3 h. ago 'The Army is still not safe for women years after my daughter took her own life': Jaysley Beck's mother condemns MoD report exposing shocking levels of sexual harassment

Gunner Beck was 19 years old when colleagues found her unresponsive at Larkhill Camp, Wiltshire, in December 2021.

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4 h. ago Dawn French plays mother in family ‘like the Beckhams’ in trailer for BBC show

French stars in a new BBC sitcom about a ‘complicated’ family.

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56 h. ago Spain’s socialists shed voters in regional election as far right makes gains

Vox doubles its seats in Extremadura as Socialist Workers’ party, mired in corruption scandals, loses 10 of its 28 seats Spain’s ruling Socialist Workers’ party (PSOE), already reeling from a series of corruption and sexual harassment scandals, has suffered another blow with a disastrous showing in Sunday’s regional election in the north-western region of Extremadura.The PSOE lost 10 of its 28 seats as the far-right Vox party doubled its representation on two years ago from five to 11 seats. Continue reading...

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58 h. ago Like Brooklyn Beckham, I'm estranged from my mother and it's crushing

Victoria Beckham is said to have offered an olive branch to her son. Take it, says our writer who hasn’t seen her own mother in over three years, you don’t know how lucky you are

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3 d. ago Spain’s ruling party faces crunch regional poll amid corruption and harassment claims

Results of Sunday’s snap election in Extremadura are seen as key test of Pedro Sánchez and his PSOE partySpain’s beleaguered prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, faces a key test on Sunday when voters in the south-western region of Extremadura cast their ballots in the first major election to be held since a series of corruption and sexual harassment allegations enveloped his inner circle, his party and his administration.Extremadura, once a stronghold of Sánchez’s Spanish Socialist Workers’ party (PSOE), has been in the hands of the conservative People’s party (PP) since 2023, when the latter managed to form a short-lived coalition government with the far-right Vox party, despite finishing just behind the socialists. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Food becoming more calorific but less nutritious due to rising carbon dioxide

Researchers noticed ‘dramatic’ changes in nutrients in crops, including drop in zinc and rise in leadMore carbon dioxide in the environment is making food more calorific but less nutritious – and also potentially more toxic, a study has found.Sterre ter Haar, a lecturer at Leiden University in the Netherlands, and other researchers at the institution created a method to compare multiple studies on plants’ responses to increased CO2 levels. The results, she said, were a shock: although crop yields increase, they become less nutrient-dense. While zinc levels in particular drop, lead levels increase. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Keir Starmer recalls toughest day as PM which ‘broke my heart’

Sir Keir Starmer has revealed his worst day as prime minister, describing it as “so hard”.

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6 d. ago Student awarded £65k after JD Sports supervisor sexual harassment case

The student worked part-time while studying for her A-levels

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9 d. ago Spain to launch €60 monthly nationwide public transport pass

Bus and train initiative comes as government struggles to survive corruption and sexual harassment allegationsSpain’s socialist-led government is to launch a national public transport pass that will allow people to travel anywhere in the country by bus or train for a flat monthly fee of €60 (£52.70).The prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, unveiled the initiative on Monday, saying it would come into effect in the second half of January and was intended “to change the way Spaniards understand and use public transport for ever”. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Spain’s ruling socialist party accused of failing to act on sexual misconduct by senior men

Slew of allegations of sexual harassment hits party already battered by corruption claims and political setbacksEurope live – latest updatesSpain’s ruling socialist party, which has been battered by a barrage of corruption allegations and political setbacks, is scrambling to reassert its feminist credentials after being accused of failing to act on sexual misconduct by senior men in the party.Pedro Sánchez appointed 11 women and six men to his cabinet when he became prime minister in 2018, saying his Spanish Socialist Workers’ party (PSOE) was “unmistakably committed to equality” and to reflecting recent changes in Spanish society. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago ‘A producer grabbed me, and I thought, Oh, for God’s sake’: Patricia Hodge on sexual harassment, drugs – and being in her prime at 79

Until she reached her 50s, the actor was a constant presence on stage and screen. Then the offers disappeared. Now, as her renaissance continues, she is taking on Mrs Malaprop in The RivalsAfter six decades as an actor, Patricia Hodge says she still gets nervous before a play opens. “I think nerves are always the fear of the unknown,” she says. “Particularly with comedy, where there is no knowing how the audience will react: you’ve got to surf that.”We meet on a sunny winter morning at the Orange Tree theatre in Richmond, south-west London, where Hodge is about to appear in The Rivals, to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the Richard B Sheridan play, in which she plays the ironic – sorry, iconic – Mrs Malaprop. “You’re sort of in a tunnel, your entire being is focused on this,” she says. She was here in rehearsals until 11pm the night before. Today, she is sitting at a table with a large coffee. Does she enjoy this bit, the putting together of a play? “I think it’s love-hate actual...

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2 w. ago Labour MSP suspended over sexual harassment claims breaks silence on 'living hell'

Foysol Choudhury, 56, said he still has not been told what he is accused of and threatened legal action over the allegations made 10 weeks ago.

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3 w. ago Like mother, like daughter: How two women got embroiled in a huge drugs conspiracy

Asked to store cocaine in her home, Jennifer Kenworthy had one request for her daughter Rebecca

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3 w. ago Turning Point USA staffer accused of sexually harassing male employee and kidnapping his daughter

Jeannette Garcia is also accused of misleading sheriff’s deputies to facilitate the alleged kidnapping

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