3 h. ago Photos show thousands taking to the streets calling an end to violence against women and girls

Nov. 25 marks the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, a global call to raise awareness about all forms of abuse targeting women and girls.

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11 h. ago Kemi Badenoch calls on Wes Streeting to stop puberty blocker trial

The Health Secretary has said the trial will ‘provide better evidence for how the NHS can support and treat young people with gender incongruence’.

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28 h. ago First Cameron, now Sunak delivers letter to Wes Streeting calling for targeted national prostate screening programme backed by over 120 MPs in pivotal week for campaign

A prostate cancer screening programme would be a 'legacy-defining advance for men's health' Wes Streeting has been told, in a letter signed by more than 120 MPs.

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40 h. ago One in four unconcerned by sexual deepfakes created without consent, survey finds

Senior UK police officer says AI is accelerating violence against women and girls and that technology companies are complicitOne in four people think there is nothing wrong with creating and sharing sexual deepfakes, or they feel neutral about it, even when the person depicted has not consented, according to a police-commissioned survey.The findings prompted a senior police officer to warn that the use of AI is accelerating an epidemic in violence against women and girls (VAWG), and that technology companies are complicit in this abuse. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Digital violence is 'spreading at alarming speed' as millions of women face online abuse

A new report from UN Women has found that digital violence is intensifying, yet nearly half of the world's women and girls lack legal protection from digital abuse

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5 d. ago Vile teacher had thousands of child abuse photos including rape of 2

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5 d. ago Teacher caught with thousands of child sex abuse photos including the rape of 2

Many of the indecent images found on his devices had never been encountered by police in the UK before

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5 d. ago Pictured: Elderly man, 87, dies after robbery and assault outside Post Office branch in north London

Police were called to reports of a robbery and assault on High Street, Ponders End, Enfield, just after 11am on October 30

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6 d. ago Donald Trump's vile 'Quiet Piggy' insult slapped down by UK minister in blunt response

Health Secretary Wes Streeting has called out Donald Trump after he pointed at a female reporter and told her 'Quiet! Quiet, piggy' on an Air Force One flight

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8 d. ago Coronation Street spoilers: Carla dumps Lisa as resident brutally attacked

Coronation Street airs heartbreak and brutal scenes next week as Carla Connor calls time on her romance with Lisa Swain, and one character is attacked by a mystery culprit

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8 d. ago Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood rages as she's 'called f****** p***' on UK streets

The Home Secretary set out the Government's migration plans in the Commons on Monday, and hit back at accusations her plans are "stoking division" across the UK

Society

1 week ago Coronation Street Toyah star claps back at troll as she unveils huge new tattoo

Coronation Street legend Georgia Taylor has called out a troll who criticised her new tattoo

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1 week ago Thousands hit streets of Belém to call for action during crucial Cop30 summit

Funeral for fossil fuels held as part of Great People’s March calling on governments to step up climate effortsThousands of people have turned out in the streets of Belém to demand urgent action on the climate crisis.It was the first major protest outside the annual climate talks since Cop26 four years ago in Glasgow, as the last three gatherings were held in locations with little tolerance for demonstrations – Egypt, Dubai and Azerbaijan. Continue reading...

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1 week ago 'She wore a hijab to hide bruises from her father's beatings': The catalogue of blunders and missed opportunities that sealed Sara Sharif's fate

A harrowing safeguarding review today revealed how Sara's father was well-known for violence against women and children years before she was born.

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1 week ago Special meeting planned over Bridge of Allan land mystery following tree trouble

The patch of land between Henderson Street and Well Road is currently registered as 'unclaimed' - with residents calling for Stirling Council to take responsibility over fallen trees which have caused disruption.

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1 week ago Coronation Street fans 'calling it' as Barlow history to be 'changed' by new arrival

As fans of the ITV soap know, Ken Barlow was the first of the family to appear in Weatherfield

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1 week ago Ed Miliband urges Labour to move on after Starmer apologises to Streeting for hostile briefings from No 10 – UK politics live

Fallout from extraordinary briefing operation against Wes Streeting continues as calls grow for Starmer to sack his chief of staff Morgan McSweeneyGood morning. In an interview around this time yesterday morning, Wes Streeting, the health secretary, said that if Keir Starmer were to ring him about the anti-Streeting briefing by Starmer allies reported by the Guardian and others on Tuesday, Streeting would reply: “Why are you bothering with this.” It was an attempt to play down a new episode of Labour turmoil that has turned out to counter-productive for Starmer, but helpful for Streeting, and by the time the two men did speak last night, the conversation took a different tone.Starmer apologised to Streeting, journalists have been told. The conversation was short, and they did not discuss Morgan McSweeney, Starmer’s chief of staff, whom Starmer is now under pressure to sack. The pair also agreed they would speak again soon – which doesn’t mean much (they both attend cabinet, and have...

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1 week ago ‘It’s unexpected joy’: the guerrilla mosaic artists adding colour to potholes, benches and bomb craters

From Southampton to Sarajevo, urban mosaicists are transforming city spaces and bringing communities together – one tile at a timeOur cities are full of grey tower blocks built for efficiency rather than aesthetics. Public benches are made of cheap concrete, pavements are falling apart, old structures are left derelict. Amid this backdrop of unloved, muted ugliness, a new wave of guerrilla mosaicists are enlivening their cities with beautiful, colourful designs.These artists rarely get official sign-off for their work. The legality of their art can be murky, with one of the medium’s more prolific artists, Will Rosie, calling it “Permission-vague street art” (His book is aptly named Mr Mosaic: Unarrestable). Rosie installs Mr Men and other cartoon-inspired mosaics around Southampton, where he lives. He encourages volunteers to assist him with projects to make the art form more accessible. “People are bored and missing community,” the 52-year-old youth worker says....

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1 week ago Man rushed to hospital after being hit by bus in Glasgow as busy road taped off

Emergency services were called to Cathedral Street, near the University of Strathclyde library in the city centre, at around 1.40pm on Wednesday.

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1 week ago Starmer condemns ‘unacceptable’ attack on Streeting amid leadership row

Health Secretary Wes Streeting has called for heads to roll in No 10 over suggestions he was plotting to oust Sir Keir Starmer.

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