93 m. ago It's pupping season! Watch sweet baby seals enjoying the sand with their mothers

Since 1952, wildlife experts have observed the number of pups born on the rocky archipelago off the Northumberland coast. Birth rates have sky-rocketed to 3624 last year compared to 73 years ago.

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2 h. ago Was this the start of Adam Peaty's family feud? Star made VERY telling comment about the Ramsays when he returned to swimming after his breakdown

Weddings have often been known to tear families apart as relationships are tested. And Adam Peaty and Holly Ramsay have found themselves in an ugly fallout with the swimmer's mother.

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2 h. ago ANDREW PIERCE on Wes Streeting, the PM's ambitious rival whose mother was born in jail... and whose gran shared a prison cell with Christine Keeler

Should Wes Streeting become Prime Minister he will have the most compelling back story since it was revealed that John Major was the son of a circus performer and music hall artiste.

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2 h. ago Adam Peaty and Holly Ramsay accused of 'body shaming' his own mother as family say he is not living by the rules of Christianity

The Olympic swimming champ, 30, and his fiancee, 27, will marry in a ceremony at Bath Abbey at Christmas time, but as it stands only one member of his family is set to attend.

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3 h. ago Explosion of high blood pressure in children revealed: Rates have DOUBLED worldwide in just two decades amid global obesity crisis

More than one in 20 youngsters across the globe had the condition, known medically as hypertension in 2020 - nearly double the three per cent recorded in 2000.

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3 h. ago The Hunger Games: On Stage review – thundering fight to the death in a dazzling dystopia

Troubadour Canary Wharf theatre, LondonEye-popping visuals and a strong lead performance energise Matthew Dunster’s production – but the emotion gets lost amid the actionA luminous bow hovers in the darkness as if suspended in the sky while the arena-like stage is filled with smoke. A figure emerges: Katniss Everdeen, the girl from District 12 in Suzanne Collins’ post-apocalyptic universe, played by Jennifer Lawrence in the film franchise. With her appearance, the 74th Hunger Games begin – and no special effect is spared.Closely following the plot of Collins’ first book in the young adult series, and the Lionsgate film of 2012, Matthew Dunster’s production is a grand-scale manifestation of dystopian Panem. It is a place in which the haves and have-nots are divided into districts, and in which children are pitted against each other as “Tributes” in a deadly TV gameshow, forced to kill for prime-time entertainment. The last one standing wins the prize of survival. Continue reading...

Sport

3 h. ago Boy, 4, victim of online grooming as offences reach record high

The NSPCC described the figures, which show an almost doubling of such crimes over the past eight years, as "deeply alarming"

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4 h. ago Vapes are ‘compromising children’s human rights’, experts warn

New analysis published in the BMJ highlights that teenagers are "particularly sensitive" to nicotine exposure

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4 h. ago High blood pressure rates in children nearly doubled in 20 years, global review finds

Poor diet, inactivity and obesity believed to have caused hypertension for millions of under-19s around the worldThe rate of children and teenagers living with high blood pressure globally has nearly doubled because of a toxic combination of unhealthy diets, mass inactivity and soaring levels of obesity, according to the largest review of its kind.Experts said 114 million children who have developed hypertension even before reaching adulthood were facing potentially deadly and lifelong harm, including cardiovascular disease, kidney disease and a myriad of serious health complications. Continue reading...

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4 h. ago Hilaria Baldwin, 41, reveals she and husband Alec, 67, are in therapy to navigate their age

Speaking on Caroline Stanbury 's Uncut And Uncensored podcast , the 41-year-old mother of seven opened up about the challenges of her 13-year marriage to the Rust star, 67.

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4 h. ago Urgent 'call 999' alert after disappearance girl, 14, with links to Manchester

Enquiries are ongoing to trace Holly Miller

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4 h. ago Urgent 'call 999' alert after disappearance of girl, 14, with links to Manchester

Enquiries are ongoing to trace Holly Miller

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4 h. ago Kelly Brook reflects on being sexualised aged 16 after swimsuit photoshoot launched her glamour modelling career: 'It was very uncomfortable'

The radio presenter, 45, has admitted she finds it 'very uncomfortable' that she was sexualised from the age of 16 after a swimsuit photoshoot kickstarted her glamour modelling career.

Culture

6 h. ago Kindle Fire tablets drop under £20 in Black Friday sale even Amazon 'can't beat'

Shoppers have a choice of different Kindle Fire models

Economics

6 h. ago Heartache as 'beautiful and fearless' Brit woman, 32 dies in her sleep at Spanish hotel

Lydia Williams was a bright and ambitious young girl who grew into a beautiful, caring, and loyal young woman who radiated warmth wherever she went, according to her family

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6 h. ago Sara Cox 'completely ignored' Gethin Jones when he joined her on her BBC Children in Need challenge

Radio DJ Sara Cox is currently undertaking a mammoth challenge for BBC Children in Need, and she was joined by a friend along the way

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6 h. ago Paris Hilton Says Daughter London Is the 'Little Girl I Always Dreamed of' as She Celebrates Her Second Birthday

Paris Hilton Says Daughter London Is the 'Little Girl I Always Dreamed of' as She Celebrates Her Second Birthday  People.com

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6 h. ago Mystery surrounds sudden death of boy, 6 as woman, 37 and girl, 17, arrested

Humberside Police were called to a property on Searby Road in Scunthorpe at about 9am on Monday, where the boy was said to be suffering from a 'medical episode'

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7 h. ago Adam Peaty’s family feud explodes after ‘bust up with brothers’, claims aunt

Adam Peaty's aunt, Louise Williams, told followers on social media that the swimming champ "didn't like" the fact she supported "all her children"

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7 h. ago Police investigating murder of British expat in Dordogne probe builders who had been renovating her house

Mother-of-four Karen Carter, 65, was found sprawled on the driveway of her property in the village of Trémolat, east of Bordeaux, after returning from a wine tasting on April 29.

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