9 h. ago ‘Sobriety is like a second puberty’: Alcoholics on learning to live and enjoy life after drinking

Sobriety isn’t just about what to order at the pub instead of a pint. In conversations with recovering alcoholics, including the author of the new book ‘No Lost Causes Club’, Megan Carnegie explores how life without alcohol can be about flourishing, not just getting by

Politics

16 h. ago UK taskforce calls for disability training for all airline and airport staff

Report led by former Paralympian Tanni Grey-Thompson warns of ‘sometimes catastrophic’ treatment of passengersAirline and airport staff should have mandatory training in disability and accessibility awareness, a government taskforce has urged, to ease the stress, confusion and harm experienced by the growing numbers of passengers requiring assistance to travel.A report from the group, led by the crossbench peer and former Paralympian Tanni Grey-Thompson, said the experience of flying for disabled people “can be ad hoc, inconsistent and sometimes catastrophic”. Continue reading...

Politics

34 h. ago Disabled people want to live a full life. Instead, we’re forced to scrap over our right to food and a wash | Frances Ryan

Britain’s political and media class advocate policies that leave disabled people hungry and dirty. Why are we expected to settle for this?There is a longstanding practice in UK politics and media to force disabled people to fight for their basic rights – a kind of gladiatorial scrap in which the Colosseum is replaced by the set of Good Morning Britain.With the government’s welfare reform bill just passed by MPs, this has felt all the more stark. In the last week alone, the leader of the opposition, Kemi Badenoch, has used a speech to declare she does not “believe” that one in four people are disabled, as if the Equality Act were based on vibes. “Twenty-eight million people in Britain are working to pay the wages and benefits of 28 million others,” she went on. “The rider is as big as the horse.”Frances Ryan is a Guardian columnist. She is the author of Who Wants Normal? The Disabled Girls’ Guide to Life Continue reading...

Society

39 h. ago Dr. Oz tells Americans on Medicaid ‘don’t eat carrot cake’ as millions face health insurance cuts

‘Do the most you can do to really live up to your God-given potential to live a full and healthy life. Don't eat carrot cake. Eat real food,’ Oz told Fox Business’ Stuart Varney on Monday

Science

50 h. ago Families, pensioners and disabled people due up to £305 in extra payments this year

More than half a million children and families in Scotland received cash help for heating bills last year.

Economics

54 h. ago 'We're fed up of UK life and are selling everything to move to Thailand'

Dale Smith is planning to move his family to Thailand with 'nothing but a bag of clothes' to seek a better quality of life - and he's urged others not to live 'in regret'

Politics

4 d. ago Live Aid, as told by those who weren’t there: ‘We switched it off when Status Quo came on’

When we tell the story of Live Aid, which happened 40 years ago this weekend, we tend to focus on Bob Geldof and the performers. But the truest sense of the day could be found outside of Wembley: the students who found it cheesy, the communities it galvanised, and the people whose relationship to hope was forever changed. RM Clark meets them

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5 d. ago Doctor says quit five habits 'before you reach 40' to live longer

A consultant cardiologist has shared the five common habits he recommends you give up before you reach the age of 40 in order to ensure you live a longer, healthier life

Society

6 d. ago Accessible toilet change as people told they're 'not disabled enough'

Some disabled people say they are confronted at least once a month thanks to a 'common misunderstanding'

Politics

6 d. ago How does the right tear down progressive societies? It starts with a joke | George Monbiot

Whether it’s bloodshed at Glastonbury or starving people on benefits, their ‘irony poisoning’ seeps obscene ideas into the range of the possibleImagine the furore if a Guardian columnist suggested bombing, say, the Conservative party conference and the Tory stronghold of Arundel in Sussex. It would dominate public discussion for weeks. Despite protesting they were “only joking”, that person would never work in journalism again. Their editor would certainly be sacked. The police would probably come knocking. But when the Spectator columnist Rod Liddle speculates about bombing Glastonbury festival and Brighton, complaints are met with, “Calm down dear, can’t you take a joke?” The journalist keeps his job, as does his editor, the former justice secretary Michael Gove. There’s one rule for the left and another for the right.The same applies to the recent comments on GB News by its regular guest Lewis Schaffer. He proposed that, to reduce the number of disabled people claiming benefits, ...

Politics

7 d. ago Families 'heartbroken' over closure of popular sensory play centre

The place has been a lifeline for disabled children and young people

Politics

8 d. ago ‘Fashion has a duty to represent’: The designer on a mission to make style accessible for everyone

Nearly 1 in 4 people in the UK are disabled, yet most retailers treat adaptive and accessible fashion as a niche.

Events

9 d. ago Nathan’s hot dog eating contest: Joey Chestnut destroys competition, nearing record with 70.5 wieners

The eating contest has been a July 4th tradition for over 50 years

Sport

9 d. ago Delhi government forced to withdraw plan to scrap old cars after public backlash

Plan to deny fuel to older vehicles sparks anger among middle-class car owners

Politics

1 week ago Sharon Osbourne says she’s finally ‘done’ with music industry after Ozzy’s last Black Sabbath gig

Osbourne said she and her husband are ready to ‘live our life and do what we want to do’

Politics

1 week ago 'I ditched the UK to live my dream retirement in Portugal for less than £1,000 a month'

A retired Brit has shared why he ditched the UK and packed up his life to live abroad in a rural farmhouse

Economics

1 week ago 'Oasis can be incredible or terrible live but in Cardiff I was left in no doubt'

EXCLUSIVE: Oasis gigs this century lurched from incredible to terrible as Liam and Noel Gallagher broke up Britain's biggest band, but at the Principality Stadium in Cardiff our man's verdict was clear

Events

1 week ago Wife of crime boss 'Hotdog' will be forced to live in tent as illegal scrap yard shut down

Mary Smith, 48, said she will be forced to move out of her eight-bedroom house and live in a tent after an eviction order was granted.

Events

1 week ago Wife of crime boss 'Hotdog' will be 'forced to live in tent' when illegal scrap yard is closed down

Mary Smith, 48, says she will be forced to leave her eight-bedroom house after a judge granted a full closure order at the site

Events

1 week ago Nathan’s hot dog eating contest live: Joey Chestnut destroys competition, nearing record with 70.5 wieners

The eating contest has been a July 4th tradition for over 50 years

Sport