15 h. ago Hooters Nottingham and Liverpool futures decided as US parent company in administration

EXCLUSIVE: The futures of the Nottingham and Liverpool branches of the famous American food chain have been determined, at least for now, according to insiders close to the UK operation

Society

29 h. ago Trump administration cuts tens of millions of dollars from Planned Parenthood – live

HHS reportedly gives organization 10 days to prove that they’ll comply with orders that ban DEI and other initiativesImmigration remains a strength for Donald Trump, but his handling of tariffs is getting more negative feedback, according to a poll from the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. About half of US adults approve of Trump’s approach to immigration, the survey shows, but only about four in 10 have a positive view of the way he’s handling the economy and trade negotiations. The poll indicates that many Americans are still on board with Trump’s efforts to ramp up deportations and restrict immigration. But it also suggests that the Republican president’s threats to impose tariffs – which have been accompanied by tumbling consumer confidence and wild stock market swings – might be erasing his advantage on another issue that he made central to his winning 2024 campaign. The economy was a drag on then president Joe Biden, who saw the share of Americans who ...

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43 h. ago Matt Baker says it's 'tough life' behind the scenes as Countryfile presenter hits out

Countryfile presenter Matt Baker has lived and breathed the rural life having grown up on his parents' sheep farm in the Durham Dales and he has now opened up about the misconceptions of farming.

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47 h. ago Parents' lives 'turned upside down' as baby boy given very rare diagnosis

Albie Moore was diagnosed at just four months old with Leber Congenital Amaurosis

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50 h. ago Adolescence: what teen boys really think of girls, influencers and porn – podcast

From misogynist content creators such as Andrew Tate to the ubiquity of pornography, boys face a barrage of toxic influences. We talk to sixth-formers about the pressures and joys they experienceThe release of the hit Netflix drama Adolescence this month has unleashed a wave of panic around teenage boys. Keir Starmer said the UK “may have a problem with boys and young men”, while parents began worried conversations about their children’s online lives. But how true to life is it?Michael Conroy, who has been going into schools to train teachers and professionals about boys’ personal development for years, says he has seen a shift in what he hears about. “Just 10 years ago, we didn’t have young men speaking in very sexualised ways to female teachers, quite a few in the same school.” He sees the ubiquity of pornography as a huge factor, with boys as young as 11 using it obsessively. “I’m getting invited to work with primary schools now.” The knock-on effect, he says, is an unrealistic a...

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52 h. ago Troubled Justin Bieber shares rare picture with baby boy Jack Blues amid worrying struggles and 'marital woes'

Justin Bieber gave a rare glimpse of his baby boy Jack Blues in a series of adorable family pictures shared to his main Instagram page on Sunday.

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66 h. ago Our Beautiful Boys by Sameer Pandya review – teenage lives at the crossroads

A night of violence exposes the dynamics of race, masculinity and privilege at play in America’s schools The Marabar caves in A Passage to India represent the breakdown of order and communication as well as provoking the terrible accusation that drives EM Forster’s story. Sameer Pandya plays with a similar plot device in his compelling US-based novel, including an epigraph from Forster’s classic.It is set in southern California, where three teenage boys on the brink of adulthood – stars of their high school American football team with promising college careers ahead of them – attend a party at an abandoned house in the hills. Vikram is an Indian American, while Diego, who is Latino, lives with his academic mother. MJ is white with wealthy parents. Part of the pleasure of Pandya’s writing lies in his unravelling of identity politics – a theme explored in his debut, Members Only.Our Beautiful Boys by Sameer Pandya is published by Bloomsbury (£16.99). To support the Guardian and Observ...

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4 d. ago Scots baby's rare chronic condition dismissed by doctors as 'nappy rash'

Jade Aitken's world was turned upside down when she was told baby Louie needed urgent critical care for what was first suspected by doctors as nappy rash.

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9 d. ago There’s No Time Like the Present by Paul B Rainey review – a funny, unpredictable and wild comic

Three characters stuck in the past are given access to the future in the former Observer/Faber prize winner’s mordant and misanthropic sci-fi graphic novelPeople who enjoy science fiction love to imagine the future: time travel, spaceships, something wobbly with a green face. But what if those fans really had access to it – the future, I mean – courtesy of something very similar to the internet? This is the possibility Paul B Rainey floats in There’s No Time Like the Present, in which a crowd of misfits from Milton Keynes (once the future itself) are able, if not to visit Mars, then at least to watch episodes of Doctor Who that have not yet been screened.Mordant and misanthropic in almost equal measure, Rainey’s book has three central characters, each one somewhat stuck, unable fully to escape their childhood. Barry, an obnoxious lazybones, still lives at home with his parents; he makes his living selling bootleg recordings of TV shows he has lifted from the “ultranet”, which provid...

