45 minutes ago Autistic children are shoved into padded rooms, thrown to floor and held by the neck in shocking special school footage

Horrified parents have accused authorities of a 'cover-up' over treatment of pupils in'calming rooms' at Whitefield School in Walthamstow, north-east London.

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50 minutes ago Your Monster review – Melissa Barrera excels in cheery romance with nice

The Scream star shows impressive range in this horror-comedy, where the real peril she faces comes from a much more ordinary manWomen falling for monsters of one sort or another is hardly a new concept, whether it’s Buffy swooning over brooding vampires, Belle getting tingly feelings for the Beast, or Oscar-winning woman and fish-man fable The Shape of Water. It doesn’t always work out very well: witness Geena Davis’s journalist in The Fly, pregnant with a human-insect hybrid, with her erstwhile lover imploring her to carry their baby to term. But at the cheerier end of the spectrum we find this indie horror-comedy starring Melissa Barrera as Laura, a young lady who finds herself unexpectedly enamoured of the hairier part of the dating pool.The monster in question (played with relish by...

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53 minutes ago Pilot who rescued hundreds of animals from disaster areas dies in plane crash

Two dogs on board at the time survived in Seuk Kim’s final rescue mission

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90 minutes ago Sam Heughan and Russell Crowe donate to surgery for Scottish stuntman after horror leg injury

Actors Sam Heughan and Russell Crowe have donated towards a fundraiser to help support a Scots Hollywood stuntman who sustained a horror leg injury.

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3 hours ago Drummer from major UK band rushed to hospital minutes before gig starts

An iconic drummer was rushed to hospital minutes before he was due on stage at Rescue Rooms in Nottingham on Tuesday night. This is a breaking news story...

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3 hours ago Ilkay Gündogan describes Manchester City’s miserable form as ‘inexplicable’

City let slip three-goal lead at home to Feyenoord‘Only ourselves to blame,’ he says of Tuesday’s collapseA baffled Ilkay Gündogan described Manchester City’s form as “inexplicable” after they let a 3-0 lead with 75 minutes gone evaporate into a 3-3 draw against Feyenoord in Tuesday’s Champions League game at the Etihad.An Erling Haaland double and a Gündogan goal had Pep Guardiola’s team in firm control as they looked to end a five-game losing run with a win. But two passing errors from Josko Gvardiol and an ill-judged rush out by Ederson allowed Anis Hadj Moussa, Santiago Giménez and David Hancko to score for the visitors and salvage a draw, the equaliser coming a minute from the end of regulation time. Continue reading...

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3 hours ago AD FEATURE: Scottish estate planning firm reveals how to prevent your home from being lost for care fees

ILAWS Scotland shares what you can do to help protect your financial assets in the future

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4 hours ago Egypt tourist yacht survivor’s first words as five more rescued after boat sinks

A survivor of the Egypt tourist yacht that sank in the Red Sea off Egypt on Monday (26 November) thanked his rescuers in an emotional exchange on Tuesday.

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6 hours ago Egypt tourist boat latest: More survivors rescued as search intensifies for remaining passengers

Two Britons are still unaccounted for after a tourist yacht sank in the Red Sea

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