5 h. ago The case of three missing children has haunted this town for 15 years. A mother now wants closure

Tanya Zuvers has prayed someone ‘would cure her broken heart’

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3 d. ago James by Percival Everett audiobook review – reimagining Huckleberry Finn

Dominic Hoffman narrates this satirical, Booker-nominated reworking of the children’s classic, written from the perspective of the enslaved JimThis satirical, Booker-shortlisted tale flips the script on Mark Twain’s Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, the children’s novel published in 1884 and set in Mississippi that went on to become a toxic cornerstone of the American canon. Where Twain had teenage Huck as his narrator, in James, Percival Everett reimagines the story from the perspective of his friend and fellow runaway Jim, an enslaved Black man who opens the book with the line: “Those little bastards were hiding out there in the tall grass.”The little bastards in question are Huck and his pal Tom Sawyer, who want to play a trick on Jim while he sleeps. He is alert to the boys’ games but plays along because, as he has learned from experience: “It always pays to give white folks what they want.” When our protagonist learns he is to be sold downriver and separated from h...

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4 d. ago The 'tough life' of Gene Hackman's 3 children after Hollywood star missed out on their early years

Hollywood star Gene Hackman - who along with his second wife, Betsy Arakawa, was found dead in their $3.8million Santa Fe home on Wednesday morning - leaves behind three adult children.

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5 d. ago State pension warning to 1.6million parents who risk missing out on £33,000

Parents who took time out of work to care for young children may have "missing" National Insurance years - which can reduce a person's state pension rate entitlement

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5 d. ago Missing children cases are not being acted on quickly enough by the Metropolitan Police, watchdog finds

A report into the force's handling of the sexual and criminal exploitation of children found there had been 'positive progress' since a previous report in June 2023.

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5 d. ago Met Police needs to improve handling of missing children cases, watchdog says

A report by His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services found work needed to be done despite improvements.

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7 d. ago Government urged to restore school break times as more children miss out on play

A report has called on the Department for Education to discourage ‘the punitive withdrawal of playtime’ in schools.

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