48 m. ago Thousands of carers to have overpayments reviewed after decade

Historic overpayments led to many carers unwittingly racking up unmanageable levels of debt.

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50 m. ago OAP aristocrat's 'utterly shameful' act after finding partner 46 years younger

Multi-millionaire Sir Benjamin Slade has been on a quest to find a much younger woman to bear him a son and heir to his vast Somerset estate – but there's several requirements they must reach

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58 m. ago At least 127 civilians killed in Israeli strikes on Lebanon since ceasefire, UN says

A year since deal agreed, UN calls for investigation into possible violations of international law by all partiesAt least 127 civilians have been killed in Israeli attacks on Lebanon since a ceasefire was declared nearly a year ago, the UN has said as it called for an impartial investigation into the strikes.“We continue to witness increasing attacks by the Israeli military, resulting in the killing of civilians and destruction of civilian objects in Lebanon, coupled with alarming threats of a wider, intensified offensive,” said Thameen Al-Kheetan, a spokesperson for the UN human rights office, at a Geneva press briefing. Continue reading...

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73 m. ago Mick Schumacher confirms American career switch after latest F1 snub

The German driver, son of seven-time F1 world champion Michael Schumacher, has been out of F1 since 2022

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85 m. ago The long and winding road: Stuart Maconie on why our opinions about the Beatles keep changing

Fans and historians have spent 60 years debating what the band means – and which member is greatest. Will the returning Anthology project and Sam Mendes’s planned biopics create new arguments?The early notion of the Beatles as “four lads that shook the world” has been subject to many shifts in emphasis over the decades. They have been valorised, vilified, mythologised, misunderstood and even ignored. The release this month of the new Beatles Anthology – an expansion of the original mid-1990s compilation with CD, vinyl reissues and the documentary series streaming on Disney+ – is testament not just to their enduring appeal but also to how the constant reframing of their story reveals as much about our changing tastes. The 2025 edition arrives as a full-scale revisitation of the original project, bringing with it a remastered, expanded documentary series and a substantial reissue campaign.What is more likely to reshape the way we see the band, though, is the addition of a brand-new ni...

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1 hour ago Rutger Bregman accuses BBC of censoring his Reith lecture on Trump

Dutch writer says claim that Trump was ‘most openly corrupt president in US history’ was removedThe BBC has been plunged into a new row over its treatment of Donald Trump, after an academic accused it of censoring his remarks about alleged corruption by the US president.Rutger Bregman, a Dutch author and historian, said the BBC had removed a “key line” from a flagship address he had been invited to give by the corporation. Continue reading...

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1 hour ago Reith lecturer accuses BBC of censoring his remarks on Trump

Dutch writer Rutger Bregman says claim that Trump was ‘most openly corrupt president in US history’ was removedThe BBC has been plunged into a new row over its treatment of Donald Trump, after an academic accused it of censoring his remarks about alleged corruption by the US president.Rutger Bregman, a Dutch author and historian, said the BBC had removed a “key line” from a flagship address he had been invited to give by the corporation. Continue reading...

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1 hour ago Could the ‘notch’ be key to understanding ACL injuries in women’s football?

Research is on ‘an upward curve’ and the next five years could be vital in trying to limit cruciate rupturesPlayers who compete in the top two levels of German women’s football are four times more likely to rupture their anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) than their male counterparts, according to the German Football Association (DFB).The governing body has funded a central injury and illness registry in women’s football for three years. So far in the Frauen Bundesliga, Germany’s top flight, there have been a reported seven ACL injuries 10 games into the current campaign. In the men’s Bundesliga, meanwhile, there have been three such injuries. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago Man suspected of killing his missing farmer father and driving car at his brother before taking his own life in outbuilding

Police investigating the disappearance of an elderly farmer have launched a murder investigation after the body of his son was found in an outbuilding.

