2 h. ago Layla was raped at 19 by the 'joker' from school who became the 'popular man in town'

Layla Sahami-Devon was just 19 when she was raped by Daniel Gravell. He became a popular man in town, and Layla had to face seeing him and reliving his disgusting crime. But after a long, brave fight, she has waived her anonymity to speak about the night that changed her life

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8 h. ago Layla was raped at a house party by the 'joker' from school. This is her story, in her own words, and it will break your heart

Layla Sahami-Devon was just 19 when she was raped by Daniel Gravell. She has waived her anonymity to speak about the night that changed her life

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32 h. ago Landscaper arrested after inviting hundreds to unauthorized party while homeowners away, cops say

Michael Brown is accused of inviting as many as 400 people to the house party in the Charlotte suburb of Weddington

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3 d. ago Noel Edmonds sobs while detailing 'very dark times' that made him 'suicidal'

TV legend Noel Edmonds, known for his shows Noel's House Party, Deal Or No Deal and Top of the Pops, has admitted that he previously went struggled through suicidal thoughts

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3 d. ago A moment that changed me: I had a wild London party life – until I met a man who lived on a houseboat

I had my dream career in publishing, but was jumping from one emotional and romantic disaster to the next. Could I find stability and rootedness with a new life on an island?If you’d told me when I was in my early 30s that, by the end of that decade, I would be living in a houseboat, I would never have believed you. I was a devoted Londoner, born and bred, and very wedded to my city lifestyle. I’d got a 100% mortgage and bought a tiny flat with a balcony, where I would host parties – and defy gravity – every weekend.Romantically, I was jumping from one emotional disaster to another, falling for unsuitable people, closing my ears to those who dropped hints about biological clocks. I had my dream career in publishing and most weeknights could be found stumbling out of the Groucho Club and into a cab. In the early 00s, publishing was all about “networking” and there was always someone keen to go for “just one” – code for a late night of heavy drinking, often culminating in karaoke. I’d...

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3 d. ago North Carolina shooting victim was hit accidentally when partygoer returned fire, officials say

Authorities in North Carolina say a man killed in a house party shooting that left 11 other people injured was hit inadvertently by a partygoer returning fire at shooters on a nearby hillside

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3 d. ago 'Like being savaged by a dead sheep': JK Rowling brutally mocks Lib Dem MP who claims she's 'desperate for attention and relevance' with her trans stance

The Harry Potter author mocked Ben Maguire, his party's shadow attorney general, over his comments in the House of Commons last night.

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4 d. ago AD FEATURE: Mr Tumble and the CBeebies gang get ready to party in Manchester

Mr Tumble at the CBeebies House Party, Live! is an uplifting, family-friendly arena show stuffed with music, laughter, and surprises

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1 week ago From the drunk girl who knocked her own front teeth out to the father searching the garden bushes with a torch for couples having sex... One teenage girl's hair

As the youngest of four children, and the last teenager still living at home, I know for a fact there is an annual event my mum dreads more than anything else... the 'End of GCSEs House Party'.

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1 week ago Ordinary Love by Marie Rutkoski review – some of the best sex scenes I’ve read this year

In this page-turning romance, teenage sweethearts reunite as thirtysomething womenSex is notoriously difficult to write. Some authors avoid it entirely; even those who have been called great can come a cropper. Which is why I want to start this review by saying that the sex scenes in Ordinary Love are some of the best I have read this year, and that Marie Rutkoski has a facility for writing physical intimacy that can elude even some of our most gifted authors. Her voice has been compared to that of Sally Rooney. I don’t see much of that in this novel beyond a Rooneyesque ability to write sex well, but that is a talent worth noting.Ordinary Love is a queer romance that tells the story of Emily and Gen, teenage sweethearts who break up in college and reunite in their 30s, their paths having diverged dramatically. Emily marries Jack, who is wealthy and emotionally abusive. When she sees Gen again, she is in the process of leaving him for the second time (the novel opens with ...

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1 week ago Trump is steamrolling congressional Republicans. What’s in it for them? | David Kirp

The budget bill was a reminder: the president and House speaker don’t care about lawmakers’ views. Why not just quit?Like soldiers in a well-disciplined army, Republican members of US Congress do whatever Commander Donald Trump demands. While the foot soldiers may occasionally grumble, they quickly fall in line when Trump intervenes.Republican representatives go through contortions to satisfy the bully in the White House: we hated deficits, goes the party orthodoxy, but now we vote for adding trillions to the deficit; we supported Ukraine, but now we cozy up to the Russians; we scrutinized cabinet nominees, but now we give our “advice and consent” to a cabinet of knaves and charlatans.David Kirp is professor emeritus at the Goldman School of Public Policy, University of California, Berkeley Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Moment furious mother storms into student house party packed with 300 revellers to demand they turn the music down because her daughter has GCSE exams the next day

The woman, who has not been named, was among 30 householders who complained about the racket coming from late-night rave in a garden on Cliff Road in Leeds.

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2 w. ago BBC EastEnders couple to rekindle romance after 11 year split

EastEnders aired a bombshell break-up on Thursday but viewers are convinced a fresh love story is on the way

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2 w. ago Noel Edmonds signs up to new telly show to prove he's not dead yet

After decades on the box on shows including Noel’s House Party and Deal or No Deal, Noel Edmonds is hoping viewers will finally get to see the real him in the brand new ITV show

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2 w. ago Reform UK backs plan to put swift bricks in every new home in England

Party joins MPs across political spectrum in supporting bird conservation amendment similar to one blocked by LabourReform UK has joined MPs from across the political spectrum in supporting an amendment to provide every new home in England with at least one “swift brick” to help endangered cavity-nesting birds, after a similar amendment was blocked by Labour in the committee stage.Richard Tice , a former housing developer and the Reform deputy leader, said his party’s MPs would support a revised amendment tabled by Labour’s Barry Gardiner to incorporate the measure in the government’s increasingly controversial planning bill. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago 8 now arrested in North Carolina house party shootings and more attempted

Eight people have now been arrested and charged in connection with last weekend’s shootings at a North Carolina house party

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3 w. ago The Elon Musk and Donald Trump love story after 'big, beautiful' break up

The breakup came just days after the pair smiled and shook hands at the White House, with Trump even thanking Musk for his short-lived role in the US government

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3 w. ago Trump Tower is throwing a Pride month party for LGBTQ+ Republicans despite White House dodging events

‘I’ll be bringing my pride flag!’ wrote one user, in response to the post on the group’s official Instagram page announcing the event, adding a U.S. flag emoji.

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3 w. ago Bill Clinton worries the ‘courts won’t hold until the midterm election’ in terms of checking Trump

‘If our party wins the White House in the next election, there will be a hallelujah moment and the Supreme Court will rediscover the Constitution,” Bill Clinton said on The View.

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3 w. ago North Carolina judge revokes bond for house party shooting suspect

A judge has ordered a defendant accused in last weekend’s shootings at a house party in North Carolina that left one person dead and 11 others injured to stay in jail while awaiting trial

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