Government will consider the expert guidance, which concludes screening ‘likely to cause more harm than good’ Most men in the UK will not be offered prostate cancer screening if the government accepts the final recommendation of an expert committee. The UK National Screening Committee (UKNSC) said attempting to detect the disease using the prostate-specific antigen (PSA) test was “likely to cause more harm than good”. Continue reading...

Joshua Schulman, who was hired to help revive brand, paid £4m in year to March including bonus and relocation support Business live – latest updates The boss of Burberry could earn up to £12.2m this year after the luxury British brand introduced a new bonus scheme. Joshua Schulman, a former chief executive of the US fashion brand Coach who was hired in July 2024 to help revive Burberry, was paid £4m in the year to March, up from £2.5m for his first nine months in the job. Continue reading...

Beran A, 21, apologises as court adjourns to consider verdict after alleged plan to attack fans outside stadium in 2024 A man who admitted to plotting to attack a Taylor Swift concert in Vienna nearly two years ago told an Austrian court that he was sorry before the verdict in his trial. The plot was thwarted but Austrian authorities still cancelled Swift’s three performances in August 2024. Continue reading...

Energy specialists say abandoning net zero and increasing oil and gas drilling would cause more instability for Britons Abandoning net zero and drilling for more oil and gas in the North Sea would be a massive setback for the UK and would not help the economy, leading experts have said in response to claims by the former prime minister Tony Blair. “This is a bizarre intervention to make during the worst May heatwave on record and when the Iran crisis is providing yet more evidence of the enormous costs of oil and gas,” said Ed Matthew, the UK programme director at the E3G thinktank. “Clean energy is cheaper energy - it protects our bills from prices skyrocketing, its running costs are virtually zero, and it doesn’t cause climate change which threatens economic collapse ... The government should ignore Blair’s ideological nonsense and focus on what works.” Continue reading...

Exclusive: Package of measures discussed with farmers, including pause on duty due to come into effect next year Ministers are in discussions about suspending a carbon tax on fertilisers, due to come into effect early next year, in an effort to curb food inflation. The move would be part of a package of measures, including the suspension of import tariffs on a range of foods including bread, biscuits and bananas. Continue reading...

If you’re a millennial aged between 31 and 45, how do you feel about growing old in the UK? If you’re a millennial aged between 31 and 45, how do you feel about growing old in the UK? We would like to hear about your experiences of the UK healthcare system, housing and income, and your thoughts on the future. Healthcare: In your experience, has healthcare been reliable and efficient? Have you ever experienced significant delays in A&E for procedures, operations, or referrals? Continue reading...

Staff members claim hit Channel 4 show’s culture was ‘toxic from the top down’ amid allegations of rape by female cast members Married at First Sight UK had an “unhealthy” focus on whether cast members were having sex, former and current workers on the show have said. One former crew member said the culture on the hit Channel 4 show was “toxic from the top down”. The claims from crew members were reported by the BBC, which previously broadcast allegations from two female cast members that they were raped by their on-screen partners. Continue reading...

European Commission finds shoppers on Chinese website very likely to find unsafe items and imposes €200m penalty EU regulators have fined the Chinese shopping website Temu €200m (£173m) for failing to stop the sale of illegal and dangerous products. The European Commission imposed the penalty after a 19-month investigation that found consumers were very likely to encounter illegal or unsafe products including baby toys and electronics on the firm’s website. Continue reading...

Pathologist found Andrew Frederick’s death was a homicide but UK authorities refused specialist help The grieving family of a British man found dead in his home on the Caribbean island of Grenada have accused UK authorities of failing to support their fight for justice. The family of Andrew Frederick, 47, whose body was discovered on 4 January, are calling for an urgent review of the policies governing UK assistance to the loved ones of Brits killed abroad. Continue reading...

Decision drew criticism from some commentators and free speech advocates as well as Tory leader, Kemi Badenoch The British Museum has postponed a lecture for Jewish culture month over concerns that the event would be disrupted by protesters. The museum announced that the talk on ancient Israel and Judah, which was scheduled to take place on Thursday, would be held at a later date yet to be decided. Continue reading...

Case involving seven-year-old boy is latest flashpoint in debate over race relations in Latin America ‘Argentina needs to end its fantasy of being a European country’: Lucrecia Martel on the story of a killing A woman celebrating her 32nd birthday on a train journey in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais was horrified when a fellow passenger alerted her that an unknown man had been secretly filming her seven-year-old son. When confronted, the man – an Argentinian tourist – initially refused to show his phone. But after being pressed by other travellers, the man admitted he had sent the images to a WhatsApp contact. Continue reading...

