42 minutes ago 'I'm a male stripper – this is the wildest thing I've ever seen at hen parties'

Nath Wyld, 31, has been working as a male stripper for the best part of 10 years. He recently shared what really goes down when women gather to celebrate their friend's final night of singlehood

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10 hours ago SARAH VINE: Kate's 'very happy' childhood has given her the grounding to withstand the vicissitudes of Royal life. That's why she's perfect to help improve Britain's early years parenting

A new survey by a charity working to improve early-years development has revealed that 24 per cent of parents do not consider toilet training a necessary skill before their child starts primary school.

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85 minutes ago 'My friend faked cancer to con us out of £84k – I'll never donate to a fundraiser again'

Amanda Christine Riley faked her battle with Hodgkin's lymphoma garnering attention and $105,000 (£84k) worth of donations over eight years - her story is now the subject of a new docuseries where victims speak of the betrayal

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57 minutes ago Real Madrid suffer huge injury blow ahead of Manchester City Champions League tie

Manchester City face Real Madrid in the Champions League later this month

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39 minutes ago Gang of rogue pigs terrorises village for months by digging up gardens and causing thousands of pounds in damage after escaping farm

Although they are regularly rounded up and returned, the escapes keep happening - with more members of the intrepid herd breaking out and heading for gardens in Garvestone, Norfolk.

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2 hours ago Netflix to reboot 'iconic' series based on beloved books from decades ago

It's been decades since the original show aired

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10 hours ago Doctors said Trey, 11, just had a stomach bug. Now the schoolboy is in a coma fighting for his life and a heart transplant is his only hope...

It was the type of upsetting yet commonplace problem most parents face from time to time. Early last month, the Taylor family were on their way home from a meal out when Trey, 11, began feeling sick.

Science

32 hours ago Tiny UK airport flying to Spanish island and 5 other destinations in 2025

Originally designed as an RAF base in the Second World War, Humberside Airport has added a popular Spanish island to its offerings this year - along with its regular routes

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44 minutes ago Netflix fans say 'unexpected' new film is 'like John Wick' as they add to watchlist immediately

The new film is an adaptation that has a familiar story

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15 hours ago Milo Ventimiglia and wife announce birth of first child weeks after losing home in LA wildfires

Couple lost two properties as well as everything they owned in the Palisades fire

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1 hour ago Emma Connolly praises £75 sustainable electric toothbrush with '40 day battery'

Emma Louise Connolly has shared the affordable £75 sonic electric toothbrush she’s ‘obsessed with’ thanks to its 40 day battery life and sustainable plant-based brush heads

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5 hours ago Comedy fans uncover ‘forgotten’ noughties BBC show starring Olivia Colman

The 2008 series is based on the memoirs of a famous fashion figure

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82 minutes ago Life after Grange Hill: Tragic deaths, sad cancer diagnosis and unexpected careers

The cast of Grange Hill have had a mixed bag of fates since the show ended, with some facing homelessness and tragic deaths while others have found fame on the big screen

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18 hours ago ITV Emmerdale 'heartbreaking' first look shows April Windsor's harrowing story

Emmerdale viewers will see a special standalone episode on Tuesday evening that recounts the heartbreaking story of April Windsor (Amelia Flanagan) and her life on the streets

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46 minutes ago Lily Collins’ husband Charlie McDowell shuts down ‘hateful’ comments after couple welcome baby through surrogacy

Director suggested that the detractors don’t know ‘why someone might need a surrogate to have a child’

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15 hours ago Strictly Come Dancing Live tour shrugs off controversy in Manchester to plunge fans into life

Strictly Come Dancing Live tour has rolled into Manchester

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2 hours ago 'I won £10k a month for 30 years on National Lottery when I was 21 – here's how it changed my life'

Set for Life winner James Evans, 25, will receive £10,000 in his bank account every month until he is 51 and has shared how the money has changed his life, but still helps family and charities

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13 hours ago Disgraced UFC fighter Bryce Mitchell breaks silence on backlash at calling Hitler 'a good guy'

On his show 'Arkansanity,' Mitchell called Hitler 'a good guy' who wanted to remove 'greedy Jews' from Germany. He also claimed that the Holocaust 'ain't real'.

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86 minutes ago Chocolate recall elevated to highest risk level by FDA due to risk of 'adverse health consequences’

Three products from Cal Yee Farm’s recall last month are now a ‘Class 1’ level

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22 hours ago Jessica Alba's secret past worthy of a Hollywood movie including her on

Jessica Alba 's personal life has been back in the spotlight after she confirmed her split from her husband Cash Warren this month and declared she was 'embarking on a new chapter of growth.'

