88 m. ago The blood pressure secret: everything you need to know to improve yours – and live a longer, healthier life

It is known as ‘the silent killer’, because many people suffer from high blood pressure without even being aware of it. Here is where your numbers should be, and how to change them for the betterThe older you get, and the more obsessed with your health, the more it feels as if life comes down to numbers: how many more years you can expect; your lean body mass; your percentage of visceral fat; how dense your bones are; how many kilos you can squat; how long you can deadhang; how often you still do it; your levels of LDL and HDL cholesterol; your resting heart rate; your overnight blood oxygen level; how quickly you can run; how many steps you do in a day; how many hours you sleep; how fast you are shrinking; how often you get up to pee.I say you, of course, but what I mean is me. I fixate on all those things and more. Do you want to know my vascular age as calculated by my smart scales? I will tell you. The point is that some of these numbers matter more than others. And one that def...

Society

10 h. ago Should friendship really be a ‘one strike and you’re out’ deal?

The idea of ditching friends if they err has become more and more popular in the last few years. But it’s important to recognise our own failings ...There aren’t many experiences in life that feel the same at six as they do at 60. Where, even if you’ve advanced in wisdom as well as age and can intellectualise the circumstances and better disguise your pain, the raw emotion is identical. However, being left out by your friends hurts just as much when you’re an adult as it did when you were a kid in the playground.An old lady – her words – Mumsnet message board contributor posted an impassioned plea for advice this week, after her girl squad – not her words – began chatting about the theatre season tickets they had bought. This was the first she’d heard of it. Continue reading...

Economics

23 h. ago Christine McGuinness planning to write a 'tell all' book on split from ex

EXCLUSIVE: Years after model Christine McGuinness last released her autobiography, the star is getting ready to reveal all about her split from former partner Paddy in her new book

Politics

55 h. ago ‘What I do with my body is none of your business’: musician Beverly Glenn

His music was ignored for decades. Now, at 81, he is collaborating with pop stars. He and his wife talk about his extraordinary life – and facing severe illnessWhen Beverly Glenn-Copeland was diagnosed with a form of dementia called Late two years ago, he was advised to stay at home and do crossword puzzles. He tried, but he doesn’t like crosswords, and it didn’t feel right. One day, recalls his wife Elizabeth, he said: “Honey, I know this is meant to be giving me more time, but I just feel like we’re not living a life. I have places I want to see and people I want to meet before I die. Since we have to make money, let’s make money doing what we love to do.”And so the couple, who live in Hamilton, Ontario, are in London, midway through a tour that is the latest chapter in Glenn’s extraordinary late-in-life journey from unknown musician to revered cult icon. It has only been 10 years since his indefinably radiant music was rediscovered (not that it was ever really discovered in the f...

Politics

2 d. ago The Lounge Foundation’s Feel Your Breast campaign empowers, supports and educates women

Show your support for women affected by the disease

Politics

4 d. ago Harry Kane feels in the form of his life after firing England to the World Cup

Kane has scored 21 goals in 13 matches this season for club and country this season.

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5 d. ago Big Brother's George sinks claws into ITV for 'leaving his life in tatters' and 'making him feel rotten inside' with offensive language axe

The 23-year-old was booted out of the iconic house last week following the 'repeated use of unacceptable language and behaviour'.

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5 d. ago MAFS UK star breaks down in floods of tears saying ‘I might regret posting this’

A MARRIED At First Sight star warned fans "a smile hides a lot" as she broke down in tears in an emotional Instagram upload. The E4 show contestant admitted "I have my struggles" and told how she "feels like a failure" amid a tricky patch in her personal life. Ella Morgan's raw confession came after...

