60 m. ago Ferne McCann voices fears over skinny jabs and says women are 'shrinking before our very eyes'

EXCLUSIVE: Ferne McCann is the first to admit that weight loss jabs have been transformative for those that need them - but is worried the body positivity movement is being forgotten

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2 h. ago Minneapolis white women in SUVs filmed taunting ICE agents two days after fatal shooting of Renee Nicole Good

Footage shared across social media showed Minneapolis women being confronted by masked ICE agents in the streets, as one agent warned them: 'Don't make a bad decision today.'

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2 h. ago Grok’s AI tool stripping women on X opens up a new frontier in systemic abuse of women in India

Arpan Rai speaks to victims of Grok’s sexualised AI images in India, where there are calls for Elon Musk’s X to do much more to protect women already navigating a highly patriarchal society

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3 h. ago No, private schools aren’t victims of ‘reverse discrimination’ – and Cambridge should know better | Lee Elliot Major

Trinity Hall’s plan to target elite schools sends the message that privilege equals talent, when the reality is that poorer students are already on the back footA Cambridge college’s plan to target students from some of the country’s most elite private schools has struck a nerve. As reported by the Guardian, Trinity Hall justified the move by claiming that a focus only on “greater fairness in admissions” could “unintentionally result in reverse discrimination”. Alumni LinkedIn feeds and social media threads quickly filled with outrage, as many Cambridge graduates interpreted the move as class prejudice rearing its ugly head once again. One angry fellow at the college said it amounted to a “slap in the face” for their state-educated undergraduates.It brought back memories of the sneering snobbery at Oxford when the former Guardian editor Alan Rusbridger, then principal of Lady Margaret Hall, introduced a new foundation year. “We don’t do hard luck stories,” sniffed one academic. “Oxf...

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3 h. ago John Swinney seems to have a political death wish over rights for trans prisoners

The SNP government is threatening equalities legislation as it attempts to defend sending trans women who commit crimes to women’s prisons

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3 h. ago £100,000 charitable sum issued for farmers as calls grow for government 'thank you' payment

The charity is offering payments of up to £1,000 per any farming family business impacted by the snow.

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3 h. ago Labour’s deputy leader joins PM in backing The Independent’s SafeCall campaign for missing children

Lucy Powell supports ‘innovative’ new service for 72,000 young people who disappear each year, as other high-profile figures hail generosity of donors after £165,000 target hit

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3 h. ago Liverpool transfer news: £86m Man Utd target eyed as Federico Chiesa 'texts' about deal

Liverpool continue to be linked with incomings and outgoings in the January transfer window - and have just announced their first signing

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3 h. ago Hailey Bieber dazzles in glitzy Armani gown as she joins Demi Moore, Emily Blunt and Mindy Kaling at the 2026 WWD Style Awards

Hailey Bieber looked sensational as she joined fellow A-listers Demi Moore, Emily Blunt and Mindy Kaling at Women's Wear Daily's 2026 WWD Style Awards on Friday night.

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3 h. ago I had no enthusiasm, motivation, or energy – one change has made all the difference

Once an active nurse working 12-hour shifts Jackie Griffiths-James was eventually forced to leave full-time employment suffering with fibromyalgia, chronic insomnia, and restless leg syndrome

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4 h. ago Victim of evil Fornethy 'House of Horrors' teacher spared jail welcomes Crown's sentence appeal

Patricia Robertson, 77, avoided jail last month after she was convicted of tomenting girls as young as six at the facility in Angus between 1969 and 1984.

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5 h. ago Trump meets with oil company executives to secure $100 billion as US forces seize another oil tanker

US President Donald Trump told oil company executives that they would have "total security" if they invested in Venezuela, despite previous asset seizures and ongoing sanctions

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5 h. ago Trump meets with oil executives to secure $100 billion as US forces seize another oil tanker

US President Donald Trump told oil executives that they would have "total security" if they invested in Venezuela, despite previous asset seizures and ongoing sanctions

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7 h. ago Sir Tom Jones issues a 'sad and disheartening' warning as he begs his fans to be 'careful and stay safe' after falling victim to online scams

The Welsh singer, 85, explained that some of his fans have fallen victim to a scam where fake profiles impersonate him online.

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7 h. ago Truth about Heated Rivals, by SARAH VINE. The gay hockey romance has caused hysteria among straight women. I've watched the X

Are you into gay porn? If not, I would proceed with caution when watching the hot new show of the moment, Heated Rivalry, which premieres in the UK this weekend.

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7 h. ago More than 100 buildings destroyed and 300,000 hectares burned as Victoria’s bushfires rage

Fires may continue for ‘weeks’, authorities warn, as three missing people found safeFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAt least 119 structures are believed to be lost in bushfires across Victoria and more than 300,000 hectares of bushland has been burned as the state continues to battle blazes that may rage for “weeks”.Emergency management commissioner, Tim Wiebusch, told the media on Saturday that about 50 homes had been lost in the Ravenswood and Harcourt fire, which was believed to be a “conservative number”. The Bendigo railway line had also been damaged by fire and was closed. Continue reading...

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8 h. ago More than 100 buildings destroyed and 300,000ha of bushland burned as Victoria’s bushfires rage

Fires may continue for ‘weeks’, authorities warn, as three missing people found safeFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAt least 119 structures are believed to be lost in bushfires across Victoria and more than 300,000 hectares of bushland has been burned as the state continues to battle blazes that may rage for “weeks”.Emergency management commissioner, Tim Wiebusch, told the media on Saturday that around 50 homes had been lost in the Ravenswood and Harcout fire, which was believed to be a “conservative number”. The Bendigo railway line had also been damaged by fire and was closed. Continue reading...

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8 h. ago The astonishing litany of police blunders that left one family grieving a car crash victim who was still alive... and a second family clinging to hope when their beloved son was already dead

His parents, reeling from the loss of their 17-year-old son in a car crash two weeks before Christmas, had been to the funeral director with the clothes they'd wanted him dressed in for his final journey.

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8 h. ago Major WASPI update over 'last chance saloon' warning as pressure mounts

Polling shows that 66% of voters aged between 18 and 34 believe that millions of 1950s-born women affected by DWP maladministration should be awarded payouts

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8 h. ago ‘I donated umbilical cord blood, and another mum’s donation saved my daughter’

Cord blood is rich in stem cells, and can be used to treat cancer, immune conditions and genetic disorders.

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