Up to 100,000 children from low-income families will lose out on free school meals because of the government’s method for setting the threshold at which pupils qualify, a new study has found, prompting accusations the Conservatives are “consciously” targeting poor children. The Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) said the decision to discount inflation when freezing the…

A terminally ill father whose rare stomach cancer was initially diagnosed as ‘acid reflux’ is on a heartbreaking mission to prepare his six-month-old daughter for life without him. Daniel McGrath, 21, is currently in Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridgeshire, being fed through a tube, but he is determined to create a legacy for his little girl. Newlywed…

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is taking personal responsibility for letting third parties access Facebook user data without permission, and says the company will embark on a three-year push to prevent it from happening in the future. « I started this place, I run it, » Zuckerberg said during a call with reporters on Wednesday. « I’m responsible for…

Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionHow Facebook-Cambridge Analytica data scandal unfoldedFacebook believes the data of up to 87 million people was improperly shared with the political consultancy Cambridge Analytica – many more than previously disclosed. The BBC has been told that about 1.1 million of them are UK-based. The overall figure had…

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The 4-1 result was very harsh on Roma, so who made the best impression against Barcelona in our Football Italia player ratings? Words: Tom Scholes – @_TomScholes Alisson – 6 Although the Brazilian will feel that he could have done better with a few of the goals, it could have been a lot worse if…

Merseyside Police will conduct enquiries after two of their officers suffered injuries during the attack on Manchester City’s bus ahead of the Champions League game with Liverpool at Anfield. Projectiles including bottles and fireworks were launched at the visiting team’s vehicle as they made their way to the stadium ahead of the quarter-final first leg.…

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — With thoughts on the past and eyes to the future, thousands marched and sang civil rights songs Wednesday to honor the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., the « apostle of nonviolence » silenced by an assassin 50 years ago. At events ranging from a jubilant concert to a solemn wreath-laying, admirers around the…

– Certain seasons aren’t real long. The NFL season, the college football season, you know, the MLS season– they’re not that long. But then baseball is long. And the NBA season is long. And so what happens when you get these really long seasons is really great players pick their spots. Believe it or not,…