20 h. ago Thousands of people withdrawing cash urged to claim refund worth average £3,800

You may be due cash back from the taxman if you were hit with emergency tax after dipping into your pension for the first time - we explain how to fix this problem

Economics

22 h. ago As asylum seekers are engulfed by slurs and lies, our leaders shrug. Truly, this is shameful | Frances Ryan

The narrative that they are a threat to women and girls has no basis in fact, but bad actors peddle it, and ministers encourage themAs anti-migrant demonstrations continued in Canary Wharf in London at the weekend, one group stood out: women dressed in Barbie pink. Holding cardboard signs drawn in bright felt-tip pen (“save our kids”), the “pink protest” marched under the banner of protecting women and girls.The crowd may have looked a novel sight, but it points to a rationale that is increasingly gaining ground this summer: asylum seekers are a danger to British women and girls.Frances Ryan is a Guardian columnist. She is the author of Who Wants Normal? The Disabled Girls’ Guide to Life Continue reading...

Politics

38 h. ago Shocking moment Brit tourist collapses on Rio beach after woman's drugs cocktail

Investigators are searching for three women after the group allegedly conspired to drug a British tourist to steal tens of thousands of pounds from him during his holiday

Events

41 h. ago Shocking moment British tourist collapses on Rio de Janeiro beach after being DRUGGED by women who gave him a laced cocktail then stole £16,000 from his bank accounts

This is the moment a British tourist collapses unconscious on the sands of a beach in Brazil after being drugged and robbed of £16,000 by three women. 

Economics

62 h. ago ‘A lot of money to be made’: Paris hit with spate of €1m handbag heists

Police say ease of re-selling, twinned with growing demand, has encouraged gangs to target luxury leather goodsA series of million-euro robberies of luxury handbags from boutiques and brand headquarters in Paris has shown that high-value leather goods are now a bigger target for organised criminals than jewels or cash, as French police pursue sophisticated gangs targeting designer bags.Paris has been the scene of several high-profile robberies of handbags over the past year, fuelled by the growing global demand for designer leather goods, which are increasingly being displayed by influencers on social media. As designer handbags sell for record prices at auction – with the late singer Jane Birkin’s Hermès bag fetching €8.6m (£7.4m) this summer – prices are rising in boutiques and secondhand bags are gaining value as collectors’ items. Continue reading...

Events

5 d. ago Two British women ‘lose luxury goods worth £866,000 in Saint

The tourists lost luxury items including 11 Birkin bags after their room in a five-star hotel was raided by burglars, according to local media.

Economics

5 d. ago Were two British women robbed of luxury bags, jewellery and cash worth nearly £900k from Saint Tropez hotel room? Shock claim in French media

The same hotel has been plagued with several break-ins this summer, where wealthy guests have lost thousands of pounds in cash and prized possessions.

Economics

5 d. ago Two wealthy British women 'lose 11 Birkin bags, jewellery and cash worth nearly a MILLION pounds after their Saint

The same hotel has been plagued with several break-ins this summer, where wealthy guests have lost thousands of pounds in cash and prized possessions.

Economics

5 d. ago Two wealthy British women 'lose 11 Birkin bags, jewellery and cash worth nearly a MILLION pounds after their Saint Tropez hotel room is raided'

The same hotel has been plagued with several break-ins this summer, where wealthy guests have lost thousands of pounds in cash and prized possessions.

Economics

7 d. ago Trump approval 20 points underwater in new poll with 81% blaming him for Epstein info blackout: Live updates

Latest shock poll follows president’s claim in CNBC interview that polls showing him with approval ratings in the 30s were ‘fake’

Politics

7 d. ago Today's rugby news as star announces shock retirement after Lions series and All Black makes damning claim

The latest rugby news from Wales and around the world

Events

8 d. ago British men officially more polite than women, new research finds

Scientists say they have proved why fellas are friendlier than females - especially when it comes to work environments.

