36 m. ago Birmingham crash LIVE as £200K Lamborghini smashed up and police swarm scene

A Lamborghini has been involved in a collision and police are at the scene on Summer Lane in Birmingham, with the incident causing major disruption to traffic

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85 m. ago How climate change could be blamed for your bad night’s sleep

A new study has linked rising temperatures to shorter sleep times and poor sleep quality

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97 m. ago The truth about the ‘gender care gap’: are men really more likely to abandon their ill wives?

It’s one thing facing a major diagnosis; it’s quite another dealing with your partner pulling away. But does the stereotype match the reality?Jess never dreamed that she was going to get sick, nor did she consider what it would mean for her love life if she did. When she first started dating her boyfriend, they were both in their late 20s, living busy, active lives. “Sport was something we did a lot of and we did it together: we worked hard, played hard, we went for bike rides and went running and played golf together.”But around a year into their relationship, all that stopped abruptly when Jess was diagnosed with long Covid, the poorly understood syndrome that in some people follows a Covid infection. For her, it meant “a general shutdown of my body: lungs, heart, stomach, really bad brain fog”. She went from being a sporty, independent 29-year-old with a successful career to sleeping all day and relying on her boyfriend for everything. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago Live updates as M4 accident causes disruption and flooding closes main road

There are also several flood alerts and a warning of more bad weather on the way

Events

3 h. ago Why are diagnoses of ADHD soaring? There are no easy answers – but empathy is the place to start | Gabor Maté

Some say it’s overdiagnosis, others say it’s greater recognition. But it’s clear we must think about how our society is impacting human developmentGabor Maté is the author of The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness and Healing in a Toxic CultureDoes the rise in diagnoses of ADHD mean that normal feelings are being “over-pathologised”? The UK’s health secretary, Wes Streeting, seems to suspect so. He is said to be so concerned about a sharp rise in the number of people claiming sickness benefits that he has ordered a clinical review of the diagnosis of mental health conditions, and autism and ADHD.I was diagnosed with ADHD (ADD, as it was then most often called) decades ago, in my early 50s. As I wrote in my book on the subject, Scattered Minds, it “seemed to explain many of my behaviour patterns, thought processes, childish emotional reactions, my workaholism and other addictive tendencies, the sudden eruptions of bad temper and complete irrationality, the conflicts in my marriage and m...

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5 h. ago Five years on: rugby’s brain damaged players wait and wait for the help they need

In 2020 Steve Thompson revealed he could not remember winning the Rugby World Cup and since then his case and others have been caught up in a warren of legal argumentThe Royal Courts of Justice are a warren. They were built piecemeal over 125 years of intermittent construction, wings were added, blocks were expanded and then joined by a web of twisting staircases and long corridors. You navigate your way to whichever corner of it you have business in by checking the tiny print on the long daily case lists that are posted in the lobby early each morning, when the building always seems to be full of people hurrying in the other direction. For the last three years, three separate sets of legal action about brain damage in sport have been slowly making their way through here, lost in the hallways.One is in football, one is in rugby union, one is in rugby league. The same small firm, Rylands Garth, is behind all three. Sometimes these hearings take place in the modern rooms of the east b...

Sport

7 h. ago 'I'm A Celebrity was scariest thing I've ever done and I couldn't sleep'

EXCLUSIVE: Radio and TV star Melvin Odoom has opened up about his I'm a Celebrity experience, calling it one of the best and scariest things he's done

Politics

7 h. ago Will the mansion tax become a terrace tax? Four things you need to know about the property market now

Although the Budget may have been less destructive of property than many expected, there was still bad news for tenants, landlords and first-time ­buyers, as we explain.

Economics

7 h. ago Edinburgh Airport again hit by air traffic control disruption after two wider faults in last two years

Civil Aviation Authority to “keep close to investigation into the root cause”

Events

8 h. ago 'Super soft' Dunelm bedding left buyer with 'great nights sleep'

This reversible duvet set will keep any room decor fresh as it can be turned around to feature a different design

Politics

9 h. ago Neurologist says brain 'super agers' all have 'one thing' in common

An expert said this activity was like a "full body workout" for the brain

Politics

12 h. ago UK set for disruptive weather into new week as weekend downpours continue

Parts of the United Kingdom can expect disruptive weather into the new week, following weekend showers, but forecasters say it is too early to give a prediction for Christmas

Politics

12 h. ago UK drenched with more rain and wet weather is predicted to last longer than you'd think

Parts of the United Kingdom can expect disruptive weather into the new week, following weekend showers, but forecasters say it is too early to give a prediction for Christmas

Politics

13 h. ago Sleep warning as neurologist says this nightly habit is 'dangerous'

Neurologist Dr Baibing Chen warns that consistently doing this is dangerous

Events

15 h. ago Thomas Tuchel keeps his cool amid cringe, confusion and drama of World Cup draw | David Hytner

England manager happy to ‘focus on what we can influence’ after a draw that will live long in the memory and not for the right reasons At the end of an extraordinary day in the US capital and a World Cup draw that lurched between the ridiculous and the sublime (with a greater emphasis on the former, if the truth be told), Thomas Tuchel and England now know. Croatia in Toronto or Dallas. Ghana in Boston or Toronto. Panama in New Jersey or Philadelphia. And that is just the group games.With the excitement running wild and, well, England being England, their determination to bring it home to the fore, it was not long before the permutations were being scrutinised. It could be Mexico at the Azteca in the last 16 – the scene of the Hand of God in 1986. It could be Brazil in Miami in the quarter-finals. Tuchel pulled a face as if to say: “Wow.” There had been a lot to process. And that is before we talk about the Honourable Donald J Trump and his Fifa peace prize glory. Continue reading...

Events

16 h. ago New cause of dementia discovered... as researchers reveal the devastating early signs in children

Scientists have discovered the specific genetic mutation that causes a child's brain to deteriorate, resulting in severe dementia.

Politics

17 h. ago Trump, Infantino and Ferdinand’s bad jokes: Inside Fifa’s shambolic and shameful 2026 World Cup draw

The drawn-out ceremony at Washington’s Kennedy Center was a highly politicised show and a glimpse into football’s dystopian future

Politics

17 h. ago Doctors reveal the truth behind Kim Kardashian's 'low brain activity' and hidden aneurysm

Doctors have sounded the alarm after Kim Kardashian revealed she has 'low brain activity.' The news follows a recent scan which detected an aneurysm that could burst at any moment.

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17 h. ago My clever father has dementia. It's so tough seeing him struggle but this is the surprising tactic I'm using to keep him healthy

When Katie Fyfe moved her father John in next door due to his Alzheimer's, it gave them both an unexpected new lease of life - with a little help from a furball friend.

Politics

19 h. ago Strictly Come Dancing star George Clarke shares dad's worry over dedicated dance

As he admits to not being a fan of musicals, the TikTok star says: 'My brain is still - I don't dance, what are you on about?'

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