45 m. ago England rugby ace fights to change narrative on diabetes despite daughter worry

Henry Slade has launched a new campaign to educate the public on the condition with which both he and his father were diagnosed, and now so too has his daughter

Sport

58 m. ago Nobody's Child £79 cardigan reduced to £32 in clearance 'looks a lot more expensive'

The heritage-inspired cardigan can be styled with jeans or paired with smart trousers on office days

Economics

75 m. ago UK libraries urged to remove children’s books with URL hijacked by porn site

Puffin issues alert to schools and local authorities over books in popular Spy Dog series by Andrew CopeThe children’s publisher Puffin is hurriedly contacting UK schools and local authorities after it discovered that a website address included in a popular children’s book series had been hijacked by a pornography site.The publisher has urged school libraries to remove the books after a website address printed in the Spy Dog, Spy Pups and Spy Cat series by Andrew Cope was redirected to unrestricted adult content. Continue reading...

Politics

1 hour ago Boden's luxury cardigan is 'perfect' for covering up arms at Christmas parties

It may be new in, but is already reduced by 15%

Politics

2 h. ago Tearful support worker denies grabbing student and colleague during fire drill

Cerys Warren said she did not pull a learner and colleague apart to stop them holding hands during a fire drill at Coleg y Cymoedd

Sport

2 h. ago With her stamp duty pledge, Kemi Badenoch has rediscovered the Tories’ political mojo

Editorial: In the Manchester conference hall, the Conservative leader showed herself at her combative best – but one good speech with a headline-grabbing policy won’t be enough on its own to close the gap with Nigel Farage’s Reform UK

Politics

2 h. ago Acting CDC director wants to break up MMR vaccine into three shots – despite no science backing the idea

Jim O’Neill joins President Donald Trump’s call for three distinct measles, mumps and rubella shots, claiming a separation would ‘reduce the risk of side effects’ and ‘maximize parental choice’

Politics

3 h. ago The Hamas veteran who Israel failed to kill – and is now leading Gaza peace talks

The senior official has led Hamas' delegations in mediated talks with Israel to try to secure a Gaza ceasefire deal

Events

3 h. ago That’s me in the £45m Hockney! The man in the masterpiece relives sitting for David back in the heady LA party days

It was a landmark moment in queer art, painted when homosexuality was illegal in California. As this famous painting of Christopher Isherwood and Don Bachardy goes under the hammer, the surviving sitter looks back‘Heh, heh, heh, heh, heh!” Laughter explodes down the line from California. “It was a very long time ago!” says the painter Don Bachardy. His voice is high and rasping. Listening to him, you could be forgiven for thinking that the late Truman Capote was still with us. As for what happened “a very long time ago”, Bachardy is referring to the parties he threw with his partner, the British novelist Christopher Isherwood. Their home in Adelaide Drive, Santa Monica, was a salon thronged by movie stars and writers as well as Bachardy’s fellow artists.“Yes, we had a good time back then, but you can’t expect me to remember exactly who was here!” he says. It’s a fair point. Isherwood has been dead for almost 40 years and Bachardy, who is 91, suffers from some of the conditions that ...

Society

3 h. ago Primary school campus at risk of closure just a year after opening as pupil numbers plunge

It has a 75% surplus of spaces

Events

4 h. ago School locked down amid 'stabbing' reports with one person injured

The incident happened at Westfalenkolleg, a vocational school in Paderborn, North Rhine-Westphalia, on Wednesday.

Events

4 h. ago Amazon's 'hotel quality' bedding set with 57,000 ratings reduced to £11 in sale until midnight

"This bedding set is wonderful. The material is so soft and is reminds me of high-end hotel bedding"

Economics

4 h. ago Manchester terrorist called 999 during synagogue attack and told operator: 'I have killed two Jews in name of ISIS'

Hate-filled synagogue terrorist Jihad al-Shamie's voice was revealed for the first time by a woman he wed in an Islamic ceremony - despite already being a married father.

Events

4 h. ago Tory plan to abolish stamp duty ‘will benefit London and the wealthiest the most’ – UK politics live

The Social Market Foundation thinktank says council tax reform and a property-based tax would be more sustainable and fairerVoting in the Labour deputy leadership election opens today. Lucy Powell, the former Commons leader, is seen as the favourite and, as Jessica Elgot reports, Powell told supporters yesterday that, if she is elected, she will use the post to argue for changes in the way the government is operating. “We can’t sugarcoat the fact that things aren’t going well,” she said.Powell is no longer a government minister and, if she is elected deputy leader, she will do the job from the backbenches. In an interview on Newsnight last night, Bridget Phillipson, the education secretary standing against Powell, said a Powell victory would be “destabilising” for the party. She said:[Electing Powell] risks destabilising the party we best achieve what we need to do together when we have those fierce conversations, including disagreements, behind closed doors.Members need to understa...

Politics

5 h. ago Teachers in strike ballot over lack of action to reduce ‘crippling’ workload

The EIS trade union has called on ministers and councils to ‘at long last agree’ a way forward on cutting classroom time for teachers.

Events

5 h. ago South African activists on Gaza flotilla claim harsh treatment by Israel over genocide case

Six South African activists who were detained by Israel while attempting to reach Gaza as part of an aid flotilla claim that they were subjected to harsher treatment than others

Politics

5 h. ago Westfalenkolleg stabbing LIVE: Paderborn school attack sparks lockdown

German special forces have rushed to the scene at Westfalenkolleg, a vocational school in Paderborn, North Rhine-Westphalia, after an attack alert

Events

5 h. ago Coco & Eve's 'best ever' fake tan is on sale for under £20 at Amazon

Coco & Eve's Sunny Honey Bali Bronzing Foam has been reduced by 30% in the Amazon Prime Day sale, but the offer ends today

Economics

5 h. ago UK universities offered to monitor students’ social media for arms firms, emails show

Loughborough, Heriot-Watt and Glasgow corresponded with companies concerned about campus protestsUniversities in the UK reassured arms companies they would monitor students’ chat groups and social media accounts after firms raised concerns about campus protests, according to internal emails.One university said it would conduct “active monitoring of social media” for any evidence of plans to demonstrate against Rolls-Royce at a careers fair. Continue reading...

Culture

5 h. ago School stabbing as police confirm at least one seriously injured in horror rampage

A German school has been placed in lockdown after a female student was 'stabbed by a man in the gym' shortly before a suspect was arrested by police near the scene

Events