2+ hour, 15+ 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, 15+ 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, 15+ min ago   (627+ words) Dentists, GPs and other healthcare professionals are being offered training to recognise potential early signs of motor neurone disease (MND) as part of a new programme. The charity foundation set up by Scotland rugby star Doddie Weir, who died after…...

2+ hour, 15+ 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, 15+ min ago   (426+ words) Higher mortgage rates are putting pressure on the rental sector, with UK rental prices expected to be increasing by 4% to 5% annually by the end of the year, according to a property website. Zoopla said that demand for rental homes has…...

2+ hour, 15+ 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, 15+ 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, 15+ 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…...

2+ hour, 25+ 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…...

3+ hour, 24+ min ago   (715+ words) US President Donald Trump has downplayed the risks of AI, saying “negative forces” were “bringing up things that won’t happen”, after calls by industry bosses to slow down development. Anthropic boss Dario Amodei said he was concerned that since this…...