86 m. ago From 'the fat one' to 'feeling confident' woman loses 2st in two months

Sarah Hill, 32, from Glasgow, had struggled with her weight since her late teens - but everything changed after using a jab

Politics

2 h. ago Starmer’s PIP disability cuts could see claimants lose £10,000 a year, MPs warn

More than 100 Labour MPs could vote against Sir Keir Starmer’s welfare cuts

Events

2 h. ago First Air India crash funeral held as Brit mum victim released to family

Elcina Alpesh Makwana, 41, was one of at least 270 people who were killed in the Air India crash. Her body was released to her family and she has now been buried

Events

3 h. ago Blaise Metreweli named as first woman to lead UK intelligence service MI6

Metreweli, 47, has held series of director-level roles in foreign intelligence service and in domestic agency MI5MI6, the UK’s foreign intelligence service, is to be led by a woman for the first time, Keir Starmer has announced.Blaise Metreweli, a career intelligence officer who joined the service in 1999, will take over from Sir Richard Moore in the autumn, becoming its 18th chief. Continue reading...

Politics

3 h. ago MI6 appoints first ever female chief to lead secret intelligence service

Blaise Metreweli will become 'C', the only publicly named member of the MI6 intelligence service, in the autumn - the first woman ever to hold the top-secret job

Politics

3 h. ago Hollywood icon Julia Roberts joins crowds at Soccer Aid in surprise cameo

The Pretty Woman icon was spotted in the crowd.

Politics

5 h. ago Soccer Aid fans divided as they point out 'annoying issue' with Louis Tomlinson on the pitch

Soccer Aid, which has been running for more than two decades and has raised more than £100 million overall, had Sam Matterface as the commentator, with Iain Stirling joining him

Sport

6 h. ago Woman dies after falling at beauty spot in Scottish Highlands

The woman was pronounced dead at the scene of the falls.

Events

7 h. ago Dyson Purifier that's 'fantastic for allergy sufferers' gets £100 discount

Normally £449.99, this Dyson Air Purifier has £100 off right now.

Economics

9 h. ago The Guardian view on the Women’s prize for nonfiction: shining a light where it’s badly needed | Editorial

Having a separate award was good for female novelists. Now a medical author is blazing a trail with a true storyFemale nonfiction writers are paid less on average, receive fewer reviews and win fewer prizes than men. Unsurprisingly, this means that women sell fewer books. So far this year, more than 60% of titles on the UK’s hardback and paperback nonfiction bestseller lists have been by men.Kate Mosse wants to change this. Famously, she set up the Women’s prize for fiction after there was not a single woman on the 1991 Booker shortlist. This year Ms Mosse’s award celebrates its 30th anniversary. With previous winners including Zadie Smith, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and Maggie O’Farrell, it has changed the publishing landscape to the extent that some suggest it is now redundant: last year, five out of the six books on the Booker prize shortlist were by women, and the winner was Samantha Harvey. Indeed, such is the pre-eminence of female novelists that there is talk of a cri...

Politics

9 h. ago Major rescue operation launched after car crashes off mountain pass

Emergency crews worked in difficult terrain to rescue an injured woman

Events

10 h. ago ‘We’re so big we could do a gig on the moon’: tribute acts on fame, money and what it takes to make it

Dave Grohl is Bjorn Again’s ‘biggest fan’. Kelly O’Brien took out a loan to buy boobs to match Dolly Parton’s. Four tribute acts reflect on ‘the best job in the world’Get our weekend culture and lifestyle emailPink Floyd, Queen, AC/DC and, of course, Elvis play every weekend around Australia, often to sell-out crowds. Sure, they might not be the real thing – but they’re close enough.Tribute acts – the artists who make their living performing covers of well-known musicians – are not new. But in the past few years they’ve surged in popularity – even while Australia’s live music industry has struggled – as audiences embrace nostalgia more than ever before. RSLs and regional towns might be the stomping ground for tribute acts but today the best in the business can charge more than $100 a ticket.Sign up for the fun stuff with our rundown of must-reads, pop culture and tips for the weekend, every Saturday morning Continue reading...

Politics

10 h. ago Rescue launched as woman slips on rocks at Scots beauty spot

Pictures taken from Cramond Beach show a huge emergency response, with coastguard and RNLI at the scene on June 15. A woman slipped on rocks and suffered a head injury.

Events

11 h. ago The shocking web of lies spun by a broke deadbeat to trick women

My daughter had just given birth to her first child when her boyfriend moved another woman in. This was just the beginning of our nightmare...

Events

11 h. ago Kieran Trippier's estranged wife Charlotte 'consults lawyers' over marriage after England star seen with arm around mystery woman in Ibiza

The Newcastle United defender, 34, was seen mingling at the Spanish island resort - fuelling further speculation about his split from wife of nine years Charlotte.

Politics

11 h. ago Man and a woman injured in dog attack as 'Bully' seized by police

A man and a woman were taken to hospital after being bitten

Events

11 h. ago 'Bring back dog licences and charge for paper cups to help tackle littering epidemic'

Senedd members have drawn up a wishlist of demands as parties look to create their manifestos

Politics

12 h. ago Solo traveller in Tenerife says her glass of wine 'disappeared' during dinner

One evening, she was at a table with a family of five, only for the mother to object to her drinking on the grounds that she was a woman doing so.

Events

12 h. ago Men charged over death of man found at side of Scots country road

The men were arrested alongside a 40-year-old woman, who has since been released pending further investigation.

Events

14 h. ago Son of Air India crash victim says he missed her last call: ‘My worst nightmare’

The son of a British-Indian woman who died in the Air India plane crash has revealed he missed her last phone call, made just hours before she boarded the ill-fated flight.

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