68 m. ago Four simple steps older children can take to help them read more fluently

Now the children are back at school, phonics expert Ann Sullivan reveals how you can boost their reading confidence at home

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2 h. ago Common supermarket parking blunder could see drivers hit with huge £1,000 fine

Experts have warned the assumption that the Highway Code does not apply in supermarket car parks could prove costly, as the same laws and regulations on public roads are in place

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2 h. ago Compensation worth up to £120,000 available if you have received these vaccines

The Vaccine Damage Payment is a one-off, tax-free payment that is made in certain cases

Economics

3 h. ago Sudan landslide kills at least 1,000 people, rebel group says

The landslide destroyed a village in the Marra Mountains area of western Sudan and left only one survivorMore than 1,000 people were killed in a landslide in western Sudan on Sunday, according to a rebel group that controls the area.The landslide destroyed a village in the Marra Mountains area of western Sudan and left only one survivor, said the Sudan Liberation Movement/Army. Continue reading...

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4 h. ago Dog owners urged to act as toxic autumn problem sparks £2,000 emergency

Experts are urging dog-owners to stay vigilant this autumn as a toxic seed commonly found in parks can end up making them seriously ill or, in severe cases, even be deadly

Economics

4 h. ago Final text message hiker sent wife before body was found underneath ledge on 13,000

The last message Grant Gardner sent his wife during a hike he never came back alive from revealed his state of mind. Gardner was later found dead near the top of Cloud Peak in Wyoming.

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5 h. ago The village at war over £300K townhouses for asylum seekers: Furious residents 'were kept in the dark about new arrivals' and fear homes were purposely built for migrants

Residents in a sleepy Suffolk village say the decision to house legal migrants in four brand-new houses worth £270,000 has brought simmering tensions to the surface.

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5 h. ago The families who were given a £10,000 discount on their new homes... as long as they help BUILD them

Thrilled new home owners have been given a £10,000 discount on the price of their properties in return for helping building them.

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6 h. ago Court order is stopping 'three pads' Rayner from revealing more about house deals, says Downing Street

The Deputy Prime Minister is under mounting pressure to 'come clean' after claims she avoided £40,000 in stamp duty when she purchased a luxury £800,000 apartment in East Sussex.

Economics

7 h. ago Children as young as 11 tempted to try betting after being ‘flooded’ by celebrity endorsement

Those in UK aged 11-17 said seeing a celebrity gambling or advertising it made them want to emulate them, survey findsChildren as young as 11 feel tempted to try betting after being “flooded” by celebrities and sports stars promoting it, according to two reports that found nearly 90% of children aged 13-17 are exposed to gambling content online.The UK’s leading gambling charity, GambleAware, which commissioned the reports, urged regulators and policymakers to address social media accounts and influencers producing betting content on platforms such as YouTube, Instagram, TikTok and Twitch in light of the findings. Continue reading...

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7 h. ago At least 45,000 sites in Wales could be contaminated with toxic waste, study says

Campaigners say only 82 sites have been fully examined and classified as contaminated, so scale of threat not knownResearch from Friends of the Earth Cymru has found that at least 45,000 sites across Wales could be contaminated with toxic waste but have never been adequately inspected, leaving communities and wildlife vulnerable to a potential environmental crisis.Despite Wales’s extensive industrial history, Tuesday’s publication found that due to a lack of funding and oversight, only 82 sites across the country have ever been fully examined and classified as contaminated, meaning the actual scale of the threat is unknown. Continue reading...

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7 h. ago More than 700,000 GCSE students without specialist physics teachers as government urged to address shortage

The Institute of Physics (IOP) has called for urgent action to tackle the shortage in physics teachers

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7 h. ago 700,000 GCSE pupils without a specialist physics teacher, report suggests

Just 16% of total teaching hours for combined science are provided by a physics teacher with a post-A-level qualification, the analysis found.

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9 h. ago Liverpool sign Alexander Isak in British transfer record £125m deal from Newcastle

Isak signs six-year deal and ‘wants to create history’Deal for Crystal Palace’s Marc Guéhi falls throughLiverpool broke the British transfer record to sign Alexander Isak for £125m from Newcastle on deadline day but were foiled in an attempt to end a stunning window with a deal for Marc Guéhi.On a contrasting day for the Premier League champions, Isak underwent a medical on Merseyside before signing a six-year contract worth around £300,000 a week. Liverpool also stepped up efforts to sign the Crystal Palace captain, Guéhi, who had a medical in London in anticipation of joining Arne Slot’s side after Steve Parish, the Palace chair, accepted £35m plus £5m in add-ons for the defender. Continue reading...

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11 h. ago More than 1,000 Palestine Action supporters to march on London

More than 1,000 Palestine Action supporters to march on London  The Telegraph

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11 h. ago Burning Man murder mystery deepens as cops ask 70,000 ravers to help identify man found in a pool of blood

The unidentified body of a male was discovered at around 9.15pm on Saturday as the festival's 'Man' effigy began to burn in the northwestern Nevada desert, police said.

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12 h. ago Sir Chris Hoy inspires Lanarkshire fundraising namesake ahead of his Tour De 4 cycling event

Sir Chris met with Cumbernauld man Chris Donnelly, who lost his uncle Tam Donnelly to prostate cancer and is supporting his dad James Donnelly who is recovering after surgery at University Hospital Hairmyres for prostate cancer in July.

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12 h. ago The Guardian view on Donald Trump and India: the tariff war that boosted China | Editorial

The White House wanted India to bow. Instead, Narendra Modi flew to China, shook Xi Jinping’s hand and left Washington sidelined Donald Trump’s imperial tendencies see the US president wield tariffs and sanctions in the expectation that America will receive tributes. Yet his latest move – punishing India with 50% tariffs for Russian oil purchases once encouraged by the US – has produced not submission but spectacle. It has sent India’s Narendra Modi to China for the first time in seven years as Xi Jinping hosted more than 20 leaders for the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Tianjin. And it is in Tianjin, not Washington, where it looks as if the hinge of history is moving.The SCO is easy to dismiss: the bloc is a bundle of contradictions. India and Pakistan remain adversaries. China and India still stare across a garrisoned Himalayan frontier, though relations have thawed since last October’s border breakthrough. Russia and China vie for influence in Central Asia. Unl...

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12 h. ago Chef dies on Richard Branson's Necker Island after 'crashing electric buggy following all

Executive sous chef Sihle Somdaka, 37, was found fatally injured after apparently losing control of an electric buggy on Necker Island, the Virgin tycoon's £95,000-a-night private paradise.

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12 h. ago Luke Donald warns US team: Don’t expect ‘rinse and repeat’ from Europe at Ryder Cup

11 of 12 players who won in Rome will defend title in US‘It doesn’t mean we are going to roll out the same pairings’Luke Donald has warned the US team that it would be an error to anticipate “rinse and repeat” from Europe in the Ryder Cup this month despite ­confirming 11 of the 12 players who won in Rome two years ago will tee up at Bethpage.Donald named his six wildcards on Monday, all of whom played in 2023. Shane Lowry, Viktor Hovland, Ludvig Åberg, Matt Fitzpatrick, Jon Rahm and Sepp Straka received the captain’s call. Rory McIlroy, Robert ­MacIntyre, Justin Rose, Tommy Fleetwood, ­Rasmus Højgaard and Tyrrell Hatton qualified automatically. Continue reading...

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