64 m. ago Human rights laws need 'tightening,' says Cabinet minister amid Tory move to quit ECHR to cut immigration

Environment Secretary Steve Reed’s comments came as the head of the Council of Europe, whose role includes promoting human rights, argued the ECHR needed to be ‘adapted’ for the modern world

Politics

94 m. ago 'Perfect' mini brownie box slashed to under £5 for Father's Day using this unique deal

This might just be the perfect affordable gift for the foodie dad with a sweet tooth

Economics

1 hour ago Fears new coronavirus found in China 'one step away' from infecting humans

A team of researchers from Washington State University fear the newly-discovered HKU5-CoV-2 coronavirus found in China could mutate enough to cause a pandemic

Science

2 h. ago Bad news for Phils, Steves and Dereks as dad names are dying out

Fewer than 10 babies were handed some of the most popular names of the 80s and 90s last year

Events

2 h. ago 10 'dad names' popular in 80s dying out as almost no babies get them

Fewer than 20 parents picked names like Phil and Steve for their children last year

Events

3 h. ago 'Killer' dad's former army squadmate reveals how they were 'betrayed' amid manhunt over daughters' murders

A former soldier who served with triple murder suspect Travis Decker has shared how his fellow squadmates feel 'betrayed' by the accusations that he killed his three young daughters.

Events

3 h. ago Elon Musk's estranged transgender daughter gloats after Tesla bosses stunning fallout with Trump

The billionaire's estranged transgender daughter, Vivian Wilson, 21, addressed her dad's fiery falling out with the president.

Politics

3 h. ago How Michael Jackson's daughter Paris was set up for superstardom by late dad and aunt La Toya

At just 27, Michael Jackson's daughter Paris has carved out an incredible career for herself as a singer, model, and actress.

Politics

4 h. ago Noblewoman may have ordered brazen murder of priest outside St Paul’s in 1337

Historian mapping medieval murders has evidence John Ford’s stabbing was revenge hit by impenitent ex-loverAlmost 700 years ago, in a busy London street in the shadow of St Paul’s Cathedral, a priest called John Ford was brazenly stabbed to death in a crime notable both for its public nature and its ferocity.It was early evening, just after vespers on 4 May 1337, and the street in Westcheap would have been bustling with passersby. In full view of them all, one man sliced Ford’s throat with an anelace, a foot-long dagger, while two others used long knives to stab him in the belly. Was someone trying to make a very public example of the victim? Continue reading...

Events

5 h. ago Experience: I travelled the world delivering letters to strangers

In Galápagos, travellers leave post in an old barrel in the hope it will be picked up – I decided to help outI have always loved travelling, and have spent most of my adult life either on the move or planning my next adventure. In 2014, I was living in London when my dad, Eric, was diagnosed with motor neurone disease (MND). I immediately moved back to my home town of New Plymouth in New Zealand, to help and spend time with him.When he passed away in October 2022, I wanted to find a way to process my grief, and I was desperate to get back out into the world. Continue reading...

Politics

5 h. ago Spanish police’s plea for respect backfires over photo of old women alfresco

Andalucían police used shot of women sitting on chairs on pavement in request to keep public right of way clearSomewhere towards the very top of the long list of unspoken Spanish rules – gin and tonic should not be drunk before a meal, chorizo has no place in the vicinity of a paella and children’s bedtimes cease to apply in the summer – is the silent injunction that forbids any attempts to alter the habits of the country’s cherished older people.It was unfortunate, then, that police in the small Andalucían town of Santa Fe chose the photo they did to accompany a request for people not to disturb their neighbours by sitting around the streets late at night. Continue reading...

Events

5 h. ago ‘She lived without fear’: daughter of Chechen activist publishes book she vowed to pen after mother’s murder

Lana Estemirova promised to tell story of her mother, a renowned human rights activist. This month it is publishedLana Estemirova was 15 in 2009, when her mother, the renowned Chechen human rights activist Natalia Estemirova, was kidnapped and murdered. Bundled into a car as she walked to the bus stop on her way to work, she was driven out of town and then shot five times in the chest and head.The killing was widely seen as retribution for Estemirova’s fearless investigations of extrajudicial murders, kidnappings and human rights abuses in Chechnya, first by Russian soldiers and then by forces loyal to the Kremlin-appointed warlord, Ramzan Kadyrov. Nobody was ever prosecuted for the crime. Continue reading...

Events

5 h. ago Probe into murder of 'Good Samaritan' dad could expose 'systemic failings'

"Good Samaritan" Alan Geddes was killed by Stuart Quinn after he let Quinn stay at his home a day after he was released from prison.

Events

6 h. ago Officer who used excessive force allowed to plead guilty to misdemeanor after felony conviction

A Los Angeles sheriff’s deputy will serve four months in prison on a misdemeanor conviction for using excessive force after the new Trump-appointed U.S. attorney offered an unusual plea deal despite a jury convicting him of a felony

Events

7 h. ago My sister is unhappy with her life but does nothing to change it. What can I do? | Leading questions

Is your sister saving up her complaints just for you, advice columnist Eleanor Gordon-Smith asks. Perhaps your listening is exactly the help she needsRead more Leading questionsI love my sister dearly. However, we could not be more different. I approach things head on: if something is a problem, I start working on it. She, on the other hand, is very passive. For the last 10 years three issues have been bothering her – her weight, her marriage and her dissatisfaction with her job. But she does nothing about any of them.I tried to help her in many different ways: direct advice – she gets offended and feels judged. Then I tried “tiptoeing” around her. For each suggestion, she always has an excuse why it won’t work. Additionally, she often has a victim complex, as if things are just happening to her and that she has no personal agency. Continue reading...

Politics

8 h. ago Mahmoud Khalil details psychological pain and reputational harm in new legal filings: ‘Efforts to erase my humanity’

Columbia student responds to ‘attacks’ from administration as federal judge considers his release from detention.

Science

9 h. ago The man who ordered the kidnap and murder of his niece in Britain's most notorious honour killing now claims HE is the victim. Here, her family have their say

The harrowing kidnap, rape and murder of Banaz Mahmod made for one of Britain's most infamous so-called 'honour killings'.

Events

9 h. ago How your dad says he loves you... without uttering those three words

Overall, 85 per cent of both men and women said their father is the first port of call when they need something. Most Britons say it's the small things their dad does that shows they truly care.

Politics

9 h. ago Kemi's human rights exodus: Badenoch to say she's ready to quit the ECHR in order to take back control of Britain's borders

Tory leader Kemi Badenoch will say today that she is 'increasingly of the view we need to leave' the Strasbourg Court to prevent activist judges frustrating attempts to deal with the migrant crisis.

Politics

11 h. ago Badenoch ‘increasingly’ supportive of leaving ECHR, as she launches exit probe

The Conservative leader is expected to set out her plans for a commission about whether the UK should leave the European Convention on Human Rights.

Politics