19 h. ago Titanic victims' grieving relatives were forced to PAY for a first class train ticket to bring their bodies home, unearthed order drawn up by cruel White Star Line bosses reveals

In the days after the 1912 disaster, devastated families travelled by train to Halifax, Nova Scotia, to collect the bodies. Upon arrival they were handed an 'important notice' by White Star Line officials.

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22 h. ago 'Blinding' LED headlights to be reviewed by the government as survey shows four in five drivers worry about being dazzled by them

An assessment of the causes and remedies of glaring LED lamps will be launched after their increasingly common fixture in new vehicles has made it hazardous to drive in the dark.

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28 h. ago Yes, Keir Starmer is Britain’s most unpopular PM ever. That could liberate him | Polly Toynbee

Forget the public vitriol and use the next four years to get things done – first and foremost, whatever it takes to stop ReformWhat hell is the life of politics. Look around that cabinet table: each person is confronted with near impossible-portfolios without the means to do what they know is needed. After another nightmare week, many in the dark watches must ask themselves why the hell they gave their lives to this brutally thankless task.Their inheritance was even more ruinous than feared: they were bequeathed landmines, dishonest traps and gaping holes. Brexit is emerging as even more economically crippling than expected, now losing the exchequer £80bn a year. They are blighted by bad luck: the Trump destroyer landed on their watch. What worse mishap than a prison officer setting free a refused asylum-seeker sex offender? Small boat arrivals feel unstoppable. An unfortunate deputy leadership election right now was bound to give Keir Starmer a bruising. The 11% vote share at the C...

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3 d. ago Fabio Wardley stops Joseph Parker in stunning style to set up Usyk clash

Former white-collar boxer wins heavyweight clash in 11thBriton will now face world champion Oleksandr UsykThe British heavyweight Fabio Wardley pulled off the biggest win of his career with an enormous upset over Joseph Parker to set up a world title shot against Oleksandr Usyk. In a pulsating contest at the O2 Arena, Wardley showed he has one of the toughest chins in the sport as he swallowed several huge punches from Parker before forcing the referee, Howard Foster, to stop the bout in an explosive 11th round.The WBO had ordered the experienced Parker to face Usyk, the undisputed world heavyweight champion, in July, but the New Zealander put his mandatory challenger status on the line against Wardley, who was still involved in white-collar boxing when his opponent was world champion in 2016. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago 31 atmospheric photos show the UK after dark, as night owls come out to play, from 1900s to 1990s

The nights are drawing in and, with the clocks going back, darkness will soon be descending even earlier.

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6 d. ago Wildfires have consumed vast chunks of Ukraine. Is Russia deliberately fuelling the flames?

In 2024, nearly a million hectares of Ukraine’s land burned. Heat, mines and shelling contributed, but footage of drones targeting firefighters has raised the question of war crimesNatalia Pryprosta was tending to her pigs when fire swept into the village of Studenok, near the city of Izium in eastern Ukraine. There was no time. She grabbed her papers, pulled her elderly mother into a friend’s car, and tried to get the animals out of the shed. Smoke and the speed of the blaze made it impossible. She didn’t see the animals burning, but learned of their fate later.Smoke smothered Studenok, turning the village as dark as night. Pryprosta’s neighbours fought the flames with shovels, digging in scorched earth to stop the crown fire’s advance. Firefighters arrived, but the blaze was relentless. At one point, it surged around a fire truck, trapping the crew. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago English universities can raise tuition fees if they meet ‘tough’ standards, says Phillipson

Measure, which will allow increase in line with inflation, is part of white paper on post-16 education and skillsUniversity tuition fees in England are to rise in line with inflation, but only for institutions that meet “tough new quality thresholds”, the government has announced.In an attempt to put the higher education sector on a firmer financial footing, all institutions will benefit from increased fees for the next two academic years, starting next September, the education secretary, Bridget Phillipson, told MPs on Monday. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Locals face being kept in the dark over plans for new nightclubs and round

Locals newspaper editors across the country have united in a warning regarding how the Governments plans on kickstarting a revival in night-time establishments after a decline

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3 w. ago I wanted to end my life... it saved me: JANE FRYER reveals the disturbing rise of electric shock therapy, the patients who swear by it

For many of us, the very mention of electric shock (or electroconvulsive) therapy (ECT) conjures up dark thoughts of locked wards, nightmares and Boris Karloff movies of the 1950s.

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3 w. ago Kai Trump reignites questions over the president’s family using his office for profit as she models her clothing line at the White House

President’s eldest grandchild becomes latest member of the family to launch lucrative business venture – and invite conflict of interest concerns

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4 w. ago 'Blinding' LED headlights can be tackled with 'white lines' tip as dark nights loom

With October now upon us the dark nights are well on the way and this can pose issues for drivers affected by blinding headlamps

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4 w. ago Kate Moss hides behind dark glasses and clings to her bodyguard as she enjoys another night out in Paris during Fashion Week

The model, 51, has been attending a string of shows during Fashion Week, and the second day was no different as she departed the Costes Hotel after a signing for her book A Love Letter To Kate.

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