As the sex doll industry grows and AI changes the products available, what does it mean to engage in any kind of relationship with a woman-shaped thing?Two weeks ago, two distressed citizens stumbled across what they assumed was...
Read MoreBridget Phillipson says government would not have to consider releasing prisoners early if Tories had created more capacityCells to hold newly arrested people could run out without the early prison release scheme, a government...
Read MoreThetford has a welcoming history. So why have there been so many demonstrations this summer over plans to house asylum seekers at a nearby military base – as well as nights of violent disorder ?‘I don’t talk to mainstream...
Read MoreBrazil has failed to prove compliance with EU rules on use of antibiotics in cattle and poultry farmingThe UK’s leading farming organisations and animal health experts have called for an urgent ban on imports of Brazilian meat,...
Read MoreMinister calls for Instagram owner to extend sweeping new safeguards for young users to BritainUK politics live – latest updatesBusiness live – latest updatesThe UK government expects the Instagram owner Meta to roll out the...
Read MorePeople with persistent predatory personalities cause an inordinate amount of pain. Recently, our shared understanding of them has grown – and it could help protect usThe classic checklist for psychopathy was developed in 1980 by...
Read MoreParliamentary committee welcomes fact most of 472 missing have been found but ‘extremely concerned’ for restForty children who went missing from hotels housing asylum seekers in the UK have still not been found, according to a...
Read MoreThe platitudes, euphemisms and cliches are excruciating. But the people who say nothing at all are the worstLuckily, I already knew having a comic thought at a tragic moment is a natural stress response, or I might have worried....
Read MoreGovernment resilience campaign aims to ensure people can cope in a national disaster, in order to free resources for most vulnerableUK citizens will be told to stock up on tinned food and take steps to ensure they are prepared...
Read More£10bn for housing with 60% social renting is at odds with PM’s previous call for programme to be spent entirely on social homesMinisters are looking at “a range of support” for vulnerable households struggling with rising bills,...
Read More£10bn for housing with 60% social renting is at odds with PM’s previous call for programme to be spent entirely on social homesGood morning and welcome to the UK politics live blog.The government has set out its plans to spend...
Read MoreMichael Gove calls the axing of his Tory strategy ‘bringing back stupid’. He doesn’t seem to care that it did more harm than good GCSE results day was marked with the usual front pages filled with pictures of beaming students....
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