64 m. ago Lily Collins celebrates her 'first birthday as a mama' as she turns 36 and shares snaps with baby daughter Tove and husband Charlie McDowell

Lily Collins celebrated her 'first birthday as a mama' as she turned 36 on Tuesday - and shared sweet family snaps to mark the occasion. 

Culture

73 m. ago Children watching Andrew Tate a ‘red flag’, former terror investigator warns

Philip Grindell said he worries about loners who obsess over the Tate brothers as much as any loyalist to far-right or Islamic extremism

Events

1 hour ago US ‘deletes evidence’ of Russia’s kidnap of thousands of Ukrainian children

Researchers at Yale University had been compiling database of alleged Russian war crimes, including abduction of up to 35,000 children

Events

2 h. ago Ellen Pompeo's offscreen life from 'painful' family loss to fears about death

Ellen Pompeo has faced much heartbreak in her own life

Politics

2 h. ago Irish sisters on a mission to provide 1,500 Easter eggs to children in hospital

Lauren Metcalfe, 17, and her younger sister Ellamay, eight, are in the process of appealing for Easter eggs or donations for them.

Events

2 h. ago I made my first Scotland start alongside my cousin in Six Nations

Family connection on pitch and in stands at the Stade de France

Politics

3 h. ago Brief History of a Family review – mysterious interloper at centre of exquisitely constructed drama

Lin Jianjie’s remarkable debut feature keeps you guessing to the final scene – a thrilling film directed and performed immaculatelyThis knockout debut feature from Chinese writer-director Lin Jianjie is like some kind of cinematic kinetic mobile, such as the ones artist Alexander Calder designed in the last century; it’s so exquisitely balanced that it’s able to keep reconfiguring itself with the merest breeze into a whole new arrangement of shapes that’s just as pleasing and abstract as the last. Precision and random chance, freestyle inspiration and formal craft are all in constant play here. That perfectly complements the story itself, a parable about a tricky space – the family unit – where talent, ambition and the lottery of genetics and luck all dance around one another, held in place by gravity and desire. It really is that good, and well-worth seeing in a cinema, not just on a small screen at home, so as to appreciate Zhang Jiahao’s sculptural cinematography and the sparse p...

Society

3 h. ago Family of missing woman sent chilling ransom messages saying 'we have her chopped up'

The family of missing Layla Santanello, whose disappearance has been treated as a criminal case, have received a series of chilling messages saying 'we have her chopped up'

Events

3 h. ago Motherwell gym raises incredible £18k for Beatson Cancer Charity after 24 hour challenge

The event brought together over 400 participants throughout the day, included a range of fitness activities designed to push physical limits while supporting those affected by cancer.

Economics

4 h. ago Imagine if all those who are silent about the terrible evil being committed in Gaza spoke up | Owen Jones

No crime in history has been so well documented by its victims. And yet inaction and censorship reignIsrael’s genocide was only on pause: for Palestinians woken on Monday night by a vicious wave of airstrikes, the resumption was no less shocking. More than 400 people – many of them children – were slaughtered in a matter of hours, in an assault that reportedly received the “green light” from Donald Trump. This mayhem was swiftly followed by evacuation orders – that is, forced displacement – raising the possibility of renewed ground operations. Israel’s excuse? A confected claim that Hamas hasn’t observed the terms of January’s so-called ceasefire agreement – the terms of which Israel itself has broken over and over again.In the wake of the attacks, CNN reported that Israel’s onslaught threw “doubt on the fragile ceasefire”. Orwellian doesn’t even begin to describe such framing. As it is, there was no “ceasefire”: not if your definition is firing ceasing. A single Israeli has been re...

Events

4 h. ago Inside the dangerous rise of ketamine use as The Vivienne's cause of death is revealed

Friends and family of the late Drag Race alum, The Vivienne, have opened up about the cause of death in an effort to drive urgent awareness of the dangers of ketamine use

Events

4 h. ago 'Ketamine which killed The Vivienne is so devastating it has left mates wearing nappies'

The Vivienne, whose real name was James Lee Williams, died from a cardiac arrest caused by the effects of taking ketamine, their heartbroken family said this week

Events

4 h. ago Evil White couple treated adopted Black children as 'slaves' and locked some in shed

Jeanne Whitefeather and Donald Ray Lantz have been convicted of the mistreatment of their adopted children, and Whitefeather was also found guilty of civil rights violations based on race

Events

5 h. ago George Orwell and me: Richard Blair on life with his extraordinary father

The literary giant’s only child reflects on his father’s devotion in their days together in rural Scotland, his early death, his genius as a writer – and his reputation as a womaniserRichard Blair didn’t have the easiest start in life. At three weeks old, he was adopted. Nine months later, his adoptive mother, Eileen, died at 39, after an allergic reaction to the anaesthetic she was given for a hysterectomy. Family and friends expected Blair’s father, Eric, to un-adopt him. Fortunately, Eric, better known as George Orwell, was an unusually hands-on dad for the 1940s.Orwell and Eileen had wanted children for years, but he was sterile and it is likely that she was infertile as a result of uterine cancer. Having finally agreed to adopt after their struggle, Orwell was not going to give up on his son. “The thing he wanted most in life was to have children,” says Blair. “And now I was his family.” Continue reading...

Politics

5 h. ago Israeli strikes latest bloody chapter in war of extraordinary civilian casualties

International rules of combat to deter impact on noncombatants have been loosened or ignored – and other regimes may followIt is a casualty rate that would have unimaginable before the start of the Israel-Hamas war. More than 400 Palestinians have been reported killed after 10 hours of resumed Israeli airstrikes on Tuesday, including, according to one early report, at least six members of one family in an attack on a car east of Khan Younis.Though it is too soon to determine how many noncombatants died in attacks that Israel says were directed at Hamas military commanders and political officials (casualty totals from Gaza’s health ministry do not distinguish combatants from the uninvolved), the likelihood is that civilians will have been killed in large numbers. Continue reading...

Events

5 h. ago Family of missing woman last seen running barefoot from hotel say 'we need answers'

Layla Santanello, 20, was last seen running barefoot from a hotel in June 2023. Her family fear the worst but are still holding out hope for a miracle

Society

5 h. ago Teen suffers 10 seizures a day after being diagnosed with rare illness

“My family and partner have been an excellent support, but many of my friends have distanced themselves."

Science

5 h. ago Depraved paedophile caged after cops join forces to snare beast

Steven Pepper, 46, has been jailed for two years and six months for horrendous sexual offences against children.

Politics

5 h. ago Dear Coleen: 'I want a baby and tired of waiting for my husband to agree'

"He’s made a few comments about his friends with kids having no freedom and that it sounds like “a nightmare”. Well, his nightmare is my dream."

Politics

5 h. ago Scottish business quango 'expresses private doubts about Flamingo Land Loch Lomond plan'

EXCLUSIVE: Government agency Scottish Enterprise raised concerns about the controversial £40m resort bid in Balloch despite publicly backing it.

Economics