March 2026

Actor Awards: Sinners shakes up Oscars race as Jessie Buckley remains undefeated

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Sinners triumphed at this year’s Actor Awards, with the vampire horror winning best ensemble and best actor for Michael B Jordan. The awards show, which has rebranded after formerly being known as the Screen Actors Guild Awards, is seen as a decent bellwether to the Oscars, which take place next month. While Paul Thomas Anderson’s […]

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Starmer denies U-turn claims after giving go-ahead for US to use UK military for strikes on Iran

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Critics will accuse him of yet another U-turn, but Sir Keir Starmer insists circumstances have changed and British lives are now at risk from attacks by Iran. The prime minister’s announcement that two British airbases – Fairford in Gloucestershire and the hotly disputed Diego Garcia in the Chagos Islands – can be used by the

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Fresh concerns at Glasgow’s Queen Elizabeth University Hospital as mould and water ingress closes parts of cancer ward

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There are fresh concerns at one of Britain’s biggest hospitals after a Sky News investigation discovered mould and dirty water ingress have forced the partial closure of a cancer ward – despite Scotland’s first minister insisting the scandal-hit building is safe. Glasgow‘s £1bn Queen Elizabeth University Hospital (QEUH) has been at the centre of ongoing

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Do you want to ban kids from social media? The government is asking

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The government wants to know if you want to ban young people from social media. In a consultation launching today, the British public will be asked how they want to protect young people online – and it could result in an Australia-style ban. But blocking younger teenagers from apps like TikTok, Snapchat and Instagram isn’t

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The horror story at Beit Shemesh where an Iranian missile evaded Israel’s formidable defences

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It is an image that will haunt very many people across Israel. A corner of Beit Shemesh, flattened by an Iranian missile; a synagogue destroyed; people killed while they sought refuge in a bomb shelter. If you wanted proof that war, even this war, is not just about aerial defences and surgical strikes, this was

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Iran’s regime looks vulnerable – but clerics and their supporters still control the streets

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A formal declaration of war has not been made but it looks and sounds like war in central Tehran. Clouds of smoke and the crack of high explosives rupture the air as the Americans and the Israelis bring their operation to the heart of the capital city. And if the elimination of the senior Iranian

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Oil prices spike as key shipping route disrupted by Iran attacks

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Global oil prices have risen sharply after Iran’s response to US and Israeli airstrikes disrupted shipping, raising the prospect of a new energy-led surge in inflation. Early trading in Asia, the first main financial market activity since Saturday morning’s airstrikes on Iran, saw the international benchmark Brent crude climb 13% to $82 a barrel –

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A single Iranian missile penetrating US defences could throw Trump off course

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Vows by Iran to punish the US and Israel for killing its supreme leader and starting a war have yet to translate into decisive military action despite the first American casualties. Iranian forces have launched hundreds of drones and missiles in multiple waves across the Middle East, but without inflicting significant harm against American assets

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What we know so far about US-Israeli strikes and retaliatory attacks by Iran

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Iran has been hit by a series of US and Israeli airstrikes over the weekend as the two countries’ leaders called for the Iranian people to overthrow the regime. The attacks, which are part of what the US has called Operation Epic Fury, killed Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in his Tehran compound, as

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