5 h. ago Girls facing multiple inequalities ‘less likely to do physical activity daily’

The Youth Sport Trust said too many girls, particularly those with multiple inequalities, were being left behind in PE and sport.

Politics

8 h. ago Girls are twice as likely not to like taking part in sport as boys, data shows

Youth Sport Trust Girls Active 2025 Research find girls faced with multiple characteristics of inequality less active, less confident, less engaged in PE and physical activity.

Politics

25 h. ago 'I hope he's rotting in hell': Devastated mother of woman murdered by Jack the Ripper copycat killer says she finally has 'closure' after his death in prison aged 64

Jackie Summerford has faced 18 years of agony after Derek Brown slaughtered her girl, Bonnie Barrett, in 2007. Her daughter's killer died suddenly last month while behind bars.

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26 h. ago Taylor Swift beats Adele’s first week in US sales record with Life of a Showgirl

The star has already sold 3.5m units of her critically divisive album, a new record in the modern era of music salesTaylor Swift’s divisive new album, The Life of a Showgirl, has beaten Adele’s record-breaking 25 in first week sales numbers.According to data tracking firm Luminate, the album has already sold 3.5m units in the US which equates to 3.2m physical copies and 300,000 attributed to streaming activity. Adele achieved 3.482m in 2015 with her opening week sales of 25 which was led by hit Hello. Continue reading...

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44 h. ago ‘Exercise snacks’ can be a secret weapon to boost your health and fitness, study shows

Approximately 1.8 billion adults globally are at an increased risk of non-communicable diseases, such as heart attack and stroke, due to insufficient amounts of physical activity

Society

4 d. ago Davinia Taylor, 47, reveals why she left the Primrose Hill party set behind as she shares simple lifestyle hacks that have given her a biological age of 20 despite battling alcoholism

She was once known as the ultimate party girl, a regular face at showbiz events and part of the Primrose Hill set with the likes of Kate Moss and Sadie Frost. 

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8 d. ago Huge indoor playpark to come to Scottish city bringing 'immersive, experience

The 30,000 sq ft venue in Glasgow will offer games, sports, and adventure experiences combining physical activity with interactive digital fun for all ages

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1 week ago LIVE: Seven men who groomed and raped two girls in Rochdale face justice

They were found guilty at a trial earlier this year

Society

1 week ago Less than a third of primary school pupils 'are getting enough exercise'

Biggest study of its kind followed 17,000 pupils wearing activity trackers and found only 30% of pupils get enough physical activity during school hours

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1 week ago Parents face manslaughter charges over autistic girl's death

The parents of an autistic 10-year-old girl have been charged with manslaughter after she was found dead in her bed in appalling living conditions

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2 w. ago When I was married at 13 I was told refusal would end in my death. Now girls in Iraq as young as nine face the same fate

A new law legitimises violence and entrenches control over the bodies of millions of women and girls like meI was about 13 when my family decided to marry me off to a man of 29. I cried, I resisted. The pain was doubled because even at that age I was already drawn to reading about rights and freedoms. My suffering came from knowing that my rights were being violated, along with my adolescence and childhood.But soon I had to accept the situation after hair was ripped from my head, my face smashed to the ground and threats of being pulled out of school. Any attempt to refuse this groom in front of him or his family, I was told, would end in my death. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Young couple's cruise from hell after girlfriend who didn't have travel insurance began to vomit blood

A Texas couple were faced with a terrifying ordeal after a young girlfriend began vomiting blood onboard her first-ever cruise with no travel insurance.

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2 w. ago Parents outraged as Meta uses photos of schoolgirls in ads targeting man

Exclusive: Instagram pictures of girls as young as 13 were posted to promote Threads site ‘as bait’, campaigner saysMeta has used back-to-school pictures of schoolgirls to advertise one of its social media platforms to a 37-year-old man, in a move parents described as “outrageous” and “upsetting”.The man noticed that posts encouraging him to “get Threads”, Mark Zuckerberg’s rival to Elon Musk’s X, were being dropped into his Instagram feed featuring embedded posts of uniformed girls as young as 13 with their faces visible and, in most cases, their names. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Jimmy Kimmel, Benny Blanco and SZA helped D4vd reach stardom. Now he faces heinous allegations over a missing girl

He got his start in music by making soundtracks on YouTube. Then one of his songs went viral on TikTok - and by November 2023, he made his late-night debut, performing on Jimmy Kimmel.

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3 w. ago As boys shift to the right, we are seeing the rise of the ‘new chill girl’ | Naomi Beinart

Even in comparatively liberal spaces, such as my high school, girls who wince at locker room talk risk exclusionSince Donald Trump returned to office, I have noticed a phenomenon at my high school that I call the “new chill girl”. A group of kids is talking casually about something. Seemingly out of the blue, one of the boys makes an off-handed joke. Maybe it’s racist or sexist or homophobic, but whatever the poison, they inject it and the group dynamic shifts ever so slightly. As a general rule, the boys continue as usual while the girls – who tend to be more politically progressive – face a choice: they can speak up, which usually results in them getting the reputation as annoying and unable to take a joke, or they can let it pass and be regarded as a chill girl who isn’t angry or woke. Since November 2024, the latter reaction has become far more common.This kind of fearful silence is becoming more common outside of high schools, too. In December of 2024, Disney removed a transgen...

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3 w. ago 'Sweetest' girl, one, dies of cancer after medics 'wrongly blamed parents for lump on her face'

Kayleigh Reid was bathing Delilah-Rai Reid-Floyd in January this year when she felt the pea-sized mass. However, she and her daughter's father were later accused of causing the condition.

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3 w. ago Excruciating moment 'mortified' boyfriend is caught begging woman for a kiss while his girlfriend watches on in horror

Dan, 22, who is taking part with girlfriend Ellie, 22, from Cornwall, is left red in the face as the moment is played back for the contestants to watch.

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3 w. ago Perrie Edwards 'set to appear in bombshell BBC girlbands documentary'

Little Mix star Perrie Edwards is set to join the upcoming documentary Girlbands Forever on the BBC, while a string of very famous faces are believed to have rejected an offer

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3 w. ago Judge admonishes Constance Marten and partner for passing notes during sentencing

The pair face prison time for the manslaughter of their baby girl, Victoria

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3 w. ago Teenage girl faced with leg amputation after doctors dismissed rare cancer tumour as 'muscle ache'

At just 18-years-old, Gracie Butler didn't think anything of it when she started experiencing pains in her leg.

Science