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The Korean brand’s all-electric pick-up drives like a car and is great value, especially with low running costs

A University of Nottingham course explores Tolkien's role in British myth-making, urging students to 'decolonise' fantasy rather than cancel it.

Science and technology select committee says complacency over social media content puts public at risk

The FTSE 100 index closed down 81.52 points, or 0.9%, at 9,354.57.

The Mercury prize almost always produces surprises – among them, Gomez not The Verve in 1998, and English Teacher not Charlie XCX in 2024 – but perhaps the biggest surprise is that the prize has survived for so many years. That it has been won this year by Sam Fender…

In the early days of the pandemic, “solidarity” became a buzzword. As COVID-19 appeared to directly threaten us all, the UK celebrated its key workers who were keeping the country running.

The alleged Chinese spying affair currently troubling the UK government after the collapse of a trial is markedly different from previous espionage scandals. That is because it is centred not on the actions of suspected spies, but on the behaviour of the government. How did this come to happen?

With 600,000 people attending, Hull Fair is the UK’s biggest – and has a thrilling but overlooked musical subculture. We follow the blaring soundsystems to meet the DJs and MCs facing off in waltzer battles

Former cabinet secretary seen as favourite despite running risk of angering No 10 with China spy trial comments