62 h. ago I caught my husband's birthday betrayal on the Ring doorbell camera. Like a coward, I thanked him anyway: DEAR JANE

It was recently my birthday and, as a treat, my husband offered to make me a nice meal at home one night after work to celebrate. Then, I got a notification on my phone.

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5 d. ago UK holidaymakers don't relax until day six as they're always checking doorbell cams

Brits still monitor work emails, check their doorbell cameras and worrying about money days into their holidays in far-flung destinations, fresh research would suggest

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8 d. ago ‘People sleeping while walking’: inside Manston asylum centre in Kent

Six staff members speak of new arrivals’ exhaustion and ill-health and colleagues’ indifference to their plightWhen asylum seekers first arrive at Manston, a former military base outside Ramsgate in Kent, they are ushered from one enormous, grubby marquee to the next for a series of interviews and checks.As many as 1,000 people a day are processed at the site after crossing the Channel in small boats, and interviews continue through the night. Upon arrival in the UK, exhausted and disorientated, their phones and other belongings are taken from them and placed in distinctive blue plastic bags. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Holidaymakers don't relax until day six of trips as they're always checking doorbell cams

The survey by low-cost airline Vueling found our favourite holidays include stepping off the plane, feeling the heat and the first sip of a cocktail after a day spent sunbathing

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1 week ago I heard my mother's murderer smash into her home on the Ring doorbell before beating her to death

Natasha Flynn-Farrell could only watch helplessly from her own home as Mears, 34, kicked in the front door and smashed the window of her mother's home in north Wales last October.

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1 week ago Mystery man drops trousers and takes a dump on front door as neighbours ask poo dunnit

The disgusting moment was captured on doorbell camera footage in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, last Friday (August 15). The balding, middle-aged man strolled past before returning to poo

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2 w. ago India and Pakistan tensions spill over into contest over whose flagpole is bigger

Nationalist rivalries are on show at border crossing where soldiers in elaborate uniforms perform flag ceremonies each nightAt a remote, monsoon-soaked border checkpoint, Indian soldiers will mark Independence Day by raising the country’s tricolour on a mast that towers above a Pakistani flag flying just across the frontier – part of an ongoing vertical duel in South Asia’s fraught politics.Call it flag warfare: a contest not of weapons but of height, waged by two nuclear-armed neighbours that only three months ago fought a four-day battle which threatened to escalate into full-scale war. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Aberdeen v Celtic and Community Shield buildup to the big match at Wembley – matchday live

News and discussion as Sunday’s action beginsGet in touch | Check out the day’s upcoming fixturesLiverpool fans are in optimistic mood ahead of their season curtain-raiser today.Are we really going full José Mourinho and counting it as a trophy? Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Aberdeen v Celtic and Community Shield buildup to Crystal Palace v Liverpool – matchday live

News and discussion as Sunday’s action beginsGet in touch | Check out the day’s upcoming fixturesLiverpool fans are in optimistic mood ahead of their season curtain-raiser today.Are we really going full José Mourinho and counting it as a trophy? Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Community Shield buildup to Liverpool v Crystal Palace and more – matchday live

News and discussion as we count down to the actionGet in touch | Check out the day’s upcoming fixturesEddie Howe might be in the dark about Alexander Isak but it seems Newcastle are finally making some incoming moves in the summer market.Malick Thiaw from AC Milan seems like a deal they’ll get done; he’s a promising young defender and the fee looks to be around £30m. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago United announce Sesko deal, Football League buildup and latest news – matchday live

News and discussion as we count down to the actionGet in touch | Check out the day’s upcoming fixturesManchester City’s Rodri, who missed most of last season after rupturing anterior cruciate ligament injury last September, is unlikely to be “really fit” until after this September’s international break, says manager Pep Guardiola.The midfielder’s fitful comeback was interrupted at the Club World Cup in the United States when a substitute appearance at the last-16 stage against Al-Hilal was curtailed in extra time by an unspecified injury. “Rodri is getting better but he had a big injury in the last game against Al-Hilal,” said Guardiola. “He has trained better in the last few days. Hopefully after the international break, he will be really fit.” Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Football League buildup, transfer updates and latest news – matchday live

News and discussion as we count down to the actionGet in touch | Check out the day’s upcoming fixturesManchester City’s Rodri, who missed most of last season after rupturing anterior cruciate ligament injury last September, is unlikely to be “really fit” until after this September’s international break, says manager Pep Guardiola.The midfielder’s fitful comeback was interrupted at the Club World Cup in the United States when a substitute appearance at the last-16 stage against Al-Hilal was curtailed in extra time by an unspecified injury. “Rodri is getting better but he had a big injury in the last game against Al-Hilal,” said Guardiola. “He has trained better in the last few days. Hopefully after the international break, he will be really fit.” Continue reading...

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