1 hour ago MI5 probes Putin link to Starmer arson blitz: Spy chiefs investigate claim that Kremlin ordered attacks over UK support for Ukraine

Although no one was injured in the fires, any suggestion that the attacks on a British Prime Minister had been ordered by the Kremlin would represent an extraordinary escalation in tensions.

Events

2 h. ago Saunas now 'the new pub' as Brits prefer stripping off to relax with pals and go on pull

Saunas have emerged as unexpected competition to the British boozer, thanks to their rise in popularity and the changing drinking habits of people under the age of 30

Politics

2 h. ago EastEnders legend Phil Mitchell tops soap poll after turning into 'violent thug'

It's official - Eastenders icon Phil 'don't mess with me or my family' Mitchell is the most loved baddie of the British soaps, beating Robert Sugden and Jack Branning at their dirty games

Politics

3 h. ago Elizabeth Hurley, 59, and Billy Ray Cyrus, 63, put on a loved up display as they make FIRST outing as a couple at swanky bash in Rome

The British actress, 59, and American singer, 63, strolled arm-in-arm just a month after going public with their shock and unlikely romance.

Politics

3 h. ago Alan Davies: ‘I get called Jonathan Creek all the time – nowadays people think I’m James May’

The British comedian and actor on encouraging hecklers, why Will Ferrell deserves an Oscar and his love for Kylie MinogueIn your first memoir, My Favourite People and Me, you picked Kylie Minogue as one of your favourite people – but added that you stopped loving her when I Should Be So Lucky came out. To make this a question: how dare you?Ah, Kylie. She’s completely adored everywhere she goes, and I adore her as well. I fell for her when she was Charlene in Neighbours – I was a student studying drama in the 80s and the only drama that any of us cared about was Neighbours. Australian girls were the pin-ups for everybody in England. Continue reading...

Politics

4 h. ago British woman, 23, is arrested 'after being caught trying to smuggle 18 kilos of cannabis out of Ghana and into Britain on British Airways'

Ghana's Narcotic Control Commission (NACOC) claimed that the young Brit had hidden 32 slabs of substances initially suspected to be a narcotic drug in two suitcases destined for London.

Events

5 h. ago Brits stripping for naked for tournament in UK beauty spot playing wild street game

The British Naturism national Petanque competition is on, where competitors can strip off for a battle of boules, and then party at a casino night where they are invited to BYO body paint

Politics

5 h. ago ITV Britain's Got Talent judge Amanda Holden admits 'big lie' she told to secure movie role

Amanda Holden has been a familiar face on British TV screens for nearly three decades, but it turns out that the Britain's Got Talent judge has been bending the truth to bag roles for just as long

Events

6 h. ago Woman left in intensive care after taking weight loss injection as police make three arrests

Weight loss jabs are available on the NHS as part of weight management services

Events

6 h. ago Lando Norris says overcoming qualifying struggles makes Monaco pole his best

The British driver set a new record around the streets of Monte Carlo to beat local hero Charles Leclerc to pole by 0.109 seconds.

Politics

6 h. ago Sean Williams seizes rare Test chance as Zimbabwe show love and pride in defeat | Andy Bull

Veteran’s 88 was full of crisp cuts, punishing pulls and swingeing sweeps – delighting the visitors’ dancing, singing and chanting fansOn 11 June 1890 a column of three hundred colonialists crossed the Shashe River to begin the annexation of Mashonaland on behalf of Cecil Rhodes’ British South Africa Company. They brought cattle, horses and wagons, rifles, revolvers and field guns, a searchlight, a steam engine, tents, food and water. Each man carried a slouch hat, a spare shirt and pair of socks, a water bottle, a sewing kit, a belt, a bandolier, a hundred rounds of ammunition and a hand axe. And, of course, this being a very English endeavour, in among it all someone packed a bat and ball.So the first game of cricket in what would become Zimbabwe was played just over a month later, on 16 August, between the Pioneer Column’s A Troop and B and C Troops, on a patch of land at Providential Pass at what would become Fort Victoria. Nobody knows who won. “Probably A Troop,” wrote one of ...

Politics

6 h. ago British woman, 21, held in Dubai ‘hell hole’ jail on drugs charges

Isabella Daggett, 21, was arrested in March after being caught ‘in the wrong place, at the wrong time’

Events

7 h. ago The end of Rachel Reeves: Furious Labour insiders tell me there's 'blood in the water', she's about to hike taxes AGAIN and reveal her pathetic new tactic: DAN HODGES

They were the words that destroyed John Major's premiership and government, consigned the Tory Party to decades in the political wilderness and changed the course of British history.

Economics

7 h. ago Live facial recognition cameras may become ‘commonplace’ as police use soars

Exclusive: The Guardian and Liberty Investigates find police in England and Wales believe expansion is likely after 4.7m faces scanned in 2024Valuable tool or cause for alarm? Facial ID quietly becoming part of police’s arsenalPolice believe live facial recognition cameras may become “commonplace” in England and Wales, according to internal documents, with the number of faces scanned having doubled to nearly 5m in the last year.A joint investigation by the Guardian and Liberty Investigates highlights the speed at which the technology is becoming a staple of British policing.Police forces scanned nearly 4.7m faces with live facial recognition cameras last year – more than twice as many as in 2023. Live facial recognition vans were deployed at least 256 times in 2024, according to official deployment records, up from 63 the year before.A roving unit of 10 live facial recognition vans that can be sent anywhere in the country will be made available within days – increasing national capa...

Events

7 h. ago Lando Norris banishes qualifying blues to claim superb Monaco GP pole

The British driver set a new record around the streets of Monte Carlo to beat local hero Charles Leclerc to pole

Politics

7 h. ago Competitor dies at Jim Clark Rally and driver rushed to hospital with serious injuries

The man was competing in the Jim Clark Rally in the Borders which is part of the British Rally Championship circuit.

Events

8 h. ago King Charles to deliver 'powerful message' as he walks 'diplomatic tightrope'

King Charles III is set to become the first British monarch to visit Canada in the 21st Century, and his speech is expected to send a clear message to US president Donald Trump

Politics

8 h. ago Damien Hirst says he used to buy property ‘a bit like Monopoly’

British artist opened up about his life and work in a rare interview

Politics

8 h. ago Thousands of Brits due £90 refund after changes to debt rule

The Insolvency Service has said that around 5,000 people appear to have started the process to apply for a Debt Relief Order but did not go on to complete their application

Economics

9 h. ago British fishing boat named after famous Prime Minister 'taken prisoner by the French'

The French navy has seized a British fishing boat named after Margaret Thatcher in the English channel, after it was accused of illegally fishing for whelks in the English Channel

Politics