18 h. ago Valentino's Michele upends high fashion by setting Paris show inside staged public toilets

Valentino paraded high fashion inside a public toilets setting in one of the most unexpected backdrops of the season, especially for a house as classical as Valentino

Culture

18 h. ago Chloe Grace Moretz shows off her HUGE engagement ring while heading out in Paris after appearing to confirm she's set to marry girlfriend Kate Harrison

The actress, 27, appeared elated as she left her swanky hotel in the French capital wearing her huge gold ring which was set with a huge diamond.

Sport

34 h. ago Inside Spanish city's planned £12.39 tourist tax as cost set to exceed Paris's

Barcelona and other Catalan areas could be doubling their tourist taxes following the approval of Jaume Collboni, the mayor of Barcelona, as this will fund infrastructure and improve the tourism experience.

Economics

4 d. ago First phase of Kirkcudbright Parish Church Redevelopment Project set to be commissioned

Church members have so far raised £168,400, with the first stage set to include toilets, a kitchen and an improved entrance.

Events

4 d. ago Cardinal reads homily on Pope Francis’s behalf at Rome Ash Wednesday mass

Pontiff, 88, remains stable and received communion in hospital as Catholics marked beginning of LentPope Francis remained in a stable condition on his 20th day in hospital with pneumonia, sitting in an armchair to do some work and receiving communion and an Ash Wednesday cross on his forehead as Catholics around the world marked the beginning of Lent.In its latest update, the Vatican said the 88-year-old pontiff had not suffered any new respiratory crises and had been given oxygen through a nasal tube. It said that after the Ash Wednesday rites, Francis had set to work and made his usual call to the parish priest of Gaza. Continue reading...

Politics

4 d. ago Cardinal reads pope’s Ash Wednesday homily meditating on ‘tragedy of death’

Pontiff, 88, remains stable and received communion in hospital as Catholics marked beginning of LentPope Francis remained in a stable condition on his 20th day in hospital with pneumonia, sitting in an armchair to do some work and receiving communion and an Ash Wednesday cross on his forehead as Catholics around the world marked the beginning of Lent.In its latest update, the Vatican said the 88-year-old pontiff had not suffered any new respiratory crises and had been given oxygen through a nasal tube. It said that after the Ash Wednesday rites, Francis had set to work and made his usual call to the parish priest of Gaza. Continue reading...

Events

4 d. ago New Dries Van Noten designer blends the archive with a new voice in Paris

Julian Klausner has presented his first womenswear collection as creative director of Dries Van Noten at the Opéra Garnier in Paris, a setting that reflected the historical influences woven throughout his designs

Politics

9 d. ago Marco Asensio wants to inspire Aston Villa to success over remainder of season

Marco Asensio wants to help fire Aston Villa to glory this season after an impressive start to life at the club.The 29-year-old signed on loan from Paris St Germain in January and has settled in well, scoring four goals in his last three games.Two of them came in the 2-0 win over Championship strugglers Cardiff which sent Villa into their first FA Cup quarter-final in a decade.G⚽️⚽️D MORNING pic.twitter.com/yxHUgTnVlJ— Aston Villa (@AVFCOfficial) March 1, 2025The Spaniard says there is more to come as Villa prepare for next week’s Champions League last-16 first-leg with with Club Brugge.“Attention is really good, I’m really happy with the team-mates, with the staff, they give me a lot of confidence, so I try to do my best in the pitch,” Asensio told the club’s official website.“And it’s going well, so I want to score more, give more to this team, to this club and that’s my objective.“We have to keep pushing, we are in the right way, so the next step is Champions League and now the...

Politics

1 week ago Tyson Fury becomes wife Paris' personal trainer after retiring from boxing

Tyson Fury has retired from boxing and the former heavyweight world champion has been pictured working out with his wife Paris after revealing he's set to become her personal trainer

Sport

2 w. ago Brazil mayor shot in ‘fake attack’ for election boost before losing vote in landslide anyway

José Aprígio da Silva was seriously hurt in October by assailants with assault rifles but police say it was fakedAs campaign strategies go it was unorthodox and illegal: buy an AK-47, hire a pair of phony hitmen, and stage a fake assassination attempt against the mayor that would generate public sympathy and help him win a second term in power.That, Brazilian police claim, was the gameplan last October when, on the eve of the local election, an armoured vehicle carrying José Aprígio da Silva came under fire in Taboão da Serra, a town on the outskirts of São Paulo. Continue reading...

Politics

2 w. ago Brazil mayor was shot in ‘fake attack’ for election boost – but still lost in landslide

José Aprígio da Silva was seriously hurt in October by assailants with assault rifles but police say it was fakedAs campaign strategies go it was unorthodox and illegal: buy an AK-47, hire a pair of phony hitmen, and stage a fake assassination attempt against the mayor that would generate public sympathy and help him win a second term in power.That, Brazilian police claim, was the gameplan last October when, on the eve of the local election, an armoured vehicle carrying José Aprígio da Silva came under fire in Taboão da Serra, a town on the outskirts of São Paulo. Continue reading...

Politics