35 minutes ago ‘When a friend is struggling, they need an ally, not an opinion’: 11 surprising habits that can ruin friendships

Think you always know what your mate is thinking? Forever making elaborate plans together? You might be doing your friendships more harm than you realise, say these experts“It’s very British to joke and tease to show affection, but it can tip over into being unhealthy,” says the friendship coach Hannah Carmichael. Her online community, Friendshift, coaches adults to build authentic friendships and navigate social situations. “At the heart of every healthy relationship is the ability to show up fully as ourselves,” she says. Continue reading...

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10 minutes ago Professor Tim Spector's two tips for improving gut health and reducing inflammation

Professor Tim Spector has given his advice on what people should be eating more of to improve their gut health and reduce inflammation in the gut, with the Zoe co-founder pinpointing one food type as a must-include

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2 hours ago Are you eligible for a Cold Weather Payment? Check to see if YOU can claim £25 as icy blast grips Britain

As a bitter Arctic freeze engulfs Britain, with some communities bracing for heavy snow and -20C temperatures, payments have been triggered in a total of 51 postcode areas.

Economics

2 hours ago Gustav Isaksen in quickfire Celtic transfer turnaround as brutal Lazio cull sees 'boring' jab forgotten

The winger had bragged about his decision to shut down a move to Celtic last summer

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93 minutes ago HMRC urges timely Self Assessment submissions to avoid £100 fines ahead of January deadline

HMRC customers could be hit with fine if they ignore the looming deadline

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26 hours ago Manchester Airport suspends flights to clear 'significant snow' as England shivers in

Manchester Airport stopped all flights again this morning due to heavy snow with departures and arrivals thrown into chaos as teams cleared the runways with Met Office warnings still in place.

Transport

41 minutes ago Major bank change to affect Halifax, Lloyds, and Bank of Scotland branches

Banking customers up and down the country will soon see a signifanct change at their local bank branch

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5 hours ago Paris Hilton returns to destroyed Malibu home after watching it burn down on live TV

‘It feels like my heart has been shattered into a million pieces,’ said TV star as she visited the burnt remains of her oceanfront mansion

Society

2 hours ago Cleaner left mortified after customer points out 'silly' carpet mistake

Karen Royle was left red-faced after her customer pointed out that a 'stain' she had been trying to scrub out of the carpet for five minutes was actually a reflection

Economics

5 hours ago How Amad recovered from two setbacks to become one of Manchester United's most important players

Amad has emerged as Man United's talisman at their lowest ebb for decades when a year ago he couldn't get into the team.

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2 hours ago Urgent warning issued as major network provider plans to shutdown mobile data access

O2 is set to switch off its 3G service this year, leaving many older devices without access to the internet.

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28 hours ago Major airport suspends flights to clear 'significant snow' as England shivers in

Manchester Airport stopped all flights again this morning due to heavy snow with departures and arrivals thrown into chaos as teams cleared the runways with Met Office warnings still in place.

Transport

2 hours ago Coronation Street legend 'set to leave cobbles' after four decades in devastating twist

Coronation Street's Kevin Webster will be diagnosed with testicular cancer in heartbreaking scenes but could this lead to Michael Le Vill's exit from the famous cobbles

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11 hours ago Dear Coleen: I fear a family fall out when we drive to my sister's Scots wedding

I have been driving for a decade and so has my husband, while my mum has been driving for at least 30 years, but doesn’t drive as much now due to declining health (and certainly not long distances).

Society

35 hours ago 'Complete goalkeeper' has Manchester United 'at heart' and could offer transfer solution

Man United could be on the lookout for a new goalkeeper this month and there is an affordable solution out there they already know very well.

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3 hours ago Waitrose issues urgent warning for chicken product over missing allergy labels

Waitrose has issued an urgent warning to customers over a chicken product. The supermarket has advised that you should not consume the item due to missing allergy labels

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28 hours ago Snow and heavy winds bring travel disruption with airport runways shut

Large parts of the UK continue to face yellow weather warnings for snow and ice on Thursday, with another ‘very cold night’ expected.

