51 minutes ago Being a parent means you’re never quite your own person again, but that self

Parents must frequently say ‘no’ to their own wants and needs to serve their child’s long-term flourishing – and growth into a wonderful adultRead more in our Making sense of it seriesI believe power trips and parenting should never mix, so I freaked out when the early childhood nurse told me that to my baby boy, I was a “goddess”. She meant he was dependent on me for everything, so I had to be everything to him, come what may. But the life divine didn’t come easily to me: my boy didn’t sleep much, so I didn’t either.A decade on, I’ve seen the light. The nurse was right all along: parenting is a God gig. You don’t need to be a believer for something miraculous to happen when you become a parent: you go about becoming the god you don’t believe in, and your child’s personal guarantee that the world is a welcoming place. Continue reading...

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4 hours ago Lauryn Goodman asks Kyle Walker to rent out £2m Sussex home amid plans to move abroad

The 34-year-old footballer is facing a turbulent period, with transfer rumours surrounding his playing career and reports of a divorce adding strain to his personal life

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52 minutes ago Micah Richards' huge net worth, very private love life and £31k annual haircut bill

The former England defender is a popular figure on our TV screens

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5 hours ago Friends fans are only just realising 'biggest ever lie told' during hit TV show

A woman has gone viral after she shared a post about how TV shows such as Friends have set people up for failure when it comes to adult life and even friendships

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1 hour ago California man says two of his cats died after drinking raw milk recalled for bird flu

A California man says his two cats died and a third was hospitalized after he fed them raw milk recalled for bird flu risk

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2 hours ago ITV Dancing on Ice winner Ryan Thomas' life since show from 'wedding of year' to sad loss

Ryan Thomas was crowned the winner of Dancing on Ice last year, but what has the actor been up to since taking the trophy home?

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69 minutes ago Pharmacists explains how to tell the difference between Covid, RSV and norovirus

Last week, hospital admissions due to the flu were 3.5 times higher than the same period last year.

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5 hours ago Travel expert says you can avoid 'overpriced' item at airport with 'life

A travel expert has shared something you should never buy in the airport when you're waiting to fly - but she did suggest a reasonable alternative you can take

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92 minutes ago Dancing on Ice star Mollie Pearce's life from brutal The Traitors loss to major surgery

Mollie Pearce is set to take to the ice in the brand new series of ITV's Dancing On Ice, but the 22-year-old already made a name for herself on BBC's The Traitors.

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8 hours ago Following Martin Lewis' 'heat the human not the home' advice I found a 'life saver' £20 gadget

"These heated hand warmers have been an absolute life-saver for me!"

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16 hours ago Crippling five months of rail strikes set to begin today will cost us £1billion and 'paralyse' UK economy, say hospitality chiefs

Train managers at Avanti West Coast will walk out every Sunday until May 25 in an ongoing row over rest-day shifts, bringing another blow to venues which have already lost billions in previous strikes

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18 hours ago UFC star Conor McGregor turns out for pub football team and puts in crunching tackle

Conor McGregor made a surprise appearance for his Black Forge football team in Dublin this weekend, with the UFC fighter featuring their 1-1 draw against Harding FC

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2 hours ago Attempted murder arrest as ‘hospital nurse’ seriously injured in stabbing at A&E

Police were called to Rochdale Road at 11.30pm on Saturday to reports of a stabbing, Greater Manchester Police said.

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2 hours ago ITV Dancing on Ice winner Ryan Thomas' life since show from 'wedding of year' to devastating loss

As a new series of Dancing on Ice kicks off tonight, what has last year's winner Ryan Thomas been up to since claiming victory?

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3 hours ago Hospital advertises for nurses to work in corridors caring for patients

It comes amid multiple critical incidents and people wating 50 hours in A&E

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25 hours ago Three in hospital and cars burst into flames after s'erious' incident on Scottish road

Three people were taken to hospital after a serious road accident last night which saw two vehicles burst into flames.

