2 hours ago Toulon overpower Harlequins to claim comfortable Champions Cup victory

Pool 4: Toulon 33-21 HarlequinsDavid Ribbans says ‘level of physicality’ made differenceAnother Champions Cup weekend, another stark reminder that the Premiership lags behind its Top 14 rivals with Harlequins falling victim to a turbo-charged Toulon. Quins have claimed some famous scalps on French soil in recent years but, just as Northampton found out 24 hours earlier, cross the Channel without the sort of physicality that is ubiquitous in the Top 14 – “a lot of powerful animals” as the head coach, Danny Wilson, put it – and you will get badly exposed.As David Ribbans, the former England second row, who swapped Northampton for Toulon after the 2023 World Cup, explained after his side’s comfortable victory on Sunday, the biggest difference between the two leagues is physical prowess. Wilson did not disagree and though his side can still reach the knockout stages by beating Glasgow Warriors next week, he conceded they will also come to France in hope rather than expectation. Continue...

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31 hours ago LIZ JONES: It's weird you can have sex in different locations... but men are too scared to do just one simple thing

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79 minutes ago Elevate your workout wardrobe with 7 of the best athleisure outfits from £7

The start of a new year can bring many different resolutions, with fitness being a top priority and a fresh gym outfit can be the perfect motivation to jump-start your healthy lifestyle.

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6 hours ago Do FA Cup third round games go to extra time or replays? Competition rules explained

The FA Cup third round - the most iconic weekend of the English footballing calendar - will look a little different after the controversial decision to scrap replays

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9 hours ago Lost and found: a mother and daughter on surviving teenage mental breakdown in the social media age

In an extract from their unflinching memoir, Christie Watson and daughter Rowan Egberongbe recall the post-Covid psychological collapse that fractured their bond, and how social media was both the hero and villain of the hour “Can you collect Rowan, please? It’s pastoral care at the school. We’re just a bit worried about her ... She seems manic.’ Continue reading...

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2 hours ago Wicked director explains why popular scene was deleted from final film

‘We kept a little ahead of the audience,’ Chu said

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2 hours ago Dancing On Ice star James Jordan rules out some pairings and shares Fearne McCann concern

Former Dancing On Ice champion James Jordan has shared his bold predictions for this year’s competition, hinting that certain contestants may face bigger challenges than others. The outspoken star didn’t hold back as he explained what he believes could make or break a skater’s chances of winning.

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13 hours ago 11 footballers with very different careers after retiring – tattooist to greengrocer

It turns out not every Premier League star ends up becoming a pundit or football manager. Some have chosen to take their careers in different directions completely

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9 hours ago Dominic Cummings ‘advising Elon Musk’ amid attacks on Sir Keir Starmer

Cummings, a key figure behind the Vote Leave campaign and a former adviser to Boris Johnson during the Covid-19 pandemic, is said to have formed a new alliance with Musk

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7 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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26 hours ago China's 'Batwoman' scientist 'still conducting risky coronavirus tests after lab leak'

Chinese scientist Shi Zhengli, 60, continues to work on bat coronaviruses in Wuhan - top virologists say her work could have a 'potentially catastrophic' impact five years on from the start of the Covid-19 pandemic

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3 hours ago Zara McDermott 'moves out' of home she shared with Sam Thompson amid split

Zara McDermott has seemingly confirmed she has moved out of the home she shared with Sam Thompson as she uploaded a video in a different home following their split.

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14 hours ago 60 seconds of chaos shows why Pep Guardiola is giving Man City fans a different kind of transfer rebuild

Pep Guardiola showed why Manchester City are looking for two central defenders in the January transfer window as the Blues beat Salford.

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20 hours ago Pep Guardiola's statement in full as Man City boss explains Kyle Walker transfer bombshell

Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola has revealed that club captain Kyle Walker wants to leave the Etihad this month, having lost his place in the side to Rico Lewis

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9 hours ago What will my descendants make of my photo 100 years from now? | Seamas O'Reilly

Looking at a sepia-tinged picture of my grandmother, she has the kind of face you don’t see any more The photo shows my grandmother. She’s among the adults at the back, fourth from right, peeping out from a row of old-timey faces. The kind of faces you don’t see any more, faces that could only come from the past. Even without the sepia tint and the period clothing, you know you’d have a hard time showing them an iPhone or talking to them about AI. Frankly, you’d have a hard time explaining ITV4.But it is sepia-tinted, this photo, almost artificially so; its stock-still adults and fidgety kids captured in eerie permanence, so perfectly composed as to recall the cover of a stirring Irish childhood memoir. Judging by the boys and girls in their little suits and sparkling white dresses, it’s from a first holy communion ceremony, presumably one with pupils from the small primary school in Mulleek, Fermanagh, where she taught for 30 years. Continue reading...

