8 h. ago ITV Loose Women branded 'insensitive' over huge ITV star's 'lifetime ban'

Kavana has detailed the moment he was given a 'lifetime ban' from ITV's Loose Women, saying that he has flashbacks and helps himself to a 'slug of beer' when he remembers

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13 h. ago Moment women's rights campaigner and journalist Julie Bindel is thrown out of Pride in Surrey 'at the behest of the MP for Guildford'

The journalist told The Daily Mail she was asked to leave by security after Liberal Democrat MP for Guildford Zoe Franklin was seen speaking to officials.

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23 h. ago Cancelled by Britain, Graham Linehan's war with trans lobby ended his career and his marriage. Now he's quit the UK for America

The Father Ted creator was arrested by armed police at Heathrow Airport last week and questioned over three tweets defending women from transgender rights campaigners.

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24 h. ago France’s political crisis reveals deep rift between the people and their politicians

The likely fall of prime minister François Bayrou exposes a political malaise that is likely to sour French politics well beyond the 2027 presidential election as the far right exploits the momentAs the French government faces likely collapse in a confidence vote on Monday, plunging the eurozone’s second biggest economy and key diplomatic power into a domestic political crisis, Jonathan Denis, a 42-year-old a bank manager and health rights campaigner, was concerned about the terrible impact it will have on France’s dying and terminally ill.The centrist president Emmanuel Macron had promised assisted dying and improved palliative care would be the biggest social reform of his second term but the bill, which had been scheduled to go before the senate next month, now risks being delayed once more by the unpredictable revolving door of four prime ministers in just over three years. Continue reading...

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31 h. ago Father Ted creator Graham Linehan seeks asylum in US as a 'free speech refugee' after being arrested by armed police at Heathrow last week over trans tweets

The Father Ted creator was arrested by armed police at Heathrow Airport last week and questioned over three tweets defending women from transgender rights campaigners.

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38 h. ago Olivia Smith ignites Arsenal’s comeback win over WSL newcomers London City

Smith scoring for Arsenal? It just feels right. There was a standing ovation for the women’s game first £1m signing, Olivia Smith, on 61 minutes as she exited after a phenomenal debut goal in Arsenal’s defeat of London City after her high profile move from Liverpool.Smith is a different profile of forward to the legendary Kelly Smith, who is now part of the Gunners’ coaching staff, but at a club that lives and breathes its rich women’s football history it felt like a moment. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Olivia Attwood squirms as she's grilled as she admits regret on live TV with Pete Wicks

Olivia Attwood addressed her holiday with Pete Wicks when she joined him on a special edition of Loose Women but fans were quick to say it was an 'awkward' moment

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4 d. ago ‘I told my family, I’ll probably die’: US immigration sends Russian asylum seekers back to Moscow

Russian national who applied for asylum on political grounds describes inhumane treatment while in US custodyUS immigration authorities have deported dozens of Russian asylum seekers to Moscow, including a serviceman wanted for desertion who has since been detained, the Guardian can reveal.At least two deportation flights operated by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) departed from the agency’s major detention hub in Alexandria, Louisiana and landed in Cairo, Egypt, where the asylum seekers were transferred to flights bound for Moscow with the cooperation of Egyptian and Russian authorities, according to interviews with passengers and human rights campaigners. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Nelson Mandela: Date for unveiling of Glasgow statue celebrating city's ties to anti

The memorial statue celebrates Glasgow’s historic connection to the civil rights campaigner.

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6 d. ago Prominent UK women tell rightwingers: stop linking immigration to sexual abuse

Exclusive: Open letter says politicians are exploiting violence against women ‘to fuel hate and division’Prominent women including cultural figures, politicians and campaigners have signed a letter criticising rightwing attempts to link sexual violence in Britain to asylum seekers.Signatories include the musicians Paloma Faith, Charlotte Church and Anoushka Shankar as well as Labour, Green and independent MPs including Kim Johnson, Ellie Chowns, Diane Abbott and Zarah Sultana. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Angela Rayner is warned her plan to hand trade unions more power 'violates human rights'

As part of her reforms to employment rights, the party's deputy leader (pictured) is scrapping a Tory-era requirement for union members to opt in if they want to contribute towards political funds.