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1 hour ago Alive in the Merciful Country by AL Kennedy review – peace of mind meets a monster from the past

This provocative novel contains two narratives: the memoir of an activist starting a new life and the violent manifesto of a spy cop who knew herAnna McCormick, as many people did, is discovering that the first pandemic lockdown is playing havoc with time. Becalmed in her deliberately fortress-like London home with her young adult son Paul, she is simultaneously under pressure – teaching primary school children on Zoom, maintaining her stockpile of tinned goods, attempting to communicate with her mother’s care home – and forced into unnatural, unwanted inaction. As a survivor of domestic abuse, and several other threats to her safety and sanity, she is aware of the immense prize – a sanctuary, a job, meaningful relationships – she has secured, but also of its precariousness. Amid these conditions of unbidden contemplation, she begins to write a sort of memoir.So too does Buster, the shape-shifting, monstrous undercover cop who once infiltrated the OrKestrA, the “merry little band of...

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16 hours ago Rachel Reeves 'eyes hotel tax' to bolster UK's coffers: Families are facing surcharge on holidays to foot bill for Labour's economic chaos

Treasury officials are thought to have done 'modelling exercises' over the impact of introducing a 'tourist tax' similar to that in France as part of efforts by Rachel Reeves to stabilise finances

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28 hours ago Transfer news LIVE! New Arsenal target; Man Utd hijack Spurs bid; Chelsea want Kvaratskhelia; Rashford latest

January window in full flow for Premier League giants

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2 hours ago Teenage girl cried with her family and mourned grandfather's shock death for months

Brittney Jade Dwyer, then 19, from Redbank Plains, Queensland , stabbed 81-year-old Robert Whitwell in the neck and chest at his Adelaide home in August 2016.

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3 hours ago Dancing On Ice's Oti Mabuse addresses 'huge lesson from failures' after ITV show is axed

Dancing on Ice judge Oti Mabuse has reflected upon her ups and downs while working in TV, explaining she has learnt more from the failures in her life

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5 hours ago HMPV virus infected 28,000 people in the US last year alone, worrying research reveals

The 'mystery virus' has sparked fears of another devastating pandemic due to videos of patients being treated in overwhelmed Chinese hospitals circulating on social media

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2 hours ago Sonay Kartal ‘disappointed’ after Australian Open debut ends in defeat

The British number three staged a second-set fightback but was beaten 6-1 7-6 (5).

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25 hours ago 'I forked out £10k for weight loss surgery but was left throwing up lumps of flesh'

An influencer who was left with pneumonia, sepsis and blood clots after weight loss surgery said she doesn't regret her 'glow up' despite spending three months in hospital afterwards

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30 hours ago Transfer news LIVE: Barcelona enter Rashford race, Liverpool consider bold bid, Man City want Marmoush

The transfer window is in full swing with clubs in the Premier League and across Europe seeking deals

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2 hours ago Nurse in critical condition after being stabbed in brutal late night A&E attack

The victim, a woman in her 50s, is understood to have been attacked with a 'sharp instrument' in a Manchester hospital – as a man, 37, is being held by police on suspicion of attempted murder

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20 hours ago Yearbook photos show Charles Mansion's followers before they joined his killing cult

The Manson Family was a cult of around one hundred disaffected young people led by Charles, who encouraged his followers to murder the rich and famous in Los Angeles in 1969.

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16 hours ago BBC Casualty fans all say the same thing as new paramedic arrives at hospital

Casualty viewers were left all saying the same thing as new paramedic Indie Jankowski arrived on the medical drama.

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2 hours ago Thousands of NHS hospital beds have been lost in Wales according to new claims

James Evans MS criticised the Welsh Government for “allowing a significant reduction in the number of NHS beds in Wales”

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26 hours ago Crystal Palace to make England starlet first January transfer in £14.5m swoop

Crystal Palace have pushed ahead with a move for Millwall talisman Romain Esse in a bid to beat a host of other Premier League clubs to the teenager's signature

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30 hours ago Transfer news LIVE! Arsenal turn to Gomes; Man Utd hijack Tottenham bid; Chelsea plot Kvaratskhelia move

January window in full flow for Premier League giants

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2 hours ago Greater Manchester Hospital stabbing horror as 'nurse attacked in A&E'

A nurse is fighting for her life after being stabbed at a Greater Manchester hospital - a man is being held on suspicion of attempted murder following the incident on Saturday

