57 m. ago Voices: ‘Unpicking Brexit?’ Readers debate EU youth mobility scheme as poll shows Reform voters’ shift

Our community argue that young people, who had little say in the 2016 vote, are now the most restricted by Brexit, with lost opportunities in research, travel and tourism stifling their career paths

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60 m. ago The Chase viewers roar 'give me strength!' after contestant suffers two embarrassing blunders

It was Scottish player Ally who got the fans' eyes rolling from the very first question of the show.

Politics

91 m. ago Graham Linehan claims he was arrested at Heathrow Airport for posts about trans people

The Metropolitan Police confirmed that a man in his fifties was arrested at Heathrow Airport on Monday

Society

95 m. ago 'Tricky' – Alexander Isak sounds warning over Liverpool debut that fans won't want to hear

Alexander Isak has completed a move from Newcastle to Liverpool for a British record fee, but now all eyes will be on just when the Swedish superstar can make his debut for his new club

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1 hour ago We went to Center Parcs and paid a fortune for a naff break in tacky surroundings with a Wetherspoons feeling. Now we go to these parks instead... they're much more stylish and half the price

As I scroll through social media, while simultaneously keeping an eye on my 11-year-old and friend in a local park, a Mumsnet post catches my eye. 'Is Center Parcs a bit tacky?' it reads.

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1 hour ago Straight Circle review – boisterous border guard satire from a director to watch

Venice film festivalOscar Hudson’s feature debut, starring twins Elliott and Luke Tittensor as ritual-performing representatives of fictional warring nations, is an absurdist nightmareBritish documentary and ad director Oscar Hudson makes his feature debut in the Venice critics week sidebar with this high-concept anti-war satire, a through-the-looking-glass absurdist nightmare about realising that the otherness of your enemy is an illusion. There are some bold and ambitious images here, and some interesting split-screen work. Maybe there’s an issue about the style and substance ratio and perhaps the running time is indulgent, but this is a strong piece of work.Twins Elliott and Luke Tittensor play two soldiers of equal rank in opposing armies, called Pte Warne and Pte Arthur. They represent two nations of fictional Ruritanian weirdness, formerly at war but who have evidently concluded a tensely unstable peace treaty. Warne has a resplendent white uniform and, like the rest of his co...

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1 hour ago This eyebrow pencil gives me perfect arches in just 10 seconds

Benefit’s precisely brow pencil is a number one bestseller for good reason

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2 h. ago Claims for £300 DWP payment will be available from this date

The DWP has confirmed that people over the State Pension age who need to claim this year's Winter Fuel Payment can do so by post from 15 September and over the phone from 15 October

Economics

2 h. ago Older people can claim DWP heating support worth up to £300 from this date this month

The UK Government has confirmed that Winter Fuel Payments will be issued automatically to around nine million people in England and Wales

Economics

2 h. ago Inside chilling 'Devil Island' near Greek holiday hotspot left with one creepy building

From exiling people in 10AD to punishing political dissidents in the last century, the Greek island of Gyaros has a complicated past, with controversial plans for its future

Politics

2 h. ago Coven leader reveals witches are 'normal people' – but three things give them away

Alexia Costadina, 38, from Birmingham, has been performing rituals and worshipping pagan deities, including Zeus and the "Ancient Horned One", for more than 20 years

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2 h. ago I had wigs thrown at me while I was playing rugby because of my hair loss

Former England flanker Heather Fisher, 41, told BBC Sport people don't understand women with 'muscles and no hair', saying there needs to be greater acceptance.

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2 h. ago More than 1,400 dead in Afghanistan earthquake with many more trapped under rubble and death toll expected to keep rising following devastating 6.0 quake

The Afghan Red Crescent Society said on Tuesday that at least 1,124 people are confirmed dead and 3,251 have been hurt, with more than 8,000 homes destroyed.

Events

2 h. ago Millions of people taking antihistamines and cold pills issued warning by health expert

The health alert concerns those who take tablets for things like colds and allergies up to those on medication for heart issues or diabetes.

Events

2 h. ago Angela Rayner arrives for Cabinet meeting in striking sunglasses as row over her tax affairs rumbles on

Angela Rayner’s striking sunglasses catches the eye as she attends the first Cabinet meeting since the summer recess

Events

2 h. ago Google Digital Garage rolls in providing free skills training for businesses in West Lothian

Over the last five years it has trained more than one million people

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2 h. ago Police want to speak to three people after city centre assault

Two females and a male have been urged by the force to identify themselves

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2 h. ago Afghanistan earthquake death toll passes 1,400 as Taliban appeal for aid

Rescuers search into the night for people trapped under debris of mud and stone homes in steep valleysThe Taliban have called for international aid as Afghanistan reels from an earthquake that killed more than 1,400 people and left thousands more injured.Rescuers searched into the night on Monday for survivors after the 6.0-magnitude quake struck on Sunday destroying entire villages across the country’s eastern Kunar province, which borders Pakistan. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago More than 1,100 dead in Afghanistan earthquake with many more trapped under rubble and death toll expected to keep rising following devastating 6.0 quake

The Afghan Red Crescent Society said on Tuesday that at least 1,124 people are confirmed dead and 3,251 have been hurt, with more than 8,000 homes destroyed.

Events

3 h. ago Cooper suggests asylum seekers could be moved into warehouses instead of hotels – UK politics live

Home secretary says government aims to ‘shrink the whole asylum system’ and is looking at ‘military and industrial sites’Lamb says the Greens are “the antidote to Reform”.That gets a big round of applause.We’re a home for all those people across the country holding their heads in their hands as the Labour government lets them down again and again and again, whether it is switching from the aid budget or from people with disabilities and not bringing in taxes we need.And that is why, in reaction, a new Green wave is sweeping the country as people turn to us.It’s already become a bit of a cliche, but we are really moving into a multi-party system, with the Greens poised to help create the next government.And, like all the best cliches, it has the distinct advantage of also being for true. Continue reading...

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