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81 minutes ago Will Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce get engaged at Super Bowl? A timeline of the couple's relationship as rumors swirl

A full timeline of Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s relationship, as Kansas City Chiefs head to the 2025 Super Bowl

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19 hours ago Inside the idyllic houseboat you can now live in on a Greater Manchester marina

If you're dreaming of a life on the water, this 70 foot narrowboat could be your new home

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2 hours ago Inside Mel B's £2m Yorkshire Dales mansion after she ditches Hollywood Hills

Mel B has fully embraced her new life in the Yorkshire Dales countryside, where she resides in a £2.2million farmhouse with her fiancée and daughters, having ditched Hollywood

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26 hours ago The 10 most unbelievable transfers in Scottish football history as Jefte to Chelsea the latest eyebrow raiser

Some of them actually happened and some of them were links to some of the biggest names in the game we still talk about

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1 hour ago Fighting for justice doesn’t have to be a big dramatic act. It can be small | Rebecca Solnit

But it’s important to not limit our sense of what resistance looks likeAll those lists and instructions and editorials on how to resist authoritarianism and stand up for human rights, the rule of law and climate are good, and I both wholly support them and want to veer off from their recommendations here. Yes, everyone with any capacity to do so should join things, call politicians, support the groups and campaigns protecting the above. But it’s important to not limit our sense of what resistance looks like to these versions of doing something. In addition to these formal, structured ways of defending what you believe in, there are ways of doing so woven into everyday life and our conversations and communications.Each of us needs to stand on principle, loudly, whenever, wherever we can. Used strategically, our voices can do a lot to preserve anti-authoritarian worldviews about facts, science, history, rights, justice and inclusion. In this moment, it matters to just be a person who,...

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24 hours ago Heartbreaking details of Linda Nolan's funeral service: From tribute to husband Brian to poignant song

Linda passed away on 15th January, aged 65 at Blackpool Victoria Hospital from double pneumonia , where she entered into end-of-life care and then into a coma.

Culture

99 minutes ago Kensington Palace will ‘stop releasing details of Kate’s outfits’ in new ‘substance over style’ focus

Palace wants to place emphasis on Kate’s charity work rather than her clothing choices

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24 hours ago Nico Raskin names the Rangers Europa League rival he wants as star reveals secret club trick to inspire heroes

The midfielder has emerged as a real key player under compatriot Philippe Clement at Ibrox

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3 hours ago UK interest rate cut a ‘sure bet’ amid faltering economic growth, say experts

The Bank of England’s top economists will meet on February 6 when forecasters predict they will cut the base interest rate to 4.5%.

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28 hours ago Coronation Street fans' minds blown after hearing Daisy star's real voice for first time

Charlotte Jordan has played Daisy Midgeley on ITV's Coronation Street since 2020, but fans were left 'gobsmacked' after hearing the actress' real voice for the first time

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1 hour ago Jack Harper tells his remarkable story from Real Madrid pow wows with Ronaldo and Bale to a brutal health battle

Harper - who was born and raised in Spain but speaks with a Scottish accent - was in the La Fabrica youth academy between 2009 and 2015

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2 hours ago Lucy Letby's legal team to present 'new medical evidence casting doubt on guilt'

Lucy Letby's medical team have cast doubt on the disgraced nurse's convictions as she continues to serve 15 life sentences for the murders of seven babies and the attempted murders of eight more

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27 hours ago Lee Mack’s life off screen from very private family life with childhood sweetheart to giving up alcohol

Lee presents the gameshow The 1% Club which airs on Saturday evenings.

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4 hours ago Lucy Letby convictions questioned again as doctor slams prosecution's 'interpretation' of his work

Experts have case more doubt on the convictions of Lucy Letby, currently serving 15 life sentences for the murders of seven babies and the attempted murders of eight more

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1 hour ago Fresh questions in Lucy Letby case cast over baby killer as doctor raises doubts

Lucy Letby is currently serving 15 life sentences for the murders of seven babies and the attempted murders of eight more. But experts have cast more doubt.

