53 m. ago Scottish football in mourning as manager reveals tragic death of baby daughter

Greenock Morton manager Dougie Imrie has released a heartbreaking statement after his baby daughter Remi tragically passed away, having been born 14 weeks premature

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2 h. ago Hostage review – five hours of fast, furious fun, featuring Suranne Jones as prime minister

Kidnappings, terrorists, blackmail: this globetrotting political thriller is a rollicking, propulsive yarn and its take on female leaders is deeply refreshingYou know how it is. One moment you’re on a romantic walk in the woods with your saintly, supportive husband as he convinces you to stand for election as prime minister, the next you are that prime minister (with the shorter but still flattering haircut to prove it). You’re knee-deep in a cancer drug supply crisis and about to meet with the French president who alone can solve your problem, when news arrives that your saintly, supportive husband – who is, of course, a doctor with Doctors Without Borders – and his team have been abducted by unknown terrorists in French Guiana. What is a Suranne Jones with a Netflix budget behind her to do?That is the set-up from which five punchy hours – Hostage fully swerves the curse of streamer-bloat – of great, globetrotting fun proceeds. Jones is the no-nonsense (in a good way, not a Thatche...

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2 h. ago Brits waiting for parcels warned about 'phantom' scam sweeping the nation

People are being told of what they need to do to avoid being caught out by a now common postal scam where fraudsters can end up with your money and bank details

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2 h. ago Gareth Southgate gives next job update 13 months on from England exit

Gareth Southgate left his role as England boss in the aftermath of the Three Lions’ Euro 2024 defeat to Spain and has chosen not to step back into the dugout since then

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3 h. ago A wartime mass grave in Sri Lanka yields a baby bottle, children's clothes and 141 skeletons

A baby bottle, a squeaky toy and a schoolbag are among items that have surfaced from a mass grave site in Sri Lanka’s formerly war-torn northern region, along with 141 human skeletons including some that appear to be of children of different ages

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4 h. ago How to avoid your pension falling behind when you have a baby

Starting a family is when women's pensions typically start to lag behind their male colleagues' funds. Here's how to prevent that happening to you.

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4 h. ago Pensioners who rent need extra £398,000 saved to cover the cost

Savers who don't own their home own could be hurtling towards a pensions crisis as the bill for renting in retirement reaches £398,000, This is Money can reveal.

Economics

4 h. ago Can a nation in crisis rely on the baby boomer generation to step up? I think the UK is about to find out | Phillip Inman

A raid on property wealth and pensions is being signalled by the Treasury, and it has sound reasons for doing just thatDear baby boomer, the government is coming for you and your store of wealth. The property and pensions built up over the past 40 to 50 years are, for the first time, in play. The triple lock on the state pension might be guaranteed, at least for the time being, but for the wealthier boomer, it looks like their private assets are being laid out on a chopping board, ready to be carved like a Sunday roast and fed to hungry government departments starved of funds for almost two decades.These are desperate times and taxing the wealthy is a desperate measure. No government wants to do it. If you tax the rich, they might fly away in their private jets. That’s happened in Norway, one of the few European countries to retain a wealth tax. It’s true that older middle-income voters are more likely to stay put, but they also have a tendency to vote with their self-interest in mi...

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4 h. ago Why a town surrounded by wind turbines has been forced to bring in diesel generators to keep the lights on

A 'renewable energy powerhouse' will soon receive diesel generators.

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4 h. ago New EV looks just like a Range Rover and is on the market for less than £28k

By blending familiar premium design cues with competitive electric performance and wallet-friendly pricing, this new model represents a major step toward making EV ownership more accessible

Economics

5 h. ago ‘Pregnant, homeless, what now?’ The search for a safe place to abandon a baby

Each year, women make the desperate decision to abandon their babies. Specially designed ‘baby windows’ can help – but some argue they make matters worseWhen Romina discovered she was pregnant in 2021, she was 39 years old and homeless, without a euro to her name. She did what many a lonely and frightened woman has done throughout history, on learning that she was going to have a baby, and pretended she wasn’t. “If you don’t think about it, it doesn’t exist – something like that,” she told me, more than three years on.By the time she noticed the changes in her body, she had been homeless for nearly seven years. Before that, she had lived a comfortable, secure life in The Hague, with a man she had fallen passionately in love with. But the man had become controlling, she said, preventing her from working or seeing her friends, spying on her and eventually threatening her if she left him. Continue reading...

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8 h. ago Woman assisting police after infant found dead in Perth storm water drain

Police say woman in her 30s ‘receiving appropriate care and support’ after workers made confronting discovery on MondayFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA woman is assisting police after a baby boy was found dead inside a storm water drain.Two workers carrying out routine maintenance made the confronting discovery in Alexander Heights in Perth’s northern suburbs on Monday afternoon. Continue reading...

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9 h. ago Baby Reindeer actor Richard Gadd undergoes beefed up transformation for new role

The 36-year-old Scottish multihyphenate showed off his bulkier and more muscular figure in new promotional images released from his latest project Half Man.

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9 h. ago Decomposing baby found in box by cops as mother claims she 'had no control over how she died'

A Wisconsin mother was found to be living with the decomposing corpse of her 10-month-old daughter in a cardboard box and told police that she "had no control over how she died"

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10 h. ago Fed governor Lisa Cook says she will not be ‘bullied’ into resigning

Trump had called on central banker to step down after his ally accused her of falsifying mortgage documents

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13 h. ago 2 more beachfront homes near collapse as a hurricane waves pound North Carolina's Outer Banks

Two homes on North Carolina's Outer Banks sit precariously in high waves generated by Hurricane Erin with their days seemingly numbered

Society

13 h. ago Exact date summer will return as Met Office says 'temperatures will climb'

After the fourth heatwave of the summer, temperatures have plummeted - but the nation is set for a return to balmy conditions, with the Met Office suggesting this weekend could see 'pleasant warmth'

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13 h. ago Morton manager reveals tragic death of baby daughter as 'devastated' club issue statement

Scottish football pays condolences after heartbreaking news

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14 h. ago Perrie Edwards channels her inner cowgirl as she belts out her new country song in Newcastle

The Little Mix star, 32, has been promoting her new song If He Wanted To, He Would, and took to the stage at the Come Together Festival in Newcastle to belt out her new song on Wednesday.

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14 h. ago Heartbroken Morton boss Dougie Imrie reveals tragic news that baby daughter has passed away

The heartbroken manager has confirmed that little Remi died in the early hours of Tuesday morning.

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