Following the discovery, Debbie Duncan, Mr Slater’s 55-year-old mother, said in a statement: “I just can’t believe it. We’re here with the embassy staff waiting for an update, and now it’s come – the worst news. I just can’t believe this could happen to my beautiful boy. Our hearts are broken.” A family source told...
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Trans women can be excluded from female-only jobs, watchdog rules
Companies can legally block trans women from taking jobs intended only for women, the equalities watchdog has ruled. The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) said that if an employer wanted to advertise for a woman-only job, that must only mean biological women or those who have received a gender-recognition certificate. It would therefore be...
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Britain will be an Islamist country under Labour, claims Trump VP pick
Donald Trump’s pick for vice-president has said Labour will turn the UK into the world’s first Islamist nuclear power. JD Vance, who was nominated to be Trump’s running mate at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee on Monday, made the comments at last week’s National Conservatism Conference. His reference to Labour’s landslide victory could complicate...
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Thomas Matthew Crooks: Registered Republican and gun lover who shot Trump
“He was bullied almost everyday. He would sit alone at lunch. I mean, he was just an outcast, and you know how kids are nowadays,” one former pupil told NBC. “They go see someone like that and target him because they think it’s funny or whatever. It’s the best way I can describe it. And...
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The Matches disaster is the end of luxury fashion as we know it
Traditionally retailers mark up items by just under three times. If they sell something for £1,000, for example, they pay the designer about £380, leaving a margin of £620. Under the sale or return system, they would make £200 on a £1,000 item. ‘Then there are a slew of import and export duties under Brexit,’...
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Russia loses ‘astronomical’ 70,000 troops in 60 days
“These tactics can yield incremental gains, but they are poorly suited to achieving operationally significant breakthroughs. Larger assaults have proven costly to Russian forces, which cannot afford sustained equipment losses of the kind seen earlier in Avdiivka,” Michael Kofman, a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment, said. Following a recent field research trip to the...
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How Victoria Starmer transformed first lady dressing in one week
One week you’re quietly getting on with life working for the NHS in occupational health, the next you’re rubbing shoulders with world leaders at a Nato summit in Washington as the UK’s (unofficial) “first lady”. It’s been quite the transition for Lady Starmer, a woman who had mostly remained in the shadows throughout her husband’s...
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Paris Olympics 2024: Your ultimate guide
Aquatics Centre – Artistic swimming, diving, water poloChateau de Versailles – Equestrian, modern pentathlonElancourt Hill – Mountain bike cyclingLe Bourget Sport Climbing Venue – Shooting, sport climbingGolf National – GolfNorth Paris Arena – Boxing, modern pentathlonParis La Defense Arena – Swimming, water poloSaint-Quentin-en-Yvelines BMX Stadium – BMX racingSaint-Quentin-en-Yvelines Velodrome – Track cyclingStade de France –...
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Team GB at Paris Olympics: Who are the British athletes to watch at the 2024 Games?
Jack Laugher: Men’s synchro 3m springboardLaugher and 3m synchro partner Chris Mears became Britain’s first ever diving Olympic champions by claiming a historic gold at Rio 2016. The Yorkshire-born athlete continued his success in Brazil by claiming a silver medal in the 3m springboard as Team GB’s divers recorded their best Games with three medals. ...
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EU border guard killed by spear-throwing migrants
On Wednesday Poland said it would do whatever it took to resolve the migrant crisis on its border with Belarus. Radoslaw Sikorski, the foreign minister, had previously said that his country did not rule out a complete closure of the border, while Andrzej Duda, the president, raised the border crisis in talks with his Chinese...
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UK hasn’t allowed Ukraine to use Storm Shadow missiles inside Russia, MoD clarifies
On Thursday night Sir Keir told the Nato summit that he had “reaffirmed our unshakeable support for Ukraine’s ultimate victory.” He said the alternative was “unthinkable” as he described Russia using “some of the deadliest weapons in its arsenal on innocent children”, when it struck a children’s cancer hospital in Kyiv earlier this week. Sir...
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Miliband vs Mandelson: The battle for the best job in British diplomacy
“David and Peter both have huge strengths,” Knight says. “You could make an argument that Peter’s someone you want close to home. My sense is he has been advising the leader’s office in the run-up to the election. And that went well. If David’s ready to move on from IRC he would be a brilliant...