44 m. ago Thousands gather at the Cenotaph for Remembrance Sunday as Britain to fall silent in tribute to our war heroes

THOUSANDS have lined the streets around the Cenotaph as the nation prepares to pay tribute to our fallen war heroes. Veterans have also gathered in Whitehall for Remembrance Sunday to remember the 886,000 British personnel who died in the First World War. The King - who is Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces and...

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45 m. ago I paid my mortgage off early by 36 as a single parent. You miss out on fun and freedom, but if you're willing to make sacrifices you can do it too

Rebecca Tidy purchased her dream home just outside St Mawes, Cornwall, in 2017 for £450,000. However, three years later, she had no choice but to leave for a cheaper alternative.

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49 m. ago Novels I haven’t finished reading are piling up by my bedside. What if that’s a good thing? | Hanna Thomas Uose

Authors are sounding warnings about the length of the modern attention span, but my series of abandonments is a sign of something elseThis is embarrassing, but here goes. There are five novels beside my bed, all partially read. On my phone, I am partway through 36 audiobooks, which pales in comparison to the 46 ebooks I have abandoned on my Kindle. This doesn’t count the growing pile of advance copies beside my coffee table, vying for blurbs, now that I am a published novelist myself.At first glance, these stats seem to corroborate Ian Rankin’s words. Commenting a fortnight ago on how easy it is to lose a reader’s focus, when it is fragmented by social media and the news cycle, the writer said: “Maybe as people’s attention spans change the literature will have to change with them.” But as someone who used to doggedly finish whatever I was reading, I now consider it a human right to put down a book that I’m not in the mood for.Hanna Thomas Uose is a writer and strategist. She is the ...

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90 m. ago Remains dating back 4,000 years being uncovered on outskirts of Greater Manchester town

Ancient cemetary may even have origins in the Stone Age

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2 h. ago One of cheapest homes you can buy in Cheshire’s Golden Triangle on market for £300,000

This charming period cottage is one of the most affordable properties up for grabs in the affluent area at the moment

Economics

2 h. ago ‘Never lose hope’: how a new Afghanistan women’s team helps refugees cope with trauma

Afghan Women United is comprised of players forced to flee their homeland and is another step in overcoming major barriers“When I step on to the pitch everything else is automatically erased from my mind,” says the captain of Afghan Women United, Fatima Haidari, when asked how football helps her cope with the traumas she has suffered.“I train, I play, and a fire inside me is lit, not just because of the power that I feel at that moment as a player, but because I feel I have many other girls with me. It’s like I’m taking their hands. Like I’m playing with them. It’s not just for me, and I feel powerful.” Continue reading...

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2 h. ago 'Sexy Beast' cheats justice on world's biggest bank job as £100m loot vanishes

Mastermind of the Bank of America heist, Frank Maple, has not been seen since he kidnapped a couple from their home 42 years ago along with a villain known as 'The Pimpernel'

Society

3 h. ago MAFS UK 2025 couples who are still together – and who’s secretly split off

MARRIED At First Sight 2025 provided fans with yet another chaos-filled year. The E4 hit dating show returned to screens back in September, with yet another host of promising brides and grooms looking for a shot at love. And over the last few weeks, as custom with any MAFS series, we've seen all the usual...

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3 h. ago Andrew Mountbatten Windsor's 'bizarre' £32,000 request blocked by King Charles

King Charles once blocked a “bizarre” £32,000 request from his brother Andrew Mountbatten Windsor, despite his mother Queen Elizabeth II previously passing it through

Economics

3 h. ago Arne Slot has shattered two Man City myths to change Liverpool FC reality

Liverpool cannot play the underdog card when they arrive at Manchester City as the intense Premier League rivalry begins a new chapter

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3 h. ago Young Brits could unlock an extra £1k with this simple savings trick

Two thirds of young adults are missing out on boosting their savings by up to £1,000 each year, by not doing one simple thing

Economics

3 h. ago 'Horny boyfriend thinks it's alright to have six other women on the go'

JUST JANE: Today our agony aunt Jane O'Gorman is dealing with a new issue from a Daily Star reader who has returned from a work trip to find a queue of rivals vying for her bloke's attention

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4 h. ago ‘It seemed like quite a do’: why East Grinstead hosts one of Scientology’s glitziest evenings

Last week, 7,000 people – including Tom Cruise – descended on the West Sussex town for an event that divides local opinionIn the nearly 30 years that Diane Juchau has lived in East Grinstead, not many days live as long in the memory as the day she saw Tom Cruise on the high street. “I saw him a couple of years ago walking past Iceland,” she said.It may seem like a once-in-a-lifetime anecdote but, this week, Cruise was back – and, when the purpose for his visit was revealed, the chance sighting of the Mission: Impossible star in a West Sussex town makes a lot more sense. Continue reading...

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4 h. ago Amid squabbles, bombast and competing interests, what can Cop30 achieve?

Climate summit in Brazil needs to find way to stop global heating accelerating amid stark divisions“It broke my heart.” Surangel Whipps, president of the tiny Pacific nation of Palau, was sitting in the front row of the UN’s general assembly in New York when Donald Trump made a long and rambling speech, his first to the UN since his re-election, on 23 September.Whipps was prepared for fury and bombast from the US president, but what followed was shocking. Trump’s rant on the climate crisis – a “green scam”, “the greatest con job ever perpetrated”, “predictions made by stupid people” – was an unprecedented attack on science and global action from a major world leader. Continue reading...

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5 h. ago Cafe worker fuming after 'disgusting' customer leaves 'vile' booking request

WARNING: UPSETTING CONTENT The 'vile' booking request has raised a few eyebrows amongst staff at Acanteen in Chelmsford

Economics

6 h. ago Sir Alan Bates says ‘baddies seem to be hiding’ in Horizon scandal

Around 1,000 people were wrongly prosecuted and convicted throughout the UK between 1999 and 2015.

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6 h. ago 'I tried a custom foundation and and the skin match was unreal, I was blown away'

Senior beauty writer Eve Rowlands has turned to Dcypher Beauty to try and find her perfect match when it comes to her foundation and primer

Politics

7 h. ago HMRC writes letter to thousands of benefit claimants as payments end

The tax body is writing to 60,000 people

Politics

8 h. ago Over 1,000 flights canceled and 6,500 delayed as FAA forced cuts continue to cause havoc for travelers

The FAA already reduced flights by 4 percent Friday, with plans to ramp up reductions in the coming days

Transport

8 h. ago Lloyds Bank explains 'rewards' rules over £100 and £50 payments

The bank previously announced it would pay £200 to select customers

Economics