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2 h. ago Jewelled golden hare behind picture book Masquerade could sell for £20,000

Artist and author Kit Williams hid a golden hare in 1979 – with clues to its precise location given in his book Masquerade.

Economics

2 h. ago Google Maps blunder turns tiny village into shortcut route, causing it to be 'bombarded' by lorries that are damaging people's Grade II

Historic bridges, walls, Grade II homes and even cars in Lulligton have been damaged ever since lorries started driving through to reach nearby Frome.

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3 h. ago 'What happened?!' cry I'm A Celebrity fans as beloved part of show 'disappears' from screens without explanation

I'm A Celeb fans have been left scratching their heads after a beloved part of the show has seemingly 'disappeared' without explanation.

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3 h. ago Jurgen Klopp made another Liverpool return hint as club chief backs him for comeback

Bayern Munich honorary president Uli Hoeness believes Jurgen Klopp will soon return to management, after the German appeared to leave the door open to Liverpool return

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3 h. ago ‘The narwhals stop calling’: how the noise from ships is silencing wildlife in the Arctic

Evidence that the whales and other marine animals are particularly vulnerable to sound is driving calls for quieter vesselsThe delicate clicks and whistles of narwhals carry through Tasiujaq, locally known as Eclipse Sound, at the eastern Arctic entrance of the Northwest Passage. A hydrophone in this shipping corridor off Baffin Island, Nunavut, captures their calls as the tusked whales navigate their autumn migration route to northern Baffin Bay.But as the Nordic Odyssey, a 225-metre ice-class bulk carrier servicing the nearby iron ore mine, approaches, its low engine rumble gives way to a wall of sound created by millions of collapsing bubbles from its propeller. The narwhals’ acoustic signals, evolved for one of Earth’s quietest environments, fall silent. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago Scientists launch search for hairy snail that’s been in UK since the ice age

A new initiative sees conservationists and citizen scientists uniting to protect London’s "charming little" German hairy snail.

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5 h. ago Woman, 30, put double vision down to flight before 'terrifying' diagnosis

Abi Smith then started to lose mobility and the ability to hold objects

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5 h. ago More than 2,000 children disappear in social services care each year, report finds

A new report that reveals the rate at which vulnerable children go missing in the care of social services has exposed safeguarding failures, charities say

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5 h. ago Lidl kicks off supermarket Christmas dinner wars as it offers festive feast for just £11.85

The bulk of the total cost - equating to £1.48 per person - being offered by the German discounter this festive season comes from a whole turkey costing £9, followed by gravy for £1.09.

Economics

6 h. ago ‘Alicante cuisine epitomises the Mediterranean’: a gastronomic journey in south

The Alicante region is renowned for its rice and seafood dishes. Less well known is that its restaurant scene has a wealth of talented female chefs, a rarity in SpainI’m on a quest in buzzy, beachy Alicante on the Costa Blanca to investigate the rice dishes the Valencian province is famed for, as well as explore the vast palm grove of nearby Elche. I start with a pilgrimage to a restaurant featured in my book on tapas, Andaluz, a mere 25 years ago. Mesón de Labradores in the pedestrianised old town is now engulfed by Italian eateries (so more pizza and pasta than paella) but it remains a comforting outpost of tradition and honest food.Here I catch up with Timothy Denny, a British chef who relocated to Spain, gained an alicantina girlfriend and became a master of dishes from the region. Over a fideuá de mariscos (seafood noodles, €20), we chew over local gastronomy. “For me, Alicante epitomises the Mediterranean – for rice, seafood and artichokes,” he says. “But there are curiosities...

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6 h. ago Tragedy as body found in search for missing woman, 78, after vanishing two weeks ago

COPS have tragically discovered a body after an urgent hunt was launched to find a missing woman who vanished two weeks ago. Concerns had been growing for Christine Murton, who disappeared after leaving her home in Ipswich, Suffolk, on November 12. Christine, 78, was reported missing in the evening after she was believed to have left her house...

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