5 d. ago Munich Oktoberfest reopens after man’s deadly arson attack and bomb threat

Beer festival had closed after 57-year-old man shot parents, set house on fire, and left note mentioning eventA German man went on a deadly gun, explosives and arson rampage against his family and then killed himself on Wednesday, prompting security fears in Munich that closed the world-famous Oktoberfest for seven hours.Authorities decided to close the event temporarily after finding a note the man had dropped in a nearby letterbox that included a vague threat to the Bavarian city’s beer festival. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Four in five parents say they have a 'full working day before 9am' as growing numbers navigate '5

Parents clock up an average of 2.3 hours of household chores and complete more than 20 separate tasks before the paid workday even begins

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7 d. ago 'I got a first look at the Lego Masters Academy and learned a big parenting lesson'

EXCLUSIVE: Here's why the new Lego Masters Academy at Lego House in Denmark is an absolute must-visit, especially for parents who want to engage more with their kids

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9 d. ago My cousin Paul McCartney bought my parents a house, says TED ROBBINS

Ted is best-known for his roles in Phoenix Nights, Ackley Bridge and The Slammer, while Sir Paul is said to have written the song Teddy Boy about him.

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1 week ago Doja Cat: Vie review – master pop provocateur splits the difference between sugar and spice

(Kemosabe/RCA)On her fifth album, the Californian tempers the bite of 2023’s Scarlet with glossy, lovestruck sounds – but never loses her instinct for mischiefIs this just another troll? Doja Cat’s new album is titled Vie – French for “life” – and the original artwork (changed at the last minute) features the 29-year-old Angeleno surrounded by roses, ever the picture of congeniality. Doja has become known, in recent years, as mainstream pop’s master agitator: she tells her superfans to “get off your phone, get a job and help your parents with the house”, disavows her own hits before they’ve even left the upper echelons of the charts and is totally unapologetic about what can be described, charitably, as edgelord behaviour. Doja’s 2023 album Scarlet – a prickly, antagonistic record designed to prove her bona fides as a rapper – seemingly shut the book on her time as a pop hit-maker with a bracing, refreshing meanness.So there is precedent for the notion that Vie’s lead single Jealous...

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1 week ago Five million adults still living with their parents as housing crisis deepens

A study has found the vast majority of adults still living at home are doing so because they have no hope of buying a place locally

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2 w. ago Davina McCall says fewer parents are experiencing 'empty nest syndrome'... because rising house prices mean children never move out in the first place

As young adults across the country head to university, presenter Davina McCall says she's comforted by the knowledge they are part of the 'boomerang generation'.

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2 w. ago House of horrors where evil parents kept six kids locked up in 'putrid' cell

An evil couple in Wisconsin are facing an array of neglect charges after their six young children were locked up in a storage unit which had a smell so strong that detectives couldn't stay inside

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2 w. ago Create your own beer garden – hops are easy to grow and will keep you in tasty ale

To make home-brewed beer, why not grow your own hops? They’re easy to propagate from a rhizome or stem cutting, though they need plenty of roomMy partner’s childhood home had a collection of beer barrels, each at a different stage of the brewing process, with one always ready to taste. When we moved out of our tiny flat and into a house, a brewing kit arrived in the post as a housewarming gift from his parents, soon followed by a small hop plant from an old friend, which now takes up more room than anything else in the veg patch.This perennial has proved easy to grow. Once established, you can expect a flush of bines (similar to vines) to emerge every spring, bearing hop flowers, or “cones”, which are ready to be picked about now. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Heartbroken family of Greek heiress who died after being bitten by an insect threaten legal action against hospitals over 'doctor's negligence'

Marissa Laimou, 30, was found dead in her bed by a housekeeper at the townhouse she lived in with her parents in Knightsbridge, central London, on September 11.

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2 w. ago Florida puts man to death in state record 12th execution this year

David Pittman, 63, convicted in 1991 of killing three people, executed after final appeal rejected by US supreme courtA Florida man convicted of killing his estranged wife’s sister and parents and setting their house on fire was put to death on Wednesday evening, a record 12th execution in the state in 2025.David Pittman, 63, was pronounced dead at 6.12pm local time following a lethal injection at Florida state prison near Starke, under a death warrant signed by Governor Ron DeSantis. Florida’s Republican governor has signed more death warrants this year than any of his predecessors. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Record 12th execution set in Florida this year for man convicted of killing family

David Pittman to get lethal injection under DeSantis-signed warrant for killing estranged wife’s sister and parentsA Florida man convicted of killing his estranged wife’s sister and parents and setting their house on fire was scheduled to be put to death on Wednesday evening, which would be a record 12th execution in the state in 2025.David Pittman, 63, was scheduled to receive a lethal injection starting at 6pm at Florida state prison near Starke under a death warrant signed by Governor Ron DeSantis. The Republican governor has signed more death warrants this year than any of his predecessors. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Record 12th execution set in Florida this year for a man convicted of killing wife's family

A Florida man convicted of killing his estranged wife’s sister and parents and then setting their house on fire is scheduled to be put to death Wednesday evening

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3 w. ago Parents kept daughter captive in house of horrors for six years and chained her to the toilet, new details reveal

Chilling new details have emerged about the couple arrested for allegedly subjecting their daughter to years of abuse in a New Jersey home prosecutors have dubbed a 'house of horrors'.

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