54 m. ago Mum hours from death with ‘winter bug’ rushed to hospital after ‘traumatised’ sons tried to wake her up after school

A YOUNG mum almost died in bed in front of her children - when a 'winter flu' turned out to be a deadly sepsis. Roberta Alisauskaite began feeling "under the weather" in October but thought she had picked up a winter bug from work. Grappling with cold-like symptoms, Roberta says she's also recently suffered an...

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59 m. ago A Gaza mural, a fiery fiesta and Ukrainian soldiers: photos of the day – Monday

The Guardian’s picture editors select photographs from around the world Continue reading...

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68 m. ago Bloomberg expands his support of mayors globally to help save democracy. And improve trash pickup

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70 m. ago This ‘exceptional’ London school has been crowned the best in Britain for 2026

This ‘exceptional’ London school has been crowned the best in Britain for 2026  Time Out Worldwide

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81 m. ago Liverpool star Mohamed Salah risks causing even more heartache after daughter's plea

Mohamed Salah upset the applecart on Saturday after Liverpool's disappointing 3-3 draw with Leeds United, putting his future at the club in serious jeopardy

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91 m. ago 'My cousin's baby will need therapy to get over her awful name'

A woman has blasted her cousin for giving her daughter the 'worst' name ever - and people say she'll have to book in with a therapist to discuss how it impacted her life

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1 hour ago Boris Johnson dons fairy wings and a tiara for his daughter's fourth birthday party

The ex-Prime Minister, 61, who lives in Oxfordshire, was seen dressed in a tiara, green glittery fairy wings and rubber pixie ears as he attempted to follow a dance routine.

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1 hour ago Scots school staff refuse to organise prom after pupils' boozy antics

Parents have said they will help organise prom at Musselburgh Grammar School for S6 students to enjoy a 'rite of passage'.

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1 hour ago Prince Harry’s UK security under review after he wrote to Mahmood, reports say

Home Office has reportedly ordered threat assessment amid long-running dispute over Duke of Sussex’s safetyUK politics live – latest updatesThe Duke of Sussex’s security arrangements while visiting the UK are reportedly to be reviewed after a direct request from him to the home secretary.Prince Harry, who lost a high-profile legal claim against the government over the decision to remove his right to automatic taxpayer-funded police protection, wrote privately to the home secretary, Shabana Mahmood, requesting a full security risk assessment. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago Jeffrey Epstein’s most powerful ally was silence | Gretchen Carlson and Julie Roginsky

When abuse occurs, the first instinct is too often containment. We know this pattern because we have seen it ourselvesFor years, Jeffrey Epstein conjured a kind of grotesque fascination: the private island, the powerful friends, the whispered allegations. But focusing on the lurid details of his life and eventual death obscures the far more unsettling truth his case lays bare. Epstein’s story is not really about one man’s depravity. It is about a system – legal, cultural, and institutional – engineered to protect the powerful through silence. His crimes thrived not because they were hidden, but because the people who knew were coerced, encouraged, or more than willing to shut up.Silence was not incidental to Epstein’s success. It was central to it. And in this, he was hardly unique.Gretchen Carlson is a journalist, bestselling author and internationally recognized advocate for women’s rights. Julie Roginsky is a champion of women’s rights and political consultant. Carlson and Rogins...

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3 h. ago Moment armed police stop and surround van to arrest killer grandfather for murdering his daughter's ex

Stephen Alderton, 67, murdered father and son Gary, 57, and Joshua Dunmore, 32, in an 'execution' two villages six miles apart in Cambridgeshire in March 2023.

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3 h. ago Thousands of patients see NHS hospital referrals lost in ‘black hole’

One retired NHS worker said he felt ‘stuck in limbo’ to see a specialist for his back and hip pains

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4 h. ago ‘I wanted to be one of them’: why Bring It On is my feelgood movie

The latest in our series of writers paying tribute to their most loved comfort films is an ode to the 2000 teen classicThe opening sequence of Bring It On is – in a word – unapologetic. A dozen cheerleaders scream “I’m sexy, I’m cute, I’m popular to boot” in synchronicity – and I have yet to meet anyone (and I have tried) who has the willpower to look away.It’s certainly not an exaggeration to say I wanted to be one of them – that is, one of the Toros, Rancho Carne high school’s premier cheer squad. But, as a six-year-old watching in north London, I was a world away from the cornucopia of herkies, suggestive dance moves and hair flips of competitive cheerleading in San Diego. Continue reading...

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4 h. ago Grocery store to supply breakfast to 300 kids at London school over the holidays

Grocery store to supply breakfast to 300 kids at London school over the holidays  CBC

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4 h. ago Duchess of Sussex calls hospitals in the Philippines in search for estranged father Thomas Markle

Mr Markle has said he does not want to die distanced from his daughter after his leg was reportedly amputated below the knee

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4 h. ago M6 traffic LIVE: Major UK motorway shuts all lanes after crash causes severe delays

Drivers on the M6 have found themselves stuck in long queues after a crash earlier this morning sparked tailbacks and brought rush hour traffic to a grinding halt

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4 h. ago 'I'm turning my Aldi shop into £15,000 savings for my daughter'

The mum is building the savings pots without having to pay in from her income

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4 h. ago Tower Hamlets: ‘Significant weaknesses’ exposed at London council controlled by Lutfur Rahman’s Aspire party

East London council risks being stuck in ‘cycle’ of government intervention, auditors warn

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5 h. ago The Tale of Silyan review – farmer adopts stork in delightfully cockle

This story set in North Macedonia stars non-professional actors and follows ageing farmers trying to survive in a cockle-warming family filmLike director Tamara Kotevska’s previous feature Honeyland (which she co-directed with Ljubomir Stefanov), this sly, delightful film is neither a pure documentary nor a work of fiction. Instead, working with non-professional actors and a story clearly premeditated enough to earn a credit for its authors (Kotevska and Suz Curtis), this blends folk tale, improvisation and mud-caked vérité to tell the story of a contemporary farming family, the Conevs, in economically depressed North Macedonia.Sixtysomething paterfamilias Nikola and his wife, Jana, have been growing watermelons, tomatoes and tobacco on the family land for years. However, the wholesale prices have recently dropped through the soil, prompting a mini riot by irate agricultural workers who take out their frustrations by destroying their own crops. Nikola and Jana’s daughter Ana decides...

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5 h. ago Royal Ballet star Yasmine Naghdi welcomes her first child with private equity boss husband Riccardo Ghezzi as couple reveal their 'beautiful' baby boy's name in sweet post

The dancer, 33, who in 2017 became the first Londoner to be made a principal dancer at Covent Garden since Dame Darcey Bussell 28 years earlier, took to Instagram on Sunday.

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