Transport

2 hours ago 11 councils ask Government to postpone local elections ahead of reorganisation

The Government has proposed the largest reorganisation of local government for decades.

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23 hours ago Airbnb offers refund to guest after Palisades fires booking complaint went viral

‘Their policies failed to account for context’ said unhappy customer

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6 hours ago ‘Heartless’ fraudster stole £1m from bank customers to fund Porsche sports car and lavish lifestyle

Adam Raja used more than 100 mobiles and SIM cards to contact unsuspecting victims from his bedroom in Croydon

Economics

4 hours ago Scientists discover a diet that can bulletproof the gut against food poisoning

University of Cambridge researchers said eating one nutrient helped nurture beneficial bacteria that naturally live in our guts, helping protect against those might invade via contaminated food.

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29 hours ago Major airport axes ALL flights to clear 'significant levels of snow' as England shivers in

Manchester Airport stopped all flights again shortly after 9am this morning due to heavy snow with departures and arrivals thrown into chaos as teams worked to clear the runways.

Transport

3 hours ago Beloved bakery chain will close its doors for good this weekend in 'heartbreaking loss' after 120 years

A beloved family-run bakery that employs more than 100 people across its 13 stores in Lancashire will be shutting up shop this weekend.

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29 hours ago Manchester Airport LIVE delays updates after runways shut due to 'significant' snowfall

The runways have been temporarily closed as staff deal with the snow

Society

7 hours ago Shop a 'brilliant' dehumidifier that 'dries clothes quicker' worth £230 for less as it has 72% off

There's a dehumidifier causing quite the stir among shoppers as it not only 'dries clothes quicker' according to customer testimonials, but it's also been slashed from £300 down to £85

Economics

4 hours ago Jonathan Davies told Wales coach he had to keep Shaun Edwards before row erupted

Edwards' exit left the Welsh public gutted

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5 hours ago Ashley Young 'gutted' after being denied father vs son history in FA Cup

Darren Ferguson insists Peterborough not a “charity case” as he attracts Everton fury for leaving Tyler Young on the bench

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30 hours ago UK weather live: Manchester Airport runways shut amid heavy snow as temperatures plunge to

The warning for snow comes amid continued weather disruption at airports and schools across the UK

Society

7 hours ago Shoppers can snap up £300 'brilliant' dehumidifier that 'dries clothes quicker' for £85

Shoppers can currently bag a 'sleek and compact' dehumidifier for £85, down from £300, and it has garnered a wealth of positive reviews from satisfied customers

Economics

5 hours ago Russell Howard breaks silence to say TV is 'not as fun' as he quits 19

The comedian has announced his retirement from television after nearly two decades, and has no plans to return to the small screen any time soon

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5 hours ago Darren Ferguson confronted by 'bang out of order' Everton star as Ashley Young 'gutted'

Tyler Young was an unused substitute in Peterborough's 2-0 loss to Everton in the FA Cup on Thursday night, with Darren Ferguson's decision not to bring him on prompting a backlash

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32 hours ago Weather and travel LIVE updates as major road shut, schools close and trams hit by 'severe delays' in Greater Manchester

The cold snap is continuing

Society

21 hours ago Italian mayor vows to stop sale of Neapolitan islet to wealthy speculator

Bacoli mayor says his administration wants to buy Punta Pennata and turn it into an ‘open-air museum’An Italian mayor has vowed to do everything in his power to stop Punta Pennata – a slice of island paradise close to the heart of Naples, from where a fleet departed to rescue survivors of the AD79 eruption of Mount Vesuvius – being sold to a wealthy speculator.Located within the pristine waters of Bacoli, a fishing town located in the vast volcanic area of the Campi Flegrei, and described as a “historical and natural gem”, the strip of land was put up for sale to the highest bidder this week. Continue reading...

Economics

5 hours ago Voices: The California wildfires are not ‘natural disasters’ – they’re man

This is the future that climate scientists have been warning about for decades, writes Asia climate correspondent Stuti Mishra – but why has it taken it being brought to the doorsteps of the some of the world’s most influential people for us to care?

