Thousands of angry parents have called on Target to stop selling children’s clothing that makes young girls look like “tramps”. The retailer’s Facebook page has been flooded with more than 2500 comments complaining its clothing line for girls aged 7 to 14 is “age-inappropriate” and designed for “little hookers”. Related: Why girls are having sex […]

Girls as young as 14 are being given breastfeeding lessons as part of a controversial new programme in UK high schools. Bizarre puppets and knitted breasts were used to teach 40 students at Liverpool’s Litherland High School how to breastfeed and express milk. The girls — aged 14 to 15 years old — were also […]

Just four years after he was declared a national hero in Beijing, Steve Hooker has been branded a “disappointment” by his own boss. Athletics Australia President Rob Fildes has declared the pole vaulter the biggest frustration of the London Olympics, saying his failure to perform was disappointing no matter how you looked at it. Related: […]

The gossip magazines went into overdrive last week, as speculation Brad Pitt was planning to marry Angelina Jolie in a secret Saturday ceremony reached fever pitch.

Pippa Middleton’s confidence has reportedly been shattered by designer Karl Lagerfeld’s cruel comments about her looks. The Duchess of Cambridge’s younger sister is said to be “devastated” by Lagerfeld’s public criticism of her face, which he said should be hidden. In pictures: William can’t keep his hands off Kate But while Pippa was shocked and […]

They finished last and by a considerable margin, but Sarah Attar and Wojdan Shaherkhani got a standing ovation for being in London at all. Sarah, 19, and Wojdan, 16, are the first women to compete for Saudi Arabia at the Olympic Games. While their sporting achievements didn’t win them any medals — Sarah came last […]

As Jennifer Aniston prepares to walk up the aisle again, we look at her former loves.

An image of a naked plus-sized model with Barbie’s proportions drawn onto her body has gone viral on social media. The picture of Katie Halchishick — co-founder of body image blog Healthy is the New Skinny — was shot for the November 2011 issue of O magazine. In pictures: The real-life Russian Barbie doll It […]

Twenty-four hours after she won gold in the women’s omnium, British cyclist Laura Trott scored an even more enviable prize – a date with Prince Harry. Harry watched Laura, 20, ride to victory on Tuesday and was so impressed with her athleticism he asked her out the following day. The prince took Laura to the […]

It’s commonly heard spewing from the mouths of giggly Gen-Y’s, but the annoying acronym OMG was actually coined in 1917 by a British aristocrat. Celebrated naval officer Lord Fisher used the three-letter abbreviation in a wartime letter to Winston Churchill. The missive — which was penned in 1917 and published in Lord Fisher’s 1919 book […]