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27 hours ago 'Batwoman' boffin at centre of Covid lab leak theory still doing 'dangerous' virus tests

Millions died, economies were destroyed and years of people's lives were lost to the Covid-19 pandemic – which some blame the Chinese 'batwoman' for bringing into the world

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4 hours ago ‘More complicated than we think’: the untold story of LGBTQ+ rights in the American Revolution

Gay historian John McCurdy uncovers the little-known tale of Robert Newburgh – a British army chaplain accused of homosexuality – in new book Vicious and ImmoralIndividual rights are synonymous with the American Revolution. While many of the debates that built up to the revolution centered around taxes, a little-known legal controversy from the era suggests that the crown and colonists also differed when it came to LGBTQ+ rights.Serving with the 18th Regiment of Foot in Philadelphia, the British army chaplain Robert Newburgh was accused of having had sexual relations with a man – or as it was known at the time, buggery. Viewing his standing within the regiment as undermined, Newburgh sought recourse in a variety of court cases culminating with a court martial in 1774 – the year before the revolution. Continue reading...

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33 hours ago Mikel Arteta targets FA Cup glory in front of Arsenal fans after 2020 triumph

Gunners supporters could not celebrate due to Covid restrictions

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26 hours ago The medicine cabinet staples that turn TOXIC after three months: Everyone has them... but now top pharmacists tell how they can ruin your health

Here is your guide to which of your old products you could still safely use even if they are getting a little dusty - and what you absolutely must throw out.

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23 hours ago X Factor contestant looks totally different 18 years on from reaching ITV show's final

A former X Factor finalist, now 32, has undergone a striking transformation, leaving behind his youthful spiky-haired image for a tattooed, bearded look.

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34 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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4 hours ago Do FA Cup third round games go to replays or extra time? New explained as history scrapped

The FA Cup has undergone a significant change this season, with third round ties set to be decided on the day for the first time in the competition's history

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34 hours ago 11 Rangers players who nearly joined Celtic including Ibrox hero who would've 'jumped' at Parkhead move

The career paths of some famous names in Rangers' history could've turned out very differently

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29 hours ago How the climate crisis fuels devastating wildfires: ‘We have tweaked nature and pissed it off’

John Vaillant, the author of Fire Weather, explains why fires such as those in Los Angeles are different from those beforeWhen writing about the hot, dry Santa Ana winds and how they affect the behavior and imaginations of southern Californians, Joan Didion once said: “The winds show us how close to the edge we are.”I’ve lived here my entire life. I evacuated my family’s hillside home as a teenager. I’ve experienced the surrealism of watching ash rain down from the sky more times than I can count. But there is something different, supercharged, about the hurricane-force winds that fueled this week’s catastrophic wildfires in Los Angeles. Continue reading...

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7 hours ago Body language expert reveals key difference between Meghan Markle and Prince Harry as they serve food to LA wildfire victims

Meghan Markle was 'practical' yet 'emotional' as she and Prince Harry visited survivors of the Los Angeles wildfires, a body language expert has claimed.  

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31 hours ago New Orleans attack would’ve had ‘completely different outcome’ if steel barriers were used, inventor says

Peter Whitford says Archer barriers, which the city had stored away, have record of stopping vehicle rammingsThe deadly New Year’s Day truck attack in New Orleans “would have had a completely different outcome” if city officials had put out 700lb (317kg) barriers that they bought years earlier and have a track record of preventing intentional vehicle rammings, the blockades’ inventor has told the Guardian.But the city “did not have a full slate of accessories to help move and deploy” those steel Archer barriers quickly in the way they were designed to be – and how authorities elsewhere have managed to do it, Peter Whitford, the chief executive officer of the Meridian Rapid Defense Group, said in an interview. Continue reading...

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8 hours ago From season 2 finale breakdown: Everything there is to know ahead of season 3's debut

From is making a comeback for season three after almost a two-year hiatus.

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33 hours ago Have YOU been hit by flu? These cheap home remedies actually work, according to science

Clinical pharmacist and chief executive at the Association of Independent Multiple Pharmacies Dr Leyla Hannbeck says although you can't cure the flu some remedies can help.

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8 hours ago Dozens of British women have seen their breasts grow after the Covid jab

It comes after shocking images show how a 19-year-old Canadian woman's breasts quadrupled in size in what experts believe is rare reaction to Pfizer 's Covid jab.

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33 hours ago Expert issues urgent warning to parents to STOP using common household item over risks of electric shocks and fire hazards

In a video posted to the WhichUK Instagram, the British consumer champion group explained that though seeming handy, they can actually increase the risk of electrical shock and fire.

