6 h. ago Vietnamese police swoop after man breaks into history exhibit and damages antique throne considered to be one of the nation's most precious artefacts

Vietnamese police have detained a man over damage to an ancient throne which is considered one of the nation's most precious artefacts.

Events

5 d. ago Chelsea Flower Show visitors break down in tears over 'moving' funeral display in a festival first

For the first time in the show's 112-year history there is a funeral floristry exhibit showcasing a willow coffin, gravestones and a wire sculpture of a man and his dog.

Culture

1 week ago Uproar after Labour tries to scupper AI copyright law as campaigners vow they 'will not take this lying down' 

Baroness Kidron said 'the creative industries are too precious to the UK wealth and national security to be abandoned by a Government who clearly have no idea what they are giving away.'

Politics

1 week ago BBC boss says disinformation ‘trust crisis’ putting social fabric of UK at risk

Tim Davie pitches BBC as unifying force as he announces plans to make more news content for YouTube and TikTokBritain’s status as a cohesive, democratic society is at risk for the first time in a generation as the rise of social media platforms and disinformation fuel a “trust crisis”, the BBC’s director general has said.In a wide-ranging address about the future of the corporation, Tim Davie said BBC News would start to make special content for platforms such as YouTube and TikTok, where disinformation can go unchecked, as he couched the broadcaster as a “precious national asset” preventing the UK from becoming a society in which there were no shared facts. Continue reading...

Events

3 w. ago London terror swoop as five arrested in 'plot to target single premises'

Four of the men arrested on May 3 are Iranian nationals and the nationality of the fifth is still being established by police

Events

3 w. ago London Counter Terrorism Police swoop to arrest five men in 'plot to target single premises'

Four of the men arrested on May 3 are Iranian nationals and the nationality of the fifth is still being established by police

Events

3 w. ago Bomb squad swoop on major UK shopping centre as everyone evacuated

The bomb squad have been called and police cordon has been set up at St Nicholas Arcades shopping centre in Lancaster after a bomb scare this morning led to a full evacuation of the area

Economics