Politics

9 d. ago Charley Hull’s major wait goes on as she pushes Miyu Yamashita all the way at Women’s Open

Japanese finishes on 11 under, two clear of HullLottie Woad happy with top-10 finishCharley Hull is due high praise for at least making this interesting. It may be of little consolation to the English golfer as her wait for a maiden major win goes on but Hull’s surge was the only thing that ever looked like halting Miyu Yamashita’s Porthcawl procession. What an afternoon of stirring drama this quickly became on the stunning links, which should be rewarded with more high-profile events before too long. To Hull, plenty of plaudits for such a swashbuckling display.Yamashita eventually prevailed, by two, at 11 under par. The Women’s Open was denied a British winner for the first time since Georgia Hall lifted the trophy at Royal Lytham & St Anne’s in 2018. Still, Hull must feel she is closer than ever to winning one of her sport’s biggest prizes. She now has four second places in majors. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Hull’s major wait goes on as she pushes Yamashita all the way at Women’s Open

Japanese finishes on 11 under, two clear of HullLottie Woad happy with top-10 finishCharley Hull is due high praise for at least making this interesting. It may be of little consolation to the English golfer as her wait for a maiden major win goes on but Hull’s surge was the only thing that ever looked like halting Miyu Yamashita’s Porthcawl procession. What an afternoon of stirring drama this quickly became on the stunning links, which should be rewarded with more high-profile events before too long. To Hull, plenty of plaudits for such a swashbuckling display.Yamashita eventually prevailed, by two, at 11 under par. The Women’s Open was denied a British winner for the first time since Georgia Hall lifted the trophy at Royal Lytham & St Anne’s in 2018. Still, Hull must feel she is closer than ever to winning one of her sport’s biggest prizes. She now has four second places in majors. Continue reading...

Events

9 d. ago Three British women are detained in Mauritius after failed bid to smuggle £4million worth of cannabis into the tropical paradise

Shania Mabel Rosalind Wood, 25, Alethea Jade Demitre, 33, and Chloe Nancy Parker, 18, were arrested in 'one of the largest drug seirzures' at SSR airport in Mauritius on May 29.

Economics

3 w. ago There's a simple cheap superfood that can banish menopause woe. Women in other countries benefit

It's fair to say that, for most middle-aged British women, the menopause is not something that evokes excitement.

Politics

3 w. ago There's a simple cheap superfood that can banish menopause woe. Women in other countries benefit

It's fair to say that, for most middle-aged British women, the menopause is not something that evokes excitement.

Politics

3 w. ago Kate Waugh Leads British Stars On London T100 Triathlon Women’s Start List

Kate Waugh Leads British Stars On London T100 Triathlon Women’s Start List  Endurance Sportswire

Politics

3 w. ago The Sleep Room by Jon Stock review – the psychiatrist who abused female patients

This harrowing account of a British doctor and his shocking experiments on young women includes a testimony from the actor Celia Imrie, who was one of his patientsIn a hospital in Waterloo, London, in the mid-1960s was a psychiatric ward full of sleeping women. Suffering from disorders ranging from post-partum depression to chronic anxiety to anorexia, the residents of the “sleep room” were sedated and woken only to be washed, fed or subjected to electroconvulsive therapy (ECT). All were under the supervision of psychiatrist William Sargant, who at the time was hailed as a pioneer. Sargant claimed that a combination of enforced narcosis and ECT could fix disturbed minds. Failing that, the treatment would be surgical lobotomy.The Sleep Room is author Jon Stock’s gripping account of a scandal in which female patients were denied dignity and agency by a man who wielded absolute power over their bodies. The book is ably narrated by actors Richard Armitage, Antonia Beamish and Celia Imri...

Science

3 w. ago Bank of Scotland launches new student account offering £190 free perks

The exclusive deal includes six months’ worth of Deliveroo vouchers and £100 cash.

Economics