13 h. ago Scottish pupil named a Time magazine girl of the year for solar

Rebecca Young, 13, named one of 10 girls of the year for her invention intended to help rough sleepers in winterA Scottish schoolgirl has been named a “girl of the year” by Time magazine after she invented a solar-powered thermal blanket to help rough sleepers keep warm.Rebecca Young, 13, came up with her design after seeing homeless people struggling in subzero temperatures on the streets of her home city, Glasgow, in winter. She said her message to young people was: “If you see a problem you think you can fix, you can do something about it.” Continue reading...

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19 h. ago Scottish schoolgirl, 12, says appearance on TIME’s Girls of the Year list was 'cool and very unexpected'

Rebecca ended up winning an engineering award in a UK-wide competition with 70,000 entrants.

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19 h. ago Scot, 12, named on Time’s first Girls of the Year list after homelessness design

Rebecca Young, from Glasgow, designed a solar-powered backpack with an electric blanket inside to help homeless people.

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21 h. ago The enormity of the attacks on Ukraine is impossible to grasp. Let me show you the horror of a single day | Oleksandr Mykhed

The rumble, the explosions and the deaths: they are so frequent that they seem normal. It’s a fight to protect our homes, our cities and the psycheDay 1,254 of the invasion; 31 July 2025, Kyiv, 4.30am. The air-raid alarm started again just a moment ago. I wake up from the roar and rumble of rockets. It’s a sound that makes you want to flee in primeval terror.Time slows down. I roll over on the bed, embrace my girlfriend Dasha, make another half-turn and we drop down softly to the floor. I am not thinking or reflecting, I’m guided by instinct – move away from the windows, position our silhouettes as low as possible. I cover Dasha with my body. All she has time to ask for is: “The doggie? Where’s the dog?” From under the bed, we can hear the rustling of our old chihuahua’s paws.Oleksandr Mykhed is the author of The Language of War and a member of PEN Ukraine. Translated by Maryna Gibson Continue reading...

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68 h. ago Life and times of Ibiza Final Boss – girlfriend woe, criminal dad and truth behind hair

Jack Kay shot to fame after a video of him on the White Isle with a Lego-style haircut, chunky gold chain, huge shades and bulging shoulders went viral, sparking memes and jokes across the internet

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3 d. ago Ibiza Final Boss' mystery relationship timeline as he 'fights to keep glam girlfriend'

As Ibiza Final Boss Jack Kay reportedly fights to keep his girlfriend Alisha Cook, the Mirror takes a look at how their relationship has panned out since the party lad shot to fame

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3 d. ago Mel B wows in stunning second wedding in dress that took 850 hours to make

Mel B got married for a second time in Marrakesh to her husband Rory McPhee, with Spice Girl bandmate Mel C there to celebrate the big day with her

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6 d. ago Spice Girls rally round Geri Horner on birthday after 'really tough' time

The Spice Girls have shared birthday messages to their fellow bandmate Geri Halliwell-Horner, formerly known as Geri Halliwell, as she turns 53

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6 d. ago Sienna Miller and Alexa Chung swear by this French pharmacy retinol that’s less than £14

Two of the most iconic “it girls” of all time, Alexa Chung and Sienna Miller, both use this £15 French pharmacy retinol to protect their skin and keep it looking youthful

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7 d. ago Exclusive details: Feds accuse Virginia youth pastor of trading explicit pics with teen between calls with his wife

Exclusive details: Jacob Ryan Barnett, a 34-year-old known as ‘Pastor Jake’ to his flock, allegedly told a 15-year-old girl last month that it was ‘time for her to see her first d**k.’

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9 d. ago Girl who died in hospital ‘should have been watched at all times’, inquest hears

Ruth Szymankiewicz was being treated at Huntercombe Hospital in Berkshire when she was able to shut herself inside her room and self-harmed.

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1 week ago The Kingdom review – an intensely exciting and absorbing mob drama

Corsica-set mafia tale boasts outstanding performances from first-time actors as it follows a teenage girl discovering and revelling in her status as the blueblood daughter of a crime bossThere are fierce and overwhelmingly authentic performances here from first-timers in Julien Colonna’s terrific mob drama. The setting is Corsica, around the 1990s, in the coastal region of Ajaccio, famously the home of Napoleon. Lesia (played by nonprofessional Ghjuvanna Benedetti) is a moody 15-year-old girl living with her aunt, hanging out with her friends and boisterous extended family of cousins.School is out for the summer and Lesia appears to be getting into a romance with a local boy. Maybe because of this, or due to other reasons, she is ordered to leave her aunt’s house and go to the luxurious and fortified family compound of her widowed father. This is mob boss Pierre-Paul (superbly played by Saveriu Santucci), a heavy-set, slow-moving but intimidating patriarch who is perhaps displeased...

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1 week ago New twist in brutal slaying of Hollywood actress who kept celebrity sex diary... as chilling details of her personal life emerge

The actress and famed party girl was stabbed 22 times with a butcher knife and attacked with a blunt object. The killer retreated into the shadows that night and has remained there for nearly 50 years.

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3 w. ago Marnie Simpson gives birth to third child and makes sweet admission on 'perfect' daughter

Former Geordie Shore star Marnie Simpson has given birth to her third child with husband Casey Johnson and this time she announced she has welcomed a baby girl

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3 w. ago Girls Aloud's Kimberley Walsh admits 'we're in a different stage' after reunion

EXCLUSIVE: Kimberley Walsh has opened up about her time with Girls Aloud following their sold-out tour last year, honouring their late bandmate, Sarah Harding, and how their kids were blown away on tour

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3 w. ago Kimberley Walsh reveals 'sweet' bond between Girls Aloud kids after adorable moment

EXCLUSIVE: Kimberley Walsh has opened up about the bond between her three sons and Cheryl Tweedy and Nadine Coyle's children after they spent time touring with Girls Aloud

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3 w. ago Simon Cowell 'to launch new talent show' after 'huge excitement' over Netflix boyband series

Simon Cowell is reportedly gearing up for another talent search - this time to discover the next Little Mix-style girl group.

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4 w. ago Why I broke up with my new girlfriend after seeing her apartment for the first time

A man has dumped his new girlfriend after discovering a major problem during his first visit to her apartment.

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4 w. ago Pete Davidson to become a dad as girlfriend Elsie Hewitt announces pregnancy

Pete Davidson is set to become a father for the first time as his girlfriend Elsie Hewitt has announced she is pregnant with the couple's first child

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