LIVE UPDATES: Chancellor John Healey will unveil his first Budget today as millions of Britons brace for potential tax hikes and changes to their household finances.

John Healey will not curb runaway welfare spending despite growing pressure on the public finances. Instead, he is expected to increase the tax burden to the highest level on record to help boost handouts.

The exclusive gym chain, which charges up to £200 a month for membership, has introduced women-only spa sessions at some of its branches during peak evening hours, from 6pm to 8pm on Thursdays.

Mohammed Tauseef Mumtaz was handed a life sentence in 2012 for killing 21-year-old Naila Mumtaz at the Birmingham home they shared with his parents.

Denbighshire County Council is trialling the recycling of soft plastics such as crisp packets, chocolate wrappers and ready meal tops with some 4,500 homes.

Early exit polls suggest the 77-year-old's Likud party will remain the largest in the country's parliament. However, Israel faces fresh uncertainty.

The day began with terrific news for gherkin-eaters. The Trade Secretary disclosed that the Government would ease tariffs on baked beans, chocolate and... gherkins.

John Healey looks set to launch a punishing raid on banks today just hours after bumper profits at HSBC sparked an eve of Budget row over windfall taxes.

John Healey has talked of giving the British economy 'breathing space' after the hyper-activity of his predecessor's occupation of Number 11.

Thomas Markle's granddaughter Noelle Rasmussen said the child sex allegations he faces are 'not a surprise', adding that she always felt there was 'something off' about him.

Much of the Budget speculation has been about tax rises. Families and businesses are bracing themselves after what happened in the last two Budgets.

Will John Healey follow in Rachel Reeves' steps and hit us with yet another wave of painful taxes? Or will he see the light, change tack and adopt a more ameliorative approach?

The Silicon Valley giant has been warned its sweeping changes could help kill off 'trusted journalism' and replace it with a 'cesspit' of online misinformation.

The United States will issue Flávio Bolsonaro a visa after he fled Brazil following his devastating loss to incumbent President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in Sunday's election.

Heather Ford, 39, was 'ambushed' during a ride on one of the pedal-powered passenger vehicles last Thursday after seeing Phantom of the Opera at His Majesty's Theatre.

Behind many of the men who have brought misery to the city, there are women attracted to the power of its most notorious criminals.

Doorbell footage shows the sprinter van pulling up outside a house and rolling down the window before throwing a parcel in front of a car.

Paranoid schizophrenic Alexander Lewis-Ranwell attacked Anthony Payne, 80, with a hammer and killed identical twins Dick and Roger Carter, 84, with a saw on February 10, 2019 in Exeter.

Data compiled by health officials reveals the top 5 per cent highest-paid NHS consultants earned £223,518 on average in the 12 months to April.

The King addressed the thorny issue of slavery and reparations within hours of landing on the potentially explosive Caribbean tour.

Every inch of Julia Starzyk's home is also serviced by the biggest collection of smart gadgets I have ever seen.

As John Healey stands at the Dispatch Box today, likely unveiling a Budget that hikes taxes and worsens our national debt, he should remember the milestone the City of London has just marked.

The expected unveiling of billions more in welfare payments in today's Budget will amount to a textbook example of adding insult to injury

The 82-year-old, who was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease in 2019, was moved to a specialist dementia unit by his second wife, Louise Millington-Cotes.

Meanwhile, in Eastern Europe the Russians are brutally attempting to extirpate a much smaller country, which is mounting a heroic but ultimately doomed resistance.

Restaurant and retail bosses said they desperately need to be given breathing space in the Budget, as further wage rises will make it even harder for them to retain or take on staff.

Official figures show the £1.2billion Connect to Work scheme recruited just 13,900 people in its first year - far below the goal of 33,623.

After 101 days as Chancellor, Mr Healey will set out his fiscal plans to the House of Commons amid growing warning signs about the UK economy.

