55 m. ago Revealed: The online group run by 'sacred chanting and drumming' fan who supported mother who died with her baby after choosing a homebirth against medical advice

An inquest into Jennifer Cahill's death this week heard that she was a member of Home Birth Support Group UK - a Facebook group with more than 14,000 members.

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57 m. ago Broken promises and political crises: how Emmanuel Macron fell from French favour

The president is seen to have accelerated the financial crisis, social inequalities and the rise of the far rightEurope live – latest updatesThree French governments have collapsed in less than a year, and the political crisis looks likely to continue, overshadowing Emmanuel Macron’s last 18 months in power and his domestic legacy.This week, the latest minority government narrowly survived its first vote of no confidence. But it remains the weakest cabinet in decades and could be toppled at any moment if opposition parties join together to oust it. France faces a brutal two-month battle in parliament to achieve what once seemed the most basic element of governance: passing a budget. Continue reading...

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66 m. ago West London borough to routinely ask women if they're pregnant after baby found dead in bag

West London borough to routinely ask women if they're pregnant after baby found dead in bag  MyLondon

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75 m. ago Katie Price named the British TV star she claims raped her during I'm A Celebrity stint according to pal Kerry Katona after she revealed his identity to a shocked crowd on tour this week

Earlier this week it was revealed how the ex-glamour model, 47, named the star she accused of attacking her during her An Evening with Katie Price And Kerry Katona show.

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80 m. ago Stone of Destiny remained in Perth Museum during the exhibition's three

Perth Museum welcomed 121 people to the Stone of Destiny Experience during last week's reopening day.

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89 m. ago No 10 pledges action on Maccabi fans ban a week after police warned of risk

Discussions are happening ‘at pace, across Government’ to overturn the ban on Maccabi Tel Aviv fans attending the Aston Villa match, No 10 said.

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93 m. ago Parents set new baby name trend as most popular monikers of 2025 are revealed

BabyCentre has shared a list of the most popular baby names of 2025 so far, with a major trend emerging for girls names in the process while boys name stay consistent

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1 hour ago Many people go their whole lives without seeing a platypus in the wild. We just saw four in one night

Ten platypuses were reintroduced into Sydney’s royal national park in 2023. This week, two new juveniles were discovered, leading one researcher to cry ‘Oh, give me a hug’Hunting platypuses takes patience. On Thursday afternoon, I headed into the royal national park, south of Sydney, with researchers who had reintroduced a small population of the elusive monotremes two years ago.There were nets and torches – and our dinner. It could be a long wait.Sign up for a weekly email featuring our best reads Continue reading...

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1 hour ago Frank Warren names David Adeleye as potential next opponent for Dave Allen

Warren hopes to pit a member of his heavyweight stable against Matchroom’s Allen in the near future

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2 h. ago Cristiano Ronaldo's Ireland tantrum was pure cringe – he's a walking midlife crisis

OPINION, BRENT A GOB: This week, Harry's blasting Cristiano Ronaldo for his meltdown during Portugal's win over Ireland at the weekend, and at La Liga for agreeing to host games in the US

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2 h. ago FTSE 100 slides as US regional bank worries rock markets – business live

Fear index jumps, and European markets follow Asia lower, as bad loan fears hit valuationsGlobal markets fall and gold hits record high amid jitters over US banksUS regional bank stocks fall amid Wall Street concern over credit marketsStorm clouds are gathering over the financial markets, warns Richard Hunter, head of markets at interactive investor:There are increasing signs of storm clouds gathering over markets, with little relief from the building wall of worry.Already grappling with stretched stock valuations in the AI space, an unresolved government shutdown and a deteriorating relationship between Beijing and Washington, investors were exposed to a new source of concern in the form of lending practices and bad loans for US regional banks. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago Ministers under fire after it emerges Home Office knew LAST WEEK that Israeli football fans could be banned from attending match in Birmingham but did nothing to intervene

Sir Keir Starmer is applying major pressure on police to reverse the decision. But it emerged today that the Home Office was 'briefed last week' about it and did nothing.

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2 h. ago John Bolton at court to surrender to authorities after being indicted – US politics live

Eighteen-count indictment of former Trump adviser handed down by federal grand jury in Maryland as US president calls ex-ally a ‘bad guy’Ex-Trump adviser John Bolton expected to surrender after indictmentThe US Senate failed on Thursday to re-open the government and to vote to fund the military during the federal government shutdown, ensuring that the standoff will stretch into next week.The Senate vote on a short-term Republican funding bill failed for the 10th time with just 51 votes. A second vote on Pentagon funding in the afternoon similarly failed in a floor vote, meaning the process to begin fully funding military operations also becomes a non-starter. After the votes, senators are expected to leave Washington for the weekend, almost guaranteeing the shutdown lasts until at least Monday. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago Most popular baby names of 2025 as parents gravitate towards new trend

BabyCentre has released the most popular baby names of 2025 so far and they have noticed a new trend as parents gravitate to names with a similar style and theme

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2 h. ago BBC Strictly Come Dancing week four start time, songs and dances

Strictly Come Dancing is back on our screens this weekend, with the remaining 13 celebrities taking to the dancefloor in a bid to impress the judges

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2 h. ago Pensioners on disability benefits may be due an extra £83 every week

Low-income pensioners on disability benefits, or those providing unpaid care, may be entitled to extra financial support.

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2 h. ago No 10 pledges action on Israeli fans ban a week after police warned of risk

Discussions are happening ‘at pace, across Government’ to overturn the ban on Maccabi Tel Aviv fans attending the Aston Villa match, No 10 said.

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2 h. ago Punish Prince Andrew? This is no meritocracy, I’m afraid – you get the royal family you didn’t vote for | Marina Hyde

After years of drip-fed revelations, we might as well face it. This is a family elevated by birthright: they’re stuck with him and so are weReading the extract from Virginia Giuffre’s tragic memoir in the Guardian this week, I was struck again by the fate of each of those people involved in that infamous photograph taken at Ghislaine Maxwell’s London house.The teenage girl at the centre of the picture is dead, having taken her own life at a remote Australian farmhouse earlier this year, unable to outrun her trauma. The person who took the photograph is dead, having somehow killed himself in a New York jail while awaiting trial on charges of sex trafficking. The grinning woman in the background is in prison herself, exalting Donald Trump’s impeccable purity in the hope of getting moved to a nicer jail or even pardoned. And the smiling lunk with his arm round the teenage girl – who he denies he had sex with later that evening – is living in a 30-room mansion on a 98-acre estate (which...

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3 h. ago Ruben Amorim admits Manchester United future still in doubt despite owner’s backing

Club co-owner Ratcliffe suggested last week that Amorim needs three years to prove he is a great coach

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3 h. ago John Bolton expected to surrender to authorities on Friday after being indicted – US politics live

Eighteen-count indictment of former Trump adviser handed down by federal grand jury in Maryland as US president calls ex-ally a ‘bad guy’The US Senate failed on Thursday to re-open the government and to vote to fund the military during the federal government shutdown, ensuring that the standoff will stretch into next week.The Senate vote on a short-term Republican funding bill failed for the 10th time with just 51 votes. A second vote on Pentagon funding in the afternoon similarly failed in a floor vote, meaning the process to begin fully funding military operations also becomes a non-starter. After the votes, senators are expected to leave Washington for the weekend, almost guaranteeing the shutdown lasts until at least Monday. Continue reading...

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