44 m. ago ‘I was completely dehumanised by my father’: how Kate Price uncovered the horrifying truths of her childhood

She was sexually abused by her father until she was about 12 – and he would also sell her to other men. Then she grew up and began researching child sex trafficking, slowly piecing together clues about her own lifeKate Price is now an academic, but it was at six that she conducted her first piece of research, leaning into the cab of her father’s truck and pressing the side button of his CB radio, the black plastic hot from the sun. She spoke the name she’d heard into it, “Chicken Plucker”, and a man’s voice replied. It was her first proof that the name she’d somehow associated with being taken from her bed in the middle of the night was attached to a real person, and that perhaps he would have answers. Then her father caught her and she was too terrified to try to contact him again.Five decades on, Price has written This Happened To Me, a memoir that reads, in part, like a detective story, piecing together clues to create a picture of the horror that had been done to her as a child,...

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1 hour ago Trump rules out Ukraine reclaiming Crimea or joining Nato as European leaders gather in Washington

US president’s comments may prove a setback for Volodymyr Zelenskyy as he flies to US for crucial Oval Office meeting in wake of Alaska summitDonald Trump has put pressure on Volodymyr Zelenskyy ahead of Monday’s talks in Washington with European leaders, saying the Ukrainian president could end the war “almost immediately” if he wanted to. The US president also ruled out allowing Ukraine to join Nato or retake Russian-occupied Crimea as part of negotiations with Moscow.Trump posted the remarks on his Truth Social platform on Sunday night, hours before he was due to meet European leaders including Keir Starmer, Emmanuel Macron, Friedrich Merz, and Zelenskyy at the Oval Office in a bid to counter a reportedly US-backed plan that would see Ukraine give up territory. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago The migrant hotel flashpoint in the heart of London's banking district: How Canary Wharf has become an asylum seeker 'dumping ground' with 'terrified' locals scared to leave homes

The decision to house hundreds of illegal migrants in the heart of East London's banking district has prompted a furious reaction from locals.

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3 h. ago Terence Stamp remembered by Priscilla director Stephan Elliott: ‘Those eyes turned everybody to jelly’

The Australian director reflects on his 32-year friendship with Stamp, who was initially ‘absolutely terrified’ to play a trans woman – and their work on the Priscilla sequelTerence Stamp, face of 60s British cinema, dies at 87Stamp was the mesmerising dark prince of British cinemaTerence Stamp: a life in picturesI first saw Terence in The Collector (1965) when I was a kid. It struck in my head as the ultimate horror film – it terrified the daylights out of me. Terence’s greatest beauties were his eyes – in some of the early films you don’t see it, but in person, when they were shining, he could hold a room. He’d sit there and say, “Watch this, I’m going to stop a restaurant.” And he could do it. I saw him do it! It was extraordinary. He once told me that he used to have real fun on Superman when he was bored, stuck on top of the ice castle. “I’d just stare down until everyone went quiet,” he said.We tried many actors when casting Bernadette in The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of ...

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4 h. ago Margaret Pomeranz remembers David Stratton: ‘I feel as though one half of me has gone’

Australia watched the pair discuss films for decades. Off screen, their friendship was one of deep respect: ‘I had his back, he had mine’Every cinephile in Australia wanted to be David Stratton. His passion was infectious – and his legacy lives onDavid Stratton, esteemed Australian film critic, dies aged 85Get our weekend culture and lifestyle emailI know I have been reticent about commenting on David Stratton’s death (he didn’t want to “pass”, he wanted to die – no euphemisms for him!). But apart from wanting to hug my grief to myself, I felt that it was his family who should be considered, not me. And if anyone should have a tribute it is Strats’ wife, Susie, who was the most wonderful support to him over these difficult years. I told him he was lucky to have married a younger woman!David was a stoic, he never wallowed in his deteriorating health. He continued to watch a new movie every day and revisit old favourites. He would enthuse about a new Australian film he’d just seen – h...

