22 h. ago Tortured by acid reflux? Now a tiny 'cube' could banish the problem for ever, as one patient tells us: 'I finally feel normal again!'

As I reached my 50s, I started experiencing extreme discomfort and pain in my chest whenever I swallowed most solid foods.

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51 h. ago Barcelona show their maestro quality to flourish on the biggest stagee | Jonathan Liew

Spanish giants show class against elite Women’s Champions League opponents, but Chelsea face more soul-searchingClàudia Pina scores. You know it’s a good goal because the moment it hits the net, Barcelona’s substitutes scramble forward to the front of the dugout, desperate to watch it again on the replay screen. Meanwhile, a few yards away Sonia Bompastor turns to the Chelsea bench and smiles weakly. A yeah-fair-play smile. A what-can-you-do smile.Pina’s goal makes it 7-1 to Barcelona on aggregate, there are still more than 45 minutes to play, and we have reached the point in this Champions League semi-final when it almost begins to feel rude that Uefa insisted Barcelona fly over to play this second leg. Imagine the aircraft emissions and single-use plastic glasses that could have been saved simply by abandoning the pretenice that this was a meaningful contest. Continue reading...

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51 h. ago Barcelona show their maestro quality on blue Sunday for outmatched Chelsea | Jonathan Liew

Spanish giants show class against elite Women’s Champions League opponents, but Chelsea face more soul-searchingClàudia Pina scores. You know it’s a good goal because the moment it hits the net, Barcelona’s substitutes scramble forward to the front of the dugout, desperate to watch it again on the replay screen. Meanwhile, a few yards away Sonia Bompastor turns to the Chelsea bench and smiles weakly. A yeah-fair-play smile. A what-can-you-do smile.Pina’s goal makes it 7-1 to Barcelona on aggregate, there are still more than 45 minutes to play, and we have reached the point in this Champions League semi-final when it almost begins to feel rude that Uefa insisted Barcelona fly over to play this second leg. Imagine the aircraft emissions and single-use plastic glasses that could have been saved simply by abandoning the pretenice that this was a meaningful contest. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago I always felt torn growing up between two countries. At 47, I finally feel at peace

Age has made me a more fully realized version of myself – I didn’t recognize that until returning to the PhilippinesLast month, it was my paternal grandmother’s 105th birthday. It’s unlikely that we’ll have many more chances to visit her, so my husband, daughters and I visited the Philippines to celebrate – my first trip since February 2020.Despite being born in the US and having lived here since, I still consider the Philippines home. I’ve made the journey at least a dozen times, and it always feels like I’m visiting another version of me only accessible in these islands. This iteration of me is always surrounded by babies and cousins, eats all the green and yellow mangoes she wants and understands more of her native language with each passing day. I am overjoyed to be there, filled with so much emotion that it leaks out of my eyeballs constantly. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago AMANDA PLATELL: I've been Amanda Abbington's harshest critic, but this is why I FINALLY feel sorry for her

It's a picture that would break any ex-wife's heart - a picture that finally made me feel sorry for Amanda Abbington. And I say that as someone who has been her harshest critic.

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3 w. ago Doctors said I had to 'just deal with' my chronic pain and fatigue. Then a radical diet cured almost every symptom and I finally feel human again

After spending six hours stuck on a yoga mat in excruciating pain, Carla's doctor said there was nothing he could do - even finding a diagnosis was pointless. She refused to settle for a life of agony.

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4 w. ago Betis celebrate end of derby drought as Antony and Isco finally feel at home

Manuel Pellegrini’s team of misfits beat Sevilla in the league for the first time in seven years and celebrated in styleThis weekend, 46,731 people came to see Betis and Sevilla but the derby wasn’t until the following night – so 33 hours later they came back and did it all over again, even better. Saturday’s second-biggest attendance in Spain had watched the country’s most passionate rivals train. Sunday’s very biggest crowd saw them play, a record 58,538 fans still inside and still singing late into a night they’ll never forget. The Benito Villamarín was bouncing, smoke rising round the home fans as they belted out the club’s anthem – here we are, squashed together like cannon balls – as the players started a lap of honour. Somewhere in all the madness and the noise, Antony, stripped to the waist and sitting on the goalkeeper Adrián’s shoulders, heaved a giant flag through the air. “This is incredible,” he said, and it was.This was Antony’s first Seville derby and he’d not seen an...

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