64 minutes ago I’m A Celeb stars' strict medical exams they have to pass to enter jungle

After Olivia Attwood was forced to leave I'm A Celeb after becoming unwell back in 2022, many were left wondering what kind of medical assessment the campmates are subjected to

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79 minutes ago ‘The very thought of it repelled me’: how a skiing accident left me unable to read

After suffering a head injury, I found I was unable to read without headaches, eye strain and wild mood swings – and that my condition was far from rareIn the Palazzo Pitti in Florence hangs a painting by Raphael of the Renaissance humanist, poet, scholar, orator and prelate Tommaso Inghirami. He’s pictured at his desk, garbed almost entirely in red, in a typical pose of contemplation, gazing upwards, but look closely at his right eye and you will notice something amiss: there is too much white, as if his eyeball were a shelled egg, its minute pupil dabbed as an afterthought. Inghirami lived with strabismus – a misalignment of the eyes, possibly caused by his fall from a mule – and his right eye is almost turned to look behind him, lizard-like. Were one to trace...

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80 minutes ago SPFL games on or off LIVE as snow across Scotland plays havoc with the fixture card as Premiership action returns

Storm Bert has hit in the midst of a big freeze as Premiership, Championship and Leagues One and Two battle the weather

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84 minutes ago Scotland star set to be dropped amid team news leak as key striker returns to full fitness

Midfielder tipped to drop out for Serie A showdown with Roma

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89 minutes ago Truth about Manchester Airport brawl: four months after THAT shocking CCTV footage, PAUL BRACCHI reveals critics are furious at 'two

Fahir Amaaz is a name that will mean little to most people. But almost everyone will remember the picture of him at Manchester Airport with an officer's boot on his head.

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95 minutes ago BBC News viewers slam coverage of Liam Payne's funeral as it lacked 'privacy'

BBC Breakfast viewers were left fuming by the broadcaster's coverage of Liam Payne's funeral, as they accused the news outlet of breaching the family's privacy

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2 hours ago Live: Storm Bert hits Scotland as snow sweeps in, trains cancelled and driver warnings issued

Storm Bert sweeps in as snow and winds collide across country

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2 hours ago Billy Gilmour 'to be benched' for Napoli's key clash with Roma as Antonio Conte left fizzing by team leak

The Scot has impressed in recent weeks but will reportedly have to make do with a place on the bench against Roma

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2 hours ago Newcastle Airport chaos with passengers 'stranded on flight for hours' as Storm Bert hits

Flights have been disrupted at the airport amid heavy snow and passengers reportedly left 'stranded on flights' for several hours as Storm Bert began to unleash a weekend of wintry weather

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3 hours ago Haruki Murakami: ‘My books have been criticised so much over the years, I don’t pay much attention’

As his new novel is published, the acclaimed author discusses complexity, writing female characters and meeting his fans• Read about the rise of Japanese fiction in BritainThe City and Its Uncertain Walls is based on a novella you wrote in 1980. Why was it important to give it a new audience now? That work is the only one I’ve ever written that I never allowed to be reprinted in book form. To put it another way, I just wasn’t satisfied with the story. I thought its theme was very important but unfortunately I lacked the writing skills at the time to convey it in the way I’d hoped to. I decided to bide my time, until I’d acquired the necessary skill set as a writer, and only then do a complete rewrite of the story.In the interim, though, I had lots of other work I wanted to undertake and...

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