11 h. ago Children face losing legal right to special needs help under new plans being considered by ministers

The Education Secretary refused to say whether children with special needs would still get the legal right to extra support at school under plans being considered by ministers

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42 h. ago Met Office warns Brits in nine places need 'emergency' kit for 12 hours

The Met Office said people in nine areas impacted by a new yellow weather warning for thunderstorms should consider preparing a flood plan as well as an emergency food kit for Sunday

Events

43 h. ago Government considers cancer warnings on alcohol as NHS plan targets drink

A ten-year plan for the NHS recommends introducing warning labels on alcohol products

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44 h. ago Brooke Shields says she’s ‘more lenient’ with her children after she didn’t lose her virginity until age 22

The actor shares her two children with her husband Chris Henchy

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62 h. ago Special forces chiefs unite to demand an end to Labour's legal witch hunts against veterans

The heads of the UK's three most elite military units have said 'enough is enough' in an unprecedented move to stop legal witch hunts against veterans.

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67 h. ago Kyle Vassell under Dundee United consideration as Jim Goodwin tackles transfer plan head on

The former Kilmarnock skipper has options both in the Premiership and south of the border including Burton Albion

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6 d. ago Meet Kerala’s ‘rainforest gardeners’ creating a Noah’s ark for endangered plants

In one of the world’s ‘hottest hotspots’ of biodiversity, an all-female team have turned a patch of forest into a haven for orchids, ferns, succulents and carnivorous plantsThe previous night’s heavy rainstorm had brought down several large trees in the forest and broken branches were strewn about the ground. Walking through the felled trees, Laly Joseph spotted an orchid clinging to one of the snapped boughs. She gently secured the plant and carefully transplanted it on to a standing tree.At the Gurukula botanical sanctuary, where Joseph, 56, is head of plant conservation and the most experienced “rainforest gardener”, every plant is considered precious and an all-female team strives to give them the best chance of surviving an increasingly harsh climate.Laly Joseph, the head of plant conservation at Gurukula Botanical Sanctuary, has spent most of her life learning about and caring for plants. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Plans for holiday lodge refused because it's 'considered to be a caravan'

The call to keep a 'funky' holiday lodge in woods near a Pembrokeshire village has been turned down, partly over a dispute on what constitutes a caravan

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6 d. ago To all who think capitalism can drive progressive change, it won’t – and here’s the shocking proof | Polly Toynbee

Asset manager Aberdeen’s surprise cut to funding research into inequality has left those that used its grants for good works reelingThe axe fell with shocking suddenness. On Thursday Aberdeen Group plc terminated its Financial Fairness Trust without notice and sacked the CEO, Mubin Haq, the chair and all the trustees, leaving eight staff dangling. The company tells me it plans to move in a different direction. That dreaded phrase marks the end of 16 remarkable years, during which the trust sponsored some of the most influential research into inequality and its financial causes.Aberdeen is a wealth management and investment company. I admired its willingness to fund research not in its own immediate interest, but for the sake of social improvement, as a sign that decent capitalism was possible. Now that’s over. The mood has changed. Wildfires started by President Trump are engulfing global companies as his administration attempts to bar asset and retirement plan managers from conside...

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6 d. ago Transfer news live: Arsenal plan medical, Gyokeres gives ultimatum, Liverpool consider Guehi bid

Follow all the latest transfer news as the rumour mill whirs with the summer’s second transfer window open for business

Sport

7 d. ago Inheritance tax – don’t think of this as double whammy of death and taxes at the same time

Tom Ham, Group CEO at Calton, considers the fine art and science of estate planning

Events

1 week ago North Dakota considers 2 proposed natural gas pipelines that would stretch across the state

North Dakota regulators are considering two separate underground pipelines that companies plan to build across hundreds of miles of the state

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1 week ago Advertising ban could move alcohol out the spotlight and cut harm – campaigners

Reports suggest the initiative is being considered for the Government’s forthcoming 10-Year Health Plan.

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1 week ago Now nanny state Labour get set to call time on TV alcohol adverts

In the latest sign of expansion of the 'nanny state', the Government confirmed it is looking at introducing 'partial restrictions' on booze ads among measures in its 10-year health plan.

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1 week ago Government is mulling over alcohol advertising clampdown as part of 10

In the latest sign of expansion of the 'nanny state', the Government confirmed it is looking at introducing 'partial restrictions' on booze ads among measures in its 10-year health plan.

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2 w. ago Tomatoes will grow bigger and juicier if 5 plants are kept away from your patch

Carefully considered companion planting is an essential exercise for a thriving garden — one that could reward gardeners with an abundant harvest of juicy and flavourful tomatoes

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2 w. ago 'Struggling' mum ditches regular diets to lose 4 stone with 3 children under five

Makeda, from London, suffered from joint and back pain but turned to a health app to change her lifestyle

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2 w. ago Trump considering Iran attack plan as UK's David Lammy flies to USA

Sir Keir Starmer convened a COBRA meeting to discuss the situation in the Middle East

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2 w. ago Proposals to build lodges as holiday lets on site near Airdrie given go ahead

North Lanarkshire Council’s planning committee considered an application involving one existing lodge which currently serves as accommodation for the owner, and the addition of three more, on land off Avonhead Road at Upperton.

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3 w. ago Nicky Haslam reveals the 'tacky' garden item ruining your outdoor space

Interior designer and socialite Nicky Haslam has named the one garden item he considers truly tacky - and it's not your plant choices.

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