31 m. ago Apple, Facebook and Google passwords leaked as 16 billion exposed in monster data breach

Billions of passwords linked to Apple, Facebook, Google and more have been leaked in what experts call the biggest data breach ever

Technology

32 m. ago Voices: Of course my water stopped working during a heatwave

This week, poet and artist Frieda Hughes was forced to forgo showers and clean water when her neighbour accidentally turned off her stopcock

Politics

37 m. ago Beyonce invites Miley Cyrus onstage for surprise duet after sparking rumours she's moving to UK

The 43-year-old singer said she was ‘so grateful’ to perform with Miley during the Paris stop of her Cowboy Carter tour

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51 m. ago Coleen Rooney shows off her toned figure in a blue bikini as she soaks up the sun at beach club in Ibiza with husband Wayne

Coleen Rooney showed off her toned figure in a blue bikini as she soaked up the sun in Ibiza on Friday with her husband Wayne.

Society

1 hour ago Race horse sculpture by Sir Alfred Munnings to be sold at auction

The bronze tabletop artwork of Brown Jack is expected to fetch up to £300,000.

Politics

1 hour ago Can I pay builder in cash and could my bank stop me taking out £40,000 over eight weeks?

The builder want to be paid half the funds in cash. He says his team prefers cash so he pays them that way.

Economics

2 h. ago UK heatwave: Can you stop working when it gets too hot? Your rights explained

The Met Office has said temperatures could reach 33C today, while heat alerts remain in place until Monday - but can you stop working if it gets too warm?

Politics

2 h. ago Thai PM apologises for leaked phone call with former Cambodian leader

Paetongtarn Shinawatra defends her ‘sympathetic remarks and softer tone’ during phone call as part of negotiation strategy to ease border tensions

Politics

2 h. ago Government borrowing jumps despite boost from national insurance hike

The ONS said borrowing rose to £17.7 billion last month, the second highest figure on record for May.

Politics

2 h. ago Fergus Ewing makes 'at its worst' comment as he confirms whether he will stand for 2026 Scottish election

SNP MSP Fergus Ewing released the statement, after being at odds with the party for an extended period.

Politics

2 h. ago Trump's indecision on Iran due to primal fear about 'another Libya'

Trump is confident he can still secure a diplomatic outcome amid the war between Israel and Iran. And one major military failure is playing on his mind as he issues a two-week grace period.

Politics

2 h. ago Arson, sex shops, livestreamed funerals: Wednesday’s Karly Hartzman on the wild stories in her southern gothic rock

Wednesday’s picaresque yarns have resulted in the alt-rock album of the year. At home in North Carolina, their leader explains why she likes things ‘a little bit scary’ – and what’s next after her split from bandmate MJ LendermanTo step into Karly Hartzman’s home is to see the contents of her brain shaken out. There is a fireplace mantel covered in dolls and figurines; a wooden rack filled with cassette tapes; an old doll’s house filled to the brim with fabric scraps; a few overflowing bookshelves. As the 28-year-old leader of the indie-rock band Wednesday greets me at the door, she realises a few new additions have just landed through the letterbox, some books about the history of hardcore and punk: she has been listening to both a lot and is eager to educate herself.Hartzman is a collector by nature, a habit that is also at the heart of her songwriting. Equally inspired by the southern rockers Drive-By Truckers and the shoegaze greats Swirlies, Wednesday’s sound combines heartfelt...

Politics

2 h. ago Add one ingredient to water to stop plants wilting during heatwave

A hosepipe ban could be on the way - so gardeners are being urged to be strategic with the way they water plants, especially those in pots or containers on the patio

Events

3 h. ago Outrageous star James Purefoy teases season 2 for period drama ‘They’d be mad not to’

U and U&Drama’s new historical series Outrageous has scored rave reviews, but will the Mitford sisters’ story continue?

