42 m. ago 'I moved into Fred and Rose West's house of horrors and saw chilling sign within minutes'

Kathleen Richards was just 17 when she moved into 25 Cromwell Street in Gloucester in November 1977, and was immediately subjected to the unwanted attentions of her landlord, serial killer Fred West

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1 hour ago The Courageous review – rebellious mum on the edge will have you sobbing in sympathy

Call My Agent!’s Ophélia Kolb leads a Swiss drama with morally ambiguous realism reminiscent of the Dardenne brothersJust in time for the migration of children from their summer stations in front of phones, games consoles and laptops back to full-time education comes this Swiss-set tale of a mother on the edge. An outstanding Ophélia Kolb (arguably best known to anglophone audiences for playing the accountant Colette in Call My Agent!) stars here as Jule, a single woman trying to hold it together for her brood of three. Eldest child Claire (Jasmine Kalisz Saurer) is just entering puberty and is savvy enough to work out that mama isn’t always strictly truthful about why she wears an ankle monitor that beeps when she strays from certain areas. (Jule’s explanation that she has weak bones doesn’t really cut it.) But younger brothers Loic (Paul Besnier) and Sami (Arthur Devaux) just read it as normal that Jule disappears for long periods of time, leaving them abandoned at a cafe, for ins...

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1 hour ago 'I moved into Fred and Rose West's home and immediately noticed chilling sign in bedroom'

WARNING, DISTRESSING CONTENT: Kathleen Richards's first day as Fred West's lodger was marked by a sinister act that was a disturbing sign of horrors to come in her time at 25 Cromwell Street

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2 h. ago Donald Trump's plan to deport Venezuelan gangs blocked after 18th century blunder

A U.S. federal appeals court has dealt yet another blow to President Donald Trump's mass deportation agenda, ruling on Tuesday night that he cannot an 18th century wartime law to deport people

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2 h. ago Yellow warnings in force with floods and power cuts possible

Bus and train services will probably be affected with journey times taking longer

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2 h. ago Alan Shearer perfectly sums up Marc Guehi and Liverpool saga after transfer collapsed

Marc Guehi will have to wait until at least January to join Liverpool after a deadline day move collapsed at the last minute, but the Crystal Palace star had earned plaudits for remaining professional throughout his saga

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2 h. ago 'Dear Man City fans' Ilkay Gundogan writes open letter in MEN after Galatasaray move

Ilkay Gundogan wanted to say his farewell to the Manchester City fans in the Manchester Evening News

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3 h. ago Novak Djokovic does a 'KPop Demon Hunters' dance at the US Open to celebrate his daughter's birthday

Novak Djokovic has celebrated beating Taylor Fritz in the U.S. Open quarterfinals with some dance moves to music from the hit movie “KPop Demon Hunters” that were taught to him by his daughter, Tara

Culture

3 h. ago About 400 pupils fall sick after eating free school meals in Indonesia

It is the worst mass food poisoning case linked to the meal programme

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3 h. ago Cut spending to fix UK public finances, investors urge Rachel Reeves

Tax rises alone will not be enough to meet chancellor’s fiscal rules in Budget, say leading bond market figures

Economics

3 h. ago Meet the revenge quitters: why people are ditching their jobs

From marching bands to TikTok takedowns, employees are resigning in spectacular fashion. While going viral seems risky, some find it opens new doors ...In 2011, Joey La Neve DeFrancesco had been working in room service at a luxury hotel in Providence, Rhode Island, for nearly four years, whisking delicacies on demand to guests’ rooms, when he reached breaking point. He was paid a measly $5.50 (£4) an hour, made to work punishingly long shifts and, to top it off, had managers taking a cut of his hard-earned tips.The poor treatment ratcheted up after DeFrancesco and colleagues tried to unionise workers at the hotel. In response, managers would berate those involved for making tiny mistakes. Things got so petty that workers on shift who had to take calls from guests were banned from sitting down. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago Sun, sex, but no sangria? The Balearics’ booze crackdown might just save their tourist industry | Dimah Ajeeb

The islands say they no longer want to be Europe’s cheap, consequence-free party playground. But is the move upmarket working?Last summer, Spain’s Balearic Islands launched one of Europe’s toughest crackdowns on alcohol-fuelled party tourism. In popular resorts such as Magaluf in Mallorca and Sant Antoni in Ibiza, tourists spilled out of bars at dawn, clutched cheap bottles from late-night shops, and treated entire neighbourhoods as giant open-air nightclubs.Local people were fed up. Noise complaints, violent brawls and clashes between residents and intoxicated tourists became routine. Rents rose while longstanding neighbourhoods became hollowed out into seasonal party zones. Pilar Hernando, from Palma, Mallorca told Reuters in 2024: “Prices go up, rents go up, everything goes up except salaries.” Hernando had to move into a caravan owing to the lack of affordable housing. Average rents have risen 158% over the past decade in the Balearics, with Palma now among the most expensive ci...

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3 h. ago Crypto scandal sinks Russian elite’s $8.5mn polar party cruise

Company owned by France’s billionaire Pinault family sued by Russian-owned travel agency after trip collapses following payments chief’s arrest

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4 h. ago Arsenal news: Granit Xhaka's role in transfer emerges as Mikel Arteta comes under fire

Ecuador international defender Piero Hincapie became Arsenal's final summer signing and the Bayer Leverkusen loanee has spoken after completing his deadline day move

Sport

6 h. ago Republicans release 33,000 pages of Epstein files in move to avoid controversial vote to force Trump to hand over documents

The House Oversight Committee has released a massive trove of Justice Department files on Jeffrey Epstein, the same day lawmakers pushed a bill to force out the documents.

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7 h. ago It's not just wind farms and solar panels that could despoil your area. Miliband also wants swathes of giant batteries... with a nasty habit of catching fire: ROSS CLARK

When I moved to the Cambridgeshire Fens 26 years ago, the electricity substation lying a mile across the fields was an unsightly intrusion, but otherwise innocuous.

Events

7 h. ago Travel expert reveals the REALLY simple trick to book cheap flights

There are many different techniques travellers use to cut costs, from vouchers to  selecting off-peak travel times. But one travel expert has revealed the really simple trick he uses every time.

Transport

8 h. ago Donald Trump's announcement in FULL amid concerns about US President's health

Donald Trump, the US President, made an announcement on Tuesday about US Space Command HQ's move to "Rocket City" in Huntsville, Alabama - but it became overshadowed about his hands and health

Politics

9 h. ago Kasper Dolberg transfer confirmed as Celtic linked with three free agent strikers

Danish striker signs for club who hijacked Celtic move

Events

9 h. ago Trump announces Space Command HQ will switch to Alabama from Colorado

President says national security operations in space will be based in state he won comfortably, reversing Biden decisionDonald Trump made his first public appearance in a week on Tuesday to announce that the US Space Command (Spacecom) headquarters, which is tasked with leading national security operations in space, would be in the Republican stronghold of Alabama.Flanked by Republican senators and members of Congress at a White House news conference, Trump said Huntsville, Alabama, would be the new location of the space command. The move reverses a Biden administration decision to put the facility at its current temporary headquarters in Democratic-leaning Colorado. Continue reading...

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