2 h. ago Major plan paves way for parental leave reforms in hope for millions of families

Deputy PM Angela Rayner said a major review into the parental leave and pay system would leave 'no stone unturned' as it looks to improve the situation for families

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2 h. ago Ministers launch full review of parental leave as current system ‘not working’

The Government will investigate the whole system for supporting new parents to take time off work when they have a baby.

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3 h. ago Crime Scene Cleaners review – Warning! This show is truly vomit

In this astonishing and gross series, we stand witness as teams battle to clean up blood, guts and body fluids. Viewer discretion is very much advised – there will be maggotsIt has been a while since we had a good, honest point-and-boke documentary, is it not? “Boke”, for those of you unfamiliar with the term, means to be sick. I use it here because the onomatopoeia gives a better sense of the fight that precedes the act, especially if – say – a programme is unspooling in front of you that keeps the nausea building until you are past the point of no return. Viewer discretion – and a plastic bowl – is advised.So, then, to Crime Scene Cleaners, a 10-part documentary – yes, 10! – that does exactly what it says on the tin. It follows teams from British and American companies as they move in after bodies have been removed and evidence bagged and tagged by police to clean up anything left behind. “Anything” can mean blood – spattered, accumulated in the bottom of a bath tub, trailed along...

Events

4 h. ago Royal train to be decommissioned following review, reveal royal accounts

The Sovereign Grant is funded by the taxpayer in exchange for the King’s surrender of the revenue from the Crown Estate.

Events

9 h. ago Criminal probe launched into Kneecap and Bob Vylan Glastonbury gigs after cops review footage

Police have decided to move their investigation forward after reviewing video and audio recordings from both performances.

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9 h. ago Jurassic World Rebirth review – Scarlett Johansson runs show as near

The latest instalment marks a return to form after some recent duds, with all the expected Spielberg-style set pieces and excellent romantic chemistry between the leadsWhat a comeback. The Jurassic World film series had looked to be pretty much extinct after some increasingly dire dollops of franchise content: Fallen Kingdom in 2018 and Dominion in 2022. But now, against all odds, these dinosaurs have had a brand refresh: a brighter, breezier, funnier, incomparably better acted and better written film, with unashamed nods to the summer smashes of yesteryear, that makes sense of the dino-spectacle moments that earn their place.Screenwriter David Koepp and director Gareth Edwards have been drafted in to take us back to basics with a new story, all but retconning the drama with a “17 years previously” flashback at the start that entirely (and thankfully) ignores the tiresome convoluted dullness of what has recently happened. Then we’re in the present day, when the existence of dinosaur...

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9 h. ago Jurassic World Rebirth goes back to basics – and saves the franchise in the process

Starring Scarlett Johansson, Jonathan Bailey and Mahershala Ali, this revival rescues a long-in-the-tooth series that – when led by Chris Pratt – had spun wildly out of control

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13 h. ago Rangers 'hold' transfer talks with Serie A winger as Jamie Vardy 'open' to Ibrox deal

The Premiership side are ramping up their transfer search with the Champions League qualifiers rapidly approaching

Economics

15 h. ago Sunday at Glastonbury review: Maccabees, Rodrigo and The Prodigy close it in style

Sunday at Worthy Farm ended on a number of highs

Politics

15 h. ago Kieran Hodgson has four Edinburgh Comedy Award nominations — could it be fifth time lucky?

The Yorkshire comedian sold out Soho Theatre with his latest show Voice of America. Next stop, Edinburgh Fringe

Events

15 h. ago Palestine Action to legally challenge proscription under anti

An urgent hearing was held in the High Court on Monday for an application for judicial review on behalf of one of the founders.

Politics

16 h. ago MoD is accused of 'sickening cover up' after calls for a public inquiry into Chinook crash that killed 29 people including MI5 spies

EXCLUSIVE: A former British Army intelligence officer has accused the MoD of a 'cover up' after calls for a public inquiry into the fatal crash of RAF Chinhook ZD576 by families were rejected.

Events

16 h. ago The Last Dinner Party at BST Hyde Park in London review: Dazzling and dramatic flair

The Last Dinner Party at BST Hyde Park in London review: Dazzling and dramatic flair  Yahoo

Society

16 h. ago Ayr dad demands social work review after foster care threat kicked down the road

The dad, aged 53, revealed how he lived with a violent partner for 15 years and was a victim of domestic abuse.

Events

17 h. ago Government shares update on controversial welfare reform with review of PIP

The bill will have a second reading on July 2

Politics

17 h. ago Rod Stewart at Glastonbury review: what's wrong with being sexy?

The 80 year old British singer filled the Legends slot on Sunday afternoon at Glastonbury with a big dollop of chedder

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19 h. ago An Ordinary Case review – Daniel Auteuil directs and stars in tense Ruth Rendell

A careworn husband is accused of murdering his wife in a story inspired by a real life case that dispenses with the genre’s familiar brutalityHere is a fictionalised true crime drama, but one that is more stately and sedate than the garish procedural brutality of regular true crime. There is one gruesome crime-scene photo, but otherwise this could really have been based on something by Ruth Rendell. It is co-written and directed by its star Daniel Auteuil and the original French title is Le Fil (The Thread), after an incriminating thread of material found on the corpse – or perhaps it means the thread of logic behind a legal argument, the loose thread which, if pulled sufficiently, might cause the whole thing to collapse.The action is based on a case recounted by Jean-Yves Moyart, a criminal defence lawyer, who blogged under the name “Maître Mô” and who died in 2021. Grégory Gadebois plays Nicolas Milik (“Ahmed” in Moyart’s blog), a devoted, careworn husband to his alcoholic wife Cé...

Politics

25 h. ago Olivia Rodrigo’s Glastonbury headliner was a killer show and therapy rolled into one

Pop star has the crowd so deeply in their feelings that it feels like any deadbeat ex in the vicinity would burst directly into flames

Events

25 h. ago The Prodigy at Glastonbury review: 'band dedicate set to Keith Flint'

The Prodigy’s first appearance at Glastonbury since the death of Keith Flint was an emotionally-charged and spectacular performance

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26 h. ago Olivia Rodrigo at Glastonbury review – full of bile and brilliance, this is easily the weekend’s best big set

Pyramid stageWith a genuinely surprise appearance from the Cure’s Robert Smith and a magnificent theatricality to her lovelorn songs, Rodrigo totally steals the entire festivalOlivia Rodrigo’s first Glastonbury appearance in 2022 was the stuff of minor legend. Aged 19, already the author of an 18m selling debut album, but something of an unknown quantity in festival terms, she turned out to be rather more feral and off-message than you might have expected a former Disney Channel star turned teen-popper to be. At one juncture, she named each individual judge responsible for overturning Roe v Wade that weekend, shouting “We hate you! We hate you!” then performing Lily Allen’s Fuck You in duet with its author.Three years on, with another huge-selling album in the bag, and lifted to the status of headliner, nothing quite so likely to stir up controversy on Fox News happens. But the singer is still capable of springing surprises, when she announces the arrival of a special guest – “perha...

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