Samba the capybara is alive and well - and still on the run - more than six months after escaping from Marwell Zoo in Hampshire, her keepers have revealed.

Calum Naylor, 18, had been on a drink and drugs binge with workmates when he was turned away from a lap-dancing bar - because he was under 21.

Boozed-up Cleopatra Fowler, 19, turned violent when paramedics attempted to help a friend in her group who had collapsed during the spree this summer.

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Labour peers voted against an amendment on Monday to the Cyber Security and Resilience bill requiring the Government to keep a log of foreign states targeting British networks.

Every year we are handing over more of our cash to the taxman - so it's particularly sweet when the situation reverses.

James Singh Jagpal (pictured), 39, died after a dark blue Renault ZOE smashed into the supermarket in Wolverhampton shortly before 6pm on Friday, October 23.

A powerful tornado struck Turkey's Antalya coast on Tuesday, killing at least four people. 

My advice to the Prince and Princess of Wales - and the entire Royal Family - is this: Steer well clear of this sordid story about Mr Markle Sr.

His lawyers say publication of the claims would be 'devastating' to the individual, referred to only as PPT, and cause 'such profound mental anguish that he would seek to end his life'.

A jury was told the 51-year-old actor, who was arrested for rape, outlined the 'magnitude' of his promiscuity when he was questioned about allegedly attacking six women over a decade.

Sir Tony Blair has piled pressure on Andy Burnham to back new North Sea drilling after his think-tank called for Rosebank and other key projects to proceed.

Kinga Wydrzynska's pregnancy with little Isabella was 'both not wanted and hidden', jurors heard, and the child spent the first few months of her life in the care of foster parents.

A grieving mother was found dead on a beach in the same area where her teenage son died six years ago.

Despite Labour scrabbling to find more cash for defence, as many as 53 staff have been employed at the MoD to champion DEI under its watch.

Bournemouth, Christchurch & Poole (BCP) Council cited equality legislation as it approved the scheme.

The Home Secretary told the Commons former Tory Lord Chancellor Alex Chalk will lead a 'rapid', two-part inquiry into the case.

Now aged eight, the boy has the mental capacity of a newborn baby, experiences daily seizures and suffers from respiratory problems.

Bern Rogers looked after her mother Sheila Wills for two-and-a-half years at home with her husband.

Families have been caught up in a terrifying wave of anti-HMO attacks on homes suspected of housing asylum seekers.

Brand will appear at Southwark Crown Court for the next six to eight weeks where the jury will hear from the prosecution and defence.

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Interior Minister Ivica Dacic said that police were treating the incident as a 'terrorist attack.'

Former Sydney teacher Tayla Lee Brailey pleaded guilty to five offences including sexual intercourse with a 17-year-old and sexually touching a 16-year-old.

John Healey will unveil a crucial Budget at lunchtime, as he struggles to balance books amid the Middle East crisis and Andy Burnham's spending desires.

'He's gone. He is going to be on a plane to Havana within the next 24 hours,' US Ambassador Mike Waltz said of the diplomat Tuesday evening.

The national average price of gas is currently at $4.27 per gallon, per American Automobile Association (AAA). Diesel sits at $6.35, down from a record high of $6.52 at the end of September.

Schoolgirl Mia Christopher died shortly into the summer holidays last year after gaining access to Discord, an online platform intended for teenagers aged between 13-17.

Israel's Central Elections Committee was tallying votes on Wednesday and it will likely take until Thursday before definitive results of the election are known.

Mohmed Abdulkarim (pictured), 24, and Nouman Essghir, 24, both of Westminster, London, have both been charged with offences under the National Security Act 2023.

An Australian state government has revised its single-use waste laws announced earlier this month.

The awkward moment played out as cameras were rolling.

An officer in footage from the helicopter could be heard saying that the inmate has fled police several times before and usually tries to hide until nightfall.

