54 minutes ago Matt Dawson's opinion of Harry and Meghan changed completely after watching Netflix doc

The Harry and Meghan documentary was a ratings hit for the streaming giant, with the former England scrum-half among those who tuned in to watch the couple's explosive revelations

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70 minutes ago Brits to spend £3.7bn in Boxing Day sales as online shopping dominates

Online spending is set to dominate as more than 11 million people log on for deals

Economics

2 hours ago Young people’s shrinking attention spans are nothing to worry about. Here’s why | Marion Thain

Distractions long predated today’s fast-moving online world. Young people may well be discovering new ways of paying attentionMarion Thain is professor of culture and technology at King’s College London and director of the Digital Futures InstituteIn late-19th-century Britain, Londoners could expect to receive up to 12 postal deliveries a day. Letters were often exchanged with the frequency that we imagine only occurred with the advent of email. Today, archives brim with scrawled missives detailing arrangements to meet for dinner that are made first thing in the morning, only to be followed by an argument unfolding in the middle of the day, culminating in a reconciliation and reinstatement of the plan to meet. All before nightfall.We tend to think of the pre-digital era as much the same as now but without our myriad digital distractions, but it was not so. With ink blots and wild fountain-pen trails going up the margins, it is clear these historical writers were dashing off many suc...

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3 hours ago UK weather maps show where snow bomb will batter Britain on New Year's Day

The majority of the UK will be engulfed by snow on New Year's Day - with several major cities in the firing line and temperatures set to plummet, according to advanced weather modelling maps

Events

3 hours ago Why this Scottish menstrual health innovation matters in chase for multi

“The evidence from the review indicates a global femtech market which is expected to treble in size over the next 10 years, alone providing major opportunities for Scottish businesses capable of accessing this market” - Scottish Enterprise

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3 hours ago Average NHS 24 waiting time for calls to be answered increases by two thirds in a year

A Freedom of Information Request showed that average wait times for the service rose from round 12 minutes in 2023 to 21 minutes in 2024.

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6 hours ago Ozempic was handed to almost 400 prisoners this year: NHS paid £130,000 for lags' fat jabs

The total number of 396 was down from years before, with 575 Ozempic jabs given to prisoners in 2023 and 448 in 2022.

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7 hours ago Is THIS Britain's tighest loyalty scheme? Penny pinching pub offers free pint to regular punters... but there is a VERY big catch

EXC: The Ecclian pub in Eccleshall, is offering his customers a free pint after the Chancellor bragged about cutting the cost of the pint by 1p.

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7 hours ago We live in 'Britain's fattest town' where people eat THREE takeaways a day and the queue for McDonald's blocks our driveways

EXCLUSIVE: Four out of five people living in the former South Wales steel town are classed as either overweight or obese.

Politics

7 hours ago Millions of Brit drivers warned as three new laws come into force in days

The new Labour Party government will give highway authorities the power to increase fixed penalty notice (FPN) charges for fines relating to offences under the New Roads and Street Works Act (NRSWA) 1991

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