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August 21, 2024

'We need to start bringing people home alive not dead'

Plea for truce as body of UK hostage one of six found in Gaza

4 mins

Divers have '10 minutes' to search superyacht Bayesian

Cave-diving experts are among the rescuers still hoping to find survivors trapped underwater on the superyacht Bayesian, which was sunk by a tornado off Sicily.

4 mins

Curious life of the missing tycoon and his pet theories

Mike Lynch was obsessed with probability theory and the sixth sense of dogs

7 mins

UN urges Starmer to review indefinite prison sentences

The UN special rapporteur on torture has urged Sir Keir Starmer to review the cases of thousands of people trapped in prison indefinitely under Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP) sentences.

3 mins

Can Labour deliver on its bold devolution promises?

The prime minister anointed Eluned Morgan the new Labour first minister of Wales yesterday, making a two-day visit to the principality on his return from Northern Ireland.

3 mins

King meets attack survivors in poignant Southport visit

King Charles made a poignant visit to Southport yesterday, meeting the survivors and their families of the attack which killed three children.

2 mins

Two slices of ham a day increases risk of diabetes

A simple sandwich filler could increase the risk of developing type 2 diabetes by 15 per cent, a study has found.

2 mins

Black presenter who called Braverman racist now off air

A Black presenter has disappeared from his slot on GB News after he called former home secretary Suella Braverman a racist.

2 mins

Bills could top £1,700 after winter energy price cap rise

Household energy bills are set to rise this winter as experts predict that Ofgem’s energy price cap will increase despite two previous falls this year.

2 mins

Puppy buyers are skipping research, says Kennel Club

Research has uncovered the extent of puppy farming in the UK, with the findings highlighting how unprepared prospective dog owners are driving the rise in puppy farms across the UK.

1 min

'The worst bombing so far'

Askold Krushelnycky meets residents of Bilopillia, four miles from the Russian border, who despite the devastating aerial assaults they face - are full of support for Ukraine's incursion

4 mins

Biden begins long goodbye to half a century in politics

US president Joe Biden was supposed to have spent the evening watching the start of a convention built around propelling him to four more years in the White House.

4 mins

Harris vs Trump polls 'tight.as a tick' claims key backer

Supporters of Kamala Harris shouldn’t feel too confident about recent polls that put her ahead of Donald Trump, according to the president of one of the largest super political action committees (PACs) backing her campaign.

1 min

Biden's bitter speech shows why he had to be cast aside

He finally said it, right at the end of a speech that confirmed the wisdom of those who forced him to step aside as the Democratic Party’s candidate: he was “too old to stay as president”.

3 mins

Gen Z aren't lazy - they just don't want to be on call 24/7

Like flexible working, TikTok and the Gen Z slang “FRFR”, the right to switch off – an idea proposed by Labour before the election as part of its reform of workers’ rights, and now set to become law – is a Rorschach test.

3 mins

Picking at your food like that is ruining dinner for everyone

It is the natural order of things that younger generations do exactly as we did – even the achingly cringeworthy stuff – and declare it a new trend on social media.

3 mins

Monstrous myths that have hijacked Sylvia Plath's life

The latest book on the poet casts her in a world of repressed domestic violence at the hands of husband Ted Hughes. It's a familiar tale that does her a disservice

6 mins

Daughters of the revolution

Zara has had to apologise for producing ‘suggestive' T-shirts for six-year-old girls - but it's just the latest symptom of the pernicious problem of high-street sexism

5 mins

Why changing flight times.is such a lucrative business

Anticipation is a valuable part of any journey, and wisely, Peter Trapmore is already looking ahead to 2025.

3 mins

It's an injustice this novelist hasn't won more top prizes

Created from hundreds of reckless and secret-spilling letters prime minister HH Asquith sent to a socialite half his age at the dawn of the First World War, Robert Harris's 'Precipice' is his most enthralling novel yet

3 mins

PRINCESS OF POP

Ahead of Disney graduate Sabrina Carpenter's sixth album, Annabel Nugent chronicles how the singer's frothy and flirty tunes have amassed billions of streams

5 mins

Ofcom hiring staff in wake of social media-fuelled riots

Safety officers will be tasked with tackling misinformation

2 mins

Spurs need £65m Solanke to find his killer instinct

Postecoglou says Tottenham need to be ruthless if they want to compete with the best teams in the Premier League

3 mins

How a data ‘nerd' helped Liverpool to win the league

There are ways of introducing yourself to Jurgen Klopp.

5 mins

GB taking team of 215 to compete at Paris Games

Great Britain has named a 215-strong team for the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games with a record representation of female athletes.

2 mins

Sinner cleared after testing positive for banned steroid

The world’s No 1 men’s tennis player, Jannik Sinner, twice tested positive for a banned substance in March, it has been revealed.

2 mins

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