4 h. ago The great retreat: Up to a million Romanians came to the UK to work as cleaners and builders... now nearly 40,000 are leaving each year to escape crime, the crumbling NHS and the cost of living

The numbers of Romanians leaving the UK are higher than for any other EU nationality, dwarfing the 25,000 Poles who left Britain to return to their low-tax homeland in the year up to last June.

Economics

16 h. ago Three inmates hijacked Lyft and kidnapped driver for 10 hours after escaping Georgia jail, FBI says

Female Lyft driver says she was held captive for up to 10 hours and faced threats of ‘being shot, raped, and tortured’

Events

50 h. ago Jack Grealish treats friends to a '£20,000 Christmas night out' that ends when England star leaves strip club at 4am 'with a smile on his face'

The England footballer dined at an expensive restaurant with mates including former Manchester City footballer Kyle Walker before ending the night at a London strip club.

Economics

3 d. ago Stranger Things season five vol 2 review – the fact that this isn’t unbearable is a miracle

Yes, the kids are now 90% Adam’s apple. Yes, Winona Ryder has been unforgivably sidelined. And yes, some characters are trapped in a room filling with yoghurt. But despite our misgivings, this show still absolutely slapsListen, this isn’t the place for newcomers. Stranger Things has been around for almost a decade, and it has spent almost all this time building a mythology that has grown so unwieldy that trying to explain it would cost me my wordcount and my will to live.However, in fairness, this new penultimate batch of episodes gives it a good try. The content of these new episodes can neatly be split into three categories. There’s action, which is high-octane and fun, and probably why you’re watching. Then there’s dialogue, which is less successful because it causes characters to stop moving and emote at each other, even though they should probably be concentrating on the imminent end of the world. Continue reading...

Politics

5 d. ago 'Mindless attack' leaves community centre with £10,000 of damage just before Christmas

A community centre in the Holts housing estate was targeted by vandals last week.

Events

7 d. ago Family ditch UK to travel the world and now spend just £56 a week to eat out every day

Tash, 32, and Rob Swain, 37, sold their semi-detached three-bed home in Lincolnshire in August 2025 for £260,000 after deciding to leave due to the cost of living in the UK.

Economics

7 d. ago Fabletics athleisure brand set up by Kate Hudson 'leaves customer £5,000 out of pocket': Shopper had 'no idea' £50 was leaving her account every month for seven years

Claire Lane purchased the items of clothing from athleisure brand Fabletics, an online sports retailer co-founded by Hollywood actress Kate Hudson.

Economics

7 d. ago Athleisure brand set up by Hollywood actress 'leaves customer £5,000 out of pocket': Shopper had 'no idea' £50 was leaving her account every month for seven years

Claire Lane purchased the items of clothing from athleisure brand Fabletics, an online sports retailer co-founded by Hollywood actress Kate Hudson.

Economics

7 d. ago Last of three inmates who escaped Louisiana jail by breaking through wall captured

Keith Eli, Johnathan Jevon Joseph, and Joseph Allen Harrington escaped in early December after removing parts of the wall and scaling the side of the building using sheets

Events

8 d. ago San Francisco outages leave 130,000 homes and businesses without power

Local media reported mass closures of restaurants and shops, and darkened street lights

Politics

8 d. ago Public urged to remain indoors as mass power outage leaves 130,000 in the dark

Social media posts show darkened streets and abandoned, unilluminated Christmas decorations across the city.

Politics

9 d. ago Sri Lanka tea workers struggle in poverty. Flooding cost many their lives

After Sri Lanka struggled through one of the worst storms in its history, tea plantation workers are taking temporary refuge in government schools and temples as entire villages were buried in mud in the central highlands

Events

1 week ago ‘They tricked me’: Migrants were promised $1,000 to voluntarily leave the US. Some never received it

People who signed up for a US ‘self-deportation’ scheme say their payoffs were delayed, misdirected or never arrived – leaving them empty-handed in their home countriesGermán Pineda, 32, just wanted to go home.After his arrest by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement in June, Pineda, a Honduran immigrant, spent four miserable days in immigration detention at Federal Plaza in Manhattan, sleeping on a concrete floor without sufficient food or a shower. Next, he was transferred to a detention center in Brooklyn, where staff treated him like a criminal, he says, though he’d lived in the country, working as a delivery driver, for 14 years. He couldn’t even call home. Continue reading...

Events

1 week ago FTSE 100 Live 17 December: Stocks surge amid inflation cheer, interest rate set to fall

The rate of inflation fell far more quickly than expected last month, paving the way for another cut in interest rates tomorrow.

Economics

1 week ago FTSE 100 Live 17 December: Index rallies amid inflation cheer, interest rate set to fall

The rate of inflation fell far more quickly than expected last month paving the way for another cut in interest rates tomorrow.

Economics

1 week ago FTSE 100 Live 17 December: Inflation rate shows surprise fall, oil price steadies

The rate of inflation fell far more quickly than expected last month paving the way for another cut in interest rates tomorrow.

Economics

1 week ago This salad and side dish staple could be spiking your sodium

Most Americans already get more than 1,000 milligrams of excess sodium, leaving them at risk for life-threatening cardiac events

Politics

1 week ago ‘Hospitals will be overwhelmed by superflu and strikes and lives will be lost’ say scientists in Covid

AN eerie Covid-like warning has been issued by scientists that 'people will die', hospitals will be overwhelmed and schools closed without urgent action. It comes from previous members of the SAGE group that advised the Government during the Covid pandemic, as the NHS crumbles under the so-called "superflu", ahead of the planned doctors' strikes. Three...

Science

2 w. ago Scotland's NHS 'crumbling' as £1.5bn maintenance backlog revealed

Scottish Labour says the figures reflect the SNP government’s mishandling of the NHS.

Economics

2 w. ago SNP 'letting Scotland's NHS crumble' as buildings repair bill tops £1.5 billion

It would cost a staggering £1,549,777,788 to do all required repairs across the country's hospitals and clinics.

Economics