14 h. ago Is YOUR child going to be the next super sports star? Scientists reveal the six key signs that show if your kid is on track for the big time

Hoping your child has what it takes to become the sporting superstar of tomorrow? Help is at hand, for there are ways in which you can spy those traits required earlier on than you might expect.

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18 h. ago Simon Calder shares affordable European destination that's 20C in November

Simon Calder recently shared some of the best European winter sun destinations for 2024, including Bulgaria, Montenegro and Albania, which are all affordable holiday spots with an average temperature of around 17C in autumn

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34 h. ago Former Premier League star, 45, 'could die at any time': After three kidney transplants and a £4m pay

An ex-Premier League star says he could die at any time after painkillers prescribed by his old club ruined his health following an undiagnosed condition. 

Economics

37 h. ago Inside a parents’ group chat about raising kids in violent times

The Guardian’s parenting WhatsApp group discusses the recent spate of school shootings and political violence – and how they explain it to their kids“I have been emotionally at my wit’s end with the violence.”Gabriela Rangel is a glass dispatch coordinator in California City, California, and mother to a five-year-old. Like many parents across the nation, she was horrified to learn about the 27 August shooting at a Catholic school in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Two children were killed and 17 other people were injured. Continue reading...

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37 h. ago Inside a US parents’ group chat about raising kids in violent times

The Guardian’s parenting WhatsApp group discusses the recent spate of school shootings and political violence – and how they explain it to their kids“I have been emotionally at my wit’s end with the violence.”Gabriela Rangel is a glass dispatch coordinator in California City, California, and mother to a five-year-old. Like many parents across the nation, she was horrified to learn about the 27 August shooting at a Catholic school in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Two children were killed and 17 other people were injured. Continue reading...

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37 h. ago Alarm as CDC calls for separate MMR vaccines despite measles outbreak

Concerns that three separate shots would be more costly and time-consuming, and keep kids from being vaccinatedThe measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine is undergoing more scrutiny by the Trump administration in their ongoing reassessment of vaccines despite the worst measles outbreak in decades.Jim O’Neill, the deputy secretary of the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the acting director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), called on Monday for new vaccines to replace the current MMR shots. Continue reading...

Events

61 h. ago Amazon slashes Cricut starter bundle to under £180 just in time for Christmas crafts with the kids

The Cricut starter kit is the perfect pick for setting up an at-home craft station that the kids can get involved with too, and it's now on sale for under £180 in Amazon Prime Day sale

Economics

66 h. ago 'We had no time with our kids so we ditched UK for Mauritius after holiday there'

Adam Short, 44, and his wife, Tara, 38, from Sheffield, South Yorkshire, were desperate for a 'slower pace of life' and decided to move 6,000 miles to Mauritius to feel more like a family

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3 d. ago Ken Jacobs, mainstay of New York’s underground film culture, dies aged 92

Experimental film-maker’s works included Little Stabs at Happiness, Blonde Cobra, and Tom, Tom, the Piper’s SonRenowned experimental film-maker Ken Jacobs, whose works such as Little Stabs at Happiness, Blonde Cobra and Tom, Tom, the Piper’s Son made him a key member of the underground film circuit of the 1960s, has died aged 92. His son Azazel Jacobs, also a film-maker, told the New York Times that he died of kidney failure in hospital on Sunday.Described by the New York Times as “the éminence grise of the American avant garde”, Jacobs and his wife Flo, with whom he collaborated on much of his work, straddled the worlds of experimental art and American new wave film-making, along with the likes of Jack Smith, Andy Warhol and Jonas Mekas. He was a founding member of New York’s Film-Makers’ Co-Operative and the first director of the Millennium Film Workshop in 1966, both of which offered a space for film-makers working outside the mainstream and which are still operating today. Conti...

