The central pillar of the government’s economic support measures has been extended to 30 September

It is possible to make getting over your ex a pain-free process 

It is possible to make getting over your ex a pain-free process 

Index of leading UK-listed shares gains 1.2 per cent in morning trading as chancellor prepares to give latest tax and spending speech

The legal limit on contactless payments is to more than double to £100, the chancellor Rishi Sunak will announce in his budget later.

Chancellor Rishi Sunak has sent a clear signal of tax hikes in today’s Budget, telling the cabinet that it would not be “right or responsible” for the government to ignore the fact that borrowing is at “extraordinary” levels.

Queen Elizabeth II wears bright colours for specific reason 

Queen Elizabeth II wears bright colours for specific reason 

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SNP leader denies plot against Alex Salmond – and claims he told her ‘his behaviour was not always appropriate’

This week’s bookcase includes reviews of The Jigsaw Man by Nadine Matheson and The Panic Years by Nell Frizzell.

Competition offered fans several accessories from Louis Vuitton

‘Women’s equality could be pushed back by up to 10 years by the pandemic’

Scotland’s first minister is under intense pressure as she prepares to give her side of the story

What will the announcements tell us about the government’s post-Covid vision, asks Ben Chapman

Singer joked she had got ‘a dose of her own medicine’ after vaccination in Tennessee

The head of the wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant says there’s no need to extend the current target to finish its decommissioning in 30-40 years despite uncertainties about melted fuel inside the plant’s three reactors

Scotland’s first minister is facing calls to quit ahead of her highly-anticipated appearance at the Alex Salmond inquiry, writes Adam Forrest

Isis has claimed responsibility for an attack on Tuesday night that killed three female media workers and wounded a fourth as they were on their way home from work at a TV station in Afghanistan.

Stocks are higher in Asia after a wobbly day on Wall Street, when the S&P 500 gave back most of its gains from a day earlier

 The first batch of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine has arrived in Taiwan

‘Al Capone ultimately went down because they got his accountant’ says author of TrumpNation

Authorities are investigating whether human smuggling was involved when an SUV packed with 25 people slammed into a tractor-trailer in a remote California desert, killing the driver and 12 passengers near the Mexican border

An Israeli-owned cargo ship that was crippled by a mysterious explosion last week has left Dubai’s port and is transiting the Gulf of Oman

A directive from the Catholic church body says the J&J vaccine was produced with abortion-derived cell lines