6 h. ago State Pension: urgent 2025 deadline to boost UK State Pensions with National Insurance top

Thousands have already boosted their state pension - you could be missing out 💰

Events

35 h. ago New images reveal extent of looting at Sudan’s national museum as rooms stripped of treasures

Only a few statues remain, with thousands of priceless artefacts from Nubian and Kushite kingdoms missingVideos of Sudan’s national museum showing empty rooms, piles of rubble and broken artefacts posted on social media after the Sudanese army recaptured the area from the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in recent days show the extent of looting of the country’s antiquities.Fears of looting in the museum were first raised in June 2023 and a year later satellite images emerged of trucks loaded with artefacts leaving the building, according to museum officials. But last week, as the RSF were driven out of Khartoum after two years of war, the full extent of the theft became apparent. Continue reading...

Politics

35 h. ago Lanarkshire MSP urges UK Government to extend maternity pay to support parents and children

Gillian Mackay, who is expecting her first child this summer, has urged the UK Government to give mothers everywhere the gift of more time with their loved ones by expanding support for statutory maternity, paternity and shared parental leave to cover 52 weeks full pay.

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40 h. ago Maternity leave mums told they could be missing out on thousands

Some employers are unintentionally basing pension contributions on statutory maternity pay rather than a woman's full salary - and it could leave mothers with less money in retirement

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61 h. ago Striving for efficiency is all very well, but it leaves no time to live | Eva Wiseman

Efficiency slices and barges its way through delicate structures, leaving the most vulnerable flailingA recent Apple update saw people waking up to their emails summarised for efficiency, thus creating light uproar, amusement and a series of small domestic mysteries to be untangled on the bus. A man in America shared a message from his mum, who’d told him, “That hike almost killed me.” Unfortunately, he’d read the summary first: “Attempted suicide, but recovered and hiked in Redlands.” Another Apple user opened his phone to find himself, in summary, dumped: “Not feeling romantic spark; apologises for ending things.”I find myself today, against efficiency. I find myself against efficiency at a time when inefficiency is framed as, if not yet criminal then certainly immoral. Since Elon Musk attached himself to the Trump campaign, his Department of Government Efficiency (Doge) has been gutting the federal government in the same way he did with Twitter, slashing contracts, getting rid of...

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3 d. ago My beloved mum gave me a letter 25 years ago and told me: 'Read it when I'm gone'. What she'd written both broke and comforted me: MARIANNE JONES

Today marks Marianne Jones's first Mothering Sunday since losing her mum. Despite her grief, she will be concentrating not on what she's lost but on what she had

Politics

4 d. ago London Marathon fury as thousands of runners fear they could miss out on finishers' medals after organisers changed the rules

Thousands of participants in this year's London Marathon could face disappointment on completing the race after organisers changed the rules surrounding the award of finishers' medals.

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4 d. ago London Marathon fury as thousands of runners could miss out on finishers' medals after organisers changed the rules

Thousands of participants in this year's London Marathon could face disappointment on completing the race after organisers changed the rules surrounding the award of finishers' medals.

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4 d. ago London Marathon fury as thousands of runners could miss out on finishers' medals after organisers changed the

London Marathon fury as thousands of runners could miss out on finishers' medals after organisers changed the  Daily Mail

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4 d. ago London Marathon fury as thousands of runners fear they could miss out on finishers' medals after organisers ch

London Marathon fury as thousands of runners fear they could miss out on finishers' medals after organisers ch  Daily Mail

Politics

4 d. ago Mum fumes after parent says they's only attend child's party 'on one condition'

A mum was angered by a parent who told her they can only attend her child's birthday party 'on one condition'. Others agreed that the parent shows 'entitled' behaviour.

Society

6 d. ago Former Citibank exec settles maternity discrimination case for £215,000

Maeve Bradley, who worked for Citibank in Belfast, lost out on expected promotion after having a babyA former Citibank employee has received £215,000 in a discrimination settlement after she lost out on an expected promotion when she returned from having a baby.Maeve Bradley, who had worked at the American bank’s offices in Belfast as an assistant vice-president of derivatives since March 2021, took maternity leave in 2023 and said she was devastated to be offered a different role on her return. Continue reading...

Economics

6 d. ago Maternity leave sex discrimination case settled for £215,000

Maeve Bradley said her maternity leave cover was promoted in her absence

Economics

6 d. ago Former Citibank employee settles sex discrimination case for £215,000

Maeve Bradley believed she was in line for a promotion on her return from maternity leave.

Economics

7 d. ago Sick lie doctor told mum while secretly getting her pregnant using his own sperm

Victoria Hill's mother, Maralee had placed her trust in a fertility doctor to help her conceive a child. He then broke this trust by using his own sperm in the process, covering his misdeeds with a sick lie

Society

7 d. ago Ticketmaster may have 'misled' Oasis fans into buying tickets 'they thought were better than they were'

Thousands of Oasis fans were left upset to have missed out or paid huge amounts for tickets for the hotly anticipated reunion shows this summer

Sport

1 week ago Emma Barnett: ‘People ask, is that the radio you or the real you?’

The broadcaster and author talks maternity leave, childhood curiosity and her imaginary radio audienceAt school, I was the girl who wanted to dissect sheep lungs. I had a lack of horror around gore, I’m not squeamish at all, which was helpful when it came to all those needles for IVF. I thought about being a surgeon. I also thought it would be interesting to become a fishmonger. I’m fascinated by fish – I don’t know why.As an only child, radio was my companion. I had a little battery-operated radio at the table next to my cereal bowl. Continue reading...

Politics

1 week ago Mum told husband 'I f****** did it' after suffocating her newborn baby boy

Joanne Sharkey has pleaded guilty to manslaughter by diminished responsibility over the death of the newborn more than 25 years ago.

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1 week ago Mum who suffocated her newborn boy told husband 'I f****** did it'

Liverpool Crown Court heard that Joanne Sharkey had intended to keep her newborn son quiet following a secret birth at her home in Croxteth by covering his nose and mouth

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2 w. ago Gogglebox fans fume over 'disgraceful' behaviour as star swears at mum on show

Gogglebox viewers were left furious after one of the stars told his mum to 'shut the f*** up' during the latest episode of the hit Channel 4 series

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