Here’s a guide to the most charming British slang terms that have entered the chat in America. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/12/uk-british-terms-america-most-usedBonkersWhen “crazy” or “mad” just don’t cut it, the British slang term bonkers is a safe bet. Influenced by British usage, bonkers has become the fastest-growing British slang words in the U.S., thanks in large part to Gen Z, who are known for speaking in hyperbole. Originally a word for a slaughterhouse, shambles evolved into British slang for total disorder or chaos. GobsmackedA quintessentially British word that became popular in the 1980s, gobsmacked describes being completely astonished: so shocked you’re left speechless.

The scale of victory of the Green party’s Hannah Spencer in Gorton and Denton changes everything. When I visited, I met lifelong Labour voters – many of them older working-class white people regarded as prime Reform recruits – defecting to the Greens. 1:59 Hannah Spencer's victory speech after Gorton and Denton byelection – videoLabour feared a Green victory would be existential. From my conversations, there is no question that Gaza is one element in the Greens’ victory. The Reform party called the result “dangerous Muslim sectarianism”, with Nigel Farage taking from the Donald Trump playbook by claiming that the election was stolen.

Bedrooms for Sale and Buddy Mortgages Reveal Europe’s Housing CrunchEurope’s Housing Crunch: New Ways to Buy, Share, and InvestMADRID/LONDON, Feb 27(Reuters) - A Spanish startup is selling bedrooms in flats shared with strangers, a British developer offers mortgages for friends willing to buy together, while stakes in rental properties help some tenants cover their housing costs. Such unconventional arrangements highlight the lengths some young Europeans are ready to go to cope with a housing crisis that has hit them the hardest. Banks in Britain, France, Germany and Italy are also reviving low or zero-deposit mortgages that vanished after the 2008 financial crisis. "All these housing solutions serve to show how people are getting poorer." (Reporting by Corina Pons in Madrid and Iain Withers in London; editing by Charlie Devereux and Tomasz Janowski)

The press wait outside the Chappaqua Performing Arts Center in New York on Thursday for Hillary Clinton, who was testifying before House lawmakers. Hillary Clinton rebuked a congressional committee investigating her supposed links to Jeffrey Epstein on Thursday, accusing its Republican members of embarking on a “fishing expedition” intended to “distract attention from President Trump’s actions”. The bills, nonetheless, underscore the determination by Democratic state lawmakers in New Jersey, California, Maryland and Washington state, to undermine Trump’s hardline immigration policy. The One Big Beautiful Bill Act, approved by the Republicans along party lines in Congress, allocated nearly $30bn to hire and train new ICE agents. The World Economic Forum president and chief executive, Børge Brende , has quit after criticism of his connections to Jeffrey Epstein.

Nothing sets the tone for a wedding quite like the venue and fortunately there’s no shortage of spectacular locations across the UK. The palace is a favourite with celebrities — Sylvester Stallone married Jennifer Flavin here in 1997, and the weddings are always gloriously lavish. One wedding featured the bride arriving by horse-drawn carriage and walking down an aisle lit by hundreds of flickering candles. Belvoir CastleTish Weinstock, a contributing editor at Vogue, had a Halloween-themed wedding here in 2022, when she married the stylist Tom Guinness. The venue has various packages to choose from, which take care of all the details for your wedding from the catering to the flowers.

Slough council’s budget will need to be reconsidered after councillors voted against a financial plan that aims to have the authority ‘stand on its own two feet’ by 2028/29. A Slough full council meeting yesterday (Thursday), heard that the 2026/27 budget was a ‘budget of reform’, helping the authority ‘stand on its own two feet’ by the end of the medium-term financial strategy to 2028/29. But councillors ultimately voted against the budget, with the financial plans due to be reconsidered on Thursday next week. For 2026/27, the council plans to borrow £42.9million of EFS and £22.4million in 2027/28. The budget report includes savings of £15.45million for 2026/27, expected to grow to £37million by 2028/29.

He comes from a National Hunt background, he’d have been jumping and riding horses since he’d been able to walk. He’d be hardier than a lot of the jockeys you would come across from the Flat. “Everything, touch wood, has gone well ever since so I think he’s a horse who should handle himself. He handled the soft ground at Leopardstown, I don’t really care what the ground’s like as long as it doesn’t dry up too much. He’s not a huge, big horse either, but he’s light-framed and I think for that reason, the ground shouldn’t be a factor.”

