10 h. ago BBC viewers brand Countryfile 'disgusting' and 'cruel' after cow scene

Countryfile fans were left fuming after the programme shone a light on a family engaging in battery farming for cows.

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39 h. ago Desperate final words of brave dad who died saving kids and fiancé from floods

Brave dad Julian Ryan was praised as a 'hero' by his family, who said his death in the Texas floods has left 'an unfillable void in all our lives' - his fiancé has now shared his heartbreaking final words

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50 h. ago Texas dad tragically dies saving family from floods as 27 kids still missing

Dad Julian Ryan was praised as a 'hero' by his family, who said his death in the Texas floods has left 'an unfillable void in all our lives' - a GoFundMe has been organised to support his family

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56 h. ago ‘The American system is being destroyed’: academics on leaving US for ‘scientific asylum’ in France

Almost 300 researchers have applied for for positions at Aix-Marseille University after Trump unleashed his attack on academia It was on a US-bound flight in March, as Brian Sandberg stressed about whether he would be stopped at security, that the American historian knew the time had come for him to leave his home country.For months, he had watched Donald Trump’s administration unleash a multipronged attack on academia – slashing funding, targeting international students and deeming certain fields and even keywords off limits. As his plane approached the US, it felt as though the battle had hit home, as Sandberg worried that he would face reprisals over comments he had made during his travels to the French media on the future of research in the US. Continue reading...

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65 h. ago Desperate search for missing girls from summer camp after Texas floods kill at least 24

Heavy rains have caused devastating flash floods in Texas Hill Country, killing at least 24 people and leaving many others missing

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3 d. ago Coleen Nolan reveals 'devastating' impact of Loose Women 'family' being ripped apart by ITV cuts

It comes after it was revealed back in May that the show and Lorraine, hosted by Lorraine Kelly, have been AXED for half the year, as the channel announced a big shake up to its daytime schedule.

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3 d. ago Budapest’s young people are joining the ranks of generation rent | Csaba Jelinek

Sell-offs of public housing and the right’s promotion of home ownership has left too many unable to afford accommodationCsaba Jelinek is an urban sociologist based in BudapestWhen I left my family home to study at university in 2007 and moved to downtown Budapest, housing costs were hardly a topic of conversation among my friends. I rented rooms in centrally located flats for £80-£100 per month. Fast forward to 2025 and a similar room in a shared flat would set you back at least £200 – double the price of 15 years ago. Talk to anyone in their 20s in Budapest today, and the deepening housing crisis will inevitably come up as one of the defining struggles of their lives.The statistics paint an equally grim picture. Between 2010 and 2024, Hungary saw the largest increase of the housing price index among EU member states. While the EU average rose by 55.4%, Hungary’s housing price index rocketed by 234%. Meanwhile, per capita net income only grew by 86% in the 2010s. Budapest, the capit...

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4 d. ago India bat England into submission as Stokes’ threadbare attack drags its feet | Andy Bull

An unforgiving pitch and some uninspiring bowling gave Shubman Gill’s tourists an inch and they took a mileThe sun shone, the wind blew, the grass grew, and India batted. And batted. And batted. They batted on so long that summer’s roses had budded, bloomed and withered again before they were finished. Excited little kids who had taken seats in the family stand first thing in the morning left it as jaded pensioners in the evening.It was even rumoured that a man who had come up from London to catch the end of the innings was able to use the newly finished HS2. Among all their other achievements India’s batsmen even silenced the Barmy Army, so that by the very end the volume in the Hollies Stand was reduced to the sort of somnolent hum usually heard at Lord’s. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago A Beautiful Family by Jennifer Trevelyan review – an immersive but imperfect coming

Subject of a fierce bidding war, this charming debut shows Trevelyan has an impressive knack for character, but is let down by a predictable plotWriting a story from a child’s perspective works like a filter over a lens. Novels such as Sofie Laguna’s The Eye of the Sheep, Craig Silvey’s Jasper Jones and Mark Haddon’s The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time use a younger person’s narration to process darker, adult themes and reveal the mythologies of the adult world. Jennifer Trevelyan’s debut A Beautiful Family uses a similar framing to tell an immersive yet imperfect coming-of-age mystery set in New Zealand.It’s 1985, and 10-year-old Alix – a tomboyish, inquisitive girl who is never without her red Walkman and Split Enz cassette tape – is on holiday with her family, who have left their Wellington home for the nearby Kāpiti Coast. Her novelist mother normally prefers secluded spots, but this time she has curiously opted for a populous beach town. Between her parents’ bicke...

