57 m. ago BBC expert says HMRC letters 'could mean you're owed £473 cash'

Millions of letters have beenb send out and the BBC finance guru said 'they're genuine'

Economics

79 m. ago The Eleventh Hour by Salman Rushdie – a haunting coda to a groundbreaking career

From an afterlife fantasy to a tale of loss in Mumbai, death is a recurring theme in this story collection – an echo of the novelist at his peakTowards the end of Knife, his 2024 book about the assault at a public event in upstate New York that blinded him in his right eye, Salman Rushdie offers a thought experiment:Imagine that you knew nothing about me, that you had arrived from another planet, perhaps, and had been given my books to read, and you had never heard my name or been told anything about my life or about the attack on The Satanic Verses in 1989. Then, if you read my books in chronological order, I don’t believe you would find yourself thinking, Something calamitous happened to this writer’s life in 1989. The books are their own journey. Continue reading...

Events

2 h. ago Could I teach myself how to invest in a week, after avoiding it for nearly 30 years?

Due to a lack of investing confidence, women often retire poorer than men. So how can we catch up — fast? Vicky Jessop goes on a crash course to find out

Politics

2 h. ago HMRC cuts child benefit for 35,000 families based on incomplete travel data

UK tax agency apologises after flagging people as having emigrated, often when they return via different routesParents who went from Liverpool to Amsterdam with their autistic children are among thousands who have had their child benefit wrongly stopped as part of a crackdown on benefit fraud, it has emerged.The error by HM Revenue and Customs emerged 48 hours after the Guardian and the Detail reported on hundreds of families in Northern Ireland who had child benefit stopped after they returned home from holiday via Dublin airport, leaving HMRC with the impression they had taken a one-way ticket out of the country and were fraudulently collecting child benefit. Continue reading...

Society

3 h. ago Why young women are having facelifts: ‘I couldn’t even open my eyes. That’s how swollen I was’

A new kind of customer is being driven towards this invasive surgery by ‘filler fatigue’, the use of weight-loss drugs and the development of new surgical techniques. Many are much younger than ever beforeAmanda Preisinger is anxious about her daughter’s impending 13th birthday party. Not for the usual reasons related to a house full of clamorous preteen children, but because it’s the first time that she will debut her new face to friends and extended family. “Obviously I’m going to tell everyone as they come in, ‘Just so you know, this is not how I look,’” says the 30-year-old real estate agent from south Florida.How she looks is, well, a little startling – her face swollen and preternaturally lifted, as though held together by industrial-grade tape. Her new – and she’s keen to stress, temporary – look is the result of six cosmetic procedures, including an endoscopic mid-facelift, performed by a doctor in Istanbul, Turkey, last month. “My poor husband teared up when he saw me for t...

Politics

3 h. ago Menopause symptoms and how WeightWatchers can help with more than just weight

How the WeightWatchers programme offers support beyond weight loss for women going through menopause.

Politics

4 h. ago Zanzibar is seeing a seaweed boom. Can the women collecting it cash in?

Seaweed has been farmed off Zanzibar for decades, but there is a new boom underway for global industries like cosmetics

Politics

6 h. ago Noel Gallagher's handwritten lyrics for Oasis hit Don't Look Back In Anger are sold for FIVE times their value as bidding war climbs to £20,000

The singer's words sold at auction for five times more than their valuation. Collectables company Propstore initially valued the handwritten relic for £4,000.

Events

7 h. ago These are the unspeakable stories women shared with me about their abuse at the hands of Asian grooming gangs in London. Forget what Sadiq Khan says, this is the truth: CHARLIE PETERS

Like her abusers in Rotherham - and in Bradford, where she was also trafficked - the men she met were of Pakistani heritage. This time, however, they spoke with London accents.

Events

7 h. ago EDEN CONFIDENTIAL: Nobody likes a successful woman, says Shirley Ballas

In a candid conversation, the 65-year-old described how high-achieving women often receive scorn and disapproval, especially in the world of showbusiness where 'no one's your friend'.

Politics

8 h. ago Tories to demand release of documents in collapsed China spying case

Christopher Cash and Christopher Berry deny wrongdoing.

Politics

12 h. ago Refusal to dub China a threat was ‘total roadblock’ to spying case, says lead barrister

The director of public prosecutions said the failure to describe China as an active threat to national security was ‘fatal’ to the case

Events

12 h. ago New Jersey cop charged after ignoring call that turned out to be double murder and going for pizza instead

Rather than responding immediately to the call, police sergeant Kevin Bollaro allegedly drove two miles in the opposite direction and stopped to get cash and a slice

Events

12 h. ago Deputy national security adviser ‘surprised’ Chinese spying case was dropped

The case against Christopher Cash, a former parliamentary researcher, and Christopher Berry collapsed in September.

Events

12 h. ago Clarkson's Farm star Kaleb Cooper launches own branded range to rival Jeremy

Kaleb Cooper has set up a shop featuring his own range of branded clothing as he looks to cash in on his fame from Clarkson's Farm. He also offers meat products including BBQ boxes

Politics

13 h. ago The Guardian view on global aid cuts: a malaria resurgence could be the canary in the coalmine | Editorial

The consequences of Donald Trump’s decision to scrap USAID, and other countries’ decisions to reduce funding, are playing out in deadly fashionMalaria is a pandemic disease that hits the voiceless hardest: most of those who fall ill and die are small children and pregnant women in Africa. It is the leading infectious killer of the continent, responsible for nearly 600,000 deaths a year. Cases are rising and there is an urgent need for more funding, yet western donor countries are instead cutting back on aid. We still hear brave talk about eliminating malaria. But an expert report now warns of a potential resurgence that could add almost a million more deaths to the annual toll by the end of the decade.Most of the money to fight the mosquito-borne disease – 59% – comes through the Global Fund to Fight Aids, Tuberculosis and Malaria. Its executive director, Peter Sands, said last week at the World Health Summit in Berlin that of the three killers, the one that kept him awake...

Politics

13 h. ago Fresh blow for Reeves as NHS bosses warn of longer waiting times if they don't get extra £3bn

They have told the Chancellor they will be forced to cancel some weekend and evening surgery if she fails to stump up the cash, hitting efforts to speed up treatment.

Events

14 h. ago Cost of motoring surges under Labour as Chancellor Rachel Reeves rakes in extra £375million in VAT from cash

Figures show consumer spending on buying and running vehicles hit £78.3billion during the first six months of 2025.

Economics

14 h. ago Former Strictly Come Dancing judge Arlene Phillips gives verdict on who should replace Claudia Winkleman and Tess Daly

The 82-year-old, who was on the panel of the dance competition between 2004 and 2008, appeared on Monday's episode of Loose Women to chat about the importance of carers.

Events

15 h. ago The seven cozy fall getaways to savor autumn charm ahead of the holidays

If you would rather check into somewhere snug for Thanksgiving and let a professional rustle up the meal, these collection of retreats will allow you to relax and enjoy the break

Politics