94 minutes ago Outrageous response of swimming pool after mom reported hairy man in child's bikini using female changing room

The incident happened in July 5 of this year at Commonwealth Place in Saanich, British Columbia, and has since sparked a storm of controversy.

Society

1 hour ago Minister urges domestic abuse victims to get support amid ‘epidemic of violence’ against women and girls

Labour’s minister for victims and violence against women and girls tells The Independent she hopes more victims will be protected by restraining order measures being rolled out

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2 hours ago Ladbroke Grove shooting  second arrest: Man, 32, detained on suspicion of attempted murder after an eight

A second man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after an eight-year-old girl was seriously hurt in a shooting in Southern Row, Ladbroke Grove, West London.

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3 hours ago UN chief says Lebanon ceasefire ‘first ray of hope amid darkness’ in conflict – Middle East crisis live

António Guterres says it is ‘essential’ that signatories of ceasefire ‘respect it in full’Full report: Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire comes into forceDown to the final half-hour before the ceasefire comes into effect and AFP is reporting strikes on south Beirut after the Israel army’s evacuation warning.“Urgent warning to residents of the Beirut area,” army spokesperson Avichay Adraee had earlier said in a post on X, telling people in the Bachoura area in the city centre to leave, as well as “all residents in the southern suburb area”, specifically in Ghobeiry. Continue reading...

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3 hours ago Tenants 'have nothing left to give' as Holyrood rally calls on MSPs to back rent controls

"Tenants are on their knees" say leading union Living Rent as they battle for protection from uncapped landlord charges.

Politics

4 hours ago TikTok launches MAJOR change to protect young people from 'self esteem' issues

The Chinese company announced the changes, set to come into effect in the coming weeks, at a safety forum at its European headquarters in Dublin, Ireland.

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4 hours ago Principal indicted for ‘failing to protect students’ after two teachers arrested for sexual abuse

The indictment, filed in Columbia County Circuit Court, asserts that the principal “did unlawfully and knowingly withhold necessary and adequate physical care from the students of St. Helens High School.”

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7 hours ago US economy ‘motoring along’ with 2.8% expansion in last quarter, but Trump’s trade tariffs ‘threaten economic growth’ – business live

Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial newsTrump’s tariff threat sets stage for bitter global trade warTrump’s tariffs will lead to higher prices in the shops, and weaker currencies for Canada, China and Mexico, explains Holger Schmieding, chief economist at Berenberg Bank.Schmieding saysTaken at face value, such tariffs could raise the level of US consumer prices by c1% within a year if we assume that producers and distributors can pass on roughly 70% of higher import prices to consumers at a time of buoyant domestic demand. However, a depreciation of the Canadian, Mexican and Chinese currencies relative to the US dollar will likely absorb a significant part of that impact, perhaps up to half as a back-of-the envelope guess.Trump’s tariff statement is probably merely the...

Economics

7 hours ago The Lynx effect: Police find dozens of wraps of heroin and coke hidden inside deodorant and WD40 cans

Two men have been arrested on suspicion of drug dealing

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