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Predator used nickname ‘Epstein’ to force more than 100 girls to self-harm online

Members are mainly teenage boys driven by a desire for status, rather than sexual desire or money. Notoriety is achieved by sharing more extreme content and committing increasingly serious crimes. Swaddle’s devices were…

Shoppers warned of supermarket price rises ‘within months’ due to extreme heat

The chairman of the House of Commons’ Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee has said consumers can expect to see the impact of this summer’s record-breaking weather in six to 12 months time as growers have warned…

The subjects A-level students are most likely to cheat in

Speaking ahead of A-level results being published this week, he said students’ achievement would be similar this year compared to last year, when a record proportion of students received A and A* grades. ‘AI is getting…

Actor Brad Pitt says he had ‘one little period’ of having suicidal thoughts

The 62-year-old Fight Club star said that after feeling that way his “survival instincts” kicked in and stopped him, and added that he had not considered suicide before or since. He said: “I was never suicidal in any…

Student loans should be taught in school maths lessons, Ucas boss says

Backlash over student loans has simmered in recent months - particularly regarding plan two student loans, which have left some graduates with snowballing debts despite years of making repayments. Interest on plan two…

No 10’s failure to block early release of PC Andrew Harper’s killers is ‘indefensible’, says top police officer

The government’s early release scheme - put in place to manage overcrowding in the prison estate - was reviewed by new prime minister Andy Burnham following public backlash after it emerged that Jessie Cole and Albert…

Record 230 people cross Channel in one small boat

It breaks the previous record set in July, when 165 people made the crossing on a single vessel . The boat arrived in the UK in the early hours of Monday. A picture taken off the coast of northern France showed the…

Ex-PE teacher who hit children with golf balls ordered to do unpaid work

The ex-footballer, who played for Arbroath and Clyde and Stranraer, carried out so many attacks on pupils that a jury heard he could not even remember them. At sentencing, Sheriff Eoin McGinty said Neil's pupils had…

More than 120 firefighters still tackling ‘devastating’ New Forest blaze

Firefighters tackle the fire at a major heathland blaze in the New Forest (Andrew Matthews/PA) PA Wire More than 120 firefighters are continuing to tackle a “devastating” blaze on internationally protected heathland in…

Radio station accidentally announced King’s death then broadcast 16 minutes of silence as panicked staff member ran away

The Essex broadcaster apologised in May after the messages were played on The Barry Marsh Show , one of which said “we have suspended our normal programmes until further notice as a mark of respect following the passing…