22 h. ago Couple 'forced' to raffle their £600,000 home for £2 a ticket after housing market crash under Rachel Reeves and Labour

Aily Chalmers, 32, and her husband, Nathan, 35, resorted to the desperate measure as they wanted to move closer to family in Forest Way, Hampshire.

Economics

45 h. ago Konnie Huq reveals she's NEVER bought a new phone and only uses husband Charlie Brooker's hand

The former Blue Peter presenter, 50, previously admitted she hasn't bought new clothes for 20 years and branded herself an 'anti-consumerist'.

Politics

59 h. ago 'Supernatural' Hamza Igamane has Lille boss predicting wild claims as he is smitten over £10m Rangers capture

The former Rangers striker sealed a £10m move to the Ligue 1 big boys and ripped it up

Economics

5 d. ago ‘I’m the first Blue Peter presenter who can’t blink’: inside the revamp of TV’s oldest kids’ show

They’ve hired a puppet as a host, moved set and are targeting the TikTok generation. Stars old and new line up to explain why it’s time for the television classic to evolve or dieThere’s only one thing more surreal than making a Blue Peter “Here’s one I made earlier” creation and that is doing one with the help of CBBC’s star puppet Hacker T Dog.On the new set of the world’s longest-running children’s TV show, its first non-human presenter is helping me craft an insect hotel using a tin can, glue and some “chenille stems”. The latter is the rebranded name for pipe cleaners, although that might have passed you by. Continue reading...

Culture

5 d. ago Anthea Turner joins Queen Elizabeth and David Attenborough in receiving Gold Blue Peter badge

The television presenter, now 64, fronted Blue Peter between 1992 and 1994 and became one of its most memorable faces

Politics

5 d. ago Anthea Turner presented with Blue Peter award 31 years after final episode

The presenter appeared for two years on the BBC show and was finally given her Gold badge

Events

5 d. ago Anthea Turner receives gold Blue Peter badge 31 years after her final episode

Turner said: ‘This is my proudest moment and I won’t forget it.’

Politics

5 d. ago The desperate measures Blue Peter bosses have taken to capture TikTok generation

The BBC programme, which has been on air since 1958, has faced plummeting viewing figures as it struggles to compete with YouTube and TikTok.

Politics

5 d. ago The One Show star stuns followers after eloping to Las Vegas in wedding announcement

The presenter rose to fame after winning a competition to host Blue Peter

Society

5 d. ago Where are the stars of Blue Peter now? As fledgling show attempts to relaunch for the TikTok age, how its hosts have had VERY mixed prospects

In recent years Blue Peter has battled to maintain its viewership in an era when viewers are more likely to be scrolling through TikTok than sitting down in front of TVs for a fixture 5pm show.

Politics

5 d. ago Diana’s 90s time capsule contained Kylie CD and pocket television

The capsule was buried at Great Ormond Street Hospital in London in 1991.

Politics

7 d. ago Voices: I went to the Edinburgh Fringe in disguise to avoid my exes

As the Edinburgh Festival winds down for another year, Victoria Richards relays the desperate measures she took to avoid bumping into people she knew on her first visit to the Fringe

Politics

1 week ago Can a nation in crisis rely on the baby boomer generation to step up? I think the UK is about to find out | Phillip Inman

A raid on property wealth and pensions is being signalled by the Treasury, and it has sound reasons for doing just thatDear baby boomer, the government is coming for you and your store of wealth. The property and pensions built up over the past 40 to 50 years are, for the first time, in play. The triple lock on the state pension might be guaranteed, at least for the time being, but for the wealthier boomer, it looks like their private assets are being laid out on a chopping board, ready to be carved like a Sunday roast and fed to hungry government departments starved of funds for almost two decades.These are desperate times and taxing the wealthy is a desperate measure. No government wants to do it. If you tax the rich, they might fly away in their private jets. That’s happened in Norway, one of the few European countries to retain a wealth tax. It’s true that older middle-income voters are more likely to stay put, but they also have a tendency to vote with their self-interest in mi...

Events

2 w. ago ‘Skibidi’, ‘delulu’ and ‘tradwife’ among words added to Cambridge Dictionary

Lexicographers give nod to TikTok generation’s enduring influence on English language with latest additions“Skibidi”, “tradwife” and “delulu” are among the new words to have made this year’s Cambridge Dictionary in a selection that confirms the increasing influence of the TikTok generation on the English language.For those hoping such that such neologisms would be a passing internet craze, the compilers of the dictionary say they are here to stay. Continue reading...

Politics

3 w. ago Blue Peter legend who turned show into national institution dies aged 92

Tributes have been paid to the icon who was a 'true force of nature' and supporter of young people

Events

3 w. ago Blue Peter legend Biddy Baxter dies aged 92 as tributes pour in for children's TV pioneer

Baxter took over as editor of Blue Peter in 1965, several years after the programme’s launch

Events

3 w. ago Blue Peter fans slam presenter's 'disrespectful' tribute to Biddy Baxter

Blue Peter icon Peter Perves has opened up about his time working with the late Biddy Baxter in light of her death aged 92 this week, however some fans weren't impressed

Politics

3 w. ago BBC Blue Peter legend who turned children's show into institution dies

The icon became a household name as generations of children tuned in going through endless 'sticky back plastic' as they turned washing up bottles into new creations

Events

3 w. ago Blue Peter icon dies after tributes paid to 'formidable' legend

She spent 25 years at the helm, heping turn the children's show into a television institution during her 25 years on working on the beloved programme

Events

3 w. ago Blue Peter icon Biddy Baxter dies aged 92: Tributes pour in for the 'pioneer' of children's television

A statement was released on Monday that read: 'We are sad to report that longtime Blue Peter Editor Biddy Baxter has died at the age of 92.'

Events