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Cat Deeley has praised Holly Willoughby for supporting her taking over as a lead presenter on This Morning. Willoughby, 43, departed the ITV morning programme last year, saying she was having to make the decision for herself and her family. It also came amid allegations of a plot to kidnap, rape and murder her emerged. Security guard Gavin Plumb was later jailed for life with a minimum term of 16 […]

Paralympic triathlon events scheduled to take place on Sunday in Paris have been postponed for 24 hours due to a decrease in the water quality of the river Seine . Rain in the French capital during the past two days has left the river unsuitable for swimming. Paris 2024 organisers and World Triathlon said the health of athletes is their priority. All 11 triathlon races have been rescheduled for Monday, […]

Russia has said its air defences intercepted and destroyed 158 Ukrainian drones overnight into Sunday, including two over Moscow and nine over the surrounding region. Forty-six were over the Kursk region, where Ukraine has sent its forces in recent weeks in the largest incursion on to Russian soil since the Second World War. A further 34 were over the Bryansk region, 28 over the Voronezh region, and 14 over the […]

More than four in five people are planning to spend the same amount or more on holidays in the year ahead as they have in the past 12 months, a survey indicates. The research also pointed to holidaymakers wanting to tour around multiple destinations during a single getaway, with nearly a fifth (17%) of people saying this is their preferred type of holiday. As the summer holiday season comes to […]

After golden moments in the pool and in taekwondo on Saturday, Great Britain’s medal hopefuls will target more medals on day four of the Paralympics in Paris. ParalympicsGB will be chasing more success in swimming and in the velodrome while there are plenty of medal hopes in athletics, boccia, rowing and triathlon on a day which will see 64 golds handed out. Steadman takes the plunge in title defence Triathlon […]

The Scottish Government will need to work “harder and smarter” to deliver for the people in the face of Westminster “cuts”, First Minister John Swinney will warn today. But with ending child poverty one of his key priorities, he will tell how his Government will “tailor support better to families” so they can “get the help they need”. While this will not have the same “immediate impact” as ending the […]

Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson has described the number of children missing school as an “absence epidemic”. Ahead of pupils’ return to the classroom next week, Ms Phillipson warned she will make no “apologies” for fining parents with frequently absent children. In the Sunday Times, Ms Phillipson said her first priority is to create a welcoming environment for pupils in a bid to improve attendance. She added that too many parents […]

The bodies of six hostages taken by Hamas have been recovered from Gaza, according to the Israel Defence Forces. In a statement posted on X, the IDF said the bodies of Carmel Gat, 40, Eden Yerushalmi, 24, Hersh Goldberg-Polin, 23, Alexander Lobanov,33, Almog Sarusi, 27, and Ori Danino, 25, were found and recovered yesterday. Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari, the Israeli military spokesperson, said on Sunday that “they were cruelly murdered […]

The criminal justice system is “undoubtedly dysfunctional”, the police watchdog has said, as he described the lack of prison places as a “nightmare”. His Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Constabulary Andy Cooke told The Sunday Telegraph that “too often” police officers are “getting the basics wrong”, such as failing to answer the phone quickly or respond to incidents at pace. Mr Cooke told the newspaper: “None of the organisations can hold […]