Events

5 hours ago Father Brown star Mark Williams' life including 'tricky' Harry Potter moment

Mark Williams has been a familiar face on our TV screens for decades, but he is best known for his role as the titular character in the popular BBC series Father Brown

Politics

34 hours ago Love Island star's health battle sees doctors share alopecia signs to look for

Two doctors have shed light on the symptoms of a little-known health condition, after Kaz Crossley's heart-breaking experience

Society

21 hours ago Pub's 'amazing' gesture to customers after hearing 'upsetting but true thing'

The pub was touched by hearing an "upsetting but true thing" from one of its customers - and has now responded

Economics

6 hours ago School closures: Find out which are shut in your local authority amid snow and ice weather warnings

Overnight on Wednesday, temperatures fell to as low as minus 12C at Tulloch Bridge in Scotland

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6 hours ago Ashley Young 'gutted' after being denied father vs son history in FA Cup clash

Darren Ferguson insists Peterborough not a “charity case” as he attracts Everton fury for leaving Tyler Young on the bench

Politics

22 hours ago How RMT union baron Mick Lynch earned nearly £1million in salary and benefits over last decade while wreaking rail misery for millions of Brits

Mick Lynch - famously dubbed 'The Hood' after the Thunderbirds character - is retiring as general secretary of the RMT. He enjoyed a total remuneration and benefits of £127,339 in 2023 alone.

Economics

6 hours ago Woman carrying 90kg of viral Dubai chocolate in suitcases detained by airport security

Customs officials believed the woman intended to sell the chocolate commercially.

Events

7 hours ago Graham Potter’s task is to put human heart back in West Ham’s gormless machine | Jonathan Liew

After Hollywood farce of Chelsea and two years out of game, rags-to-riches manager has seized chance to join ‘family club’Remember Angrygate? For a few surreal days in February 2023, pretty much the entire talking apparatus of English football was engaged – as is its habit – in a fevered, earnest and yet entirely fatuous debate about whether Graham Potter was angry enough to be the Chelsea manager.Under an increasingly persistent line of questioning, Potter coped pretty well. He firmly pointed out that you do not go from the ninth tier to one of the biggest clubs in the world without a certain ruthless streak. He subtly rebuked the hypocrisy of the media for demanding greater touchline theatrics from Premier League managers and then pontificating about the culture of abuse towards grassroots referees. So subtly, in fact, that the media blissfully ignored that bit. Continue reading...

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23 hours ago Popular Cadbury product recalled after furious customers spot 'fuzzy mould'

The company has been slammed on X after customers reported finding "fuzzy mould" in the chocolate product.

Economics

6 hours ago Greggs customers to be hit by price rises after fresh warning over economy

The bakery chain made £2 billion in annual sales for the first time last year, but warned of ‘lower consumer confidence’ in recent months.

Events

8 hours ago The Sound of Utopia by Michel Krielaars review – the musicians persecuted by Stalin

A revelatory account of the composers and performers whose lives were determined by the whims of a dictatorThe fact that Joseph Stalin loved music and believed it mattered was both a blessing and a curse for the men and women who made it. If your work found favour you were treated as a secular god with all the trimmings – palatial apartment, good food and freedom to roam as far as the decadent West (assuming you came back when called).But for those who offended Stalin’s arbitrary and shifting tastes it was another matter. The Father of Nations regularly took time out from his busy killing schedule to vet each new classical music record that came across his desk, noting on the sleeve whether it was “good”, “average” or “rubbish”. A bad rating could earn you a stint in the gulag or, if there were aggravating circumstances (homosexuality, say), a bullet in the back of the head. It has been calculated that 68 composers were sent to Siberia during Stalin’s 30-year reign of terror. Hundre...

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24 hours ago Mark Wright's sister says 'it's broken my heart all over again' as she opens up after devastating loss

Jessica Wright, TV personality and sister of Mark Wright, has opened up after a massive loss that has devastated their family, saying that 'it's broken my heart all over again'

Economics

6 hours ago Drinking coffee in the morning could reduce risk of death and heart disease, study finds

More than a thirdof those taking part were morning coffee drinkers

Events

15 hours ago ‘No one will stop our people’: Bougainville president defiant in push for independence

Ishmael Toroama tells the Guardian sovereignty from Papua New Guinea is a ‘matter of time’ as long-running process enters next phase Ishmael Toroama’s life has been dominated by a single ambition. The president of Bougainville, an autonomous island that is part of the Pacific nation of Papua New Guinea, has for decades fought for his island to claim its sovereignty.“Bougainville is for independence,” the president insists. “It is only a matter of time.” Continue reading...

