39 m. ago Father said to be involved in child’s ‘abduction’ jailed for contempt of court

The man, who cannot be named for legal reasons, has been involved in family court proceedings with the mother of their daughter since 2024, after the child was taken from her mother's care.

Events

49 m. ago Triumph and disaster for you, soft power for the Premier League: fantasy football is back | Jonathan Liew

Celebrities play it. Footballers play it. Gradually, insidiously, fantasy football has seeped into the way we consume the gamePerhaps you’re a template kind of guy. Perhaps, by contrast, you’re spurning the triple Liverpool consensus and stacking your team with handy differentials like Jarrod Bowen and Donyell Malen. Perhaps even Erling Haaland could be considered a differential given his historically low current ownership stats. Perhaps you’re feeling a cheeky BB GW1, followed by a FH GW2. Perhaps, by contrast, you’re furiously stabbing at the “close tab” button on your browser in the hope of purging these words from your eyes as expeditiously as possible.In which case, relax. This is actually a column about sport: what it is, what it isn’t, how we watch it, where it’s going. Most important, you can rest assured I shall not be relating any details of my Fantasy Premier League exploits, for the same reason I will not be sharing my dreams, my Wordle stats or the contents of my belly ...

Sport

77 m. ago British holidaymakers risk being rejected from flights over unknown airport rule

A drained phone battery could leave you stranded, prevent you from boarding a flight, or even result in your device being confiscated

Events

94 m. ago Air Canada cabin crew strike: Everything you need to know about the total shutdown

Airline warns ‘other carriers are already very full due to summer travel peak’, limiting travellers’ options for alternative flights

Events

1 hour ago Denzel Washington explains real reason he ‘doesn’t care’ about Oscars

Actor has been nominated for 10 Oscars and won two in a nearly five-decade career

Politics

1 hour ago Death row prisoner cuts out wife and kids' hearts then gouges out and eats his own eyes

The man on death row was found in his cell covered in blood after he gouged out both of his eyes in a bid to avoid execution after he believed God told him to carry out a triple murder

Events

2 h. ago Thomas Frank makes feelings clear after Tottenham throw away two

Spurs failed to fight off a late PSG fight back in Italy on Wednesday evening in the UEFA Super Cup with Thomas Frank slipping to defeat in his first competitive game as Tottenham boss

Politics

2 h. ago Betrayed Kelly Clarkson's reaction after discovering ex Brandon Blackstock was dating her assistant... as friends hint at REAL reason for divorce and say: 'He was not a great husband'

The singer is now having to deal with the fallout from the shock revelation that Brandon Blackstock, who died last week, was romantically involved with her former assistant.

Politics

2 h. ago Nicola Sturgeon’s immense political talent is undeniable. The nationalism was the problem | Martin Kettle

Many of her admirers gloss over her desire to break up the UK as Scotland’s first minister. But in her open and touching memoir, it plays a starring roleNicola Sturgeon was – and still is – important, talented, personable and, to many, inspirational. She was also extremely lucky and often wrong, sometimes seriously so. There are examples of all these qualities in her newly published memoir, Frankly. Sturgeosceptics should concede at once that it contains much that is fascinating, especially about her relations with her charismatic mentor turned vengeful enemy Alex Salmond. Starry-eyed Sturgies should equally admit she made several deep and lasting errors that have left behind a divided nationalist party and movement.The book is more open and touching about private issues than most political memoirs, although Sturgeon deploys these qualities selectively. Many of the intimate reflections are about being a woman in politics. Other memoirs by female politicians – including those of Marg...

