6 h. ago Moment furious mother confronts shopkeeper 'who sells vapes to underage children' after 'catching her son with the e

A fuming mother stormed into a shop and confronted the owner of a vape shop in Walsall - accusing them of selling vapes to her 11-year-old son and his classmates.

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30 h. ago Moment furious locals confront 'delusional' African 'Queen' in Scottish woodland

Jean Gasho, who calls herself 'Queen Nandi', took footage of the people she claimed were harassing her group this week and posted it on her social media.

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4 d. ago Shirley Ballas admits she will 'never feel safe again' as she recounts the terrifying moment her stalker followed and confronted her 87

A stalker who made Strictly Come Dancing star Shirley Ballas' life hell over a terrifying six-year ordeal was spared jail earlier this year - after a court heard he believed she was his aunt. 

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1 week ago Ghislaine Maxwell on her ruinous relationship with 'devious' paedophile Jeffrey Epstein: 'I wanted to have his kids but he never loved me... I wasn't his type'

For the Oxford-educated socialite, whose biological clock was ticking, Jeffrey Epstein seemed the perfect catch, a man she could 'get married and have children with'.

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1 week ago Garden centre locks Jellycats away after £655 worth stolen as CCTV catches female shoplifter stuffing the children's toys down her trousers

St Peter's Garden Centre in Worcester was first targeted by a woman who was caught on CCTV camera stuffing down her trousers.

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2 w. ago Flag wars boil over as activist confronts workers tearing down St George's Cross on orders of council that prided itself on Palestinian banners

Tower Hamlets in east London previously prided itself on its displays of Palestine flags, but said any England banners attached to council property would be promptly removed.

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2 w. ago ‘Your work changed the course of my entire life’: novelist Douglas Stuart meets painter Jenny Saville

He was a struggling 16-year-old when he first saw her paintings. Now, the Booker prize-winning author of Shuggie Bain sits down with the record-breaking artist to talk early success, bad reviews, and the joys of making artIn the summer of 1992, I was a 16-year-old who was watching his mother drink herself to death. I had a desperate need to find work and somewhere to stay, and so remaining in education didn’t seem like a possibility. I had two teachers who saw how I was struggling. They dreamed a future for me that I could never have imagined for myself. One evening they took me up to the degree show at the Glasgow School of Art, and there I came face to face with the paintings of Jenny Saville.The power of that encounter has never left me. Those images were fierce and confrontational. A few months after the degree show, I lost my mother to her addiction. With the support of my teachers, I eventually finished school and went on to art school and built a career in design. Meanwhile, ...

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4 w. ago Moment cyclist is pushed into canal by furious dog walker in row over 'slowing down'

The astonishing clip sees Klaudia Mitura, 34, biking along the narrow walkway on her usual morning commute as she comes across a couple walking their dog.

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last month As I sit here in Australia watching Israel starve Palestinians to death, I can’t help but think it could have been me | Plestia Alaqad

I’ve tried to write this for a week now but can’t seem to find the right words. What words could ever be enough?Anne Davies: The huge Harbour Bridge march shows people have had a gutful of seeing starving children in Gaza. Politicians need to catch up“Why can’t I have a pomegranate?”The little girl’s question sank his heart. How would my colleague, Hatem, explain to his daughter that there are no pomegranates, and barely any flour? How will he explain that real people are doing this to her on purpose? Starving her little stomach as a weapon? Continue reading...

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