54 m. ago Mounting public anger in China as writers of gay erotic fiction face prosecution: ‘Unreasonable and ignorant’

China’s censorship campaign turns to danmei, an online genre of same-sex love stories between men

Politics

54 m. ago Labour benefits cuts latest: Starmer braces for major rebellion over crunch welfare bill vote today

More than 120 Labour backbenchers had signed an amendment that would have effectively killed the legislation

Politics

71 m. ago Disney Dream cruise ship passengers recall the horror sounds they heard when little girl fell overboard

Passengers described the sickening moment a father and his young daughter fell overboard on the Disney Dream cruise ship near the Bahamas.

Events

81 m. ago Murderland by Caroline Fraser review – what was behind the 1970s serial killer epidemic?

A compulsive new history suggests the crimes of Ted Bundy et al were – at least partly – down to the air they breathedIn 1974, the year Caroline Fraser turned 13, Ted Bundy committed his first confirmed murders. Bundy was handsome, charming, extremely intelligent and sociopathic – “a sexual virus masquerading as a person”. There is persuasive evidence that he began killing much earlier but never this gluttonously. Almost all of his victims had long brown hair, parted in the middle. Sometimes he broke into the women’s houses while they slept, or snatched them off the street. Sometimes he would put on a sling or plaster cast and lure them into his car to help with some fabricated task. If one refused, he tried another, convinced that he would never be caught because they would never be missed. “I mean, there are so many people,” he reasoned. “It shouldn’t be a problem.” Fraser lived on Mercer Island, Washington, near Bundy’s first hunting grounds. Recalling the moment he was first cha...

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82 m. ago Myleene Klass burst into tears as daughter's face 'turned blue' then 'collapsed'

In a recent episode of the We're Not Getting Any Younger podcast, the 47-year-old singer detailed a terrifying incident when her child "went blue" and collapsed on the floor

Politics

83 m. ago Keir Starmer still faces biggest rebellion of premiership over welfare reforms despite concessions

Ministers hopeful PM’s partial U-turn enough to win over sufficient Labour rebels to pass Government’s welfare changes when MPs vote on Tuesday

Politics

2 h. ago Voices: I quit the BBC over Gaza – Glastonbury proves it was the right thing to do

By trying to play things safe with its Kneecap coverage – and getting it very wrong with Bob Vylan – the corporation has failed to represent the reality of public sentiment about Palestine, says its former newsreader Krishma Patel

Politics

2 h. ago Man Utd transfer news: Andre Onana decision made as £85m deal hangs in balance

Manchester United are the only club to have contacted Eintracht Frankfurt in regards to Hugo Ekitike, while a promising teenage star is set to sign a scholarship deal

Economics

2 h. ago Bryan Kohberger to plead guilty to murder in Idaho student stabbings to avoid death penalty

Bryan Kohberger has agreed to plead guilty to murdering four University of Idaho students as part of a deal with prosecutors to avoid the death penalty

Events

2 h. ago 'My daughter's prom dress is tacky and embarrassing but she won't listen'

A mum has been slammed for her reaction towards her daughter's unique prom dress and tried to justify her actions by saying she doesn't want her daughter to regret her outfit choice

Politics

2 h. ago Mum's harrowing warning about key symptom of daughter's 'silent killer' disease

Jennifer Rainey has spoken of her agony as her teenage daughter Eva has been diagnosed with sclerosing epithelioid fibrosarcoma, an aggressive form of soft tissue cancer

Events

2 h. ago Federal officials claim to have cracked the biggest health care fraud schemes in history

State and federal prosecutors have charged more than 320 people in the largest coordinated takedown of health care fraud schemes in Justice Department history that uncovered nearly $15 million in false claims

Politics

3 h. ago Husband of Suzanne Morphew to appear in court to face murder charge a second time

The husband of a woman who disappeared on Mother’s Day 2020 is set to appear in a Colorado court for the first time since being charged again with murder in her death

Events

3 h. ago Manchester United wonderkid makes decision on his future amid European interest

JJ Gabriel is one of the most highly regarded young players in youth football and he has committed his future to Man Utd.

Politics

3 h. ago Molotov terror attack on Israel solidarity walkers leaves Holocaust survivor, 82, dead

Karen Diamond, 82, has died from injuries suffered in a Molotov cocktail attack on Israeli hostage solidarity walkers in Boulder, Colorado, according to prosecutors

Events

3 h. ago Backlash from campaigners has forced welcome rethink on PIP plans

We must now hope the UK Government continues to listen to MPs and anti-poverty campaigners to ensure robust safeguards are in place to protect the most vulnerable in society.

Politics

3 h. ago Calls for police to reopen Bible John investigation after claims of new evidence

There have been calls for Police Scotland to reopen the investigation into the Bible John murders by author Jill Bavin-Mizzi who says she has new evidence which could give them a breathrough in the 56 year old case.

Events

4 h. ago Jury deliberates for 2nd day in the triple murder trial of Australian accused of mushroom poisonings

A jury is deliberating for a second day in the murder trial of an Australian woman accused of killing her estranged husband’s relatives by deliberately feeding them poisonous mushrooms

Events

5 h. ago What to know about Kohberger agreeing to plead guilty to murdering 4 University of Idaho students

Bryan Kohberger has agreed to plead guilty to murdering four University of Idaho students as part of a deal to avoid the death penalty

Events

5 h. ago Man Utd transfer news: Hugo Ekitike contact made as deal agreed after Andre Onana decision

Manchester United's summer transfer window started with a bang but there've been no confirmed arrivals since Matheus Cunha was announced by the Red Devils exactly one month ago

Economics