61 m. ago Trump administration eviscerates maternal and child health programs

Alarm over ‘the health of the nation’s children’ follows federal workforce cuts by health secretary RFK JrMultiple maternal and child health programs have been eliminated or hollowed out as part of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) layoffs, prompting alarm and disbelief among advocates working to make Americans healthier.The fear and anxiety come as a full accounting of the cuts remains elusive. Federal health officials have released only broad descriptions of changes to be made, rather than a detailed accounting of the programs and departments being eviscerated. Continue reading...

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61 m. ago Naked Attraction's Anna Richardson reveals racy audition process for dating show

EXCLUSIVE: Naked Attraction host Anna Richardson has lifted the lid on how people nab themselves a slot on the controversial dating show that does everything in reverse

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73 m. ago Baby P's evil mum could walk free from prison again after recall for selling naked snaps

The twisted child killer who tortured her son to death 18 years ago and has previously been released from behind bars twice has made yet another bid for freedom

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74 m. ago Inside the triads' grip on our streets: How Chinese gangsters run silent network across Britain with strongholds in FOUR major cities

EXCLUSIVE: Chinese triad gangs may rarely hit the headlines, but they operate in many of Britain's Chinatowns - while also exerting control much further afield.

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88 m. ago Ian Holloway explains what brought him back to football despite fears for modern game

EXCLUSIVE: Ian Holloway returned from four years away to lift Swindon Town away from League Two relegation concerns and last week penned a new long-term contract - even if much about the game rubs him up the wrong way

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1 hour ago Are paedophile hunters heroes or dangerous vigilantes? Troubling questions arise after a string of men were driven to suicide before being charged with any crime

A string of vigilante paedophile hunters have been arrested and even jailed for crimes - including Tim Heron (pictured) who was found to possess an indecent image of a child.

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2 h. ago ‘The anger became bigger than shame’: the writer whose memoir of child abuse has taken France by storm

As Neige Sinno’s critically acclaimed memoir about being sexually abused by her stepfather is published in English, she reveals how writing her story has helped set her freeWhen it came out in France, Neige Sinno’s heart-stopping Sad Tiger, which pieces together in fragments the lifelong impact of the sexual abuse of a girl in the French Alps by her mountain guide stepfather, blew the literary world apart. Its experimental form of creative nonfiction – a memoir that ditches linear narrative, yet races along like a thriller – was hailed as groundbreaking, the book an instant classic. It sold hundreds of thousands of copies, won a swathe of prizes and became one of the most borrowed books in libraries across France when it was published in 2023. The Nobel prize-winning French author Annie Ernaux was so impressed that she made a public appearance in conversation with Sinno, saying: “Reading Sad Tiger is like descending into an abyss with your eyes open. It forces you to see, ...

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2 h. ago 14 toys you'll almost certainly remember if you were a child of the 1960s

These were the toys every girl and boy wanted during the 1960s.

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2 h. ago Doncaster star Joseph Olowu opens up on community hero role after EFL award win

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Doncaster Rovers central defender Joseph Olowu's sterling charity work has seen him crowned as the EFL League Two Community Player of the Season

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2 h. ago Home Bargains shoppers share fear of cutout copper as everyone says the same thing

Fans of the discount store have come clean on Reddit about being scared of the well-known cardboard cut out copper installed to stop let shoplifters know they are being watched

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2 h. ago Geri Horner’s ‘marriage pact’ with Christian as she gives insight into their 'fun' rituals

EXCLUSIVE: After a rocky year of rumours and headlines, Geri Horner has spoken out about her marriage to Christan Horner - and insiders say that their marriage pact” will make them stronger than ever.

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2 h. ago Meet JESSIE MEI LI, the star of Netflix's new action thriller who says she could beat tough guy co

As a child, she'd recreate film fight scenes and then trained in martial arts as a teen. Actress JESSIE MEI LI tells Maddy Fletcher why her latest role is one she was born to play

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3 h. ago Nobody's Child has just dropped the hottest high street collab of the season

Embroidered fabrics + floaty designs = the collab you'll want to wear all summer. Jessica Carroll styles her favourite pieces

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3 h. ago 'My ex attacked me and my baby – I thought she'd be crushed to death in bloodbath'

EXCLUSIVE: WARNING, DISTRESSING CONTENT: A year into a whirlwind romance, the cracks started to show until Jolene Hexx found herself fearing for her life and that of her child

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3 h. ago Tina O'Brien and Ryan Thomas 'bury hatchet' in move over teen daughter after messy split

They've been locked in a bitter battle since their split - but now, an exclusive source tells us that Corrie exes Tina O'Brien and Ryan Thomas are putting past tensions behind them to launch their daughter Scarlett into the spotlight.

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4 h. ago ‘What was their crime?’ Families tell of shock over IDF killing of Gaza paramedics

Relatives who waited agonising week before bodies were found speak of passion that drove Red Crescent workers• Our aid workers were brutally killed and thrown into a mass grave in Gaza. This must never happen againGaza is one of the most dangerous places in the world to be a civilian now that Israeli forces have resumed their military campaign with even more ferocity, but for the first responders who rush towards the wreckage of bombed buildings, the risks are multiplied many times over.The 15 paramedics and rescue workers whose bodies were found last weekend in a bulldozed pit outside Rafah knew they were putting their lives in peril to try to save others, but they could not have been prepared for what awaited them in the early hours of 23 March. Continue reading...

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4 h. ago ‘I didn’t start out wanting to see kids’: are porn algorithms feeding a generation of paedophiles – or creating one?

More than 850 men a month are arrested for online child abuse offences in England and Wales. They come from every walk of life: teachers, police officers, doctors, TV presenters. And the numbers are rising every year. How did this happen?Andy was enjoying a weekend away with his wife when it happened. “My neighbour phoned me and said, ‘The police are in your house. They’re looking for you.’” He didn’t need to wonder why. “You know. You know the reason. I was petrified when I got that call. It wasn’t just the thought of other people knowing what I had done; I also had to face myself, and that is a sick feeling – it is guilt, shame.”Andy had been watching and sharing images of children being sexually abused for several months before the police appeared at his door. He tried at first to keep it from his wife: “I was afraid she would ask me to leave. I wouldn’t have blamed her if she had.” Continue reading...

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4 h. ago Youngsters 'rotting in bed' to 'avoid real life' but it might not be all bad

EXCLUSIVE: The term has often come to be used in a negative light – ‘rot’ is rarely used positively, after all – and often this is because they are using comfort to blinker themselves against reality

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4 h. ago 'I regret pushing daughter to sell adult photos – porta potty party shows how dangerous it is'

EXCLUSIVE: Ukrainian model Maria Kovalchuk has regained consciousness after being found roadside in Dubai, but it's given one mum with a daughter in the same industry a huge fright

Culture

4 h. ago Aintree Grand National 2025 winner predicted by psychic as she reveals 'luckiest' colours

EXCLUSIVE: One psychic looked closely at her cards and consulted them to see which horse will take the glory at the biggest horse race in the world – The Randox Grand National at Aintree

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