK charts

The song Steve’s Lava Chicken has a running time of just 34 seconds.

Culture