Strangers are about twice as kind as people think, according to a UN-backed report on global happiness. Researchers for the World Happiness Report used lost wallets as an experiment to measure people’s…
Snow White: Little people feel ‘erased’ by Disney’s use of CGI instead of real actors | Ents & Arts News
Disney’s use of CGI to create the seven miners at the heart of the live-action remake of Snow White And The Seven Dwarves has left little people feeling “disregarded” and “erased,” according…
Labour created the welfare state. Now, it’s intent on cutting it back | Politics News
Labour was the party that created the welfare state. Now it is intent on cutting it back. And in Liz Kendall, the government has found a Labour work and pensions secretary clearly…
OBR slashes UK growth forecast for 2025 but upgrades it for rest of parliament, chancellor says | Politics News
The Office for Budget Responsibility has halved the UK growth forecast for 2025 from 2% to 1%, Chancellor Rachel Reeves has said. However, the fiscal watchdog said that while growth has been…
Ukraine war: Russia accused of ‘hollow’ peace talks as strike injures dozens including children | World News
Russia has been accused of making “hollow statements about peace” after launching a missile strike that wounded dozens of people, including children, as it held talks with the US on a proposed…
Mother arrested for ‘using electric shock dog collar on child’ | US News
A mother has been arrested after allegedly using an electric shock dog collar on her child, according to US prosecutors. Police opened an investigation on 17 March after a child went to…
Race to clean up billions of plastic ‘nurdles’ that washed up in UK after tanker crash | UK News
Clean-up teams are in a race against time to remove billions of plastic pellets that are building up on England’s east coast before they are washed back out to sea. The pellets…
Jack Fincham: Love Island star wins appeal against prison sentence for dangerous dog offences | Ents & Arts News
Former Love Island winner Jack Fincham has won an appeal against his prison sentence for two dangerous dog offences. Fincham, 32, was sentenced to six weeks imprisonment at Southend Magistrates’ Court on…
Trump just wants a Ukraine-Russia deal – will Putin or Zelenskyy blink first? | World News
The tone has changed totally. It’s a remarkable turnaround from the Oval Office meltdown to the perfect phone call. President Trump is wholly transactional. His desire for give and take far outweighs…
Bank of England cautious as inflationary tiger stalks weak economy | Money News
The Bank’s decision to hold rates did not come as a surprise but the vote was more unified than expected. It suggests concerns about inflation are niggling away at policymakers, even though…