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Here’s what I wish I’d prepped during my 24-hour blackout

Last month, the Government published advice encouraging households to “take small, simple steps to stay prepared in an emergency” that could “affect services like power, water, and the internet”. This emergency could be…

What Labour insiders really thought of Russell Brand’s notorious Ed Miliband interview

It showed the then Labour leader, Ed Miliband , getting into a car outside a house in Shoreditch, east London. What made the picture headline news was the owner of the property: one Russell Brand . Once the photo had…

After 13 years working in TV, I know this doesn’t end with Russell Brand

Everyone had received the same breaking news notification: “ Russell Brand convicted of rape and three counts of sexual assault.” I checked my phone, saw The i Paper’s notification and squealed myself. It was collective…

What’s the point? Ten years after the Paris treaty, are climate talks getting anywhere?

Ahead of the 2025 climate summit, in the Amazonian port of Belém last year, the Brazilian hosts had taken off the table the issue that most had assumed would be at its heart: concrete plans from each country laying out…

‘My thought was always: he will be killed next’: Sonia Gandhi on marrying into an Indian political dynasty and her husband’s assassination

"Oh, I don't know that I would say it's an extraordinary story," she says, shifting uncomfortably. It's hard to reconcile this modest characterisation with the course her life has taken over the last 79 years. Born to a…

Stephen Fry ‘not looking where he was going’ before stage fall, companies say

Read our privacy notice . Sir Stephen Fry was “not looking where he was going” when he fell off the stage at the O2 Arena , companies defending against his legal claim at the High Court have said. The actor and…

Skepta: 'I'm what it looks like if you give an immigrant child a chance'

"Finally," Skepta promises BBC Newsbeat, "some good rap music, some good UK grime sounds." The Fork and Knife has been a long time in the making. Seven years on from his last album, Ignorance Is Bliss, and more than two…

Ousted Paraguay president under house arrest after banking crisis leaves 60% of country unable to access accounts

The move froze the accounts of 2.9 million people, about 60% of the country's adult population, who were customers of the bank – Ueno - and who overnight could no longer use their own money even for basic purchases such…

'My mortgage is going up £200 a month': How rising interest rates are hitting people's pockets

Experts say there could be more hikes over the next 18 months, as the conflict continues to push up food, fuel and energy prices across the UK and worldwide. Higher interest rates affect borrowing costs, however, which…

Gladiator II stuntman sues over injuries from on-set explosion

Sarsfield is suing August Street Films, whose defence said it admits liability for the accident, but has not made an admission about the alleged injuries or agreed to the requested £200,000 damages. Gladiator II…