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5 d. ago The world’s 1st vegan collagen for joints is finally here — and it works

Experience noticeable benefits in just 90 days

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6 d. ago A new start after 60: I realised I had autism – and suddenly my life made sense. I have never been so happy

After decades of loneliness and depression, Cathleen Caffrey had come to think of herself as a bad person. Then she learned about others who had struggled to fit in When she was 39, Cathleen Caffrey saw a brochure at her Alcoholics Anonymous meeting. It showed people who’d got sober in their 70s, talking about “how wonderful their lives were. That gave me a hope that I hung on to for a long time,” she says. Caffrey turned 80 this year, and is decades into her sobriety, but only now feels at peace with herself.All her life, Caffrey had assumed she was “a bad person, not a lovable person, not a likable person”. Her parents separated when she was 10, and “at that point, some voice in me said, ‘Nothing’s ever gonna work.’” Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Christine McGuinness admits single life feels 'lonely' after divorce from Paddy

Christine McGuinness has opened up about life after her split from comedian Paddy McGuinness, admitting she has found single life 'lonely' at times.

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9 d. ago Chef shares 'foolproof' way to make perfect poached eggs every time and it's so easy

Chef Kelly Scott has been praised after sharing how she makes the perfect poached eggs every single time - as people admit they've been struggling with the right technique for years

Politics

1 week ago I Swear review – biopic of pioneering Tourette syndrome activist is funny, fierce and full of heart

Kirk Jones’s moving film about of John Davidson, the man who taught Britain about Tourette, offers compassion and catharsis Feelgood true-life heart-warmers about courageous people overcoming medical conditions are common enough. But not when that condition zaps and jabs and stabs at the genre itself, piercing the carapace of sentimentality while surreally commenting on the form and on the demure niceties of polite society, in which we all keep our thoughts to ourselves.Kirk Jones’s terrifically warm, generous film is about real-life activist John Davidson, who is from Galashiels in the Scottish Borders and has Tourette syndrome, with its tics, compulsive behaviour patterns and random obscene shouts. He was awarded an MBE in 2019 for his work educating the nation about the condition since he first exhibited its symptoms as a teenager in 1989, as captured in the BBC’s sensational documentary John’s Not Mad. I Swear contains a great performance from Robert Aramayo, full of intelligenc...

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1 week ago Christine McGuinness sports minuscule bikini as she parties at Ibiza beach club

Model Christine McGuinness, who split from Paddy in 2022, showed off her sensational figure in a skimpy red bikini as she let her hair down in Ibiza over the weekend

Society

1 week ago Wirtz, Durán and different career paths: what happened to Next Generation 2020?

We look at how the 80 players we picked five years ago have been faring for club and countryFive years ago the Covid-19 pandemic was spreading, causing untold pain – mental and physical – that we are still feeling the effects of.Football, like every other aspect of life, was affected and stopped for a period of time. Players, coaches and staff had their lives turned upside down. Career paths were inevitably changed. What kind of an impact would a fit Trent Alexander-Arnold have had at Euro 2020 if it had been played that year? As it turned out he injured himself just before the postponed tournament in 2021 and had to withdraw from the England squad. Continue reading...

Politics

1 week ago 'We had no time with our kids so we ditched UK for Mauritius after holiday there'

Adam Short, 44, and his wife, Tara, 38, from Sheffield, South Yorkshire, were desperate for a 'slower pace of life' and decided to move 6,000 miles to Mauritius to feel more like a family

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1 week ago Paddy McGuinness makes dating life confession after split from wife Christine

Paddy McGuinness has given an update on his personal life as he continues to build his career and look after his children around three years after his split from ex-wife Christine

Politics

1 week ago Brits trust AI and Google over gut feelings for major life decisions

A new study has found that Brits are more likely to trust AI and Google than their own gut feelings when it comes to making major life decisions - but it doesn't always work out.

Politics

1 week ago An organ donor gave her his heart. But now she can’t afford the life

Exclusive: A heart transplant recipient tells Rhian Lubin how she feels a health insurance company is ‘gambling’ with the gift of life from her donor: ‘If they let me go into rejection, they’re not just risking my life — they’re letting his gift go to waste.’

Politics

1 week ago Paddy McGuinness makes dating admission as he's quizzed on relationship with Christine

The BBC Radio 2 star and the model split in 2022, and their divorce was finalised in October 2024

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