23 h. ago Lady Gabriella Windsor's ex reignites claims of racism within the Royal Family as he again insists her mother owned black sheep named Venus and Serena and even drags in the KING

Speaking on the podcast Tell Me About Your Father, Aatish Taseer, who was born in the UK and raised in India, doubled down on his claims of racism within the Royal Family.

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34 h. ago MoD leak details of 19,000 people at risk of attacks from brutal Taliban henchmen

The accidental leak was covered up by a super injunction after it left thousands of people at risk of attack - and contained the names, contact details and some family information of people potentially at risk of harm

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35 h. ago 'My newborn was in intensive care – but all my family did was complain about his name'

A new mum said she was left feeling 'upset' and 'hurt' after her family refused to stop moaning about her son's name - despite him being in intensive care when born

Society

55 h. ago From lady to a tramp: Baby killer Constance Marten was worth £2.4m and was once named a Tatler 'Babe of the Month'. But she ended up scavenging from bins after estrangement from her family

From the dock of the Old Bailey, Constance Marten repeatedly insisted that she and Mark Gordon were good parents. But the official record of what actually happened paints a very different picture...

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56 h. ago From lady to tramp: Constance Marten was worth £2.4m and was once named a Tatler 'Babe of the Month'. But she ended up scavenging from bins after estrangement from her family

From the dock of the Old Bailey, Constance Marten repeatedly insisted that she and Mark Gordon were good parents. But the official record of what actually happened paints a very different picture...

Economics

3 d. ago Mum considers very popular name for baby – but everyone points out same thing

It's a tough job picking the perfect name for a baby and one mum is considering a twist on a very popular, classical choice – but it's got everyone saying the same thing

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4 d. ago I was overjoyed to marry the handsome love of my life Paul but after 22 years he dropped a bombshell that shattered our family

For more than two decades, the couple appeared to have a normal marriage, raising two children in a pretty home by the Thames in west London.

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4 d. ago Dad's horror as teen son 'buried alive' and suffocated to death on beach

Riccardo Boni, 17, was in the middle of a tunnel he dug when the structure gave way and swallowed him whole, leaving no traces. Riccardo's father said his son 'didn't even have time to scream'

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4 d. ago 'My family threatened to stone me to death if I didn't marry man I've never met'

Last summer, 17-year-old Saliha Sadath thought she was going on a family holiday to Turkey - but instead of heading to a villa, she says she was taken to Afghanistan to forcibly marry a 30-year-old cousin

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5 d. ago A rightwing minister told Sweden to get tough on crime – until his own son was caught in a Nazi scandal | Martin Gelin

In our current political climate, why is migration minister Johan Forssell surprised that a teenage boy might be drawn to extremism?Before the elections next year, Sweden’s conservative government has been eager to avoid accusations of racism or xenophobia. So it’s unfortunate that it keeps being plagued by scandals involving both.The Swedish investigative magazine Expo revealed earlier this month that a minister in the governing coalition, whom it did not name, had a close family member active in violent far-right and neo-Nazi groups. The family member had, Expo claimed, participated in activities with a far-right network classified as a terrorist group by the US.Martin Gelin writes for the Swedish newspaper Dagens Nyheter Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Kitten Names 2025: Here are the 10 most popular cat names of the year

Stumped for a name for your new cat? Here are some ideas.

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5 d. ago Horror as boy, 17, suffocates to death on Italian beach after being buried alive under sand when tunnel he dug collapsed on top of him

The 17-year-old, named locally as Riccardo B., was on holiday with his family when tragedy struck on the popular Montalto di Castro beach, near the border of the Tarquinia region in north-west Italy.

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6 d. ago Scarlett Vickers' mum 'staying with killer partner's parents' year on from daughter's death

Scarlett Vickers' mum Sarah has not moved back into the Durham home she shared with her teen daughter before her death, and is instead staying with her killer ex-partner's parents

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6 d. ago Puppy Names 2025: Here are the 10 most popular 'human' names for adorable dogs this year

Rover, Rex and Lassie are all very well, but sometimes a dog just needs a name that’s a little more ‘human’.

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7 d. ago Scotland's top campsites for family holiday named including pods with hot tubs

Nine sites across the country have been included.

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8 d. ago Madrid family win case against tourist flats after ‘illicit and unsanitary’ acts

Court orders closure of 10 rentals that it found had inflicted psychological damage on family living in block A judge in Madrid has ordered the closure of 10 tourist flats in a single building in the city centre after a landmark ruling that said “the illicit and unsanitary activities” taking place in them had inflicted psychological damage on a neighbouring family and violated their fundamental right to privacy.The family, who have two children and who have not been named, said they had suffered stress, anxiety and sleep deprivation because of the loud, drunken, destructive and lewd behaviour of guests, which included vandalism, vomiting and having sex in the block’s communal areas. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago BREAKING: Second boy, 16, who died in railway tracks tragedy named as family pay moving tribute

Jordan Everett died alongside fellow 16-year-old Joshua Myers in a double tragedy on a railway track near Stockport - his 'devastated' family have paid a moving tribute

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8 d. ago Second boy, 16, who died in railway tracks tragedy named as family pay moving tribute

Jordan Everett's family say they are 'devastated' after he died in Poynton

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8 d. ago To those who question what Labour stands for – look at Best Start. It will change Britain’s future | Polly Toynbee

Sure Start was New Labour’s finest achievement, and the Tories destroyed it. Now it’s back with a mission to put children at the heart of everythingThey hunt high and low for Labour’s missing message, vision, purpose or identity. Well, here it is, where it always was, in the future of children. It’s what Labour does best, what it is for: building a society where children come first and everything else falls into place. The foundations have now been laid by Bridget Phillipson by finally bringing back Sure Start to England – the most successful achievement of the last Labour government – now rebranded as Best Start family hubs.It’s a pity about the new name, but young parents recognise “hubs”, whereas Sure Start is largely gone and forgotten. Its uprooting began the day Michael Gove arrived as education secretary in 2010. He entered the “Department for Children, Schools and Families” – a name chosen to reflect the awareness that children don’t learn without wraparound care for their w...

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9 d. ago Two men appear in court charged with murder after death of teen in Broxburn

Emergency services were called to a property on McCann Avenue in Broxburn following reports of a disturbance at around 1.15am on Friday, July 4.

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