12 m. ago 'I went to Benidorm for first time – and Brits should watch out for this major scam'

A British tourist in Benidorm has warned visitors to the popular holiday spot to 'be careful' after he was targeted by a beachfront scam while exploring the sunny Spanish coastal resort

Politics

19 m. ago East Midlands trains targeted by rocks and a scooter in ‘incredibly dangerous’ attacks

A series of incidents have caused delays

Events

26 m. ago Major West Coast main line overhaul to shut Europe’s busiest track for weeks at a time

The work coincides with the closure of a busy motorway – what is being done, why, and how disruptive will it be?

Politics

31 m. ago London travel news LIVE: Tube and Overground chaos as multiple lines delayed or suspended

Severe delays have been reported on several Tube lines while the Overground’s Mildmay line which is part suspended

Economics

37 m. ago Mountain becomes surprise attraction after tourists spot face in rocks

The mountain can be seen from an observation deck

Politics

43 m. ago Trespass laws are preventing Travellers from practising lifestyle, report says

The commissioner said these policies and the continued lack of provision of culturally appropriate accommodation prevents many Travellers from practising nomadism

Politics

45 m. ago The new nepo babies on Burberry’s Fashion Week front row: Jaggers, Beckhams and Gallaghers steal the show

London Fashion Week ended with a bang at Burberry — and Damian Lewis and Geri Halliwell-Horner brought their children along for the ride

Events

52 m. ago The experienced Scottish Parliament frontbencher resigning at 2026 election as 'new blood' wanted

A senior Tory MSP who has been at Holyrood since 2007 will not seek re-election next year.

Politics

53 m. ago Expand Gatwick as well as Heathrow for best options for travellers, says CAA

The Civil Aviation Authority announced support for the West Sussex airport’s proposed new runway

Politics

68 m. ago BBC Strictly Come Dancing's Amy Dowden 'fights tears' as she marks sharing news she 'dreamed of'

She emotionally marked a year since sharing news with words she only 'dreamed of' being able to say following her cancer diagnosis.

Sport

68 m. ago A city with wellness at its heart – Agadir is the ultimate destination for a healthy getaway

Fitness and wellbeing editor Emilie Lavinia explores the serene coastline of Agadir in search of top tier wellness experiences

Politics

84 m. ago Naga Munchetty's husband nicknamed her after children's character following incident

BBC Breakfast presenter Naga Munchetty revealed she was nicknamed after a children's character after an awkward fashion moment

Politics

86 m. ago Chelsea's Marc Cucurella reveals he watches the same movie TWICE every day

Marc Cucurella has three young children, and this may have factored into the Spain and Chelsea left-back admitting to watching the same kids' film twice every day

Politics

97 m. ago When It Rained for a Million Years by Paul Farley – thrilling leaps of imagination

An impressive collection of poems – largely set in industrial wastelands and musing on time and distance – makes the mundane magicalThe deluge of abstract thought in Paul Farley’s sixth collection, When It Rained for a Million Years, flows impressively far and wide. In this startlingly imaginative work, blood runs backwards and language itself has eyes – somehow, each word on the page “looks back, puzzled, like it dwells / on distances – between dip / and driving quill”.The “distances” these poems span are unremarkable in geographic terms. Farley is fond of scruffy car parks and cooling towers, PO boxes and photocopiers, taxi cabs and chimney stacks. I cannot always follow the beauty he sees in bus timetables or in a study of stacked chairs. But although the height of glamour involves a flying visit to the dismal grey of Heathrow, this subverted play on grandeur only renders his imagery more sublime. In one poem, a flag memorably “shivers like / a bolt of silk on a bed of nails, / o...

Politics

97 m. ago ‘I know their names, what they eat’: tracking polar bears on Svalbard’s shifting icescapes

For more than 20 years, scientists have followed the animals in Norway’s Arctic archipelago to understand how they may adapt to changing threats as the ice they depend on meltsWhen Rolf-Arne Ølberg is hanging out of a helicopter with a gun, he needs to be able to assess from a distance of about 10 metres the sex and approximate weight of the moving animal he is aiming at, as well as how fat or muscular it is and whether it is in any distress. Only then can he dart it with the correct amount of sedative. Luckily, he says, polar bears are “quite good anaesthetic patients”.Ølberg is a vet working with the Norwegian Polar Institute, the body responsible for the monitoring of polar bears in Svalbard, an archipelago that lies between mainland Norway and the north pole. Every year he and his colleagues track the bears by helicopter, collect blood, fat and hair samples from them and fit electronic tracking collars. Continue reading...

Politics

1 hour ago Grimes makes privacy plea for her children with Elon Musk after viral White House clips

‘I think fame is something you should consent to,’ singer said

Society

1 hour ago London travel news LIVE: Tube and Overground chaos as seven lines either delayed or suspended

Severe delays have been reported on the District and Piccadilly lines as well as the Mildmay overground line which is part suspended

Events

2 h. ago Tears in Trafalgar Square as 1,000 take part in emotional vigil to mark third anniversary of Ukraine war

A warning that ‘no ally should pressure Ukraine to surrender’ has been made at the central London vigil

Events

2 h. ago City 'made entirely of rubbish' surprises YouTube travel vlogger in two ways

A city that is made entirely from rubbish was visited by a YouTube travel expert, who was left 'surprised' by what he found - but knows the locals have one thing people around the world could learn

Politics

2 h. ago City breaks drive surge in summer travel demand for On The Beach

The travel agency pointed to a 10% rise in advance bookings for the crucial summer period, compared to the same time last year.

Transport