28 h. ago Robert F Kennedy Jr instructed CDC to change stance on vaccine and autism

US health secretary said he told agency to update website to claim the fact vaccines do not cause autism is not evidence basedRobert F Kennedy Jr, the US health secretary, said in an interview with the New York Times that he personally instructed the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to change its longstanding position that vaccines do not cause autism.Countering decades of science showing vaccines to be safe, the US public health agency’s website was changed to say: “The claim ‘vaccines do not cause autism’ is not an evidence-based claim because studies have not ruled out the possibility that infant vaccines cause autism.” Continue reading...

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28 h. ago Robert F Kennedy Jr instructed CDC to change stance on vaccines and autism

US health secretary said he told agency to update website to claim the fact vaccines do not cause autism is not evidence basedRobert F Kennedy Jr, the US health secretary, said in an interview with the New York Times that he personally instructed the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to change its longstanding position that vaccines do not cause autism.Countering decades of science showing vaccines to be safe, the US public health agency’s website was changed to say: “The claim ‘vaccines do not cause autism’ is not an evidence-based claim because studies have not ruled out the possibility that infant vaccines cause autism.” Continue reading...

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59 h. ago DWP benefit claimants told to check 'tricky rules' over payments

People on several benefits may get the DWP payments

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3 d. ago Ukraine war briefing: Kyiv seeks $44bn from Russia for climate

The move marks the first time a country is claiming damages for such an increase in emissions. What we know on day 1,365See all our Russia-Ukraine war coverageUkraine plans to seek nearly $44bn from Russia for the damage linked to an increase in climate-warming emissions from the ongoing war, a government minister told Reuters. The move marks the first time a country is claiming damages for such an increase in emissions, including from the fossil fuels, cement and steel used in fighting the war, and from the destruction of trees through resultant fires. “A lot of damage was caused to water, to land, to forests,” said Pavlo Kartashov, the country’s deputy minister for economy, environment, and agriculture. “We have huge amounts of additional CO2 emissions and greenhouse gases,” Kartashov said in an interview on the sidelines of the Cop30 climate summit in Brazil.Russian drones struck an apartment building in Ukraine’s second largest city, Kharkiv, triggering a fire, injuring five peo...

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7 d. ago JFK got 'secret trailer park lover pregnant' and told her to 'have abortion', bombshell book claims

John F Kennedy's wild fling with a flight attendant he met in a bar has come to light after her family shared her personal diaries with the author of a bombshell new book

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7 d. ago Donald Trump told pals he was 'banging' his assistant, Epstein email claims

Journalist Michael Wolff made the previously unpublished claim, naming the assistant in an email to paedophile Jeffrey Epstein

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7 d. ago ‘I’m not as fierce as I seem’: Glenn Close on growing up in a cult, marching against Trump – and being unlucky in love

She’s Hollywood’s biggest character actor who terrified a generation of men with her ‘bunny boiling’ turn in Fatal Attraction. Now, Close alternates the glamour of the red carpet with living in a red state. She talks about the joy of her ‘undefined’ lifeMost of us don’t live our lives in accordance with a governing metaphor, but Glenn Close does. The 78-year-old was born in Greenwich, Connecticut, a town in the north‑east of the US that, to the actor’s enduring irritation, telegraphs “smug affluence” to other Americans. In fact, Close’s background is more complicated than that, rooted in a childhood that was wild and free but also traumatic, and in an area of New England in which her family goes back generations. “I grew up on those great stone walls of New England,” says the actor, chin out, gimlet-eyed – Queen Christina at the prow of a ship. “Some of them were 6ft tall and 250 years old! I have a book called Sermons in Stone and it says at one point that ...

