1 hour ago Brooklyn Beckham reveals the heartbreaking reason why he blocked David and Victoria

The legal letter sent by Brooklyn Beckham to his parents banning contact came after his mental health was affected following their online posts, it's claimed

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21 h. ago US urges its citizens to flee Venezuela amid reports of paramilitaries

State department says armed ‘colectivos’ appear to be setting up roadblocks and searching vehicles for AmericansThe United States has urged its citizens to leave Venezuela immediately amid reports that armed paramilitaries are trying to track down US citizens, one week after the capture of the South American country’s president, Nicolás Maduro.In a security alert sent out on Saturday, the state department said there were reports of armed members of pro-regime militias, known as colectivos, setting up roadblocks and searching vehicles for evidence that the occupants were US citizens or supporters of the country. Continue reading...

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46 h. ago Sleeping in on the weekends can help boost your teen’s mental health, study finds

Teenagers in the U.S. are getting less sleep than they were 20 years ago

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53 h. ago ‘A more convenient dictatorship’: fear and uncertainty in Venezuela after fall of Maduro

US capture of president gave many Venezuelans hope, but a week on, an even more draconian atmosphere pervades the South American countryUS politics live – latest updatesFreddy Guevara will never forget the 34 excruciating days he spent inside Venezuela’s most notorious political prison after being snatched by masked men from President Nicolás Maduro’s intelligence agency.The black hood, the interrogations, the stress positions, the salsa music his captors blasted at him in an attempt to make him crack. Continue reading...

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57 h. ago DWP PIP waiting times warning over new disability benefit claims

PIP provides financial support to cover additional living expenses for those with long-term physical or mental health conditions or disabilities

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63 h. ago Donald Trump's Venezuela actions 'show why UK must move away from oil and gas', says Labour minister

Energy minister Martin McCluskey said the situation in the South American country “points towards why it's even more important” that the UK makes sure it is “no longer relying on on foreign oil and gas reserves.”

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3 d. ago Amanda Seyfried reflects on her ‘really extreme’ obsessive compulsive disorder

The 40-year-old told US Vogue how she has battled with her mental health throughout her adult life.

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3 d. ago French farmers force their way through Paris with tractors to protest free trade deal

Farmers have driven about a hundred tractors into Paris to protest European negotiations over a free trade deal with South American nations, according to the French Interior Ministry

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3 d. ago Fresh evidence to support The Scotsman's call for Scotland to become a 'sporting nation'

Exercise’s effect on mental health underlines the need for everyone to be able to participate in sport

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3 d. ago Mental health evaluation ordered for woman accused of stabbing tourist in Manhattan Macy's

A New York City judge has ordered a mental health evaluation for a Massachusetts woman charged in the unprovoked stabbing of a tourist changing her baby’s diaper in a bathroom of Macy’s flagship store in midtown Manhattan around the holidays

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3 d. ago Final moments revealed of Brit who 'wanted man she met on fetish site to kill her'

WARNING DISTRESSING CONTENT: Sonia Exelby was said to be struggling with her mental health when she left the UK for Florida, where her mutilated remains were found in a shallow grave

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4 d. ago Love Island's Dr Alex George reveals he's undergoing autism assessment

The former Love Island star has opened up about his mental health and his "exhausting battle to be normal".

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4 d. ago Pioneering trial to tackle ‘silent burden’ of mental illness in new mothers axed over US aid cuts

The first-of-its-kind pilot in India was just beginning to bear fruit, according to those involved with the project

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4 d. ago Autopsy reveals final moments of Brit who 'wanted man she met on fetish site to kill her'

WARNING DISTRESSING CONTENT: Brit Sonia Exelby, 32, was said to be struggling with her mental health when she left the UK for Florida - days later her body was found in a shallow grave

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4 d. ago Pioneering trial to tackle ‘silent burden’ of mental illness in new mothers axed in US aid cuts

The first-of-its-kind pilot in India was just beginning to bear fruit, according to those involved with the project

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4 d. ago 'I'm a 999 call handler and there's 1 heartbreaking conversation we hate to have'

People have been left heartbroken after hearing about the calls 999 handlers receive on an almost daily basis - and it has sparked a discussion about mental health

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4 d. ago Venezuela ‘turning over’ up to 50m barrels of oil to the US, Trump says

The president’s announcement comes as Venezuela seeks to avoid deep cuts in output amid an ongoing blockade on exports imposed by the USDonald Trump has said Venezuela will be “turning over” 30 to 50m barrels of sanctioned oil to the US, as the South American country seeks to avoid deep cuts in output amid an ongoing blockade on exports imposed by Washington since mid-December.“This Oil will be sold at its Market Price, and that money will be controlled by me, as President of the United States of America, to ensure it is used to benefit the people of Venezuela and the United States!” Trump said in a post online. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago I'm burnt out, cynical and chronically irritable — can Reiki cure me?

Hannah Baldwin quit finance and became a reiki master after collapsing at her desk. India Block tries an energy healing session and discovers the key to protecting her energy

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5 d. ago Deep in the vaults: the Bank of England’s £1.4bn Venezuelan gold conundrum

Nicolás Maduro’s seizure by US reopens question of who controls country’s reserves held in the UKTrump suggests US taxpayers could reimburse oil firmsBusiness live – latest updatesVenezuela live – latest updatesDeep under London’s streets, thousands of miles from Caracas, Nicolás Maduro’s seizure by the US has reopened a multibillion-dollar question: who controls Venezuela’s gold reserves at the Bank of England?After the ousting of Maduro, global attention has largely focused on the South American country’s vast oil wealth – believed to be the largest reserves of any nation in the world. However, Venezuela also has significant gold holdings – including bullion worth at least $1.95bn (£1.4bn) frozen in Britain. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Male bonds develop one way, female friendships another. Should we stop trying to make men more like women? | Gaby Hinsliff

The strong and silent masculine image is often derided, but why? Perhaps companionship via trains, golf or a quiet drink is enoughIt’s good to talk. Or so men are always being told, by everyone from mental health campaigners to the women they live with, bemused by the male tendency to spend all night in the pub with friends they have known for decades and yet come back utterly clueless about whatever is going on in each other’s lives. What can they be doing, all that time? Why haven’t they asked how X feels about splitting up with his girlfriend, or how Y is coping with his father dying?To women whose own friendships revolve around an intimate and encyclopaedic knowledge of each other’s innermost feelings, intimacy based on never seemingly talking about anything that matters looks oddly empty and sad. No wonder, we think to ourselves, that more than a quarter of British men say they have no close friends at all; that male loneliness is endemic, that they won’t go to the doctor until...

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