15 h. ago 'They will never bow to pressure': Stark divide between Strictly Come Dancing judges and voting public laid bare after Balvinder Sopal is saved five times despite disconnect with viewers

Balvinder Sopal, 47, has now survived a staggering five dance-offs - the most in the 21-year-history of the BBC show - beating Ross King, Chris Robshaw, Vicky Pattison and Ellie Goldstein.

Events

22 h. ago Why is Michael Jordan suing Nascar? The blockbuster antitrust trial, explained

The basketball legend claims Nascar holds too much power over who gets to race each week. Here’s why he took them to court and what could happen nextMichael Jordan took the stand on Friday in his landmark antitrust fight against Nascar, a case that could reshape how one of America’s biggest sports is run. Jordan’s team, 23XI Racing, and Front Row Motorsports say Nascar holds so much control over everything, from the tracks to the money to the rulebook, that teams have no real bargaining power. Nascar denies that and says the lawsuit threatens to blow up a system that has held the sport together for decades.The case has already pulled blunt internal messages into public view and laid bare long-running frustrations between teams and Nascar leadership. Denny Hamlin, Jordan’s co-owner, has said the trial will finally “hear the truth” about how the series “really operates”. Continue reading...

Transport

26 h. ago How a prisoner is being wrongly freed every TWO days under Labour

Since Keir Starmer took power 18 months ago, 302 inmates have been erroneously released. Violent and sex offenders are among the catalogue of criminals mistakenly let go as well as thieves.

Events

40 h. ago The spreadsheet that laid bare the staggering inner workings of a cocaine and ketamine dealing gang

They were, according to detectives, 'one of the most significant organised crime groups operating in the North West and beyond' with the scale of their business described as 'staggering'

Economics

62 h. ago Royal Family's wealth laid bare in BBC bombshell series with 'astute tax avoider' named

'At a time when millions are struggling to make ends meet - how is it the royal family is making more money than ever?' asks David Dimbleby in jaw-dropping new documentary

Economics

3 d. ago Foreign office failings over death of teen motorcyclist Harry Dunn laid bare by independent review

FOREIGN Office failings over the death of teen motorcyclist Harry Dunn were laid bare by an independent review yesterday. Officials did not treat the crash outside a US military base case as a crisis and withheld information from his family, it found. US state department employee Anne Sacoolas was driving on the wrong side of...

Events

4 d. ago WRU says humiliation 'laid bare' the truth as Wales' autumn hero returns

The latest rugby news from Wales and around the world

Politics

4 d. ago 'Absolute nightmare' hospital where patients are wheeled through 'bird faeces'

Shocking accounts of leaking ceilings, freezing wards and pigeon-infested tunnels have laid bare the crumbling state of Wales’ largest hospital

Science

5 d. ago NHS emergency care crisis laid bare: 2025 set to be worst year on record damning figures show, as Labour is accused of being in 'total denial'

Over 452,000 people waited 12 hours or more for a bed from January to October after medics decided they were so sick they needed to be admitted to a ward.

Events

5 d. ago Staggering cost of Maltesers is laid bare as price hiked to more than a sirloin STEAK

MALTESERS have risen in price so much that they now cost more than a sirloin steak per kilogram at some supermarkets. Cocoa prices have risen significantly over 2025, with every £1 worth on a supermarket shelf now being worth a minimum of £1.15. Sainsbury's and Morrisons are selling Maltesers at the highest price point, with...

Economics

6 d. ago Your Party members vote to make name permanent at tense first conference

Liverpool gathering lays bare bitter divisions within new party founded by Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah SultanaThe new leftwing party founded by Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana will be called Your Party after a vote by members, but its weekend conference laid bare bitter divisions.Just over 37% of members voted for the name Your Party, provisionally adopted when it was launched earlier this year, to become permanent. The votes for others on the shortlist were 25.23% to be called For The Many, 25.23% for Popular Alliance and 14.19% for Our Party. Continue reading...

Politics

6 d. ago Better off on benefits under Labour: Salary of £71,000 needed to match handouts haul for bigger families after two

Calculations from the Centre for Social Justice have laid bare the impact of Labour's decision to axe the two-child cap.

Economics

7 d. ago WRU bosses to face grilling hours after Wales' total humiliation

Welsh Rugby Union chiefs will face member clubs at today's annual general meeting, in the wake of Wales' brutal defeat to South Africa on Saturday

Politics

8 d. ago ‘It has made me live life more’: Jessie J on cancer, comebacks and cracking China

Endometriosis, miscarriage, failed relationships, suicide and gaslighting they are all laid bare on the singer-writer’s new album. But just as she finished recording it, she got a shock diagnosis. She explains why it’s made her determined to be in the momentYou couldn’t make it up, Jessie J says. There she was preparing for her first album release in eight years, ecstatically in love with her newish partner, and finally the mother of a toddler having struggled to conceive for a decade, on top of the world. Then in March she was diagnosed with breast cancer.The singer-songwriter, real name Jessica Cornish, is famous for telling it as it is. The album, Don’t Tease Me With a Good Time, was supposed to be an open book, dealing with every ounce of devastation she’d experienced since she last recorded music (endometriosis, miscarriage, failed relationships, gaslighting, suicide) with typical candour. The first single, No Secrets, was released in April. But by then...

Politics

9 d. ago The truth about the Wales game nobody wants as previous regime blamed

Welsh rugby could arguably pay a bigger price this weekend than any financial gain they may make

Politics

1 week ago Britain is in a 'growth emergency', Business Secretary admits as economic outlook gets WORSE and dismal reality of Labour's handling of economy laid bare ahead of Budget

As the OBR prepared to lay bare the dismal reality of Labour's handling of the economy, Peter Kyle conceded that the nation was suffering from 'low, slow uneven growth'.

Economics

1 week ago 'No cheaper' truth about Black Friday at Amazon, AO, Argos and John Lewis

80 per cent of Black Friday deals are the same price or cheaper at other times of the year - and no deals cheaper on Black Friday itself

Politics

1 week ago 'No cheaper' truth about Black Friday at Amazon, AO and John Lewis

80 per cent of Black Friday deals are the same price or cheaper at other times of the year - and no deals cheaper on Black Friday itself

Politics

1 week ago Britain is in a 'growth emergency', Business Secretary admits as dismal reality of Labour's handling of economy laid bare

As the OBR prepared to lay bare the dismal reality of Labour's handling of the economy, Peter Kyle conceded that the nation was suffering from 'low, slow uneven growth'.

Economics

1 week ago Maga world heads left spinning by Trump’s warm welcome for Mamdani

Members of rightwing base disorientated by cordial Oval Office meeting – but not all Trump supporters downcastA flurry of social media posts from Maga influencers have laid bare the disorientation felt by members of Trump’s base at the spectacle of Friday’s cordial Oval Office meeting with Mamdani, who the president previously painted as a “communist lunatic”.“Wild to allow a jihadist communist to stand behind the president’s desk in the Oval Office. Sad to see,” wrote far-right activist Laura Loomer, one of Trump’s most fervent online backers. Continue reading...

Politics