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21 hours ago Photos of two Coronation Street legends on their real life wedding day

See how many famous faces you recognise in these fascinating photos

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22 hours ago Patients at King’s College Hospital waiting four days for a bed as it reaches 96.4% bed capacity – the second highest in

Patients at King’s College Hospital waiting four days for a bed as it reaches 96.4% bed capacity – the second highest in  Southwark News

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2 hours ago DEAR JANE: My husband's annoying New Years resolution is ruining MY life... so I'm sabotaging him

Dear Jane, January has become my least favorite month in recent years because of my husband's insufferable New Year's resolutions.

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31 hours ago Boxing Tonight: TV channels, live streams, ring walk start times and fight cards

Callum Simpson faces a potential banana skin tonight in Steed Woodall - with the British star eager to defend his British and Commonwealth super middleweight titles

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28 hours ago Jeremy Kyle ‘to return to ITV’ – five years after axing of controversial show

Contentious host will star in an episode of ‘Kate Garraway’s Life Stories’

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27 hours ago Carrie Johnson reveals health battle after week in hospital with flu and pneumonia

Ms Johnson praised NHS staff for their care and revealed she has now left the Oxford hospital

Science

2 hours ago Music sounds better with you? How your listening habits affect your love life

Psychologists say that singing, dancing and song preferences play a key role in the viability of romantic relationships“What’s the one thing your readers should do to help them use music to find and catch the partner of their dreams?” asks Patrick Savage, a senior research fellow in psychology at the University of Auckland in New Zealand. “Go to karaoke and sing a duet. Go and sing A Whole New World with Brad Kane and Lea Salonga. That’s the number one recommendation by science. Well, just by me. I don’t have data on this, but from my personal experience, that’s the best.”Given that he is a musicologist, it is perhaps unsurprising that music is a key part of Savage’s relationship with his wife. But his experience with using music as a romantic tool is not unique. Love songs are found across cultures and despite not being a neat category they have historically been most popular – 67% of the top 40 tracks in America between 1960 and 2010 contained love themes. Continue reading...

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2 hours ago ‘Brother for life’: man injured in New Orleans attack witnessed friend’s death

Ryan Quigley was celebrating the new year with former teammate Martin ‘Tiger’ Bech, one of the 14 victims killedAmong those who were injured but survived the deadly New Year’s Day truck attack on New Orleans’ most famous street was a former Princeton University football player whose ex-teammate was murdered by the assailant.Ryan Quigley, 26, was in New Orleans with Martin “Tiger” Bech – who grew up about a two-hour drive west of the city in Lafayette, Louisiana – to ring in 2025 after both had forged a friendship while playing for Princeton University’s college football team. They had joined other revelers on Bourbon Street when a former US army veteran inspired by the Islamic State (IS) terror group managed to drive a pickup truck into the crowd that had gathered on one of the world’s most festive thoroughfares. Continue reading...

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30 hours ago HMPV: Health expert's verdict on whether virus from China could trigger global pandemic

A surge in cases of HMPV (human metapneumovirus) has raised fears of another Covid-19 style pandemic after harrowing images in China show children in hospital beds needing urgent treatment

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2 hours ago Man praised for 'petty' revenge on family who hogged sun loungers at resorts

A man has been hailed for his 'deliciously petty' revenge on a family who hogged the sun loungers at the resort pool on his island holiday

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2 hours ago Dancing On Ice Michaela Strachan's horror health battles and ordeal with worm living under her skin

Dancing On Ice star Michaela Strachan has had to overcome many health struggles throughout her life, from anorexia in her teens to cancer and more recently a worm living under her skin

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30 hours ago Medical expert verdict on mandatory face masks in UK over 'mystery' Chinese HMPV virus

EXCLUSIVE: The human metapneumovirus (HMPV) has caused concern as the NHS creaks under the pressure of a 'quad-demic', with shocking footage from Chinese hospitals circulating online

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3 hours ago Sabalenka starts bid for third straight Australian Open title with win over Stephens

World No 1 beats Sloane Stephens 6-3, 6-2 in first roundSabalenka looking to match Hingis’s Melbourne hat-trickAs Aryna Sabalenka strode down the tunnel inside Rod Laver Arena that leads players straight to the court, the cameras momentarily captured a perfect shot. The pathway to Melbourne Park’s premier court is filled with large, rectangular plaques emblazoned with the names of former champions and the dates of their triumphs.For a second, Sabalenka stood perfectly next to the sign that memorialised her 2023 and 2024 Australian Open victories. Already focused on new records and objectives, however, she kept on moving. Continue reading...

