37 m. ago Scots woman left in agony after mistaking tanning oil for sun cream during heatwave

Hally Galletta was left barely able to open her eyes after using tanning oil without SPF during the UK heatwave.

Politics

56 m. ago The radical 1960s schools experiment that created a whole new alphabet – and left thousands of children unable to spell

Decades ago, a generation of UK schoolchildren unwittingly took part in an initiative aimed at boosting reading skills – with lasting consequencesThroughout my life, my mum has always been a big reader. She was in three or four book clubs at the same time. She’d devour whatever texts my siblings and I were studying in school, handwrite notes for our lunchboxes and write in her diary every night. Our fridge door was a revolving display of word-of-the-day flashcards. Despite this, she also was and remains, by some margin, the worst speller I have met.By the time I was in primary school, she was already asking me to proofread her work emails, often littered with mistakes that were glaringly obvious to me even at such a young age. It used to baffle me – how could this person, who races through multiple books a week and can quote Shakespeare faultlessly, possibly think “me” is spelt with two Es? Continue reading...

Politics

62 m. ago Huge development creating 500 jobs among the key plans for Greater Manchester

These are all the significant developments tabled with councils across the city-region

Politics

62 m. ago Why ‘sloppy’ and ‘scared’ England need a rapid transformation at Women’s Euro 2025

England created their ‘own problems’ on the ball and must find a way to break a familiar pattern if they are to avoid an early end to their Euros campaign

Politics

94 m. ago Manchester United's creative transfer solution is a risk worth taking

United have been linked with a move for free agent forward Dominic Calvert-Lewin

Sport

4 h. ago Courtney Cox gets her smokey 'tattooed eyeliner' look by using Victoria Beckham's eyeliner

Courtney Cox joins the long list of celebs who have been singing the praises of Victoria Beckham's best-selling eyeliner, for creating her go-to 90s smokey eye look

Events

4 h. ago Courtney Cox uses Victoria Beckham’s eyeliner to create her go

Courtney Cox has just given fans an insight into the one eyeliner she uses to create a 'tattoo-like' eyeliner for a 90s smokey eye - and it turns out it's from Victoria Beckham Beauty

Events

5 h. ago Rowley urges creation of 15 ‘mega forces’ in radical police reform plan

Sir Mark Rowley said bigger forces would be better able to utilise modern technology and reduce expenses.

Events

5 h. ago Elon Musk to create new political party after explosive fallout with Trump

The billionaire businessman, 54, revealed on Saturday that he had established the America Party

Politics

5 h. ago Manchester lad find's 'Dublin's best Guinness' and price compared to Ryanair flight is epic

Honest Places creator Danny visited the Irish capital on a return Ryanair flight that cost him just £30 but he wasn't impressed with some of the prices he encountered in Dublin

Politics

7 h. ago Starbucks customers fuming over cost of new Birthday Frappuccino

The new Starbucks Birthday Frappuccino, which has created to celebrate 30 years since the first Frappuccino, features vanilla and hazelnut flavour syrup combined with milk and creme Frappuccino and is topped with whipped cream and colourful birthday cake sprinkles

Economics

9 h. ago This isn't a sob story about me but every driver should hear this

'I glanced in the mirror and saw her walking off down the pavement. I had no idea that this would be the last time I would ever see her'

Politics

11 h. ago Black Sabbath and Ozzy Osbourne: Back to the Beginning review – epic all

Villa Park, Birmingham The biggest names in rock, from Metallica to Slayer, came to pay tribute to the men who created their entire genre – and even in old age, Sabbath’s sound has bludgeoning forceFireworks burst over Villa Park’s pitch, Black Sabbath wave goodbye, and the inventors of metal leave the stage for the final time. It has not been an epic show – just War Pigs, NIB, Iron Man and Paranoid – but is the farewell this extraordinary band deserve, with an undercard of stadium-fillers and festival headliners come to pay tribute.The returning Bill Ward adds the swing other Sabbath drummers have never managed, Tony Iommi churns out those monstrous riffs, Geezer Butler flits around them on bass, and Ozzy Osbourne is Ozzy Osbourne, a baffled and discomfited force of nature. Continue reading...

Politics

11 h. ago Black Sabbath and Ozzy Osbourne: Back to the Beginning review – all

Villa Park, Birmingham The biggest names in rock, from Metallica to Slayer, came to pay tribute to the men who created their entire genre – and even in old age, Sabbath’s sound has bludgeoning forceThe big farewell in pictures: Metallica, Jason Momoa and Ozzy’s middle fingerFireworks burst over Villa Park’s pitch, Black Sabbath wave goodbye, and the inventors of metal leave the stage for the final time. It has not been an epic show – just War Pigs, NIB, Iron Man and Paranoid – but is the farewell this extraordinary band deserve, with an undercard of stadium-fillers and festival headliners come to pay tribute.The returning Bill Ward adds the swing other Sabbath drummers have never managed, Tony Iommi churns out those monstrous riffs, Geezer Butler flits around them on bass, and Ozzy Osbourne is Ozzy Osbourne, a baffled and discomfited force of nature. Continue reading...

Politics

12 h. ago Emmerdale's Lucy Pargeter 'engaged to drug lord who bought equipment for Breaking Bad

Walker was sentenced to six years behind bars in December 2021 for his part in the creation of a giant drug production facility in picturesque Henley-in-Arden, Warwickshire.

Events

14 h. ago Ozzy Osbourne brings the house down in Birmingham for his final live show amid his ailing health as he emotionally tells fans 'you have no idea how I feel'

The rocker, 76, reunited with his Black Sabbath bandmates Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler and Bill Ward for the first time since 2005.

Society

15 h. ago James May: ‘When I’m mistaken for Jeremy Clarkson, I have to go home and examine myself very deeply’

The TV presenter on his disdain for sandwiches, dying in space and why his pub is better than Clarkson’sGet our weekend culture and lifestyle emailJames May. But what would James Definitely Not?All sorts of things. Skydiving. Morris dancing. Living as a monk. Agricultural work. Being a high court judge. Anything that involves dressing up. I’m not too fussy about food. I can’t think of anything I wouldn’t eat, although I have a strange ambivalence about broccoli. I can’t make my mind up about it and it infuriates people. People say: you’re not doing it properly. I think: how do you know how I’m doing it? I’ve heard you can roast it with bits of bacon, garlic and olive oil. In which case, it’s not only broccoli any more, is it? Continue reading...

Politics

17 h. ago How weather conditions set the stage for deadly Texas flash floods

Meteorologists say incredible amounts of moisture in the air fueled a storm that barely moved over central Texas, creating conditions for fatal flash floods

Events

20 h. ago The gym bro supplement that may be a game changer for women in midlife

From the Olympic track to social media smoothies, creatine has evolved from a niche performance aid into a wellness staple

Politics

20 h. ago Pride 2025: Clouds fail to dampen spirits as hundreds of thousands turn out for London parade

Sadiq Khan said London was united in a ‘sea of colour and creativity’

Events