51 minutes ago Jill Biden says she’s ‘disappointed’ in Nancy Pelosi abandoning president as Democratic nominee

Pelosi and other senior Democratic leaders abandoned Biden’s presidential campaign after the first presidential debate

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3 hours ago Uproar as adult child porn suspect is released into custody of his parents

‘Given the serious nature of these charges, which involve the safety and well-being of children, we find this decision troubling and concerning’

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11 hours ago Shona Robison suggests Scottish child payment may have reached peak to incentivise work

Shona Robison has suggested further increases to the Scottish child payment could put off people seeking work.

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2 hours ago Mum found dead in bathroom by son one day after getting surgery to make her bum bigger

Adriana Soares Lima Laurentino, a 46-year-old mother from Brazil, attended a private clinic for a buttock augmentation procedure less than 24 hours before tragically dying at home

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21 hours ago Karen Gillan shares photo of baby daughter Clementine showing little girl has same red hair as her star mum

Karen Gillan's baby girl has taken after her mother, with photos showing the tot has inherited a similar colour of hair to Gillan.

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27 hours ago Kate returns to London cancer center where she was treated to offer gratitude to medical teams

Kate returns to London cancer center where she was treated to offer gratitude to medical teams  The Santa Rosa Press Democrat

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4 hours ago A twist of Lime: Timothée Chalamet rode a rental bike on to the red carpet. But how long had he been in the saddle?

The actor’s choice of transportation to the premiere of A Complete Unknown give him a fresh everyman spin. Yet there was a distinct lack of puddle to his trousersLast night, at the London premiere of A Complete Unknown, Timothée Chalamet defied convention by turning up on a Lime bike. He rode the bike on to the red carpet, ended the ride on his phone and then carried on with the rest of the premiere as if nothing had happened. What a man.You can tell a lot about someone by the way in which they arrive at their own film premiere. The default is to arrive in a limo, looking beautiful with someone of equal beauty in tow, as a demonstration of status. Sometimes a star will bring their mother as a date – as Henry Cavill did to the premiere of The Witcher a few years ago – when they want to project an image of cosy, relatable approachability. Then there are those who will lean into the premiere as an opportunity to redefine their own personal brand, as Ryan Gosling did when he turned up t...

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54 minutes ago Colorado Democrat launches lawsuit against Lyft over alleged sexual assault

‘When I tried to get out, he pushed me back down into the car. He touched me inappropriately and went on to sexually assault me’, said Democrat Rep. Jenny Willford

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4 hours ago Arsenal fans spot 'illegal' move in Liverpool goal and moan 'I thought we were cheaters'

Arsenal fans were left fuming after Liverpool snatched what could be a vital point in the title race against in-form Nottingham Forest with what has been described as an 'illegal' tactic

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12 hours ago Angelina Jolie's son Knox towers over her on grocery store trip after her $80million Brad Pitt divorce victory

The 16-year-old, whose father is Brad Pitt , was a good head taller than his mother while shopping at Lazy Acres with Jolie and his sister Vivienne Jolie.

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2 hours ago ‘There’s terrible darkness in my son’: Jimmy Savile’s mother’s confession to priest shown in BBC’s The Reckoning

Jimmy Savile’s mother said she feared her son had “terrible darkness” in him as she made a confession to a priest.

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27 hours ago BBC Strictly Come Dancing fans celebrate as Jowita Przystal makes 'reunited' statement with Pete Wicks 

Fans of the BBC One dance contest watched the pair make it all the way to the semi-final of the hit dance show

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59 minutes ago Confirmation hearings live updates: Pam Bondi evades questions on Trump loyalty as protesters interrupt Marco Rubio

President-elect’s picks for attorney general and secretary of state, Pam Bondi and Marco Rubio, among those facing senators on Wednesday

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9 hours ago Our stepmum, 84, is in a £2k per week nursing home... can we rent her vacant property to put towards the bill?

We want to let out my mother's house to pay for care costs, will this affect Principle Private Residence Relief?

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19 hours ago Jellycat fever strikes Britain! Our ultimate guide to the £20 soft toys you can buy and flip for more than £2,500

Jellycat is no longer just a brand of soft toy your child likes to snuggle but a shrewd investment that can sell for thousands of pounds.

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3 hours ago Tommy Fury hits back at 'b*******' cheating claims in bombshell chat as he fumes 'no one asked if I was ok'

Tommy Fury has furiously denied claims he was unfaithful in a bombshell interview and claims Molly-Mae Hague knows he didn't cheat on her.

