50 h. ago Teenage referee allegedly assaulted by parent at youth football match

The incident took place at an under-14s match and one of the clubs has said it is 'dealing with the matter internally'

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62 h. ago It’s official: London is one of the UK’s hottest honeymoon destinations

With more and more of us opting for staycation honeymoons, the allure of the capital has never seemed stronger. Here’s where to book for the ultimate romantic experience

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4 d. ago Teenager, 17, shot dead parents as part of Trump assassination plot, says FBI

Nikita Casap, 17, detailed intentions in a three-page anti-Semitic manifesto praising Adolf Hitler

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5 d. ago I’m nearly 60, but my father’s indifference towards me still stings

It’s deeply human to seek approval and recognition from a parent, even when we are fully grownThe question I’m a man in my late 50s. My parents were teenagers when I was born. They married so I wouldn’t be illegitimate, it was the 1960s. My parents divorced. My mum and stepdad moved up north, my father remarried and stayed down south.My father and his wife have three children, now in their 40s. My stepdad killed himself when I was in my early 20s, but I’ve come to realise he was much more of a parent to me than my actual father. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago I’m nearly 60, but my father’s indifference towards me still stings | Ask Philippa

It’s deeply human to seek approval and recognition from a parent, even when we are fully grownThe question I’m a man in my late 50s. My parents were teenagers when I was born. They married so I wouldn’t be illegitimate, it was the 1960s. My parents divorced. My mum and stepdad moved up north, my father remarried and stayed down south.My father and his wife have three children, now in their 40s. My stepdad killed himself when I was in my early 20s, but I’ve come to realise he was much more of a parent to me than my actual father. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Teenagers who get along with their parents have stronger romantic relationships, study reveals

Researchers found teens who felt their parents were 'warm and supportive' went on to have longer-lasting and better quality romances than those who constantly rowed at home.

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7 d. ago The secret to a happy relationship revealed – and it isn’t what you think

The secret to fulfilling relationships might not be about exclusivity at all

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7 d. ago ‘I can’t believe I’m paid to watch Ncuti Gatwa!’: Doctor Who’s boundary

From being crowned Miss Newcastle to making waves in Star Wars’ first same-sex couple, the Doctor’s latest assistant has had a stellar rise to fame. The actor chats stunts, space and why she’s hungry for moreMost teenagers rebel against their parents in small ways: sneaking out, stealing a nip of Cointreau, arriving home past curfew. Not Varada Sethu, the Newcastle-raised actor who’s about to grace screens as new companion Belinda Chandra in the forthcoming season of Doctor Who. Her rebellion took on a go-big-or-go-home attitude befitting a future screen star: when she was 18 she entered, and subsequently won, the Miss Newcastle beauty pageant. “Oh my God, I thought that was gonna be buried somewhere!” she exclaims when I bring it up. The whole thing was “kind of an accident”, she explains: “My sister and I were walking around in Eldon Square shopping centre, and they asked us if we wanted to enter, and I thought: ‘Yeah, I’ll give it a go’ – I thought it might piss off my paren...

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7 d. ago Why people with multiple partners are just as happy as couples

The secret to fulfilling relationships might not be about exclusivity at all

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7 d. ago Luke Humphries shows true colours with classy gesture for bullied teenager

Luke Humphries intervened after hearing of an autistic teenage boy who was so badly bullied at school that his parents having to pull him out, promising to invite him to the Premier League Darts in Manchester

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9 d. ago Adults have just four close friends and struggle to maintain relationships, study finds

A study of 2,000 adults found the typical adult has eight friends, but only four they would consider to be in their close circle with connections peaking in our early twenties

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2 w. ago From TV tastes to emoji overuse: Surprising reasons why relationships end, reveals study

A poll of 2,000 adults who have been in a relationship found a range of unique reasons for splitting up with someone, including not liking the other person's sports team or their food choices

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2 w. ago School locked down as teacher 'attacked and bloodied' and children in tears

Two teenagers have been taken into custody as parents were urgently summoned to collect their children from the secondary school.

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2 w. ago Loose Men's Jeff Brazier says 'it's a lot' as he opens up about parenting struggles

Loose Men star Jeff Brazier candidly discussed the challenges of parenting teenagers during Tuesday's edition of the hit ITV show

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2 w. ago Voices: Ever thought about a throuple? Here’s why you might want to give it a try

Once whispered about in secret, non-monogamous relationships are becoming increasingly mainstream, writes Olivia Petter. So, as study finds that people with multiple partners just as happy as couples, are we finally embracing a broader definition of love and commitment?

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3 w. ago Starmer warns Brits can't 'shrug our shoulders' at young men falling under thrall of 'toxic' influencers... but rules out a minister for men

Keir Starmer, the father of a teenage boy, said like many parents he was 'worried' and pointed to a growing recognition of a 'problem' that needed addressing

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3 w. ago Revealed: The amount of time it takes to get over your ex (even if you ARE in a new relationship)

Breaking up is hard to do, the saying goes - and getting over an old flame might take a lot longer than you think, researchers have found.

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4 w. ago Santosh review – terrifically tense cop movie digs into sexism and caste prejudice in India

Sunita Rajwar and Shahana Goswami lead a sinewy crime drama as a cynical veteran and a wide-eyed rookie who has inherited her late husband’s jobWriter-director Sandhya Suri has made a tense, violent and politically savvy crime procedural set in India: a film about sexism, caste bigotry and Islamophobia that doubles as a study in the complex relationship between two female cops, a cynical veteran and a wide-eyed rookie. They are terrifically played by Sunita Rajwar and Shahana Goswami in what is almost a gender-switched Indian version of Training Day.Suri is a film-maker who 20 years ago gave us a tremendous personal essay movie I for India, and this is her fiction-feature debut, which reportedly started as a documentary project inspired by public demonstrations about the gang-rape and murder of Jyoti Singh. It centres on the Indian convention of “compassionate appointment”: the dependent widow of a public official can apply for the same job. Goswami plays Santosh, whose cop husband ...

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4 w. ago Keir Starmer praised Adolescence. Now he needs to show he’s learned from it | Gaby Hinsliff

The government balked at protecting children from the perils of social media. TV has made the issues plain; now politics must do its jobIt’s the story every parent of teenagers I know has been watching horrified through their fingers. The Netflix drama Adolescence starts with armed police breaking down an ordinary front door to arrest a 13-year-old boy for murder, in front of his bewildered parents. Though initially it seems there must have been some terrible mistake, Jamie’s Instagram account soon yields clues that all the adults – police, parents and teachers alike – had initially blundered past, oblivious.Though talk of misogynistic “manosphere” influencers such as Andrew Tate hovers over the storyline, this isn’t really a story of radicalisation. What it skewers is the feeling of growing up very publicly in a world where sending nudes risks them instantly being shared round the class and everyone automatically films playground fights on their phones, and how that intensifies dan...

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