40 minutes ago ‘Disaster is about caring. I’m not selfish any more’ – This is climate breakdown

We are used to seasonal droughts in the Karoo. But this did not stop. This is Sybil’s storyLocation Sutherland, South AfricaDisaster Southern Africa drought, 2015-2023Isabella Visagie, known to everyone in her life as Sybil, is a 57-year-old sheep farmer, wife and mother from the Karoo, in the Northern Cape province of South Africa. In 2015 a drought began that would bring the community in which she lived to its knees. The province has been locked in a drought since then. The climate crisis intensified flash droughts across southern Africa in 2015-16, increased the probability of the 2015-17 drought in the south-west of neighbouring Western Cape, and is increasing temperatures in the Northern Cape, as well as decreasing rainfall in parts of that province. Continue reading...

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1 hour 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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2 hours ago Three missing children who vanished in Utah two years ago found alive after tip off

Three missing children taken from their home in Utah were found alive two years later after a tip-off to police, who discovered the three kids in an Arizona-Utah border town

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3 hours ago Opera singer Bryn Terfel: ‘Who would play me in the film of my life? Meat Loaf’

The bass-baritone on nerves at King Charles’s coronation, upsetting conductor Daniel Barenboim, and a nasty dog biteBorn in north Wales, Bryn Terfel, 59, made his Welsh National Opera debut in 1990. His award-winning discography encompasses opera, musical theatre and Welsh songs. He was knighted in 2017, and last year sang at the King’s coronation. From 16 to 20 December, he performs Bryn’s Christmas in London, Swansea, Manchester and Bristol. He has five children and lives in south Wales with his second wife, the harpist Hannah Stone.What is your greatest fear? I’ve been a strong advocate that all my five children should be great swimmers, so you can deduce what my fear is. Continue reading...

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3 hours ago Nicole Kidman and Daniel Craig's 'forgotten' thriller branded 'excellent' by fans

A 2007 film starring Nicole Kidman, Daniel Craig and Jeffrey Wright is being hailed as "fantastic" by some viewers, with the intriguing premise leaving them desperate to know more.

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4 hours ago Forgotten ‘10/10’ thriller where 'if you show emotion, you die' is available to stream for free

A mystery thriller starring Nicole Kidman has viewers hooked thanks to its intriguing premise - here’s where to stream it for free.

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10 hours ago Widower is allowed to use embryo from his dead wife to try for a daughter with a surrogate mother, judge rules

A man who was widowed when his wife passed away with their second young child has won his legal fight to use an embryo created with his wife to try for a daughter with surrogate.

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11 hours ago EDEN CONFIDENTIAL: Boris Becker's ex on wife No. 3 and her son is a no

EDEN CONFIDENTIAL: When Boris Becker married his third wife, Lilian de Carvalho Monteiro, in Italy earlier this year, but conspicuous by their absence were his daughter and son.

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11 hours ago I'm a Celebrity star Coleen Rooney's husband Wayne misses Friday night's show as England legend works while wife takes part in TV show 10,508 miles away in Australia

Wayne Rooney missed Friday night's episode of I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here! as he was busy guiding his Plymouth side to a dramatic 2-2 draw with Watford in the Championship.

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