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1 hour ago Confirmation hearings live updates: Attorney general pick Pam Bondi to be quizzed over Trump election denial claims

President-elect’s picks for attorney general and secretary of state, Pam Bondi and Marco Rubio, among those facing senators on Wednesday

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12 hours ago Parental mental health biggest cause of child protection referrals in England

Public service cuts and ‘stark impact of poverty’ are causing worse outcomes for children, according to surveyPoor parental mental health has overtaken domestic violence as the most commonly reported factor in social worker assessments into whether a child is at risk of serious harm or neglect, according to new research.Growing rates of mental illness – in both parents and children – were an increasingly important driver of child safeguarding interventions in England, the latest comprehensive survey of children’s social care pressures found.In the UK and Ireland, Samaritans can be contacted on freephone 116 123, or email jo@samaritans.org or jo@samaritans.ie. In the US, you can call or text the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline on 988, chat on 988lifeline.org, or text HOME to 741741 to connect with a crisis counselor. In Australia, the crisis support service Lifeline is 13 11 14. Other international helplines can be found at befrienders.org Continue reading...

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32 hours ago Pregnant Michelle Keegan cleverly hides blossoming baby bump in first photoshoot release since announcement

The actress announced just after Christmas that she and her husband Mark Wright were expecting their first child together

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3 hours ago Tommy Fury says 'it kills me' as he finally admits real reason for Molly

Tommy Fury has said he 'couldn't be the partner he wanted to be' for Molly-Mae Hague in a new interview detailing their split, saying 'cheating was never a thing'

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1 hour ago Watch live: Donald Trump’s secretary of state pick Marco Rubio grilled in confirmation hearing

Watch live as Donald Trump’s pick to be the next US secretary of state, Marco Rubio, is questioned in a Senate confirmation hearing on Wednesday, 15 January.

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20 hours ago Adopted Black children to testify against white parents accused of treating them as ‘slaves’, trial told

Donald Lantz and Jeanne Whitefeather are on trial for human trafficking, child abuse and forced child labor

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33 hours ago Private investigator reveals how husband was caught cheating after she took one look at his supermarket rewards account

Prviate investigator, Cassie, based in both Queensland and New South Wales, was hired to help unearth an unlikely trail of betrayal - shared on a video posted to TikTok on 8 January.

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3 hours ago Kristi Noem’s Senate confirmation hearing mysteriously postponed over issues with the FBI

Paperwork blamed for two-day delay to South Dakota Governor’s job interview with Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee

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1 hour ago The learning difficulty Holly Willoughby shares with Jamie Oliver as celebrity chef launches new documentary

Oliver, 49, discovered he had dyslexia, which causes issues with reading, writing and spelling, as a child.

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22 hours ago Patrick Mahomes watched the playoffs while awaiting his child's birth. Now, he's ready to play

Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes spent Sunday watching some wild-card playoff games while waiting for his wife, Brittany, to give birth to their third child

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4 hours ago They put me in the same room as new mothers... I was bleeding so heavily I had to wear a nappy. They gave me no support: Love Island's Sharon Gaffka opens up on the horror of her miscarriage

Whenever Sharon Gaffka sees a mother pushing her baby in a pram or a toddler playing in the park, she starts to think of her own child - who would be celebrating their third birthday this summer.

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4 hours ago Maura Higgins reveals 'promise' she stuck to on I'm A Celebrity as Pete Wicks addresses support in 'different' relationship

Her most recent reality venture saw her head Down Under and join 11 other famous faces in the I'm A Celeb jungle

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23 hours ago Pete Hegseth dodges questions on invading Greenland and drinking on the job in tense confirmation hearing – live

Trump pick for defense secretary also questioned on affairs and women in the military; protesters interrupt opening remarksDonald Trump will come in to power with a “trifecta” of governmental control after his Republican party won the House of Representatives, the Senate and the presidency in the 2024 US election. It will give Trump significant power to enact his agenda on the economy, immigration and other major issues.House Democrats are said to be prioritising taking control of Congress in 2026 over everything else, with Axios reporting that the House Democrats’ two largest ideological factions – the Progressive Caucus and the centre-left New Democrat Coalition – are trying to smooth over any disagreements ahead of Trump returning to the White House on 20 January. The two factions contain roughly 100 House Democrats. Who was to blame for the loss in the presidential election and the Biden administration’s policy towards Israel during its war on Gaza are among the topics of disagr...

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5 hours ago Teenager, 18, is charged with murder after mother, 44, shot outside wake

Tahjin Sommersal, 18, has been charged with the murder of Michelle Sadio, 44, following a fatal shooting in Brent on 14 December.

