69 m. ago New recipe box launch specifically designed for women's health

The range provides key nutrition in a simple to plan and prepare format

Society

83 m. ago Drivers told to do 'simple 50p test' before taking car for an MOT

The MOT can be a stressful and expensive time for drivers, but there's a simple and cost-effective way to avoid unnecessary failures and fines

Transport

92 m. ago Above the Knee review – man struggles with body integrity dysmorphia in gory amputation horror

A man grapples with an overwhelming desire to remove his leg in a lingering psychological interrogation from Norwegian film-maker Viljar BøeNorwegian director Viljar Bøe has been hacking out an interesting niche for himself in the horror genre, specialising in a variety grounded more in psychology than supernatural jiggery pokery. For example, Good Boy from 2022 revolved around a man and his “dog” (who is obviously a guy in a dog costume) acting like a mutt at all times. Similarly, his new feature features a character called Amir (Freddy Singh) with a psychological fixation that’s so unusual he feels he must keep it a secret from his girlfriend and all acquaintances: he has body integrity dysphoria (BID), which in his case means he has an overwhelming desire to amputate his left leg even though there’s nothing physically wrong with it.Amir lives with his super-nice, cheerful girlfriend Kim (Julie Abrahamsen) in hyper-tolerant, Scandi-socialist quasi-utopia Norway, so when he drunken...

Events

94 m. ago The Guest on BBC One review: this Eve Myles thriller is utterly hinged

Gabrielle Creevy and Myles give cracking performances. Shame about the plot

Politics

94 m. ago Best dehumidifier deals in September 2025 on tried and tested models

These models stood out in our tried and tested review – and they’re now discounted

Economics

95 m. ago American tries Robinson's fruit squash for the first time and shares honest verdict

A woman has noticed some big differences since moving to the UK from America – and some of them are as simple as the products you can find in supermarkets

Politics

1 hour ago Man's nighttime toilet trip horror as he finds snake lurking in dark

The man was given a major shock when he paid a visit to the loo in the middle of the night only to discover he wasn't the only one in the bathroom

Events

1 hour ago Make the perfect fried egg by adding one simple ingredient to the oil

Using the common ingredient will guarantee crispy yet glossy eggs.

Events

1 hour ago Man's shock on nighttime toilet trip as he finds snake lurking in dark

The Gateshead man got the fright of his life when he discovered the creature hiding in his bathroom

Events

2 h. ago 'All drivers should do 50p test before taking their car for an MOT'

The MOT test can be a stressful and expensive time for drivers, but there's a simple trick that can help you avoid unnecessary failures and fines

Transport

2 h. ago Clean duvets without a washing machine by spraying them with one simple ingredient

This one-ingredient stain removal method can help you clean sweat-soaked duvets without a machine, but you can only take advantage of it before the end of September

Events

2 h. ago Little Problems – a cute detective game with no violence or victims

Shanghai-based developer Posh Cat Studio focused on the satisfying thrill of solving life’s small mysteries in this cosy crime caperAs the latest generation of 18-year-olds is about to find out, starting university is an experience fraught with minor as well as major problems. Oversleeping and missing lectures, forgetting where your study group is meeting, mislaying your books – a lot of your time is spent looking for things.It is these small mysteries that concern Little Problems, a cute detective game, in which the protagonist, Mary, must use her sleuthing abilities to make it through each day as a new student . Created by Indonesian designer Melisa, who has chosen to go by her first name only, the idea comes from her love of detective stories, but also her wish to take violence out of the genre. Continue reading...

Events

3 h. ago New PIP reform plans could impact Blue Badge holders and people on Motability Scheme

A review of the full PIP assessment process will be completed by Autumn next year.

Politics

3 h. ago Why opening your window during a shower is the wrong thing to do

While it might seem like a good idea to open a window after a shower, this can actually interfere with the circulation created by extractor fans and introduce cold air that accelerates condensation

Politics

3 h. ago The Two Roberts by Damian Barr review – lost story of a gay art duo

The lives of Scottish artists Bobby MacBryde and Robert Colquhoun, who found love and fame and lost it all, are vividly reimaginedWhat if the protagonist of a novel was not a single person but a couple? Damian Barr takes on this challenge, and he’s found a historic couple who make the ideal source material. Working-class Scottish artists Bobby MacBryde and Robert Colquhoun were rarely apart after they met in 1933. They lived and worked together, became famous together and then declined into desperate squalor together – even poorer than when they began.Barr knows what it’s like to conquer Glasgow from a small, working-class town on its outskirts; he knows what it’s like to find yourself feted for your portraits of the place you’ve left irrevocably behind. His memoir, Maggie and Me, was a hard-hitting yet rambunctious tale of growing up gay near Motherwell under Thatcher, uneasily aware that the woman who pushed his parents deeper into poverty also taught him that the ruthless ex...

Politics

3 h. ago Sanatorium review – Ukraine health resort guests seek sanctuary amid shelling

Poignant documentary by Irish director Gar O’Rourke peers into a faded Soviet-era institution where visitors search for relief while war grinds on outsideThere is something ever so slightly Martin Parr-like about this documentary, filmed inside a shabby rundown health resort near Odesa, in Ukraine. It’s not the colour palette, which is Soviet-era pale beige, but the images of holidaymakers: elderly men strutting about in thongs and playing ping pong in their vests; retirees of both sexes glad-ragged at the disco. Like Parr’s photos, the images are funny but not unkind; everyone retains their dignity. The director is Irish film-maker Gar O’Rourke, who planned Sanatorium before the war, but filmed it after Russia invaded Ukraine, which adds a layer of melancholy to the guests’ search for health and happiness.The huge Kuyalnik sanatorium is a time warp with its brutalist architecture and institutional interiors. Back in its glory days, people must have come here in their thousands. Now...

Politics

3 h. ago A Short History of Stupidity by Stuart Jeffries review – comfortably dumb?

From Shakespeare’s fools to Donald Trump, this exhilarating read considers stupidity in its many formsStupidity, no question, can be just as rich and subtle as its opposite. Three and a half decades on, I still sometimes meditate on what a school friend of mine said in a here’s-a-profound-thought tone of voice: “I’d rather be stupid than happy”.In this clever book, Stuart Jeffries starts out at a double disadvantage, though. First: he has an excellently snappy title but it’s open to question whether stupidity can be said to have a history in any meaningful sense. The quality of stupidity is just, sort of, there; and there’s lots of it. Could you write a history of happiness, or bad luck, or knees? You’d be on firmer ground, as he recognises, historicising the concept of stupidity: a short history, in other words, of “stupidity” – how successive societies and thinkers have defined and responded to reason’s derr-brained secret sharer. As an intellectual historian w...

Politics

3 h. ago 'I visited Tenby for first time but one simple thing put me off'

Christopher Evans visited Tenby for the first time in a bid to find the "prettiest town in Wales"; however, he admitted one thing about the popular seaside town put him off

Politics

4 h. ago 2025 Kirkcudbright Fringe set to begin with Hue and Cry and Timmy Mallet among star attractions

There will be more than 60 events taking place between today and Sunday, as well as a three-day beer festival and a wide range of stalls and food outlets.

Politics

4 h. ago Everyone's phones will blast emergency alert this weekend – here's how to turn it off

Millions of mobile phones will sound a siren this week in one of the largest ever public safety exercises, but your Daily Star has you covered with a simple hack on how to turn it off

Events