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2 hours ago Inside The Apprentice star Margaret Mountford's life from BBC exit to 'cat faeces' illness and unexpected new career

The Apprentice star Lord Sugar’s right-hand woman may now be Baroness Karren Brady but in the show’s early days, it used to be no nonsense Margaret Mountford

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13 hours ago DWP urged to increase vital benefit to £400 a week as 1.4million people affected

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) could be set for a major update this year as campaigners fight for a new benefit for carers to be introduced and for rates to increase

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3 hours ago Ballerina Lauren Cuthbertson: ‘There’s a saying that dancers die twice, the first time when they stop dancing’

The Royal Ballet principal on her late career debut, taking her daughters to work, and playing goodies and baddiesBorn in Devon in 1984, Lauren Cuthbertson joined the Royal Ballet School aged 11 and the Royal Ballet in 2002, becoming a principal six years later. She has danced leading roles in all the great classical ballets including Swan Lake and The Sleeping Beauty, has performed in works by Kenneth MacMillan and Frederick Ashton, and created many new ballets, particularly those by Christopher Wheeldon, who cast her as Alice in his three-act Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, and as Hermione in The Winter’s Tale. She has recently become principal guest artist at the Royal Ballet and is taking a teaching diploma. She lives in west London with her boyfriend and their two daughters, aged four and two.You’re about to make your debut as Tatiana in John Cranko’s Onegin, based on Pushkin’s classic verse-novel. How are you feeling?It’s a funny sensation making such a significant debut so ...

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16 hours ago Gladiators star under fire for 'promoting brand accused of deceptively marketing body

Bionic, real name Matty Campbell, 29, has been advertising the US brand Ghost on his Instagram account.

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4 hours ago Freak hammock horror leaves woman quadriplegic but what boyfriend did shocked her

University student, Erin Field's life changed forever when she sat on a hammock that had been attached to a chimney, which crashed down onto her causing catastrophic injuries

Events

4 hours ago BBC EastEnders star Natalie Cassidy reveals real reason she quit soap after 32 years

EastEnders star Natalie Cassidy has revealed the real reason why she quit the BBC soap

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18 hours ago 'My coercive ex drove my kids out of my home and then conned me out of £40,000'

Posing as an ex-US Marine, Lisa Lailey's ex James Starr set about pursuing a toxic and abusive relationship that turned her life into a living hell

Economics

5 hours ago Call the Midwife and EastEnders star's life from bank robbery to hypothermia on set

Cliff Parisi has been a familiar face on TV screens for decades, but actors fame was far from easy after he was jailed for bank robbery as a teenager

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4 hours ago The AI business model is built on hype. That’s the real reason the tech bros fear DeepSeek | Kenan Malik

While privacy fears are justified, the main beef Silicon Valley has is that China’s chatbot is democratising the technologyNo, it was not a “Sputnik moment”. The launch last month of DeepSeek R1, the Chinese generative AI or chatbot, created mayhem in the tech world, with stocks plummeting and much chatter about the US losing its supremacy in AI technology. Yet, for all the disruption, the Sputnik analogy reveals less about DeepSeek than about American neuroses.The original Sputnik moment came on 4 October 1957 when the Soviet Union shocked the world by launching Sputnik 1, the first time humanity had sent a satellite into orbit. It was, to anachronistically borrow a phrase from a later and even more momentous landmark, “one giant leap for mankind”, in Neil Armstrong’s historic words as he took a “small step” on to the surface of the moon. Continue reading...

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19 hours ago We're selling our wonderful £21 million family castle after 700 years and 28 generations

Many can identify with the immense relief that accompanies downsizing later in life.

Economics

5 hours ago Inside Call the Midwife star Cliff Parisi's life from prison stint to EastEnders exit

Cliff Parisi is much-loved for his role in Call the Midwife

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4 hours ago Miss Austen cast: who are BBC actors and where have you seen them before

Miss Austen’s cast has been confirmed for the BBC drama 📺

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21 hours ago Support letter for RFK Jr’s confirmation includes signatures of doctors with suspended or revoked licenses

Meant to lend credibility to his nomination to head HHS, the letter is signed by some doctors disciplined for not following Covid guidelinesA letter submitted to the US Senate that states it was sent by physicians in support of Robert F Kennedy Jr’s nomination as secretary of health and human services includes the names of doctors who have had their licenses revoked or suspended, or who have faced other disciplinary actions, the Associated Press has found.The letter was meant to lend credibility to Kennedy’s nomination, which has faced strenuous opposition from medical experts due to his two decades of anti-vaccine activism. Republican senator Bill Cassidy of Louisiana, a medical doctor who boasts on his official website of an effort he created to vaccinate 36,000 children against hepatitis B, expressed hesitancy about Kennedy’s nomination and is seen as a key vote. Continue reading...