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5 hours ago Trump’s attorney general pick to face scrutiny on first day of Senate hearing

Pam Bondi, first female Florida attorney general and Trump loyalist, will answer if she can resist White House pressurePam Bondi, Donald Trump’s nominee for attorney general, is expected to face scrutiny on Wednesday during the first day of her confirmation hearing about her ability to resist the White House from exerting political pressure on the justice department.The hearing, before the Senate judiciary committee, comes at a crunch time for the department, which has faced unrelenting criticism from Trump after its prosecutors charged him in two federal criminal cases and is about to see Trump’s personal lawyers in those cases take over key leadership positions. Continue reading...

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25 hours ago The Latest: Pete Hegseth delivers opening remarks in his defense secretary confirmation hearing

Donald Trump’s cabinet picks are beginning their nomination process this week, starting with Trump’s choice for defense secretary, Pete Hegseth

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5 hours ago Cause of death of Irish backpacker found dead in Koh Tao 'Death Island' hotel is revealed as his heartbroken mother pays tribute

Robby Kinlan, 21, from Quilty in Co. Clare, died on the Thai island of Koh Tao last week. His body was discovered in his bed with his phone in his hand and his earphones on

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6 hours ago Woman's grief as Evri loses precious package containing her dog's ashes

A mother-of-two has seen the grief of her dog's passing compounded by a delivery company losing his ashes and collar. Courier service Evri now say the ashes are 'unaccounted for'.

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29 hours ago New Year, new start. Could online schooling be right for your child? How to decide what’s best for your family

Discover how online schooling works and why, for a growing number of families, it’s the best learning solution

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5 hours ago Boy, 2, dies after ‘medical episode’ at nursery as police launch investigation

Child died after incident at Early Learners Day Nursery

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6 hours ago Trump’s cabinet hopefuls set for Senate grillings as Newsom urges him to visit LA: Live

President-elect’s picks for attorney general and secretary of state, Pam Bondi and Marco Rubio, among those facing senators on Wednesday

Politics

33 hours ago Kirsty Gallacher defends herself after letting child play on frozen lake during family walk

Presenter stepped in after angering fans with her social media post

Society

6 hours ago Big oil pushed to kill bill that would have made them pay for wildfire disasters

Legislation has new life in wake of Los Angeles catastrophe but US fossil-fuel industry is already mobilizing against itIn the year preceding the devastating Los Angeles county wildfires, big oil fiercely lobbied to kill a “polluter pay” bill that moved through the California senate and would have forced major fossil fuel companies to help cover the costs of climate disasters.Fossil-fuel industry lobbying in California spiked to record levels during the 2023-24 legislative session, and the polluter pay bill was among the most targeted pieces of legislation, a Guardian review of state lobby filings found. Continue reading...

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6 hours ago Mark Cavendish recalls moment 'zombie knife' was held to his throat in front of child

Cycling great Mark Cavendish has opened up on the horrifying robbery which saw him threatened with a knife in front of his wife and child, leaving him mentally scarred

Politics

6 hours ago BBC Strictly Come Dancing's Pete Wicks felt like 'national hate figure' over public abuse before loss left him 'alone'

The reality star and podcast host has opened up in a raw and emotional interview about his life

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6 hours ago The learning disability Holly Willoughby shares with Jamie Oliver as celebrity chef launches new documentary

Oliver, 49, discovered he had dyslexia, which causes issues with reading, writing and spelling, as a child.

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8 hours ago Lisa Marie Presley's twin daughters, 16, share emotional tributes to honor late mother two years after death

Over the weekend, the 16-year-old twin sisters took to Instagram to share throwback photos with their late mother on the two-year anniversary of her tragic death.

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6 hours ago McIlroy fears Tom McKibbin signing up to LIV ‘will not be worth the sacrifice’

Northern Irish player set to move to Saudi-backed circuit‘If I were in his position I wouldn’t make that decision’Rory McIlroy has expressed disappointment over the imminent move to LIV Golf of Tom McKibbin, his fellow Northern Irishman and player he has mentored. “I don’t think it’s worth the sacrifice,” said McIlroy of the 22-year-old’s upcoming switch.McIlroy has been close to McKibbin since the latter burst on to the scene as an exciting child talent. Last November, McKibbin’s rise continued with the securing of a PGA Tour card for 2025. However, it appears McKibbin will not take up that membership; having been targeted by Jon Rahm’s LIV team, he is set to move to the Saudi Arabian-backed circuit for a reported $5m plus further annual guarantees. The figures are dwarfed by those given to some others to swap traditional tours for LIV. Continue reading...

