67 m. ago Mum's 'five chilling words before cutting out pregnant daughter's baby'

WARNING, GRAPHIC CONTENT: Cortney Bartholomew, 40, is accused of slicing open the stomach of her 22-year-old pregnant daughter Rebecca Park, leading to her death

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91 m. ago Parents outsmarted by their children when it comes to animal knowledge

Children know more about the animal kingdom than their parents, according to research.

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1 hour ago Week in wildlife: a baby echidna, a 600lb gator and an ‘unbearable’ bear

This week’s best wildlife photographs from around the world Continue reading...

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2 h. ago I swept into Rangers power 40 years ago and now I'm passing on Cavengah two vital bits of advice

David Holmes assumed power at Ibrox in December 1985 and ushered in a legendary era of success. Now he's told the 49ers how to do the same...

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2 h. ago Man Utd struck bargain transfer after 'baby William Saliba' emerged at Arsenal

Manchester United defender Ayden Heaven has been one of the club's most promising youngsters since his move from Arsenal

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2 h. ago Trump and Melania tease upcoming proposal for kids at Congressional Ball: 'It's going to be great for children'

Speaking to the crowd ahead of the celebration, Melania unveiled a new initiative she has in the pipeline for 2026.

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3 h. ago Senate parents shred Trump’s call to limit doll purchases for US kids: ‘What is this, the Soviet Union?’

Senators with children weren’t impressed with the billionaire president’s call for tariff-weary parents to limit Christmas toy purchases

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3 h. ago The facts are stark: Europe must open the door to migrants, or face its own extinction | George Monbiot

Plummeting birth rates mean that without attracting immigration, many countries are sliding towards collapseI know what “civilisational erasure” looks like: I’ve seen the graph. The European Commission published it in March. It’s a chart of total fertility rate: the average number of children born per woman. After a minor bump over the past 20 years, the EU rate appears to be declining once more, and now stands at 1.38. The UK’s is 1.44. A population’s replacement rate is 2.1. You may or may not see this as a disaster, but the maths doesn’t care what you think. We are gliding, as if by gravitational force, towards the ground.Civilisational erasure is the term the Trump administration used in its new national security strategy, published last week. It claimed that immigration, among other factors, will result in the destruction of European civilisation. In reality, without immigration there will be no Europe, no civilisation and no one left to argue about it.George Monbiot is a Guard...

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3 h. ago ‘Men explicitly loving men is so threatening to the status quo’: why are gay male pop stars being shut out of the music industry?

Not long ago, artists such as Lil Nas X and Olly Alexander were ruling pop. But success has stalled as acts face industry obstacles and rising homophobia. What now?At the turn of the decade, gay male and non-binary pop stars seemed poised to take pop music by storm. Lil Nas X broke out with Old Town Road – which blew up on TikTok, sold about 18.5m copies and remains tied with Shaboozey’s A Bar Song (Tipsy) and Mariah Carey’s All I Want for Christmas Is You as the longest-running No 1 single in US history – and artists such as Sam Smith, Troye Sivan and Olly Alexander from Years & Years were all singing about gay love and sex.But the initial promise has stalled. Lil Nas X’s attempts to build on his smash debut album have fizzled, and he is publicly dealing with mental health issues. In October, Khalid released his first album since being outed by his ex last year but only sold 10,000 copies in the first week in the US. A previous album, 2019’s Free Spirit, sold some 200,000 copie...

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4 h. ago Piers Morgan blasts result that would make BBC SPOTY 'utterly pointless and irrelevant'

Piers Morgan has weighed in on who has to win the BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award this year after the announcement of a six-person shortlist on Thursday

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4 h. ago Immigration crackdown leaves teens to care for siblings after parents get detained

An immigration crackdown in Louisiana has forced some teenagers to grow up fast after their parents were arrested by federal agents

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4 h. ago ‘I lived out moments of my mother’s passing I never saw’: Kate Winslet on grief, going red and Goodbye June

For her directorial debut, Winslet assembled a cast including Toni Collette, Timothy Spall, Johnny Flynn and Andrea Riseborough to tell a story inspired by her own family’s bereavement. The actors talk mourning, immortality and hospital vending machinesIn 2017, Sally Bridges-Winslet died of cancer. She was 71. It was, her youngest daughter said, “like the north star just dropped out of the sky”.It would have been even worse, says Kate Winslet today, had the family not pulled together. “I do have tremendous amounts of peace and acceptance around what happened because of how we were able to make it for her.” Continue reading...

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5 h. ago Dr Ranj Singh becomes latest star to support The Independent’s SafeCall campaign for missing children

Celebrity doctor and former Strictly Come Dancing contestant backs launch of new national lifeline for young people in crisis after donations surged past £100,000 last weekend

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5 h. ago Manchester United have 'baby William Saliba' to thank after striking bargain transfer

Manchester United poached one of Arsenal's promising youth prospects in Ayden Heaven earlier this year and he's already earning the trust of Ruben Amorim

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5 h. ago Ethan Hawke admits 'regret' over nepo baby daughter Maya Hawke's 'really hard' childhood

Ethan Hawke has voiced his 'regret' over his nepo baby daughter Maya Hawke 's 'really hard' upbringing.

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6 h. ago Noem confronted by deported veteran after insisting no former military were forced out of country

Kristi Noem was confronted by a deported veteran after she insisted that no former US military personnel had been removed from the country under the Trump administration.

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6 h. ago South Park's 'hidden message' to Donald Trump and US Government in season finale

The Christmas-themed Season 28 finale brought a shocking conclusion to a storyline in which Satan was expecting Donald Trump's baby - and contained what may be a veiled message to the US administration

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9 h. ago Davina McCall's new husband Michael Douglas blasts 'horrible' hotel room as he returns to social media after secretly marrying the presenter

Davina McCall's new husband Michael Douglas blasted a 'terrible' hotel room he was staying in on Thursday night - as he returned to social media after secretly marrying the presenter

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10 h. ago Experts issue warning over people forming ‘emotional bonds’ with AI chatbots

Almost half of adults, 25.9 million, report feeling lonely in the UK, but experts stress AI is not the answer

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10 h. ago Trump and White House blast ‘Fake News’ journalists and negative polls as president pushes affordability agenda: Live updates

A new poll found Trump’s approval rating on the economy has declined substantially in recent months

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