31 m. ago British woman who 'grabbed crying boy, 4, from mother and refused to let go' at US airport arrested

A witness said she saw a woman ‘strongly gripping’ the little boy at Miami International Airport

Events

37 m. ago Woman loses '20lbs in eight weeks' without setting foot in the gym

Becky struggled with her weight for years, but after making a few tweaks to her daily routine, she says she feels 'so proud' of her achievements

Politics

41 m. ago Scottish SPCA workers, including animal rescue staff, to vote on strike action after rejecting pay offer

A dispute over pay involved workers at the Scottish SPCA.

Events

47 m. ago Scottish SPCA balloted over strike action after 'years of pay neglect'

Union chiefs have told that around 140 members employed by the Scottish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SSPCA) are being balloted.

Events

50 m. ago Asylum hotel protests and Palestine Action arrests putting police under ‘chronic’ pressure

More than 3,000 protests this summer - the highest number in three years - have put forces under ‘chronic pressure’, with up to 40 more planned for this weekend

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68 m. ago Woman left furious after opening her bag of Walkers Ready Salted only to find EIGHT crisps

Dani Blythe, from the south of England, opened a bag of Walkers Ready Salted Baked crisps only to find that most of her packet was air.

Politics

72 m. ago Woman, 42, pulled out knife and threatened to 'slit throat' of Co

"Brazen" serial shoplifter, Kirsty Gardiner, made the terrifying threat after she was caught stealing steaks, chocolate, coffee and biscuits

Events

74 m. ago Woman, 28, 'picking music for her funeral' a year after 'perfect' wedding

'She's communicating with a whiteboard and keeps writing 'I'm 28, I don't want to die'

Politics

80 m. ago Tourist 'grabs crying child from mother' at US Airport and 'refuses to hand him back'

Cops detained Alvina Omisri Agba, 23, at Miami International Airport on Tuesday when they found the woman sat on the floor with the child, a four-year-old boy.

Society

88 m. ago 'I lived with Fred and Rose West and spotted something truly terrifying in my bedroom'

WARNING, DISTRESSING CONTENT: A woman who lived in Fred and Rose West's house of horrors as a teenager has spoken out about the moment she realised she was living with serial killers

Events

1 hour ago Shamed Met Police PC quits after groping woman at Heaven nightclub

The PC was accused of sexual assault on a tourist during a night at Heaven nightclub

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1 hour ago The Courageous review – rebellious mum on the edge will have you sobbing in sympathy

Call My Agent!’s Ophélia Kolb leads a Swiss drama with morally ambiguous realism reminiscent of the Dardenne brothersJust in time for the migration of children from their summer stations in front of phones, games consoles and laptops back to full-time education comes this Swiss-set tale of a mother on the edge. An outstanding Ophélia Kolb (arguably best known to anglophone audiences for playing the accountant Colette in Call My Agent!) stars here as Jule, a single woman trying to hold it together for her brood of three. Eldest child Claire (Jasmine Kalisz Saurer) is just entering puberty and is savvy enough to work out that mama isn’t always strictly truthful about why she wears an ankle monitor that beeps when she strays from certain areas. (Jule’s explanation that she has weak bones doesn’t really cut it.) But younger brothers Loic (Paul Besnier) and Sami (Arthur Devaux) just read it as normal that Jule disappears for long periods of time, leaving them abandoned at a cafe, for ins...

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1 hour ago Women behind the lens: ‘A quiet act of resistance where words are silenced’

Fatimazohra Serri’s photography grew from a desire to question and resist roles imposed on Moroccan womenThis photograph is titled The Swing of Life. My aim was to illustrate the deep connection between a woman and a man, a relationship shaped by care and burden, intimacy and distance. The man swings from the flowing black dress of the woman above him. The clothing becomes the bridge between the two figures, soft yet unbreakable.It’s a visual metaphor for how men, knowingly or not, often rest on the invisible emotional strength of women. Continue reading...

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1 hour ago Indignity: A Life Reimagined by Lea Ypi review – love, war and betrayal

Troubled by a photo of her grandmother living it up in Mussolini’s Italy, the author of Free delves into archive and memory to uncover the truthIt starts with a photo. A black-and-white image of a couple relaxing on a pair of sun loungers in front of a luxury ski hotel: him, squinting against the sun; her, smiling at the camera, wrapped in a white fur coat. It is their honeymoon in Cortina, up in the Italian Alps.The year is 1941, and the woman is Lea Ypi’s grandmother. Ypi saw the picture after it had been posted online by a stranger, gone viral across Albania, and attracted a stream of abuse. “Morally degenerate” was one comment. “Fascist collaborator” another. Continue reading...

Events

1 hour ago Mysterious marks on neck of first woman to die in ‘suicide pod’

The 64-year-old American woman died in a secluded forest area near a cabin in Merishausen, a sparsely populated region of Switzerland close to the German border.

Events

1 hour ago Four horrifying words as first woman to die in 'suicide pod' ended her life

The first woman to die in a 'suicide pod' in the middle of a Swiss forest was found with mysterious strangulation marks on her neck, raising questions about her death

Events

2 h. ago Elderly woman loses over £5000 to online scammer posing as fake astronaut in distress

Victim was targeted in what police describe as romance scam, echoing a rise in online fraud worldwide

Economics

2 h. ago Elderly Japanese woman loses over £5000 to online scammer posing as astronaut in distress

Victim was targeted in what police describe as romance scam, echoing a rise in online fraud worldwide

Economics

2 h. ago Nursing and midwifery vacancies in NHS Scotland rise by 60 per cent in six months

‘Hugely troubling’ data as separate survey prompts calls for urgent action over ‘corridor care crisis’

Politics

3 h. ago 'My friend is choosing unusual baby name and I'm horrified by reason behind it'

A woman was left gobsmacked after her friend detailed her cousin's baby name plans. At first, she thought it would be fairly straightforward, but she was so wrong...

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