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2 hours ago LIVE: Nurse fighting for life after being stabbed in hospital A&E attempted murder

A man has been arrested

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3 hours ago Sonay Kartal disappointed with performance during Australian Open debut defeat

The British number three staged a second-set fightback but was beaten 6-1 7-6 (5).

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2 hours ago LIVE: Nurse fighting for life after being stabbed in hospital A&E ward attempted murder

A man has been arrested

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3 hours ago Caroline Flack's mum's devastation over text found on Lewis Burton's phone

Caroline Flack tragically took her own life after learning that her criminal trial for assaulting then boyfriend, Lewis Burton, was going ahead, after initially being told she would only be given a caution

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3 hours ago Millie Mackintosh says motherhood ‘poured fuel on fire’ of alcohol struggles

Reality star said she would start drinking during her children’s bedtime and almost ‘hit’ her husband

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3 hours ago Dream journey: a nostalgic trip aboard the sleeper train from Amsterdam to Berlin

Taking the overnight train between the capital cities and on to Dresden is all about slow travel and the romance of life on the trackOn the evening of our overnight train journey from Amsterdam to Berlin and on to Dresden aboard the European Sleeper, we enjoy a restorative plate of oysters and steak tartare on the decks of Amsterdam’s BrasserieMarie overlooking the Amstel. Then, after a nightcap in the adjoining Freddy’s Bar, a legendary spot in the Hotel De L’Europe, we make the short stroll to Amsterdam Centraal Station for the so-called Good Night Train.At 22.20 we board the train to Berlin, the bunks are swiftly made up and the blinds part pulled down for sleep. You can open the window for fresh air, brush your teeth in your own basin and there is crisp, clean linen. This slow journey is all about the romance of life on the track – and, for me, a lingering nostalgia. Continue reading...

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4 hours ago Fears for missing WWE legend 'unresponsive' in LA wildfire as fans beg for sign of life

Three-time WWE Women's Champion Melina has been 'unresponsive' amid the worst ever blazing wildfires that have destroyed much of LA and evacuated millions from their homes

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3 hours ago Inside Jack O'Connell's life from school sweetheart to unconventional home

Actor Jack O'Connell is back on our TV screens in the new series of SAS: Rogue Heroes, in which he portrays Paddy Mayne. Take a look into his life away from the cameras...

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4 hours ago Fears for WWE legend missing in LA wildfires as fans beg for sign of life

Three-time WWE Women's Champion Melina has been 'unresponsive' amid the worst ever blazing wildfires that have destroyed much of LA and evacuated millions from their homes

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3 hours ago Paradise on Disney Plus: Everything you need to know about tense conspiracy thriller

Disney Plus is set to release a new gripping murder mystery series later this month.

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4 hours ago Max George made difficult decision in hospital after thinking he was ‘going to die’

Singer said he was ‘30 years younger’ than other patients on the heart ward

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4 hours ago Max George credits mum Barbara for 'saving his life' after his hands 'turned blue' and he struggled to breathe before getting his pacemaker fitted

Now recovering at the Essex home he shares with actress girlfriend Maisie Smith , Max, 36, says he could've died had she not taken decisive action.

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5 hours ago Tangled life of Caroline Flack's friend who feels 'blamed' over her suicide: Andy Carroll's new love Lou Teasdale has fallen out with late star's family

Lou Teasdale has been on the fringes of the fame game for 15 years.

