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More than four in five people are planning to spend the same amount or more on holidays in the year ahead as they have in the past 12 months, a survey indicates. The research also pointed to holidaymakers wanting to tour around multiple destinations during a single getaway, with nearly a fifth (17%) of people […]

After golden moments in the pool and in taekwondo on Saturday, Great Britain’s medal hopefuls will target more medals on day four of the Paralympics in Paris. ParalympicsGB will be chasing more success in swimming and in the velodrome while there are plenty of medal hopes in athletics, boccia, rowing and triathlon on a day

The Scottish Government will need to work “harder and smarter” to deliver for the people in the face of Westminster “cuts”, First Minister John Swinney will warn today. But with ending child poverty one of his key priorities, he will tell how his Government will “tailor support better to families” so they can “get the

Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson has described the number of children missing school as an “absence epidemic”. Ahead of pupils’ return to the classroom next week, Ms Phillipson warned she will make no “apologies” for fining parents with frequently absent children. In the Sunday Times, Ms Phillipson said her first priority is to create a welcoming

The bodies of six hostages taken by Hamas have been recovered from Gaza, according to the Israel Defence Forces. In a statement posted on X, the IDF said the bodies of Carmel Gat, 40, Eden Yerushalmi, 24, Hersh Goldberg-Polin, 23, Alexander Lobanov,33, Almog Sarusi, 27, and Ori Danino, 25, were found and recovered yesterday. Rear

The criminal justice system is “undoubtedly dysfunctional”, the police watchdog has said, as he described the lack of prison places as a “nightmare”. His Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Constabulary Andy Cooke told The Sunday Telegraph that “too often” police officers are “getting the basics wrong”, such as failing to answer the phone quickly or respond

City maintained their 100% start to the season with the 3-1 victory at the London Stadium Manchester City maintained their 100 per cent start to the season as Erling Haaland’s eighth Premier League hat-trick saw the defending champions beat West Ham 3-1 at the London Stadium. Oasis star and City fan Noel Gallagher looked on

The bodies were discovered in a house in Staines-upon-Thames on Saturday afternoon Three children and a man have been found dead in a house in Surrey. Police discovered their bodies in a property in Bremer Road, Staines-Upon-Thames, at around 1.15pm on Saturday. An investigation is being carried out to establish the circumstances of their deaths,

Thousands of fans have spent many hours today in queues on booking sites All of the UK and Ireland dates for Oasis’s reunion tour have sold out in less than a day, the band announced. Since 9am on Saturday, when shows at Edinburgh, London, Cardiff and Manchester went on general sale, fans have aired their frustrations at

Alice Tai, Stephen Clegg and William Ellard have all won gold medals Alice Tai topped the Paralympic podium less than three years after opting to have her right leg amputated to cap a super Saturday for Great Britain’s swimmers in Paris. The 25-year-old completed a 36-minute gold rush with victory in the women’s 100m S8