A new search will take place next month as part of the effort to find Mortimer Wortman, the Rutgers University student from New Jersey who has been missing for almost a year. 

Ryan Anderson was sacked from the Coles Pyrmont store after he caught two teenagers stealing.

Destino Jean-Louis, 23, was arrested on Friday on murder charges in connection with the brutal death of his wife, Latosha Ann Cooper, 45, according to local and federal authorities.

Katherine Dale Kelly, 24, was arrested on Saturday after allegedly firing her pink and black Glock at a woman sitting in a parked car with her boyfriend.

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An MP was booted out of Parliament after swearing at Anthony Albanese.

An urgent warning has been issued to Aussies.

Mel and Brad James flew with their three children to Tokyo Disney Resort earlier this month for 'the holiday of a lifetime' to celebrate their son Ryan's 18th birthday.

Homicide detectives are treating the man's death in Melbourne's north as suspicious.

Payman questioned whether Anthony Albanese had refused to grant her extra staff because she quit the Labor Party.

Griffin John II, 16, had been assaulted twice in recent years - including once by his mother's boyfriend - before he opened fire at Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend, Oregon.

Dressed in beige prison scrubs, a far cry from the tailored suits they wore while brokering multimillion-dollar deals, the Alexander brothers entered court to learn their fate.

Bret Abdullah and his brother used to go walking together along the tee-lined streets of Dearborn, Michigan. But now they stand on opposite sides of the political divide.

Donald Trump attempted to save Texas Republican Senate candidate Ken Paxton Tuesday with a double-header of rallies and a pledge of 'free' oil that his administration was bringing into the US.

Donald Trump launched fresh attacks on James Talarico during his final rally in the Lone Star State Tuesday night - even going as far as to say Talarico believes that Jesus supports sex changes.

A United Nations expert has criticised Sex Discrimination Commissioner, after she claimed transgender women were protected by discrimination laws related to breastfeeding.

Donald Trump has promised to not strike Iran at least until the November 3 elections have concluded, though he gave an ominous threat regarding the war at a rally in Texas Tuesday.

Welcoming people is a policy decision. Making integration work is a governing responsibility.

Anthony Albanese is considering changes to a UK backpacker visa exemption as regional businesses warn proposed working holiday visa cuts could hurt farmers and tourism operators.

A woman was found dead under a bridge from a possible 'structural quirk' in the overpass shortly after she was reported missing in Kansas City, Kansas.

Emergency services were called to a home in Hinchinbrook on Tuesday at 6pm following the birth of the baby.

Inflation has accelerated again despite four interest rate rises this year, keeping pressure on the Reserve Bank to rise rates again at its meeting next week.

Silver has been bullish on liberals' chances to overtake the GOP in the November 3 elections, with his model giving the party a 94 percent chance of winning the House.

They had hoped their son would be home by Christmas. Now, with Tom Silvagni's appeal still awaiting a hearing date, those hopes are being tested, says a family friend

Visitors could be forgiven for thinking they'd stumbled across the training ground for the next olympic games during their recent visit to a Chinese zoo.

Ex-RAAF pilot Robert Crawford, 49, is on trial for the alleged murder of his wife Frances at their Upper Lockyer property near Toowoomba two years ago.

The woman, who has not been named but was in her 50s, was attacked while caring for two Persian leopards at Safaripark Beekse Bergen in Hilvarenbeek on Saturday morning.

Defence Secretary Wes Streeting revealed the deal following a trip to Warsaw on Tuesday to meet his Polish counterpart, Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz.

In his first address to the National Press Club on Wednesday, new party leader David Shoebridge will say the policy is expected to 'turn the tide' on inequality.

The Justice Department opened a federal criminal investigation into Hutchinson earlier this year, a probe initiated by then-AG Pam Bondi just weeks before she departed the agency.

Flight attendant Destiny Blake from Brooklyn was arrested after she used her flight benefits to scam a senior citizen out of $25,000.

