61 h. ago A moment that changed me: I used a pseudonym on a dating app

This new identity gave me confidence and the freedom to discover different relationships. It also helped me understand, more broadly, what I really want from lifeI’ve never been a good liar. I can trace it back to my early school days, where my excuses for unfinished homework were never convincing, or I’d guiltily double back on even the smallest of fibs. With a knowing look, my mother would say: “Georgina ” She instilled a reverence for the truth, which was bound to the idea of doing the right thing. She wasn’t wrong: building trust is crucial in forming strong bonds in any relationship dynamic.But, like most teenagers, I gently smudged the boundaries of truth, from concealing my bellybutton piercing, to “borrowing” my brother’s car to meet a boy I fancied. Notably, my untruths were told in the knowledge that they would probably later be discovered (although I hadn’t banked on the flat tyre) and, looking back, they were often linked with an early exploration of my sexual identity. ...

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4 d. ago Horrifically bruised Virginia Giuffre shares brutal facial injuries after bus hits her

Virginia Giuffre, Prince Andrew’s accuser, has shared a photo of her horrific facial injuries from her hospital bed covered in bruises after she was told she had just four days to live after a car crash

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4 d. ago Teenager tries to SUFFOCATE her mother from the backseat of a car after being told she can't have a sleepover

In a clip shared to Instagram on Sunday by New York-based YouTubers Shane and his wife, Liana, their daughter London was seen asking for a sleepover.

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7 d. ago Drivers told to put tea bags on their car dashboard for two reasons

Motorists have been given some little-known advice

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8 d. ago Laura Anderson's Dundee footballer boyfriend branded 'a**hole' and told he 'needs help' in rude note left on car

Love Island's Laura Anderson's partner - Dundee footballer Clark Robertson - was called out for his driving skills, as the star shared the rude note left on his car with her 1.5 million social media followers

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1 week ago Amputee, 50, was 'murdered' by thief who ran him over with his own car after home raid, court told

A father with a prosthetic leg who attempted to stop an intruder from making off with his car was left dying in the road after the thief used the vehicle as a weapon, a court has heard.

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1 week ago Poppy Atkinson died of head injuries in sports pitch car collision, inquest told

On Tuesday, the acting senior coroner for Cumbria opened an inquest into the 10-year-old’s death.

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2 w. ago Boy accused of murdering pensioner panicked at sight of police car, jury told

Two children are on trial accused of killing Bhim Kohli, 80, who was injured in a park near Leicester.

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2 w. ago Fugitive drug dealer who transported a “load of green” tracked down in Amsterdam

Declan Paton, 26, told officers that he was transporting cannabis in a car in East Kilbride.

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2 w. ago Family of sanctioned Russian spent thousands on car and school fees, court told

Dmitrii Ovsiannikov, 48, the former mayor of Sevastopol in occupied Crimea, is facing multiple counts of circumventing sanctions.

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3 w. ago My brother was shot dead – and then my nephew. Now I’m trying to make our city a safer place

As mayor of Birmingham, Alabama, Randall Woodfin is trying to tackle a murder epidemic. He’s all too familiar with the pain of losing a loved one to violenceIt was past midnight on 27 May 2012 when Randall Woodfin, an early-career public prosecutor, received a call about his older brother. “Ralph’s been shot,” he was told, abruptly. “You need to come.”He jumped in a car, and raced across the city of Birmingham, Alabama, running every red light along the way. He made it to the police perimeter. It was a block and a half from his grandmother’s old home, at a public-housing project in the city’s south, where the two brothers – eight years apart – had spent much of their childhood. Continue reading...

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last month Amazon delivery driver hanging onto his van to stop it being stolen died after being thrown off at 60mph, court told

Claudiu-Carol Kondor, 42, suffered fatal head and chest injuries when Mark Ross, 32, deliberately crashed into a parked car to throw off his victim, a jury was told.

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last month Tiger Woods casts doubt over PGA Tour return with 'heart not really into it' admission

There were hopes that Tiger Woods would return to the PGA Tour next week for The Players Championship, but golf appears to have a backseat in recent weeks following the passing of his mother

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