5 d. ago Brits warned of looming pain as UK now among WORST hit by Trump's tariffs after he shelved punitive levies and handed China exemptions for iPhones

Downing Street signalled relief when the US president's 'Liberation Day' assault was originally mounted.

Events

5 d. ago Britain is now among the WORST hit by Trump's tariffs after president shelved punitive levies and handed China exemptions to dodge iPhone price hikes

Downing Street signalled relief when the US president's 'Liberation Day' assault was originally mounted.

Politics

8 d. ago The Return review – Juliette Binoche and Ralph Fiennes bring fierce class to elemental Odyssey adaptation

Uberto Pasolini’s raw and urgent drama, from a draft by Edward Bond, sees a traumatised Odysseus face the shameful aftermath of warThe film world is on tenterhooks for Christopher Nolan’s forthcoming Imax-epic treatment of Homer’s Odyssey, but Uberto Pasolini’s fierce, raw drama of the poem’s final sections, describing Odysseus’s traumatised return to Ithaca after the sack of Troy, may well give Nolan something to live up to. Pasolini collaborated on the script with screenwriter John Collee, evidently developed from a draft playwright Edward Bond wrote in the 90s; among other things, this film deserves attention as the final work from Bond (who died in 2024).The Return is an elementally violent movie about PTSD, survivor guilt, abandonment, Freudian dysfunction and ruined masculinity. Juliette Binoche is the deserted queen Penelope, enigmatically reserving her opinions and dignity, refusing to believe the absent king is dead and declining to remarry as the island descends into lawle...

Politics

9 d. ago Streeting signals support for prostate screening if backed by evidence

The UK’s National Screening Committee is currently assessing whether or not a national screening programme should be rolled out.

Politics

1 week ago Wes Streeting signals support for national prostate cancer screening programme as Health Secretary hails Mail's 'really important' campaign to save lives

The health secretary said he is 'particularly sympathetic' to the arguments being made for the need to proactively offer tests to men at highest risk of the disease.

Society

1 week ago Americans watch in horror as savings are WIPED OUT as Wall Street chaos sees trillions more dollars evaporate

U.S. stocks crashed again on Friday, signaling another round of selloff on Wall Street.

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2 w. ago Downing Street says Trump’s tariffs signal ‘new era’ in global economics

No 10 says US president’s decision is ‘disappointing’, as experts warn UK may have to raise taxes in autumnUK politics live – latest updatesDonald Trump’s tariffs signal a new global economic era, Downing Street has said, as economists warn the British government is likely to have to raise taxes in response.No 10 said on Friday the prime minister believed that this week’s trade announcement by the US president, which has started a global trade war and sent stock markets tumbling, marked a turning point in history. Continue reading...

Economics

3 w. ago Sir Chris Hoy's beautiful message to his children perfectly sums up Team GB cycling hero

Sir Chris Hoy first endeared himself to the British public through his sporting achievements and has built upon that support through the journey of his prostate cancer diagnosis

Politics

3 w. ago MAGA group chat storm: Number 10 says it's 'not appropriate' to share classified information on Signal

Number 10 insisted that it was confident that any UK intelligence shared with the US was being handled appropriately

Events

3 w. ago White House messages storm: Number 10 says it's 'not appropriate' to share classified information on Signal

Number 10 insisted that it was confident that any UK intelligence shared with the US was being handled appropriately

Events