6 h. ago ‘My brain shut off’: How Evie Richards overcame concussion and a rare syndrome to become mountain bike world champion

This time last year Evie Richards was laid low by a serious concussion that threatened to derail her bid for Olympic glory. One year on the two-time mountain bike world champion is in the form of her life, but it’s been a long road back to her best, as she tells Flo Clifford

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6 d. ago ‘Our beautiful little family is complete’: Laura Kenny gives birth to third child after fertility struggles

Britain's most decorated female Olympian gives a first-glimpse of the newborn and shared her little’s girl’s sweet name

Society

2 w. ago We now leave navigation to our phones. The result: more of us are getting hopelessly lost | John Harris

The blue dot of GPS has cut us off from a basic human skill. It’s no wonder mountain rescuers are being called out so oftenIt does not involve protest or violence, but it might be the quintessential human image of our times: a small group of people in the midst of spectacular natural scenery, drawn there in the certainty that the apps on their phones could somehow get them from A to B to C – but utterly, hopelessly lost.Two weeks ago, Mountain Rescue England and Wales published figures showing a record number of annual callouts. For the first time, in fact, teams – of overworked volunteers, mostly – had been called out on every day of the year. Between 2019 and 2024, the total number of rescues had increased by 24%, and there was a marked jump among the 18 to 24 age group, among whom callouts almost doubled. Similar trends were evident in data from Scotland: across Britain, there is evidently a mounting problem about the gap between people’s urge to experience wild and open spaces, ...

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2 w. ago 'People see him as a monster but I love him': New girlfriend of evil serial killer 'Hannibal the Cannibal' reveals how she fell for Britain's most dangerous inmate who's been caged for 51 years

Mother-of-one, Loveinia MacKenney, has been in correspondence with Maudsley, 71,  for the last five years, as the inmate sate behind a glass cage for several decades.

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3 w. ago Scotland’s most decorated female basketball player Erin McGarrachan announces upcoming retirement

Erin, who inspired the creation of the Caledonia Gladiators women’s team, will finish her career at the end of this season

Sport

last month Britain’s Evie Richards makes mountain biking history as most decorated female short

The world champion has gone unbeaten in back-to-back weekends in Brazil

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