10 m. ago How to keep your children safe from predators on holiday: We reveal the popular destinations marred by sex attacks

While trips abroad should be a time for freedom and new experiences for young ones, it's wise to ensure they are safely organised to minimise the chances of attacks and incidents involving predators.

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27 m. ago Stalker followed ex around supermarket where she worked and threatened to be her 'worst nightmare'

A judge said it was clear 27-year-old Joshua Hearn had not been able to accept the ending of the relationship

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35 m. ago Voices: Inflation has delivered a nasty shock – but don’t panic just yet...

The Bank of England can still cut rates at its August meeting, reassures James Moore. So, this blip may prove temporary...

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40 m. ago Cheapest ways to set up your own outdoor kitchen—including £20 portable hob loved by chefs

Enjoy alfresco cooking and dining this summer with these top buys to create your own outdoor kitchen without blowing the bank - from a £20 portable hub to a top-rated Ninja gadget

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48 m. ago Killer space meatballs to cursed shrubbery: Stephen King’s TV adaptations – rated bad to best

Television versions of the author’s writing have been mixed, to say the least. Ahead of The Institute – about a bootcamp for telekinetic kids – we rate the lot, from the volcanically dull to the Tim Curry-as-Pennywise brilliantThere are several things we have come to expect from small-screen adaptations of Stephen King’s many, many novels and short stories and they are, generally speaking, these: there will be a small town beset by an Ageless Evil. There will be children, some of whom will be dead, others merely telekinetic and/or screaming in pyjamas. There will be blood. And flannel shirts. And dialogue so awful you will want to bludgeon it with a spade and inter it in an ancient burial ground, despite the suspicion that it will rise from the dead and continue to torment you.Like the generally superior film versions of the author’s works, some of these TV adaptations will, in fact, be very enjoyable. Others will not. And then there is The Institute (MGM+), a new adaptation of a mi...

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2 h. ago Hundreds of children to be tested for sexually transmitted infections in Australia amid childcare abuse case

Police expand probe to four new centres as families demand answers over failures in screening process

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2 h. ago Millionaire car boot king's dementia was so bad he drove his car at children, says son battling stepmother for £43m estate

The fortune of car boot king Richard Scott is at the centre of a £43m will fight between his eldest son Adam Scott , 62, and his former cleaner-turned second bride Jennifer Scott, 60.

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2 h. ago More than a quarter of British pubs have closed since 2000. Here’s why

Recent figures from the British Beer and Pub Association show that pubs will close at the rate of one a day in the UK during 2025

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2 h. ago Inflation latest: Rising fuel and food costs behind surprise rise

Latest on UK figures data plus stock markets updates, business and money news on Wednesday

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2 h. ago Jeremy Clarkson gives concerning update on future of his farm after 'worst year ever'

The TV star, 65, said they had been struggling with ‘shocking’ conditions at his 1,000-acre Oxfordshire farm

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3 h. ago Will interest rates be cut in August? The key factors for the Bank of England and 2025 predictions

Experts expect a split vote at the MPC’s meeting on 7 August

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4 h. ago England fined and docked points for slow over rate against India

England went 2-1 up in the five-Test series with a thrilling 22-run victory

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4 h. ago Households face new squeeze as June inflation unexpectedly jumps to 3.6%

The “grim” jump in inflation to an 18 month high is not expected to prevent an interest rate cut next month

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4 h. ago Teenage vaping in Australia has ‘turned a corner’ after ban, study says

Australia health minister credits vape ban for reduced rates of consumption among children

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4 h. ago Wing, Back, Utaka: a brief history of footballers with names similar to their position | The Knowledge

Plus: most champions-in-waiting beaten en route to Champions League glory and the hottest English match on recordMail us with your questions and answers“Arsenal have signed a new keeper, Kepa,” noted John Marsden last week. “Are there any other examples of players with a name so similar to their position?”While we can’t find a player named Left Back, there is a former Anderlecht defender by the name of Mark De Man (which, admittedly, is an on-pitch instruction not a role). The Belgium international earned five caps for his country and retired in 2012 with a spell at third-division KSK Hasselt, having rejected the chance to make the move to Kilmarnock. “I have two children and my wife has a good job. I did not want to move to Scotland on my own,” said De Man. Continue reading...

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4 h. ago Teenage pregnancy rates are a barometer of Britain’s progress. The tale they now tell is not reassuring | Polly Toynbee

Years of austerity have destroyed the web of services that tackled this complex problem. Compared to our European neighbours, we are failingIt takes the passing of time to fully grasp the scale of the previous government’s vandalism. Think where we would be now had the Tories not dismantled the social programmes they inherited from New Labour, with so many showing rapid progress. Those watching the statistics had a jolt last week when figures from the Office for National Statistics for 2022 seemed to show the second annual rise in teenage pregnancies in England and Wales, after a decade of falling rates.This may turn out to be the result of pandemic distortions in the previous year, when numbers dropped due to teens not meeting. The next figures may return to the previous trajectory, but that’s still a sluggish rate of falling teenage conceptions and it throws into stark perspective how far Britain lags behind similar countries. The UK now has the 22nd-lowest teenage pregnancy rate ...

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4 h. ago Inflation latest: June figures show unexpected rise to 3.6% as fuel and food costs continue to increase

Latest on UK figures data plus stock markets updates, business and money news on Wednesday

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5 h. ago Mum with 'pregnancy rash' left suicidal and unable to hold children

Rachel says it sometimes feels like she is on fire and her skin looks 'like death'

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5 h. ago Another huge blow for Rachel Reeves as inflation RISES to 3.6% defying predictions from analysts leaving hopes of interest rate cuts in the balance

The headline CPI rate had been expected to stay on hold at 3.4 per cent in the year to June, but instead increased to 3.6 per cent.

Economics

5 h. ago Inflation latest: June figures show unexpected rise to 3.6% as fuel costs continue to increase

Latest on UK figures data plus stock markets updates, business and money news on Wednesday

Economics