35 m. ago ‘The anger became bigger than shame’: the writer whose memoir of child abuse has taken France by storm

As Neige Sinno’s critically acclaimed memoir about being sexually abused by her stepfather is published in English, she reveals how writing her story has helped set her freeWhen it came out in France, Neige Sinno’s heart-stopping Sad Tiger, which pieces together in fragments the lifelong impact of the sexual abuse of a girl in the French Alps by her mountain guide stepfather, blew the literary world apart. Its experimental form of creative nonfiction – a memoir that ditches linear narrative, yet races along like a thriller – was hailed as groundbreaking, the book an instant classic. It sold hundreds of thousands of copies, won a swathe of prizes and became one of the most borrowed books in libraries across France when it was published in 2023. The Nobel prize-winning French author Annie Ernaux was so impressed that she made a public appearance in conversation with Sinno, saying: “Reading Sad Tiger is like descending into an abyss with your eyes open. It forces you to see, ...

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35 m. ago 14 toys you'll almost certainly remember if you were a child of the 1960s

These were the toys every girl and boy wanted during the 1960s.

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68 m. ago Trump tariffs live: 10% tariff kicks in for UK after US stocks and FTSE 100 see biggest drops since Covid

UK’s key FTSE-100 stock market suffered its worst one-day drop since the pandemic on Friday

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2 h. ago Trump tariffs live: China says ‘market has spoken’ after global stocks sink and FTSE sees biggest drop since Covid

UK’s key FTSE-100 stock market suffered its worst one-day drop since the pandemic

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2 h. ago Our aid workers were brutally killed and thrown into a mass grave in Gaza. This must never happen again | Jagan Chapagain

A record number of humanitarian workers were killed last year. My staff’s red uniforms should have protected them. Instead they became their death shroudsJagan Chapagain is secretary general of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies‘What was their crime?’ Families tell of shock over IDF killing of paramedicsWhich was most horrific? The agonising week-long wait – silence after our colleagues went missing, as we suspected the worst but hoped for something different? Or the confirmation, seven days later, that bodies had been found? Or, since, the ghastly details of how they were found, and killed?Their ambulances were crushed and partly buried. Nearby were their bodies – also buried, en masse, in the sand. Our dead colleagues were still wearing their Red Crescent vests. In life, those uniforms signalled their status as humanitarian workers; they should have protected them. Instead, in death, those red vests became their shrouds.Jagan Chapagain is secretar...

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2 h. ago Warning for divorcing couples over important pot of cash that often gets forgotten about

If the worst happens in a marriage, what happens to your pension? Warren Shute explains the three options available to you

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4 h. ago It could set the industry back 50 years: fashion braces for impact of Trump tariffs

From farmers to designers, the entire supply chain will be hit – but it is unclear what duties apply to a finished productFirst it was steel producers. Then automobiles. Now the fashion industry has been left reeling from Donald Trump’s announcement on Wednesday that he was imposing tariffs on more than 180 countries including severe levies aimed at some of fashion’s biggest manufacturing regions.Trump’s “liberation day” tariffs included a 10% duty on all imports to the US but “worst offender” countries – those with whom America has bigger trade deficits – face a higher rate. Several of these are key to fashion’s supply chains. China, where everyone from Prada to Zara outsource production, faces a 54% duty. Vietnam, where more than half of Nike’s footwear was produced last year, will be subject to a 46% tariff. Pakistan, a key manufacturer of denim items, will be hit with a 29% duty. Bangladesh, where garment manufacturing makes up to 80% of its total exports, will be subjected to 3...

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6 h. ago Man Utd news: Fresh injury problem emerges as Ruben Amorim offers sobering reality check

Manchester United have been hampered by injuries all season and are likely to be without a key defender for Sunday's derby against Manchester City in the Premier League

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7 h. ago Horror of the children snatched by Putin: Troops slaughter their parents then abduct them. Now this grandmother reveals true barbarity and humiliation, or what happens next, to ANDY JEHRING

Just hours after the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in early 2022, Russian forces reached Kateryna and Maryna's hometown and tortured their uncle for being a member of the local resistance.

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7 h. ago Truth about this photograph of Virginia Roberts: Toxic split with husband and violence restraining order revealed, as family speak out and Virginia remains under medical supervision

The most famous photograph of Virginia Giuffre was taken of her as a 17-year-old girl standing alongside a grinning Prince Andrew in Ghislaine Maxwell's Belgravia mews house.

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8 h. ago Brooklyn Beckham reveals which iconic song his mother Victoria was listening to while giving birth to him

The aspiring chef, 26, sent older and younger fans into frenzy after telling the Spice Girl icon, 50, was blasting out to an Abba's song from their 1999 musical Mamma Mia!.

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9 h. ago Tai Woffinden health update: Wife reveals heartbreaking reality facing British sporting legend following crash in Poland

The wife of speedway star Tai Woffinden has said her husband is 'fighting' as she shed light on the life-changing injuries suffered folllowing a crash that left him in a coma.

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9 h. ago Trump’s 10% tariff on UK products to come into force as stock markets plunge

The FTSE 100 fell on Friday in its worst day of trading since the start of the pandemic while markets on Wall Street also tumbled.

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9 h. ago The Women's Orchestra Of Auschwitz by Anne Sebba: How music saved 40 women from the gas chambers

Anne Sebba's new book tells how the prisoners in the Orchestra of Auschwitz were spared the camp's worst fate but were haunted for life and many never played again.

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9 h. ago Alison Hammond 'lives with Spice Girl and Hollywood actor for 48 hours in new show'

Alison Hammond was announced as the host of the upcoming BBC show Big Weekend last year, with her set to spend 48 hours with different celebrities to get to know them

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9 h. ago Shots fired at Bootle property as 'little girl was playing in front garden'

Merseyside Police continue to investigate a "targeted attack" on William Henry Street in Bootle where neighbours reported seeing a large armed police presence on Friday

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10 h. ago Shots fired at neighbours as 'little girl' played outside her home

A man wearing a camouflage jacket is believed to have fired a gun at a terraced house as a young girl was said to be playing in the front garden

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12 h. ago Wall Street selloff caps brutal week for markets as Trump tariffs rattle investors

Slumps on S&P 500, Dow and Nasdaq cap dismal day for global indices but US president doubles down on tariff planWall Street suffered its worst week since the onset of the Covid-19 crisis five years ago as investors worldwide balked at Donald Trump’s risky bid to overhaul the global economy with sweeping US tariffs.The US president doubled down on his plan on Friday, insisting he would not back down even as the chairman of the Federal Reserve warned it would likely raise prices and slow down economic growth. Continue reading...

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12 h. ago Trump’s tariffs rollout sees stock market suffer worst week since 2020 as Dow drops 2,200 points by close: Live updates

Trump’s trade war escalates as China strikes back with 34 percent tariffs on all U.S. goods, sending stock markets plummeting and wiping out $5 trillion in two days

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12 h. ago Major blaze engulfs Scots house as flames rip through property

It is currently unknown if there are any injuries.

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