Prosecutors said Vickrum Digwa lied about the fatal attack on Henry Nowak after claiming self-defence A man has been found guilty of murdering a university student with a 21cm-long knife that he said he was carrying for religious reasons. When police arrived at the scene in Southampton, Vickrum Digwa, 23, claimed his victim, 18-year-old Henry Nowak, had racially abused him and knocked his turban off, prompting police to handcuff the teenager before they discovered his fatal wounds. Continue reading...

Let’s pop the cork on a some naturally low-alcohol ‘session-style’ sparklers I don’t know if it’s my cobbled liver or having young children, but these days I wish that “session wine” was more of a thing. By this I mean wine that, like session beer, is easily quaffable over several hours and doesn’t plunge me into inebriation – in other words, wine with a relatively low ABV (less than 11%), a light body and bracing acidity. Why are they so hard to find, especially in the mainstream? The false premise, perhaps, that wine is sipped rather than chugged, or that it is enjoyed only with food? (You need only set foot in a Wetherspoons to learn otherwise.) So, yes, I’m after a delicious, low-ABV wine, specifically one I can drink at a party without ending up looking like a Heat! magazine cover star in circa 2003. My favourite party drink is something fizzy, so I’m essentially looking for a session sparkling wine. Continue reading...

Finnish-US startup has sold 5.5m rings worldwide since it was founded in 2013 and is valued at $11bn Stylish Finnish-American smart ring company Oura may be the darling of wearables, adorning the fingers of celebrities and sportspeople, but it is not resting on its laurels as it heads towards an IPO later this year. This week it launched the world’s smallest smart ring, the Ring 5, its latest evolution of the device that defined a whole category. The Ring 5 is 40% smaller and with longer battery life than the highly popular Ring 4. It also promises to squeeze the health-tracking features of a smartwatch into a less techy piece of jewellery just 2.28mm thick, focused on sleep, stress, readiness and heart health. Continue reading...

States with abortion bans are turning away from medications to a wait-and-see approach, with care falling below standards Abortion restrictions in the US have made it more difficult to access care for miscarriages, a new study stays. The new research found that since the June 2022 Dobbs v Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision overturning Roe v Wade, pregnancy care has fractured along state lines; it’s getting increasingly harder to access healthcare for miscarriages in US states with abortion restrictions. Continue reading...

Monitors estimate 17,500 people have been sent to countries they may never have visited – and where they could face further danger José Yugar-Cruz spent 17 months in a county jail in Muscatine, Iowa, despite never having committed a crime. Originally from Bolivia, he entered the United States legally at the Arizona border in July 2024, affirmatively approached authorities, and requested asylum. Six months later, a US immigration judge found he had been tortured in Bolivia, would probably face torture again if returned, and barred his removal to his home country. The government did not appeal. Yugar-Cruz was not released for almost a year. Instead, ICE spent months searching unsuccessfully for somewhere else to send him. He finally won his release in December 2025. Continue reading...

With early tests suggesting the presence of crude oil, the Caribbean island has begun to debate whether it could justify becoming a producer Jamaica is closer than ever to drilling for oil. Tests on samples from the seabed off the Caribbean island’s south coast earlier this year identified hydrocarbons, which suggest the presence of crude oil below ground. Jamaica imports all its fuel, which costs about $1.5-2bn (£1.1bn-1.5bn) annually, depending on global oil prices. It is a persistent drag on an economy that generated $4.3bn from tourism, its biggest earner, in 2024. Continue reading...

Ahead of the release of Backrooms, we invite you to lose yourself in our list of the most terrifying – and most inviting – hallway scenes in cinema John Cusack plays a hitman attending his high school reunion, where a kickboxing assassin attacks him in the corridor. The film is dark comedy, but the fight is deadly serious. Fun fact: Cusack’s trainer/opponent is the legendary Benny “The Jet” Urquidez, who memorably took on Jackie Chan at the climax of Wheels on Meals (1984). Continue reading...

