9 h. ago The UK’s best island is only two hours from Manchester and has amazing beaches

The Telegraph has ranked the best British islands - and one of them is within easy reach

Politics

4 d. ago Alexsandro sold litter to provide for his family. Now he’s in the Brazil team

Alexsandro’s road to the top was tough – picking through rubbish, jobs on building sites and being rejected by almost every club in Brazil – but he would not let his family downIn 2021, Alexsandro wrote down five dreams in his notebook: to marry and have children with his wife, to live in a big house, to take his family out of the favela, to play for a big club and to save some money for his holidays. This year, he has been called up to the Brazil squad for the first time, and now hopes to play at the 2026 World Cup. “Now that I’ve turned those human dreams into reality, it is time to work on my professional dreams even more,” says the Lille defender.Alexsandro, who grew up the eldest son of a single mother in a poor family, knew the meaning of the word work. They lived in the Dique II community, a favela to the north of Rio de Janeiro, where they had to find items in the “Rampa”, a rubbish tip, to make ends meet. His whole family worked by recycling things. They picked up plastic, ...

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4 d. ago ‘When they are at risk they text me’: Gaza academic in UK powerless to rescue family

Nearly two years after accepting a UK scholarship, Bassem Abudagga has watched Gaza’s horrors close in on his relatives, and British bureaucracy fail to helpThe silence of the early hours was unbearable, perhaps worse than on any night since 7 October 2023. Bassem Abudagga paced around his flat in Manchester waiting desperately for an answer. He knew from a WhatsApp group of 800 relatives, set up by his extended family in Gaza, that houses near where his wife and two young children were holed up to the west of Khan Younis were being hit by Israeli missiles. His wife, Marim, was not picking up.“Every single minute, I am with them 24 hours a day and night. When there is any risk, I keep in contact all the time with them online,” he says. “It depends on the connections, sometimes they are very bad. Even when I am sleeping I keep the notifications very loud and I keep just waking up when one goes off. When they are at risk they just text me. It is very exhausting because they feel that ...

Events

4 d. ago More signs all is not well in the Trippier household: England star Kieran heads on luxury family holiday to Turkey without wife Charlotte as pair 'still together but living separate lives'

The Newcastle full-back and his three children Jacob, eight, Esme, six, and Isla, three, were instead joined by his mum Eleanor on the sunshine break in Turkey.

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5 d. ago 'I shouldn't have let my Toddler watch Netflix's Ms Rachel and have now banned it'

All of the reasons we as a family had to completely ban Netflix's Ms Rachel from our household

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5 d. ago Official White House X account targets Boulder attack suspect’s family with deportation threat

The wife and five children of Mohamed Sabry Soliman mocked with ‘final boarding call’ tweet

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5 d. ago White House boasts family of suspect in Boulder attack ‘could be deported as early as tonight’ – live

Suspect’s six family members, ‘have been captured and are now in ICE custody for expedited removal,’ a White House post saysFamily of suspect in Colorado fire attack taken into custody of US immigrationDonald Trump has threatened to impose “large scale fines” on California over the participation of a transgender athlete taking part in a high school competition.The president wrote on Truth Social:A Biological Male competed in California Girls State Finals, WINNING BIG, despite the fact that they were warned by me not to do so. As Governor Gavin Newscum fully understands, large scale fines will be imposed!!! Continue reading...

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6 d. ago `This House' makes world premiere, exploring Black history through a family's legacy in Harlem

“This House,” a rumination on love, aspiration, coping and the unyielding weight of history, made its world premiere Saturday night at the Opera Theatre of St. Louis

Politics

7 d. ago IVF destroyed my health to the point a doctor begged me to stop. There's a side effect of these 'miracle' fertility treatments they don't tell women

My hair was falling out. I couldn't get out of bed. The Christmas before, I couldn't even bring myself to leave the house to be with my family. I felt like I was disappearing.

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1 week ago One afternoon in Gaza, two family tragedies: the childhoods cut short by Israeli airstrikes

Relatives’ trauma over events of 23 May reflects a daily reality in Gaza: the killing and maiming of its youngest citizensAt about 3pm last Friday, Dr Alaa al-Najjar, a paediatrician at Nasser hospital in Khan Younis, received the charred remains of seven of her 10 children, killed in an Israeli airstrike. The bodies of two others were buried beneath the rubble.A few miles away, 11-year-old Yaqeen Hammad, known as Gaza’s youngest social media influencer, was killed after a series of heavy Israeli airstrikes hit the house where she lived with her family. She was watering flowers in a tiny patch of greenery eked out of a displacement camp when she died. Her cousin, 16-year-old Eyad, was gravely wounded. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Homes giant to build 676 new family houses ‘within easy reach’ of Edinburgh

“By investing in areas where people genuinely want to live, we’re striving to shape integrated neighbourhoods that our buyers will be proud to call home for generations to come” – Gary Heaney, Miller Homes

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1 week ago Shoppers rush to Home Bargains as iconic American sauce hits shelves

Retail giant Home Bargains has made an exciting addition to its condiment aisle – and shoppers can't wait to snap the product up after it made its way over from the US

Economics

1 week ago Moment teens returning home from junior prom help rescue family from raging house fire

The Maynard Fire Department chief said the teens’ actions gave the family time to get to safety

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1 week ago Princess Diana's brother Earl Spencer 'stunned' after fire rages at Althorp Estate where she's buried

A fire broke out at the Spencer family's ancestral estate, Althorp House, where Princess Diana is buried. Earl Spencer revealed that a farmhouse on the estate has been “burnt down by vandals”

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1 week ago Princess Diana's family left stunned after fire rages at estate where she's buried

Princess Diana's younger brother Earl Spencer revealed on social media that a farmhouse at Althorp House in Northamptonshire, the family's ancestral home, had been burned down by vandals

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1 week ago Arson attack at Princess Diana's home: Firestarters target farmhouse at Althorp House, leaving the family devastated

The late princess's brother Charles Spencer revealed news and photos of the blaze at the Northamptonshire estate on X, formerly Twitter.

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1 week ago Tourists urged to stop jamming coins into iconic Giant’s Causeway rocks

Unwanted mementos are causing the 60 million-year-old rocks to crumble, National Trust says

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1 week ago I'm 80 and want to move in with my son and his family, will it create an inheritance tax trap?

My wife and I are 80. What are the tax implications and pitfalls, if we sell our house and buy another jointly with my son and his family?

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1 week ago I'm 80 and want to move in with my son and his family, will it create a tax trap?

My wife and I are 80. What are the tax implications and pitfalls, if we sell our house and buy another jointly with my son and his family?

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2 w. ago 'Greedy mum living in £1m house' stole £166k from employer and didn't tell family

The mum-of-two was heard wailing after being led out of the dock and down to the cells

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