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5 hours ago In Attendance: Paying Attention in a Fragile World review – visions of mortality abound

Fitzrovia Chapel, LondonIn a former hospital chapel replete with its own stories, works by Paula Rego, Phyllida Barlow and others resonate in their exquisitely contemplative surroundingsThe Fitzrovia Chapel is a miniature cathedral in the heart of London – a tiny vault of marble, stained glass and gold conceived on the most human of scales. Old photographs show congregations of barely more than 50. It is possible to walk from one end to the other in fewer than a dozen steps, but along the way are glimmering mosaics, glowing stars and some of the most moving words I have ever read in a church.This chapel, where King Charles recorded his recent Christmas message, is all that remains of the old Middlesex hospital in the heart of London. A neo-gothic building of dark red brick, it once nestled inside this venerable teaching hospital, founded in 1745. Now it stands alone, and fully visible, dwarfed instead by the high-rise apartments and luxury shops of the Pearson Square complex that re...

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5 hours ago Paradise release date, cast and episodes for Disney's new gripping murder mystery

Paradise is a new conspiracy thriller series set to rival the likes of The Night Agent and Black Doves.

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6 hours ago Anthony Joshua lays out new Tyson Fury demand after going hunting for rival

Anthony Joshua hasn't given up hope of striking an agreement to fight Tyson Fury in 2025 following the Gypsy King's failure to beat Oleksandr Usyk in Saudi Arabia last month

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6 hours ago The Wanted's Max George 'wrote a will' as he prepared for death in hospital bed

The Wanted star Max George has spoken for the first time about his "terrifying" health ordeal - as he feared he would die before an operation to fit a pacemaker

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6 hours ago Prince Harry left 'so ashamed' after making mistake dubbed the 'biggest of his life'

It is exactly 20 years ago since Prince Harry caused outrage after wearing a Nazi uniform to a fancy dress party - and he later admitted the incident was one of the 'biggest mistakes' of his life

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6 hours ago 'I've been left bedridden battling a rare condition after my daughter came home with a nursery bug'

She was originally incorrectly diagnosed with ME

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7 hours ago At home with Simon Rattle: ‘There are still things I feel are beyond me’

The world-famous conductor, now 70, on family life in Berlin, why music keeps you young and the bleak outlook for the arts in BritainThe instruction was straightforward: “10.30am at home. Coffee and croissants.” Since timing, at least in part, is a conductor’s priority, a visitor feels the pressure – especially with the siren call of coffee – to be prompt. Simon Rattle lives on the edge of Grunewald, the expanse of forest and lakes to the west of Berlin, a haven for the prosperous who built villas there at the end of the 19th century, and a green lung for all Berliners today. I arrive a few minutes early – long enough to take issue with Christopher Isherwood who, in his Berlin Stories, complained about the “expensive ugliness” of the properties here, ranging from “the eccentric-rococo folly to the cubist flat-roofed steel-and-glass box”. Gables and turrets turn suburban houses into small castles, a reminder of Germany’s romantic folklore past. Fairy lights – we meet shortly before C...

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7 hours ago A Second Act by Dr Matt Morgan review – what nearly dying can teach us about living

In this sequel to his bestseller, Critical, the intensive care doctor draws lessons on the joys of a ‘second life’ from the experiences of patients who have flatlined and been revived“We have two lives,” Dr Matt Morgan writes, before clarifying: “The second begins when you realise you have [only] one.” Sometimes, as the case studies in this book detail, this realisation comes more suddenly and profoundly than most of us can imagine. For more than 20 years, Morgan has been a specialist doctor in intensive care, labouring at the extreme margins of life. Just occasionally, in his day-to-day education in human mortality, he has witnessed what might, in other traditions, be thought of as supernatural events: people whose vital signs have flatlined, but who have returned to tell the tale. The stories in this book – a sequel to his bestselling Critical – are his accounts of those impossible second acts, and his reflections on what we can learn from those lucky few who have experienced both...

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7 hours ago ITV Love Island viewers may notice star's skin condition that 'worsens in the sun'

Fans of the reality dating show might spot the symptoms when Luca settles into life at the South African villa

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8 hours ago She disappeared with her passport and left behind everything else. Now, key clues point to murder

A 22-year-old Oregon woman never returned from an ill-fated sales call in 1993. Now, over two decades later, her case has been thrust back into the spotlight as key clues now point to her murder.

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