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‘I was in the depths of alcoholism. Then my son said two sentences that changed my life’

Health
Sarah Carter

I love my son Marcus with my entire being, but there was a time when alcohol drove a divide between us. As ...

the town on the front lines of left-behind Britain

U.K.
William Turner

Grimsby’s experience offers lessons for how the next government can better help other towns with shrinking or stagnating populations. “As a local ...

I share voters’ frustrations but backing Reform means a Labour dictatorship

U.K.
William Turner

He warned that the country is “sleepwalking” into a “very dangerous future”, saying: “A Labour Party with an elective dictatorship will be ...

Eight Israeli soldiers killed in Gaza armoured car blast

World
Emily Foster

Eight Israeli soldiers were killed in southern Gaza on Saturday, in one of the deadliest incidents for the country’s military in eight ...

How to know if (and when) you’re going to go bald

Health
Sarah Carter

Losing hair is an issue many men worry about. That is understandable, because by the age of 70, between 96 and 100 ...

How Gordon Brown could tempt Labour into a stealth ‘mortgage tax’

Business
Robert Johnson

Paul Tucker, a former deputy governor of the Bank, argued in an influential 2022 paper that the scale of the payments caused ...

Asda to outsource staff to Indian company

Business
Robert Johnson

Following the latest announcement regarding Asda’s outsourcing proposal, bosses are understood to have been inundated with questions from worried workers. Asda’s IT ...

How ‘Strava stalkers’ drove fitness apps to protect female joggers

Technology
Laura Adams

Late last year the app also added direct messaging, although this too has raised concerns that the feature could add to digital ...

One dead, several wounded in stabbing rampage at German Euros party

World
Emily Foster

A knife attacker killed one person and severely injured two more in a rampage at a Euros party in east Germany before ...

Diversity drive to double number of non-white honours recipients

U.K.
William Turner

Dr Sue Griffiths, a member of the parliamentary and political service honours committee, stressed that the 10 per cent target “is a ...