64 m. ago Hundreds of arrests, guns, knives and £540,000 seized in rail police crackdown on county lines gangs

Youngsters are exposed to physical and sexual abuse when trafficked away from London

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64 m. ago Who’s a clever boy: the average dog has a mental age of about two. But what are they really thinking?

They can learn hundreds of words, count to five and read humans like a book, so why do we struggle to understand them? Scientists reveal the truth about our pets – and whether they ever feel guilty for eating our slippersThe thing that made me think my dog may be a genius was the word monkey. We’d developed a game where I’d hide her monkey toy – a sad, lifeless being, long lobotomised by my golden retriever puppy – and, when I asked her to find it, I realised she could differentiate the word monkey from other objects. A woman in the park had a similar story. On holiday in an unfamiliar cottage, she had misplaced the car keys. After hunting for them for over an hour, her dog, a border collie, overheard her and her husband talking about it, recognised the word “keys” and immediately went and found them.So maybe my dog, Rhubarb, isn’t a genius after all. Dogs, says Vanessa Woods, director of the Puppy Kindergarten project at Duke University in North Carolina, US, and writer of sev...

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64 m. ago Ambulance service and NHS trust admit failures over death of musician

Ebow Graham died after falling out of a third-storey window in east London in April 2020 following a psychotic episodeAn ambulance service and an NHS trust have admitted breaching their duty of care over the death of Ebow Graham, a founding member of the hip-hop group Foreign Beggars.Graham, 40, died after falling out of a third-storey window in Clapton, east London in April 2020 following a psychotic episode. Hours earlier London ambulance paramedics had dismissed his friends’ concerns about his behaviour. And a crisis call handler from East London NHS trust also failed to properly assess his risk or arrange an urgent mental health assessment within the recommended time. Continue reading...

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64 m. ago Doctor Who BBC: what time is it on TV and who is in the cast for episode 3? Explained

Doctor Who is heading to ‘The Well’ this week - but at a slightly later time 👀

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65 m. ago 13 ordinary houses for sale with extraordinary gardens, including pools, ponds and treehouses

If the glorious late spring weather has you dreaming of a bigger garden, then look no further.

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65 m. ago From a slinky dog to a firefighter – the 87 London Marathon record attempts

The London Marathon is taking place on April 27.

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65 m. ago Two Bollywood stars will be honoured with statues in London this year

In a tribute carved in bronze, two Bollywood icons will soon grace London’s iconic Leicester Square.

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65 m. ago Paula Radcliffe's huge net worth, sad reason she left the UK, London Marathon incident

Paula Radcliffe is one of Britain's all-time great athletes, and with the London Marathon taking place this weekend, we've taken a look at the Team GB hero's life

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2 h. ago Six 'dodgy' Greater Manchester pubs that people were wary of drinking in for good reason

Some of the region's boozers have gained a reputation for being 'rough' or a bit 'dodgy' over the years. Here, we look at the inside story of six notorious lost pubs

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2 h. ago ‘I haven’t slept for two days’: Kharkiv residents reel from Russian attacks

Exhausted residents point out latest drone strike came hours after Donald Trump’s rare rebuke to Vladimir PutinAbout 1am on Friday, Yuliia Verbytska woke to the sound of an air raid siren. She grabbed her teenage children – Dmitry, 17, and Olexiy, 12 – and sat in the corridor, checking her phone. In the sky above came an ominous whine. Minutes later, a Russian drone crashed into the disused soap factory down the road in Polyova Street. There was an enormous explosion.“We don’t have a shelter in our building, so we hide behind two concrete walls. All the neighbours sit together. You wonder if this is your last moment,” she said. Friday’s raid followed a massive attack on Thursday on Verbytska’s home, Ukraine’s second city, Kharkiv, and on the capital, Kyiv, where 12 people were killed. “I haven’t slept for two days,” she said wearily. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago How motherhood changes the way women listen: An extract from Alice Vincent’s new book

In her third book, bestselling author Alice Vincent tries to reconnect with lost parts of herself through sound. In this chapter, she speaks with Mercury Prize-nominated musician Bat for Lashes about why becoming a mother alters how – and what – we hear

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2 h. ago Tiny UK village 50 miles from capital where London Underground once stopped

It was once an important interchange boasting three platforms for welcoming passengers and freight, but no trains run there anymore

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2 h. ago Poundland confirms string of closures with four high street stores shutting within weeks

The discount store is shutting two of its south England branches in London and in Kent, one of its branches in Liverpool, and one in Wales

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2 h. ago Jury passes Kevin Thelwell verdict as big time Rangers claim chimes with theory about Celtic dominance

Our top team debate the big four burning questions in Scottish football this week

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2 h. ago Baby gets devastating cancer diagnosis after cough dismissed as 'nursery bug'

When little Beatrice Inow was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukaemia (AML), which is cancer of the white blood cells, her parents, from Highgate, north London, felt like their world had "imploded"

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2 h. ago Coronation Street's Jenny Connor sobbing as emotional exit confirmed in ITV soap

There's a big emotional outpouring for the Rovers Return landlady in the show next week

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3 h. ago We hid in the bathroom as bombs fell on Kyiv. Is this Trump’s idea of peace?

In the early hours of 24 April the realisation dawned: Putin will get a deal that humiliates Ukraine – or continue to slaughter our civiliansDay 1,156 of the invasion; 24 April 2025. Thirty hours after the end of Russia’s fake “Easter ceasefire”. It is 6.21am: feeling anxious, I call my father. He is travelling by train from the western part of Ukraine to Kyiv, due to arrive in 40 minutes. He picks up the phone, and from his cheerful tone I gather that he has not yet heard the news. I ask if the train is running late. My father says everything is fine, he can already spot familiar places in the Kyiv region. He wants to know why I doubt the arrival time. I tell him that sadly Russia has been shelling the country all night long. In Kyiv, I say, we have lived through one of the worst nights. “I’m jumping in a taxi,” I add. “I’ll see you soon.”Those who survive shelling often imitate the sounds of explosions when they talk about the experience. I instantly think of this when an early mo...

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3 h. ago Diablo 4 Season 8 start time and everything new that's coming with the seasonal update

The delayed Season 8 of Diablo 4 is finally upon us, as we say goodbye to the Season of Witchcraft next week.

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3 h. ago 'Nursery costs more than my salary' Parenting in Wales, where childcare is highest in UK

"Nursery costs more than my salary after tax and pension," said one full time working mother of two. Caroline and Matt Stuart could only both afford to return to work full time because Caroline's father looks after their sons two days a week.

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4 h. ago ‘You saw he was listening to you’: people Pope Francis met in their hour of need

The late pontiff embraced those traditionally on the margins of the church and society. Here, some of those he met describe his impactPope Francis announced his pastoral intentions from the very beginning of his papacy, saying he preferred a church that was “bruised, hurting and dirty” from being on the streets to one that was cautious and complacent. Although he never strayed from doctrine – to the annoyance of many optimistic liberals – his 12 years as pope were marked by a deliberate embrace of those historically on the margins of the church and society. He wanted a church, he said, for “todos, todos, todos” – which translates into: “Everyone, everyone, everyone.”Here, some of those who met him recall what his pontificate meant to them. Continue reading...

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