3 h. ago Stars To Steer By by Julia Jones: Why every sailor needs a suspender belt

Julia Jones hoists the sails on the 20th Century women who refined a woman's place on sailing boats.

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3 h. ago Woman, 26, dies after falling down stairs in city centre bar on night out with friends

Georgia Harry was on a night out with her friends when she fell down the stairs of Lost on Seel Street in the early hours of Monday, March 17. Her mum has described her as a 'fighter' saying 'she fought till the end'

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4 h. ago FLOURISHING AFTER 50: My daughter has asked me to retire early to help look after her two children and I don't really want to. What should I do?

This week, leading money educator Vanessa Stoykov helps a 59-year-old woman grapple with a dilemma many grandparents are facing.

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6 h. ago Lib Dem accused of abuse of power over 'I want you' texts to translator on Ukraine visit

The Tewkesbury MP sent intimate WhatsApp messages to the woman who had been tasked with working with the delegation of MPs in February while they were on a visit to Ukraine.

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6 h. ago The moment I knew: I was complaining about my mum, and his tender response changed my life

TV presenter Matty Mills was attracted to Danny’s compassionate nature from the outset, but one difficult conversation sealed their futureFind more stories from The moment I knew seriesIn September 2022 my brother was murdered. A couple of months later my relationship of six years broke down. That summer was the darkest period of my adult life. It felt like the rug had been pulled out from under me and I was self soothing in ways that I’m not proud of. My mental health was spiralling. My morals were out the door and I hardly recognised myself.By the next April things were turning around. I was seeing a therapist and working on getting my mental and physical health back. Continue reading...

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6 h. ago A new room for a doomed loom – and the battle to save Australia’s slowly dying crafts

When a rare weaving device was destined for the skip, a collective of artists, teachers and students united to rescue it. They bemoan how university course changes are replacing deep skills with competency checklists“Rachel, bad news,” the text message read. “They’re disconnecting the loom tomorrow.”Rachel Halton still doesn’t know who made the decision, in October 2022, to summarily decommission the $160,000 Jacquard loom that had been a cornerstone of RMIT’s renowned weaving and textile design courses for 20 years. Continue reading...

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7 h. ago British woman, 23, is arrested 'after being caught trying to smuggle 18 kilos of cannabis out of Ghana and into Britain on British Airways'

Ghana's Narcotic Control Commission (NACOC) claimed that the young Brit had hidden 32 slabs of substances initially suspected to be a narcotic drug in two suitcases destined for London.

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8 h. ago Man arrested on suspicion of murder after mother is killed alongside her three children aged four, eight and 15 in horror house fire

Firefighters arrived to Stonebridge, Wembley, at 1:22am on Saturday morning after reports of a fire and worked for two hours to tackle the blaze. A man has been arrested on suspicion of murder.

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8 h. ago Hitman disguised as nurse breaks into hospital to slaughter patient days after attack

The attack was captured on videos posted on social media which shows the attacker waiting outside the emergency room until someone leaves - he then shoots the woman and runs away

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8 h. ago Horrific UK fire that killed woman and three kids seen in devastating footage

WARNING, DISTRESSING CONTENT: A 43-year-old woman and her children, aged 15, eight and four, died in the fire in Brent, north-west London, in the early hours of Saturday morning. Another woman, 70s, and a teenage girl were also taken to hospital

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8 h. ago Fatal house fire that killed family seen in horrifying images as man arrested over 'murder'

A 43-year-old woman, a 15-year-old girl, and two boys aged eight and four died at the scene.

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9 h. ago Woman left in intensive care after taking weight loss injection as police make three arrests

Weight loss jabs are available on the NHS as part of weight management services

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9 h. ago British woman, 21, held in Dubai ‘hell hole’ jail on drugs charges

Isabella Daggett, 21, was arrested in March after being caught ‘in the wrong place, at the wrong time’

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10 h. ago Super sub Tommy Watson fires Sunderland into Premier League after comeback win

Watson was given room just outside the box to advance on goal and send a beautifully-placed finish into the bottom corner.

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10 h. ago Sunderland snatch promotion to Premier League by beating Sheffield United in playoff final

Was there a better sight than Luke O’Nien, his right arm cradled in a sling, racing down the touchline, punching the air with his left to celebrate Tommy Watson’s stoppage-time winner? Sunderland stormed back from a goal down after Tyrese Campbell’s first-half opener to return to the Premier League after eight years away.Sunderland’s performance was something of a slow-burner but ultimately found two big moments. The first was courtesy of Eliezer Mayenda, who scored with their second shot on goal, and the second will live long in the memory for both the goalscorer and those here to witness it. Watson, the 19-year-old forward who joined his boyhood club as an under-nine, stroked a wonderful shot into the bottom corner in stoppage time, extra time looming. Eventually, with 102 minutes showing on the big screens, confirmation: Sunderland are back in the big time. Continue reading...

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11 h. ago Desperate search underway for young Scots woman missing for days

Lucy Devine, 22, has been missing since Thursday, May 22.

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11 h. ago Brent fire that killed woman and her 3 kids seen in horrifying footage

Metropolitan Police confirmed a 41-year-old woman and her children - a 15-year-old girl, and two boys aged eight and four - tragically died in a house fire in Brent, London

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11 h. ago French Open favourite's plane struck by lightning on 'phenomenal' journey to Roland Garros

A French Open tennis star's plane was struck by lightning en route to Paris

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11 h. ago Police confirm mother and three children killed in north London house fire

Police have confirmed that a woman who died alongside three children in a house fire in Brent, north-west London, on Saturday (24 May) was the children’s mother.

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11 h. ago Mother and three of her children were victims of fatal house fire

A 43-year-old woman, her 15-year-old daughter and two sons aged eight and four, died in their north-west London home.

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