Category: UK

How selfie-editing apps are encouraging young women to get cosmetic procedures

Young women feel image-altering apps are encouraging them to want to change their appearance “in real life”

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Prolific shoplifter banned from every Greggs after raiding shop six times

Patrick Verry shouted, ‘I apologise bruv, I’m sorry,’ after being tackled by police at a branch in Wood Green, north London

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Jay Slater inquest: Everything we learned about teenager’s death as mother breaks down in tears

The 19-year-old had traces of cocaine, ecstasy and ketamine in his body, according to toxicologists

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UK government borrowing rises to £20.2 billion as pressure mounts on Rachel Reeves

The latest figure showed that the Chancellor had to borrow more money than expected over the month

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What does the sentencing review mean for prisons as chemical castration considered for sex offenders

Former Tory justice secretary David Gauke has called for overhaul of justice system in major sentencing review

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Romanian court rejects defeated hard-right candidate’s challenge to election result

A top Romanian court has rejected as unfounded a request to annul the presidential election by the hard-right candidate who decisively lost the race to his pro-European Union opponent on Sunday

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Starmer U-turns on winter fuel payment cuts – but millions could still miss out this winter

PM forced to announce huge policy reversal to see off threat of revolt by Labour MPs – with pledge to make more pensioners eligible for cash to pay cold weather energy bills

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Plans to use mandatory chemical castration on serious sexual offenders after prison review

Long-awaited review by former Tory justice secretary David Gauke says government must stop ‘over-reliance’ on jail time to tackle overcrowding

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Children should be taught about diversity in school in ‘new era of racial inclusion’

Teachers must also be trained on inclusive practices, a new report says

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