3 h. ago AMANDA WILLIAMS: As a male nursery worker is convicted of appalling abuse... why I'd NEVER let a man I didn't know look after my little girl

About a year after the birth of my first child I considered hiring a nanny. I placed my details on a well-known website which allows you to lay out what you want from a caregiver.

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4 h. ago Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce wedding date ‘revealed’ and it's stacked with symbolic meaning

Fate of Ophelia megastar Taylor and Kansas City Chiefs ace Travis have reportedly set a date for their wedding, which is loaded with numerical significance for the number-loving singer

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5 h. ago UK snow: Widespread snowfall forecast in just hours with 10 towns hit as maps turn white

Snow is forecast to fall on 10 towns across the UK as a chilly spell sweeps across the British Isles, sending temperatures plummeting to below 0C in numerous pockets

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8 h. ago EastEnders fans 'work out' revenge plot against Zoe Slater as 'queen' Sam Mitchell returns

The sister of Phil and Grant Mitchell will later learn she has cancer on the BBC soap

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9 h. ago Fugitive Albanian 'gun trafficker' should not be extradited from the UK because he fears being killed in 'blood feud over £25,000 debt'

Alban Gjidiaj is wanted by prosecutors in his home country over an alleged plot to smuggle eight guns and a stash of bullets from Albania to sell to UK-based gangs.

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10 h. ago Female 'teacher of the month' accused of having sex with male pupil in backseat of her car

Married Nicole Hernandez, 30, taught the teen at middle school before later teaching him at high school, where she is accused of grooming him before having sex with him in her car

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11 h. ago Stranger Things cast react to huge Season 5 plot twist at table read

Watch as the cast of Stranger Things react to a huge Season 5 plot twist at a table read.

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12 h. ago Scammers pretending to be police officers conned elderly man out of thousands

Nawaf Abdullahi, 20, was part of an "elaborate fraud" which saw him travel from his home in London to Cardiff to take packages of cash from the victims

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13 h. ago Police officer who groped colleagues and 'twerked' at leaving do sacked

PC Pritchard was found to have groped a woman officer's breasts on the dancefloor and twice touched a male officer to the groin area

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14 h. ago Christmas ‘spray and pay’ parcel delivery scam warning issued by expert

Sending and receiving parcels ahead of Christmas? A consumer expert has issued a word of warning as a “massive” scam rocks the UK.

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14 h. ago Female police officer, 29, who drunkenly groped two colleagues and tried to kiss inspector at boozy leaving do is found guilty of gross misconduct

Shamed PC Pamela Pritchard, 29, touched a woman's breasts on the dancefloor and twice put her hand on a male officer's groin area during a night out at a North Wales rugby club.

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15 h. ago Starmer's House of cronies could erase dissent within TWO YEARS: Warning that plot to fill Lords with Labour loyalists will allow PM to trample opposition after fight over workers' rights

The PM has been hit by fresh cronyism accusations amid reports he will ennoble party advisers and staffers to strengthen Labour's presence in the House of Lords.

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16 h. ago Joe Root ends long wait for century in Australia to give England Ashes hope

Root hits sublime 135 not out as tourists reach 325 for nine after thrilling opening to day-night showdown at the Gabba

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17 h. ago Spanish holiday hotspot rolls out major change for UK tourists

Businesses are adapting to changing travel trends

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17 h. ago Voices: ‘Therapy isn’t just about feelings’: Readers on why men fear reaching out

Our community say men avoid therapy due to stigma, social conditioning and mistrust, though many recognise its value

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17 h. ago What to know about the International Criminal Court as annual meeting lays out challenges

The mood is grim as hundreds of diplomats, lawyers and activists gather in The Hague for the annual meeting of the International Criminal Court

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17 h. ago Rightwingers are trying to destroy women’s right to vote | Moira Donegan

Calls for disenfranchisement rest on a single assumption: that women’s citizenship is partial and conditionalSexism can be very modern and tech savvy. Misogyny is an ever-evolving idiom, and men and women alike have found particularly of-the-moment ways to operate within the genre. Think of the apps that take images of women and remove their clothes, or the AI bots that men and boys can use to generate pornography or depictions of graphic violence against women and girls for the crime of going to the same school as they do or running for office. Think of the influencers of the so-called “womanosphere” who tell their female audiences that women who seek out friendship or equality with men are morons or cows, all through the gleam of a TikTok filter. Sexism may be the world’s oldest prejudice and its first unjust hierarchy, but it is continually innovating, adapting to new technologies and the most recent rhetorical needs of male supremacy.But some of the forms of misogyny that have b...

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17 h. ago Cryptocurrency scammer and his wife 'encased in concrete' after sick torture

Cryptocurrency millionaire Roman Novak, 38, was found buried in concrete in the UAE desert along with 37-year-old wife Anna after being 'lured' by a fake investment opportunity

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17 h. ago Inside triple killer Joanne Dennehy's life in prison from bizarre escape plot to secret lovers

Joanne Dennehy was put behind bars after being handed a whole-life order for murdering three men during a 10-day rampage in Peterborough in 2013 - and even in prison she continues to pose a threat to inmates and prison staff

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18 h. ago The chance discovery on a Welsh beach that uncovered daring £7million drugs smuggling plot: How secret bunker sparked international police probe and snared one of Europe's most wanted

It was June 1983 when Don Evans - then a Detective Chief Inspector - got the call-out to an isolated beach near Newport, Pembrokeshire, where a mysterious bunker had been found.

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