2 h. ago Voices: My friends don’t make any effort with me now they have kids

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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3 h. ago Families, kids most at risk of losing HUD housing with Trump’s proposed time limits

A Trump administration proposal could put more than a million low-income households at risk of losing their government-subsidized housing

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3 h. ago Neuroscientist wants you to do this for five mornings in a row

Dr Wendy Suzuki, a professor at New York University, warned that one common habit is not so good for the brain

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5 h. ago Gardeners told put one common item in their birdbaths during July

Birdbaths are a great way to attract wildlife to your garden but can quickly become dirty and unattractive. One gardener has shared a simple trick to keep them clean

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8 h. ago Acid attacks skyrocket by 10% as campaigners warn of rise in violence against women and girls

Almost a quarter of all attacks took place in Northumbria in 2024

Events

8 h. ago Nicotine pouches sold to children mimic sweets, says UK trading standards body

Children can buy pouches legally as they are not regulated as a specific tobacco or nicotine productNicotine pouches are being legally sold to children and are being made appealing to them with special flavours and packaging mimicking sweets, a trading standards body has said.In June, it became illegal for single-use vapes to be sold in England to tackle their widespread use by children. However, there is currently no legislation that restricts the age at which you can buy nicotine pouches. Continue reading...

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8 h. ago Addictive nicotine pouches can legally be sold to children in shops

Watchdog warns there is currently no law in place to stop shops from selling nicotine pouches to children

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8 h. ago British children living in 'unbearable poverty' as students make school breakfast plea

More than three-quarters of children’s doctors say poverty-related illness has increased over the last two years, as they warned of an 'unbearable level' of hardship among kids

Society

8 h. ago 'Addictive' nicotine pouches sold to children are replacing disposable vapes

While disposable vapes are now banned, kids are turning to equally attractive nicotine pouches- which they can technically buy legally.

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8 h. ago Shops legally selling addictive nicotine pouches to children

Trading Standards is calling for urgent regulation of the new class of addictive products sold to children following the ban of single-use vapes.

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10 h. ago US authorities take custody of more than 20 kids as surrogate mothers claim couple misled them

Children removed from California home of couple who were arrested in May and had said they ‘wanted a large family’More than 20 children are in the custody of a California child-welfare agency while authorities investigate a Los Angeles-area couple and whether they misled surrogate mothers around the country.Fifteen children were removed from the couple’s opulent home in Arcadia after an abuse allegation in May, and another six living elsewhere were also located, said Arcadia’s police lieutenant, Kollin Cieadlo. They range in age from two months to 13 years, with most between one and three. Continue reading...

Culture

12 h. ago Coronation Street's Theo unrecognisable in legendary kids TV show

A former star of Tracy Beaker has undergone a dramatic transformation and is now unrecognisable as a Coronation Street heartthrob

Culture

14 h. ago Dad of crypto king mysteriously vanished in LA. Then ‘creepy texts’ from him started to arrive in the family group chat

Naiping Hou, 74, of Rancho Cucamonga, California was last seen on March 18

Politics

14 h. ago Man who tried to crash car with women and kids inside jailed for attempted murder

Steven Phillipson was jailed for seven years after the horrifying incident.

Events

15 h. ago Over 50% of kids who die in cars were left there unknowingly. Forgetting your own child is easier than you may think

Forgetting your child in the backseat of a car seems incomprehensible, but competing brain memory systems mean the tragedy could happen to anyone, experts tell Kelly Rissman

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15 h. ago The Trump administration’s latest immigration target: Kids aged 11 and under

Exclusive: Immigration judges broke records with the number of young children they have ordered removed from the US in April —with lawyers accusing Trump of “pumping up deportation numbers on the backs of kids, data correspondent Alicja Hagopian reports

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15 h. ago A common pub game could help eliminate UK's biggest litter problem

Spalding, Lincolnshire is piloting a first-of-its kind initiative to combat the blight of discarded cigarette butts.

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15 h. ago Smurfs review – Rihanna is star turn of the new generation of floppy

James Corden and John Goodman join the singer voicing the Belgian creatures in this uninspired, unengaging kids’ animationThe star vocal turn of the very moderate new Smurfs film is Rihanna, phoning in an undemanding audio contribution as the female character named “Smurfette”. But there is little to no music in this laborious slice of content, one of the many frustrating and disconcerting things about it. And for me, this film shows yet again that there is something about the Smurfs, those little Belgian creatures with blue skin and floppy-protuberant hats, which is basically kryptonite to comedy and entertainment.The script by Pam Brady (justly respected for her work on South Park and Team America: World Police) follows the template of being pretty bland for the sweet Smurfs themselves, but is sharpened up with one or two properly funny lines for the all-too-brief scenes featuring the evil wizard characters Razamel and Gargamel (both voiced by JP Karliak) whom the Smurfs are up ag...

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15 h. ago Kids, don’t look to me for career inspiration. Look to your electrician instead | Adrian Chiles

People often assume my job skills are impressive, while their own aren’t worth a mention. What they don’t realise is that I’d swap with them in an instantLife. Work out what you want to do with it, what kind of job you want. And then find that job. Hopefully, it won’t be something that it’s thought AI will do better. And, hopefully, it’s a job with meaning, with a point to it.It must be great to be a doctor. What do you do? Oh, I’m a doctor. And what’s the point of that? Well, I try to keep people alive. And with that the question of the point of your life is answered. Nobody, I suggest, ever expresses doubt about the purpose of doctoring. Just like nobody asks a broadcaster and writer what the point of their work is. They should. We get too much credit for what we do. Continue reading...

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16 h. ago Dermatologist shares 'life changing' tip for anyone who gets ingrown hairs

Dr Sam Ellis explained the common mistake people make when it comes to shaving and how to avoid irritating ingrown hairs – so here's all you need to know

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