45 h. ago 'It's a wee legacy': The one school blazer worn by 18 Scottish family members and friends for three decades

The blazer has been worn by 18 children across five different schools in Midlothian

Politics

3 d. ago How to get a new school uniform for as little as £3 at Sainsbury's Tu Clothing

Sainsbury's uniforms feature perfect colour retention - a technology to maintain colour and whiteness as well as permanent pleats and creases

Economics

6 d. ago ‘I live for a chance to leave Iraq’: how I survived torture and slavery at the hands of Islamic State

A decade on from being freed, a Yazidi woman tells how she endured being abducted by militants when she was aged nineMy childhood living in a village in northern Iraq near the city of Mosul was rich in happiness despite the lack of resources. I was fond of my school and friends and enjoyed a warm family life filled with laughter. That all vanished when Islamic State forces invaded our area.When we heard of their approach [IS took control of large areas of northern Iraq and its second biggest city, Mosul, in 2014], we tried to escape but were surrounded by five IS vehicles. The men were separated and they took my father and one of my cousins and shot them in front of us. Continue reading...

Events

9 d. ago Brad Pitt shows love for mother Jane Etta in heartbreaking clip just weeks before her death

The actor's family confirmed Wednesday that Jane, a retired school counselor, had died at the age of 84.

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1 week ago Two dine for under £20 at Frankie & Benny’s – and you don’t even need to book

This high street dining deal covers pizza, pasta, burgers and dessert – and it’s available nationwide seven days a week.

Economics

1 week ago The Kingdom review – an intensely exciting and absorbing mob drama

Corsica-set mafia tale boasts outstanding performances from first-time actors as it follows a teenage girl discovering and revelling in her status as the blueblood daughter of a crime bossThere are fierce and overwhelmingly authentic performances here from first-timers in Julien Colonna’s terrific mob drama. The setting is Corsica, around the 1990s, in the coastal region of Ajaccio, famously the home of Napoleon. Lesia (played by nonprofessional Ghjuvanna Benedetti) is a moody 15-year-old girl living with her aunt, hanging out with her friends and boisterous extended family of cousins.School is out for the summer and Lesia appears to be getting into a romance with a local boy. Maybe because of this, or due to other reasons, she is ordered to leave her aunt’s house and go to the luxurious and fortified family compound of her widowed father. This is mob boss Pierre-Paul (superbly played by Saveriu Santucci), a heavy-set, slow-moving but intimidating patriarch who is perhaps displeased...

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1 week ago Toby Carvery vouchers get £8 meals for the whole family during school holidays

Save big on pub food this summer with vouchers for Toby Carvery meals.

Economics

3 w. ago Heartbreaking final words of young girl trapped in mudflow for 60 hours

For nearly three days, the school girl remained trapped in the wreckage of her family home after Colombia's Nevado del Ruiz volcano erupted.

Politics

4 w. ago Save £50 on a family trip for 3 to Legoland Windsor this school holiday with limited time offer

The offer is available for a limited time only and lets you take two children and one adult, or two adults and one child, to the family-friendly Legoland theme park

Economics