62 m. ago Second Gareth Bale takeover interview emerges as he says 'it's always been Cardiff City'

Gareth Bale's interest in hometown club Cardiff City has seriously ramped up

Politics

72 m. ago TV star shows huge engagement ring as she beams alongside secret partner

AJ Odudu flashed her new sparkling diamond ring as she revealed she's engaged to her mystery fiancé

Culture

1 hour ago American spends week in Iran after visiting 197 countries and one thing stuns him

Travel vlogger Drew Binsky has visited all 197 countries on Earth, but says he was moved by the welcome he received in Iran, and believes the country has an unfairly bad reputation

Politics

2 h. ago ‘We have a high appetite for risk’: inside King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard’s historic EU tour

Residencies in storied venues from a panopticon prison to an ancient amphitheatre gave an appropriate backdrop to the Australian band’s existential new record‘It’s always good to make yourself feel small,” says Stu Mackenzie. We’re sitting behind the stage of the Ancient theatre in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, after the second night of his band King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard’s three shows there. The marble-hewn amphitheatre was built between 98-117AD. We’re flanked by columns bearing ancient Greek inscriptions from back when this place was called Philippopolis; the precipitous drop behind us reveals the east side of Europe’s longest continually inhabited city, the glowing cross of the Cathedral of St Louis and the shadow of the hills in the distance.In front of the stage where the Australian experimental rock band have just spent two hours wilding out is an arena where man and beast used to do battle in front of a far more bloodthirsty crowd than the one that just drank the venue dry of b...

Events

2 h. ago Photos of the aftermath of Iranian missile strikes in Israel as ceasefire status remains unclear

Israeli soldiers and rescue teams searched for survivors in the rubble of residential buildings destroyed by a deadly Iranian missile strike Tuesday. Others took shelter in an underground parking garage and metro station as a precaution against possible strikes. The barrage came after U.S. President Donald Trump announced a ceasefire between the two countries.

Events

2 h. ago Devastated parents 'so proud' of daughter, 26, who suddenly died in tragedy

'She has made a massive difference to other people's lives'

Events

3 h. ago The best budget hotels in Los Angeles for location and style

From downtown high-rises to Hollywood hostels, here’s our pick of the most affordable places to stay in the City of Angels in 2025

Society

3 h. ago Why travellers should leave city breaks behind to slow down on Sweden’s islands this summer

Looking for a respite from London, Natalie Wilson swapped bikes and city lights for seaweed and saunas on Sweden’s lesser trodden archipelago

Politics

3 h. ago Flying in the new age of conflict – the hotspots diverting flights and leaving pilots blind

Amid conflicts in the Middle East and Ukraine, airlines have been forced to divert around warzones while managing new threats to their systemsThe first indication that something was wrong came when the clock on the flight deck began to go backwards. The aircraft was cruising thousands of metres above Israel and as the crew noticed the error, they checked their GPS signal. The plane’s internal instruments showed it was flying at just 1,500ft, well below the cruising altitude of 38,000ft it should have been at.Seconds later, alarms began to sound and lights flashed throughout the cockpit. Continue reading...

Events

3 h. ago Barbra Streisand finds 'The Secret of Life' on her new duets album with Bob Dylan and Paul McCartney

For her new duets album “The Secret of Life: Partners, Volume 2,” Barbra Streisand works with legends Bob Dylan, Paul McCartney and James Taylor, current hitmakers Hozier and Sam Smith and relative newcomers like Laufey

Politics

4 h. ago Is he still alive? The mystery of DB Cooper – the hijacker who disappeared

In 1971, a man held a plane to ransom for $200,000, then parachuted out in his suit and dress shoes, never to be seen again. What happened to him?On the evening of 24 November 1971, Florence Schaffner, a flight attendant on a Northwest Orient flight heading to Seattle, Washington, from Portland, Oregon, was handed a note by a male passenger seated at the back of the plane. Schaffner assumed the note was a phone number – this wasn’t the first time a passenger had hit on her – so she stowed it in her purse without reading it. The man leaned towards her and whispered: “Miss, you’d better look at that note. I have a bomb.”Schaffner read it: “Miss – I have a bomb in my briefcase and want you to sit by me.” Continue reading...

Events

4 h. ago Man City have a wildcard solution to fill a problem position

John Stones could still leave Man City this summer but the centre-back has showed his quality before for the club and his versatility could be useful.

Politics

5 h. ago Best times to get yellow sticker items at Tesco, Aldi, Lidl, Asda and Sainsbury’s

The 'reduced' section of your local supermarket may be home to some real treasures - but you'll have to be quick

Politics

5 h. ago Five passengers, two crew members report feeling dizzy midair on London

Five passengers, two crew members report feeling dizzy midair on London-Mumbai Air India flight  The Economic Times

Politics

6 h. ago Abandoned UK airport to reopen as bosses eye cheap Ryanair and easyJet flights

Manston Airport in Kent, which was once used by the Royal Air Force, is currently being refurbished and is expected to reopen in 2025 - but it will initially be a cargo airport

Transport

7 h. ago All flights suspended and cancelled listed as airlines axe routes despite Trump's 'ceasefire'

For the latest updates on the planes that have been cancelled, diverted, or suspended, read our round-up on all the planned flights that have been affected by the conflict.

Politics

7 h. ago The beautiful Italian city that's the country's 'treasured secret' with flights for under £20

The destination is home to one of Europe's largest medieval centres as well as being the birthplace of one of the world's most iconic pasta sauces...

Economics

8 h. ago Major UK airline could ban bottled water from flights and add one replacement

British Airways could be about to ditch plastic bottled water from its in-cabin selection after launching a trial earlier this month on some of its major routes

Politics

8 h. ago Gareth Bale stuns nation with bid to buy football team close to his heart

Gareth Bale has confirmed he is leading a consortium that is interested in buying Cardiff City and wants to be "part of growing the club"

Politics

8 h. ago Health scare at 35,000 feet: 11 fall ill during Air India London

Health scare at 35,000 feet: 11 fall ill during Air India London-Mumbai flight, cabin crew collapses, foo  Times of India

Society