BRITAIN’S pension pots are nearing a record high as savers benefit from a resurgent stockmarket. A typical pension’s value has risen steadily since the 2008 financial crisis, research reveals. The average fund has grown by 136 per cent since 2002, with younger generations benefiting the most. Workers aged 25 to 34...
England and Wales fans will not be allowed to drink alcohol on the streets of Lens before and after their Euro 2016 game because of a 24-hour ban. The Group B tie takes place in the French city at 14:00 BST on Thursday, 16 June and will be live on the BBC. The ban will run from 06:00 local time on Thursday until 06:00 on...
Eurozone finance ministers have agreed to extend further bailout loans to Greece as well as debt relief, in what they call a "major breakthrough". After late-night talks in Brussels, the ministers agreed to unlock 10.3bn euros ($11.5bn; £7.8bn) in new loans. The move came two days after the Greek parliament...
For the first time in this long election campaign, Republican Donald Trump has pulled ahead of Democrat Hillary Clinton in the RealClearPolitics average of national polls. Mrs Clinton's double-digit lead, which she has held over the past several months, has vanished — and with it, apparently, Democrats'...
Kate Middleton went braless on the red carpet at the world premiere of “Spectre” Monday. Though the pale blue gown she was wearing had a modest neckline and no leg slit, the duchess still managed to make it a little scandalous by not wearing a bra, which could be easily seen through its transparent back. While the...
The Afghan Taliban have announced a new leader to replace Mullah Akhtar Mansour who was killed in a US drone strike. In a statement, the Taliban acknowledged Mansour's death for the first time and named his successor as Mawlawi Haibatullah Akhundzada. Mansour was killed in a strike on his car in Pakistan's Balochistan...
A PASSENGER jet filled with Britons has been forced to make an emergency landing after reports of a "burning smell" in the cockpit. EasyJet Flight EZY8704 was diverted to a remote Portuguese island after taking off from Tenerife yesterday afternoon. Passengers began hyperventilating as the plane, which was due to land...
A 12,000-year-old grave in Israel is unlocking more secrets of one of the most extensive and earliest funeral feasts on record About 12,000 years ago, a great feast was held in honour of a mysterious woman. The group filled her grave with strange objects. Then, bizarrely, they threw the remains of their meal into the grave. The...
A US-backed alliance of Syrian Kurdish and Arab fighters has begun a campaign to expel Islamic State (IS) militants from land north of Raqqa. The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) is believed to have deployed about 30,000 fighters. US-led coalition warplanes will support the offensive and Russia has also given its backing. The SDF...
The more we find out about Taliban chief Mullah Akhtar Mansour the more mysterious he becomes. US and Afghan officials say Mansour was killed in a drone strike in Pakistan's Balochistan province. But a passport found at the scene belonged to one Wali Mohammad, the pseudonym he supposedly used in Pakistan. Every clue about...
Australia's Deputy PM Barnaby Joyce has said that he is "pulling strings" in Johnny Depp's head, like film villain Hannibal Lecter. It comes after the actor said on a US television show that Mr Joyce looks "somehow inbred with a tomato". Depp's wife Amber Heard avoided a conviction in court last...
Are you still confident that the clubs — it's cool? We hasten to disappoint, these places seem a paradise only until you are quite young, and more and more convinced that the club — a real black hole, overflowing with disappointments and failures. Need proof? See for yourself …...