66 m. ago This was the comment that finally made me realise I needed to cut off my toxic mother. I never saw or spoke to her again... and this is why I applaud Brooklyn Beckham: DANU MORRIGAN

I packed my wedding day memories away with the million other hurts from my parents. But they came back to me this week amid the furore around Brooklyn and Nicola Peltz Beckham's vow renewal.

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69 m. ago Brooklyn and Harry are a pair of wet wipes who lack the gumption to stand up for the families who love them: JAN MOIR

Brooklyn and Nicola aren't speaking to Posh and Becks and made this abundantly clear when they renewed their wedding vows and didn't invite the paternal parents, writes JAN MOIR.

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85 m. ago Eighty years after Victory in the Pacific Day, Ron – now 101 – remembers a slightly lonely celebration

Ron Gee Kee was a naval coder in Darwin when news came on 15 August 1945 that Japan had surrendered to the allies Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastBen Chifley called it a “glorious moment”. On 15 August 1945 half a million people poured on to the streets of Sydney to celebrate the end of six years of war.News spread quickly after Emperor Hirohito announced that Japan had accepted the allies’ demand for unconditional surrender. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago ROBERT HARDMAN: On VJ Day how can we claim 'we will remember them' when the remains of UK war heroes are still in plastic boxes in Malaysia? 

Today's commemoration of Victory in Japan - VJ Day - at the National Memorial Arboretum, attended by the King and the Prime Minister, will be a poignant occasion, of course.

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2 h. ago King Charles and Queen Camilla to honour veterans on 80th anniversary of VJ Day

Royal British Legion will be guests of honour at a service of remembrance at the National Memorial Arboretum

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5 h. ago Judge strikes down key parts of Florida law that led to removal of books from school libraries

A federal judge has struck down key parts of a Florida law that allowed parents to remove books they found objectionable from public school libraries

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6 h. ago VJ Day 80: Remembering the brothers who died as Prisoners of War

Ahead of the 80th anniversary of VJ Day, historian Geoff Pugh has tracked down the graves of every person called Pugh who died in WW2 and WW1 including two brothers who were Japanese Prisoner of War.

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8 h. ago Nearly a third of parents let their kids miss more than a week of school due to anxiety: new survey

In a new survey of more than 1,000 parents across the U.S., nearly a third said their child missed more than a week of school due to mental health reasons

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8 h. ago Judge rules Alex Jones’ Infowars to be sold once again, paving way for The Onion to renew its bid

‘The families are pleased that the court has placed InfoWars parent company into receivership, which will finally lead to accountability for Alex Jones' monstrously cruel harassment,’ an attorney for the Sandy Hook families said about the ruling.

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8 h. ago Hit horror Weapons doesn’t have a deeper meaning but that’s OK | Jesse Hassenger

A frenzied search for answers in the wake of the box office smash has some assuming there’s a weightier allegory but its power is in something simpler and more primalMajor spoilers aheadFor years now, horror fans and critics have grown increasingly and understandably impatient with the tendency of genre films to orient their scares toward a clearly conveyed central metaphor.The real monster in these movies is parenthood, personal trauma or that old horror-movie standby, grief. Writer-director Zach Cregger is no stranger to this line of thinking; his 2022 horror movie Barbarian is very much a spooky-creature-in-the-basement movie for the #MeToo era. Now Cregger has returned with a movie that may well stymie anyone who has been trained by the last decade to search for an easy-to-track allegory within their viscerally depicted fears. His new movie Weapons has received mostly rave reviews and positive audience response. But at least a few critics and fans are pivoting from complaining a...

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8 h. ago Inside Alien: Earth star Sydney Chandler's life from Hollywood parent to cover shoot mishap

Sydney Chandler is the lead in Alien: Earth and her father is a household name

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9 h. ago Second parent shares 'strangling' fears at Scots primary school

The mum, who spoke anonymously to protect her daughter's identity, revealed a series of troubling incidents.

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9 h. ago Parents of girl who died in hospital say she had a ‘life of joy ahead of her’

Ruth Szymankiewicz, 14, should have been under constant watch at Huntercombe Hospital in Berkshire when she was left unsupervised.

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9 h. ago Can't get away this summer? Mafia: The Old Country brings the Sicilian countryside to you, with a side of Michael Corleone

Remember that bit in The Godfather where Al Pacino runs off to Sicily? Now imagine That Bit in a game. Because that's what the latest entry in the Mafia series delivers.

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9 h. ago Expert reveals gifting etiquette for good grades and the best unique buys to treat A

The scores will, undoubtedly, be a cause for celebration for many, as parents of the youngsters now gearing up for university look for the perfect gift to mark the milestone occasion.

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10 h. ago Alien: Earth lead Sydney Chandler has unexpected family connection to beloved Hollywood star

Up-and-coming actress Sydney Chandler leads the critically acclaimed new series Alien: Earth, the latest entry in the long-running sci-fi horror franchise

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10 h. ago Renting has robbed me of precious cat years. So I’ve turned to pet

To ward off becoming a crazy catless lady, I look after other people’s pets while they’re awayWe talk about housing a lot in Australia. Whether you are a homeowner, an aspiring homeowner, a lowly lifelong renter like me or a person who the government is happy to let fall through the cracks, you will hear about it.There’s interest rates, negative gearing and the struggle between development and nimbys who not only want to buy the ladder and pull it up behind them, but also make sure no other ladders are made available in the surrounding areas. Continue reading...

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10 h. ago Parents are 'causing ADHD in their children' with key nutrition mistake, claims top professor

A leading professor has waded into the debate about ADHD being 'caused' by poor diet choices-and shared a totally new perspective.

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11 h. ago Ice deported three US citizen children, including a boy with cancer, to Honduras, suit alleges

Suit filed in Louisiana says agency didn’t give parents choice as to whether children should be deported with themA lawsuit filed in Louisiana on behalf of two mothers and their four minor children, including one with cancer, claims the two families were unlawfully denied due process and deported by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) to Honduras in April 2025.The lawsuit, which names attorney general Pam Bondi, Department of Homeland Security secretary Kristi Noem and various Ice officials as defendants, alleges Ice violated its own policies, and multiple federal laws, when officers secretly detained the families, denied access to counsel and swiftly deported them to Honduras, ignoring legal filings. Continue reading...

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11 h. ago Ice deported boy with cancer and two other US citizen children to Honduras, suit alleges

Suit filed in Louisiana says agency didn’t give parents choice as to whether children should be deported with themA lawsuit filed in Louisiana on behalf of two mothers and their four minor children, including one with cancer, claims the two families were unlawfully denied due process and deported by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) to Honduras in April 2025.The lawsuit, which names the attorney general, Pam Bondi, Department of Homeland Security secretary, Kristi Noem, and various Ice officials as defendants, alleges Ice violated its own policies, and multiple federal laws, when officers secretly detained the families, denied access to counsel and swiftly deported them to Honduras, ignoring legal filings. Continue reading...

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