Good morning. You’re reading the Up First newsletter. Subscribe here to get it delivered to your inbox, and listen to the Up First podcast for all the news you need to start your day. Today’s top stories Over 1,400 Newsportu/PBS News/Marist poll respondents graded President Trump on how he has handled his first 100 days in office. Nearly half […]
The great Liverpool team of the 1980s shared a motivational quote that was trotted out every time they won a trophy, especially on the rare occasions when they didn’t: “First is first, and second is nowhere.” Mikel Arteta might want to pin it to the wall of the Arsenal changing room to ensure his side […]
Some Marks & Spencer stores have been left with empty food shelves as the retailer continues to struggle with a cyber attack affecting its operations. Over the Easter weekend, customers reported problems using contactless pay and Click & Collect, and online orders have been paused on the company’s website and app since Friday. It is […]
After a five-year reprieve, the Trump administration will restart forced collections on federal student loans in default, which could include garnishing a portion of borrowers’ paychecks. With collections in place, the last piece of the student loan machinery has been turned back on, officially ending pandemic-era relief, which began when President Trump paused federal student […]
On April 1, the Trump administration’s effort to slash government funding arrived in Morgantown, W.Va., where federal scientists spent their days studying health and safety threats to American workers. That morning, hundreds of employees at the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health were notified that they were being terminated and would lose access to […]
The Trump administration has dismissed the hundreds of scientists and experts who had been compiling the federal government’s flagship report on how global warming is affecting the country. The move puts the future of the report, which is required by Congress and is known as the National Climate Assessment, into serious jeopardy, experts said. Since […]
Apr 29, 2025, 02:54 AM ET Jürgen Klopp has congratulated Liverpool and his successor Arne Slot after they won the Premier League title this season. Slot’s side beat Tottenham Hotspur 5-1 at Anfield on Sunday to clinch their 20th top-flight crown with the Dutch manager winning the biggest trophy in English football in his first […]
Ben King Business reporter Getty Images Doug Barrowman pictured with his wife Michelle Mone One of Prince Andrew’s prized business assets was administered for two years by a company controlled by the controversial millionaire Doug Barrowman, the BBC can reveal. After the prince’s disastrous Newsnight interview in 2019, legal ownership of his Dragon’s Den-style start-up […]
Male health workers should be allowed to perform breast screening examinations to help relieve staff shortages, say experts. X-rays called mammograms are offered to women between the age of 50 and 71 every three years to check for signs of cancer, but can currently only be performed by female staff. The Society of Radiographers (SoR) […]
Tom Edwards Reporter, BBC Hereford & Worcester BBC Independent councillor Milly Boylan said the centre had been “inundated” with worried people over benefits changes Staff at a centre which supports vulnerable people say they are seeing an increasing numbers of people come to them who are worried about large changes to the benefits system. In […]