Some of Britain’s biggest retailers have warned that job cuts and price hikes are ‘inevitable’ after Rachel Reeves’ monster national insurance raid. More than 70 businesses including Tesco, Asda and Sainsbury’s sounded the alarm in an open letter to the Chancellor. Ms Reeves unveiled an extraordinary £25billion hike in employers’ NICs in the Budget last month. The rate has been raised and the threshold at which firms must pay has been cut, with ministers adamant it was the only way to prop up public services.

Rebekah Vardy has taken yet another swipe at Coleen Rooney following her debut on I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! The WAG, 42, has made a series of digs at her rival since it was announced she’d be jetting to Australia to appear on the ITV show, and even took aim at the digs over her Wagatha Christie legal row. In her first I’m A Celebrity column for The Sun, Rebekah was quick to brand Coleen ‘the gift that keeps on giving’ after her canoe capsized during the celebrities’ race to the camp.

Ukraine has carried out its first strike on Russian territory with US-supplied long-range missiles just days after the Biden administration gave Kyiv the green light despite fears it could escalate the conflict beyond control. A fiery explosion at an ammunition depot in Karachev around 75 miles from the Ukrainian border in Russia’s Bryansk region lit up the night sky early this morning on what is the 1,000th day of war in Ukraine. Eyewitnesses along with Russian and Ukrainian military bloggers first reported the attack, with anonymous Ukrainian military officials later telling RBC Ukraine the strike was conducted with the US-manufactured ATACMS (Army Tactical Missile System).

Donald Trump’s MAGA faithful were outraged after it was leaked that Mitch McConnell hatched a plot to stall his Cabinet nominations in the Senate. The backlash began after a now-deleted tweet from New Yorker staff writer Jane Mayer claimed McConnell told colleagues ‘there will be no recess appointments’ for the president-elect’s cabinet members. ‘Message to Trump Team: “There will be no recess appointments” Sen. Mitch McConnell said tonight at a Washington gathering,’ Mayer wrote on X at around 8 pm Sunday.

Eco-tycoon Dale Vince says Tobacco-style health warnings should be put on packets of bacon as the meat increases the risk of people getting cancer. The millionaire Labour donor, 63, appeared to suggest treating the rashers like cigarettes by placing then behind ‘roller shutter doors’. Vince, who is a vegan, said we shouldn’t be putting a picture of a face of a ‘happy pig’ on the packs with the medical science ‘very clear that eating more plants and less animals is better for our health’.

Donald Trump’s MAGA faithful were outraged after it was leaked that Mitch McConnell hatched a plot to stall his Cabinet nominations in the Senate. The backlash began after a now-deleted tweet from New Yorker staff writer Jane Mayer claimed McConnell told colleagues ‘there will be no recess appointments’ for the president-elect’s cabinet members. ‘Message to Trump Team: “There will be no recess appointments” Sen. Mitch McConnell said tonight at a Washington gathering,’ Mayer wrote on X at around 8 pm Sunday.

The voice of England’s ‘most maligned monarch’ has been revealed more than 500 years after his death, thanks to state-of-the-art technology. Richard III was king of England from 1483 until his death at the Battle of Bosworth in 1485, aged 32, where he was succeeded by Henry Tudor. As the last king of the Plantagenet dynasty and the House of York, Richard III’s defeat and death at Bosworth Field marked the end of the Middle Ages in England.

Pamela Anderson looked radiant in a loose-fitting, long black dress at the 2024 Governors Awards on Sunday evening in Los Angeles. The 57-year-old former Baywatch star punctuated her modest outfit with understated, round-toe footwear that was nearly covered by her frock. The mother-of-two, who stars in Gia Coppola’s upcoming drama The Last Showgirl, stuck to her make-up free practice as she bared her glowy, freckled face.

The Met Office has updated a severe weather warning for snow and ice across the UK as the cold weather creeps in, bringing with it temperatures as low as -1C. People living in parts of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland have been told to brace themselves over the next few days, as snow falls, the mercury plummets and conditions become icy. But the Met Office has now warned this could also spread to the south of England.