81 m. ago New website to help parents teach basic skills amid concerns over children’s school readiness

Education secretary Bridget Phillipson told The Independent new School Readiness website will teach skills such as going to the toilet and putting on a coat

Society

1 hour ago Liverpool discover target's release clause after leaving 'big impression' on Arne Slot

Liverpool could add some huge names to their squad next season should they win the Premier League and have now been told how much they will have to pay for one of their targets

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2 h. ago Angela Rayner under fresh fire over plans to hand more powers to unions after she failed to stand up to striking barons in Birmingham

After workers voted to prolong the crippling strikes, Tory leader Kemi Badenoch told the Mail it was clear 'unions now run our country'.

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2 h. ago Army and Air Force libraries are ordered to review books for DEI material

Army and Air Force libraries have been told to go through their stacks to find books related to diversity, equity and inclusion

Politics

3 h. ago JoJo Siwa flooded with support as Celeb Big Brother admission leaves fans divided

JoJo Siwa told Celebrity Big Brother that she was not 'ready necessarily to be open' about her gender identity, and while many fans are proud of the star, others think ITV's choice to air the scene is 'cruel'

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3 h. ago Mum laughs as she leaves court after 'taking law into own hands' with 'brutal assault'

Hollie Weston, 26, told police officers she had punched her victim Alfie Broadfield-Mellor and "caused him to bleed" but added ominously, "it could have been worse"

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4 h. ago Hegseth adviser placed on leave after investigation into Pentagon leaks

Dan Caldwell reportedly removed from building over ‘unauthorized disclosure’ amid scandal over recent leaksOne of US defense secretary Pete Hegseth’s leading advisers, Dan Caldwell, was reportedly put on leave and removed from the Pentagon on Tuesday following a Department of Defense investigation into leaks.Caldwell was escorted out of the Pentagon after being identified during the investigation and subsequently placed on administrative leave for “an unauthorized disclosure”, a source told Reuters. Continue reading...

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4 h. ago Glamorous Georgia mom's Walmart child abduction story 'blown apart' by shocking new video

Newly released security camera footage has disproven a mother's claim that a man tried to snatch her two-year-old son while at a Walmart in Georgia, according to an attorney.

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5 h. ago Harrowing new crash pictures show total devastation after family's plane fell from sky

Harrowing new photos show the total devastation left after a prominent Massachusetts family's plane crashed in upstate New York, killing all six on board.

Events

5 h. ago Man who says he was held captive in Connecticut home for 20 years makes his first public comments

A man who told police that he was held captive in a Connecticut home for 20 years until being rescued in February says he recently celebrated his first-ever birthday party as he turned 32

Politics

6 h. ago Ross McCausland told Rangers end game is near as 'unbearable' Morelos blasted by Colombian maverick

The Gers youngster was sent off for two bookable offences in Sunday's dramatic 2-2 draw with Aberdeen

Politics

7 h. ago Starmer told to accept Trump ‘free speech’ agenda to win trade deal

‘Good chance’ of agreement, says JD Vance – but sources say his concerns over Britain’s hate speech laws ‘are still a red line’

Politics

8 h. ago The real Kevin Campbell: The man mountain who raged against dying of the light, as told by his grieving family

IAN HERBERT: Even in a three-hour court hearing of unspeakable bleakness on Monday morning, fragments of the light Kevin Campbell always radiated shone through.

Events

8 h. ago Afghan migrant with AK47 face tattoo threatened to kill Nigel Farage in TikTok video making gun gesture and saying 'pop, pop' before taking dinghy across Channel to Britain, court told

An Afghan migrant threatened to shoot Nigel Farage in a TikTok video where he made a gun gesture and said 'pop, pop' before crossing the Channel, a court has heard.

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9 h. ago Civil case against influencer Andrew Tate is first of its kind, UK judge told

Four women suing Tate over allegations of sexual violence and coercive control, with trial scheduled for early 2027A civil case against Andrew Tate over allegations he subjected four women to sexual violence and coercive control is the first case of its kind, a judge has been told.The influencer is being sued by two women who worked for his webcam business in Luton, Bedfordshire, in 2015 and two former girlfriends in 2013 and 2014. Continue reading...

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9 h. ago Dani Dyer cringes as dad Danny opens up on sex life in candid admission

Actor Danny Dyer didn't hold back as he told daughter Dani about how often he has sex with her mum Joanne Mas, before forewarning her that she might get another baby sibling soon

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9 h. ago Attorney general dodges question on Trump proposal to jail US citizens in El Salvador

Trump proposed that ‘homegrown criminals’ should be deported, an idea that experts say is clearly illegalThe US attorney general declined on Tuesday to say whether Donald Trump’s suggestion of removing US citizens to El Salvador was legal, in alarming remarks about what experts think is an obviously illegal idea.Trump proposed the idea on Monday in the Oval Office during a visit with El Salvador’s president, Nayib Bukele, who has been accepting people deported from the US and imprisoning them in a gigantic facility notorious for human rights abuses. Continue reading...

Politics

9 h. ago Federal judge drops contempt case against ICE agent over arrest outside Boston courthouse

A federal judge has dismissed a contempt case against an ICE agent whose arrest of man during his trial sparked criticism among the law enforcement community in Boston

Events

9 h. ago ‘We’re on a knife edge’: Alex Gibney warns about the dangers of dark money

In two HBO documentaries, the acclaimed film-maker shines a light on corrupt political spending in AmericaWhen the Rev Robert Schenck saw Donald Trump secure the Republican presidential nomination in Cleveland, Ohio, in 2016, he turned to a fellow evangelical and asked: “Are we really going to do this? We’re going to choose this man who’s inimical to everything we believe?” The Christian leader looked at Schenck and replied: “I don’t care how bad he is. He’s going to get us the court we need.’”This anecdote about the devil’s bargain struck between Trump and the religious right is told in The Dark Money Game, director Alex Gibney’s new diptych of documentaries investigating how untraceable political spending has corrupted America’s highest court, corroded its democracy and put oligarchs in charge. Continue reading...

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10 h. ago Baby boy dies on first day of St Lucia holiday with family after falling out of bed

Tommy Taylor-Mclean, seven months, died on the first day of the trip to St Lucia, when he fell out of bed and developed a bleed on the brain, East London Coroner’s Court was told today

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