1 hour ago Keir Starmer bows to pressure to launch new grooming gangs investigation

New probe and statutory public inquiry will be a means to get ‘truth and justice’, home secretary saysKeir Starmer has launched a sweeping national operation to investigate grooming gangs and a statutory inquiry into institutional failure, marking a significant reversal after months of pressure on Labour to act.The National Crime Agency (NCA), the UK’s top investigative body, has been tasked with leading a coordinated national push to reopen historic group-based child sexual abuse cases and identify offenders who slipped through the cracks of previous police efforts. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago Messi drink launch affirms Spanish as new lingua franca at Club World Cup | Barney Ronay

Argentina superstar steals limelight again at tournament where South America is saying ‘no mas’ to European hegemonyJavier Zanetti looked suitably awed as he read aloud from the label of a Limon Lime Mas by Messi drink, up on stage at the Chase Stadium VIP reception suite, dressed entirely in silky black tailoring, and looking like an elite hired assassin on his way to the opera, albeit one whose speciality is downing his victims in an ice bucket of the Future Of Hydration.To be fair, Zanetti didn’t have many options when it came to striking a tone. A few moments earlier he’d been introduced by a marketing manager who spoke about Lionel Messi’s new energy drink in tones of high-performance evangelism, gazing with doe-eyed wonder at the small plastic bottle in his hand and predicting that the “official hydration partner of the Argentine FA” (water: you’re out) would go on not just to make you less thirsty or become a popular choice in petrol stations, but to “inspire generations”. He...

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4 h. ago Starmer facing challenge to intervene on assisted dying vote after more than 50 Labour MPs demand Commons delay

Exclusive: The dramatic late intervention comes in a letter to Leader of the House Lucy Powell from Labour MPs warning that there has not been sufficient scrutiny of a bill which will ‘fundamentally change’ healthcare

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7 h. ago 'Desperate' Pep Guardiola under huge pressure to win title as Liverpool challenge emerges

Manchester City went without a trophy last season as Pep Guardiola's side were hit by injuries and a run of inconsistent form but the Etihad boss will want to put things right this season

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7 h. ago Watch: Reeves defends Keir Starmer’s delay on grooming gangs inquiry

The Chancellor made the comments on Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg

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9 h. ago JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon gives chilling warning as US economy 'deteriorates'

JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon (pictured) warned that the United States economy could 'deteriorate' as inflation increases and employment rates go down.

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10 h. ago 'Stealing' your OWN car: How Brits can use trackers and even hire private security to get their vehicles back from thieves instead of waiting for overstretched police to act

Victims, exasperated by the crimewave, now appear to be taking the law into their own hands by hunting down and 'stealing back' their pinched motors.

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10 h. ago Portable shower that has ‘better pressure than the one at home’ is perfect for camping trips

This camping and festival season, you can say goodbye to communal showers or simply going without thanks to this portable shower that's 'better than the one at home'

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12 h. ago Moment 'feral' Brit tries to provoke another passenger on chaotic flight to Ibiza

The altercation reportedly occurred on Jet2 flight LS1181 from Birmingham on Friday after the pilot delayed takeoff by around two-and-a-half hours.

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12 h. ago Live M62 traffic updates as Greater Manchester crash leaves lanes closed

Two lanes are shut and delays are building - updates as we get them

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12 h. ago Grooming gangs inquiry ‘must not delay action’ against child abuse, says NSPCC

Sir Keir Starmer said on Saturday he will launch a full inquiry into the grooming gangs scandal after resisting pressure for months.

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19 h. ago UK weather maps turn fiery red as Britain to bask in 31C scorcher in just days

Brits are set for scorching temperatures next week as a high pressure system dominates and they could peak at 31C with a flow of easterly air moving in from the continent

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24 h. ago Florian Wirtz idolised Chelsea flop as Liverpool close in on £116m transfer

Incoming Liverpool star Florian Wirtz will have a lot of pressure to succeed after arriving as the most expensive Premier League player for £116.5m and his former ex-team-mates have been discussing when he burst onto the scene

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28 h. ago I took on Ross Kemp and it's one of the most stressful things I've done – here's why

EXCLUSIVE: Daily Star Sunday's Ed Gleave took on the Bridge of Lies TV quiz and its host, Ross Kemp and admitted the questions were hard and the pressure intense

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28 h. ago Keir Starmer announces full inquiry into grooming gangs scandal

It comes after he resisted pressure for months to implement a full national prob

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29 h. ago Duke and Duchess of Sussex hire new agency in PR staff shake

Harry and Meghan have turned to a US-based PR agency to promote their business and philanthropic endeavours after several staff are said to have left.

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30 h. ago Keir Starmer agrees to national inquiry into grooming gang scandal after months of pressure

The prime minister has bowed to pressure to agree to set up an inquiry into grooming gangs with legal powers to call witnesses

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31 h. ago Will Young details heartbreaking 'mini traumas' of being openly gay in 2002

Will Young has reflected on his coming out experience in a new interview for Pride Month. He was pressured into revealing his sexuality after winning Pop Idol in 2002.

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32 h. ago Scots 'gangland' double shooting accused named as Brit after Spanish bar bloodbath

Scots Eddie Lyons Junior and Ross Monaghan were shot dead at Monaghans Bar in Costa del Sol at around 11pm on May 31 after they watched the Champions League final

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33 h. ago Strikes on Iran ease pressure on Israel to end starvation in Gaza

Critics of war will be more reluctant to press for its end while missiles from Tehran are killing people in Tel AvivMiddle East crisis – live updatesIn the hours after Israel attacked Iran, food shipments and distribution in Gaza stopped and a French-Saudi summit meant to pave the way for wider recognition of a Palestinian state was postponed indefinitely.International pressure over starvation and civilian killings in Gaza had apparently dissipated in little more than the time it took for the smoke of the first missile strikes to clear over Tehran. Continue reading...

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