38 m. ago Blame migrants, or blame the rich? That’s the populist divide in Britain’s politics now | Gaby Hinsliff

Taxing the ultra-rich may be a vote winner, but it’s just as important to shift the conversation away from Reform’s immigration doom loopThe long, hot summer of discontent is finally over. Parliament returned this week if not exactly with a rush of back to school energy, then at least with the sense that the government is now back to fill what was becoming an increasingly dangerous August vacuum.When exhausted ministers retreated to lick their wounds over the summer, Nigel Farage saw his chance and took it, filling the slow news days with encouragement of protesters over asylum seeker accommodation. He was rewarded by polling showing voters now see immigration – the terrain on which Reform UK is palpably desperate to fight an election, because it’s terrain on which Labour can never go far enough to please some supporters without horrifying half the rest – and not a broken economy as Britain’s biggest problem, an impression arguably only reinforced when the government’s first announc...

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38 m. ago I'm a phonics expert and these are the simple actions every parent should do

If your child is a baby or toddler and yet to start school, you can still prepare them at home for what's to come. Phonics expert Ann Sullivan shares her top tips for encouraging a love of books in your little one

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38 m. ago Four simple steps older children can take to help them read more fluently

Now the children are back at school, phonics expert Ann Sullivan reveals how you can boost their reading confidence at home

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88 m. ago Girl 'brushing friend's hair at sleepover' when killer shoots through door

Traelynn Sibley was shot dead during a sleepover in Kansas City, Missouri, just days before she was due to start her junior year of high school. The suspect has been charged with second-degree murder

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1 hour ago Noisy neighbour from hell tormented couple by blasting AC/DC during early hours

Marc Morgan became embroiled with his neighbours in Risca, South Wales, and eventually plagued them by playing music by AC/DC and Black Sabbath during the night

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3 h. ago Aussie children are left stunned by 'object from outer space' at their school

Aussie school kids have been left stunned.

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6 h. ago Stark warning issued as burden placed on teachers has ‘never been higher’

The Government should set out a long-term plan for education like the one it has for the NHS, the ASCL said

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6 h. ago Burden placed on teachers has ‘never been higher’, union warns

The Association of School and College Leaders has called for a rethink of the expectations on schools and colleges.

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7 h. ago Pink reveals she’s contracted E. Coli and is being treated with a ‘vitamin IV’

The 45-year-old pop star says she caught the infection while on vacation

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7 h. ago Farewell Joe Bugner, the boxer who had to fight to win British hearts, writes JEFF POWELL

JEFF POWELL: Joe Bugner gallantly fought many of the giants in heavyweight boxing's golden age but is still best remembered here for breaking the hearts of the old brotherhood.

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8 h. ago Sir Rod Stewart's strict rule wife Penny Lancaster must follow

Penny Lancaster has opened up about her marriage with Sir Rod Stewart revealing the one rule the music icon set for her when they first got together - which still stands today

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8 h. ago QUENTIN LETTS: Yvette Cooper's parliamentary speech was a public emergency edict delivered by Play School presenter

Yvette Cooper's tactic, in the face of smouldering civil unrest about asylum hotels, was to wobble her head and adopt a damp, disapproving tone. Public-emergency edict delivered by Play School presenter.

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9 h. ago Will Smith responds to ‘embarrassing’ tour video accusations with another AI video of cats

The Hollywood actor and rapper is currently touring his album ‘Based on a True Story’

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9 h. ago Transfer deadline day: City agree Donnarumma deal, Guéhi to Liverpool move collapses – live

City chase Donnarumma | Liverpool agree Isak feeMail Will | Transfer interactive | Monday’s Rumour MillHere’s a roundup of all the deadline-day transfer chat:“Was Vinny Samways ‘tough-tackling’? I always remembered him as more a cultured midfielder,” writes Andrew Champney. One deadline day not dominated by Vinny Samways, all I ask. Will never happen. But did you know he spent six years at Las Palmas? Nice work if you can get it. Continue reading...

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9 h. ago London teacher banned from classroom after changing room voyeurism conviction

Christopher Arnold, who worked at a private school in south London, was placed on the sex offenders register

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9 h. ago High school football: Rouse QB London Morgan wins player of the week

High school football: Rouse QB London Morgan wins player of the week  Austin American-Statesman

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9 h. ago Jason Aldean reveals he had a ‘breakdown’ after mass shooting at Las Vegas music festival

The country star was onstage when the deadliest mass shooting in US history erupted

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10 h. ago Sobbing woman interrupts grieving dad of boy she killed with SUV as he sat with pals

Jack Davey, 11, died instantly when Shaymaa Oun Ghazi Zuhaira, 41, rammed her Toyota SUV into the kerb at his Primary School, smashing through the boundary and crushing him and three classmates

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10 h. ago Transfer deadline day: Guéhi to Liverpool move collapses: Isak, Hincapié and Kolo Muani deals agreed – live

City chase Donnarumma | Liverpool agree Isak feeMail Will | Transfer interactive | Monday’s Rumour MillHere’s a roundup of all the deadline-day transfer chat:“Was Vinny Samways ‘tough-tackling’? I always remembered him as more a cultured midfielder,” writes Andrew Champney. One deadline day not dominated by Vinny Samways, all I ask. Will never happen. But did you know he spent six years at Las Palmas? Nice work if you can get it. Continue reading...

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11 h. ago Man is found dead at annual Burning Man festival in Nevada, a sheriff's office says

Authorities say a man has been found dead in a pool of blood at Burning Man, and the death at the yearly art and music festival in the Nevada desert is being investigated as a homicide

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