50 m. ago Ibiza Final Boss frenzy reaches new heights as fan gets outrageous tattoo

Jack Kay, the Brit dubbed the 'Ibiza Bob' is living his best life on the White Isle after finding viral fame - and one fan has taken their obsession to new heights

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63 m. ago Fugitive Nicholas Rossi is found guilty of rape in US case after he faked his own death and fled to Scotland to pose as an Irish orphan

Nicholas Rossi was found guilty of a 2008 rape after a three-day trial in which his accuser and her parents took the stand.

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2 h. ago Katabasis by RF Kuang review – a descent into the hellscape of academia

The bestselling author’s sixth novel is far from perfect, but this journey into the underworld is delivered with heretical gleeThe more academia has broken your heart, the more you’ll love RF Kuang’s new novel. Katabasis knows the slow grind of postgrad precarity: the endless grant grubbing and essay marking; the thesis chapters drafted, redrafted and quietly ignored by a supervisor who can’t be bothered to read – let alone reply to – an email. Living semester to semester, pay shrinking, workload metastasising, cannon fodder in a departmental forever war. Katabasis knows how it feels to spend your best thinking years doing grunt work to further someone else’s ideas, clinging to the bottom rung of a ladder you will never be allowed to climb: less an ivory tower than a pyramid scheme.Academia is a hellscape; Katabasis just makes it literal. The American author’s sixth novel is an infernal twist on the campus farce: David Lodge with demons. Kuang’s previous book, 2023’s Yello...

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2 h. ago Paramount Plus adds gory horror also perfect for romantic comedy fans

The film was released in cinemas earlier this year but is now streaming

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2 h. ago Death row killer gouged out own eyes and ate them after killing wife and kids

Andre Thomas was sentenced to death in 2005 for the murder of his wife Laura Christine Boren, his four-year-old son and Boren's 13-month-old daughter in Texas

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2 h. ago Period drama 'as satisfying as a warm cup of tea' perfect for All Creatures Great and Small fans

The historical television drama was met with both critical acclaim and a passionate fan base, but was controversially cancelled after just two seasons

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3 h. ago Voices: I’m obsessed with a celebrity and I know he’d like me too if he met me

The Independent’s agony aunt Victoria Richards is here to help. Email dearvix@independent.co.uk for advice on love, work, family and relationships

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4 h. ago In juvenile detention, these students say they're not learning — and it's keeping them incarcerated

Florida shifted to virtual learning for youth in juvenile detention — and parents and students say it's been a disaster

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5 h. ago Parents of woman who died in Texas flooding file lawsuit saying campground had ‘history of dangerous flooding’

The lawsuit accuses the campground of placing ‘guests in a known floodplain with a history of dangerous flooding’

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5 h. ago Father of New Zealand woman held in US by Ice along with six

Rod Price recounts ‘frantic’ call he received from Sarah Shaw after her detention at US border while returning from CanadaThe father of a New Zealand woman who has been held in a US immigration detention centre for three weeks with her six-year-old son is hopeful the pair will be released by the end of the week.US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) detained Sarah Shaw and her youngest son after they attempted to re-enter the US from Canada on 24 July. Continue reading...

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7 h. ago Labour's obsession with the religion of 'rewilding' threatens lives, livelihoods

Wildfires are getting too close for comfort. Our National Fire Chiefs Council has warned that not only are blazes increasingly common, and are starting to cross the 'rural-urban interface'.

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8 h. ago Death of influencer Emilie Kiser's son is the latest high profile child drowning tragedy: Now experts issue urgent safety warning to all parents

Trigg Kiser, three, drowned at the home of his parents, social media star Emilie Kiser and her husband Brady, in May - accident prevention experts have since issued a stark warning to parents.

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9 h. ago Thomas Frank explains 'special operation' as 'perfect' Tottenham rue dramatic UEFA Super Cup finale

Spurs were aiming for a second European trophy in four months

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10 h. ago NY attorney general sues Zelle's parent company after Trump administration drops similar case

New York’s attorney general has sued the parent company of the Zelle payment platform, months after the federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau abandoned a similar case under the Trump administration

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10 h. ago Teen who murdered mum because he was 'upset' she confiscated his phone finally learns fate

Shawn Willis killed his parent in 2020 when he was 16 after creeping into her bedroom as she slept and taking a handgun from her bedside table before shooting her in the head

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11 h. ago Nick Cannon, father of 12 with six different women, says he doesn’t believe in the term ‘co

The TV host first became a dad in 2011, when he welcomed two children with ex Mariah Carey

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12 h. ago The anxious generation: Mental health issues are causing kids to regularly skip school, parents say

In a new survey of more than 1,000 parents across the U.S., nearly a third said their child missed more than a week of school due to mental health reasons

Society

12 h. ago When Odie the cavoodle needed emergency surgery, the veterinary staff showed why they are the unsung heroes of healthcare | Ranjana Srivastava

The vet’s diagnosis of ‘it could be a stomach bug or lymphoma’ was not exactly reassuring but, admittedly, the patient was wagging his tailSpeaking on a panel with me, a paediatric anaesthetist says that every time she takes a patient into theatre, she says to the parent, “I will take good care of your child.” Somehow, just imagining this solemn promise makes me tearful although I don’t even know that a variation of these words is headed my way.For the past week, our cavoodle Odie has been vomiting. The vet’s diagnosis of “it could be a stomach bug or lymphoma” is not exactly reassuring but, admittedly, the patient is wagging its tail. Continue reading...

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12 h. ago The devil wore J. Crew? Chloe Malle, the daughter of Hollywood stars, had an Andy Sachs start ... and could take over Vogue

Chloe Malle, the daughter of Murphy Brown star Candice Bergen, and a mom of two who likes nothing more than a quiet night in, is the frontrunner to take the helm of American Vogue from the legendary Anna Wintour. Rhian Lubin reports on her ascension through the fashion Bible’s ranks

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12 h. ago Parents of teens urged to note deadline and act now to ensure they don't miss out on child benefit payments

Advice Direct Scotland is reminding parents who have a child aged between 16 and 19 that the payments will stop at the end of this month - unless they take action.

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