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8 hours ago Cause of death of Irish backpacker found dead in Koh Tao 'death Island' hotel is revealed as his heartbroken mother pays tribute

Robby Kinlan, 21, from Quilty in Co. Clare, died on the Thai island of Koh Tao last week. His body was discovered in his bed with his phone in his hand and his earphones on

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7 hours ago Paedophiles could face death penalty in US under new bills set out by Trump ally

Trump is said to have given his backing to a new set of bills tabled by Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, which would see the death sentence or life imprisonment for those charged with child sexual abuse

Politics

12 hours ago Halt illegal imports of conflict minerals from DRC, campaigners urge EU

Law to stop armed groups profiting from trade in gold, tin, tungsten and tantalum is being breached, rights groups sayThe European Union has been urged to clamp down on illegal imports of conflict minerals from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) after evidence was found that current regulations had been breached.The advocacy group Global Witness (GW) said there remained a “high risk” of the EU’s mineral imports being used to fund militias and state repression in several countries. Continue reading...

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7 hours ago Heroic 999 caller praised for quick thinking over 'pizza delivery' distress call

A 999 caller was able to quickly establish if a mother was in danger using coded messages about pizzas

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16 hours ago Kiena Dawes was 'failed' after her 'monstrous' partner was cleared of manslaughter over her suicide, victims of domestic violence say

EXCLUSIVE: Women across the UK impacted by domestic violence shared Kiena's mother's disappointment at the outcome of the trial and three bravely spoke about their experiences.

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7 hours ago Pam Bondi and Marco Rubio set for Senate grilling as Newsom issues call for Trump to visit LA: Live

President-elect’s picks for attorney general and secretary of state among those facing senators on Wednesday

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17 hours ago Nutritionists reveal what your child's portion size should really be – you might be shocked

The British Nutrition Foundation has published guidance on how much food children should eat at mealtimes and the findings may surprise you as 7% of parents always or often make their children eat everything on their plate

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9 hours ago Coronation Street's Lucy Fallon seen for first time since daughter's birth as co

The actress confirmed she has welcomed her second child with her partner, footballer Ryan Ledson

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19 hours ago Fox News anchor wonders what defense sec ‘doesn’t have a bottle of bourbon’ in their office after Hegseth hearing

‘If you go to Churchill's War Rooms in London, you can buy a bottle of the scotch that he used to drink while he was looking after the war,’ Fox News anchor John Roberts declared

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9 hours ago Question on ASEAN stumped Hegseth at Senate hearing. What is it and why is it important?

In a heated Senate confirmation hearing for Pete Hegseth, Sen. Tammy Duckworth grilled the proposed defense secretary over the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, asking him if he could name one member and how many countries were in the bloc

Politics

21 hours ago Jessica Brown Findlay reveals she suffered four tragic miscarriages as she reflects on her three

The Downton Abbey star, 35, is a proud mother to twin sons, whom she welcomed via IVF with her husband, Ziggy Heath, in November 2022

Events

9 hours ago Pete Hegseth’s fiery confirmation hearing ends with GOP signaling approval: Live updates

President-elect’s controversial pick for secretary of defense faced tough questions about his past from senators as he made case to lead Pentagon

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21 hours ago Lucy Letby 'probe': Deaths of at least two more babies are being investigated by detectives as part of police inquiry into serial child killer

The former neo-natal nurse was convicted of murdering seven babies at the Countess of Chester Hospital during a 13-month killing spree, between June 2015 and June 2016.

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9 hours ago ‘Life is short, art is long’: the couple who poured their grief into collecting child portraits

After their daughter died aged 19, Yannick and Ben Jakober began amassing 165 paintings of children at their Mallorca museum - many with similarly tragic family stories attachedWhen Yannick and Ben Jakober’s daughter died aged 19, they poured their grief into art. The couple transformed their small set of portraits of children into the Nins, a one-of-its-kind collection. Numbering 165 paintings of children from the 16th to the 19th centuries, it includes works by old masters such as Ottavio Leoni, Frans Pourbus the Younger and François Quesnel, commissioned to capture the offspring of European royalty and the aristocracy in their most vulnerable years. Many did not live to adulthood.When I meet the Jakobers, it’s towards the end of Mallorca’s holiday season. The taxi taking me to the north-east of the island passes a large black and white billboard advertising their museum (“Life is short. Art is long”), before turning on to a single-track road heading into the hills. Continue readi...

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21 hours ago ‘I’m not perfect’: Hegseth testifies on sexual assault and drinking claims

Trump Pentagon pick grilled by Democrats at Senate confirmation hearing amid concerns of his personal historyUS politics live – latest updatesPete Hegseth, Donald Trump’s controversial pick for US secretary of defense, defended his record in a contentious Senate confirmation hearing on Tuesday, acknowledging he was “not a perfect person” as Democratic lawmakers grilled the military veteran and Fox News host on allegations of sexual assault, excessive alcohol use and financial mismanagement.Hegseth can only afford to lose the votes of three Senate Republicans, assuming every Democratic senator opposes his nomination, and a number of members have voiced concerns about Hegseth’s personal history and his views on women in the military. Continue reading...

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