16 h. ago Why has France’s PM resigned after 27 days – and what could happen next?

Sébastien Lecornu has blamed ‘partisan attitudes’ and ‘certain egos’ after becoming latest casualty of crisis that began with 2024 snap electionEurope live – latest updatesFrance’s prime minister, Sébastien Lecornu, has resigned along with his government, less than a month after his appointment and within hours of the new cabinet being announced, dramatically deepening the country’s political crisis.It is the latest shock development in a series of events that suggest France, the EU’s second-biggest member state, is becoming increasingly ungovernable. Here is a look at what just happened, why – and what might come next. Continue reading...

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18 h. ago Fulham: Marco Silva left to rue summer transfer struggles as injury crisis deepens

A lack of transfer activity in the summer is beginning to have an impact on Marco Silva’s squad

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5 d. ago Munich Oktoberfest reopens after man’s deadly arson attack and bomb threat

Beer festival had closed after 57-year-old man shot parents, set house on fire, and left note mentioning eventA German man went on a deadly gun, explosives and arson rampage against his family and then killed himself on Wednesday, prompting security fears in Munich that closed the world-famous Oktoberfest for seven hours.Authorities decided to close the event temporarily after finding a note the man had dropped in a nearby letterbox that included a vague threat to the Bavarian city’s beer festival. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Chelsea: Discipline crisis deepens as worrying trend continues with Joao Pedro red card

Enzo Maresca will hope Chelsea’s discipline issue does not prove costly in the long-term

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6 d. ago Four in five parents say they have a 'full working day before 9am' as growing numbers navigate '5

Parents clock up an average of 2.3 hours of household chores and complete more than 20 separate tasks before the paid workday even begins

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7 d. ago 'I got a first look at the Lego Masters Academy and learned a big parenting lesson'

EXCLUSIVE: Here's why the new Lego Masters Academy at Lego House in Denmark is an absolute must-visit, especially for parents who want to engage more with their kids

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9 d. ago My cousin Paul McCartney bought my parents a house, says TED ROBBINS

Ted is best-known for his roles in Phoenix Nights, Ackley Bridge and The Slammer, while Sir Paul is said to have written the song Teddy Boy about him.

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1 week ago Judge rules separated couple can finalise adoption in Scots legal first

Lady Tait ruled at the Court of Session that both adults and the eight-year-old girl live as a ‘family unit’, albeit in two households.

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1 week ago Doja Cat: Vie review – master pop provocateur splits the difference between sugar and spice

(Kemosabe/RCA)On her fifth album, the Californian tempers the bite of 2023’s Scarlet with glossy, lovestruck sounds – but never loses her instinct for mischiefIs this just another troll? Doja Cat’s new album is titled Vie – French for “life” – and the original artwork (changed at the last minute) features the 29-year-old Angeleno surrounded by roses, ever the picture of congeniality. Doja has become known, in recent years, as mainstream pop’s master agitator: she tells her superfans to “get off your phone, get a job and help your parents with the house”, disavows her own hits before they’ve even left the upper echelons of the charts and is totally unapologetic about what can be described, charitably, as edgelord behaviour. Doja’s 2023 album Scarlet – a prickly, antagonistic record designed to prove her bona fides as a rapper – seemingly shut the book on her time as a pop hit-maker with a bracing, refreshing meanness.So there is precedent for the notion that Vie’s lead single Jealous...

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1 week ago Megapoll finds Nigel Farage on track for No10 as Labour crisis deepens: Reform could get 311 MPs at an election

Reform would make the biggest surge in British political history if an election was held now, according to the YouGov research.

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1 week ago Five million adults still living with their parents as housing crisis deepens

A study has found the vast majority of adults still living at home are doing so because they have no hope of buying a place locally

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1 week ago Minister insists 'highly talented' No10 chief Morgan McSweeney WON'T quit over 'hidden' £700k think

The crisis engulfing Morgan McSweeney deepened after an email surfaced relating to an episode in which his think-tank was fined in 2021 for breaches of electoral law.

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1 week ago Is Britain on the verge of stagflation? What the OECD warning over high inflation and low growth means

OECD forecasts underlined Britain's deepening cost of living crisis - with the highest inflation in the G7 - and sluggish economic growth.

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2 w. ago Davina McCall says fewer parents are experiencing 'empty nest syndrome'... because rising house prices mean children never move out in the first place

As young adults across the country head to university, presenter Davina McCall says she's comforted by the knowledge they are part of the 'boomerang generation'.

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2 w. ago House of horrors where evil parents kept six kids locked up in 'putrid' cell

An evil couple in Wisconsin are facing an array of neglect charges after their six young children were locked up in a storage unit which had a smell so strong that detectives couldn't stay inside

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2 w. ago My terminally ill brother wants to give me his house to create a trust for his adult son

My brother has terminal cancer and doesn't have long to live. His adult son lives with him but has various issues which mean he doesn't adult particularly well.

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2 w. ago Germany considers dropping France from flagship fighter jet project

Crisis over weapons programme crucial to European defence ambitions deepens as Berlin considers alternative partners

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2 w. ago Create your own beer garden – hops are easy to grow and will keep you in tasty ale

To make home-brewed beer, why not grow your own hops? They’re easy to propagate from a rhizome or stem cutting, though they need plenty of roomMy partner’s childhood home had a collection of beer barrels, each at a different stage of the brewing process, with one always ready to taste. When we moved out of our tiny flat and into a house, a brewing kit arrived in the post as a housewarming gift from his parents, soon followed by a small hop plant from an old friend, which now takes up more room than anything else in the veg patch.This perennial has proved easy to grow. Once established, you can expect a flush of bines (similar to vines) to emerge every spring, bearing hop flowers, or “cones”, which are ready to be picked about now. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Heartbroken family of Greek heiress who died after being bitten by an insect threaten legal action against hospitals over 'doctor's negligence'

Marissa Laimou, 30, was found dead in her bed by a housekeeper at the townhouse she lived in with her parents in Knightsbridge, central London, on September 11.

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2 w. ago Trump warns Starmer 'illegal migration will destroy the UK from within': US president says PM should deploy military to stop Channel boats

Keir Starmer will be hoping Donald Trump can avoid deepening his domestic crisis, with a series of potential landmines lying in wait.

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