14 h. ago Simone Biles is slammed by furious animal rights activists after allegedly chopping her dog's EARS off

Biles and Owens added a fourth dog to their growing family this week, buying a doberman from a breeder who has supplied pets to a number of other big-name celebrities.

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3 d. ago William Golding: The Faber Letters review – the making of a masterpiece

Correspondence between the Lord of the Flies author and his editor reveals one of the great literary collaborations of the ageWhen William Golding submitted Lord of the Flies to Faber in 1953 it had already been rejected at least seven times, maybe as many as 20. Charles Monteith could tell from the dog-eared typescript that it had done the rounds, and a reader for Faber called it “absurd and uninteresting Rubbish and dull. Pointless.” But Monteith, young and new to the job, could see the book’s potential, and suggested ways that Golding – then a Salisbury-based schoolmaster in his early 40s – might improve it. More radically cut and revised than Monteith expected, the novel became a school syllabus classic. Thus began an author-editor friendship that lasted 40 years.Their early exchanges by post were formal in the extreme: it took two years for Dear Monteith, Dear Golding to become Dear Charles, Dear Bill. But as provincial grammar school boys who both read English at Oxford, the t...

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5 d. ago Boy, 4, has ear torn off in dog attack at bus stop in front of terrified mum

Tracy Moore and her 4-year-old son, Roland Moore, were standing outside waiting for the shcool bus when two seemingly friendly dogs approached them - but things soon took a dark turn

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8 d. ago Starmer came into power promising action — but change is taking longer than his MPs expected

Some targets are long-term overhauls, others have been dogged by delays. But ministers failed to focus on delivery early on

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8 d. ago Starmer came to power promising action — but change is taking longer than his MPs expected

Some targets are long-term overhauls, others have been dogged by delays. But ministers failed to focus on delivery early on

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1 week ago CCTV issued in urgent hunt for woman who vanished near university

Jill Grint, 79, was last seen near her home in, Earlham, Norfolk, around 10.30am on Friday. Police have deployed police dogs, a drone team and a helicopter as part of their search

Culture

2 w. ago Three things we learned from Chelsea draw as dogged Blues show fight to earn a point

Blues defied adversity to claim a well-earned point

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2 w. ago Sarah Ferguson made astonishing claim about late Queen and her dogs before scandal hit

Sarah Ferguson inherited the late Queen's beloved corgis following her death in September 2022 - and she made a surprising claim about the dogs earlier this year

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3 w. ago If a dog has 'head shake' symptom it could be something serious

Excessive head shaking in dogs could signal a painful ear infection caused by bacteria or yeast - and pet owners should know the warning signs to watch for

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3 w. ago DOGE quietly shuts down way ahead of schedule just days after Elon Musk reunited with Trump at White House

President Trump's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has effectively collapsed eight months early, with OPM Director Scott Kupor confirming, 'That doesn't exist.'

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3 w. ago ‘That doesn’t exist’: Doge reportedly quietly disbanded ahead of schedule

Statement by Trump administration confirms longstanding suspicions that Musk-led agency is on its way outThe “department of government efficiency” (Doge) has apparently been dissolved with eight months still remaining on its contract, ending a drawn-out campaign of invading federal agencies and firing thousands of federal workers.“That doesn’t exist,” office of personnel management (OPM) director Scott Kupor told Reuters earlier this month when asked about Doge’s status, adding that it was no longer a “centralized entity”. Continue reading...

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