Politics

25 hours ago MSP claims delayed discharge cost NHS Dumfries and Galloway more than £54million in last decade

Nearly 200,000 bed days have been lost to the issue across the region since 2015.

Economics

7 hours ago At last! Fashion is making bags for women who work, not just ladies who lunch | Jessica Cartner

My work bag is closer in scale to a laundry basket than the tiny handbags clutched by modelsFashion sometimes excludes people on grounds that are truly nasty and toxic and which reflect and drive fundamental problems in our culture: race, weight, wealth. So I hesitate to bring up what I’m about to say because it is small-fry compared with those issues. What I want to talk about today is not, in the scheme of things, any kind of hard luck story. But I am going to bring it up anyway.The microaggression for which I would like to call out fashion, today, is for all the times it has made me feel excluded because my handbag is inelegantly big and heavy. I have quite often felt like a no-hope outcast from glamour, on the grounds that the outfits fashion celebrates on catwalks or billboards or red carpets feature a handbag no bigger than a hardback novel, while the bag I carry to the office and back every day is closer in scale to a laundry basket. Continue reading...

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16 hours ago Titanique review – camp musical sails into silliness with Céline Dion onboard

Criterion theatre, LondonIt goes on and on but this madcap spoof of the blockbuster film has a sparkling cast, including Lauren Drew as Dion and Layton Williams as the icebergImagine James Cameron’s 1997 disaster film romance Titanic as a camp musical spoof narrated by Céline Dion, who famously sang its signature number. Every character onboard this ill-fated liner is a closet-door short of coming out – including Jack and Rose. Then add enough smutty double entendres and rapid cultural references to bedazzle a pantomime dame, alongside a score of mainly Dion songs (My Heart Will Go On is set to electric guitar).You might come close to preparing yourself for this madcap musical fantasia which has fetched up from off-Broadway to reprise (ruin?) the love story between Rose (Kat Ronney) – who is engaged to rich Cal (Jordan Luke Gage), with Grindr on his phone – and the poor artist Jack (Rob Houchen). Continue reading...

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28 hours ago Tesco shopper left questioning meal deal choice after finding out no one else has it

The customer shared their favourite Tesco meal deal in a post online, and they were left questioning their choices after the app told them how rare their combination was

Economics

8 hours ago Mel Gibson: My home of over a decade burned down during Joe Rogan podcast

The Mad Max star described the loss as ’emotional’ and ‘devastating’.

Events

16 hours ago Eye rolls, heavy sighs and cold shoulders... all the wildly awkward moments at a very glacial presidential reunion for Jimmy Carter's funeral

President Jimmy Carter's national funeral service was meant to be a celebration of the former-president's life, a time to set aside political differences and come together.

Politics

28 hours ago Popular Kirkcudbright cafe closes permanently as owners bid customers 'fond farewell'

The owners of The Belfry on St Mary Street have announced the restaurant will not be reopening this year.

Economics

9 hours ago Weather and travel LIVE updates as schools shut, major road closed and Met Office warning in place

Icy weather is causing further disruption

Events

16 hours ago Inside Mr Tumble star Justin Fletcher's life off screen including huge net worth and why he never married

Mr Tumble has been a kids TV hero for decades, but what do we know about Justin Fletcher, the man behind the slapstick CBeebies character, and his life offscreen?

