Month: January 2025

An advert promoting the controversial Scientology religion at a London Tube station has caused shock and disbelief among commuters. The…

Exhausted firefighters in Los Angeles prepared for more dangerous gusts on Sunday, as California battled wildfires that have claimed 27…

  In Kazakhstan, the penalties for so-called bride kidnapping are to be toughened up. The local parliament is working on…

The President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, stated this Sunday that “Spain is going from strength to strength” in employment…

The long-awaited ceasefire in Gaza has come into force after a delay of nearly three hours, and thousands of Gazans are beginning to return home. The first three Israeli female hostages are expected to be freed later – Hamas has named them as 31-year-old Doron Steinbrecher, dual British-Israeli Emily Damari, 28, and 24-year-old Romi Gonen.

Several thousand Pro-Palestinian supporters have taken part in a demonstration in central London. The rally – the latest UK protest organised by the Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC) since the war in Gaza began in 2023 – comes as Israel and Hamas agreed to a ceasefire and hostage release deal.

TikTok has gone offline in the US, hours before a new law banning the platform was due to come into effect. A message appearing on the app for US users said a law banning TikTok had been enacted, meaning “you can’t use TikTok for now”.

A roundup of last night’s Premier League matches dominates the UK news. Arsenal threw away a 2-0 lead at home to draw 2-2 with Aston Villa, potentially throwing away any chances of winning the title. Liverpool beat Brentford 2-0 yesterday, going six points clear at the top of the table.

World-first urine test ‘detects lung cancer’ Scientists have created a first-of-its-kind urine test which they say catches lung cancer early,…

UK economy: Interest rate cut a ‘certainty’ in February after weak data A February interest rate cut is a “certainty”…

‘Student Tax’ to hit graduates on minimum wage by April Thousands of graduates will find themselves stranded in their home…

Millionaires leave Britain in record numbers since Labour took power Millionaires have left Britain in record numbers since the new…

A mostly cloudy day, with a risk of drizzle and snow grains in the south where cloud is thick enough. Some brighter spells possible in in the north and west, although patchy rain in the far west later. Chilly. Tonight: Cloudy for most with patchy rain across western Scotland and Northern Ireland easing by dawn. Turning chilly with some mist and fog, especially under any clear spells.