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6 hours ago We’re closing the loopholes that allow paedophiles to use AI to sexually abuse children | Peter Kyle

Technology has changed how predators operate. Now a raft of new offences will stop those who create heinous content escaping punishment Technology moves fast. Legislation can be slow. For decades, that has felt like a fundamental fact of public life. But the gap between our laws and the world they are supposed to govern feels wider than ever. While the internet has transformed every element of our society, the state has not kept up.Most of the laws that prohibit the creation and distribution of child sexual abuse imagery have been in place since the 1990s. Back then, Photoshop was in its infancy. The physical photographs that paedophiles shared were no less vile, but they were easier for the police to seize and destroy.Peter Kyle is secretary of state for science, innovation and technology Continue reading...

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4 hours ago Miss Austen on BBC One review: this Jane Austen origin story is slow as treacle

This split-timeline examination of the Austen sisters’ lives fails to get the pulse racing

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23 hours ago Katie Price slams weight loss claims and admits 'real reason' for transformation

Reality star Katie Price has faced accusations about her her dramatic weight loss but the former glamour model has now hit back at concerns over her changed appearance

Economics

8 hours ago Scots 'beastie House' paedos could take part in probe to stop sadistic abuse happening again

Members of the vile paedophile gang could be asked to take part in a learning review to identify how the crimes were missed by authorities.

Events

4 hours ago Man United vs Crystal Palace Premier League clash predicted as Amorim targets fourth win in a row

Manchester United face Crystal Palace in the Premier League later today, so we simulated the clash to see what could happen

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25 hours ago Alcohol prices go up TODAY as swingeing new tax rises come into effect

Consumers are being warned to expect the substantial price increase as a new system to tax wines and spirits based on strength is to be introduced.

Economics

10 hours ago Pilots and doctor killed in fiery Philadelphia plane crash identified as tragic details emerge

The seven people who died in Friday night's fiery plane crash in Northeast Philadelphia have been identified, with the young girl who was being transported back to Tijuana after receiving "life-saving care" at a Philadelphia hospital among the victims

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5 hours ago Angry Canadian hockey fans boo US national anthem at NHL game after Donald Trump slapped tariffs on them

Boos were heard throughout the rendition that was sang by the Ottawa-based singer Mandia at a sold out arena with nearly 20,000 spectators.

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26 hours ago ‘Dark and dingy’ or ‘a real loss’? Shoppers react to possible loss of WH Smith

Stevenage is one of 500 UK towns where threatened closures will affect local retailers and the publishing tradeWH Smith sale could turn high street into ‘book desert’, authors sayJust two shop floor staff are on duty and shoppers are mostly serving themselves at shouty automated tills in WH Smith’s Stevenage branch, where there are boxes of goods on the floor, some empty shelves and missing signage.Set in a faded shopping centre that was cutting-edge when it heralded Great Britain’s first new town in 1965 but is now gap-toothed with empty stores, WH Smith in Stevenage is a clear example of what is at stake for 500 communities across Britain whose local store is now at risk. Continue reading...

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10 hours ago PETER HITCHENS: If the police have nothing to hide on Letby briefing, why not tell me what happened?

Cheshire Police have just splatted themselves in the face with a large custard pie. One part of their large bureaucracy foolishly denied something to me before Christmas.

Events

5 hours ago 'Blind football changed my life and could change a lot of other people's'

Charity Bloomsbury Football has been working with figures from England's blind and partially-sighted football set-up to help a new generation of football fans get into the game

Politics

27 hours ago Alcohol prices go up TODAY with 54p on a bottle of wine and 32p on gin as swingeing new tax rises come into effect

Consumers are being warned to expect the substantial price increase as a new system to tax wines and spirits based on strength is to be introduced.

Economics

11 hours ago Serial killer Jeremy Bamber, 64, 'makes bid for his life sentence to be overturned' as White House Farm murderer hopes 'new evidence' will 'prove his innocence'

Bamber (pictured) is serving a whole-life tariff for killing his parents Nevill and June, both 61, his adoptive sister Sheila Caffell, 28, and her twins Daniel and Nicholas, six.

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5 hours ago Does Labour really think Trump is a better bet than the EU? | William Keegan

Rachel Reeves is all for growth; her party and the country needs it. But still we hear nothing about the most obvious solution In 1935, Sinclair Lewis wrote a satirical book, It Can’t Happen Here, about a lying demagogue, Buzz Windrip, who rises to power and transforms the American scene for the worse within months.There were fears of parallels with the plot of the book when Trump first became president. This time, the fears are far more serious, as Trump’s barrage of executive orders challenges the constitutional checks and balances designed by the founding fathers to inhibit the autocratic desires of a future wrong’un becoming president. Continue reading...