UK set to approve Leonardo helicopter contract worth up to £1bnContract award and UK defence investment contextReeves set to intervene to secure helicopter manufacturingLONDON/ROME, Feb 27 (Reuters) - Britain's finance minister Rachel Reeves is set to award a contract to Italian defence company Leonardo to build a new fleet of military helicopters, a Treasury source said on Friday. Without a new contract, Leonardo had said it could shut Britain's last military helicopter manufacturing site, in Yeovil, southwest England, threatening the jobs of the 3,000 people who work there. Defence investment plan delays and budget pressureThe government has previously said it needed to finalise its defence investment plan before it could award the helicopter contract. As well as the 3,000 jobs on site, a further 9,000 jobs in the supply chain are supported by the factory. Currency conversion and credits($1 = 0.7422 pounds)(Reporting by Sarah Young and Sam Tabahriti in London and Giulia Segreti in Rome; Editing by Kevin Liffey)

Following months of tit-for-tat clashes, Afghan forces attacked Pakistani border troops on Thursday night in what the Taliban government said was retaliation for earlier deadly airstrikes. Afghanistan’s defence ministry said that 55 Pakistani soldiers had been killed in the border clashes on Thursday, with some bodies taken into Afghanistan, including several “captured alive”. Afghanistan said its military launched its attack across the border into Pakistan late on Thursday in retaliation for deadly Pakistani airstrikes on Afghan border areas on Sunday. Pakistan and Afghanistan share a 2,611km-long border known as the Durand Line, which Afghanistan has not formally recognised. Tension has been high between the two neighbours for months, with deadly border clashes in October killing dozens of soldiers, civilians and suspected militants.

The wave of attacks came after Afghan forces attacked Pakistani border troops on Thursday night following earlier airstrikes by Islamabad. On Thursday at about 8pm, Afghanistan launched a cross-border attack on Pakistan, saying it was in retaliation for deadly Pakistani airstrikes on Afghan border areas on Sunday. Pakistan has also frequently accused neighbouring India of backing the outlawed Baloch Liberation Army and the Pakistani Taliban, allegations New Delhi denies. Photograph: Abdul Khaliq Achakzai/ReutersThe volatile districts of Bajaur and Kurram bordering Afghanistan were worst affected by Afghan Taliban firings and mortar shells. Pakistan and Afghanistan share a 1,640 mile (2,611km) border known as the Durand Line, which Afghanistan has not formally recognised.

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Islamabad accuses Afghanistan of harbouring Pakistan Taliban (TTP) militants who launch attacks against Pakistan from the border. Islamabad accuses Afghanistan of harbouring Pakistan Taliban (TTP) militants who launch attacks against Pakistan from the border. Although it is internationally recognised as Pakistan’s western border, Afghanistan does not accept it as a legitimate boundary. A war has been ongoing for about twenty years between Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and the Pakistani army. Islamabad accuses Afghanistan of harbouring Pakistan Taliban (TTP) militants who launch attacks against Pakistan from the border.

Donald Trump says he has not made a final decision on whether to launch strikes on Iran but is “not happy” with the situation and military force – including regime change – remains an option. Trump told reporters he favoured diplomacy but repeated his insistence that Iran could not possess a nuclear weapon. The US has assembled two carrier strike groups ready to attack if Trump decides Iran is not serious about ending its nuclear activities. Iran is braced for a possible military strike in the dispute over its nuclear programme. Vance is reputedly the senior member of the administration most opposed to military interventions and Albusaidi’s task is to try to convince him that a swift military strike will not change Iran’s basic negotiating stance.

All the times Donald Trump and Kristi Noem have defended each other for 10 yearsKristi Noem and Donald Trump's endorsement of each other's political careers started back in 2016, and endured multiple scandals on both sides. Donald Trump and Kristi Noem's mutual support over the yearsOne of the most controversial faces of today's politics, Kristi Noem has walked a career trajectory that has been closely intertwined with Donald Trump's - from early congressional support to her current cabinet post in his second administration. ‌Kristi Noem trots out husband in rare appearance as affair rumors swirl READ MORE :Kristi Noem eyes up new job to avoid impeachment with only weeks to secure it READ MORE :Noem launched her own electoral campaign in 2018, when she ran for governor of South Dakota. ‌Her support also included grand gestures: Governor Noem hosted Donald Trump for a high-profile Independence Day celebration at Mount Rushmore. View 3 Images Kristi Noem and Donald Trump have been allies for years (Image: AFP via Getty Images)With the 2020 election of Joe Biden - and Donald Trump's accusations of fraud against electoral institutions - Noem expressed her Republican support once again.

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