Politics

29 hours ago Lloyds sparks fears of more bank branch closures after announcing big change for customers

Customers of Halifax, Lloyds and Bank of Scotland will be allowed to use any of its branches under a shake-up that had led to union fears

Economics

9 hours ago Coronation Street's Dylan Wilson star was 'naïve' before horror of knife crime storyline

The star has spoken out following the heart-breaking murder of Mason Radcliffe

Events

20 hours ago The Guardian view on Jimmy Carter’s funeral: requiem for a good man and a better era | Editorial

Five living presidents gathered at the service in Washington. They were a reminder of how much has changed in US politicsHeavy with honours, attended by all living US presidents, and swathed in public affection, Jimmy Carter received a solemn state funeral on Thursday on the kind of cold and crystalline January day at which Washington DC’s climate can excel. Within hours, though, the 39th US president’s remains were interred in a private ceremony alongside his wife Rosalynn, in the shadow of the modest house they built in 1961 in Plains, Georgia, where Mr Carter was born more than a century ago, and where he died at the end of December.This sharp juxtapositions of Mr Carter’s final day in the world’s eye were somehow appropriate. He made his home in Washington for the four years of his presidency, but his roots and heart were always in Georgia. His manifest personal decency and lack of Beltway experience made him the “not-Nixon” that the US needed after...

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30 hours ago People struggling with energy bills urged to claim up to £2,000 in financial help this winter

The British Gas Energy Trust has two energy support funds open for customers and those with other suppliers.

Economics

10 hours ago Winter storm plods into the Deep South, prompting states of emergency and school closures

Another blast of winter storms is closing schools, snarling flights and putting millions of residents on alert across parts of the Deep South and south-central U.S. The National Weather Service says heavy snowfall and icy conditions are likely Friday in Mississippi, Georgia, Kentucky and Tennessee

Events

21 hours ago Fury as 'petrified' dogs 'in the worst condition' dumped on freezing mountainside

'It was devastating, it really breaks my heart'

Politics

30 hours ago Greggs hikes price of sausage rolls again as customers say 'it's disgraceful'

It marks the second time in six months that bakery chain Greggs has upped the price of its sausage roll, after it rose from £1.25 from £1.20 last year

Economics

10 hours ago Coffee can reduce your risk of death – but only when drunk at a certain time

More than a thirdof those taking part were morning coffee drinkers

Events

22 hours ago The new Julia Roberts? Meet Mikey Madison – the breakout Anora star and Bafta Rising Star nominee

Madison is the beating heart of the fairy tale rom-com that has already won the Palme d’Or at Cannes and propelled her to the Bafta shortlist

Politics

30 hours ago Max George shares insight into gruelling recovery after shock heart surgery ordeal

The Wanted star Max George, who is in a relationship with Strictly's Maisie Smith, recently underwent heart surgery

Economics

14 hours ago UK snow map: Where and when heavy snow, rain and flooding will hit the strongest

Heavy snow and rain causes widespread disruption as cold temperatures return this week

Events

22 hours ago Revealed: The likely trigger behind Rodrigo Bentancur's sudden collapse on the football pitch

Tottenham footballer Rodrigo Bentancur collapsed face down on the pitch just five minutes into a match against Liverpool. The reason for his collapse remain, at this stage, unknown.

Politics

31 hours ago Shoppers switch to Tesco as supermarket celebrates highest market share in almost a decade

The UK’s biggest supermarket chain reported UK and Ireland like-for-like sales, excluding fuel and VAT, up 3.7% over the six weeks to January 4.

Economics

15 hours ago How Alzheimer's could be diagnosed a DECADE earlier following huge study of blood proteins

Researchers believe a simple blood test could flag people who are in the early stages of Alzheimer's, as well as spotting cancer seven years before it would otherwise be diagnosed.

Events

23 hours ago Inside BBC Mr Tumble star Justin Fletcher's life off screen including huge net worth

Justin Fletcher is a bona fide superstar to young children and has been on our screens for decades, but away from the cameras the BBC legend has a very different life.

Politics

37 hours ago Greggs sausage roll to rise in price... AGAIN: Britons' beloved pastry going up for second time in months

Hungry customers at the branch on Shields Road in Newcastle slammed the popular bakery chain for the second price rise in six months.

Economics

15 hours ago 'Pizzagate' gunman killed by police in North Carolina after traffic stop, authorities say

Authorities say the man who traveled armed to a pizzeria in the nation's capital nearly a decade ago because of a fake online conspiracy theory has been shot and killed by police in North Carolina

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