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More than 82,000 properties are without power as Storm Boelo continues to batter northern parts of the UK with gusts reaching 84mph. An amber wind warning remains in place until 9pm, having activated hours after the first named storm of the season petered out from the south west. On Sunday morning, winds gusts peaked at 84mph in Argyll and Bute, 83mph in Snowdonia and 82mph in the Inner Hebrides, the […]

Britain’s high street banks are set to unveil stronger profits as they face the prospect of being targeted for a tax hike in the Budget. Lloyds Banking Group, HSBC, NatWest Group and Santander will report their third-quarter financial results next week. The announcements will come on the same week that Chancellor John Healey will deliver his autumn Budget statement, on Wednesday October 28. Banks are widely speculated to be a […]

Mikel Arteta is confident Arsenal will rediscover their potency from set-pieces after breaking their duck in Saturday’s 2-0 Premier League victory over Everton. The Gunners developed a reputation as set-piece specialists last term, scoring 29 times from corners, free-kicks and penalties en route to winning the title. Yet Ezri Konsa’s scrambled, seventh-minute opener against the Toffees marked the first time the reigning champions had scored from a set play in […]

John Healey should resign as Chancellor if he fails to set out how the UK will spend a 3% share of the economy on defence by 2030, the Tories have demanded. The Chancellor has said the timetable for increases in defence funding will be set out at next year’s spending review rather than in Wednesday’s Budget statement. But shadow chancellor Andrew Griffith said Mr Healey should stop “dithering” and come […]

Australian singer Delta Goodrem scored the first 10 of the 2026 series of Strictly Come Dancing on her return to the show from injury. But Winter Olympic champion Tabby Stoecker followed her on Saturday’s episode of the BBC dancing show by scoring two 10s for her couple’s choice dance to Stupid Song by Olivia Rodrigo, finishing with a total score of 37, the highest of the series so far. Goodrem, […]

Thomas Markle Sr, the father of the Duchess of Sussex, has admitted to paying for sex in the Philippines but continued to deny allegations he had a hoard of child sex abuse images. According to The Sun, Meghan’s half-brother, Thomas Markle Jr, alleged that he found a stash of images belonging to their father at his former home in the Philippines. He reportedly told police in the country that he […]

The Budget will provide more than £1 billion for social and affordable housing and give England’s mayors and regional leaders greater powers and funding. The money will take funding for the 10-year social and affordable homes programme to more than £40 billion. Councils will also be helped to borrow money from the Government to invest in housebuilding by extending the offer of preferential interest rates. A Treasury spokesman said: “For […]

Amber weather warnings have come into force as the worst of Storm Boelo could be set to hit parts of the UK. Storm Boelo’s winds will peak from Saturday evening, leaving areas in the warning zone including Scotland, parts of Northern Ireland and the far north of England braced for gusts of 60-70mph and even 80mph in exposed coastal spots, the Met Office said. The forecaster’s amber warnings came into […]

Clashes erupted as a mass march drew to a close in Paris on Saturday, a week after widespread rioting and looting. More than 400,000 people rallied across France over school funding and soaring living costs, mounting a fresh challenge to President Emmanuel Macron’s government. The Paris march began peacefully, but near its endpoint at Porte de Vincennes some protesters threw projectiles while police fired volleys of tear gas and used […]