15 m. ago Nine Scottish Labour MPs support bid to block UK Government welfare cuts bill

The major rebellion comes amid growing fears about the impact of the changes on disabled people.

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18 m. ago Dame Judi Dench shares plea after watching loved ones 'slip away'

Estimates suggest that almost one million people are living with dementia in the UK, but one in three remain undiagnosed

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24 m. ago People are officially changing name if they're called James or Elizabeth

15,000 court records show the 20 names people are ditching - and what they are changing to

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25 m. ago Minister defends Liz Kendall’s handling of welfare reform brief despite major rebellion before vote – UK politics live

Pat McFadden insists welfare reform change vote will go ahead as planned but says party will ‘engage with’ rebelsLabour MPs launch major rebellion to stop welfare billA senior minister in the UK government has said the country is “not starting from zero” when it comes to raising defence spending to 5% of GDP.Speaking on the BBC, Pat McFadden said one of the earliest actions of his party, which came to power of 2024, was to increase defence expenditure to 2.5% of GDP over the next couple of years.She has been central to the development of these reforms.She has argued for them, not as a difficult choice, but as the right choice, because she believes in a welfare state that should be there for people. Continue reading...

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29 m. ago New Chelsea wonderkid breaks promise and swaps shirts with Lionel Messi at HALF

Inter Miami drew 2-2 with Palmeiras at the Club World Cup - and the game allowed soon-to-be-Chelsea star Estevao an opportunity he couldn't resist with his idol Lionel Messi

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39 m. ago Overlooking sexual harassment against health staff ‘risks patient safety’

Medics claim that overlooking these incidents allows other toxic behaviours ‘to perpetuate’.

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40 m. ago Sudan, Remember Us review – vividness and vibrancy in intense account of Khartoum uprising

Hind Meddeb’s documentary draws on her on-the-spot experience in 2019 as protesters rose against the 30-year rule of Omar al-BashirFranco-Tunisian-Moroccan film-maker Hind Meddeb is based in Paris but it was her on-the-spot experience in Khartoum in 2019 of the Sudanese uprising against the reactionary 30-year rule of president Omar al-Bashir which has led to this intensely engaged and sympathetic documentary study. The film immerses itself in the world of the protesters – particularly the young and female protesters – a whole generation energised and brought together by the insurgent movement; their passion was complicated and intensified by the fact that the revolution, at least at first, only brought in a “Transitional Military Council” or TMC, which did not seem in any great hurry to transition to democratic civilian rule. In fact, it carried out a grotesque massacre against people at a sit-in in June 2019, resulting in 127 people dead and 70 cases of rape.Meddeb finds among the...

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42 m. ago 'It survived two World Wars... what a sad end': Heartbreak as Manchester's Hotspur Press left a smouldering ruin

This morning, people woke up with the tragic realisation that one of Manchester's oldest and most symbolic buildings has been destroyed

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53 m. ago How many people died in Valencia floods in 2024 and what caused it?

The 2024 Valencia floods broke the Spanish records for the most rain in an hour and the most rain in 12 hours

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54 m. ago DWP looking at ways to help people on benefits losing payments due to planned reforms

Planned changes to PIP eligibility are set to start in November 2026.

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59 m. ago Why were people not evacuated from Carnival Triumph poop cruise?

Netflix has today released a documentary about the cruise that became known as the 'poop cruise'

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89 m. ago Outback killer Bradley John Murdoch transferred from prison to palliative care

The ruthless drug runner spent 20 years in jail for shooting British backpacker Peter Falconio and tying up Mr Falconio's girlfriend Joanne Lees before she made a harrowing escape.

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99 m. ago Rangers 'reluctantly' allow Jo Potter to leave with compensation due as Celtic boss Elina Sadiku lands a new role

Potter's exit with one year left on her deal will see her former club land a compensation fee

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1 hour ago My marriage is healthy – except for my wife’s total refusal to touch me

I don’t want sex, I just long to be cuddled. But she continues to reject any such suggestion, and my resentment is growingAfter years of no sexual intimacy with my wife, I am now craving the comfort of somatic connection. Not actual sex, but simply cuddling and being held close while nude. But my wife has refused. I have suggested we try “progressive desensitisation” therapy, which would involve lying down together, with one item of clothing removed, but with no physical contact. We would build from there in the knowledge that this would not lead to sexual contact. My wife, when I suggested it, was not at all interested in this, and in fact, she was actively opposed.She told me the problem was in my head and that she had zero interest in physical intimacy. She also said that this was normal for older women. I told her it was my impression that older people actually craved appropriate physical touch. She then agreed that I could just lie in her bed fully clothed before retiring to my...

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1 hour ago How can RFK Jr ‘Make America healthy again’? He is ignoring the two biggest killers of American children | Devi Sridhar

The US health secretary’s latest report is more interested in vaccine scepticism than the brutal toll inflicted by guns and road traffic accidents“Make America healthy again”. We can all get behind this slogan and agree that much more could be done to improve the health of people living in the US. Robert F Kennedy Jr, the US health and human services secretary, recently released a report detailing the challenge of the US’s health. About 90% of it outlines the high rates of obesity, mental health issues and chronic disease, 10% covers vaccine scepticism, and 0% looks at solutions or any discussions of the systemic social and economic issues that drive much of the US’s health problems.But what surprised me more was a notable omission of the two biggest killers of American children. American children aren’t just unhealthier. They’re more likely to die in the first 19 years of life because of guns – both homicides and suicides – or in a road traffic accident than children in comparable ...

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1 hour ago 'Curse' which killed explorers entering Egyptian tombs could fight cancer

When people died after entering the ancient pyramids for the first time it was blamed on a Pharaoh's Curse or Mummy's Revenge

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1 hour ago Israeli forces fire on people waiting for aid in Gaza, killing 25, witnesses and hospitals say

Palestinian witnesses say Israeli forces and drones opened fire toward hundreds of people waiting for aid trucks in central Gaza

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1 hour ago DWP reviewing new and existing Universal Credit claims for ‘incorrect payments’

DWP has blocked £1 billion incorrect payments in a drive to protect people from falling into debt.

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2 h. ago The curious case of Dutch international turned drug smuggler Quincy Promes

The likes of Liverpool, Man United and Arsenal all once pursued Quincy Promes – but their efforts were never as intense as those of Dutch police. Will Castle explores his criminal history following his long-awaited extradition

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2 h. ago China plans to show off new equipment at parade marking 80th anniversary of Japan's WWII surrender

China plans to hold a military parade in September marking the 80th anniversary of Japan's World War II surrender

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