8 minutes ago Sarah McBride is in the eye of the storm – and there may be no way out

A vicious bullying campaign from her Republican colleagues-to-be about women’s bathrooms in the Capitol has put America’s first openly transgender member of congress in an impossible position, writes Io Dodds

Events

66 minutes ago ‘Dreamer’ Amorim gives first Manchester United conference, new APT rules voted through: football news – live

News and features as the Premier League returnsListen to Football Weekly | And you can email JohnThis is a great interview with Nottingham Forest’s Ryan Yates by Ben Fisher. Particularly enthralled by this bit:When it’s you and the hotel room, what can you conjure up? I’d buy half a chicken from Tesco, a packet of rice, some spinach – I couldn’t boil broccoli because I just had a kettle – so I would pour a bit of water into the bag of spinach, squeeze it out, so it became wilted spinach. God, those were the days. I remember just thinking: ‘It’s all going to be worth it.’ Continue reading...

Politics

73 minutes ago Premier League club shows different experiences men and women face walking home from matches in powerful video

A Premier League club has shown the different experiences men and women face walking home from matches in a powerful video.

Society

78 minutes ago School suspends sisters for taking part in protest then 'dumps them at wrong farm'

Alice Hatt has been left "fuming" after a teacher at Sir James Smith's School in Camelford, Cornwall, drove her daughters to the wrong address after they were suspended from school

Events

80 minutes ago Loose Women star stops show with huge announcement leaving guest shocked

Loose Women presenter Kaye Adams has teased a "huge announcement" for the ITV show, which will be revealed next week, as the panel wrapped up Friday's episode

Events

80 minutes ago Brother of British lawyer who died after 'drinking toxic shot' in Laos 'mass poisoning' pays heartbreaking tribute to 'brilliant sister'

Simone White, 28, from Orpington, Kent, is among six people who have died in connection with suspected methanol poisoning.

Events

89 minutes ago Five actions Biden can take to protect civil liberties before Trump’s presidency

From confirming judges to closing detention centers, six experts address how the president can limit Trump’s impactIn less than two months, Donald Trump will take office, threatening several areas of American life and international policy. The president-elect has pledged to take aim at LGBTQ+ rights, specifically for transgender and gender-non-conforming people. He has promised to conduct mass deportations and raids as a part of a far-right approach to US immigration. And he is expected to roll back data collection practices on police misconduct and stifle any hope of passing police reform in Congress – specifically the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act.Trump will largely be able to roll out his agenda, outlined in the 900-plus-page Project 2025 document, as Republicans took control ...

Politics

92 minutes ago How millions of US children would be hurt by Trump’s mass deportation plan: ‘Deep harm is intentional’

When Trump executes his sweeping agenda, 4 million children who are US citizens may have their lives upendedDonald Trump confirmed on Monday his intentions to make mass deportations a hallmark of his second term.That such measures would drastically upend the lives of the US’s immigrant communities is widely understood. But sweeping anti-immigrant policies would also be detrimental to American citizens – most notably the nearly 20 million US-born children of immigrant parents. Continue reading...

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2 hours ago Amorim’s first press conference and Premier League vote through new APT rules: football news – live

News and features as the Premier League returnsListen to Football Weekly | And you can mail LukeThis is a great interview with Nottingham Forest’s Ryan Yates by Ben Fisher. Particularly enthralled by this bit:When it’s you and the hotel room, what can you conjure up? I’d buy half a chicken from Tesco, a packet of rice, some spinach – I couldn’t boil broccoli because I just had a kettle – so I would pour a bit of water into the bag of spinach, squeeze it out, so it became wilted spinach. God, those were the days. I remember just thinking: ‘It’s all going to be worth it.’ Continue reading...

Politics

2 hours ago Amazon's Black Friday slashes £30 1kg Lindt Lindor Truffle bag to under £20

The 1kg pouch of Lindt Lindor Milk Truffles is on offer for just £19.69, working out to just £1.97 per 100g - the cheapest price of the major supermarkets

Economics