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The hill I will die on: A music festival isn’t a music festival without children | Iman Amrani

By Iman Amrani

Ignore the party poopers who say toddlers spoil the fun. I’ve braved the raves with my twins – and I’ve seen how families add to the magic of events The woman I used to be died the day I gave birth to twins. That life – full of spontaneous travel, impulsive decisions and a decorated social calendar – evaporated, giving way to a blank canvas of motherhood and two glorious little human beings. While I was inside that s

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How can I convince NHS pensions that I am not dead?

By Anna Tims

It has not paid me for months and I am in severe financial distress, and apart from my husband while I try to sort it out I stopped receiving my NHS pension in May and, when I rang to ask why, I was informed that I was deceased. I have repeatedly called to no avail and my emails have received auto-generated responses. Continue reading...

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On Donetsk’s ‘life or death’ highway with the Khyzhak brigade – photo essay

By Julia Kochetova

The road to Kostyantynivka in Donetsk, Ukraine, is a perilous journey for the Khyzhak brigade – a mobile unit tasked with shooting down Russian drones to cover soldiers’ rotations or moving armoured vehicles “Holy yeah! Yeaaaah! Done!” Booooooom. Dzhango firing to shoot down a Russian FPV-drone. Continue reading...

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Fairphone 6+ review: the most repairable, ethical phone gets faster

By Samuel Gibbs Consumer technology editor

Dutch sustainable smartphone revamped with new chip and more RAM without sacrificing modular design Fairphone’s top Android for 2026 is a little faster with more memory while maintaining full compatibility with its previous phone, including its repairable and ethical chops. The Fairphone 6+ continues the Dutch cooperative’s mission to make consumer electronics longer lasting and more sustainable, containing 51% eithe

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US announces sanctions in 'economic onslaught' on Iran

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US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has vowed to destroy Iran's economy as he gave an address on a new pressure campaign against Tehran.

A new start after 60: I became a grocer – and feel stronger physically and quieter mentally

By Paula Cocozza

Robert Solomon loves the early mornings, picking out the apples, tending to the broccoli and fussing up the dandelion greens. At 71, he says it’s the best job he’s had When Robert Solomon’s working hours were cut during the pandemic – he did building management and tech support for a nonprofit organisation – he got an extra job at a food cooperative, helping to stock the store. It was, he says, the most ordinary job,

Father of USS Lincoln sailor taken into ICE detention while son deployed in Middle East

By Reuters

Joshua Aviles says he is on a nine-month Middle East deployment and learned his has father has been arrested while he was waiting for green card approval The father of a US sailor on board the USS Abraham Lincoln ⁠aircraft carrier deployed in the Middle East during the Iran war has been taken into federal immigration detention, the sailor ⁠said. The border ​patrol arrested Luis Manuel Aviles Roa, originally from Nica

Rate of monthly rent rises slowed in Q2 - report

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The level of increase in monthly rents slowed in the second quarter of the year, according to a new report from property website Daft.

Will standing up to Donald Trump pay off for Canada?

By Mark Paul

World leaders watch for clues as Donald Trump and Mark Carney square up in US-Canada trade row

'It took 30 years to talk about my teacher raping me'

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She was 15 when she met Keith Allen, a supply teacher at her school in Birmingham the early 1990s.

Treochtaí teanga agus creataí cumais

By Ciarán Ó hÓgartaigh

Tá eolas spéisiúil faoi theagasc teangacha inár gcórais oideachais le fáil i dtaighde a foilsíodh i mbliana

Festival's neighbours 'feel like prisoners in our own homes'

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Up to 80,000 fans will party at the Creamfields festival in Cheshire in late August.

Rent inflation slows and how much life assurance cover should you have

By Eoin Burke-Kennedy

The best news, analysis and comment from The Irish Times business desk

New Zealand to consider banning children under 16 from social media

By Reuters

Prime minister Christopher Luxon’s party to introduce bill seeking the ban, citing harm to a generation of children New Zealand prime minister Christopher Luxon has said his party will introduce a bill in parliament that ⁠seeks to ban children ⁠under ​16 from using social media, proposing fines of up to 10% of a platform’s global revenue for non-compliance. The bill would ⁠require social media platforms to take reaso

TV tonight: Michael Sheen exposes a toxic scandal in north Wales

By Phil Harrison, Hollie Richardson, Graeme Virtue and Simon Wardell

The actor concludes his investigation into Monsanto by meeting people with cancer who blame the company for their illness. Plus: a devastating story of foundling sisters reunited. Here’s what to watch this evening 9pm, BBC Two There’s a lagoon in Ruabon, north Wales, that is so toxic that the barrels containing the chemicals dumped in it have rotted away. Until about 20 years ago, children used to play around it. Mic

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UK, France vow stronger military support for Ukraine

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The leaders of Britain and France have pledged to provide Ukraine with stronger military support at a meeting of allies to mark Kyiv's independence day ⁠celebrations.

Stunned parents told to pay £1k for school buses

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Parents say they have been reduced to tears by the unexpected increase.

How will extreme weather affect our food?

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The impact of recent extreme heat is affecting farmers and putting pressure on our food system.

More than 40,000 evacuate as wildfire nears Reno in US

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Authorities in Nevada have urged tens of thousands of people to evacuate and ordered schools to remain closed as a fast-moving, wind-driven wildfire bore down on the western US city of Reno.

Storks released in Cornwall rewilding plan

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It is hoped the birds will eventually return to their roots when they are ready to breed.

Tributes paid to footballer after death in Portugal

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Quevin Castro is remembered as an "immense talent" by clubs he played for in East Anglia.

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New daily diabetes pill that helps with weight loss launches in UK pharmacies

By Hannah Devlin Science correspondent

Foundayo will be available on private prescription, with pharmacists warning of counterfeit GLP-1 problem A new daily pill that treats diabetes and helps with weight loss will be available in UK pharmacies from Monday. Pharmacists said the move would be welcome for people who cannot use weight-loss jabs, but also issued a warning over the growing problem of fake, unlicensed or counterfeit versions of GLP-1 tablets. C

The rare summer recalls that brought the Dáil back early

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The Dáil returns early from its summer break this Friday so that planned excise duty increases can be postponed.

Further education and training should be considered a winning choice, not a consolation prize

By Peter McGuire

FET options are simply different tools for different goals, and choosing such paths is a decision made on its own merits

The causes and treatment of knee pain - and how to prevent it

By Allessandra DiCorato

There are ways in which to manage discomfort, maintain your mobility and prevent future injury