2 h. ago SHANE WATSON: Every woman over 50 has this denim jacket in their wardrobe

This is not scientifically proven, but I'm pretty sure that the denim jacket - the classic trucker style that's been around forever - is the oldest item in most women's wardrobes.

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5 h. ago ESTHER KRAKUE: Starmer's silence on gender ruling is an appalling betrayal of all women

As two frontbenchers are plotting to defy the Supreme Court's gender ruling, intervention by the the Prime Minister is more necessary than ever. But his silence shows he is as weak as water.

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5 h. ago Sir Keir Starmer under mounting pressure to publicly back Supreme Court gender ruling on what a woman is after five days of silence

Five days on, the Prime Minister was last night urged to back the judgement publicly and to promise it will not be unpicked after it emerged that two frontbenchers are plotting to defy the ruling.

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7 h. ago 'Emergency' flare prompting UK coastguard operation was part of gender reveal party

The pink flare fired from a boat was mistaken for a distress signal

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7 h. ago Trump posts furious Easter message ranting about Biden, ‘radical left lunatics’ and ‘weak’ judges

President marks the religious holiday by posting a nearly 200-word rant on Truth Social, blasting his enemies

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8 h. ago Edith Bowman, 51, discusses being targeted by trolls and says it's 'very hard' for celebrities to 'come back' after 'messing up' on social media

The Radio and TV personality, 51, spoke about the pressures of being famous and how it can be 'very hard' to resurrect your career after 'messing up' on social media.

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8 h. ago MPs call on government to 'protect safety' of 'brave' women who won Supreme Court gender battle after 'appalling attacks'

MPs and campaigners have called out the 'death threats' and 'misogynistic abuse' of women who won Supreme Court legal battle

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9 h. ago Surprise! Gender reveal party’s pink flare mistaken for marine emergency

Tynemouth Volunteer Life Brigade was called out to the party over reports of a red smoke flare - but it turned out the flare was pink and part of the celebrations

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11 h. ago I've lived in Dubai for 22 years and I'll never move back to Scotland

Kelly Lundberg who has lived in Dubai for 22 years after falling in love with the city when she started working as an air hostess, says that those who can't hack life in the UAE are approaching it wrong.

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12 h. ago 'I didn’t have any symptoms that would make me think that there was anything wrong'

An incredible piece of technology has been developed, which is helping save lives from a horrific illness

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12 h. ago Trump draft order calls for drastic restructure of state department

If enacted changes would be one of the biggest reorganizations of department since its founding in 1789A draft Trump administration executive order circulating among US diplomats proposes a radical restructuring of the US state department, including drastic reductions to sub-Saharan operations, envoys and bureaus relating to climate, refugees, human rights, democracy and gender equality.The changes, if enacted, would be one of the biggest reorganizations of the department since its founding in 1789, according to Bloomberg, which had seen a copy of the 16-page draft, which first reported on the draft. Continue reading...

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13 h. ago RFK’s statements prove autistic people and their families everywhere should fear Trump and his allies | John Harris

The idea that autism is some aberration that can be cured is typical of a movement that celebrates simplistic thinking and loathes human differenceIn the recent past, Robert F Kennedy Jr has said that Donald Trump is “a terrible human being” and “probably a sociopath”. But in the US’s new age of irrationalism and chaos, these two men are now of one voice, pursuing a strand of Trumpist politics that sometimes feels strangely overlooked. With Trump once again in the White House and Kennedy ensconced as his health and human services secretary, what they are jointly leading is becoming clearer by the day: a war on science and knowledge that aims to replace them with the modern superstitions of conspiracy theory.Nearly 2,000 members of the US’s National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine have warned of “slashing funding for scientific agencies, terminating grants to scientists, defunding their laboratories, and hampering international scientific collaboration”. Even work on...

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13 h. ago Gender reveal boat party sees UK coastguard scrambled as pink flare sparks huge emergency response

A pink flare was fired from the boat to reveal the gender of the baby, but was mistaken for a distress signal, sparking a huge emergency response - with the UK Coastguard scrambling to the scene

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13 h. ago The sweet moment Prince Harry proves he's the 'resident joker' with simple gesture that made Meghan Markle 'collapse in hysterics' after Liam Payne performance

Prince Harry has long held the reputation for being the 'resident joker' of the Royal Family so it is no wonder he knows just what button to press to make Meghan Markle, 43, crumble into fits of laughter.