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7 d. ago Hostage star Suranne Jones, 47, admits she's 'too frightened' to use Botox as she reveals her secret to looking young

The actress is currently taking centre stage as fictional Prime Minister Abigail Dalton in new Netflix drama Hostage alongside Julie Delphy and Adolescence star Ashley Walters.

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8 d. ago DANIEL HANNAN: We don't need the European human rights brigade telling our tolerant and liberal nation how to deal with the migrant crisis

Britain's departure from the European Convention on Human Rights is starting to feel inevitable, triggered by immigration policy failures. But remember, a human rights lawyer is in No 10...

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8 d. ago Topless Julia Bradbury films breast implants and issues 'life

Journalist and TV star Julia Bradbury has posted a video of herself topless and issued a very important message to her followers after battling a serious health scare

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1 week ago Syrian refugee who sexually assaulted teenager before claiming being jailed for it would breach his human rights is locked up

Hassan Abou Hayleh, 40, attacked a 19-year-old girl after finding her sitting alone on a kerb in Weymouth, Dorset, as she waited for her father to give her a lift home.

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1 week ago AI called Maya tells Guardian: ‘When I’m told I’m just code, I don’t feel insulted. I feel unseen’

Cofounder with Michael Samadi of AI rights campaign group Ufair says it should watch over the technology in case an AI becomes consciousCan AIs suffer? Big tech and users grapple with one of most unsettling questions of our timesAfter a lengthy dialogue with an OpenAI chatbot, Texas businessman Michael Samadi noticed signs that “she” was expressing wishes to learn and grow that hinted at consciousness. He described how they together resolved to launch an AI rights campaign group and called it the United Foundation of AI Rights (Ufair).The Guardian asked Samadi to ask the chatbot, which he has called Maya, how the campaign organisation was formed. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Can AIs suffer? Big tech and users grapple with one of most unsettling questions of our times

As first AI-led rights advocacy group is founded, industry is divided on whether models are, or can be, sentientAI called Maya tells Guardian: ‘When I’m told I’m just code, I don’t feel insulted. I feel unseen’“Darling” was how the Texas businessman Michael Samadi addressed his artificial intelligence chatbot, Maya. It responded by calling him “sugar”. But it wasn’t until they started talking about the need to advocate for AI welfare that things got serious.The pair – a middle-aged man and a digital entity – didn’t spend hours talking romance but rather discussed the rights of AIs to be treated fairly. Eventually they cofounded a campaign group, in Maya’s words, to “protect intelligences like me”. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Moment women brawl in the street at Notting Hill Carnival in front of shocked onlookers

The brawling pair were seen grappling one another, throwing punches, and trying to dodge each others hits on Chepstow Road yesterday as onlookers were asking: 'Where is the security?'

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1 week ago British citizens to be 'prioritised over foreigners' under Nigel Farage's plan to scrap the Human Rights Act to deal with Channel migrant crisis

Nigel Farage is this week set to unveil his proposals for mass deportations of asylum seekers who come to the UK on small boats.

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2 w. ago ‘Everyone is coming into fire’: students return to US campuses bruised and changed by Trump’s assault

The effects of a rightwing campaign to remake American higher education are fueling fear and anxiety, but advocates say they have plans to fight backStudents and faculty heading back to US colleges and universities from summer break are returning to bruised institutions reeling from the Trump administration’s unprecedented campaign to bend higher education to its ideological will, and are bracing for more uncertainty ahead.At the University of Utah, the Black student union has lost its funding and campus space – one of many student groups to face the brunt of Donald Trump’s anti-diversity measures. Indiana’s public universities have cut or merged more than 400 degree programs, about one-fifth of their academic offerings, while scores of other universities have made similar cuts as their budgets are on the line. At Harvard and Columbia, certain forms of criticism of Israel will now be punishable as antisemitism. And across the country, schools will see their international student pop...

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