4 h. ago Britain’s youth at risk of becoming ‘lost generation’, Labour peer warns Starmer

New analysis shows young people have borne the brunt of job losses since June last year

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35 h. ago BBC bosses accused of 'downplaying' fears that children's programmes promoted transgender ideology after intense lobbying by activists

A Labour peer and gender-critical campaigners repeatedly warned of a 'pro-transitioning narrative' being pushed within the BBC children's and education department.

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46 h. ago Mum of teen who died at 13 says Scot Gov should be "horrified" by suicide figures

Ruth Moss, 54, whose 13-year-old daughter Sophie died by suicide in 2014, hailed the Record's Save Young Lives campaign, which was launched last week in response to a mental health crisis among children

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50 h. ago Peers warned against delaying assisted dying Bill with record high amendments

The Bill was narrowly approved by MPs in the House of Commons earlier this year, and received an unopposed second reading in the Lords in September.

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7 d. ago Strictly Come Dancing record breaker has died after living out of spotlight

Strictly Come Dancing star Quentin Willson has tragically died at the age of 68.

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8 d. ago Record number of Britons now enrolled on 800 calorie diabetes

Developed by a team at Newcastle University, the diet involves consuming just 800 calories a day for up to four months in order to lose between 22lb and 33lb (10kg to 15kg).

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8 d. ago Extreme ‘no food’ diet NHS is prescribing to record numbers to reverse diabetes

Type 2 diabetes patients have been put into remission - something previously thought impossible - by the NHS ‘soups and shakes’ diet

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9 d. ago UK braced for 'worst flu season on record' as experts warn THOUSANDS could die and NHS issues 'flu jab SOS'

NHS England chief executive Sir Jim Mackey said there was 'no doubt' this winter will be one of the toughest the health service has ever faced, with hospitals at capacity.

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9 d. ago As Japan experiences a surge in bear attacks, survivors share grisly stories of blood, bites and broken bones

A record 13 people have died in bear attacks in Japan this year – with experts blaming food shortages as the animals venture further into residential areasLoud conversations, whistles and, when all else fails, a plastic bottle are among the precautions authorities in Japan are urging people to take to counter a surge in bear attacks.It was a bell that Billy Halloran had to hand during a confrontation in the foothills of Myoko, northern Japan, last month. The 32-year-old New Zealander was settling into an 8km run when he spotted two Asiatic black bears about 30 metres ahead. Continue reading...

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1 week ago UK economy ‘bleeding out’ with brain drain in science and tech, peers warn

The Science and Technology Committee said Britain should be ‘rolling out the red carpet rather than red tape’ for highly skilled professionals.

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1 week ago ‘Dangerous’ online pornography featuring choking to be banned

Conservative peer Baroness Bertin warned that there has been a ‘total absence of government scrutiny’ of the pornography industry

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2 w. ago Jockey Tommie Jakes dies aged 19 just hours after competing as 'heartbroken' tributes paid

Tommie Jakes, 19, was a talented jockey with an impressive record of 59 wins from 519 races since 2023, but tragically died at his home near Newmarket on Thursday

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2 w. ago Jack DeJohnette, versatile jazz drummer known for Miles Davis fusion recordings, dies aged 83

Drummer played on Bitches Brew and other landmark recordings, as well as making numerous albums as a bandleaderJack DeJohnette, the jazz drummer celebrated as one of the genre’s true greats – who worked with stars including Miles Davis, Sonny Rollins and Charles Lloyd – has died aged 83. A press representative for ECM, the record label that released many of his recordings, confirmed the news though no cause of death was given.Able to bring dynamic, highly musical playing to open-minded free jazz, R&B-leaning instrumental grooves and everything in between, DeJohnette is perhaps best known as the drummer in Davis’s fusion period, contributing to albums such as Bitches Brew, Jack Johnson and On the Corner. He was also celebrated as a regular sideman and bandleader on elegant, progressive fusion releases from ECM in the 1980s. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago 'Out of touch' peers warned against blocking workers rights for millions

TUC General Secretary Paul Nowak accused opponents of the workers rights' reforms of trying to "side with bad bosses" and warned they were out of step with the public

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3 w. ago Jeremy Clarkson warned charity boss and Tory peer Baroness Monckton not to open a pub giving her 'a list of things that could and would go wrong', she tells Parliament

Tory peer Baroness Rosa Monckton said when she asked for Jeremy Clarkson's advice on opening her own pub, he warned her it is 'relentless'.

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3 w. ago 'You'll have to clean the toilets yourself,' Jeremy Clarkson warned peer planning to open a charity pub

Baroness Monckton is about to launch a pub in Brighton with her charity Team Domenica, which supports young people with learning disabilities

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3 w. ago California National Guard to support food banks due to expected food assistance delays

California Gov. Gavin Newsom says he will deploy the National Guard to support food banks because of expected delays to federal food assistance amid the government shutdown

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3 w. ago The Uncool by Cameron Crowe review – inside rock’s wildest decade

From shadowing a cocaine-addled David Bowie to winning over Joni Mitchell, deliciously readable tales from the director of Almost FamousCameron Crowe spent his youth being in the right place at the right time. In 1964, aged seven, he was taken by his mother to see “a kid named Bob Dylan” play a local college gym. By the age of 14, living in San Diego, he was writing record reviews for a local underground magazine whose main aim was to bring down Richard Nixon. Shortly after that, he started interviewing the bands of the day as they came through California – first Humble Pie for Creem, and then the Eagles, the Allman Brothers Band and Led Zeppelin for Rolling Stone.Crowe previously fictionalised his story in the 2000 film Almost Famous, which he wrote and directed. His lyrical and compulsively readable memoir The Uncool is bookended by the opening of a musical version, which coincides with the death of Crowe’s mother Alice whose aphorisms, including “Put some goodness in the world be...

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