2 h. ago Patriotic punters in women’s Euros final costs Ladbrokes owner in winnings

One of the UK’s biggest bookies has said it lost out on winnings paid in the women’s Euros final as patriotic fans got behind the Lionesses, while the men’s Club World Cup drew in “surprising” global support.

Politics

4 h. ago BBC staff left 'raging' as Huw Edwards keeps hold of £200k salary amid job losses

Disgraced BBC News presenter Huw Edwards still hasn't paid back his £200,000 salary to the BBC after he was still paid for five months following his arrest

Economics

6 h. ago Family pay tribute to 'beautiful' girl, 13, who police believe was raped and murdered

Casey-Louise, 13, died on Tuesday after her body was found in a Huddersfield flat and her family have paid tribute, describing her as a 'beautiful' person

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6 h. ago Family pay tribute to 'beautiful' girl, 13, who police think was raped and murdered

Casey-Louise, 13, died on Tuesday after her body was found in a Huddersfield flat and her family have paid tribute, describing her as a 'beautiful' person

Events

6 h. ago Record salaries for UK chief executives as pay rises for third year in a row

Report finds more than £1bn handed out to just 217 FTSE 100 bosses in the last financial yearThe bosses of Britain’s largest listed companies took home record high pay packets for the third successive year, according to a report.Analysis found that the record set in the last financial year means the average FTSE 100 chief executive is now paid 122 times the salary of the average full-time UK worker. Continue reading...

Economics

8 h. ago Jacob Ramsey delighted with £39m move from Aston Villa to Newcastle

Midfielder cites Eddie Howe’s ability to develop playersRamsey leaves Villa after 167 senior appearancesNewcastle have completed the signing of Aston Villa midfielder Jacob Ramsey. The 24-year-old has signed a long-term contract with the club, who are understood to have paid an initial £39m for his services, with a further £4m due in add-ons.The Villa academy graduate, who made 167 appearances for their senior team, 10 of them in last season’s Champions League, is the fourth acquisition of the summer for the Newcastle head coach, Eddie Howe. Continue reading...

Economics

9 h. ago Pensioners lose battle to save West Lothian community cafe in their retirement home

An 11th-hour rescue plan, which would have kept just one paid member of staff at the Rosemount Gardens cafe, was rejected by the Integration Joint Board which oversees social care.

Events

9 h. ago Vegas teachers are getting lapband surgery paid for if they don’t put weight back on

Over 50 teachers in the Clark County School District have taken advantage of the program, which reimburses the $5,000 copay for bariatric surgery if they keep the weight off for five years.

Society

10 h. ago Voices: Pricing people out of using Mounjaro would be bad news for the NHS

The astronomical rise in weight-loss drug prices caused by Trump’s tariffs could have a significant – and dangerous – impact on Britain’s pharmacies and patients, writes Leyla Hannbeck, CEO of the Independent Pharmacies Association

Politics

10 h. ago Jade Thirlwall admits 'daily battle' to not take Ozempic after cruel comments

Singer Jade Thirlwall has revealed that in the past, she has considered taking Ozempic after some social media users shared cruel comments about her weight

Events

11 h. ago The incredible honour I received after travelling with the same train company since 1999

Retired teacher Steve Calladine, who lives in Teignmouth, Devon, was left stunned when he was told that Trainline were set to honour his commitment to rail travel in a very special way.

Politics

13 h. ago Government orders striking Air Canada flight attendants to return to work

Union criticises move less than 12 hours after start of action that has left more than 100,000 travellers strandedThe Canadian government has forced flight attendants at Air Canada back to work less than 12 hours after they began striking and ordered binding arbitration over a dispute that has left more than 100,000 travellers stranded around the world during the peak summer travel season.Since March, Canada’s largest airline and the union representing its flight attendants have been locked in an increasingly bitter dispute over what the union has described as “poverty wages” and unpaid labour. Flight attendants are not paid for any work before or after the plane takes off. Continue reading...

Politics

16 h. ago ‘Your work changed the course of my entire life’: novelist Douglas Stuart meets painter Jenny Saville

He was a struggling 16-year-old when he first saw her paintings. Now, the Booker prize-winning author of Shuggie Bain sits down with the record-breaking artist to talk early success, bad reviews, and the joys of making artIn the summer of 1992, I was a 16-year-old who was watching his mother drink herself to death. I had a desperate need to find work and somewhere to stay, and so remaining in education didn’t seem like a possibility. I had two teachers who saw how I was struggling. They dreamed a future for me that I could never have imagined for myself. One evening they took me up to the degree show at the Glasgow School of Art, and there I came face to face with the paintings of Jenny Saville.The power of that encounter has never left me. Those images were fierce and confrontational. A few months after the degree show, I lost my mother to her addiction. With the support of my teachers, I eventually finished school and went on to art school and built a career in design. Meanwhile, ...

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17 h. ago World’s richest footballer’s net worth is 344 times more than Premier League’s best paid star

Erling Haaland is the highest-paid player in the Premier League, but the Manchester City striker is a long way off ever being the world's richest footballer, even with his huge contract

Politics

17 h. ago 40stone dad too fat to fit in car loses half his body weight

James, 38, has now finished six triathlons and three marathons

Politics

18 h. ago BBC Breakfast host announces tragic death news in moving tribute to 'icon'

BBC Breakfast presenter Ben Boulos paid tribute to a World War II legend on Sunday

Events

18 h. ago Teachers quitting in droves as system is 'broken' and failing our children

Teachers are quitting their jobs in droves because of a “broken” Special Educational Needs (SEN) system, which they say is failing thousands of children

Society

20 h. ago ‘Being short is a curse’: the men paying thousands to get their legs broken – and lengthened

It looks like medieval torture, from the metal rods inserted into sawn bones to the months of agonising recovery. But to some, travelling to Turkey to gain a few inches is a (very high) price worth payingIt was on his honeymoon in Kuala Lumpur, looking out of his hotel window at the silvery points of the world’s tallest twin skyscrapers, that Frank decided it was time to become taller. He had recently confessed to his new wife how much his height had bothered him since he was a teenager. As a man dedicated to self-improvement, Frank wanted to take action. He picked up the phone, called a clinic in Turkey that specialises in leg lengthening surgery – and made a booking.“I had a lot of second thoughts – at the end of the day, someone’s going to break your legs,” he says, propped up on a hotel bed in Istanbul, his legs splayed in front of him, bracketed by a brace on each thigh. His wife, Emilia, tends to him, fetching painkillers and ice packs for the wound sites where the braces punc...

Politics

24 h. ago Fat jabs like Ozempic and Mounjaro threaten to push up pension age as life expectancy rises

With more than 1.5 million people now using weight-loss drugs in the UK, the number-crunchers say that actuarial calculations about life expectancy will have to be adjusted.

Events

24 h. ago Truth about 'sad, horrible' incident that triggered Peter Andre's explosion of rage with Katie Price: Full details of 'lies', Princess feud and why it could cost her thousands told to KATIE HIND

Walking through the restaurant of a hotel in Istanbul, Katie Price posed for the paparazzi to show off her latest cosmetic surgery - a facelift.

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