93 m. ago No 10 says Starmer stands by claim Tories were jumping on far

Prime minister’s comments were about ‘ministers from previous government who sat in office for years and did nothing’, says No 10 spokespersonStarmer launches new grooming gangs investigationIn his interview on the Sky News this morning Chris Philp, the shadow home secretary, said that Keir Starmer should apologise for saying in January that those calling for a national inquiry into grooming gangs were jumping on a far-right bandwagon. Kemi Badenoch, his party leader, is also quoted today in an Daily Express splash story saying Starmer should apologise, but she is saying he should apologise for not agreeing to hold a national inquiry earlier.At the Downing Street lobby briefing this morning the No 10 spokesperson was asked if Starmer still thought that people who backed a national inquiry in January were joining a far-right bandwagon. In response, the spokesperson defended the phrase, and insisted that it only applied to Tories who were now demanding an inquiry they never set up whe...

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94 m. ago 'Deeply offensive': Scottish council told to apologise after school suggests Union flag is 'sectarian'

Jackson Carlaw MSP says the council should apologise immediately for the letter.

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2 h. ago Disclosure work under way for fresh inquest into man abducted from south Belfast

The body of Thomas Lockard was discovered by a road in Raskeagh, Co Louth, in April 1998, two days after he disappeared from his Belfast home.

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3 h. ago People evacuated from water after body find as police launch death probe

It comes after a number of incidents in and around Scots waters in recent weeks.

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3 h. ago Labour ‘owe an apology’ for delay in grooming gangs inquiry, ex

Sir Keir Starmer bowed to months of mounting pressure over the issue ahead of the publication of a new report by Louise Casey

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3 h. ago Richardson Hitchins schools George Kambosos Jr and scores body

Hitchins stopped the former world champion in round eight to retain the IBF super-lightweight title

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4 h. ago People told to get out of the water as body is found in Cardiff Bay

Officers say an investigation is ongoing surrounding the circumstances of a man's death whose body was found in water at Cardiff Bay.

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4 h. ago 'I went to hospital for tests and woke up paralysed two years later'

Megan thought her symptoms were stress, but then she woke up trapped in her own body

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4 h. ago First pic of young Scots dad found dead at side of road as two in court

The body of the tragic dad-of-one was discovered at the side of the road in Perth on Friday 13.

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4 h. ago Vigil held in memory of teenager found dead after going missing weeks before

On June 6, Cole Cooper’s body was found in a wooded area of Banknock, Falkirk, with police treating his death as unexplained.

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4 h. ago ‘Always something I can watch’: why Spotlight is my feelgood movie

The latest in our series of writers drawing attention to their mood-lifting favourites is a robustly made Oscar winner from 2015Halfway through Spotlight, Tom McCarthy’s understated retelling of the Boston Globe’s investigation into child abuse in the Catholic church in Boston, is a moment that, even 30-plus rewatches later, still chills me. Spotlight editor Walter “Robby” Robinson (Michael Keaton) travels to Providence to interview a fellow Boston College high school alumnus, where he and the victim, Kevin (Anthony Paolucci), make pleasant small talk about bygone school days. When the subject turns to the school’s hockey coach, Father James Talbot, however, the tone abruptly shifts. Kevin’s face hollows, his eyes deaden, and we see his soul drain from his body. “How’d you find out?” he says in a level, diminished tone that rings with years of trauma.It is a measure of how polished every aspect Spotlight is that, in a cast boasting Mark Ruffalo, Rachel McAdams, world’s second-best S...

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5 h. ago Martin Sheen shares dad's emotional final words were about Welsh town

Hollywood actor Michael Sheen's dad, Meyrick, died last month following a long-term battle with Alzheimer's disease, but he had some poignant words for his famous son

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5 h. ago Ryan Thomas makes clear decision on more children as he defends actress daughter

The TV star is now a father-of-three, sharing eldest daughter Scarlett with fellow Coronation Street star Tina O'Brien

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6 h. ago ‘How could you not be body dysmorphic today?’ The twisted selfie sculptures of Christelle Oyiri

She has created bronzes of herself with toned legs, tiny horns, a dissolving head and a monstrous tail. The Parisian artist and DJ, who is the inaugural artist of Tate’s Infinities Commission, explains why‘When I was a girl at high school,” says Christelle Oyiri, “we didn’t talk about plastic surgery. Now it’s normal for 18-year-olds to talk about what kind of lip-fillers they’re going to have. Something extraordinary has happened over the past 10 years.”What has changed? It’s not simply about keeping up with the Kardashians, though Oyiri recognises that the reality TV sisters have revolutionised the desires of some. “Kim Kardashian,” she says, “made it fashionable for women to want to look like how I and other black women look naturally because of genetics.” Continue reading...

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7 h. ago Chilling last words of man dragged away by shark in Mediterranean before body found

A man was fatally attacked by a shark in the Mediterranean Sea.

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7 h. ago Kym Marsh, 49, reveals she's going to be a grandmother for the fourth time as 'thrilled' star announces lookalike daughter Emilie Cunliffe is expecting in sweet post

The soap star , 49, took to Instagram on Sunday with a gushing post as she revealed daughter Emilie Cunliffe and son-in Michael Hoszowskyj were expecting their second child.

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7 h. ago Starving, then shot. There is no longer hope for us Palestinians | Esraa Abo Qamar

The UN aid system for Gaza was safe and dignified. Today we’re humiliated or hurt by those tasked with helping usTwelve-year-old Ahmad Zeidan’s mother was shot and killed in front of him as she tried to secure food for her starving family at one of Gaza’s new US-backed distribution points. He lay beside her body for hours, afraid to stand up and run because any movement might cause his death.His mother’s death was one of many over the past few days at the hands of Israeli forces on the way to or at facilities operated by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF). On Sunday 1 June, more than 30 were killed. On Monday 2 June, three were killed. On Tuesday 3 June, 27 were killed. Sunday 8 June, four killed. Tuesday 10 June, 17 killed. On Wednesday 11 June, 60 people were reported killed. Continue reading...

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8 h. ago Send in armed UN troops to protect aid convoys or risk ‘dystopia’, says expert

UN rapporteur calls for move as food deliveries are attacked and starvation becomes a weapon of war in Gaza and SudanUN peacekeepers should be routinely deployed to protect aid convoys from attack in places such as Gaza and Sudan, a senior United Nations expert has proposed.With starvation increasingly used as a weapon of war, Michael Fakhri said armed UN troops were now required to ensure that food reached vulnerable populations. Continue reading...

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9 h. ago Son recalls chilling joke made by mum before plunging to her death on skydive

WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT: Belinda Taylor and her instructor died after plummeting 15,000ft to the ground at an airfield in Devon on Friday - her son has shared the chilling joke she made before the skydive

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12 h. ago Gwyneth Paltrow's daughter Apple posts sassy response to mom's shock topless video

Apple Martin couldn't resist cracking a joke after her mother made a hearty breakfast sans a top.

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