64 minutes ago People still don't know what time between Christmas and New Year's is really called

As the excitement of Christmas Day fades away, we find ourselves in an odd period of festive downtime where leftover snacks, sweets and crisps dominate and nobody knows what day it is

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86 minutes ago UK greyhound racing hit with drug scandal over illegal use of human ‘birth control pills’

Exclusive: Tests showing dogs swallowed contaminated substances triggered action against trainers

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1 hour ago Researchers discover the hobby that cuts your risk of dementia in half

Scientists think processing the vast amounts of information encountered online can benefit people's brains, while social media use may help to combat loneliness

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1 hour ago Embarrassing symptom that led to fitness trainer being diagnosed with cancer at just 25

Fitness trainer Dilan Patel recalled how in his mid-20s he was living a normal life for someone his age, working hard and hanging out with friends with no idea he had a potential cancer symptom.

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2 hours ago Is ‘doom spending’ draining your money? How to reprogramme your financial habits in 2025

Former financial ‘hot mess’ Emma Edwards explores how to rest your habits in her new book, Good With Money. By Vicky Shaw.

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2 hours ago The high street shops and retailers that fell into administration in 2024

The cost of living squeeze has continued to make life tough for retailers - who have faced rising costs at a time when consumers have less money in their pockets

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2 hours ago Hubris by Johannes Krause and Thomas Trappe review – learning from the Neanderthals

Why did we succeeded when other hominins didn’t, and can lessons from our evolutionary past help rein in our destructive impulses?In an institute in Germany, scientists are growing “Neanderthalised” human brain cells in a dish. These cells form synapses and spark as they would have done in a living Neanderthal as she (they are female cells) foraged or breastfed or gazed out of a cave mouth at dusk. That is the spine-tingling opening gambit of a book co-authored by one of the directors of the institute, Johannes Krause, and the information that sets it apart from a host of popular science books that attempt to predict humanity’s future based on our evolutionary past.A mere 90 genetic differences distinguish modern humans, Homo sapiens, from Neanderthals, Homo neanderthalensis. That’s paltry, given the roughly 20,000 genes that make up the human blueprint, and not all of them affect the brain. Yet those 90 differences could explain why Neanderthals died out, s...

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3 hours ago Can Europe switch to a ‘wartime mindset’? Take it from us in Ukraine: here is what that means | Oleksandr Mykhed

Nato’s warning reached me as I braced for a missile attack in Kyiv – where we’ve learned how to survive in the era of Russian hybrid warfareDay 1,024 of the invasion. Kyiv, 7am. Friday the 13th. In a former life, someone would have observed that this is a day that portends bad luck. But in a country where shelling is a daily occurrence, it has become irrelevant. I wake up to the sound of an app on my phone warning me of an increased missile threat. While my partner and I are hiding in the corridor, I read the news that the Nato chief, Mark Rutte, has called on members of the US-led transatlantic alliance to “shift to a wartime mindset”.With the first bang of the air defence system, a thought strikes me: for those who have not already been living with it for nearly three years, how would you explain this mindset? What is this wartime thinking? Continue reading...

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3 hours ago Woman shares ultimate Christmas decoration storage tip after 'having enough'

A video of a woman taking down her Christmas decorations has gone viral and her storage tip has been praised, with the female revealing she 'had enough' of tricky festive items

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3 hours ago Coronation Street teases David Platt's 'unexpected' downfall as family in chaos after Gail's exit

David's decisions will come back to haunt him in the ITV soap - and there's even mention of David the dog

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3 hours ago Real life of Emmerdale's Lydia Dingle actress Karen Blick including real age fans 'can't believe'

Emmerdale actress Karen Blick has been a firm fixture on the ITV soap for nearly nine years, playing the iconic Lydia Dingle - but what is known of the star's life away from the screen?

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3 hours ago Coronation Street confirms teenage stabbing carnage with 'big consequences' for residents

One of the teens will be elft fighting for life in the ITV soap following a shocking attack

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3 hours ago ITV Emmerdale Lydia Dingle star Karen Blick's life off screen as fans can't believe her age

Karen Blick has been a regular on Emmerdale since 2016 but what more is there to know about her life away from the Dales?

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4 hours ago The stately homes you’ll see on screen in 2025 – from Downton Abbey to 28 Years Later

Next year we’ll see a number of historic UK properties on TV shows, such the real-life Traitors castle in Scotland and the imposing Burghley House featured in Frankenstein – Tamara Hinson has rounded up some the most magnificent, including many you can visit

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5 hours ago ‘It’s full of things that didn’t happen – but it feels right!’ Inside the making of Bob Dylan film A Complete Unknown

Starring an Oscar-tipped Timothée Chalamet, James Mangold’s biopic retells Dylan’s electric early career, but it resonates with today’s toxic fame and politics. The creative team explain their process – and what Dylan makes of itBob Dylan is notoriously averse to others poking around in his past – he once suggested the legions of self-styled “Dylanologists” who examine his career in forensic detail should “get a life, please you’re wasting your life”. So when he summoned the director James Mangold to meet him and discuss the Dylan biopic Mangold was making, it had the potential to go badly.The film, A Complete Unknown, was already well under way. A script based on the folk musician and writer Elijah Wald’s acclaimed 2015 book Dylan Goes Electric! had been written by Jay Cocks, best known as the screenwriter of Gangs of New York. Timothée Chalamet was slated to star as Dylan: perfect for the role, Mangold suggests, because “he’s thin and wiry and mercurial and super smart and restles...

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5 hours ago Climate crisis exposed people to extra six weeks of dangerous heat in 2024

Analysis shows fossil fuels are supercharging heatwaves, leaving millions prone to deadly temperaturesThe climate crisis caused an additional six weeks of dangerously hot days in 2024 for the average person, supercharging the fatal impact of heatwaves around the world.The effects of human-caused global heating were far worse for some people, an analysis by World Weather Attribution (WWA) and Climate Central has shown. Those in Caribbean and Pacific island states were the hardest hit. Many endured about 150 more days of dangerous heat than they would have done without global heating, almost half the year. Continue reading...

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5 hours ago Dear Coleen: I'm married but can't stop thinking about one that got away

"We had such an incredible connection – it felt like I’d known this person all my life. I loved his smile, he was so cool and funny, and we had many enjoyable times together both inside and outside of work."

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9 hours ago Surfing the internet in middle age can cut risk of dementia in later life by more than half, study shows

Scientists think processing the vast amounts of information encountered online can benefit people's brains, while social media use may help to combat loneliness

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10 hours ago Bird flu virus shows mutations in first severe human infection in US, CDC says

Mutations are rare but have been reported in some cases in other countries and most often in extreme infectionsThe US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Thursday its analysis of samples from the first severe case of bird flu in the country last week showed mutations not seen in samples from an infected backyard flock on the patient’s property.The CDC said the patient’s sample showed mutations in the hemagglutinin (HA) gene, the part of the virus that plays a key role in it attaching to host cells. Continue reading...

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10 hours ago Arne Slot warns of ‘many challenges still ahead’ after Liverpool extend lead

Too early to celebrate says coach after win over LeicesterJones thanks Klopp for 100th-game reminderArne Slot said it was far too early for Liverpool to be celebrating a 20th league title despite his team going seven points clear at the top of the Premier League with victory over Leicester.Liverpool increased their lead over second-placed Chelsea, and also have a game in hand on their nearest challengers, after coming from behind to beat Ruud van Nistelrooy’s struggling side at Anfield. But despite Chelsea and others faltering in their pursuit of the league leaders, Slot reiterated his call for focus and perspective from Liverpool. Continue reading...

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