39 m. ago Laura Anderson takes huge swipe at Gary Lucy on Father’s Day

Former Love Island star Laura Anderson has hit out at her ex boyfriend Gary Lucy as she cheers to 'single mums' on Fathers Day and says she feels bad for her daughter

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69 m. ago Keir Starmer bows to pressure to launch new grooming gangs investigation

New probe and statutory public inquiry will be a means to get ‘truth and justice’, home secretary saysKeir Starmer has launched a sweeping national operation to investigate grooming gangs and a statutory inquiry into institutional failure, marking a significant reversal after months of pressure on Labour to act.The National Crime Agency (NCA), the UK’s top investigative body, has been tasked with leading a coordinated national push to reopen historic group-based child sexual abuse cases and identify offenders who slipped through the cracks of previous police efforts. Continue reading...

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70 m. ago PAUL WAUGH: 'In Rochdale, we know all too well the trauma girls suffered from grooming gangs'

Paul Waugh, the Labour MP for Rochdale, writes for the Mirror that there can be 'no cover ups' in the pursuit of those who failed the victims of vile grooming gangs

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84 m. ago Starmer insists Government’s welfare reforms must be pushed through

The proposals include tightening eligibility for personal independence payments.

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2 h. ago A teenager with a job making burritos became a powerful Minnesota lawmaker who trained service dogs

Melissa Hortman’s power as a Democratic leader to shape the course of a deeply divided Minnesota Legislature was a far cry from her job as a teenager making chili-cheese burritos and overshadowed her volunteer work training service dogs for veterans

Society

3 h. ago ‘They just see you as an Arab’: Israel’s Palestinian citizens given cursory protection from attack

Deaths of four family members sheltering in supposed ‘safe rooms’ in Tamra highlight racial inequality of Israel’s defence of its citizensMiddle East crisis – live updatesWhen an Iranian missile bound for the industrial port of Haifa dropped out of the sky on the town of Tamra on Saturday night, it fell on Israel’s most vulnerable, and in one devastating flash, lit up the country’s deepest divide.The missile demolished a three-storey stone house and killed four members of the same family: Manar Khatib, and her two daughters – Shada, a university student, and Hala, a 13-year-old schoolgirl – as well as Manar’s sister-in-law, Manal. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago Soccer Aid fans divided as they point out 'annoying issue' with Louis Tomlinson on the pitch

Soccer Aid, which has been running for more than two decades and has raised more than £100 million overall, had Sam Matterface as the commentator, with Iain Stirling joining him

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3 h. ago Starmer facing challenge to intervene on assisted dying vote after more than 50 Labour MPs demand Commons delay

Exclusive: The dramatic late intervention comes in a letter to Leader of the House Lucy Powell from Labour MPs warning that there has not been sufficient scrutiny of a bill which will ‘fundamentally change’ healthcare

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3 h. ago Starmer warns Labour rebels there will be no more concessions on benefit cuts

The prime minister is gearing up for a political fight over welfare reform

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3 h. ago Keir Starmer doubles down on DWP PIP cuts as major Labour revolt looms

Most of the savings to the welfare bill will be made by restricting access to a key disability benefit - Personal Independence Payments (PIP) - in a move that has caused alarm

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3 h. ago Auckland City shut down Kane .. and concede 10 against Bayern at Club World Cup

German champions have 31 shots during routNew Zealand part-timers suffer through tough afternoonThe good news for Auckland City was that they stopped Harry Kane scoring on Sunday afternoon in Cincinnati. The bad news was that his Bayern Munich teammates were a little more prolific, scoring 10 between them in the opening match of their Club World Cup campaign.If Gianni Infantino, the Fifa president, was hoping his expanded Club World Cup – now containing 32 teams, playing across four weeks in 11 US cities – would showcase the depth of talent in global football, this was not a good example. The statistics were excruciating: the German champions had 31 shots – 17 of them on target – to Auckland’s one, and enjoyed 72% of possession. Continue reading...

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5 h. ago Starmer resists recognising Palestinian state as unions’ demand deepens Labour split

Exclusive: The Independent has seen a communique between the TUC and the French and Canadian union umbrella bodies demanding their governments recognise Palestine as a state immediately, with Labour on the brink of a civil war over the issue

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6 h. ago McDonald's compared to Wetherspoons as 'all human life is there' as sales plunge

Though McDonald’s has 1,500 diners across the UK its US bosses have repeatedly singled out Britain as one of its most difficult markets - bringing down its international performance

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6 h. ago Keir Starmer is being urged to do just one thing every day to fix the Nuked Blood scandal

As millions see a viral video of Labour's broken promises to nuclear veterans, the PM is being asked every day to do the one thing that would fix it

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6 h. ago Keir Starmer urged to do just one thing every day to fix Nuked Blood scandal

A video of Labour's broken promises to nuclear veterans has gone viral, having been seen 2 million times, now the PM is being asked every day to do the one thing that would fix it

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8 h. ago Treasury 'already drawing up tax rises for the Autumn' as grim poll shows just a fifth of Brits say Rachel Reeves had priorities right in Spending Review

Dividends and bank profits are among the areas being mooted for drumming up revenue to balance the books.

Economics

10 h. ago Starmer resists recognising unilateral Palestinian state as unions demand deepens Labour split

Exclusive: The Independent has seen a communique between the TUC and the French and Canadian union umbrella bodies demanding their governments recognise Palestine as a state immediately with Labour on the brink of a civil war over the issue

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11 h. ago Minister ‘hopeful’ for ‘positive’ announcement on Grangemouth soon

Michael Shanks was quizzed on his Government’s £200 million investment in Grangemouth.

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11 h. ago Starmer resists recognising unilateral Palestinian state as Labour split deepens

Exclusive: The Independent has seen a communique between the TUC and the French and Canadian union umbrella bodies demanding their governments recognise Palestine as a state immediately with Labour on the brink of a civil war over the issue

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11 h. ago Dining across the divide: ‘I thought Labour would be bad. I didn’t think they’d be bad so quickly’

With oppositional views on net zero and Jeremy Corbyn, could a Greenpeace campaigner and a Tory physicist find any mutual ground?Becky, 47, BrightonOccupation Data product owner at a utilities company Continue reading...

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