2 h. ago Adolescence viewers speechless as they only just realise where they’ve seen mum star before

Adolescence has had the nation gripped - but fans are only just realising where they have seen the actress who plays the mum before

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3 h. ago White House says intelligence sharing with Ukraine will continue after Trump call with Zelensky

Trump floated having the United States take ownership of Ukraine’s energy infrastructure during the hour-long call

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4 h. ago Young Scots sailor jailed in Bahrain as mum makes desperate plea for help

Owen Haggerty, 22, from Johnstone, Renfrewshire, was just a day away from returning home to Scotland when he tried to stop a street brawl on the middle eastern island last month.

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5 h. ago Adolescence star Stephen Graham reveals he suffered racist abuse because of his mixed race heritage

He's been the talk of the town since gracing screens on Netflix's Adolescence, which blew up instantly over night.

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5 h. ago Schoolgirl, 14, targeted by bullies after cancer surgery as mum sent disgusting text

Lucie Thomson has been the subject of a tirade of bullying since she went back to school in November following her last surgery to remove a brain tumour. She is now too scared to leave her house

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5 h. ago Trump says call with Zelensky was ‘very good’ after hourlong conversation

The call is the two leaders’ first contact since a disastrous meeting at the White House last month

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6 h. ago Paddy McGuinness names one thing he has 'never done' with 'every partner' he has had

Tempting Fortune star Paddy McGuinness admits his mum used to "spoil him rotten" and make his dinnners, but says he has rarely cooked with his partners over the years

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6 h. ago ‘I’ve had seals nibble my toes!’ How sunkissed Cornwall became a 422

Surfing? It’s as Cornish as piracy and pasties. As a thrilling exhibition opens in ‘Britain’s California’, we enter a heady world of coffinboards, hotdogging Aussies – and bans dished out to gangs fighting on the beach‘I had no friends,” says Charlotte Banfield, “and no interests. I was very depressed. It was all going to end very badly indeed for me.” Banfield – who has cerebral palsy, epilepsy and autism, and was being bullied at school – thought of taking her life. But then, aged 13, she was enrolled by her mum in a six-week surfing course run by the Wave Project, which helps to improve children’s confidence and ease their anxiety through riding breakers. It was a pivotal moment, not least because Banfield was about to be excluded from school.Her first surf class was a disaster, though. “I had a phobia of water. I couldn’t stand it on my skin. I ran away and locked myself in the car.” But something – perhaps the sense that there was “no pressure” – brought her back. “When I went ...

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6 h. ago Trump and Zelensky speak after Putin breaks word on infrastructure attacks

The call is the two leaders first contact since a disastrous meeting at the White House last month

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7 h. ago Ashley Dale's mum warns 'stay away from bad boys' after daughter shot dead by boyfriend's rival

Julie Dale - mum of 28-year-old Ashley who was shot dead by her boyfriend's rival in her own home - has spoken of her fears for women and girls

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7 h. ago Arsenal: Jorginho spotted at airport as he addresses talk of summer move to Flamengo

Jorginho is out of contract at Arsenal at the end of the season and Flamengo are hoping to seal a free transfer

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7 h. ago Teen killer who stabbed mum to death with 'Rambo' knife has sentence cut

The youngster cannot be named for legal reasons.

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7 h. ago 'Mumcation' trend sees thousands ditch holidays with mates to go away with parent

A quarter of people are planning “mumcations”. Thailand and Argentina top the list for those seeking adventure, while Las Vegas and Ibiza are the party hot-spots

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7 h. ago 'My daughter would only eat Yorkshire puddings – but she wasn't just being fussy'

Tallulah Dent, 12, was diagnosed with an eating disorder in 2024 after refusing to have any food other than Yorkshire puddings - her mum had initially believed she was just being 'fussy'

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8 h. ago Horror as woman is found mummified after lying dead for 14 years in holiday hotspot

The grim discovery was made by a squatter who forced the lock on the property to access it with his 11-year-old daughter.

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8 h. ago Man who killed his mum and siblings and plotted primary school massacre jailed for life

Nicholas Prosper had planned to carry out a mass shooting at his old primary school

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8 h. ago Tragedy as mum died after being unable to get toothache appointment

Leigh Rodgers admitted herself to hospital after struggling to get a dentist appointment for weeks, but things took a tragic turn after a CT scan

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8 h. ago Agonising final hours of family shot dead by twisted son and mum's haunting last photo

In the hours before he slaughtered his mother, Juliana Falcon, 48, and younger siblings, Giselle Prosper, 13, and Kyle Prosper, 16, Nicolas Prosper, who has today been sentenced, issued a chilling threat

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8 h. ago ‘It’s beautiful, don’t you think?’ The urban miners unearthing treasure in Belgium’s homes and garages

As the historic town of Leuven strives to become carbon neutral, it is transforming how its building are made – and demolished. Are there lessons for the rest of the world?Kelly Sempels’ dad was a builder, most of her five brothers are builders, and, until leaving her last job, she too was a builder. Now, after a career fixing roofs and laying bricks Sempels is plying a new trade: “urban mining”. She and her crew of six still dress and talk like builders, but their focus now revolves less around construction than dismantling.“I love it when I can go to work and learn something new,” says the 43-year-old, pointing to a pile of laminate floor tiles in the corner of the terrace house that she is helping to strip. “Like how to break wooden floors without actually breaking them.” Continue reading...

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10 h. ago I don’t wear makeup but my wedding is coming up – can I go bare

It’s radical to choose to cry, laugh and hug without regard for running mascara, writes advice columnist Jessica DeFinoHi Ugly,I haven’t worn makeup in years but my wedding is coming up in November and I’m facing a lot of pressure to wear it (from friends, my mum and my sisters – not my partner). I want to stand by the idea that my natural face is formal enough. I really want to cry, laugh and hug without worrying about smudging my face. But I worry about being “underdressed” at my own wedding. I’m sure even our celebrant will look more glam than me.My father had plastic surgery. Now he wants me and my mother to get work doneHow should I be styling my pubic hair?How do I deal with imperfection?I want to ignore beauty culture. But I’ll never get anywhere if I don’t look a certain way Continue reading...

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