Half of parents say their children have never spoken to them about harmful online content, polling suggests – with around a quarter unaware of what they are seeing on their smartphones. The research by YouGov – which surveyed 1,030 parents of children aged eight to 14 – was commissioned by the government, as it consults […]
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A uniformed army officer who was repeatedly stabbed with two knives told his wife that his attacker had tried to “cut my head off like Lee Rigby”, a court has heard. Lieutenant Colonel Mark Teeton, who was targeted in the street near Brompton Barracks in Chatham, Kent, in July 2024, told Maidstone Crown Court on
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Wes Streeting says he has “nothing to hide” over his relationship with Lord Mandelson and has shared his private texts with the disgraced Labour peer to back up his case. The messages seen by Sky News include the health secretary admitting he fears he is “toast at the next election,” that he thinks the government
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Sir Keir Starmer’s director of communications has stepped down the day after the prime minister’s most senior aide quit. Tim Allan, a former adviser to Sir Tony Blair, had only started at No 10 in September in a bid to steady the ship. He is Sir Keir’s fourth head of communications since Labour won the
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One of Scotland’s last surviving D-Day veterans has died aged 100. Albert Lamond, who was born in Glasgow, was just 18 when he took part in the Allied invasion of Normandy on 6 June 1944, serving as a signalman aboard HMS Rowley. He also served in the Pacific in the lead-up to VJ Day on
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A third British man has died while skiing in the French Alps in less than a week. He had been skiing with a group of four others when the avalanche struck near the town of La Grave in the Alps on Tuesday morning, local media reported. Mountain rescuers attended the scene, but the Briton, in
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A man has been arrested on suspicion of the murder of a 19-year-old student. Carla Georgescu was found dead at her University of Lancashire accommodation in Victoria Street, Preston, on Thursday afternoon, Lancashire Constabulary said. Officers attended the address after reports of a “sudden death”. Her death is being treated as suspicious. Ms Georgescu was
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A convicted robber who absconded from prison has been found, police confirmed. Scott Warner, 37, was reported missing from a roll call at HMP Hollesley Bay, Woodbridge, Suffolk. He had been serving a sentence of four years and seven months for robbery and other offences. Essex Police confirmed on Sunday that Warner, who has links
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In the end, the PM had little option. Faced with an escalating crisis and ever-louder calls from his MPs that someone had to take responsibility for the Mandelson scandal, the PM’s chief of staff, Morgan McSweeney, is gone. Politics latest: Starmer reacts as chief of staff Morgan McSweeney resigns It will be a bitter blow
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A veteran who survived the D-Day landings has died at the age of 100. Stan Ford “dedicated himself to keeping alive the memory of his fallen comrades”, according to the Normandy Memorial Trust. Mr Ford, of Bath, suffered life-changing injuries onboard the HMS Fratton when it was sunk off the coast of Normandy on 18
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