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1 week ago Family of boy with rare cancer warn Scots parents are forced to choose cash or kids

Victoria McDonald and Andrew Rae's son Calum was diagnosed with high-risk neuroblastoma but the dad Andrew was forced to return to work and leave Victoria at Calum's beside to pay their bills.

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1 week ago Brave boy, five, battling a rare cancer who Mail on Sunday readers helped to raise £500k for treatment undergoes life

Ralph Tatham, five, received a new liver, big and small bowel, stomach and pancreas from another child last year after eight months at the top of the UK waiting list.

Economics

1 week ago Just Another Girl on the IRT review – Leslie Harris takes on race, sex and class in 90s indie gem

Ariyan A Johnson stars as the back-talking, fourth wall-breaking high schooler who falls pregnant in Harris’s rough and ready dramaThere’s an undimmed freshness, warmth and freewheeling energy in this 1992 indie gem, and its director Leslie Harris – whose career since has chiefly involved writing and teaching – deserves a far bigger presence in US film history. Ariyan A Johnson plays Chantel, a young Black American high schooler who lives with her stressed parents and two kid brothers in Brooklyn (in an era before its gentrification) and rides the subway’s IRT Eastern Parkway line.Chantel is getting great grades in school, and plans to be a doctor, but is addicted to talking back to the teachers and won’t restrain herself, even when she’s sent to the principal’s office. Her relationship with her mother and father is just as fraught – and as far as dating goes, Chantel is not going to sell herself short. And when she finally has sex with her boyfriend Tyrone (Kevin Thigpen), dizzied ...

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1 week ago Adolescence star Stephen Graham breaks down during live interview in tearful admission about parents

Adolescence star Stephen Graham broke down in tears during a live breakfast radio interview.

Society

1 week ago Ben & Jerry’s claims Unilever ousted its CEO for his progressive stance

Ice-cream brand’s board says David Stever was ‘removed’ for refusing to ‘oversee the dismantling’ of its valuesBusiness live – latest updatesBen & Jerry’s has accused its parent group, Unilever, of sacking the ice-cream brand’s chief executive for refusing to “oversee the dismantling” of its progressive values.The US-based brand said in a court filing that David Stever, who led the company for almost two years, was “removed” from his post earlier this month. He has been with Ben & Jerry’s since joining as a tour guide in 1988. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Social media platforms must be ‘brought to heel’, says UK schools leader

Headteachers’ conference to be told that rise in bullying, abuse and malicious use of deepfakes is being reportedSocial media operators must be “brought to heel” for the misery and disruption they are causing to the lives of students, teachers and parents, according to a senior school leader.Manny Botwe, the president of the Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL), will tell the association’s annual conference that teachers are reporting increased bullying, abuse and the malicious use of “deepfakes” against pupils and staff through social media. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago 56% of children in separated families regularly see parent they do not live with

A parenting group has called on the Government to do more to collect data on and address the fallout for children when parents separate.

Society

3 w. ago Teen with werewolf syndrome sets World Record with hair covering 95% of his face

A teenager teased by other children who called him "monkey boy" due to his rare condition has been awarded a Guinness World Record for having the hairiest male face in the world

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3 w. ago Scots boy feels 'constantly starved' due to incredibly rare disorder

A Scots schoolboy was diagnosed with a rare disability that makes him feel "constantly starved" despite eating five full meals a day.

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3 w. ago Christine McGuinness 'miserable' sharing £2.5m mansion with ex Paddy and 'wants to sell up'

The model and mum-of-three is reportedly 'desperate to sell' the home where they both live and co-parent their children following their divorce

Economics

3 w. ago Joe Trivelli’s recipes for cod and leeks, roasted Jerusalem artichokes and a pear and honey dessert

Salt cod and sweet pears are just the thing to stir happy memoriesI have history with salt cod. Some years ago, we were on our way from the south of Italy, where my father is from, to Tuscany, where my parents now live. We had a new baby and a car suspension compromised by a boot packed with wheels of cheese and salami. We took a break on the outskirts of a town not far from Naples, where we planned to order a quick primi and be on our way.The pastas came and went, and then more cutlery arrived for one member of our party – my father, unable to resist salt cod, sat bashfully awaiting a sneakily ordered secondi for at least another hour. Continue reading...

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