2 h. ago Unexpected household habit late Queen loved leaving dinner guests shocked

A royal insider has revealed the simple household job that the late Queen would take great delight in accomplishing, often charming her guests with the down-to-earth habit

Politics

5 h. ago 'I've visited every country on Earth and my favourite was the very first one'

Nicolás Pasquali, 44, who describes himself as the "first Argentinean to visit every country in the world", has finally managed to tick off North Korea from his list after eight years of travel

Politics

9 h. ago Labour 'may refuse to use Israeli parts' in UK dome defence system in bid to appease pro

Ministers faced claims that they were preparing to drop 'tried and tested' equipment from Tel Aviv-based firm Rafael in favour of a 'more politically correct' alternative.

Politics

15 h. ago Dramatic moment Irish army rangers drop onto container ship carrying £132MILLION of cocaine in daring raid

The raid led to the sentencing of eight men yesterday following 2.2 tonnes of the Class A drug being discovered on board in what was Ireland's largest ever narcotics haul found on a container ship.

Economics

18 h. ago LEGO Red Bull F1 cars drop to £3 each online as shoppers snap them up fast

Made of 251 peices, this LEGO Red Bull Speed Champions car is down to £2.78 at Argos using a double deal stack

Economics

18 h. ago F1 British Grand Prix: Max Verstappen denies McLarens to take pole at Silverstone – live

Red Bull driver pips Piastri to pole position at the lastSign up for The Recap | And you can drop Billy a mailEveryone is out, chasing an initial benchmark of 1:26.392 set by Alex Albon of Williams. Max Verstappen takes 0.351 seconds off thatA lot of the field remain indoors as some light rain comes down in the Northamptonshire countryside Continue reading...

Sport

20 h. ago F1 British Grand Prix: qualifying updates from Silverstone – live

Formula One latest (qualifying begins at 3pm BST)Sign up for The Recap | And you can drop Billy a mailHaas’s Ollie Bearman has received a 10-place grid penalty for tomorrow’s race for a ‘red flag infringement’ after spinning out and hitting the barriers by the pit lane while a red flag was being flown after Gabriel Bortoleto had himself spun offHere’s what the lap times looked like at the end of that chaotic third practice session earlier: Continue reading...

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21 h. ago England set to face mammoth chase as Rishabh Pant helps India stretch big lead

Pant was unbeaten on 41 and attacking hard as he made the most of a bad drop by Zak Crawley on 10.

Politics

22 h. ago Tyrell Malacia finally has Celtic transfer green light from Man Utd after price drop and Rangers ally intel

The Scottish champions are in need of a new left-back following the departure of Greg Taylor

Sport

23 h. ago Max Aarons puts James Tavernier on notice as Rangers captain battle is nothing new

Aarons has had to try and oust the club captain from the team at nearly every club he's played for so Ibrox situation isn't alien

Events

23 h. ago Pride organisers warn Trump’s DEI purge directly hitting UK events as corporate sponsorships drop (cloned)

Experts have said ‘the golden era of corporate sponsorship might be over’ for Pride, as 75% of event see sponsorship funding drop

Events

35 h. ago Beavers can save us from drought during blazing hot summers by building wetlands

The approach has been pioneered in Oregon in the US, and the UK’s first attempt at scale on a main river landscape involved diggers moving more than 4,000 tonnes of earth to fill the river channel

Politics

39 h. ago Meghan Markle's major As Ever mishap... and the 'careless' photo that made it worse

On June 20, Meghan Markle launched her second As Ever product release - but experts warn an unfortunate mishap could have a major effect on the brand.

Politics

43 h. ago Moment Bob Vylan tells crowd 'the only good pig is a dead pig' in unearthed video amid calls to axe punk duo from popular festival after 'death to IDF' chant

The controversial band remain on the bill for next month's annual five-day Boardmasters surfing and music festival in the Cornwall resort of Newquay.

Events

44 h. ago Joe Rothwell reveals Rangers phone call from Russell Martin that made him drop everything and say 'I'll be right there'

The midfielder didn't have to think twice about reuniting with his old boss at Ibrox.

Politics

45 h. ago Gary Lineker says BBC should ‘hold its head in shame’ for dropping Gaza film

Ex-BBC presenter criticises failure to show documentary, accusing people at ‘the very top’ of failing over the conflictGary Lineker has said the BBC should “hold its head in shame” over its failure to show a documentary about the plight of medics in Gaza.The former Match of the Day presenter said people at “the very top of the BBC” had been failing over the conflict, following the corporation’s controversial decision to drop Gaza: Doctors Under Attack. Continue reading...

Politics

46 h. ago ‘The lawsuit was my life. Of course I’m writing about it’: Hard Life – formerly Easy Life – on being sued by easyGroup and starting afresh

When the Leicester band were forced to drop their old name after a legal threats from a certain budget airline, it could have been curtains. But frontman Murray Matravers’s trip to Japan has prompted a bold new outlook – and an upbeat new albumWhen writing songs, “95% of the time” Murray Matravers starts with the title. It’s a tactic he picked up from Gary Barlow: a producer once told him the Take That man tends to arrive at sessions touting a load of prospective song titles “cut out on little pieces of paper, and he’d put them on the table and you could just choose one. I was like: that’s fucking brilliant. Ever since I’ve always had loads of titles in my Notes app. It actually changed the way I wrote music,” he says with genuine enthusiasm. “Shout out to Gary Barlow!”Names are clearly very important to the 29-year-old – but in recent years they have also caused him untold stress. By 2023, Matravers’ band Easy Life was thriving, having s...

Politics

47 h. ago NASA confirms rare 'interstellar object' has entered our Solar System

Astronomers have spotted a mysterious alien object zipping through our Solar System

Politics

47 h. ago Calls to drop punk duo Bob Vylan from popular music festival line

The controversial band remain on the bill for next month's annual five-day Boardmasters surfing and music festival in the Cornwall resort of Newquay.

Culture

52 h. ago Quatermass 2 review – Hammer turns up the heat in enjoyable alien invader sequel

The brusque, unsmiling American rocket scientist returns with a bigger budget and more action alongside an entertaining turn from Sid James as an inebriated journalistHere is the 1957 sequel to Hammer’s box office smash The Quatermass Xperiment from 1955; it is enjoyable, though the law of diminishing returns is coming into play. Like the first film, it is based on the original BBC drama (the second series, in fact) and Brian Donleavy is back as Quatermass himself: the brusque, unsmiling American rocket scientist working closely with the British government and permanently exasperated with them.Once again, Quatermass finds himself at the centre of a deadly alien attempt to take over Planet Earth. While debating whether or not to fire a nuclear powered rocket up into space, Quatermass comes into contact with a woman whose boyfriend has been injured by what appear to be football-sized meteorites, which his white-coated assistants have been already tracking on their radar scopes. It app...

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