Day: June 10, 2025
Government urged to disrupt ‘addictive grip’ of smartphones on children’s lives
June 10, 2025The Government has been urged Government to raise the digital age of consent to 16 (Peter Byrne/PA) PA Wire The Government is being urged to create child-friendly playful neighbourhoods and disrupt the “addictive grip” of smartphones on children’s lives. Closures of playgrounds, busier roads, shortened school break times and the dominance of screentime have restricted […]
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Reeves to say spending review will reflect ‘priorities of working people’
June 10, 2025She will say: “This Government’s task – my task – and the purpose of this spending review is to change that, to ensure that renewal is felt in people’s everyday lives, their jobs, their communities.”
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Emma Raducanu cruises to first-round win at Queen’s – but greater test lies ahead
June 10, 2025As starts to the British summer go, it doesn’t get much better than an hour in-and-out under the west London sun. Refreshed and rejuvenated after a two-week break following the French Open – and a thrashing at the hands of Iga Swiatek – Emma Raducanu has all her sights set on a prosperous month with […]
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In London, the wild fox has its own ambulance service when it needs help
June 10, 2025The injured fox is cornered in a cage, teeth bared and snarling at the woman trying to help it. Nicki Townsend is unfazed. Wearing only rubber gloves and an outfit suitable for a yoga class, she approaches with soothing words. “All right, baby,” she coos as she deftly drapes a towel over his head, grabs […]
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Cap on bus fares to stay in place until 2027, Rachel Reeves announces
June 10, 2025The £3 cap on bus fares in much of England will remain in place for the next two years, Chancellor Rachel Reeves has announced. Passengers around the country were facing a steep rise in the cost of a bus ride when the cap was due to come to an end later this year. But in […]
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Beyoncé giving away free concert tickets to London shows after ‘poor sales’
June 10, 2025Beyoncé fans might be flocking to watch her perform in London this week, however free tickets are now being ‘given away’ to fill seats. Last week the US superstar, 43, kicked off the UK leg of her Cowboy Cartertour at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on June 5, the first of six shows she’s playing in the […]
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Five things you need to know about the spending review
June 10, 2025Even for those of us who follow these kinds of things on a regular basis, the spending review is, frankly, a bit of a headache. This is one of the biggest moments in Britain’s economic calendar – bigger, in some respects, than the annual budget. After all, these reviews, which set departmental spending totals for […]
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Map reveals the most up-and-coming sex positions in major UK cities
June 10, 2025If your arsenal of sex positions is limited to missionary, doggy style and cowgirl, it might be time to spice it up. And for a little inspiration, why not look to the up-and-coming sex position people in your city are most excited to try? Lloyd’s Pharmacy recently shared data on the positions becoming more and […]
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Sanctioning of ministers adds to Israel’s growing ostracisation over Gaza and West Bank
June 10, 2025This is a major step from Britain and a number of other countries against Israel, and one that puts them at odds with Washington. It adds to the growing ostracisation of Israel over its war in Gaza and conduct in the occupied West Bank. Read more: UK government sanctions Israeli ministers Image: Itamar Ben Gvir […]
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Missing woman ‘murdered by ex in central London office block and wheeled out inside bin’
June 10, 2025Sam Corbishley Published June 10, 2025 2:26pm Updated June 10, 2025 2:26pm A missing woman found dead in Hampshire was murdered by an ex-lover inside a central London office block and then wheeled out in a bin before her body was dumped, the Old Bailey heard today. Cleaner Yajaira Castro Mendez, 46, was said to […]
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