47 h. ago Wayne Rooney set to begin new role after Manchester United great 'signed £800,000 deal'

Former Man United and England hero Wayne Rooney signed a huge contract to take up this next role

Economics

6 d. ago ‘I had her right in front of me. And now she’s gone’: how one mother lost her daughter to mental illness

Studying in London before taking up a high-flying job in New York, Naina Mishra seemed set for a bright future – until she began retreating from friends and family into a paranoid spiral even her mother couldn’t break. What does her story reveal about the dangers of young adult estrangement?Naina Mishra seemed to turn up at the yoga studio in Euston, north-west London, out of nowhere. She wasn’t referred by anyone; she didn’t come with a friend. A 21-year-old woman of Indian heritage with an American accent who grew up in Hong Kong and had recently arrived in London, Naina just “fell in” off the street in January 2022, say her yoga teachers, Hamish Hendry and Louise Newton. But it became part of her daily life. Every morning, she returned to practise there.Chatting after class, they learned that Naina had just graduated from university in the US and had been interning at the investment bank Goldman Sachs and the consulting firm McKinsey. She was studying in London before beginning a...

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6 d. ago Woman trapped in house of horrors as leaky flat above pours water into home

Linda Benjamin has been battling with Renfrewshire Council for eight months after she had water pouring out of her lights and running down the walls.

Society

7 d. ago Warning issued as Britain's 'most dangerous spider' with 'unbearable' bites invades homes across the UK

False Widow spiders are set to appear in greater numbers as spider mating season is set to begin later on in August, prompting experts to urge people to keep windows closed both day and night.

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9 d. ago JENNI MURRAY: I am depressed, lonely and unable to walk after this embarrassingly stupid accident left me trapped in my house

It's nearly two years since the embarrassingly stupid accident that turned me into the little old lady I'd hoped I would never become. How I hate that expression, 'little old lady'!

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9 d. ago Black Ops 6 Warzone Season 5 release time, and when you can try out its new maps

The Black Ops 6 Warzone Season 5 start time is just around the corner, and here's everything you need to know about when the new season is set to begin

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1 week ago Couple 'trapped' in £1.2m house they can't sell as retirement dream becomes nightmare

The couple say they have been 'stuck in limbo for decades'

Economics

1 week ago Knife throwing and cheeseburger spinning: the agony and ecstasy of being a viral trickshot video star

Think you could throw a basketball off a 540ft dam, into a hoop – while blindfolded? Meet the talented and ludicrously patient people putting hours into the internet’s most joyful (and pointless) clipsFor much of the month of June 2023, David and Daniel Hulett sat in their parents’ basement in Virginia throwing five-cent coins in the air. First David would flip his nickel. Then Daniel would flip his nickel. They were trying to get the coins to land on their edge, an occurrence they knew was vanishingly improbable, but not impossible. This was their work.After three or four days, doubts began to set in. “When you’ve been doing it for so long, you’re like: the next one has to be it!” says Daniel, 26, the elder and generally chirpier of the two. “You get really optimistic. And then it doesn’t happen and you feel like the world is ending. It’s almost physically painful. You get messed up.” Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Burlesque dancer trapped in house set on fire begged for help in last phone call

Katie Tangey had been house sitting for her brother and his wife, who were away on their honeymoon, when the home she was in was firebombed in the early hours of the morning

Events

3 w. ago ITV star 'banned' from Strictly Come Dancing as they admit 'I can’t do it'

The countdown for Strictly Come Dancing has officially begun as the BBC show is set to air later this year.

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4 w. ago Wasps will stay away from your garden if you make DIY trap using three natural items

Garden designer Ish shared how to make a DIY wasp trap by using just three simple household items, which you probably already have in your kitchen

Politics

4 w. ago Drivers to face overnight road closures as A82 roadworks get set to begin

A stretch of the A82, near Bridge of Orchy will be closed overnight as resurfacing works get underway next month.

Transport

4 w. ago 'Lovely' pensioner couple in ICU after horror early hours arson attack

Emergency services were called to South John Street in St Helens at around 12.40am on Tuesday, July 15, after reports that an elderly couple were trapped inside a house fire

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