35 m. ago Trump administration ends key grant program that helps communities prepare for disasters

The Trump administration is ending a key program used by communities to pay for projects designed to help them prepare for natural disasters like flooding and fires

Politics

8 h. ago Cardiff Council spent more than £1m on major project that didn't happen

More than £1m was spent on planning for the project, but the council said the true cost to it was £625,000 because some of the spending remains relevant

Economics

24 h. ago Trump unveils his new 'Gold Card' visa design for the first time including a VERY familiar design

President Trump held up what his administration is calling 'The Trump Card' gold card - a way for rich foreigners to pay $5 million to earn a visa and path to citizenship.

Politics

27 h. ago Penguins, pay up: Trump slaps tariffs on uninhabited islands near Antarctica

It’s unclear why the White House targeted the remote islands

Politics

30 h. ago Donald Trump ordered to pay £626,000 legal costs after Steele dossier lawsuit

US president had sued over denied allegations he took part in ‘perverted’ sex acts but UK case was thrown out last yearDonald Trump has been ordered by a judge in England to pay more than £620,000 in legal costs after unsuccessfully suing a company over denied allegations he took part in “perverted” sex acts.The US president brought a data protection claim against Orbis Business Intelligence, a consultancy founded by a former MI6 officer, Christopher Steele, in 2022. Continue reading...

Economics

31 h. ago Trump ordered to pay more than £625,000 costs over sex dossier legal claim

The US president unsuccessfully sued Orbis Business Intelligence over allegations included in the so-called Steele dossier.

Economics

3 d. ago What price will the UK pay for a trade deal with Donald Trump?

Sir Keir Starmer may have to make concessions on Britain’s digital services tax and agriculture

Economics

3 d. ago The 'Mona Lisa of pigeons' is among five racing birds valued £625,000 stolen by gang

Champion pigeon racer Tom Van Gaver was shocked when he walked into one of his aviaries last November to find part of the door had been smashed from the inside.

Economics

3 d. ago ‘I cried like a little boy’: pigeon fanciers in Belgium relive agony of stolen prized birds

Suspected criminal gangs are leaving pigeon racers bereft after a spate of thefts in aviaries across the countryWhen champion pigeon racer Tom Van Gaver walked into one of his lofts one morning last November, he immediately knew something was wrong. Part of the door had been smashed from the inside. He soon realised it was no accident: thieves had broken into his aviary in Moortsele in Flanders and stolen five birds, including Finn, one of his most renowned breeders. Father and grandfather to many champions, Finn was “the Mona Lisa of the pigeon world”, Van Gaver said.The five birds, he estimates, were worth €750,000 (£625,000), but like da Vinci’s masterpiece, it is hard to tell, because he had no plans to sell. He had ordered a retirement loft so his oldest birds could live out their days under more sun. Instead, CCTV footage shows one of the thieves snatching Finn and bundling the delicate jade-necked dark bird into a plastic bag. Continue reading...

Politics

1 week ago Holly Willoughby shares insight into her 'kinky' sex life with husband Dan Baldwin from raunchy costumes and 'saucy games' to X

The broadcaster, 44, revealed the couple, who wed in 2007, like to keep things spicy with saucy games and raunchy costumes.

Politics

2 w. ago Greenpeace loss will embolden big oil and gas to pursue protesters: ‘No one will feel safe’

As Trump pushes ‘drill, baby, drill’ agenda, Greenpeace verdict offers startling outlook for environmental activismA pipeline company’s victory in court over Greenpeace, and the huge damages it now faces, will encourage other oil and gas companies to legally pursue environmental protesters at a time when Donald Trump’s energy agenda is in ascendancy, experts have warned.On Wednesday a North Dakota jury ruled that three Greenpeace entities collectively must pay Energy Transfer, which was co-founded by a prominent Trump donor, more than $660m, deciding that the organizations were liable for defamation and other claims after a five-week trial in Mandan, near where the Dakota Access pipeline protests occurred in 2016 and 2017. Continue reading...

Events

2 w. ago ‘This is not comedy! Pay attention’: from Cabaret to Trump rallies, why does audience laughter feel so sinister?

Americans are struggling to reconcile Trump’s campness and cruelty – but comedy has always been a tool for authoritariansEvery night on a new Broadway production of Cabaret, Adam Lambert waits to see how the audience will react to one of the show’s biggest numbers, If You Could See Her. The song sees Lambert’s Emcee dancing with a performer in a gorilla costume and finishes with him looking into the ape’s eyes singing: “If you could see her through my eyes / She wouldn’t look Jewish at all.”The line is supposed to represent the normalisation of bigotry, demonstrating how the Kit Kat Club, once the most immoderate, carefree cabaret club in Berlin, has amended its routines in order to placate the new Nazi patrons. The moment used to provoke gasps from audiences. But during this run, which spanned the US general election campaign and second Trump presidency, there have been many nights when the cast have heard guffaws in the crowd. Continue reading...

Politics

2 w. ago Hollywood stars call on Donald Trump to make AI pay for their work amid tech row

Cate Blanchett, Ben Stiller, Chris Rock, Phoebe Waller-Bridge and Bette Midler are among 400 actors, film-makers, writers and musicians urging his administration to resist lobbying by Silicon Valley.

Politics

2 w. ago Trump backs higher pay for wildland firefighters while DOGE cuts wildfire support staff

Wildland firefighters will keep a four-year-old pay hike under a GOP-led spending bill signed by President Donald Trump

Politics

2 w. ago Battersea royal candle factory site lights up as £140 million luxury apartments tower

Waxing interest in development has already delivered more than 20 home sales starting from £625,000

Economics

3 w. ago Canada folds to Trump and CANCELS bombshell electricity tariff after president's trade war escalation

Canada folded to President Donald Trump after he vowed the nation would pay an historically big 'financial price' for the electricity tariff it imposed on the United States.

Politics

3 w. ago Donald Trump warns Canada will pay 'price so big it will be in history books' in latest threat

Donald Trump raged against Canada in a new social media post and vowed to make the country pay a 'financial price so big' that it 'will be read about in history books for many years to come'

Events

3 w. ago Suspension of USAID funding by Trump administration likely violated Constitution, judge says

For the second time, a federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to pay out money Congress appropriated to foreign aid partners

Politics

4 w. ago Trump issues stark new warning to NATO allies: 'If they don't pay, I'm not going to defend them'

President Donald Trump warned NATO allies on Thursday that if they don't pay up, the U.S. won't come to their defense if they're attacked.

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4 w. ago Trump backtracks and lifts tariffs on most Mexican goods for a month

Americans will still pay increased prices for Canadian goods due to Trump’s tariff policies

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