60 m. ago Parents of two girls killed in Wimbledon school crash ‘still waiting for answers’

Nuria Sajjad and Selena Lau, both aged 8, died after being hit by a four-by-four that crashed into the Study Prep school in Wimbledon

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73 m. ago The 7/7 bombings: How London’s darkest day unfolded, minute by minute

As that nation remembers the tragic events of 7/7 20 years ago, here’s an account of how London’s day of terror unfolded

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1 hour ago Bond girl, 70, who starred on hit '70s sitcom is unrecognizable in rare LA sighting... can you guess who?

One of her best-known film roles was in 1989's gritty James Bond flick Licence To Kill, from the Timothy Dalton era.

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5 h. ago 7/7 detective remembers scene that was 'worse than finding bodies in the tube tunnel'

Met Detective Constable Mark Denman carried out forensic recovery and examination work, including recovering bodies of victims, at the site of the bomb blast at Edgware Road station, where six of the 52 victims of the London bombings lost their lives

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7 h. ago Woman who can remember every single day of her life and recite every word of all SEVEN Harry Potter books reveals the 'awful' downside of her ability

Rebecca Sharrock, from Brisbane, Australia, told The Guardian that her exceptional ability to recall events, caused by highly superior autobiographical memory (HSAM), has 'awful' downsides.

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10 h. ago GP urges public to make one urgent change right now to ward off dementia in your 60s

Last year, a landmark study suggested almost half of dementia could be prevented by tackling 14 lifestyle factors, but Dr Amir Khan says this is one of the most important.

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10 h. ago Crystal Palace in dark over European place and stuck in Textor’s tangled web | Ed Aarons

The American could next move for Sheffield Wednesday or Watford while Palace wait to see if dealings fall favourablyA champion skateboarder in his youth, John Textor has never been averse to risk. The American businessman even warrants a mention in Craig Snyder’s book A Secret History of the Ollie as “one of the few who beat eight-time world champion Rodney Mullen in freestyle competitions during the turn of the 70s”, but a serious head injury put an end to his competitive career.Textor surprisingly turned his attention to football club ownership in 2021 when he bought a stake in Crystal Palace after making his fortune in digital technology and the next week could prove decisive for his latest venture. Continue reading...

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11 h. ago The radical 1960s schools experiment that created a whole new alphabet – and left thousands of children unable to spell

Decades ago, a generation of UK schoolchildren unwittingly took part in an initiative aimed at boosting reading skills – with lasting consequencesThroughout my life, my mum has always been a big reader. She was in three or four book clubs at the same time. She’d devour whatever texts my siblings and I were studying in school, handwrite notes for our lunchboxes and write in her diary every night. Our fridge door was a revolving display of word-of-the-day flashcards. Despite this, she also was and remains, by some margin, the worst speller I have met.By the time I was in primary school, she was already asking me to proofread her work emails, often littered with mistakes that were glaringly obvious to me even at such a young age. It used to baffle me – how could this person, who races through multiple books a week and can quote Shakespeare faultlessly, possibly think “me” is spelt with two Es? Continue reading...

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12 h. ago Bodies of two school girls discovered as 27 children still missing after Texas floods

Blair Harber, 13, and Brooke Harber, 11, were among those killed in the flooding in Kerr County, Texas.

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13 h. ago As if graduating weren’t daunting enough, now students like me face a jobs market devastated by AI | Connor Myers

With big accountancy and finance firms turning to tech rather than graduates, even those with ‘useful’ degrees find their prospects diminishedConnor Myers is a student at the University of Exeter and an intern on the Guardian’s positive action schemeSeptember is the beginning of many young people’s lives, as cars speed along motorways transporting 18- and 19-year-olds to their new university accommodations. I remember my own journey down to Exeter in 2022, the first stage in what I hoped would be an experience to set me up for the rest of my life. Little did I know that this was the calm before the storm, before anyone had heard of ChatGPT, or imagined the chaos that generative AI was about to cause for new graduates.Fast forward to 2025, and some of the young people I began this journey with have realised that they’ve spent the last three years training for graduate jobs that don’t exist. Many firms are now slashing their number of new hires. Big accountancy firms have cut back on ...

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14 h. ago 'Devastating and powerful' bullying film with perfect Rotten Tomatoes score now streaming in the UK

The movie was released in 2021 and follows the story of a brother and sister try and fight off bullies while at school.

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16 h. ago 9 things you'll almost certainly remember if you went to school in the 60s or 70s

If you’re a child of the 60s or 70s, your schooldays were probably very different to those of youngsters today.

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22 h. ago Why thousands of women diagnosed with ADHD could really be suffering from iron deficiency

For as long as Josie Heath-Smith can remember, she has suffered from brain fog, fatigue and an inability to concentrate.

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28 h. ago Fears primary teacher exposed to asbestos while pinning kids' art to walls

Marlene Broad, who worked at the same school for 40 years, died in January last year after being diagnosed with mesothelioma.

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28 h. ago Julian McMahon remembered as 'magic' by Charmed star Alyssa Milano in heartbreaking tribute

Julian McMahon, who played Cole Turner in Charmed, has been remembered by his former co-star Alyssa Milano, who referred to him as 'forever Cole' in her heartbreaking tribute

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29 h. ago Wimbledon diary: Arthur Ashe remembered and Kasatkina’s earring causes problems

British and Irish sporting stars crammed into the Royal Box on day six at the Championships.

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30 h. ago Sick perv teacher who pulled girls pants down and 'gave her a lolly' before abuse jailed

Trent James May, from South Australia, has been jailed after abusing three young girls while working in a primary school with his jail sentence was backdated to March 14

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31 h. ago Parents race to buy 'robust' back to school shoes made to 'last the year' in summer sale

They are made from robust, high-quality matte leather and are completed with flat cotton laces

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32 h. ago Black Sabbath and Ozzy Osbourne’s final gig – follow it live!

The Birmingham band are back together for one last concert at Villa Park, entitled Back to the Beginning – joined by the cream of heavy metal. Follow every song hereYou’ll be thinking: show me photos of all these starry metal shenanigans! I’m really sorry but Live Nation have told me there won’t be any photos available until the end of the gig, and the livestream doesn’t allow screengrabs. Use the power of your mind, I guess.There are a notable number of empty seats there, but remember this was all going on two hours ago which is quite an early start for a massive stadium show. “Stadium really pretty full from the beginning – testament to the depth of the line up,” Michael says. “Maiden a fortnight ago had a higher proportion of battle jackets though.” Continue reading...

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32 h. ago Shanklea Primary School chaos as huge blaze rips through classrooms with black smoke filling sky

A shocking fire ripped through a primary school in Cramlington, Northumberland, this afternoon, sending plumes of thick black smoke into the sky

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