75 minutes ago Charlotte Crosby breaks silence after horror burglary and reveals she's been hospitalised

Charlotte Crosby, 34, shared an update with her fans after four robbers armed with a machete broke into her home while she was upstairs with her two-year-old daughter Alba

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79 minutes ago This is how we do it: ‘We did wonder whether sex at our advanced age would be difficult – but it’s been amazing’

Ella and Richard almost gave up on sex after she had health problems – but a clever solution helped them rediscover their intimacyHow do you do it? Share the story of your sex life, anonymouslyRichard was interested in having a sex life, so I decided to try it – and it turned out to be really amazing Continue reading...

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79 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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79 minutes ago ‘Catastrophic’ marine heatwaves are killing sealife and causing mass disruption to UK fisheries

Targeted research must be launched urgently to save sea creatures and plant life, oceanography centre warnsBritain is facing a future of increasingly catastrophic marine heatwaves that could destroy shellfish colonies and fisheries and have devastating impacts on communities around the coast of the UK.That is the stark conclusion of a new report by the National Oceanography Centre (NOC), based in Southampton, which is pressing for the launch of a targeted research programme as a matter of urgency to investigate how sudden temperature rises in coastal seawater could affect marine habitats and seafood production in the UK. Continue reading...

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79 minutes ago Alan Titchmarsh on the one tree you need in your garden for stunning cherry blossom in November

The gardening expert says a cherry blossom can grace your garden with blooms in mild weather between now and March

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1 hour ago Storm Bert strikes: Passengers 'stranded on flight for hours' when airports close and travel chaos hits with blizzards bringing up to 16 inches of snow as Met Office map shows worst

Holidaymakers have shared images showing snow-covered runways at both Newcastle and Yorkshire airport, with some even claiming there are 'seven hour delays'.

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2 hours ago Huge election year worldwide sees weakening commitment to act on climate crisis

Among sweeping rightwing electoral victories across the globe, the ‘big loser of the elections has been climate’An unprecedented year of elections around the world has underscored a sobering trend – in many countries the commitment to act on the climate crisis has either stalled or is eroding, even as disasters and record temperatures continue to mount.So far 2024, called the “biggest election year in human history” by the United Nations with around half the world’s population heading to the polls, there have been major wins for Donald Trump, the US president-elect who calls the climate crisis “a big hoax”; the climate-skeptic right in European Union elections; and Vladimir Putin, who won another term and has endured sanctions to maintain Russia’s robust oil and gas exports. Continue re...

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2 hours ago Huge DWP Cold Weather Payment update as 10,000 people eligible for pay

Since the temperatures plummeted, the DWP will be issuing people across 18 postcodes a £25 Cold Weather Payment to help towards their heating bills

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2 hours ago Doctor shares seven wellness hacks to beat the winter blues in the run up to Christmas

From mood-boosting skin care to vitamin-packed supplements and more, it’s time to recharge your energy and turn those winter woes into wellness wins before the festive season

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2 hours ago India reap the rewards of patience after Australia hit the brakes | Geoff Lemon

Visitors ease away to a commanding lead as Australia fade to the point of missing small moments on day two of the first Test in PerthImagine you’re doing the Keanu Reeves bit in Speed. You’re on a bus that can’t drop below 50 miles an hour or it will explode. It’s high-octane stuff, even if the bus is running on diesel. You have to avoid collisions, do sick jumps, kindle a romance with Sandra Bullock. But then imagine there’s a change in script. Dennis Hopper rings up with a different idea. Now, the bus has a maximum speed. And that speed is 10 miles an hour. Chill.It was this sort of change that came over the first Test between Australia and India on its second day. On the first day, Australia had taken all 10 India wickets for 150, then lost seven of their own by stumps for 67. But af...

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