24 m. ago DWP issues stark warning to benefit claimants after woman jailed for 20 months

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has issued a warning to millions of benefit claimants after a woman was jailed for 20 months after a court found her guilty of benefit fraud

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37 m. ago Remember when having women in power was supposed to change everything? | Gaby Hinsliff

The careers of Sturgeon, Merkel and Ardern show how foolish it is to idealise leaders just for being womenNicola Sturgeon was always afraid of failure. But it was a very particular kind of failure she feared; one that follows a very particular kind of success. Living up to the fact of being Scotland’s first female first minister became, she writes in her new memoir, “almost an obsession”, which is arguably unhealthy but not unreasonable. To be the first woman (or indeed the first minority) in any field is to be uncomfortably aware of being on probation: the test case that sceptics will use to decide whether women in general can really hack it, but also the yardstick by which other women will judge whether representation actually makes a difference.You daren’t betray anything that looks like a sign of weakness, yet at the same time you’re endlessly under pressure to spill your guts on all the intimate stuff – miscarriage and menopause in Sturgeon’s case, pregnancy in high office for ...

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77 m. ago Male stripper 'jiggled bride's breasts' and 'forced her legs open' during raunchy hen do

Stuart Kennedy, 42, allegedly sexually assaulted the 32-year-old woman in Crieff Hydro

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2 h. ago Teenager who murdered Briton Emma Lovell in Queensland home invasion has sentence reduced on appeal

Queensland attorney general says she is considering high court challenge to the decisionGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA teenager who murdered a British woman during a home invasion in Queensland has had his time in detention reduced by almost 18 months on appeal.But Queensland’s attorney general says she will consider a high court challenge to the decision. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago Emma Lovell: teenager who murdered British woman in Queensland home invasion has sentence reduced on appeal

Queensland attorney general says she is considering high court challenge to the decisionGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA teenager who murdered a British woman during a home invasion in Queensland has had his time in detention reduced by almost 18 months on appeal.But Queensland’s attorney general says she will consider a high court challenge to the decision. Continue reading...

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4 h. ago Moment kidnap gang drive off with pregnant woman as they threatened to cut off her fingers if her partner didn't hand over cash and jewellery

Audi Johnson, Ahmad Ghiasi, and Nicholas Mitchell bundled their victim, 36, who was six months pregnant, into a van outside her home in Enfield, north, on May 10 of last year.

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5 h. ago The British woman who could be crowned Anna Wintour's successor at US Vogue: She tells the French how to dress and is a wellness guru. So is Claire Thomson

What strikes first about Claire Thomson-Jonville is how much she looks like a Vogue model herself, writes Christa D'Souza.

Society

6 h. ago Drivers urged to keep one essential item in their car at night or face £1,000 fine

A small, inexpensive material could significantly improve night-time driving visibility and help road users avoid receiving points on their licence and hefty fines

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7 h. ago Night Always Comes review – Vanessa Kirby gets lost in poverty thriller

A woman is forced to take extreme measures to save her family home in an initially stressful yet ultimately meandering Netflix dramaThere’s been a recent overkill of stories told about the super-rich, glossy films and shows set in ostentatious houses filled with characters as superficially on trend as they are painfully out of touch. It felt like needed escapism as we crawled out of the very worst of the pandemic, with The White Lotus, Triangle of Sadness, The Menu and Glass Onion all hitting a sweet spot, but it’s grown rather tiring, as Sirens, The Better Sister and Your Friends and Neighbors have felt less eat the rich and more what if we just admired their kitchens instead.It’s become especially uninteresting as the gap between the uber-wealthy and the rest of us has widened, food prices up and empathy down. That particular anger pulses through Night Always Comes, a well-intentioned yet often inert Netflix drama based on the 2021 novel by Willy Vlautin. It’s told over one awful ...

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8 h. ago Dundee United and Rapid Vienna serve up cruel classic as Tannadice evokes European night of old

Shoot-out defeat ends United’s Conference League dream

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8 h. ago Hibs and Partizan Belgrade deliver an Edinburgh Festival thriller with extraordinary goal and plot twists

Hibs progress in Conference League on night of high drama at Easter Road

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8 h. ago Anthony Mackie Kisses a Mystery Woman in London: See the PDA

Anthony Mackie Kisses a Mystery Woman in London: See the PDA-Packed Photos  People.com

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8 h. ago Dundee United go from dreamland to heartache as Conference League hopes end in tears

The Tangerines lost out on penalties after a dramatic night of action at Tannadice

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10 h. ago Female prison officer faces jail after 'inappropriate' relationships with inmates and sneaking in mobile phone

Charlotte Winstanley, 27, was working at HMP Lindholme, near Doncaster, when she struck up improper relationships and smuggled banned items inside.

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11 h. ago Emmerdale stars break silence on Charity baby twist as flashback exposes secret romp

Emmerdale's Ross Barton has been desperate to find out if "menace" Charity Dingle is carrying his baby after their drunken night together, and now their stars have had their say

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11 h. ago People say I'm a Short King... I told a girl my height on a dating app and her rejection was horrible

A man who is 5'6 is opening up about the way that he was rejected by a woman - calling it a 'humiliation ritual.'

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11 h. ago Shirtless Justin Bieber looks dazed at nightclub partying with controversial rapper amid fan concern

The 31-year-old pop star - who previously got sober in 2014 - clutched a bottle of Clase Azul México tequila in the middle of a packed crowd at West Hollywood hotspot Zouk on Wednesday night

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11 h. ago Eating this surprising fruit might be the key to getting a better night’s sleep

Better sleep is linked to a decreased risk of heart disease, among other cardiovascular conditions

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11 h. ago Magaluf has been 'stripped of all energy' as footage shows 'dead atmosphere'

A British woman filmed the deserted strip as she strolled down the now quiet area

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12 h. ago Woman 'runs into street naked' after sunbed sparks tanning salon fire

Extraordinary scenes after a fire broke out at Ania’s Tanning and Beauty on Wood Green High Street just after 2.50pm yesterday

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