32 minutes ago 'Disgraceful' data shows children among those waiting years in temporary housing

The data shows one child in Edinburgh has been waiting seven years for a permanent house, while an adult in the capital has waited nearly eight years.

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61 minutes ago Greater Manchester Police slammed for 'stopping children going to Christmas market' and 'herding them onto trains home like cattle' after dozens of officers face kids down in railway station standoff

Videos shared on social media show dozens of uniformed police officers escorting the teenagers through the train station in Manchester on Saturday afternoon.

Society

1 hour ago Watch the moment Alan Shearer makes his pitch to replace Gary Lineker as Match of the Day host with cheeky eight

Alan Shearer made a cheeky pitch to show off his credentials as a potential replacement for BBC Match of the Day host Gary Lineker on Saturday night.

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1 hour ago From Here To The Great Unknown by Lisa Marie Presley and Riley Keough: Was Elvis's only child doomed from the start?

The heartbreaking and insightful memoir from Elvis's only Child, Lisa Marie, written with her daughter, Riley Keough.

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6 hours ago Nudists to get their baubles out as UK village pub hosts naked Christmas dinner

Regulars of the Mill Arms in Dunbridge may catch an eye full if they step into the wrong room during British Naturism's Christmas lunch that costs £45 for non-members

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6 hours ago Phillip Hughes: depth of loss even 10 years on speaks to the cricketer he was | Jonathan Horn

The young batter’s death stirred the public in ways we’d never before seen and remains a reminder that sport is ultimately a shared experienceThat day, that week, that helpless, hopeless fortnight comes at you 10 years later in a blur of images – the bowler cradling Phillip Hughes’ head, the teammate removing his pads, the orderly assembly of cricket bats on front porches, the detached explanation of the neurosurgeon, the mourners fanning themselves in the high school gymnasium.It was a basal subarachnoid haemorrhage – a sick fluke. We’re largely inured to such tragedies now but occasionally they get in your marrow. A child is struck by a car crashing into a playground. A family is blown to bits by a missile. A young girl is murdered and dumped in a tip. A cricketer is killed at the cre...

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7 hours ago Strictly's Nick Knowles uses DIY skills to turn home with model fiance Katie into a Christmas wonderland

DIY SOS star Nick Knowles has readied his house for the Christmas season, despite still wearing a knee and arm brace following his time on Strictly Come Dancing

Events

7 hours ago Revealed: Home Office ‘completely lost grip’ at notorious Manston asylum centre

Court documents contain admissions by officials that they were unable to control the situation at the Kent facility where 18,000 asylum seekers were illegally detainedRacial abuse, physical assaults and no beds: life at Manston migrant centreHome Office officials have admitted that “we completely lost our grip” on the situation at a notorious asylum processing centre that led to 18,000 people being unlawfully detained in horrific conditions.Overcrowding at Manston, a former RAF base in Kent, in autumn 2022 led to an outbreak of diphtheria and scabies. Asylum seekers who had crossed the Channel in small boats were forced to sleep on filthy floors or on flattened cardboard boxes, while toilets were overflowing with faeces. Women and children were forced to sleep close to unrelated men and...

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7 hours ago Three kids vanished in Utah. Two years later they were found in a desert town and two relatives were arrested

Their father is suspected of having “orchestrated the disappearance and subsequent hiding” of the kids — with the help of members of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, police say

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