5 h. ago Teen Tristyn Bailey's heartbreaking Mother's Day plans before she was stabbed 114 times

Tristyn Bailey, 13, was planning to make her mum a special Mother's Day breakfast on the day she was reported missing - and her killer was caught out by a Snapchat selfie

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23 h. ago Gym instructor who called himself Anglo Jihadi is found guilty of planning a bomb and chemical attack on a major shopping centre

Muslim convert Jordan Richardson, 21, was arrested on December 19, carrying around a recipe for mustard gas in his rucksack, as well as plans to 'shoot', 'stab' and 'throw grenades' at a crowd.

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4 d. ago Prunella Scales’ son ‘sad’ she won’t see him star in Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night

Samuel West said his mother died a day after what would have been her 62nd wedding anniversary to Timothy West.

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5 d. ago I’m terrible on the field. But my amateurism might actually have benefits

Find an appealing activity and stick with it even if you lack skill, says Karen Walrond, author of In Defense of DabblingTell us: have you fallen in love this year?All my life I’ve been bad at sports. At school I was always successfully “sick” on the annual sports day and had a standing note from my equally averse mother to excuse me from physical education classes due to my “bad foot”. Even after I started exercising regularly in my mid-20s, I never joined my friends’ social netball or football teams.“Hating sports” was core to my identity. Then, last year, a friend invited me to her birthday “kickabout” – a casual game of football, I gathered. (I believe some call it soccer.) Had we been less close, I might have made my excuses. Instead I turned up to the park, determined to keep as far away from the ball as possible. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago I’m the worst player on my social sports team. Why does it feel so good to be bad at something?

There are joys in finding an activity you’re drawn to but not necessarily naturally good at, and sticking with it anywayTell us: have you fallen in love this year?All my life I’ve been bad at sports. At school I was always successfully “sick” on the annual sports day and had a standing note from my equally averse mother to excuse me from physical education classes due to my “bad foot”. Even after I started exercising regularly in my mid-20s, I never joined my friends’ social netball or football teams.“Hating sports” was core to my identity. Then, last year, a friend invited me to her birthday “kickabout” – a casual game of football, I gathered. (I believe some call it soccer.) Had we been less close, I might have made my excuses. Instead I turned up to the park, determined to keep as far away from the ball as possible. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Master’s student from India stabbed two teens in neck and head on flight that left from Chicago, feds say

One teen told police he spoke briefly with the man but otherwise had no previously interactions with him

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6 d. ago Man living illegally in US 'stabs two teens with metal FORK in frenzied mid

Praneeth Kumar Usiripalli, 28, attacked two 17-year-olds with the utensil during a Lufthansa flight from Chicago to Frankfurt on Saturday, according to prosecutors.

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6 d. ago False claims online damaged Brigitte Macron’s quality of life, daughter tells court

Tiphaine Auzière spoke at trial of 10 people accused of harassment by posting claims that French first lady was born a manBrigitte Macron’s daughter has told a Paris court that false claims online that the French first lady was born a man had damaged her mother’s quality of life, leaving her worrying every day about the clothes she wears and how she stands.Tiphaine Auzière, 41, a lawyer, was called as a witness at the trial of 10 people accused of online harassment of Brigitte Macron by creating or reposting social media posts falsely claiming she was a man. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Two teenage plane passengers are 'stabbed with metal fork during mid

Praneeth Kumar Usiripalli, 28, attacked two 17-year-olds with the utensil during a Lufthansa flight from Chicago to Frankfurt on Saturday, according to prosecutors.

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7 d. ago ‘DeepSeek is humane. Doctors are more like machines’: my mother’s worrying reliance on AI for health advice

Tired of a two-day commute to see her overworked doctor, my mother turned to tech for help with her kidney disease. She bonded with the bot so much I was scared she would refuse to see a real medicThis essay was originally published on Rest of worldEvery few months, my mother, a 57-year-old kidney transplant patient who lives in a small city in eastern China, embarks on a two-day journey to see her doctor. She fills her backpack with a change of clothes, a stack of medical reports and a few boiled eggs to snack on. Then, she takes a 90-minute ride on a high-speed train and checks into a hotel in the eastern metropolis of Hangzhou.At 7am the next day, she lines up with hundreds of others to get her blood taken in a long hospital hall that buzzes like a crowded marketplace. In the afternoon, when the lab results arrive, she makes her way to a specialist’s clinic. She gets about three minutes with the doctor. Maybe five, if she’s lucky. He skims the lab reports and quickly types a new ...