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4 d. ago EastEnders' Clair Norris admits it's 'end of an era' in tribute to screen family

EastEnders star Clair Norris has taken to social media to pay tribute to her onscreen family, after her character Bernie Taylor left the BBC soap with best friend Felix Baker

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4 d. ago I lost my niece and nephew in Gaza. Until the world calls this a genocide, we have no hope of peace | Ahmed Najar

I was at a conference about Palestine shortly before he was killed. None of the Israelis I spoke to were willing to publicly name these horrorsIt has been less than two months since my niece Juri – a bright, giggling six-year-old – was killed in Gaza. We buried her while her sister recovered from her injuries and her father tried to walk again on shattered legs. Just a week ago, I was struck by another unbearable loss. My 16-year-old nephew Ali was killed: a drone-fired rocket tore through him and six members of our extended family while they were sitting outside the last house we had left – the only one that hadn’t yet been reduced to dust.Ali was split in two. That’s not a metaphor: it’s literally what the rocket did to his body. A child trying to escape the stifling heat inside a home without electricity, without water, without safety. A child whose only crime was sitting on a plastic chair in a corridor with his uncles – men in their 60s – trying to breathe, trying to live, tryi...

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5 d. ago Forgotten This Morning star 'dumped' by ITV for wild conspiracy rant

Emma Kenny was a regular presenter on This Morning until she was 'cancelled' after sharing her controversial views on coronavirus lockdown rules, which left her almost losing her family home

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5 d. ago Nicola Peltz responds to claims she is 'controlling' husband Brooklyn Beckham amid family feud

The Transformers actress has found herself blamed for the once tight-knit Beckham family seemingly left fractured

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5 d. ago BBC Breakfast's Jon Kay tells viewers to 'leave the country' as Oasis reunite

BBC Breakfast presenter Sally Nugent has issued a warning to viewers ahead of the highly anticipated Oasis reunion tour, which will see Noel and Liam Gallagher take to the stage together in Cardiff on Friday.

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5 d. ago London girl, 7, killed by tree was the light in our lives, say family

Leonna Ruka’s family said they have been left with ‘broken hearts and unimaginable pain’ following her death

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6 d. ago Ryanair left family feeling like 'second class citizens' after refusing boarding over confusing rule

Christina Finn, her husband, Cameron, and their five-month-old baby were left stranded in London after they were refused entry onto a Ryanair flight back to Dublin

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6 d. ago Turkish hotel shames British mother who smashed up hotel room after drunkenly celebrating her boyfriend's new veneers by publishing 'full list and pictures of damage she caused'

The cleaner was held in a cell for days, questioned without a lawyer, and then hauled before a judge who told her she could not leave the country until she paid the £15,000 in damages.

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7 d. ago Family left heartbroken as snow vanishes from Lapland during £3,500 dream holiday

A couple who took their son to Lapland on a dream holiday but were left "stressed and disappointed" when the snow vanished cancelling events have won a six month battle with TUI

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7 d. ago Body 'covered with clumps of maggots' at funeral home as family left horrified

WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT - Tabitha Worrell is taking legal action after it is said she was told "don't you make a scene" as employees took her to Torreon Williams' casket.

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8 d. ago Married At First Sight star Laura Vaughan left ‘devastated’ by family tragedy

MAFS star Laura Vaughan took to social media to announce a break after tragedy which left her family “devastated” and opened up on her "guilt" -"right now, it feels very heavy"

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