4 h. ago Jeremy Clarkson leads tributes to former Top Gear presenter who died aged 68

Quentin Willson passed away on Saturday after a short battle with lung cancer, and his former Top Gear co-host Jeremy Clarkson has paid tribute to him on social media

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4 h. ago Fruitful advice for getting the most from a refrigerator and making groceries last longer

Storing food properly can prolong the life of groceries, minimize waste, and prevent foodborne illnesses

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8 h. ago Dog trainer warns 'don't waste time and energy' with common puppy mistake

The advice was shared in an educational video posted on social media by a Clinical Canine Behaviourist

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10 h. ago Novels I haven’t finished reading are piling up by my bedside. What if that’s a good thing? | Hanna Thomas Uose

Authors are sounding warnings about the length of the modern attention span, but my series of abandonments is a sign of something elseThis is embarrassing, but here goes. There are five novels beside my bed, all partially read. On my phone, I am partway through 36 audiobooks, which pales in comparison to the 46 ebooks I have abandoned on my Kindle. This doesn’t count the growing pile of advance copies beside my coffee table, vying for blurbs, now that I am a published novelist myself.At first glance, these stats seem to corroborate Ian Rankin’s words. Commenting a fortnight ago on how easy it is to lose a reader’s focus, when it is fragmented by social media and the news cycle, the writer said: “Maybe as people’s attention spans change the literature will have to change with them.” But as someone who used to doggedly finish whatever I was reading, I now consider it a human right to put down a book that I’m not in the mood for.Hanna Thomas Uose is a writer and strategist. She is the ...

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13 h. ago ‘They treat men like vending machines’: Inside the hidden world of social media sperm selling

Parenthood can seem an impossible dream for many, and online sperm donor groups offer a solution, but they can be a murky world A man going by the name “Rod Kissme” claims to have “very strong sperm”. It may seem like an eccentric boast for a Facebook profile page, but then this is no mundane corner of the internet. The group where Rod and other men advertise themselves is a community where women and couples come, in many cases, to fulfil a lifelong dream: parenthood.There is a growing number of online sperm donor groups on social media. They offer people the chance of parenting children in an unregulated, dangerous but surprisingly straightforward way. Continue reading...

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19 h. ago Border patrol chief reprimanded for lying claims shots were fired at immigration officers in Chicago

Gregory Bovino was called out by a judge only two days earlier for lying about being assaulted by a protesterA border patrol chief claimed on Saturday that his agents came under fire in Chicago while conducting immigration enforcement operations, just two days after a federal judge said that he had lied to her about having been struck by a rock during a previous confrontation with protesters in the city.Gregory Bovino, the border patrol chief and frequent Fox News guest who has become the face of the Trump administration’s mass deportation efforts, said on social media that his agents had been “shot at”, and subjected to “vehicular assaults, physical assaults, impeding, violent mobs, vehicular blockades”, for a number of hours. Continue reading...

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23 h. ago Strictly Come Dancing's Amy Dowden shares emotional health update after missing live show

Strictly Come Dancing star Amy Dowden updated her social media followers about her health this week.

Society

24 h. ago Strictly Come Dancing fans fume at 'overmarked' star in new BBC show row

Strictly Come Dancing fans rushed to social media as they felt the judges were 'overmarking' the contestants during tonight's show which they felt was not reflective of the performance

Culture

25 h. ago Strictly Come Dancing fans say same thing about Lewis Cope minutes in

Strictly Come Dancing viewers instantly took to social media to have their say

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26 h. ago EastEnders fans 'solve' who's rushed to hospital as Balvinder Sopal 'leaks' scene

EastEnders fans were sent into a frenzy when a social media post by a cast member possibly gave away they were filming hospital scenes on the BBC soap, and a new theory teases the victim

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26 h. ago Kelsey Parker opens up on devastation after losing third child and admits 'I'm not ok'

Kelsey Parker took to social media and posted a video sharing with fans her heartbreak after her first baby with boyfriend Will Lindsay was born stillborn

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27 h. ago Strictly's George Clarke tipped to win after savvy tactic gives him 'big advantage'

EXCLUSIVE: George Clarke is being projected to make it to the Strictly Come Dancing final by a celebrity PR expert due to his clever social media strategy outside of the BBC show

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27 h. ago Victoria Beckham lets her hair down at Holly Ramsay's hen do at Soho Farmhouse

The fashion designer. 51, took to social media to share snaps of her with the bride-to-be as they enjoyed a 'girls night'.

Society

27 h. ago Kim Kardashian defends All's Fair amid Rotten Tomatoes score backlash

Kim Kardashian has hit back at critics of her new legal drama All's Fair, sharing a series of social media posts that both acknowledged and mocked the show's harshest reviews

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28 h. ago Good Morning host Adil Ray is grilled by ITV bosses after appearing to back introduction of Sharia law

On Thursday, Adil Ray, 51, congratulated fellow Muslim Zohran Mamdani on his stateside victory by praising the values behind Sharia law in a social media post.

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30 h. ago The poster that saved Davina McCall from a devastating fate: How star found lump in breast 'early' after seeing sign in toilets... as she reveals 'anger' at cancer diagnosis

The beloved presenter, 58, took to social media on Saturday to reveal she had been diagnosed with cancer after finding a lump.

Science

30 h. ago I’m a brothel manager & here’s 4 VERY strict rules you must follow a lady broke one when she bought in her unusual pets

A BROTHEL manager has revealed the four very strict rules clients and staff must follow. Not only this, but Catherine De Noir, 31, acknowledged instances where the “house rules” have been broken - including the time one woman smuggled in some very random pets.  Posting on social media, Catherine, who is manager of one of...

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31 h. ago Britney Spears makes racy social media return days after deleting account

Hitmaker Britney Spears came back to Instagram just four days after deleting her account after she sparked a wave of concern from fans after uploading a slew of posts about her ex-husband

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31 h. ago Social media misinformation driving men to NHS clinics in search of testosterone they don’t need

Endocrinologists warn taking testosterone unnecessarily can suppress the body’s natural hormone productionSocial media misinformation is driving men to NHS clinics in search of testosterone they don’t need, adding pressure to already stretched waiting lists, doctors have said.Testosterone therapy is a prescription-only treatment recommended under national guidelines for men with a clinically proven deficiency, confirmed by symptoms and repeated blood tests. Continue reading...

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31 h. ago Social media misinformation driving men to NHS for unneeded testosterone therapy

Endocrinologists warn taking testosterone unnecessarily can suppress natural hormone productionSocial media misinformation is driving men to NHS clinics in search of testosterone therapy they don’t need, adding pressure to already stretched waiting lists, doctors have said.Testosterone replacement therapy (TRT) is a prescription-only treatment recommended under national guidelines for men with a clinically proven deficiency, confirmed by symptoms and repeated blood tests. Continue reading...

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