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8 d. ago Royal girls day out! Zara Tindall and Mia, 11, enjoy a mother

The British royal, 44, and her eldest child made a rare public appearance together (pictured) on Saturday for the first event of the racing season at the Gloucestershire track.

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9 d. ago Donald Trump issues his toughest threat yet to Hamas as he reveals details of Gaza 'stabilization force'

Donald Trump warned Hamas that they will face a massive 'problem' if the ceasefire collapses, as he revealed plans for an 'international stabilization force' preparing to enter the territory.

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2 w. ago MAFS UK Bride breaks down as relationship 'ruined' after shock confession

MAFS stars Rebecca and Bailey faced huge tension and heartbreak after a revelation about Rebecca’s crush.

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2 w. ago MAFS UK star Rebecca sobs as marriage 'ruined' after secret crush confession

MAFS stars Rebecca and Bailey face huge tension and heartbreak after a revelation about Rebecca’s crush leaves their relationship feeling ruined

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2 w. ago Trump’s peace plan is just about holding together, but may be unravelled by two unresolved issues | Rajan Menon

The withdrawal of Israeli troops and the establishment of an international stabilisation force are key in securing long-term peace, but the plan is dangerously vague on these issuesTwo years of death and destruction in Gaza ended once Israel and Hamas signed off on Donald Trump’s 20-point peace plan. A ceasefire is in place. Humanitarian trucks have begun to roll in. Hostages and prisoners are being exchanged. Israel has begun a first-phase pullback from the territories it controls, and under Trump’s plan its troops will eventually be deployed in a buffer zone along Gaza’s land border.Given these developments – all part of the opening phase – dismissing the momentous changes in Gaza is to deny reality. There have already been disputes over the return of the bodies of Israeli hostages, but there are unresolved longer-term problems that could derail the ceasefire and imperil the rest of the Trump plan.Rajan Menon is a professor emeritus of international relations at the City College o...

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2 w. ago Distraught family of Cheryl Grimmer slam cops over crucial mistakes that jeopardised the doomed investigation

Three-year-old Cheryl Gene Grimmer was enjoying a day at the beach with her mother and three brothers when she was abducted outside a toilet block.

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3 w. ago Rangers slapped with SPFL pyro punishment for opening day display at Motherwell

Fans let off pyrotechnics at Fir Park during a 1-1 draw with the Steelmen and now the league have sanctioned the Ibrox club

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3 w. ago Mother hopes for ‘day of reckoning’ after daughter’s pollution

Campaigner Rosamund Adoo-Kissi-Debrah spoke outside the Royal Courts of Justice ahead of the start of a trial against car manufacturers.

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3 w. ago Calls for UK government to pardon women executed for witchcraft

Council leader writes to home secretary asking for general pardon for ‘witches’ convicted in 16th and 17th centuriesOn 30 July 1652, seven women were hanged on Penenden Heath in Maidstone, Kent. Witch trials and executions were far from unusual at the time, in the town or elsewhere, but rarely were so many convicted at once.The women – Anne Ashby, Mary Brown, Anne Martyn, Mildred Wright, Susan Pickenden, Anne Wilson and Mary Reade – had been accused by their neighbours of terrible acts including “bewitching to death” a 10-day-old baby, the child’s mother, and another three-year-old. Several were claimed to have “carnally known” the devil in exchange for their monstrous powers. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Teenager, 18, found dead in bed after coming home sick from Christmas party, inquest hears

Millie Grace Brian, 18, was found by her mother, Lucy, in her bedroom on December 21 last year, the day after she attended a Christmas party with her friends and family.

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