10 h. ago Soham murderer Ian Huntley sparks fury with sick taunt about child victims

Holly Wells and her best friend, Jessica Chapman vanished as they left a family barbecue to get some sweets but ended up being lured into the home of evil school caretaker Ian Huntley

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25 h. ago Dominating the net: British stars take over the nations conversations during Wimbledon

The nation went Wimbledon-wild during the last two weeks, as the success of homegrown heroes inspired fans across the country. Nowhere was that more apparent than in SW19; standout performances from Britain’s Jack Draper, Katie Boulter, Cam Norrie and Emma Raducanu saw notable spikes in demand on The Nation’s Network, as fans turned to their devices to share their courtside excitement with friends and family.

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32 h. ago Save £50 on a family trip for 3 to Legoland Windsor this school holiday with limited time offer

The offer is available for a limited time only and lets you take two children and one adult, or two adults and one child, to the family-friendly Legoland theme park

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32 h. ago Young, educated and knee deep in rubbish: the recyclers cleaning up in Cairo’s Garbage City

Piles of waste line the streets of Manshiyet Nasr, turning it into a no-go zone for many. But a new generation see themselves as agents of change in the fight against plastic pollutionWhen Mina Nedi graduated with a nursing degree last year, his friends and family expected him to start working in one of Egypt’s overstretched hospitals. Instead, the 25-year-old decided to join his father’s recycling business in Manshiyet Nasr, a neighbourhood on Cairo’s eastern outskirts known as Garbage City.Every day, he sorts through thousands of plastic bottles, collected by a team of men who roam the city at night to pick up rubbish, separating them by colour and compressing them into large bundles with the help of a machine, ready to be sold for recycling and reuse.Mina Nedi, 25, has been working as a plastic collector for five years and funded his university education with it Continue reading...

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40 h. ago Lionesses press conference hilariously interrupted as Euros hero takes FaceTime call

England needed penalties to get the better of Sweden in their European Championship quarter-final and one player's friends and family were particularly eager to congratulate her

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57 h. ago Freewheeling family fun in the Netherlands: a cycling and camping trip along the Maas river

The Maasroute is the ideal entry-level, multiday bike trip for young children – flat with plenty of riverside cafes, family-friendly campsites and ice-cream stops en routeAs early as I can remember, I’ve always got a thrill out of poring over a map, tracing wavy river lines with my fingers, roads that connect and borders that divide – all the routes I could take. The freedom of heading out on my bike and not knowing where I’m going to pitch my tent that night. Now that my children are aged seven and nine, I wanted to introduce them to the liberation of this kind of adventure. They adore a day out on their bikes, but this was to be our first multiday bike trip as a family of four, so it was crucial to find a route easy and fun enough to captivate them.The Maasroute follows the course of the Maas River as it meanders for 300 miles (484km) through the Netherlands, from the inland city of Maastricht to the Hook of Holland, then loops back to Rotterdam. It forms part of the much longer M...

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58 h. ago Rachel Roddy’s recipe for courgette, goat’s cheese and lemon risotto | A kitchen in Rome

Risotto all’onda is wonderfully fluid, creamy and cheesyAs Venice braced itself recently for another wedding, I had been thinking back to last September, when Adriana and Thom exchanged vows in the cavernous cool of the boathouse belonging to Burano’s rowing club. Following the ceremony, the double doors were opened wide, so friends and family could line the ramp all the way to the edge of the lagoon. There, standing majestically at the end of a green gondola, was Adriana’s childhood friend Giulia, a champion of voga Veneta, or Venetian rowing, ready to take the couple to the other side of the island for lunch.While Giulia rowed Adriana and Thom around the island, the rest of us walked across it to Trattoria Da Romano, where Adriana’s family have celebrated for lifetimes, and it was completely given over to our euphoric wedding party. I am sure I would remember all seven courses (several of which involved more than one dish) even if I didn’t have the menu memento stuck to our fridge...

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2 d. ago Brits are turning to clever travel hacks to maximise their holidays

A study of 2,000 adults found that on average they are utilising three hacks on a typical holiday - with two thirds getting tips from friends and family

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2 d. ago Family friendly wrestling returning to NCT Centre in Newmains next month

Pro Wrestling Scotland are coming back to town with a brand new for a family entertainment spectacular.

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3 d. ago Oasis tickets cost dad £700 but email hours before gig left him vomiting

Phil Hessey bought tickets for himself, his son Kaiden, 15, and a family friend for the show in Manchester on Saturday - but things didn't go to plan.

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4 d. ago Friends and family shunned Constance Marten when she got new boyfriend

Constance Marten was known to family and friends as "Toots". But she cut off from them when she met her children's father Mark Gordon. The pair were convicted of killing their baby Victoria

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4 d. ago Inside F1 star George Russell's new £2.2m luxury yacht with four bedrooms and garage

George Russell has purchased a stunning Pershing 6X yacht, which contains four bedrooms, a private garage for a jet ski, and plenty of room to host friends and family

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4 d. ago I was beaten and sexually abused by a family friend when I was four

Thomas Brown, now 47, was this year found guilty of indecently assaulting Kaylee Thompson when she was just four years old. He was jailed for only two years.

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4 d. ago Inside the bombshell memoir about Queen Elizabeth's childhood which led to the ostracisation of a Royal Family friend

Before Prince Harry released his bombshell memoir, there was another book which equally ruffled feathers amongst the royals.

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5 d. ago I’m not keen on the Clooneys’ ‘no phones’ rule for guests | Emma Beddington

Amal Clooney says the policy allows for ‘safe and frank’ conversation. But what if you want to show George a cool meme of an anteater posing?Would you willingly surrender your phone if you were invited to the Clooneys’? Because that’s the deal, apparently. “I now have a phone basket that I use to take everyone’s phones away!” Amal Clooney recently told Glamour magazine in a rather stilted “conversation” with the cosmetics diva Charlotte Tilbury. “It’s important to get that balance where you have time alone with your family and with your friends where people feel like you can have a safe and frank exchange,” she explained.Hmm. I’m fine with shoes-off households (although you reap what you sow when it comes to the state of my socks or my toes). But the phone basket is reminiscent of those aggressively jocular pub signs that say: “No wifi – talk to each other.” What if you’re dealing with a family or work situation, need to hide in the loo and stroke your shiny pocket rectangle to rech...

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5 d. ago Prime Video drops 'beautifully made' documentary that left viewers crying 'at least 4 times'

The new docuseries features exclusive interviews with friends and family of the victims

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5 d. ago Tributes flood in for beloved community DJ who died suddenly aged 42

'Zoey Poey' was described by friends and family as a beautiful soul, amazing mum and talented DJ

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8 d. ago Brooklyn Beckham and Nicola Peltz's Instagram accounts no longer follow his brothers Cruz and Romeo in yet more family drama... as friends explain reason why

Brooklyn Beckham and Nicola Peltz's Instagram accounts have stopped following his brothers Cruz and Romeo in yet more family drama.

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8 d. ago Brooklyn Beckham and Nicola Peltz's Instagram accounts stop following his brothers Cruz and Romeo in yet more family drama... as friends explain reason why

Brooklyn Beckham and Nicola Peltz's Instagram accounts have stopped following his brothers Cruz and Romeo in yet more family drama.

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8 d. ago A Texas family clung to life on their roof, capturing the terrifying flooding in photos and video

A retired nurse, her son and a family friend say they were lucky to survive last week's flash floods in Texas that killed more than 100 people, including many summer campers

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