5 years ago £10k bought 4,484 Tesco shares. How many would it buy today?

Image source: Getty Images Tesco (LSE: TSCO) shares have had a brilliant run. They’re up 36% over the last 12 months and an eye-popping 119% over five years. That’s despite a host of challenges, including the Ukraine energy shock, cost-of-living crisis, employer’s tax hikes, supermarket price wars, and the conflict…

Natalie Portman’s ‘New Life’ With Her Boyfriend Amid Third Pregnancy

Natalie Portman’s ‘New Life’ With Her Boyfriend Amid Third Pregnancy Earlier this month, Natalie Portman excitedly confirmed that she is expecting a baby with her partner, musician Tanguy Destable. “Tanguy and I are very excited…I’m just very grateful,” Natalie, 44, told Harper’s Bazaar in an interview published on April 17.…

US ‘drawing up list of Iranian military leaders to wipe out – including IRGC commander – if ceasefire fails’

The US is preparing a range of military options that could target senior Iranian figures, including the commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps if the current ceasefire collapses. According to sources familiar with the discussions, American defence officials are drawing up contingency plans focused on Iran’s military presence in…

Vercel says some of its customers’ data was stolen prior to its recent hack

App and website hosting giant Vercel on Thursday said hackers had accessed some of its customers’ data before the company discovered its recent data breach, suggesting that this incident may have broader security implications than initially known. In an update on its security incident page, Vercel said it had identified…

Ted Cruz pushes back on NASA budget cuts: ‘I don’t want to wake up one day and look up at the moon and realize the Chinese have beat us there’

HOUSTON — The Trump administration’s latest budget proposal once again calls for steep cuts to NASA, and has set up a familiar clash with Congress over how the space agency should be funded. The White House released its fiscal year (FY) 2027 federal budget request on April 3 — just…

Michael Saylor says BTC winter is over. Market analyst disagrees, says bitcoin was in a pullback

Michael Saylor, executive chairman of Strategy (MSTR), the largest publicly traded holder of bitcoin BTC$77,520.23, said Thursday on X that the crypto winter is over as bitcoin held above $78,000, a price level first reached early on April 22, according to CoinDesk data. In a Game of Thrones-style image, dressed…

Classic ’90s Movies Screenshot Trivia Quiz

Classic ’90s Movies Screenshot Trivia Quiz From heartwarming family movies like Free Willy, to the most gangster of gangster films like New Jack City, ’90s cinema absolutely had it all. Are you able to ID these ’90s classics with an image from the first 5 minutes? Give it a go!…

Starmer’s ex-chief aide Morgan McSweeney denies trying to ‘bully’ Foreign Office into waving through Mandelson’s appointment

By JAMES TAPSFIELD, UK POLITICAL EDITOR Published: 10:47 BST, 24 April 2026 | Updated: 10:55 BST, 24 April 2026 Keir Starmer’s former chief of staff has denied trying to bully civil servants into waving through Peter Mandelson’s appointment as US ambassador. The foreign affairs committee heard claims earlier this week that…

Why a team of robots beating the World Cup winners may be closer than you think: RIATH AL-SAMARRAI

Before the record came a face plant. The scene can be found easily on YouTube and traces to last Friday, when a minor miscalculation by a runner led to an involuntary amputation ahead of Sunday’s Beijing half marathon. We don’t know the name of the runner in the red bandana.…