Are Airlines Getting Tighter With Their Luggage Rules?

Q I fly frequently, using different UK airports and airlines. In the past few weeks I have lost count of the number of occasions when angry/upset passengers are told at the departure gate they must pay £40 or £50 for an oversized cabin bag.

Salah's touchline tantrum hints at deeper Reds split

In a sense, Mohamed Salah's season has come full circle. It started with a display of dissent amid a substitution in London, the Egyptian contriving to rip a rather small bandage into an absurdly high number of pieces when taken off at Chelsea.

Arsenal's derby grit bodes well for draining title race

It was a joke that Mikel Arteta probably wouldn’t have made had this game gone a different way.

Delivery firm Getir to quit UK with 1,500 jobs at risk

Grocery delivery firm Getir is to leave the UK, Europe and the US to focus solely on its home market in Turkey, bringing an end to its rapid expansion across the regions since the pandemic.

Way to go, Michelangelo

'The last decades', a new British Museum exhibition, strives to make the artist's work immersive from the powerful works to the much more saccharine pieces, writes Mark Hudson

No, Jerry, the left and 'PC crap' aren't killing comedy

Seinfeld's rant is ludicrous and ignores the fact the industry has policed itself when it goes too far, writes Adam White

'People say we're destroying football - I think it's absurd'

Humphrey Ker, actor, writer and affable executive director of Wrexham speaks to Jessie Thompson about stress, top-flight ambitions and not being part of the fairytale for much longer

Like Clarkson, I decided to reinvent myself in midlife

Ten years ago, Grant Feller watched his salary plummet to less than his teen daughter's nannying job. With no income and no clients, here's how he went from panic to six figures

HANDLE WITH CARE

Oscar winner Emma Stone has expressed a preference for 'Emily' rather than the acting moniker she was forced to adopt early on. Helen Coffey ponders the power of names

Trump and DeSantis 'make peace' after primary feud

Donald Trump and Florida governor Ron DeSantis have met privately for the first time since their bruising battle in the Republican presidential primaries.

Nine men go on trial for plotting coup in Germany

A group of men accused of plotting a violent coup against the German state were well advanced in plans to establish a nationwide military structure to crush any opposition, a court heard yesterday.

Russian sabotage campaign causes chaos across Europe

A British man has been charged over an arson plot targeting a Ukrainian business after allegedly being recruited by a Russian spy – and establishing links with the mercenary Wagner group.

'Weapons and ammunition must reach front line faster'

Askold Krushelnycky speaks to a Ukrainian colonel who welcomes new military aid but pleads for speedier delivery

Sophie first royal to visit Ukraine since war began

The Duchess of Edinburgh has become the first member of the royal family to visit Ukraine since Russia’s invasion, meeting president Volodymyr Zelensky and his wife in Kyiv.

CJ Sansom, novelist and Shardlake creator, dies at 71

CJ Sansom, the author who created the character of Matthew Shardlake, has died aged 71, his publisher has announced.

Kenyan refugee is Northern Ireland's first Black mayor

Lilian Seenoi-Barr is set to become the first Black mayor in Northern Ireland. The local councillor, who arrived in Northern Ireland as a refugee, has been selected as the new mayor of Derry City and Strabane District Council.

Rantzen: Dogs are given kinder deaths than people

The presenter has announced she'll consider using Dignitas

England rugby star tasered and arrested in bar fracas

Billy Vunipola apologises for late-night incident in Mallorca

Sunak defends tightening disability benefits system

Rishi Sunak has rushed to defend his disability benefits crackdown, saying only those with “genuine” claims should be eligible for support.

With the SNP in meltdown, who could replace Yousaf?

The once-dominant nationalist SNP is in meltdown. Former leader Nicola Sturgeon’s husband Peter Murrell, who ran the party for 22 years, has been charged in connection with the embezzlement of SNP funds.

'Politics can be a brutal'

Emotional Yousaf resigns as first minister in blow to SNP

Patients at risk of assault in mixed-sex wards scandal

The use of mixed-sex wards has gone “through the roof” after the number of men and women being put in beds next to each other soared to nearly its highest level in a decade.

Tory plot to oust Sunak and install Mordaunt as new PM

Conservative rebels hatching a '100 days to save Britain' plan

In make-or-break week, PM isn't master of his own fate

It’s another case of one step forward, two steps back for Rishi Sunak.

Losing mayoral duo would 'set Tory vultures circling'

Rishi Sunak has been warned that losses in the Tees Valley and West Midlands mayoral elections would “set the vultures circling”, with restless Tory MPs agitating for a leadership challenge.

Legal migration to Britain a bigger scandal, Jenrick says

Former immigration minister Robert Jenrick has called for a cap on net immigration, claiming a “far more restrictive system” is needed.

Will growing pressure cause Tories to cap net migration?

With a general election approaching and Rishi Sunak’s position looking increasingly perilous, pressure is growing on the prime minister to announce an overhaul of Britain’s immigration laws.

Ireland planning new law to send migrants back to UK

Irish premier Simon Harris has asked his justice minister to bring forward emergency legislation to allow Ireland to send asylum seekers back to the UK.

'I will find out who you are and rape and kill you'

Women gamers reveal extent of threats driving them offline

Wet weather could see cost of beer and biscuits spiral

The price of bread, beer and biscuits may rise this year as research suggests the unusually wet weather seen over autumn and winter could hit UK harvests by almost a fifth.