Tennessee congressional candidate Heidi Kuhn has been released from the hospital and is recovering at home after a frightening car crash left her injured and shaken.

Oaklanders have been drawing attention to an irresponsible owner and his two cane corsos that have allegedly been responsible for at least eight dog attacks since late last year.

Philip Walters had a string of bad luck last November, starting with a layoff and then an endless fight for unemployment checks.

In hit 1990s comedy series Seinfeld, George offers Jerry advice on how to beat a lie detector test.

A retail expert has issued a grim warning for David Jones as the retailer confirmed it was reviewing its Australian store portfolio.

The 24-hour industrial action began on Wednesday at airports in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth and Adelaide.

Donald Trump promised a 'golden age of America' when he returned to the White House in January 2025. Days out from the midterms, the mood inside his administration is closer to the Ides of March.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has admitted he was 'not correct' over comments made about the $6million Marrickville Golf Club grant.

A Nepalese Australian has warned that rapid population growth is making it harder for new arrivals to understand the country's identity.

Vana-Reese Schuster-Togiatau, 19, remains in a critical condition after being shot in the face outside Fitzy's in Loganholme, south of Brisbane, on Saturday night.

Two Scots politicians were refused entry to the West Bank because their group failed to cooperate with border guards and gave them false information, it has been claimed.

Baltimore taxpayers are still on the hook for a massive hotel debt after a city-owned Hilton suffered its worst financial year on record, despite charging guests more than ever.

Twins Oren and Alon Alexander, 39, and Tal Alexander, 40, were found guilty of 10 counts of engaging in a years-long conspiracy of rape, sex trafficking, sex abuse and exploitation in March.

Kevin Adkisson was arrested after he flung a six-year-old special-needs child against a wall, police said. 

New York Governor Kathy Hochul and Attorney General Letitia James previously faced criticism for speaking out on an alleged rape at Cornell University during the investigation.

A 58-year-old Tennessee Republican running for a House seat is blaming his 'youthful indiscretions' for sending unsolicited nude photos, with one as recently as five years ago.

A fiery confrontation erupted on the UN General Assembly floor Tuesday as US Ambassador to the United Nations Mike Waltz traded shouts with Cuba's foreign minister.

Eerie surveillance footage of a missing 13-year-old girl has shown her walking with an unknown person at a train station before she vanished without a trace.

Jen, a veteran crew member, was seen petting a great white shark the team had reeled in for its tagging program, which collects data on the sharks' travel patterns.

Shayna Feinman, from Yavapai, vanished in March 2024 when she was walking to a friend's house near Peach Springs and Hyde Park area in Seligman, Arizona.

Jennifer Welch stopped at a Washington DC bookstore to discuss her new book Not Today, Fascists with Acosta, where the pair discuss what they thought was wrong with the country.

James Woods, 17, died by suicide on November 19, 2022, after an online predator convinced the teen track star to share compromising photos of himself before demanding thousands of dollars.

Cricket bag killer William Matheson who strangled his teenage girlfriend with cable ties and stuffed her body into a sports satchel to decompose has allegedly raped a woman over three days at a hotel.

The former Cornell University fraternity member at the center of an alleged gang rape scandal is seeking to escape the lawsuit, but Jane Doe's lawyer is refusing to back down.

Mayoral hopeful Nithya Raman has filed an ethics complaint against a political group after it plastered the city with fake real estate advertisements promising homeless encampments.

Harris's catastrophic run for president in 2024 ended in her receiving some 6 million fewer popular votes than Biden won in 2020, and just 226 electoral college votes to Donald Trump's 312.

Dante Milne, 25, of Wood-Ridge, New Jersey, was arrested in Las Vegas on Saturday after allegedly making  threats while onboard United Flight 1681.

The 46-year-old man was arrested on Tuesday after police identified an individual who'd allegedly falsely claimed that he was injured in the December 14 attack.

