38 h. ago Russian forces break through Ukraine frontline days before Putin

Around 100,000 Russian troops are believed to have travelled at least 10km north of the Ukrainian frontline - days before upcoming peace talks between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin

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64 h. ago 'My mum said our baby name is the worst imaginable so I told her to shut up'

When it comes to baby names, some people feel obliged to make their opinions known

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2 d. ago The Adversary by Michael Crummey review – dark humour and depravity at the edge of the Earth

This prize-winning take on a biblical tale set in 1800s Newfoundland is grim, but has energy, empathy – and a wickedly colourful way with wordsSeveral years have passed since Michael Crummey’s last novel The Innocents was published in the UK in 2020. A pandemic has since occurred and, appropriately perhaps, The Adversary begins on a dark note of contagion. “There was a killing sickness on the shore that winter and the only services at the church were funerals,” runs the opening line, setting the tone for a book that plumbs the depths of depravity but – thanks to its energy, and its ripe and adventurous language – never loses a black sense of humour. Having now won the 30th annual Dublin Literary award, worth €100,000, The Adversary is proof that Crummey is beginning to garner the accolades he deserves beyond his native Canada.Crummey hails from Newfoundland; all six of his novels are set there. He understands the power of lashing sea, scouring wind, an eked-out existence far from wh...

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2 d. ago Teen told Mum 'I’m trying my best but nobody understands me' days before murder

Harvey Willgoose’s mum is urging the Government to act on ‘school avoiders’ like her son, after being shocked to learn that one in five children miss school daily.

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3 d. ago Brit mum's 'unimaginable' rabies death after holiday has life

The bravery of a family who told of their 'unimaginable loss' after a mum died of rabies has helped boost Brits having vaccines against the devastating disease

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4 d. ago I told my mum I was unsure about having children. Her reply opened my eyes | Michaela Makusha

My mother’s own dedication to parenthood has always floored me, but I realised I hadn’t understood where it came fromTo me, my mother is Mummy and Mum; the fount of all knowledge and the source of love; the keeper of the rulebook and the holder of the cheerleader’s pompoms. She’s all of those things, but she is also a madwoman, who on her first night out in England from Zimbabwe was shocked by how cold it was after leaving her flat in a short skirt and heels, no jacket. She was pushed into hockey, literally, by her friend, who shoved her out of the line when the coach asked for a volunteer. I am named after that friend. My mother is both a protester and a nurturer; she has been teargassed at least twice (that I know of) while protesting in the name of human rights. Her life is a series of near misses and question marks, which I enjoy learning about and am sometimes horrified by.Given the obvious richness of her experience, I have asked her many times why she decided to have children...

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5 d. ago Carer who engaged in sexual activity with vulnerable client narrowly avoids prison

Mum-of-two Megan Neilson, 28, was told only her parental responsibilities had saved her from a custodial sentence for the "breach of trust".

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5 d. ago Mum trades her busy UK life to live in luxury in huge villa in Spain with a pool and private  gym

British mother Bridie has wowed thousands after giving a virtual tour of her huge new home in Spain. The lavish villa cost £100,000 less than her Essex home.

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6 d. ago Heartbreaking last picture of Oasis fan before he plunged to his death at Wembley gig

Landscape gardener Lee Claydon, 45, tumbled from the venue's upper tier during the concert for 100,000 spectators in North London on Saturday evening.

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6 d. ago Welsh council to hire new officer and pay them £100,000 salary

Pembrokeshire Council is to recruit for a new senior officer, a post which commands a salary of up to £101,000

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6 d. ago Cannabis gardener returned to UK after deportation and was again caught working for criminal gang

Thin Trieu Nguyen, 37, has now been jailed for four years after plants worth £100,000 were found in a house in Coatbridge.

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6 d. ago ‘I love scoring goals’: meet Shekiera Martinez, the striker taking WSL by storm

After 10 goals in 12 league games earned West Ham player a rising star award she talks dogs, sleep and her football dreamShekiera Martinez’s family were sceptical when she told them, aged eight, she wanted to start playing football. She was one of four girls and a boy in her family, growing up in Germany, and one of her older sisters had by then given up the game. “I wanted to start but when I told my mum, she firstly said: ‘No, you won’t play for long, you’ll be like your sister,’” Martinez recalls. “And so then I gave her a promise that I would play for longer than my sister.”Sixteen years later, the West Ham striker has certainly kept that promise. After progressing through her local boys’ team, playing for Eintracht Frankfurt for six years and thriving at youth level for Germany, Martinez most recently collected the Women’s Super League’s Rising Star award for the 2024-25 season after a breakthrough second half of the campaign in which she scored 10 times in 12 WSL games.This is...

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6 d. ago Ad firm sheds 7,000 jobs as AI revolution rips through industry

FTSE 100 advertising firm WPP has slashed 7,000 jobs in the last year as the artificial intelligence revolution forces the sector though a tumultuous transition.

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6 d. ago Ad firm slashes 7,000 jobs as AI revolution rips through industry

FTSE 100 advertising firm WPP has slashed 7,000 jobs in the last year as the artificial intelligence revolution forces the sector though a tumultuous transition.

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7 d. ago Nikki Sanderson and her mum told 'you look like twins' as they pose for glam snaps

Former Hollyoaks and Coronation Street star Nikki Sanderson has been enjoying a week of catch ups with her loved ones and shared a series of snaps on social media

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7 d. ago 'Majority' of Brits demand a snap general election as Keir Starmer faces humiliation

A petition calling for an "immediate" general election to be held has reached more than 137,000 votes as it soared past the 100,000 needed for Parliament to consider it worthy of a debate by MPs

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7 d. ago Oasis death fall fan slipped on beer at Wembley in 'accident waiting to happen'

Lee Claydon, 45, plummeted from the upper tier during the sell-out gig in front of 100,000 people on Saturday and died at the scene, despite the best efforts of medics

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7 d. ago Oasis fan 'slipped on beer' before plunging to his death over balcony as family demand answers from Wembley over 'accident waiting to happen'

Lee Claydon, 45, from Bournemouth, plummeted from the upper tier during the ­sell-out gig in front of 100,000 people at Wembley Stadium in North London on Saturday.

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7 d. ago Emmerdale stars who played brothers on the ITV soap are set to tie the knot TODAY in '£100,000 ceremony at 5,000

Emmerdale stars Max Parker and Kris Mochrie are set to host the soap wedding of the year on Wednesday, as they tie the knot in a star-studded ceremony.

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7 d. ago Bittersweet last post of lifelong Oasis fan hours before plunging to his death at Wembley gig

Lee Claydon plummeted from the upper tier balcony of the stadium in north London in front of 100,000 people on Saturday. The father-of-one, from Bournemouth, died at the scene.

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