36 minutes ago IPL auction records tumble as Rishabh Pant and Jofra Archer snapped up

Shreyas Iyer sets new bidding mark before being eclipsedEngland captain Jos Buttler snapped up by Gujarat TitansRishabh Pant became the most expensive player in Indian Premier League history when he sold for a record $3.2m (£2.54m) on Sunday, as teams splashed out on world-class players for the lucrative Twenty20 tournament.A total of 577 players are up for grabs at the two-day auction in Jeddah, with Pant, the England veteran Jimmy Anderson and the New Zealand all-rounder Rachin Ravindra among the top names. Continue reading...

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43 minutes ago Pub owner's petition demanding general election spikes past 900,000 signatures amid mounting fury at Labour's Budget tax raid

The petition on the Parliament website, written by a pub owner and complaining that Keir Starmer has 'gone back on promises', is gaining over 100,000 backers an hour.

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50 minutes ago Wedding officiant makes insulting joke about groom’s looks during ceremony

‘Just be nice and save your comedy routine for another day,’ one Reddit commenter wrote

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56 minutes ago I'm a Celeb's Dean McCullough's 'dark past' and battles unravelled in candid interview

I’m a Celebrity’s Dean McCullough faced huge challenges as a child and an adult that led to ‘dark days’ and took a huge mental toll on him that he still struggles with to this day

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56 minutes ago Joshua Zirkzee offered nightmare Man United escape route ahead of Ruben Amorim call

Joshua Zirkzee has struggled to adapt to life at Manchester United following his summer move from Bologna, having failed to score since the opening day of the season

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1 hour ago Isaac Newton’s wealth ‘intimately connected’ with slavery, author says

Scientist and banker benefited from gold mined primarily by enslaved Africans in Brazil, book claimsSir Isaac Newton, whose theory of gravity revolutionised science and who later rose to the upper echelons of London’s banking world, had closer financial ties to the transatlantic trade in enslaved people than was previously understood, a new book has claimed.The book, Ricardo’s Dream, covers the life and work of David Ricardo, a contemporary of Newton who was a pioneer of economic theory and the wealthiest stock trader of his day. It also re-examines Newton’s time as master of the mint at the Bank of England, where the scientist wielded political influence and amassed vast personal wealth after leaving his academic position in Cambridge. Continue reading...

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1 hour ago When we see others in distress we can suffer too. How do we heal from this collective trauma? | Sara Mussa

The more we identify with those suffering, the more vicarious trauma we may feel. But we can recover and even grow from this experienceThe modern mind is a column where experts discuss mental health issues they are seeing in their workAs I stepped into my office and checked my client list for the day, I was surprised to see a name pop up that hadn’t been there for a while. It was Kareem, a young father of two who had recently arrived to Australia from war-torn Iraq. During our session, he described that he thought his symptoms were under control and he was recovering well. But suddenly he was transported back to the blast that left him with a traumatic brain injury and months of rehabilitation. “What was the thing that took you back there?” I asked him. He said it was “hearing a song”, ...

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1 hour ago The truth about salt: how to avoid one of the world’s biggest hidden killers

Most of us consume far too much, which can lead to high blood pressure, heart attacks and strokes. But there are some simple ways to retrain your palate and reduce your intakeLast Tuesday, I bought lunch on the go. I fancied something hot, tasty but healthy, so I chose a vegan ramen from the Japanese-inspired chain Wasabi. The soup was packed with turmeric noodles, vegetable gyozas, mushrooms, bean sprouts, pak choi, pickled ginger and sesame seeds, in a soy and miso broth. It was delicious. In fact, it was so delicious, I was suspicious. I checked out its nutritional information online. Only 342 calories, low in saturated fat Aha! Salt: 5.07g a portion.The World Health Organization recommends that adults eat less than 5g of salt a day. One noodle soup had exceeded my entire daily intak...

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1 hour ago Brat banking: Charli xcx takes the stage in Revolut’s push to cleanse its image

Two-day bash in London was part of ‘lifestyle brand’ push to snare younger customersThousands of bank customers braved the wind and rain of Storm Bert on Saturday night, forming queues that snaked through the streets surrounding London’s Tottenham Court Road station.But this was no bank run. In fact, there was not a bank branch in sight. Continue reading...

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2 hours ago He vanished on a mountain aged 12 after an argument with his dad. Now his story serves as a terrifying warning

Donn Fendler says strawberries, an old sack, Boy Scout know-how, and the power of prayer kept him alive on a treacherous mountaintop during a nine-day ordeal in Maine in 1939.

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