4 h. ago Married mum, 44, who 'fell in love' with boy, 16, at care home is jailed

Lindy Leah, 44, was found guilty of engaging in a sexual relationship with a boy, 16, who was living at a care home in St Helens, Merseyside, where she was deputy manager

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4 h. ago Married carer 'fell in love' with teen and planned 'night away' during illicit relationship

Lindy Leah said she had 'fallen in love' with a teenager at her work place, as she encouraged the boy to ditch a shift for a planned 'night away' involving drugs

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5 h. ago Married mum who 'fell in love' with boy she was caring for is jailed after WhatsApp messages emerge

Lindy Leah showed no emotion when she was sentenced today

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6 h. ago Tears in court as married mum, 44, who preyed on young boy at care home is jailed

Lindy Leah, 44, was sentenced on Monday after having a sexual relationship with a teenager living at the care home where she worked in Merseyside

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11 h. ago Top Starmer aide quits over sexually explicit Diane Abbott messages

Paul Ovenden has quit his top Downing Street role after the messages he shared about Diane Abbott emerged

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13 h. ago Australian woman who's moved to the UK reveals the details of British life that baffle her

Nina Skalonja, 31, moved from Australia, to Wales, in October 2024 after she fell in love with Welshman Ben Roberts, 28 - and the move caused some culture shocks.

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17 h. ago How British boxing fell in love with Ricky Hatton, the true people’s champion

Hatton, who has died at the age of 46, was adored by British boxing fans and brought thousands with him on a raucous ride to Las Vegas

Sport

20 h. ago A new start after 60: I’d spent five decades travelling. Then I fell in love, got married and finally found a home

Grady Harris spent his young life hitchhiking, working various jobs and playing in a band. When he met his future wife, he found his ‘bulwark’ and has never looked backOn Grady Harris’s wedding day, his father, a Presbyterian preacher, presided over the vows. “And when my father told us to kiss, and we did, I felt a sense of joy that I’d never felt before,” Harris says. “I’ve had a life full of happiness But that was a new joy.”Harris was 60, and marrying for the first time. Now 69, he lives in Atlanta, Georgia, with his wife, Marcia Wood, 66, who has an art gallery in the city. At times, their relationship must have seemed unlikely – 12 years separated their first and second dates, and they met by chance through a long chain of friends of friends. Continue reading...

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35 h. ago Claire Sweeney's final show of support to Ricky Hatton before shock death

Ricky Hatton and Claire Sweeney's romance was the talk of the town after the boxing legend and the Coronation Street actress seemingly fell in love across an ice rink

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38 h. ago Ricky Hatton's huge boxing fortune and romance with Claire Sweeney as death rocks sport

Ricky Hatton was a former multi-time, multi-weight world champion boxer who the British public fell in love with. His death was announced on Sunday

Sport

44 h. ago Charlie Kirk's 'killer' made sick jokes just hours after 'shooting activist dead' as his twisted messages emerge

Just hours after Charlie Kirk was killed, suspect Tyler Robinson joked in a Discord chat about the shooting, mocking the FBI's manhunt and referencing a 'manifesto.'

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3 d. ago ‘No idea what you’ve unleashed’: Erika Kirk, Charlie Kirk’s widow, gives statement after husband’s shooting – follow live

Tyler Robinson, 22, the suspect in the shooting is expected to be charged on TuesdayCharlie Kirk shooting: Utah governor confirms arrest of suspectWhat we know after suspect’s arrest: details of messages and gun casings emergeA video, a pastor and a tense meeting: timeline of suspect’s arrestHere are some images coming to us via the wires.Democracy is the way that we have diverse societies that don’t kill each other, largely,” Lilliana Mason, a leading scholar of partisanship, observed recently. She added: “As soon as we stop believing in it, it disappears.” Dr Mason’s own research suggests that there is sharply rising tolerance of political violence. On Wednesday, it claimed one more victim. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Charlie Kirk shooting: suspect set to face aggravated murder charge

Tyler Robinson, 22, expected to be charged on Tuesday; family friend contacted authorities after being told he had shot rightwing activist Charlie Kirk shooting: Utah governor confirms arrest of suspectWhat we know after suspect’s arrest: details of messages and gun casings emergeA video, a pastor and a tense meeting: timeline of suspect’s arrestHere are some images coming to us via the wires.Democracy is the way that we have diverse societies that don’t kill each other, largely,” Lilliana Mason, a leading scholar of partisanship, observed recently. She added: “As soon as we stop believing in it, it disappears.” Dr Mason’s own research suggests that there is sharply rising tolerance of political violence. On Wednesday, it claimed one more victim. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Calamity Keir fights to survive his second crisis in a week: Westminster incredulous as PM is forced to sack Mandelson over 'disgusting' Epstein emails just 24 HOURS after backing him

Keir Starmer finally acted after another cache of messages emerged from Lord Mandelson to the notorious paedophile.

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4 d. ago Calamity Keir fights to survive his second crisis in a week: Westminister incredulous as PM is forced to sack Mandelson over 'disgusting' Epstein emails just 24 HOURS after backing him

Keir Starmer finally acted after another cache of messages emerged from Lord Mandelson to the notorious paedophile.

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4 d. ago Mandelson on the brink: Labour MPs join fury as MORE emails show UK envoy told Epstein 'your friends love you'

Keir Starmer is under huge pressure to act after another devastating cache of messages emerged from the now-US ambassador to the disgraced financier.

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5 d. ago Labour MPs break ranks to call for Lord Mandelson to QUIT over Jeffrey Epstein links

Keir Starmer insisted the US ambassador was 'right' to express regrets after an extraordinary birthday message emerged in which he called the disgraced financier his 'best pal'.

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5 d. ago Starmer squirms over what he knew when about Lord Mandelson's Jeffrey Epstein links

Keir Starmer insisted the US ambassador was 'right' to express regrets after an extraordinary birthday message emerged in which he called the disgraced financier his 'best pal'.

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5 d. ago Gabriel Martinelli sends message to three rivals for Arsenal place as price tag emerges

Gabriel Martinelli has come under fire in some quarters for his displays for Arsenal, but he insists he isn't worried by an increased competition for places at the Emirates

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6 d. ago Alexander Isak's international break as text message emerges and Liverpool man speaks out

Despite finally completing his controversial transfer to Liverpool from Newcastle United, Alexander Isak is still commanding plenty of attention as he prepares for his Reds debut

Society