From bread and ricotta to vegetables and fish, there’s no single recipe for these beloved ‘meatballs’ – just your own way of making them Sign up here for our weekly food newsletter, Feast While the Italian word polpette is generally translated as “meatballs”, it actually has a much broader definition than that. In fact, the literal translation is “little balls of polpa”, or pulp. And, yes, the word polpa is strongly associated with minced meat, so, for many people, the word polpette conjures up round or torpedo-shaped morsels of minced and seasoned meat fried or simmered in sauce. But polpa can also refer to an infinite range of pulps and mixtures of pulps made from vegetables, pulses, fruit, bread, cheese or fish, all of which can be shaped into balls, wonderful balls. Whatever the pulp base, one thing is generally agreed on: once formed, let those balls rest for at least 30 minutes (and up to a few hours), so they firm up and are therefore easier to poach, simmer, fry, air-fry and so on. Beyond resting, however, freedom reigns: the type of pulp, the inclusion of bread, or eggs, or herbs, or seasonings … Continue reading...

Wicked co-star said reactions to the incident, which included suggestions she was Grande’s ‘bodyguard’, reflect an insidious view of Black women Wicked star Cynthia Erivo has said that reactions to the incident at the Singapore premiere of Wicked: For Good, in which she stepped in to fend off a red-carpet invader who grabbed co-star Ariana Grande, revealed “the insidious nature of how we view Black women” and put her off campaigning for Oscars. In an interview with Variety, Erivo said that she and Grande were “terrified” when Johnson Wen jumped a barrier at Universal Studios Singapore and rushed towards them. “Nobody moved. Nobody moved. So I moved because my brain went, ‘Get him away! Get him out of here!’ … And what people couldn’t see is that he wouldn’t let go [of Grande]. He wouldn’t let go. So I just kept pushing at him to get him off.” Continue reading...

US DoJ alleges software engineer Michele Spagnuolo, 36, earned $1.2m betting on Google’s most-searched list The US justice department has charged a Google software engineer with using insider information to rig bets tied to Google’s most-searched list on prediction market Polymarket, earning $1.2m in profits, according to a complaint unsealed on Wednesday. Michele Spagnuolo, a 36-year-old Italian citizen, allegedly used insider information to bet on long-shot candidates like indie pop musician D4vd, who appeared on Google’s most-searched list after he was arrested and accused of murdering a teenage girl, according to the complaint. Continue reading...

Minister spares 700kg beast after security concerns around the unusual level of public interest in the animal A rare albino buffalo in Bangladesh nicknamed “Donald Trump” for its distinctive blond tuft has been spared from Eid al-Adha sacrifice after a last-minute government intervention, according to a home ministry official. The nearly 700kg (1,543lb) animal had already been sold for ritual slaughter when authorities stepped in, citing security concerns after a surge of public interest before Thursday’s festival. Continue reading...

Manager’s deal announced shortly before World Cup Clarke will have served for 11 years if he sees out contract Scotland’s manager, Steve Clarke, has signed a four-year contract extension, meaning he will remain in place until the end of the country’s 2030 World Cup campaign. The fresh, improved terms are no surprise but the length of deal will raise eyebrows given Clarke has been in position since 2019. Should he complete the term, he will become Scotland men’s longest-serving manager. Clarke had initially been publicly confident he would step away after this summer’s World Cup. The 62-year-old has taken Scotland to three tournaments from a possible four, with this World Cup a first since 1998. More recently, Clarke spoke of remaining in post. Continue reading...

It’s a thumbs up from the country’s 3 million students, who can now buy cheap meals up to twice a day Where in France can you get a nutritious and balanced three-course meal for €1? If you are one of the country’s estimated 3 million students in higher education, the answer is: the university restaurant or cafe. Continue reading...

Special report: Allegations of sexism, racism and expenses fiddling are flying in US courts, drawing in leading figures in motor racing and some famous names in music. But the precise role of Peter de Putron, a Jersey-based billionaire, is one of the most intriguing subjects On the track, the Williams Formula One team are attempting to revive former glories through their talented driving team of Alex Albon and Carlos Sainz and the team principal, James Vowles. Away from the track, the team and their parent company, Dorilton, are embroiled in a messy dispute with a former executive, Claudia Schwarz, who was dismissed in 2022. In court filings she alleges she was fired after raising concerns about sexism towards her and racism, with claims drawing in Lewis Hamilton’s foundation and the artists Wyclef Jean and Shaggy. The ultimate ownership of the Williams team is also questioned by the former executive, who makes a hotly contested claim that the team are controlled by Peter de Putron, a billionaire based in Jersey with close links to the Conservative party. Continue reading...