52 minutes ago Horror as girl, 10, is left pregnant after 'stepfather raped her while her mother was at work' in Majorca

The disturbing revelation was made when the child started suffering from a tummy ache, which prompted her mother to take her to the Son Llatzer hospital in the island's capital Palma

Events

81 minutes ago The Elements of Marie Curie by Dava Sobel review – lessons in chemistry

An artful account of a scientific genius and her female disciples leaves Marie Curie’s inner life an enigmaTo write a biography of a figure as well known as Marie Curie and still offer something fresh or surprising is no easy undertaking. The double Nobel prizewinner is, as author Dava Sobel acknowledges, the only female scientist most people can name. She has inspired more biopics and biographies than I can count, including those written by her two daughters. Parents of young children will have encountered her story in almost every one of the worthy children’s anthologies that adorn school bookshelves: she features in Goodnight Stories for Rebel Girls, She Persisted Around the World and Little People, Big Dreams.To help shed new light on such an iconic figure, Sobel, a bestselling writ...

Politics

87 minutes ago Boyzone's Mikey Graham pays tribute to Liam Payne and urges record companies to 'have psychologists' because 'fame can be very damaging' 

Mikey Graham took to X to offer his condolences after the One Direction star fell to his death from the third floor of a room in the Casa Sur Palmero Hotel in Buenos Aries yesterday.

Politics

91 minutes ago North Lanarkshire Council leader Jim Logue and Scottish and UK governments mark decade of Glasgow City Region City Deal

Signed in 2014, the deal provides £500 million each from the UK and Scottish governments for a range of infrastructure, employability and innovation projects with the eight local councils contributing a further £130 million.

Politics

1 hour ago Sadiq Khan and TfL vow to get tough with drivers evading ULEZ penalty charges by using bailiffs to chase non

TfL says a 'cohort of people' are refusing to pay penalty charge notices, which has resulted in 'significant' outstanding debt amounting to more than £370million.

Politics

1 hour ago Luke Littler told to contact Phil Taylor as darts icon who gave dating advice speaks out

Luke Littler has been urged to reach out to Phil Taylor by a darts legend, with the teenage sensation struggling for form on the oche in recent months

Politics

1 hour ago Inside the £2.2m mansion that has sparked a political backlash against Australia’s PM

Anthony Albanese bought luxury property just as his government was preparing to roll out an affordable housing plan to address country’s housing crisis

Economics

1 hour ago ITV Good Morning Britain suffers technical blunder as Richard Madeley forced to step in

Richard Madeley and co-star Kate Garraway returned to our TV screens on Thursday morning and the show faced major technical issues

Politics

1 hour ago Liam Payne 999 call: Listen to panicked Buenos Aires hotel worker requesting 'urgent' help before star plunged to his death from third floor balcony

Chilling details of the panicked call in Buenos Aires emerged today after the former One Direction star fell from the third floor into the courtyard of the Casa Sur Hotel in Argentina.

Society

1 hour ago Aquarium visitors complain after highly unusual quirk with ‘whale shark’ spotted

Xiaomeisha Sea World says Chinese law does not allow keeping real whale shark

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