29 m. ago Emma Willis to return to TV with powerful new BBC series after secret heart surgery

The presenter, 49, recently revealed she had unknowingly lived her entire life with a hole in her heart

Culture

31 m. ago Michelle Obama reveals why she stopped spanking her daughters

Former US First lady says she ‘felt silly’ doing it

Politics

77 m. ago FBI reassigns agents seen taking knee during racial justice protest, report claims

The FBI has reassigned several agents who were photographed kneeling during a racial justice protest in Washington that followed the 2020 death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police officers, two people familiar with the matter said Wednesday.

Events

88 m. ago The Traitors star set to host BBC Radio One's Early Breakfast show amid presenter shake

This Traitor who quickly became a fan favourite before being banished just days before the final, is set to join BBC Radio One to take over the Friday Early Breakfast slot.

Politics

88 m. ago Blue Peter hosts now from sex tape and cocaine sting to 'porn' role

The dark past of some of the legendary BBC childrens' TV show hasn't stopped some them going on to have surprisingly successful careers. We look at the secrets and scandals of the show's hosts and reveal where they are now

Politics

89 m. ago BBC Strictly Come Dancing's Oti Mabuse admits 'toxic relationship' as dancer and reveals 'realisation'

The 34-year-old star admitted there are times in her life when she is 'not happy' with her appearance

Events

98 m. ago Gregg Wallace says shock diagnosis 'explains a lot' amid misconduct allegations

The 60-year-old stepped away from hosting BBC cooking competition MasterChef after a host of historical complaints came to light

Events

2 h. ago Antiques Roadshow guest speechless at real value of 'love token' he was 'clueless about'

BBC's Antiques Roadshow saw a guest laugh at the real purpose of a "carved piece of wood" worth far more than what he was expecting.

Culture

2 h. ago Energy watchdog makes 'contingency plans' for households left with RTS meters after switch

The 40-year old Radio Teleswitch Service (RTS), which piggybacks off the long-wave channel for BBC Radio 4, sends meter readings to suppliers, but will end on 30 June.

Politics

2 h. ago BBC announce 'super Saturday' plans for Eurovision as it returns to home country

The broadcaster is dedicating a whole day to the Eurovision Grand Final

Politics

3 h. ago The BBC is utterly beholden to the right. Why else would it fear a podcast about heat pumps? | George Monbiot

The broadcaster behaves like Starmer’s government: suppress the left, cave to your critics, and undermine your own survivalIt’s no longer even pretending. Last week, the BBC, already the UK’s most prolific censor, instructed the presenter Evan Davis to drop the podcast he hosted in his own time about heat pumps. It was a gentle, wry look at the machines, with no obvious political content. But the BBC, Davis says, saw it as “steering into areas of public controversy”. It should cease forthwith.So are BBC presenters banned from saying anything controversial? Far from it. Take an article published earlier this year by Justin Webb in the Times. It praised the “political genius” of Donald Trump, suggested that Democrats are now seen as the extremists, and claimed that Trump is widely regarded as “making [America] normal again”. The BBC was fine with that, and complaints about it were rejected. Continue reading...

Politics

3 h. ago Perfume Genius: ‘America was built on racism and violence and fear. Right now is a very public demonstration of that’

The avant-garde pop artist is back with his superb seventh album, ‘Glory’. He speaks with Roisin O’Connor about addressing his avoidant tendencies through his music, Trump’s attacks on LGBT+ rights, and his shifting relationship with his own body

Events

3 h. ago Eurovision 2025 TV and radio schedule confirmed by BBC with days to go

The hit song competition is celebrating 69 years on air as it returns to Switzerland

Politics

4 h. ago All you need to know as households offered grants to save on energy bills

The move is part of the Warm Homes Plan, designed to make homes greener, cheaper to run and easier to heat

Science

5 h. ago Drivers warned over car check that could stop you breaking down in the heat

The weather is slowly but surely heating up in the UK; however, with the rise in temperatures, experts are urging Brits to check their batteries to avoid rendering them useless

Events

6 h. ago The attack on Zamzam refugee camp and what it means for the Sudan war

Guardian journalist Kaamil Ahmed reports on the devastating assault by the Rapid Support Forces on the camp in Darfur and what it tells us about the group’s plans in Sudan’s civil warZamzam, in Darfur, has been a place of refuge for decades. A sprawling camp in western Sudan, some have estimated that it houses up to 700,000 people – a place of relative safety from the violence that has engulfed the region over the last 20 years.It was also one of the last holdouts in Darfur, one of the few places in the region not yet under the control of the Rapid Support Forces. The paramilitary group has fought a devastating civil war with the Sudanese army since April 2023. Continue reading...

Events

7 h. ago Maya Jama and Rúben Dias appear to CONFIRM romance after weeks of speculation

Maya Jama, who is a presenter and DJ on BBC Radio 1, took to her family to Wembley to watch Rúben Dias play for Manchester City against Nottingham Forest in the FA Cup

Politics

7 h. ago In this Indian city, smartwatches are part of the solution to dealing with searing heat

Hundreds of men and women in a poor neighborhood in one of India’s hottest cities are receiving wristwatch-style health monitors to determine what the searing April heat is doing to their health

Economics

7 h. ago Handyman who was jailed for life over rape and murder of four people at 1986 Fordingbridge 'mansion massacre' dies in prison aged 73

George Stephenson was jailed for life in October 1987 aged 36 after being convicted alongside two others of murdering four people, raping a woman.

Events

7 h. ago Drax takes ancient trees from near my Carolina home and burns them 4,000 miles away. This greenwashing scandal utterly shames Britain

There will be plenty of backslapping among the highly paid executives of Drax, Britain's biggest power station, at today's AGM held in the shadow of St Paul's Cathedral.

Events