Sunshine brings 77F heat today before wind and rain returns for rest of the week

Advertisement Parts of Britain are expected to enjoy the last of a brief warm spell today, with temperatures rising above 75F in Kent, before wind and rain returns for the rest of the week - but there's a glimmer of hope for the weekend. Canterbury is set to bask in …...Read More

Councils prepare massive cuts in jobs and services

Councils in England are preparing to make significant cuts in jobs and services after losing income on investments in airports, cinemas and offices amid the coronavirus pandemic. Data from the Institute for Fiscal Studies suggests more than 30 local authorities now obtain around a quarter of their annual income from …...Read More

Manchester City WIN appeal against Champions League ban: FFP breach overturned by CAS

Manchester City have won their battle with UEFA and their European ban has been lifted. The Premier League club were banned from European football for two years in February after UEFA found they had committed 'serious breaches' of its Financial Fair Play regulations. City, adamant that they had done nothing …...Read More

Jack Charlton's granddaughter pays tribute to World Cup winner as calls grow for him to be honoured

Jack Charlton's granddaughter has paid tribute to the 1966 World Cup winner as a campaign grows for him to receive a posthumous knighthood. Emma Wilkinson told of her 'extremely warm, very tactile' grandfather who died on Friday aged 85 after battling dementia and lymphoma. The ITV reporter, based in Lincolnshire …...Read More

Nicola Sturgeon warns she will 'not shy away' from England quarantine

A fresh border row erupted yesterday after Nicola Sturgeon said she would 'not shy away' from forcing visitors coming up from England to self-quarantine if any outbreak there were not 'properly managed'. In a wide-ranging interview on the BBC, the First Minister claimed support for independence was rising because Scots …...Read More

Parents' unwillingness to impose boundaries 'spawned a generation of infantilised millennials'

Parents not enforcing boundaries and being unwilling to chastise children has led to a generation of 'infantilised millennials', according to a sociology professor. In his book, Why Borders Matter, Frank Furedi, emeritus professor of sociology at Kent University, says a lack of clear boundaries has created a childlike generation. Not …...Read More

Shoppers continue to stay away from the high street with footfall down 65% year-on-year in June

High street footfall has dropped by 65 per cent and could lead to 250,000 jobs being axed by struggling retailers. Most high street shops across England and Northern Ireland were given the green light to reopen on June 15 amid the coronavirus pandemic. But many customers have chosen to stay …...Read More

What can you recycle? Your guide to symbols and recycling

We all know how important recycling is for the planet - it helps minimise waste and transforms old products into new packaging. Recycling just four shampoo bottles saves enough energy to power a shower for five minutes, highlighting just how important reusing products is for the environment. As consumers one …...Read More

Bear mother and her two cubs wrestle and play in back yard

This is the adorable moment two bear cubs wrestle in a back yard under the watchful eye of their mother. The little balls of fluff bash into a slide and roll onto an upside-down trampoline as they battle. Tiring of the contest, one young bear even decides to scramble onto …...Read More

David McGoldrick becomes latest Premier League star to reveal vile racist abuse he has been sent

David McGoldrick has become the latest Premier League star to reveal the vile racist abuse he has received on social media. The Sheffield United star follows in the footsteps of Wilfried Zaha, who on Sunday posted the messages he was sent on Instagram, with a 12-year-old boy later being arrested …...Read More