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10 hours ago From season 2 ending explained: Here's everything to know ahead of series 3 debut

From season three is on the way, 18 months after that unexpected cliffhanger, which left fans questioning what’s to happen next.

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12 hours ago What are we paying senior royals for, if not to show up at presidential funerals? | Catherine Bennett

Perhaps grandma’s grudge against Jimmy Carter explains why Edward, 14th in line, was sentThat legendary boozer the late queen mother liked to entertain her guests with an “anti-toast”, in which she drank to people she disliked. One day the names ill-wished were “Tony Benn, Idi Amin and Jimmy Carter”. The benign US president featured in the same list as a mass murderer because, she explained, “he is the only man, since my dear husband died, to have had the effrontery to kiss me on the lips”.This alleged offence was enough for the queen mother to want it remembered, and not as an innocent accident. She believed it was her misfortune, her biographer William Shawcross wrote, to remind middle-aged men of their mothers; she recognised “the glazed look that came over their faces”, and thought this had made Carter reach in for his kiss. “I took a sharp step backwards. Not quite far enough.” So Carter could hardly help becoming aware of the accusation, which “distressed” him. Continue readin...

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12 hours ago ‘I like to break the rules’: Björk on comedy, darkness and the most flamboyant tour of her career

The musician describes herself as many things: artist, introvert, activist, Scorpio, matriarch, punk, joker, optimist We step inside the multiverse of the incomparable BjörkBjörk is in Paris, and her laptop camera isn’t working. The laptop is eight years old, she explains, and she doesn’t want to replace it, for environmental reasons. “But let’s just say I haven’t exactly been crying about the fact that it doesn’t work.” She is a black square on my computer screen, which feels quite un-Björk-like, somehow, and yet also very Björk-like, too. Even without the visuals, she is instantly familiar. She jokes, she teases, her answers unravel slowly as she weighs up every side of a response, pin-balling between as many angles as she can find.She says she has always felt a bit weird about video calls anyway. “Even when they started, I would find more distance in talking to loved ones, because it’s sort of fake. You see people, but it’s not real. You’re not getting the presence. So maybe it’s...

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12 hours ago Sunday with Jo Malone: ‘I’m always wearing four or five different fragrances’

The perfumer and her husband enjoy life in Dubai, with its silk shops, water workouts, large lunches and friends who are like familyUp early? I’m not the earliest of risers, but I live in Dubai and can walk to the beach for sunrise at 6.30am. Other than people, I miss nothing about home – my husband Gary and I feel as if we’re living our senior gap year.Sunday breakfast? A green juice and a red juice but, if I’m hungover, it’s eggs Benedict. Continue reading...

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13 hours ago I spent 14 days in a coma fighting for my life and now Hearts punters are in line for something special

Jambos new boy Elton Kabangu spent two weeks in a coma after contracting Covid-19 in July 2020

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13 hours ago 'I chatted with Sir Alex Ferguson but snubbed Man Utd and joined rivals not that good'

The Premier League icon could have ended up at Old Trafford playing under legendary boss Sir Alex Ferguson had things turned out differently

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15 hours ago 'I tried Mary Berry's quick tomato soup recipe and it was a game changer'

Mary Berry is known for her incredible and simple recipes - and her tomato soup recipe is no different. Here's what happened when one writer tried it out for themselves

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17 hours ago Focusing on your dreams for just five minutes a day can transform your life... and your wealth: PAUL MCKENNA

In yesterday's Daily Mail, Paul McKenna explained how we can use the power of the mind to manifest the future we really want. Today, he shows you how you really can improve your own luck...

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20 hours ago Macy Gray sends Masked Singer fans wild as her 'very raw, human reaction' explained

Macy Gray's departure from The Masked Singer as Toad In The Hole took an unexpected twist when she stormed off stage after being eliminated. Producers spent nearly an hour convincing the star to return for her unmasking and final performance.

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22 hours ago Pep Guardiola explains strange Man City team decision with fresh transfer update

Pep Guardiola named just one senior centre-back in his Manchester City side to face Salford in the FA Cup.

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22 hours ago Coronation Street’s Sam Aston explains how Dancing on Ice impacts Chesney storyline

As Sam Aston prepares for the first Dancing on Ice show on Sunday, he reveals what this means for his Coronation Street character Chesney, and whether he will be returning to the cobbles

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24 hours ago Wayne Rooney's bizarre back tattoo revealed as wife Coleen explains meaning

Wayne Rooney's strange back tattoo harks back to a teenage in-joke about drinking, and his old pal has matching ink on his back too- 'It’s the greatest tattoo of all time'

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