Events

4 h. ago I hope this is the last piece I ever have to write about assisted dying | Polly Toynbee

Today’s vote is on a knife edge. MPs must take their chance to drive forward personal freedoms – and add to Labour’s legacyMPs, read this horror before you vote today. Here’s how some people are slowly dying, right now, in mortal agony untreatable by the best palliative care: “Some will retch at the stench of their own body rotting. Some will vomit their own faeces. Some will suffocate, slowly, inexorably, over several days.” An average of 17 people a day are dying these bad deaths, according to 2019 figures, as reported by palliative care professionals who see it happen.The Inescapable Truth, a report from Dignity in Dying, revealed what is usually kept hidden from us: the shocking last months for the unluckiest. It could happen to you or me. The assisted dying bill’s final Commons vote today is no abstract debate about slippery slopes or what God wants: to do nothing is to inflict torture on many.Polly Toynbee is a Guardian columnistIn the UK and Ireland, Samaritans can be contact...

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4 h. ago I hope this is the last piece I ever have to write in defence of assisted dying | Polly Toynbee

Today’s vote is on a knife edge. MPs must take their chance to drive forward personal freedoms – and add to Labour’s legacyMPs, read this horror before you vote today. Here’s how some people are slowly dying, right now, in mortal agony untreatable by the best palliative care: “Some will retch at the stench of their own body rotting. Some will vomit their own faeces. Some will suffocate, slowly, inexorably, over several days.” An average of 17 people a day are dying these bad deaths, according to 2019 figures, as reported by palliative care professionals who see it happen.The Inescapable Truth, a report from Dignity in Dying, revealed what is usually kept hidden from us: the shocking last months for the unluckiest. It could happen to you or me. The assisted dying bill’s final Commons vote today is no abstract debate about slippery slopes or what God wants: to do nothing is to inflict torture on many.Polly Toynbee is a Guardian columnistIn the UK and Ireland, Samaritans can be contact...

Events

5 h. ago Airline staff being trained to bar people without visas from flights to UK

Exclusive: Foreign secretary says training for 9,000 workers at European carriers is step towards more secure bordersThousands of European airline staff are being trained to stop people boarding flights to Britain without valid visas, in a move billed by the foreign secretary as a digital upgrade to border controls.David Lammy said the measures marked a step towards “more secure, more digital and more effective” borders, but the move could raise questions about human rights safeguards. Continue reading...

Politics

5 h. ago ‘You’d never make Slumdog today’: Danny Boyle on risks, regrets and returning to the undead

In 28 Years Later, zombies maraud over a Britain broken by more than Brexit. Its director discusses cultural baggage, catastrophising – and why his kids’ generation is an ‘upgrade’The UK is a wasteland in Danny Boyle’s new film. Towns lie in ruins, trains rot on the rails and the EU has severed all ties with the place. Some residents are stuck in the past and congregate under the tattered flag of St George. The others flail shirtless through the open countryside, raging about nothing, occasionally stopping to eat worms. You wouldn’t want to live in the land that Boyle and the writer Alex Garland show us. Teasingly, on some level, the film suggests that we do.Boyle and Garland first prowled zombie Britain with their 2002 hit 28 Days Later. It was an electrifying piece of speculative fiction, a guerilla-style thriller about an unimaginable world. Since then we’ve had Brexit and Covid, and the looming threat of martial law in the US The story’s extravagant flights of fancy don’t feel s...

Events

7 h. ago Symptom that hits '3 times in 24 hours' could be Covid as UK sees rise in cases

The latest figures also highlighted two of the most dominant Covid variants at the moment

Events

9 h. ago Ukraine war briefing: Russia ‘on verge of recession’, Putin minister tells economic showcase

Drone attacks on Kharkiv and Odesa; don’t forget about Ukraine because of Iran-Israel fighting, say Kyiv officials. What we know on day 1,213 Vladimir Putin’s economy minister has warned that Russia is “on the verge” of recession as he spoke on the second day of a signature event meant to bolster economic confidence. The minister, Maxim Reshetnikov, said at the St Petersburg economic forum that his view was based on “current business sentiment and indicators” pointing to a slowdown. “Everything else depends on our decisions,” Reshetnikov said, calling for the central bank to show a “little love for the economy”.Russia’s central bank raised interest rates to an eye-watering 21% in October 2024 to combat inflation and kept them at that level until this month when it eased them to 20%. Russia’s economic growth slowed to 1.4% year-on-year in the first quarter of 2025, the lowest quarterly figure in two years. Prices are rising across the economy driven up by massive government spending ...

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