23 m. ago Princess of Wales is elegant in green suit designed by VB on the day her Netflix series launches

Kate chatted with individuals associated with the Oxford-based organisation, which is committed to promoting the welfare of families with children under five.

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46 m. ago Inside a parents’ group chat about raising kids in violent times

The Guardian’s parenting WhatsApp group discusses the recent spate of school shootings and political violence – and how they explain it to their kids“I have been emotionally at my wit’s end with the violence.”Gabriela Rangel is a glass dispatch coordinator in California City, California, and mother to a five-year-old. Like many parents across the nation, she was horrified to learn about the 27 August shooting at a Catholic school in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Two children were killed and 17 other people were injured. Continue reading...

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48 m. ago FIFA chief proposes radical changes to Premier League season for more winter World Cups

FIFA boss Gianni Infantino is holding discussions that would see club football, including the Premier League, take a new spot in the calendar with winter World Cups potentially in mind

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49 m. ago Sun, sea and smugglers: The scourge of narco gangs delivering drug shipments on Spain's tourist beaches in full view of holidaying families

As sunbathers looked on and children played in the sand, a speedboat roared up to a busy Marbella beach - its masked crew leaping ashore to unload bulging packages before racing back to sea.

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77 m. ago Harry Judd’s wife says one of their children is diagnosed with pathological demand avoidance

‘They don't respond to authority or hierarchy,’ says violinist

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81 m. ago Kate's warning against screentime: Princess of Wales urges parents to be 'fully present' with their children and laments 'epidemic of disconnection

The essay titled, 'The Power of Human Connection in a Distracted World', is written in collaboration with Boston-based Professor Robert Waldinger of Harvard University.

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84 m. ago Boca Juniors manager, 69, dies just weeks after his last game as Edinson Cavani leads tributes

Edinson Cavani has lead the tributes to Miguel Angel Russo as the former Boca Juniors manager died at the age of 69, just weeks after attending his last game for the Argentinian footballing stalwarts

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93 m. ago UK poverty crisis laid bare as 500,000 children living in families trapped in benefits debt cycle

Exclusive: Tens of thousands of families are forced to take out loans to cover the five-week wait until their first Universal Credit payment – but many struggle to pay it back

Society

96 m. ago Nobel prize in literature 2025 live: László Krasznahorkai wins ‘for his compelling and visionary oeuvre’

Nobel academy cites Hungarian novelist for work that ‘in the midst of apocalyptic terror, reaffirms the power of art’Doris Lessing’s infamous reaction to winning the Nobel in 2007 is always worth a rewatch Trying to detect patterns into the list of past Nobel laureates may be a fools’ game, and yet it would be a surprise if this year’s winner is a woman. While the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has emphatically rejected the idea of gender quotas, for the last 10 years it has in fact been quite careful to achieve parity, with five male and five female winners since 2015. Ever since 2018, it has gone about achieving this in the most failsafe manner, by alternating between female and male authors. And after Han Kang in 2024, that would mean it’s a man’s turn again today. Continue reading...

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1 hour ago ‘They didn’t even read the book’: Palestinian American children’s authors censored in US

Authors tell of book bans, cancellations and harassment – ‘they’re trying to disconnect us from our stories’Jenan Matari had just begun promoting her debut children’s book this summer when the cancellations began. First, Chevalier’s Books in Los Angeles called off her event after what Matari described as pressure from local community members. The employee who had booked the event refused to cancel it, and the bookstore fired her. Two days later, another employee quit in solidarity.Then came New Jersey. Watchung Booksellers, a community bookstore in Montclair, was set to host her next reading but abruptly canceled, explaining in an emailed statement it was “to ensure the safety of our staff and customers”. Continue reading...

Culture

1 hour ago Gen Z spend £13k on honeymoons as nearly half choose travel over house deposit

A study has found that over 4 in 10 people aged 18-24 would prefer to splash their savings on a post-wedding trip abroad rather than a house deposit

Economics

2 h. ago Disgraced Big Brother star George's secret acting career revealed after his axing for 'unacceptable language'

The reality TV contestant, 23, was introduced on the popular show as a parish councillor, in Braintree, Essex, a role he admitted was unusual for people his age.

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2 h. ago Shock moment Big Brother’s George gets into furious row with Jenny and Zelah – before he’s axed from show by ITV bosses

AXED Big Brother's George got into a furious row with Jenny and Zelah just before he was booted out of the show by ITV bosses. The Sun revealed yesterday that the 23-year-old parish councillor had been chucked out of the house after ‘unacceptable language and behaviour’.  On last night's show, Jenny discussed the positives of children's...

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2 h. ago Dad tries to shake girlfriend's hand 'like gender reveal' is a business deal

Lois Wood and Stephen North used a cheese theme to find out the gender of their third child, with the colour hidden within the baked camembert.

Economics

2 h. ago Israeli hostages to be released from Gaza – who are they and how many are still alive?

More than 250 hostages were taken by Hamas in the October 7 attacks but will be freed under a deal proposed by Trump

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2 h. ago Boxing legend's son dies aged 17 in latest family tragedy as tributes pour in

SENSITIVE CONTENT: Tributes have flooded in across social media, as a 17-year-old boxing star has sadly passed away - with his father also passing away in 2009 at the age of just 37

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2 h. ago Princess of Wales won't give her children smartphones as she worries about screen time

The Princess of Wales has warned that an overload of smartphones and computer screens is creating an "epidemic of disconnection" that disrupts family life.

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3 h. ago Vet's urgent warning as disease making dogs ill can pass to humans

It can be especially dangerous for children, older people and anyone with a compromised immune system

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3 h. ago Downton Abbey star Hugh Bonneville's life including new book, partner and weight loss

Hugh Bonneville of Downton Abbey fame has written his debut children's book.

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3 h. ago Princess of Wales says UK suffering from smartphone ‘disconnection’ epidemic

In an essay co-authored with a Harvard professor, Catherine urges parents to prioritising connecting with their children over using smartphones to go on social media or check emails

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