92 minutes ago NASA Parker Solar Probe to reach 'uncharted territory' of sun's surface on Christmas Eve

NASA's Parker Solar Probe is set to make its closest ever approach to the sun on Christmas Eve, passing through the corona - the outermost layer of the star - for the first time

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2 hours ago Gary Lineker and Alan Shearer left in stitches over having to make Chelsea U

Not many pegged Chelsea to be title challengers this season, but their exceptional form under Enzo Maresca means Gary Lineker and Alan Shearer had to consider changing their minds

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2 hours ago Man Utd fans moan 'not again' as Ruben Amorim faces familiar defensive problem

Manchester United fans have been left furious as they watched their side concede from a corner again under Ruben Amorim in a drab approach against Bournemouth

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3 hours ago Celtic rue missed chances as stubborn Dundee United hold league leaders

Celtic dropped Premiership points for only the second time this season in a goalless draw against a diligent Dundee United. In his first match at Tannadice as Celtic’s manager, Brendan Rodgers watched his much-changed side dominate possession for the vast majority of the game but fail to find a way past a resolute defence.It was the first points dropped since a 2-2 draw against Aberdeen in October and means Celtic finished the day nine points ahead of Rangers at the top. Celtic remain unbeaten domestically as they prepare for home games against Motherwell and St Johnstone before the Old Firm clash at Rangers on 2 January. Continue reading...

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3 hours ago Tulisa reveals her secret battle with prescription drug dependency as she admits 'I thought I was going to die' while in hospital

The N-Dubz singer, 36, has opened up about the battle in one of her most revealing interviews ever on Paul C Brunson's We Need To Talk podcast.

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3 hours ago Exact times Asda, Lidl, Aldi and Tesco slash their prices on Christmas Eve

Christmas Eve often marks the start of festivities - or a mad dash around the supermarket to pick up all those las minute bits, but shoppers need to be savvy.

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3 hours ago My pub has been called racist because of its name... the legal battle could close me down

Simon Belsey, 49, fears the 300-year-old hostelry which sits on the banks of the River Wye in Hereford will have to shut after he received two legal letters from jihadist Khalid Baqa.

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4 hours ago Sluggish Celtic held by dogged Dundee United as Brendan Rodgers left frustrated on Tannadice debut

Brendan Rodgers' much-changed side dropped points for only the second time this season in Tannadice stalemate

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4 hours ago Pitch perfect: why listening to cricket on radio soothes a world that won’t hear sense

Waves crashing. Cicadas singing. And always the burble of cricket on the radio, unifying summers and people with its gentle pleasures for an uncertain worldMy father was a man of his generation, which meant when summer rolled around and the cricket season started, he insisted on muting Channel Nine’s coverage and blasting the ABC’s radio commentary instead.Ours was a complicated relationship but one thing for which I’ll be forever grateful was the way my father shared his love for Test cricket with me. I grew up as a cricket obsessive. My love for the game survived childhood, adolescence, and even the realisation that, given I was batting No 11 for South Melbourne under-12s, my dream to open the batting for Australia was unlikely to be fulfilled. Continue reading...

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4 hours ago My body is already in decline. Now experts can predict when my mind will follow | Emma Beddington

What’s more depressing than the thought of a long, slow decline in health? The thought of several short, sharp declines. Thank you, science!I don’t believe ageing is linear: I reckon we have long plateaux, then everything falls apart all at once. I realised this at the close of my harrowing 31st year, when I looked in the mirror and didn’t recognise the sad, grey ghost staring back. I swear one day I was young and moderately dewy with a functioning musculoskeletal system; the next my face imploded, shortly followed by my knee (yes, it was a fun year). There’s a phrase for this kind of sudden ageing in French: prendre un coup de vieux, which feels appropriate, since I was living in France during that first precipitous decline and prolonged exposure to the angry rigours of Parisian life was at least partly to blame.Anyway, now science is catching up. Earlier this year, researchers identified two “peaks” for ageing at 44 and 60, and now a new paper points to three peaks in brain ageing...

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