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27 hours ago Katie Price blasts concern over weight loss and shares 'real reason' behind new look

Former glamour model Katie Price has hit back at the trolls who have slammed her recent weight loss and explained the reason behind her new look

Economics

13 hours ago ALEXANDRA SHULMAN'S NOTEBOOK: Watch out, Gwynnie! A boomerang's set to hit you

ALEXANDRA SHULMAN'S NOTEBOOK: What better way to deal with the empty-nest stage of life than to do as Gwyneth Paltrow has done, and move house?

Events

5 hours ago 'Sleep divorcing my husband was the best thing ever for our marriage and sex life'

Modern day couples are setting tradition aside in favour of their wellbeing, as they ditch sleeping in the same bed as the partner and instead have separate bedrooms

Politics

27 hours ago Inside the city spending £406m a year on crime: How Bradford's poorest streets have been taken over by drug dealing, violence and sex workers

The brutal truth of life on the streets of a crime-ridden city was revealed as locals told of a grim reality where drug dealers run amok and police pass 'every minute'.

Economics

14 hours ago Killer Bamber hopes new photo evidence will lead to release 40 years after conviction

Jeremy Bambe was caged for life in 1986 after being found guilty of the cold-blooded slaughter of his adoptive parents, his sister and her six-year-old twin boys.

Events

5 hours ago Pregnant teenage wife dissolved in bath of acid by jealous and controlling husband

Arnima Hayat had ambitions of becoming a surgeon, but while at medical school in Austrlia, she met the man who would cut her life short before dissolving her body in a bath of acid

Politics

29 hours ago We tried to spend £20 in Chinatown between two people and this is what happened

There was still some value to be found in the popular neighbourhood

Economics

15 hours ago Terrified Lottie Moss shares her five haunting fears on Netflix jungle show with Holly

Lottie Moss, the half-sister of fashion icon Kate Moss, has admitted she is a scaredy cat and has a raft of phobias as the new series Celebrity Bear Hunt, based in the Costa Rican jungle is due to come out

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5 hours ago BBC Radio 1 presenter's hilarious Yorkshire pudding after losing tin and 'improvising'

BBC Radio 1 presenter Natalie O'Leary shared a video on TikTok of her attempt at making Yorkshire puddings after she lost the tin she would normally bake them in

Politics

35 hours ago ANDREW NEIL: Will we EVER escape the malevolent shadow of Covid? It wrecked Britain's work ethic, added a trillion to our national debt, crippled the NHS

It was five years ago this week that the first folk on British soil - two Chinese nationals staying in a York hotel, as it happens - tested positive for coronavirus.

Economics

15 hours ago Headmaster banned from teaching for life publishes memoir after 'allegations'

Jonathan Ullmer's new book, called Jumping Out of the Window, was put up for sale online by Waterstones despite him being struck off in 2019 and banned from teaching for life

Events

6 hours ago UK scientist wins prize for invention that could help avert ‘phosphogeddon’

Phosphate, key to food production, is choking waterways, but a new sponge-like material returns it to the soil for cropsIt is one of the least appreciated substances on the planet and its misuse is now threatening to unleash environmental mayhem. Phosphorus is a key component of fertilisers that have become vital in providing food for the world. But at the same time, the spread of these phosphorus compounds – known as phosphates – into rivers, lakes and streams is spreading algal blooms that are killing fish stocks and marine life on a huge scale.It is a striking mismatch that is now being tackled by a project of remarkable simplicity. The company Rookwood Operations, based in Wells, Somerset, has launched a product that enables phosphates to be extracted from problem areas and then reused on farmland. Continue reading...

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16 hours ago Neymar heads home from £322m Saudi calamity still a prisoner of his potential | Jonathan Wilson

Brazilian’s injury-blighted career highlights iniquities of the game, from inflated expectations to curse of celebrity excessNever go back, but sometimes going back is all that remains. Just 18 months after he joined Al-Hilal, Neymar and the Saudi club have agreed to terminate his contract, allowing him to return to Brazil and rejoin Santos. Al-Hilal paid £77m to sign Neymar from Paris Saint-Germain on a salary of £2.5m a week. He will be paid 85% of that for the remainder of this season, meaning he cost the club £322m for seven appearances, three assists and one goal. Like so much of Neymar’s career, it all seems such a dreadful waste.His is a story almost designed to highlight the iniquities of the modern game, from the impossible pressures placed on young players to the curse of celebrity and financial excess. Neymar’s great misfortune was to emerge just after Lionel Messi. Argentina had seemingly found a second Diego Maradona, so Brazil needed a second Pelé. When, in June 2011, ...

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