2 h. ago Popular toy recalled over 'exploding' fears as people told to 'stop using it immediately'

Primark has warned parents to stop their children playing with a water toy it has previously sold by over fears of it exploding and causing 'injuries'.

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13 h. ago I have a crippling fear of being judged. How can I overcome this? | Leading questions

Is it worth paying with your life to avoid being mocked, asks advice columnist Eleanor Gordon-Smith. Practice valuing your own judgments as much as other people’sRead more Leading questionsI have a crippling fear of judgment and being perceived negatively. Having grown up in a household where mockery was the norm, I believe this has left a lasting mark on my psyche which has resulted in me being afraid to act for fear of mockery, scorn or negative judgment. I feel this has severely stunted my social and romantic life, preventing me from making lasting friendships and relationships. I’m keen to break from this but the gnawing fear holds me back. I spend my non-working days and hours cooped up in my house and alone. Crucially, this fear does not overcome me when I’m working and in fact I’m comfortable leading large groups of people and meeting new people. I believe this is because when I’m at work I know where I stand and I have a specific objective in mind. However, in my personal li...

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63 h. ago Trump administration sending 100 people back to Iran after deal with Tehran despite fears over their safety

Reported deportation flight marks a rare moment of US-Iran cooperation

Politics

63 h. ago NASA whistleblowers claim astronauts could die in horrific space tragedy: 'No one is coming to save us'

NASA employees claimed that the space agency is operating under a culture of fear that is preventing people from talking about safety concerns.

Technology

3 d. ago Urgent ‘silent’ diabetes warning as routine NHS tests miss killer condition – 7 clues to watch for

THOUSANDS of men in the UK could be living with 'silent' diabetes, scientists have warned. Routine diabetes checks may give false negative results in people with a common but often undiagnosed genetic deficiency. Scientists fear this could leave thousands, particularly black and South Asian men - who are more likely to carry the gene -...

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3 d. ago Harris Dickinson: People that fall between the cracks, that’s always bothered me

The actor’s directorial debut Urchin centres around a rough sleeper in London who is trapped in a cycle of self-destruction.

Politics

3 d. ago King Charles tells cleric he is 'concerned' about the impact social media is having on young people

King Charles has shared his fears over the harmful impact social media is having on young people and the difficulties combating it, a cleric has said.

Politics

4 d. ago Andy Burnham flees conference as Mirror confronts him with Keir Starmer question

Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham has claimed there is a 'climate of fear' within Labour which is stopping people from debating the direction of Government

Events

6 d. ago People plagued by drones and intruders fear plan to turn Welsh prison into 'one of EU's biggest'

Proposals were submitted to Bridgend County Borough Council on behalf of the UK’s Ministry of Justice earlier this year

Events

8 d. ago Transgender Americans are seeing a wave of hate unleashed by Charlie Kirk’s killing | Erin Reed

In the aftermath of Kirk’s death, the far-right and Trump administration have turned up attacks on transgender peopleOn the day anti-LGBTQ+ activist Charlie Kirk was shot, fear rippled through the left that the far right would seize the moment to consolidate power. Nowhere was that fear more acute than in the transgender community.Within hours, Republicans were already blaming trans people; one commentator even claimed the bullets carried “transgender symbols”, a claim investigators quickly debunked. But the deeper fear wasn’t misinformation – it was the crackdown that would follow. With fragile rights hanging by the thread of court rulings and blue-state protections, trans people braced for the worst. And they were right: The right has seized on the shooting as its own Reichstag fire, accelerating a campaign to target transgender existence – now with the full weight of the Trump administration behind it.Erin Reed is a transgender journalist based in Washington DC. She tracks LGBTQ+...

Events

9 d. ago The Librarians review – the heroic women battling against book bans and censorship

Kim A Snyder’s documentary highlights the defenders of young readers’ rights to see their lives in print facing rightwing attacksThere is real and genuine fear about young people’s use of pornography; usually, that conversation is about exposure to porn online, not in libraries. But this excellent culture wars documentary tells the story of book-banning in red states such as Florida and Texas, where religious rightwingers are crusading to protect children from “obscene” books. Usually that means titles about LGBTQ+ issues or race, and books about girls getting their period aren’t safe either. In Tennessee, a school board banned Maus, the graphic novel memoir of the Holocaust by Art Spiegelman, for mouse nudity. The utter nonsense of it would be funny if it wasn’t so disturbing.The most recent purge began in 2021 with a list of 850 books circulated by Texas state representative Matt Krause (over 60% were books with LGBTQ+ themes). Rightwing Florida governor Ron DeSantis piled in, fol...

Events

1 week ago Fewer road cops on UK streets as drivers fear more people will break the law

There were a total of 3,889 police officers working in traffic units on roads at the end of March 2025, a drop of 22% from the same date 10 years earlier

Transport

1 week ago Northern Ireland at risk of race riot ‘permacrisis’, government files warn

Officials fear widespread unrest amid violence and intimidation of ethnic minoritiesNorthern Ireland faces a “permacrisis” from recurring race riots and may need to use military bases to shelter people burnt out of their homes, government documents reveal.Officials fear the region faces prolonged instability and that a single incident, local or international, could spark widespread disorder. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Two fifths of people fear their families wouldn't cope without them

For millions of UK families, financial survival is a very real fear

Politics

2 w. ago Blind comic Chris McCausland blasts 'woke' AI and television audio descriptions for not detailing people's race

Chris McCausland has criticised woke AI and television audio description for not describing people's race for fear of causing offence.

Politics

2 w. ago How to deal with epileptic seizure as study reveals Brits 'wouldn't have a clue'

A poll of 2,000 people found more than half of UK adults fear they would have no idea how to respond if a stranger collapsed and began having a seizure in public - but these top tips could help.

Economics

2 w. ago Who is the Labubu at the 2025 Emmy Awards? TV reality star's identity is revealed after red carpet shock look

Debatably one of the worst dressed or the best-dressed celebrity on the red carpet, this talented icon transformed into the popular collectible toy with Chinese details as an homage to her heritage.

Events

2 w. ago The very common medical test that doctors now fear is behind the surge in thyroid cancer in young people... and why women are most at risk

Just 31 and in good health, Jess Cain was horrified to discover a small lump in her neck, which she had thought little of, was cancer .

Science

2 w. ago Locals cower in lawless city were gangs of feral kids as young as six rule by fear

Residents in Liverpool are being forced into their homes as they claim yobs have taken over one area of the city, with kids as young as six years old allegedly intimidating people and ruling with fear

Events

2 w. ago ‘Like walking through time’: as glaciers retreat, new worlds are being created in their wake

As Swiss glaciers melt at an ever-faster rate, new species move in and flourish, but entire ecosystems and an alpine culture can be lost• Photographs by Nicholas JR WhiteFrom the slopes behind the village of Ernen, it is possible to see the gouge where the Fiesch glacier once tumbled towards the valley in the Bernese Alps. The curved finger of ice, rumpled like tissue, cuts between high buttresses of granite and gneiss. Now it has melted out of sight.People here once feared the monstrous ice streams, describing them as devils, but now they dread their disappearance. Like other glaciers in the Alps and globally, the Fiesch is melting at ever-increasing rates. More than ice is lost when the giants disappear: cultures, societies and entire ecosystems are braided around the glaciers.The Aletsch glacier viewed from Moosfluh, looking towards the Olmenhorn and Eggishorn peaks Continue reading...

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