2 h. ago Millions at risk of being left without student loans and having personal data exposed to hackers as minister orders urgent review

IT systems at the Student Loans Company are said to be at risk of 'critical collapse' due to out-of-date technology, according to government sources.

Politics

3 h. ago NHS career chance offered to 50,000 youngsters who grew up in care

Lily, 21, who entered foster care as a toddler, has been recruited by the NHS Universal Family Programme as a hospital therapist. A new initiative is offering others a career chance

Politics

5 h. ago Tens of thousands waited more than 24 hours for hospital beds in A&E last year

Patients in England aged 65 or over made up almost 70% of long ‘trolley waits’, with some left for up to 10 days, data revealsAbout 49,000 A&E visits last year resulted in patients waiting 24 hours or more for a hospital bed, with people aged 65 or over making up almost 70% of cases.According to a freedom of information request by the Liberal Democrats, some patients went 10 days before getting a space on a ward. Continue reading...

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5 h. ago Coronation Street bosses 'take new action to drum up funds' following rumours ITV soap is suffering from cash crisis

Soaring TV production costs and a collapse in advertising revenue are said to have put the future of the long-running soap in jeopardy and sparked a number of budget cuts.

Economics

7 h. ago Four arrests as dozens gather for annual 420 cannabis protest in Hyde Park

Dozens were seen gathering in Hyde Park for the annual 420 rally

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7 h. ago Toke it lucky! Michael Barrymore is spotted at annual 420 cannabis protest rally

The former Strike It Lucky host, 72, wearing a £165 Heresy knitted jumper, looked on and smiled as hundreds of pot smokers gathered for the annual 420 pro drugs rally.

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8 h. ago Toke it lucky! Michael Barrymore is spotted at annual 420 cannabis protest rally as people light up in front of police on Easter Sunday

The former Strike It Lucky host, 72, wearing a £165 Heresy knitted jumper, looked on and smiled as hundreds of pot smokers gathered for the annual 420 pro drugs rally.

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12 h. ago 420 Hyde Park: Hundreds gather in central London to smoke pot on Easter Sunday in annual cannabis protest

420 Hyde Park: Hundreds gather in central London to smoke pot on Easter Sunday in annual cannabis protest  The Sun

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12 h. ago The sweet moment Prince Harry proves he's the 'resident joker' with simple gesture that made Meghan Markle 'collapse in hysterics' after Liam Payne performance

Prince Harry has long held the reputation for being the 'resident joker' of the Royal Family so it is no wonder he knows just what button to press to make Meghan Markle, 43, crumble into fits of laughter.

Politics

13 h. ago Swinney warns against ‘simple solutions’ offered by Reform UK

The Scottish First Minister said Nigel Farage’s party was contributing to the undermining of ‘some of the central values of our society’.

Events

15 h. ago ‘I want to talk about it honestly’: trauma of Weinstein’s unknown British victims is revealed

Actor Lisa Rose’s one-woman show highlights suffering of aspiring actors and office juniors who fell prey to mogul’s abuseHarvey Weinstein’s key accusers were famous – from Angelina Jolie and Gwyneth Paltrow to Lupita Nyong’o and Ashley Judd. These Hollywood film stars spoke out against the ex-studio boss’s abusive behaviour in 2017, fuelling the international #MeToo movement.But Weinstein’s crimes and bullying practices had a direct and lasting impact on many more, including unknown names who worked with him in London. Continue reading...

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16 h. ago I'm a football supporter who was saved by a rival fan when I collapsed after a game

This is the heartwarming story of how David Norman, 66, from Northampton, was saved by the quick-thinking of Reading supporter Pippa, after she attended a match.

Sport

16 h. ago Another crisis, another IMF summit: but unlike 2008, the delegates are disunited

Where once the world came together to fight the credit crunch, Trump’s tariffs will set a more divisive testWhen the world’s finance ministers and central bank governors gather at the International Monetary Fund in Washington this week, it may kindle memories of another meeting, also held against the backdrop of a global economic crisis, in autumn 2008.Then, as the aftershocks from the collapse of Lehman Brothers ripped through financial markets, central banks coordinated drastic emergency rate cuts, and the UK chancellor, Alistair Darling, urged his G7 counterparts to emulate the UK’s approach and shore up stricken banks. Continue reading...

Politics

19 h. ago Dad's wake up call after collapsing in a supermarket next to his daughter

A health scare forced Kenny to make a huge change to his life

Politics

30 h. ago ‘You’ll never amount to anything’: the boxing world champion you’ve never heard of

Australian Diana Prazak was told she wouldn’t make it as a boxer. She’s just been inducted into the International Women’s Boxing Hall of FameThe soft early evening spring light floods the room behind the world champion you’ve probably never heard of. In front of a big poster of a shirtless Bruce Lee adorning her wall, Diana Prazak smiles and laughs often as she talks about her most unlikely career and her road to the top.The expatriate from Melbourne is arguably the most successful professional boxer that Australia has produced – she attained the ranking of best active professional boxer pound-for-pound in 2014 – but celebration of her world champion status remains disappointingly muted in her home country. Continue reading...

Sport

32 h. ago ‘One hell of a turnout’: trans activists rally in London against gender ruling

Thousands gather in Parliament Square in a show of unity after supreme court judgmentAfter last week’s supreme court decision, activists had been worried that trans people might become fearful of going out in public in case they were abused.They weren’t afraid in London on Saturday. Thousands of trans and non-binary people thronged Parliament Square, alongside families and supporters, waving baby blue, white and pink flags to demonstrate their anger at the judges’ ruling. Continue reading...

Politics

34 h. ago How the ‘Rochdale Road War’ sparked three decades of Manchester street fights

It was the first time that magistrates in Manchester had encountered the word ‘scuttling’ and in the years and decades that followed, they grew very tired of hearing the term

Sport

34 h. ago Savage Garden's Darren Hayes nearly died after collapsing and smashing his face to pieces

Savage Garden singer Darren Hayes has opened up about a horror accident he was recently involved in, which saw him "lose consciousness" and "nearly lose his life"

Events

35 h. ago You are descending into populist frustration. Thank you for continuing to hold | John Naughton

Neverending calls to automated customer service lines aren’t just frustrating – new research suggests they may be quietly radicalising as wellQuestion: what are the eight most annoying words in the English language? Answer: “Your call is important to us please hold.” But when you have turned into a gibbering wreck after 10 minutes of your valuable time have ticked away – intermittently punctuated by assurances that, while your tormentor is “experiencing high call volumes at the moment”, nevertheless your call is still important to him/her/it – you can take comfort in the thought that you are not alone. In fact, you belong to the majority of sentient beings in an industrial society like ours.Thanks to a useful piece of market research, we now have an idea of the numbers of victims of this industrial practice – at least in the UK. A survey commissioned by the New Britain Project thinktank found that the average Briton spends between 28 and 41 minutes every week coping with inefficient...

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35 h. ago ‘There were no warning signs’: what happens when your partner falls into the ‘manosphere’?

More and more men are being sucked into parts of the internet that circulate misogynist content, leaving their families to deal with the wreckageSamantha thought of her partner as the most progressive man she had ever had a relationship with. Her Swedish boyfriend seemed, to her, more feminist than many British men she had dated.“I never had to ask him to clear up,” she says. “All our labour was shared. He had done therapy. He was happy to talk about his emotions.” Continue reading...

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