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Shutterstock When now 16-year-old Helen got her first period, it was her dad who helped her with it as he was the parent who happened to be at home. Chatting about periods with young people can be awkward, even more so if you don't experience them yourself, but Helen says her dad had always spoken

Disclaimer: Thursday's papers carry spoilers for The Celebrity Traitors Many of the papers continue to look ahead to next month's Budget. The Daily Telegraph reports that Chancellor Rachel Reeves is considering a 2p increase to income tax - which would be the first hike to the basic rate since the 1970s. The Telegraph also notes

Josh Martin, Business reporter and Haider Saleem, Journalist BBC Lancashire gift shop and café owner Charlotte Brennan says autumnal trends have "snowballed", with customers buying in to homeware trends to mark the shorter days "It's been our busiest year yet for Halloween," says cafe and gift shop owner Charlotte Brennan. "People have been asking for

Paul Kirby Europe digital editor Reuters Rob Jetten became one of the youngest ministers in Dutch history under former PM Mark Rutte Rob Jetten's achievement in dragging his socially liberal D66 party from fifth place to the top of Dutch politics in less than two years has been extraordinary. But politically, all the stars were

Paul Kirby, Europe digital editor and Anna Holligan, Hague correspondent in Leiden EPA Rob Jetten, 38, led a highly polished campaign and outperformed his rivals in TV debates Rob Jetten's centrist-liberal party D66 are in a neck-and-neck race with anti-Islam populist Geert Wilders in the Dutch election, according to latest vote projections. With about 98%

Charlotte Edwards Business reporter Virgin Trains will be able to launch rail services through the Channel Tunnel after the UK's rail regulator approved its application to share a depot with Eurostar. The decision by the Office of Rail and Road (ORR) means Eurostar's monopoly on passenger services is set to be broken for the first

Barbara Plett Usher Africa correspondent The leader of Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has declared an investigation into what he called violations committed by his soldiers during the capture of el-Fasher. The announcement by Gen Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, known as Hemedti, came after escalating reports of mass civilian killings following the RSF takeover of

Daniel Wittenberg, Politics producer and Nick Eardley, Political Correspondent Partners and children of some Gazan PhD and master's students coming to study in the UK will be now able to join them, the government has confirmed. It marks a reversal of the original policy which only supported the evacuation of the students themselves. Each application

An Australian teenager has died after he was hit by a cricket ball during a practice session in Melbourne. Ben Austin, 17, was training - with a helmet but no neck guard - in cricket nets in Ferntree Gully on Tuesday when he was hit in the neck by a ball thrown using a handheld

MPs question value for money of Prince Andrew's Royal Lodge lease Shutterstock Prince Andrew has lived at Royal Lodge since 2004 and has a 75-year lease Parliament's spending watchdog has raised concerns over whether Prince Andrew's lease arrangements are "achieving the best value for money", amid increased scrutiny over the cost of his accommodation at