77 m. ago Forget smart meters and use £10 home hack that helps you save on energy bills

No need to worry as the temperature gets cooler, you can save money on your energy bills by following this cheap and easy expert hack that doesn't involve using a smart metre

Economics

2 h. ago Jade: That’s Showbiz Baby! review – former Little Mix star thrives in chaos on an idiosyncratic debut

(Sony)Jade Thirlwall offers a wild ride through electroclash, Eurovision drama and emotive synth-pop – albeit one she can’t quite maintain for a whole albumLast month, the indefatigable Vice magazine published a piece on the “summer of British chaos”, documenting a scene of deranged social media provocateurs existing at the crispiest fringes of our nation’s cooked identity. Writer Clive Martin defined these graven images of the algorithm as being regionally specific, lurid, rowdy, funny and hedonistic. As a former member of Little Mix, a girl band put together via public vote on The X Factor, Jade Thirlwall might not seem like the likeliest bedfellow of this unhinged movement. But the South Shields pop star’s debut solo single, last year’s Angel of My Dreams, dodged focus-grouped smoothness to present a sublimely whacked-out, thoroughly British pop vision that felt like spinning through someone else’s for you page and realising they exist in a markedly different universe from your o...

Events

2 h. ago Survey reveals families’ top spending priority – and it’s not shopping or eating out

Nearly half of respondents said this was their primary focus for spare cash

Economics

2 h. ago O’Neill urges PM to use peace deal’s 30th anniversary to announce unity poll

Stormont’s Sinn Fein First Minister said calling a referendum on Irish unification would mark the ‘fulfilment’ of the 1998 Good Friday Agreement.

Economics

2 h. ago Job hunters rise to highest level for nearly five years – report

The monthly KPMG and REC report on jobs showed a slight improvement in permanent recruitment activity, but it remained in decline.

Politics

2 h. ago O’Neill insists Executive disagreements are not a sign of Stormont instability

The First Minister said there was a lot of common ground uniting the four parties in Northern Ireland’s devolved mandatory coalition government.

Events

2 h. ago Partnership with researchers will help tackle ‘digital threats’ – senior officer

The announcement has been welcomed by Justice Secretary Angela Constance.

Events

2 h. ago Councils failing to do pothole prevention should face mandatory training – RAC

The cost of bringing pothole-plagued local roads in England and Wales up to scratch has been estimated at a record £16.8 billion.

Events

3 h. ago Alexander hails ‘defence dividend’ for Scotland from new UK Government strategy

The UK Government’s Defence Industrial Strategy will provide a ‘real boost’ for Scotland’s economy, Scottish Secretary Douglas Alexander said.

Politics

4 h. ago Curry house at centre of major alert when diners fell ill announces temporary closure

The emergency services responded after people fell ill at Dosa Kingss in Sale

Events

4 h. ago UK politics live: Starmer completes reshuffle as new home secretary faces small boat Channel crossings crisis

A government source said ‘nothing is off the table’ for the new home secretary Shabana Mahmood

Society

5 h. ago US Vice President dubbed 'Just Dance Vance' by Gavin Newsom in Lady Gaga meme clip

Posted from California Governor Gavin Newsom's official Instagram page, the hilarious video shows a deranged JD Vance jiving incessantly to Lady Gaga's hit Just Dance

Politics

6 h. ago Israel’s top court says government is not giving Palestinian prisoners enough food

Justices rule state is legally obliged to ensure ‘basic level of existence’ and orders authorities to improve nutritionIsrael’s supreme court has ruled that the government has failed to provide Palestinian security prisoners with adequate food for basic subsistence and ordered authorities to improve their nutrition.Sunday’s decision was a rare case in which the country’s highest court ruled against the government’s conduct during the nearly two-year war. Continue reading...

Events

6 h. ago Work absences due to National Guard, military deployments and other duties are at a 19

There have been at least 90,000 instances of military or civic duty-related work absences in 2025

Events

6 h. ago New home secretary hit with immediate crisis as small boat Channel crossings top 30,000

Shabana Mahmood will host representatives from the US, Australia, Canada and New Zealand to discuss ways to ‘smash the gangs’ as new figures reveal the scale of the migrant crisis she has inherited as the new home secretary

Events

6 h. ago Senior Labour figures tell Keir Starmer to stop making mistakes

Prime minister faces criticism from Emily Thornberry, who highlights risk of ‘handing country to Farage’Keir Starmer has been warned by senior Labour figures to stop making mistakes, before a battle over the party’s deputy leadership and amid fears the government could row back on workers’ rights.As candidates began to jostle to replace Angela Rayner, the prime minister faced public criticism from Emily Thornberry, a potential contender, who said further mistakes from Starmer could lead to having to “hand our country to [Nigel] Farage”. Continue reading...

Politics

6 h. ago While responding to public concern over migration, the government must not forget its duty to refugees

Editorial: Labour are saying that migrants could be moved to military sites, but they should not try to ‘out-Farage’ Nigel Farage

Politics

7 h. ago Voyeurism offences soar in Manchester amid concern over 'nightlife videos'

Voyeurism and exposure offences in Manchester have more than doubled in the last decade

Politics

7 h. ago Contest to replace Rayner will be ‘Labour’s referendum’ on Starmer’s government, PM warned

PM told he needs to listen to members as Emily Thornberry becomes first senior MP to confirm she is considering running

Events

7 h. ago Florida surgeon general says he didn’t study whether ending vaccine mandate would increase diseases

Joseph Ladapo has compared vaccinations to government-imposed ‘slavery’

Politics