Call for investigation into unfair payment for labourers on seasonal visa scheme When 26-year-old Ben* boarded a flight in Uzbekistan in June, he was looking forward to more than just a summer job picking fruit and vegetables on a British farm.“I wanted to see new places, cities I’ve never seen before,” he said. “I wanted to make friends, exchange ideas and make new memories.” Continue reading...

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Merseyside Police are making inquiries after a man was shot in the buttock in Walton outside a shop while a child was on a scooter nearby with his injuries thankfully not life threatening

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The young child is seen on a scooter outside the shop

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Research group says discovery could lead to new type of environmentally friendly farmingA biological mechanism that makes plant roots more attractive to soil microbes has been discovered by scientists in the UK. The breakthrough – by researchers at the John Innes Centre in Norwich, Norfolk – opens the door to the creation of crops requiring reduced amounts of nitrate and phosphate fertilisers, they say.“We can now think of developing a new type of environmentally friendly farming with crops that require less artificial fertiliser,” said Dr Myriam Charpentier, whose group carried out the research. Continue reading...

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Joan always suspected she had been handed someone else’s baby by the hospital when she gave birth more than 70 years ago. Then an Ancestry DNA test seemed to prove her right. Now in her 90s, she is in a race against time. Can she find her missing child?When Sue bought her mother and younger brother Ancestry kits for Christmas in 2018, she knew that they were never going to be fun gifts. A lingering doubt had always cast a shadow over their family, a question that had gnawed at them for decades. Sue hoped that, if she, Joan and Doug took DNA tests together, they might finally have the answer they craved.Their results came in a few weeks later. Ancestry listed Sue and Doug as full siblings, with Joan as their mother. Their father, Tom, had died in 2016. Sue felt certain that William – her parents’ first child, the older brother she and Doug had grown up with, a man they hadn’t seen for years – had already taken a DNA test with Ancestry. But he didn’t appear anywhere on their genetic f...

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Breakfast television shows might try to project an air of bonhomie to propel viewers into the day ahead, but there's evidence to suggest the welcoming sofas can be a dangerous place to perch.

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It's Sunday morning. I have just fetched Swirly (my racehorse) and Quincy (Nic's enormous grey Russian trotter) in for breakfast, before walking my border collies in the paddock.

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Gone are the days when a traditional pre-wedding shindig would start with a pub crawl and might end in a kebab shop at 4am, with youngsters now packing it all in for a quieter night

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BBC Breakfast's Naga Munchetty and Charlie Stayt were left red-faced after an awkward exchange with Saturday Kitchen host Matt Tebbutt

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BBC Breakfast's Naga Munchetty told Saturday Kitchen presenter Matt Tebbutt he "could have prepared better" as he welcomed Irish author Marian Keyes onto his show

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From loyalty cards, to restaurant meal deals or simply parking your car – it is harder and harder to get by without signing up to a multitude of appsHow to navigate apps: from checking safety to recalling passwordsUK-wide parking app may be out of road after funding withdrawnMichael is in his late 50s and is among the millions of people in the UK who cannot or do not want to use mobile apps, and feels he is being penalised for his choice.He does own a smartphone – an Apple iPhone he bought secondhand about three years ago – but says: “I don’t use apps at all. I don’t download them for security reasons.” Continue reading...

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Both the Adidas Samba and SL 72 OG in cow print landed exclusively on the ASOS website and quickly sold out - but if you're looking for an alternative, these 3 styles are perfect

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BBC Breakfast presenter Charlie Stayt was forced to cut his interview with former UK ambassador to Ukraine Simon Smith short due to a breaking news announcement

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Six in the city

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From standout denim to frocks that rock, Stephanie Sofokleous reveals which shops are slaying it in the style stakes

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It costs just under £2 to make a version of your own - and it's packed with natural vitamins and nutrients

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The BBC Breakfast star is a much-loved face on screens each morning

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The family-run farm has its own shop, butchery and cafe

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I was left bewildered and confused

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The products in question are Tesco's Apricot Wheats and the branded version from Kellogg's which are both small wholegrain wheat squares with a fruit-flavoured filling

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