15+ min ago   (717+ words) Leaders of the SNP, Plaid Cymru and Sinn Féin are expected to meet in Cardiff to sign an agreement aimed at putting pressure on Downing Street to hold referendums on independence. The meeting on Monday will involve the first ministers…...

2+ hour, 59+ min ago   (677+ words) More than 800 hospitality businesses have written to the Prime Minister urging him to set out how he will introduce a lower rate of VAT. The VAT’s The problem campaign has called for the hospitality VAT rate to be reduced from…...

2+ hour, 59+ min ago   (802+ words) A ticket to a “whist drive” run by the Royal Household’s social club nearly 80 years ago is among a collection of forgotten items uncovered during the restoration of Buckingham Palace. Blank Littlewoods Football Pool betting slips from 1957, a pair of…...

2+ hour, 59+ min ago   (538+ words) Succession star Brian Cox has urged people to sign a petition calling on the government to bolster the NHS so it can deliver the next generation of dementia treatments, now that a cure is in sight. Alzheimer’s Research UK has…...

2+ hour, 59+ min ago   (696+ words) Actor Luke Evans said he has “managed to survive” in the entertainment industry by “watching and listening”. The Nine Perfect Strangers star, 47, made the observation while discussing his similarities and “emotional connection” to his character in new TV drama The…...

2+ hour, 59+ min ago   (702+ words) Less than a third of working adults feel that how much a firm pays into their pension would be one of three most important benefits they would weigh up when considering whether to accept a job, according to Which?. Only…...

2+ hour, 59+ min ago   (599+ words) Peers are to debate calls for a cap on political donations amid concern from campaigners over two £36 million donations from crypto-billionaires to Reform UK. The donations from Christopher Harborne and Ben Delo, disclosed over the weekend, together amount to three…...

3+ hour, 9+ min ago   (749+ words) Author Elizabeth Day described her first book-to-TV adaptation as “almost a decade in the making”, adding that she had “absolute shivers” seeing her book acted out on-screen. The Party is an upcoming five-part ITV series based on Day’s thriller novel…...

6+ hour, 45+ min ago   (881+ words) The First Ministers of the UK’s devolved nations will sign a landmark agreement on Monday aimed at putting pressure on Downing Street to hold referendums on independence. SNP leader John Swinney, Plaid Cymru leader Rhun ap Iorwerth and Sinn Féin…...

6+ hour, 55+ min ago   (727+ words) Angela Rayner said she was pleased AI companies are “talking about the threats as well as the opportunities” after Elon Musk and Sam Altman backed a call for the industry to slow down development. It comes after Anthropic boss Dario…...