It's a known fact that no map is ever 100 per cent accurate with place names occasionally slightly out of kilter.

The London Mayor's long-awaited scheme came into force yesterday, banning cars, buses, taxis and cyclists from almost a kilometre of the capital's busiest shopping street.

Judge Lauren Ogden, who oversees the Jefferson County Family Court, was suspended for 30 days after it was found she violated the Code of Judicial Conduct.

Andy Burnham used an interview yesterday to lean into the idea of returning to open borders with the EU as part of his bid for closer ties.

A motorist who left a cyclist with a brain injury after a road rage attack has avoided a jail term.

The buyout scheme comes just weeks after Paramount's $111 billion takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery closed on October 6.

A grieving mother said her 'daughter has been completely failed' by the criminal justice system after a soldier who killed her in a crash in Dorset was spared prison to save his military career.

Monaco's royal family has been rocked by the mysterious death of Prince Albert's cousin, who was last seen alive staggering from a nightclub. 

Philip Young, a former cabinet member of Swindon borough council, pleaded guilty to almost 50 sex offences against his wife Joanne Young earlier this year.

The Chancellor has been urged to focus on 'work not welfare' when he delivers his Budget. Healey is facing calls not to proceed with increases in benefit payments.

The Colorado man had been taken to HCA HealthONE Aurora on the morning of August 7, 2025, after being found unresponsive and without a pulse near the Cherry Creek Trail in Denver.

Two former FBI officials accused of orchestrating Hunter Biden's laptop 'cover-up' were slapped with new charges filed by President Donald Trump's Justice Department - before a judge stepped in.

The national average price of gas is currently at $4.27 per gallon, per AAA. Diesel sits at $6.35, down from a record high of $6.52 at the end of September.

Joy Behar, 84, returned to The View on Tuesday morning after dislocating her shoulder on set at the beginning of October.

Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds acknowledged cutting import tariffs on such products was 'not everything'.

The early-morning raid took place at the Beverly Hills mansion of billionaire megadonor Stephen Cloobeck, a law enforcement source told the Daily Mail.

Republicans are being forced to fight for seats they have long taken for granted as President Donald Trump's unpopularity threaten to upend the party's midterm election hopes.

Dad-of-two Mohammed Asif Khan, 48, was accused of 'stealing' around £1.1m while working for North of England Coachworks - the north east's biggest vehicle bodyshop.

Some of the most iconic Colorado glaciers are rapidly vanishing as new photos reveal one glacier almost disappeared in just two-years time.

Residents in Hucknall, Nottinghamshire, told of spending 18 months in the shadow of the unfinished ride - with test carts whizzing around the track yards from their homes.

The 19th century American essayist Ralph Waldo Emerson was an early critic of what we now know as virtue signalling.

A BMW was driven deliberately into a group of people in Neustadt am Ruebenberge, leaving four to five of them with injuries ranging from minor to severe.

Jon Stewart, 63, during an episode of his podcast The Weekly Show, was not as optimistic as his producer as she gushed about Republicans being worried heading into the midterms.

Corie Walsh, 40, is facing murder charges for hanging her two-year-old son Barrett in a botched suicide attempt in her home in Frankfort, Illinois on September 1.

Vincent Chan, pictured, worked at Bright Horizons in Finchley for years but was jailed in February for sexually assaulting children in his care.

President Donald Trump signaled that his recognition of next week's midterm election outcomes hinges on whether he deems the voting process legitimate.

Chantelle Crookes claimed to be the only adult occupant at her home so she could fraudulently claim Universal Credit and council tax support from Breckland District Council in Norfolk.

Stephen Sexton is now on trial, accused of strangling Ms Derkacz, 37, to death after subjecting her to 12 months of 'controlling and coercive' behaviour.

A woman who died after being swept out to sea while walking her dog on a coastal path during Storm Boelo has been named locally as Sal Galloway.