Politics

2 h. ago Wildly incoherent, utterly flummoxing, blissful: how And Just Like That rewrote the rules of TV

The Sex and the City spinoff – which ends this week – is so bizarre it has barely made sense as a television show. Unless you think of it as an attempt to redefine the whole genre Sex and the City’s divisive spin-off And Just Like That is set to end after three bizarre seasons and a deluge of critical contempt, with bemused fans losing it on Reddit, and articles about how the programme became a hate watch. There has been little heartache in the discourse after the announcement of the show’s demise, the general consensus being: good. But to these people, I say – you’re wrong! But also, I understand. There is always an element of fear in contemplating change, in engaging with the rapid advancement of modernity, and I would like to make the case for And Just Like That being a product of exactly that.It feels analogous to a comment a friend of mine once made during a conversation about the best oven pizzas, when someone posited Dr Oetker pizzas as a contender: “It’s delicious, it’s some...

Politics

2 h. ago Man City are in a transfer mess with Ederson and Gianluigi Donnarumma

Manchester City were determined to be emphatic in the transfer market this summer but there are huge doubts in a key position

Politics

3 h. ago As Ukraine battles to hold lines, Trump may find Putin difficult to persuade

Despite huge numbers of casualties, Russian leader believes he is slowly winning war – so he can afford to string talks outFor Ukraine, the break in the frontline is unfortunately timed. Lightly armed Russian saboteur groups – three on one count – cut though Ukrainian positions in the Donbas countryside east of the key junction at Dobropillia. Though one group has been eliminated, as of Tuesday two were thought to remain at large – and although their numbers are small for now, perhaps 20 to 30, the breach is significant.At the beginning of the year it was safe to visit Dobropillia, which had become a bustling market centre busy with soldiers and locals, nearly 15 miles north of the frontline in Pokrovsk. But since then the town, where once busy supply roads from Pokrovsk to Kramatorsk split, has come under sustained attack with glide bombs, while FPV (first person view) drones strike targets on the move. Continue reading...

Politics

3 h. ago Liverpool transfer news: Arne Slot '24 hours from deal' amid Alexander Isak stand

Liverpool are yet to return with a second offer for Alexander Isak after Newcastle rejected a bid of £120million - but the Reds are getting on with other business instead

Economics

4 h. ago MSP demands Donald Trump pay up to cover costs of policing for Scottish visit

EXCLUSIVE: The ex-Nat MSP said there is "no justifiable reason for the public to subsidise the commercial activity of the President".

Politics

7 h. ago Labour's obsession with the religion of 'rewilding' threatens lives, livelihoods

Wildfires are getting too close for comfort. Our National Fire Chiefs Council has warned that not only are blazes increasingly common, and are starting to cross the 'rural-urban interface'.

Events

8 h. ago Thomas Frank proud of Spurs players as ‘special operation’ fails against PSG

Spurs were 2-0 up in normal time and in the shoot-out before PSG clinched a 4-3 win on spot-kicks.

Sport

8 h. ago ‘Very, very proud’: Thomas Frank hails Tottenham players after PSG defeat

Spurs take PSG to penalty shootout in Super Cup‘They gave everything – it’s the smallest of margins’Thomas Frank described himself as “very, very proud” of a Tottenham team that came within two minutes of a famous Uefa Super Cup win over Paris Saint-Germain. They were ultimately defeated on penalties after squandering a two-goal lead and their new manager was left to rue an inability to bend the outcome to their will in the shootout.Goals from Micky van de Ven and Cristian Romero appeared to have rocket-launched Frank’s tenure before Lee Kang-in and Gonçalo Ramos curtailed the celebrations. But the Dane saw plenty of encouragement in the way his players dominated their star-studded opponents for the first three quarters of the match. Continue reading...

Sport

8 h. ago Women's rights champion and Olympic hero Sharron Davies is set to become Conservative peer

Tory leader Kemi Badenoch will reportedly appoint the 62-year-old to the House of Lords alongside columnist Simon Heffer and Graham Edwards, the Tory party treasurer and mega-donor.

Sport

8 h. ago Thomas Frank explains 'special operation' as 'perfect' Tottenham rue dramatic UEFA Super Cup finale

Spurs were aiming for a second European trophy in four months

Sport

9 h. ago Tottenham: Thomas Frank confirms transfer plan after Spurs open talks for Eberechi Eze and Savinho double deal

Spurs had two debutants in their side in Udine

Economics