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3 d. ago Ken Jacobs, luminary of New York underground film culture, dies aged 92

Experimental film-maker’s works included Little Stabs at Happiness, Blonde Cobra, and Tom, Tom, the Piper’s SonRenowned experimental film-maker Ken Jacobs, whose works such as Little Stabs at Happiness, Blonde Cobra and Tom, Tom, the Piper’s Son made him a key member of the underground film circuit of the 1960s, has died aged 92. His son Azazel Jacobs, also a film-maker, told the New York Times that he died of kidney failure in hospital on Sunday.Described by the New York Times as “the éminence grise of the American avant garde”, Jacobs and his wife Flo, with whom he collaborated on much of his work, straddled the worlds of experimental art and American new wave film-making, along with the likes of Jack Smith, Andy Warhol and Jonas Mekas. He was a founding member of New York’s Film-Makers’ Co-Operative and the first director of the Millennium Film Workshop in 1966, both of which offered a space for film-makers working outside the mainstream and which are still operating today. Conti...

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4 d. ago Parents, if you still think the social media ban is a good idea, you won't by the time you've finished reading JONICA BRAY's horrifying story... It will make life MUCH worse for our kids

My daughter has been pressured for nudes on Snapchat, blackmailed on TikTok, and witnessed a murder on Instagram. And yet, I don't support a social media ban for under 16s in Australia - here's why.

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4 d. ago The Lemonheads’ Evan Dando: ‘Some people were supposed to take drugs – and one of them was me’

He was the darling of early-90s alt rock, but success came with the kind of rock’n’roll excess that many of his peers did not survive. Now, having finally quit heroin, he’s back with a new album, a memoir – and no regretsEvan Dando rolls up a sleeve and points to a line of small dents running down his forearm, faint scars from decades of heroin abuse. “It takes so long to get decent track marks,” he says. “You do it for years and you think: I can’t stop yet. Maybe my skin is particularly tough, but you can barely see it now. What was it all for, eh?” He grins and lets out a raspy laugh. “Just kidding!”Dando, one-time indie pin-up and leading light of 90s alt-rock band the Lemonheads, looks in reasonable nick for a man who has taken every drug going from the age of 14. The songwriter behind such exalted tracks as It’s a Shame About Ray and My Drug Buddy, Dando is also known as rock’s most notorious burn-out, a star who seemingly had it all and threw it away. He is warm, goofily chari...

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5 d. ago Nicole Kidman returns to spotlight for first time since shock divorce announcement

Oscar-winning star Nicole Kidman put on a brave face as she made her first public appearance at an awards show - days after news broke her marriage to Keith Urban is over

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5 d. ago 'There's enough homeless kids to fill the O2 more than eight times

Campaigner Kwajo Tweneboa spoke about some of the ripple effects that come from bad social housing from children's lives, to impacting education and the NHS - something that can't be ignored

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7 d. ago Man was blindfolded and kidnapped from Welsh retail park then stabbed multiple times

Connor Price was only saved from his kidnappers when his father and girlfriend hatched a daring escape plan

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7 d. ago 'My neighbour's kids do annoying habit five times a day and I'm plotting revenge'

When the children in the houses near her kept doing one thing every single day at least five times, she was left having to plot the pettiest revenge - but some criticised her

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7 d. ago From where it all began, to when it all fell apart: Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban's complete relationship timeline as they split after 19 years of marriage

Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban left many fans shocked after it was revealed they had split after 19 years together.

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7 d. ago Keith Urban drops Nicole Kidman song and female band member as he returns to stage

Keith Urban is back on stage for the first time since wife Nicole Kidman officially filed for divorce - and dropped his song about her from his set

Culture

7 d. ago Keith Urban ditches his ring as he returns to the stage for the first time since shock Nicole Kidman divorce

Keith Urban ditched his wedding band as he returned to the stage for the first time since his shock divorce from Nicole Kidman. 

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9 d. ago Nicole Kidman pictured for the first time since Keith Urban divorce... as friends share brutal new details of her 'humiliation' and why he finally 'grew tired'

In exclusive Daily Mail photos, the actress, 58, was seen for the first time since the collapse of her 19-year marriage to singer Keith Urban, 57, out on a hike in Nashville, Tennesse, on Wednesday.

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