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13 h. ago Bryson DeChambeau made his opinion on Rory McIlroy clear after Masters 'beef'

Bryson DeChambeau and Rory McIlroy were paired together for the final round of the Masters at Augusta National, with the Northern Irishman not uttering a word to his playing partner for the duration

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14 h. ago ‘Performing is not some gigantic thing – it’s just me breathing’: Obongjayar on the journey from shyness to stardom

Ahead of the release of his spectacular second album, the Nigerian singer speaks of his recent songwriting epiphany and how he learned to best express his political rageRight before he began work on his second album, someone told Obongjayar it was time to “start writing songs”. “I remember being really pissed,” laughs the artist, whose real name is Steven Umoh – though, in person, he goes by “OB”. “Like, what the fuck? What do you think I’ve been doing this whole time?”The incredulity seems fair. The 32-year-old Nigerian singer has been releasing work for more than a decade, running the gamut of genres from hip-hop to Afrobeat to experimental electronics to spoken word, alt-rock and soul. It has made him something of a critics’ darling, but if you’re not familiar with his solo music (his debut album, 2022’s Some Nights I Dream of Doors, was stunning), odds are you’ve heard his lithe, gravelly inflections on Richard Russell’s Everything Is Recorded project, or warming up UK rap star ...

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14 h. ago A ‘Black Snape’ in the new Harry Potter seems designed to cause controversy – but it could work | Jason Okundaye

Ignore the fuss: Paapa Essiedu is a brilliant actor who can bring his own depth and style to enrich the iconic characterAfter months of speculation, HBO has announced part of the cast of the latest round of Harry Potter IP-mining: the new TV adaptation of the original books will feature John Lithgow as Dumbledore, Nick Frost as Hagrid – and Paapa Essiedu as Snape. As the Mail and Telegraph’s headlines were quick to inform their readers, yes, this means a “Black actor” in that iconic role.There is a real concern that Essiedu is drinking from a poisoned chalice – that he will be associated with an author who is at the forefront of a gender-critical movement that has succeeded in redefining the rights of trans people to their detriment; that he will have to weather the racist storm of Potterheads enraged at the diversion from “book accuracy” (Snape is described as having “sallow skin”); and deal with opportunists looking to illustrate their next rant about how the world has succumbed t...

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14 h. ago John Swinney refuses to issue apology to women after Supreme Court verdict

John Swinney says he has ‘no regrets’ over his support for gender self-ID.

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15 h. ago Overnight: Journeys, Conversations and Stories After Dark by Dan Richards review – night owls of all feathers

This immersive exploration of how we experience the nocturnal world is beautifully illuminatingAs children, we’re primed by literature to think of the night as a time for adventure as well as rest, but by early middle age, we’ve mostly ringfenced its darkness for sleep (or, for the insomniacs among us, anxieties about sleep’s absence). Author Dan Richards is no exception, and it took a nuit blanche stranded 3,600 metres up a Swiss mountain to reawaken his sense of night-time’s vast and varied potential. Hopelessly lost, he drew comfort from the occasional blips of aircraft in the sky above and from moving lights in the town below: others, too, were out and about, albeit in less of a fix. What could they all be doing?Overnight: Journeys, Conversations and Stories After Dark details his subsequent investigation into “the who and the how of the nocturnal world”. Its pages, immersive and personal, span encounters with night owls of all feathers, from the heroic (Richards hears tales of ...

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15 h. ago Zelenskyy says Russia has intensified shelling despite ‘Easter truce’ as Moscow also accuses Ukraine of breaching ceasefire – live

‘Easter truce’ ordered by Putin on Saturday but Ukraine president says Russian army continuing efforts to advanceEaster falls on the same day this year for orthodox and western churches, and Volodymyr Zelenskyy has urged Ukrainians not to give up hope that peace will one day return.Here are some of the latest images coming out of the newswires from Ukraine where festivities continue despite Russian attacks:We are documenting every Russian violation of its self-declared commitment to a full ceasefire for the Easter period and are prepared to provide the necessary information to our partners. In practice, either Putin does not have full control over his army, or the situation proves that in Russia, they have no intention of making a genuine move toward ending the war, and are only interested in favorable PR coverage. It’s a good thing, at least, that there were no air raid sirens. Continue reading...

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