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Protesters holding signs advocating to save the winter fuel payment for pensioners.
Winter fuel payments to return — but half of pensioners will miss out

Rachel Reeves is expected to set out plans to restore the payments and then claw them back from millions of better-off pensioners through higher taxes

Politics

Badenoch plans to override ECHR on asylum for illegal migrants

The Conservative leader wants to ban all asylum claims in Britain from those who arrive illegally, in a policy reminiscent of Rishi Sunak’s




Satellite image of destroyed TU-95 aircrafts at Olenya air base after a drone strike.
Putin tells Trump he’ll seek revenge for Ukrainian drone strikes

Russian leader discussed response to attacks on long-range bombers with US counterpart, before also speaking to new Pope for first time

US politics
57 minutes ago



Olivia Colman accepting the Best Actress award at the 91st Academy Awards.
Skip Botox if you want to look more attractive — just smile

Police officers searching for evidence in the Madeleine McCann investigation.
High-tech search for Madeleine McCann near home of ‘angry’ suspect
Crime
37 minutes ago

Olivia Colman accepting the Best Actress award at the 91st Academy Awards.
Skip Botox if you want to look more attractive — just smile





John-Paul Marks, Permanent Secretary of the Scottish Government, testifying before a committee.
Criminals access 100,000 people’s tax records


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Woman in black dress dancing in a hospital room.
Meghan’s delivery-room dance with Harry in new video

The post comes after the Duchess of Sussex also released black-and-white photographs on Instagram to mark Lilibet’s birthday


Rachel Reeves giving a speech at a bus factory.
The more aggressively Reeves smiled, the worse her speech went
Politics
56 minutes ago



Scene from Adolescence showing Jamie Miller and Eddie Miller in a room.
Three quarters of incels live with parents or alone, study finds
Science
27 minutes ago


Group photo of the West Dulwich Action Group outside the High Court.
Labour council ordered to remove ‘unlawful’ LTN in landmark case




Court artist's sketch of Marcus Arduini Monzo at the Old Bailey.
Swordsman killed schoolboy ‘in cannabis-induced psychosis’


Bring the curtain down on long shows, urges theatre owner


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Editor's picks




Natalie Winters
My night out with Trump’s young Maga crowd in Washington


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Ludicrous legal posturing won’t stop Russia

Treaties banning landmines and retrospectively prosecuting soldiers undermine Nato’s security in dangerous times



Illustration of politicians digging with shovels, with speech bubbles saying "We are delivering on our promise..." and "To get spades in the ground!"

Cartoon by Morten Morland



a man with a beard is wearing a black shirt
Reform’s Scottish rise reopens old wounds






a man with a beard is wearing a black shirt
Reform’s Scottish rise reopens old wounds






Collage of three women in different outfits.

As Brooklyn’s falling-out with his parents reaches dizzying new heights, has he thought about turning off Instagram?


a woman with blonde hair is wearing a black shirt
Deborah RossThank the bus driver? Whatever next — a kiss on the cheek?





a man in a white shirt and blue tie looks at the camera
David SmithConfidence is rising but it’s not party time just yet


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Illustration of books, a skull, a bird, and a plant on a shelf, with a woman's portrait in a circle.

The Olive Kitteridge author picks her favourite books, including classics by Virginia Woolf and Colm Tóibín



Woman in patterned jacket with Uluru in the background.

The nonagenarian tech pioneer on the journey that changed her life, travels with her disabled son and why Japan is next on her list


Airplane seats with in-flight entertainment screens.
Cathy AdamsMost airlines ignore economy — but these are the ones doing it well


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Portrait of Imogen Tew.
I’m on the hunt for a boring British blue chip



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