Tories revolt to back Labour demands to keep 20-a-week universal credit boost
Rishi Sunak has been resisting growing pressure to extend the higher payments brought in during the pandemic, suggesting other 'drastic measures' will be needed to foot the bill. Read more...
CHRISTOPHER STEVENS The emotional high of finding a long-lost son in the mountains
CHRISTOPHER STEVENS Davina McCall's shows tend to run their course. Long Lost Family (ITV), though, is different as the show returned for its tenth season. Read more...
Amanda Gorman Captures the Moment, in Verse
The youngest inaugural poet in U.S. history will read a work she finished after the riot at the Capitol. Im not going to in any way gloss over what weve seen, she says. Read more...
Climate Change Survey Majority of Voters Support Initiatives
A survey carried out after the November election found that 66 percent of respondents said that developing sources of clean energy should be a high or very high priority. Read more...
Chefs including Jason Atherton and Raymond Blanc reveal where they like to go on holiday in the UK
Where do top chefs such as Marcus Wareing and Raymond Blanc go to recharge their batteries and be sure of an excellent meal? We asked the stars to reveal their secret getaways... Read more...
How to Have a Fully Remote Family Thanksgiving
Skipping travel this year to stop the spread of Covid-19? Heres how to digitally reimagine the holiday, from meal prep to after-dinner activities. Read more...
How to Get the Coronavirus Vaccine in N.Y.C.
There are multiple websites, disappearing slots and even attempts to game the system. Heres our guide to what you have to do to get a dose in your arm. Read more...
Young Iranians Arrested for Being Too Happy in Tehran
Six young Iranians were arrested and forced to repent on state television Tuesday for the grievous offense of proclaiming themselves to be "Happy in Tehran," in a homemade music video they posted on YouTube. Read more...
Christian girl, 12, who was 'kidnapped, raped and chained up by man, 45, in Pakistan, is rescued
The underage girl spent five months chained up in the 45-year-old man's yard in Faisalabad where she would work all day clearing animal dung, her family claims. Read more...
Why people HATE influencers Instagram users reveal their 'pet hates'
Instagram users have shared their pet hates about so-called 'influencers', from their endless sponsored posts to insisting their job is 'difficult'. Read more...
Intel, Under Pressure to Rethink Its Business, Ousts Its Chief Executive
Robert Swan, who has held the job for two years, is leaving the Silicon Valley chip giant after an activist investor pressed for change. Read more...
Andre Villas-Boas rules out Marseille move for free agent Diego Costa
Former Chelsea striker Costa, 32, is a free agent after Atletico Madrid released him from his 270,000-a-week contract six months early and is searching for a new club. Read more...
An American First on the European Tour
The controversial golfer Patrick Reed is leading the race to become the No. 1 player, which will be settled in Dubai. Read more...
Boy, two, was choked to death by bedroom cord after heartbroken mother 'left him for a second'
Joey Walker had only been left on his own for 'seconds' when he became trapped in a looped cable installed by a previous tenant at the home in Denton, Greater Manchester. Read more...
Film festival invites fans to watch movies alone on a Swedish island
Taking social distancing to a whole new level, Sweden's Gteborg Film Festival is inviting one cinema fan to spend seven days on an isolated lighthouse island, with only movies and the North Sea for company. Read more...
India achieve one of Test cricket's greatest-ever victories against Australia
Rishabh Pant's brilliant 89 not out, following on from openerShubman Gill's 91, guided India to their victory target of 328 and inflicted Australia's first defeat at the Gabba since 1988. Read more...
From Rumaan Alam to Ivy Pochoda This week's best new fiction
Amid a blizzard of dystopian fiction, Alam's novel stands out for its eerily languid shift from canny social drama to apocalyptic disaster fiction. Read more...
New Otter for Autumn at the Bronx Zoo
Meet Monty, an Asian small-clawed otter pup born recently at the Bronx Zoo. Read more...
Man fined 600 after his dog mauls deer in Richmond Park
The Richmond Park deer had to be put down due to injuries after it was chased and attacked by Irish setter Alfie who was off the lead. Owner Franck Hiribarne, from Kingston, was fined 602 at court. Read more...
Covid Brazilian 'super strain' already in the UK, scientist reveals
Professor Wendy Barclay, from Imperial College London, said 'There are two different types of Brazilian variants. One of them has been detected in the UK and one of them has not.' Read more...