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4 h. ago BBC star James Norton broke collarbone in 'painful' accident on King & Conqueror

King and Conqueror is a new BBC drama which tells the story of Harold of Wessex and William of Normandy who began as allies but were destined to meet at the Battle of Hastings

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5 h. ago Sydney pub shooting: man dead and another wounded outside Harold Park hotel in Forest Lodge

NSW police say two people shot multiple times outside the Harold Park hotel by assailants who left the Forest Lodge scene by carFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastOne man is dead and another has been taken to hospital with serious wounds after a shooting outside a Sydney pub.Emergency services were called to the Harold Park hotel on Ross Street in Forest Lodge in Sydney’s inner west at about 6.40pm on Sunday. Continue reading...

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5 h. ago Brit dad suddenly dies after being 'bitten by venomous spider' he bought online

Mark Anthony Kirby, 38, from Prescot, Merseyside, died on Saturday, August 2, and his former partner Kayleigh Gill said that he had purchased the spider a few weeks earlier

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8 h. ago Man dead and another wounded after shooting outside Sydney hotel

New South Wales police said two people were shot multiple times by assailants who left Forest Lodge scene by carGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastOne man is dead and another has been taken to hospital with serious wounds after a shooting outside a Sydney hotel.Emergency services were called to the location on Ross Street in Forest Lodge in Sydney’s inner west at about 6.40pm on Sunday. Continue reading...

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8 h. ago Former X Factor stars tie knot in Scottish ceremony nine years after appearing on show

The couple, who first appeared on The X Factor in 2014, had an intimate wedding ceremony near Glasgow in a special nod to their Scots roots on the big day.

Culture

9 h. ago Migrant protests RECAP: Police rush to migrant hotel as crowds stage angry protest

Migrant protests RECAP: Police rush to migrant hotel as crowds stage angry protest  Daily Express

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9 h. ago Olly Murs' pregnant wife Amelia details 'brutal' recovery after giving birth to daughter, 16 months, as couple admit parenthood is 'extremely hard' ahead of welcoming second child

The singer, 40, and the fitness fanatic, 32, welcomed daughter Madison, 16 months, last year, with baby number two due next month.

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9 h. ago 22 Kids and Counting fans all say same thing as Sue and Noel make relationship admission

22 Kids and Counting stars Sue and Noel Radford were flooded with support from fans after they shared details about their marriage

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9 h. ago 22 Kids and Counting's Sue and Noel Radford flooded with support after marriage admission

22 Kids and Counting's Sue and Noel Radford opened up about their marriage on Sunday's episode

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9 h. ago Bride says £77,000 wedding is 'worth every penny' but others say it's 'shocking'

A bride has admitted she splashed £77,000 on her wedding, including £8,000 on flowers, but others bashed the happy couple for their so-called 'shocking' marital choices

Economics

10 h. ago Police make six arrests at protest outside London hotel housing asylum seekers

Police make six arrests at protest outside London hotel housing asylum seekers  The Independent

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10 h. ago Migrant protests LIVE: Police rush to migrant hotel as crowds stage angry protest

Migrant protests LIVE: Police rush to migrant hotel as crowds stage angry protest  Daily Express

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11 h. ago Olly Murs and pregnant wife provide pregnancy update in ‘brutal’ admission ahead second child's arrival

The married couple welcomed their first child into the world last year

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12 h. ago New clues in deadly marriage: Jason was bludgeoned to death by his wife and father

US prosecutors described Sharon Martens as the 'void' in the Martenses' story: a wife, mother and grandmother who saw her husband rush upstairs with a baseball bat... yet fell asleep.

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12 h. ago This is EXACTLY what you need to eat to ease menopausal symptoms like hot flushes, brain fog and insomnia. These are the scientifically backed easy

It was a busy, working day like any other. By the time I reached mid-afternoon I realised that I'd not eaten lunch, and breakfast had consisted of a couple of strong coffees and a takeaway croissant,

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