38 m. ago Attorneys sue to restore deportation protections for abused and neglected migrant children

Legal advocates have filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration to restore deportation protection for migrant children and youth who suffered parental abuse, neglect, or abandonment

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79 m. ago Child dies after school bus carrying dozens of people crashes in Somerset

Two other children were taken to hospital by air ambulance following the crash

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96 m. ago Moment yacht goes up in flames after 'loud bang': Couple rushed to hospital 

At around 5am a loud bang awoke local residents who quickly realised a yacht on the Elbe river, between the Queen Edith Bridge and the Customs Bridge, had caught fire.

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1 hour ago Key players in Syria's latest eruption of violence, from the Druze and Bedouin to government forces

Clashes that shook southern Syria this week have killed hundreds of people, including civilians, and drawn in an array of both local and international players, harking back to the dynamics of the country’s nearly 14-year civil war

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3 h. ago 22 Kids and Counting's Noel Radford opens up on 'emotional clash' with wife Sue

Noel and Sue Radford, stars of the documentary series 22 Kids and Counting, have opened up on their family lives and admitted that they have very differing views on one particular matter

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3 h. ago Major incident declared after school bus carrying dozens of people crashes in Somerset

‘A number of casualties’ were brought to hospital following the collision on the A396

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3 h. ago Homeland security officials defend immigration court arrests after being sued

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is defending its policy of having Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers arrest people at their immigration court hearings after a group of immigrants and advocates filed a class-action lawsuit that seeks to stop the practice

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4 h. ago Virgin River's 'perfect replacement' confirms exciting update after huge Netflix success

A hit romance drama has just been renewed for season four, just a few weeks after wrapping up its third season

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4 h. ago Teen boy who died in horror crash on Scots bridge pictured as mum left 'broken'

The youth was tragically pronounced dead at the scene at the bridge over Cessnock Water with family saying he will be 'sorely missed'

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4 h. ago Afghanistan 'kill list' scandal lawyers vow to sue but bungling MoD will 'fight hard'

Personal details of almost 19,000 Afghans and 6,000 of their family members who helped British forces during the war were accidentally leaked

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4 h. ago Welsh council urged to explain email trail over controversial water park

Councillors have criticised Vale of Glamorgan Council for not publicising its plans for a water park at Cosmeston Lakes sooner

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5 h. ago Scottish Water workers accept pay offer but ‘concerns continue’, says union

The deal with Unison has brought a series of ongoing strikes to an end.

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5 h. ago Artists travel back in time with work created from ancient wood discovered at site of lost London river

Artists travel back in time with work created from ancient wood discovered at site of lost London river  The Art Newspaper

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5 h. ago Heavy rain in South Korea leaves at least four dead and 1,300 forced to evacuate

The weather in South Korea has caused school closures, property damage and cancelled flights

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5 h. ago Council criticised over its handling of water park at popular Welsh beauty spot

Vale of Glamorgan Council argues having the water park will generate much needed income, but many residents are concerned about its potential impact

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6 h. ago Russian soldiers are 'killed by poisoned bottled water' in 'suspected Ukrainian sabotage'

The soldiers suffered 'seizures, loss of consciousness, and death', say reports.

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6 h. ago Zuckerberg and Meta officers settle claim they lost company billions by violating privacy laws

Shareholders sued Zuckerberg and others in hopes of holding them liable for fines and legal costs that Meta paidMark Zuckerberg and current and former directors and officers of Meta Platforms agreed on Thursday to settle claims seeking $8bn for the damage they allegedly caused the company by allowing repeated violations of Facebook users’ privacy, a lawyer for the shareholders told a Delaware judge on Thursday.The parties did not disclose details of the settlement and defense lawyers did not address the judge, Kathaleen McCormick of the Delaware court of chancery. McCormick adjourned the trial just as it was to enter its second day and she congratulated the parties. Continue reading...

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6 h. ago Standing room only! The top 10 most overcrowded train routes in London and the rest of England revealed

Thameslink, Chiltern and South Western Railway named in annual survey

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6 h. ago Archimedes knew the golden power of boredom – so why can’t we stop bringing our phones into the bathroom? | Miski Omar

Being bored used to be a superpower, but now we have dopamine on loop to keep us endlessly occupiedArchimedes, the ancient Greek mathematician and inventor, was tasked with solving a tricky problem for King Hiero II of Syracuse. The story goes that the king suspected his new golden crown had been mixed with cheaper metals, but he didn’t want it damaged. Archimedes had to figure out whether the crown was pure gold without melting it down. Tough brief.Then, one day, while sinking into a public bath, he noticed something: the water level rose as he slid in. The volume of water displaced was equal to the volume of his body. That was it! The key. He could weigh the crown and measure its volume by how much water it displaced. Continue reading...

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6 h. ago Cure by Katherine Brabon review – moments of grace in meditation on chronic illness

Doubles and reflections abound in this subtle exploration of the stories we tell about sickness, centring on a mother and daughter who travel to Italy in search of healingGet our weekend culture and lifestyle emailKatherine Brabon’s fourth novel follows a mother and daughter with a shared experience of chronic illness who travel to Italy in search of a cure. It feels like a companion piece to her elegant previous novel Body Friend, about three women who seek out different ways of managing their chronic pain after surgery. Cure continues Brabon’s metaphoric use of doubles, mirrors and reflections to explore the social dimensions of the body in pain. It opens in Lake Como, where, we are told, in autumn “clouds devour the hills around the lake” and the water “reflects the scene of disappearance. [It] cannot help but replicate the obscuring fog.” Vera has been here before; she is now taking her 16-year-old daughter, Thea, to a small town in Lombardy, where she herself travelled with her...

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