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9 d. ago James Martin claims one senior royal 'told the Queen Off' at Buckingham Palace lunch

TV chef James Martin has opened up about the time he was invited to Buckingham Palace for lunch with the Queen and Prince Philip - and witnessed the Duke of Edinburgh telling his wife off

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9 d. ago James Martin claims Prince Philip ‘told the Queen off’ in front of him after causing chaos

James Martin has talked about what it was like to have lunch with Queen Elizabeth II and how she would have the same impact on a room as his grandmother

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9 d. ago Amazon sued for keeping workers under ‘constant threat of punishment’ if they call in sick

The lawsuit alleges that one worker has their Unpaid Time Off docked after she asked Amazon to make small accommodations for her genetic condition

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9 d. ago DWP claimants told 'don't ignore letter' or your payments could stop

The DWP has issued a warning to benefit claimants - with a minister saying responding is 'crucial'

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9 d. ago Latest Epstein emails cast further doubt on Andrew’s claim of cutting ties

Messages sent months after former prince said he ended relations and also appear to confirm Virginia Giuffre photoNewly released Jeffrey Epstein emails have cast further doubt on Andrew Mountbatten Windsor’s account of when he cut ties with the child sex offender and his denials about meeting his accuser Virginia Giuffre.In March 2011, four months after he later claimed to have ended his relationship with Epstein, the former prince told him and the convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell “I can’t take any more of this” in response to allegations put forward by the Mail on Sunday. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Andrew Windsor told Epstein he had nothing to do with abuse claims in new email

The former Prince told Epstein and his lawyers "I can't take any more of this" after a newspaper pursued them for comment about sexual abuse at Epstein's home

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1 week ago Private investigator in Mail legal claim says statement was a ‘forgery’, court told

Associated Newspapers Limited (ANL) is accused by the group of carrying out or commissioning unlawful activities

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1 week ago Bank of America faces lawsuit from employees for not paying them during pre

Logging in and setting up digital workstations could take employees up to 30 minutes — or longer in the event of technical issues — and it was all uncompensated, according to the lawsuit

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1 week ago ‘They’ve ruined the magic of Christmas’, blast furious Scots parents after primary teacher ‘tells kids Santa isn’t real’

PARENTS have been left fuming amid claims a Scots primary school teacher told kids that Santa doesn't exist. Pupils at the school were left devastated after a teacher made the alleged remarks in class. It's claimed the incident happened at the end of October after a teacher from the Aberdeen school discussed a lesson on...

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1 week ago BBC resignations are result of internal ‘coup’, says former Sun editor

David Yelland says Tim Davie and Deborah Turness were undermined by people close to BBC boardBBC director general resigns – latest updatesThe resignations of the BBC’s director general and its head of news over claims of bias were “a coup” orchestrated from the inside, a former newspaper editor has claimed.David Yelland, who edited the Sun from 1998 to 2003, told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme on Monday that the departures of Tim Davie and Deborah Turness followed the systematic undermining of them by people close to the BBC board over a lengthy period. Continue reading...

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1 week ago 'Horrible to watch' – Lewis Hamilton claim says a lot after being told to end Ferrari deal

Lewis Hamilton has endured a difficult debut season with Ferrari with the seven-time world champion yet to earn a podium Grand Prix finish with the F1 giants

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2 w. ago Threats, fear and hope as Mumbai slum dwellers await the bulldozers

Dharavi’s 1m residents say community hub could become a playground for the rich under Adani Group’s redevelopment planFor months, the threatening phone calls kept coming. First, allegedly from an ex-police officer and a retired army general, and then from the police themselves. Finally, Mohammad Khurshid Shaikh claims, he was summoned to the police station and told clearly: keep quiet or there will be real trouble for you.Shaikh is among those fighting a multimillion-dollar project in which Dharavi – one of India’s largest and most storied slums – will be bulldozed and redeveloped by the multinational conglomerate Adani Group. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Liverpool stars told they've broken golden rule amid 'doubt' claims within Arne Slot's camp

Arne Slot is enduring his toughest period as Liverpool manager, with the club losing six of their last seven matches across all competitions - and one Premier League legend has analysed his situation

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