44 m. ago Trump tariffs live: Global stocks sink and FTSE sees biggest drop since Covid pandemic on second day of market turmoil

Beijing hits back after president’s ‘Liberation Day’ wipes $2.4trn from S&P 500, in biggest one-day loss since March 2020

Politics

8 h. ago Tell us: have your pension savings been affected by turbulent stockmarkets?

We’re interested to hear how people’s invested pension savings have been faring amid sharp ups and downs in recent months and years, and how this may affect themUS president Donald Trump’s trade war, political elections and societal shifts ushering in dramatic change and dire public finances in multiple countries, the war in Ukraine and the Covid pandemic have been creating tumultous conditions on international markets for the past few years.We’d like to hear how people’s invested pension savings have been affected by this series of economic shocks. Has your invested portfolio sustained big losses, or have you enjoyed staggering stockmarket gains? How may you and your plans be affected by it all? Tell us. Continue reading...

Economics

13 h. ago Iconic clothing retailer RETURNS to high street with new store five years after collapsing

The British menswear brand shut all 66 of its stores back in 2020 after collapsing for the first time during the Covid pandemic, when it then become a digital brand before collapsing again in 2022

Politics

15 h. ago The Latest: Trump’s tariffs slam world markets in the biggest blow since the pandemic hit in 2020

Asian shares slid further Friday after U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs sent shudders through Wall Street at a level of shock unseen since the COVID-19 pandemic pummeled world markets in 2020

Events

16 h. ago DWP ordered to correct 'entirely misleading' Universal Credit claim ahead of major benefit shake

As part of a press release, the benefit department recently claimed that the number of people claiming Universal Credit who were not required to look for work had increased by 383% since the COVID-19 pandemic

Politics

23 h. ago Nominee for South Carolina's top doctor toppled by lingering COVID anger

A South Carolina Senate committee has rejected the Republican governor's nominee to be the state’s top doctor after hearings dominated by the state's response to the COVID pandemic

Science

24 h. ago US stock markets see worst day since Covid pandemic after investors shaken by Trump tariffs

All three major US index funds close down as Apple and Nvidia, two of US’s largest companies, lose combined $470bnUS stock markets tumbled on Thursday as investors parsed the sweeping change in global trading following Donald Trump’s announcement of a barrage of tariffs on the country’s trading partners.All three major US stock markets closed down in their worst day since June 2020, during the Covid pandemic. The tech-heavy Nasdaq fell 6%, while the S&P 500 and the Dow dropped 4.8% and 3.9%, respectively. Apple and Nvidia, two of the US’s largest companies by market value, had lost a combined $470bn in value by midday. Continue reading...

Economics

33 h. ago Martin Lewis warns of looming deadline for anyone who worked from home during pandemic

Those who worked at home could claim up to £140 to cover extra costs such as water, heating and electricity

Events

36 h. ago Famous Scots osprey finally returns to nest after fears over illness

Louis became a hit during the first lockdown of the Covid pandemic in 2020 on a live nest camera.

Politics

46 h. ago Wall Street stocks drop like a stone... wiping trillions off the value of 401(K)s in minutes

America's flagship S&P 500 plunged two per cent in minutes today - the kind of fall not seen since the start of the Covid pandemic. 

Politics

46 h. ago US health secretary and agency sued by 23 states and DC over $11bn funding cut

Lawsuit alleges department’s ending of wide array of grants is ‘unlawful’ and poses ‘serious harm to public health’Twenty-three states and the District of Columbia are suing the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and health secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr, alleging the abrupt terminations of $11bn in public health funding were “harmful” and “unlawful”.The lawsuit, filed in federal court in Rhode Island, says that in March 2025, HHS unexpectedly ended a wide array of grants supporting immunizations, infectious disease tracking, mental health and substance abuse services. The federal government justified the cuts by claiming that the funds were “no longer necessary” because their “limited purpose” had ended along with the Covid-19 pandemic. Continue reading...

Society

3 d. ago Crafty gran gifts Disney crochet blanket to North Lanarkshire children's charity

Jane Elliot picked up the skill as a hobby during the Covid pandemic and spent a year carefully crafting the 77 inch-long blanket.

Politics

4 d. ago 13 photos of Edinburgh’s eerily empty streets during the first lockdown

Five years since Edinburgh first went into lockdown during the Covid pandemic, we're looking back at the extraordinary scenes which ensued.

Culture

9 d. ago Readers' Letters: Scotland hobbled by Westminster when it came to Covid PPE

Scotland’s efforts to protect medics and carers early in Covid pandemic were wrecked by Westminster, says reader

Politics

9 d. ago Scary ways Covid lockdown altered our brains and signs of trauma you won't spot

As a new documentary looks at the way the Covid-19 pandemic has left a legacy on people's lives, experts have revealed some of the ways in which our brains may have changed forever

Events

1 week ago USPS head Louis DeJoy resigns amid reported clash over DOGE access to mail system

The Republican donor was appointed by Trump himself in the thick of the Covid-19 pandemic, but reportedly fell out of favor by clashing with DOGE

Politics

1 week ago Love and Loss: The Pandemic Five Years On is an emotionally shattering re

For those of us lucky enough not to have lost anyone dear, the 12 months between March 2020 and March 2021 now have the quality of a peculiar dream. If we think of the period at all, it’s often in the context of alternating boredom and strangeness; breadmaking and homeschooling; bingeing Tiger King and wondering if 4pm is too early for a glass of wine. Can it possibly have been five years already since Boris Johnson stood at his podium, told us he’d been shaking hands with Covid patients, and, shortly afterwards, announced the first lockdown?

Events

1 week ago Terrifying ways Covid lockdown changed our brains forever and trauma signs you won't spot

This month marks the fifth anniversary of the UK being placed into lockdown due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Five years on, The Mirror looks at how the traumatic ordeal changed our brains forever - and the hidden signs you're still struggling with it

Events

1 week ago Man splashed £50k on ketamine after first taking it at Creamfields festival

Tom Kirk first took the powerful drug at Creamfields festival in 2018 but only developed a heavy dependence during the Covid-19 pandemic and eventually could barely even walk

Economics

1 week ago Most of Gen Z have never worked a 5 day office week — and I never want to

Five years on from the Covid lockdown, let’s all say thank you to the pandemic’s true silver lining: the death of the five-day office week

Politics