12 h. ago Agoraphobic scientist who claimed disability discrimination after she was not invited to Christmas party loses claim

The ruling follows a claim brought by ecologist Shelby Caughman, who sued her employer after she was not invited to a small office Christmas gathering.

Events

12 h. ago The Martin Lewis condensation advice that made my damp windows completely dry

"We now wake up to completely dry windows every morning, even during cold spells, and the whole house genuinely feels drier and warmer"

Politics

12 h. ago This is why mysterious blotches keep appearing on all your towels

According to Good Housekeeping, you should replace your bath and shower towels every two to three years, and as often as every year for hand towels and washcloths.

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12 h. ago ‘Situation is dire’ for Sicily town teetering on cliff edge after landslide

1,500 people evacuated from Niscemi after battering by Cyclone Harry triggers 4km-long chasm in hillsideThe mayor of a hilltop town on Sicily said “the situation is dire” after a powerful storm brought down a long section of hillside, leaving houses perched perilously on a cliff edge.About 1,500 people have so far been evacuated from their homes because of the landslide, which began to show signs of movement on Sunday before developing a 4km-long front. The chasm continues to widen, raising fears it could swallow the town’s historic centre. Continue reading...

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12 h. ago Social media addiction is 'fuelling the rise in youngsters taking ketamine'

Zaheen Ahmed, the head of therapy at UK Addiction Treatment Centres, warned that if their online and physical life 'doesn't give comfort', then they numb themselves with the drug

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12 h. ago LIVE: Police swarm house with forensic tent erected amid serious incident

A forensic tent can be seen outside a property

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12 h. ago Katie Price kisses her engagement ring and gushes about new husband Lee Andrews as she says she 'misses and loves him unconditionally' after they tied the knot in a whirlwind wedding

The model, 47, tied the knot in an intimate ceremony over the weekend, just days after getting engaged, with sources saying even her family were unaware of the star's new relationship.

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13 h. ago Trump withdraws US Border Patrol chief from Minneapolis in first sign of White House retreat

Gregory Bovino’s departure comes after an immigration raid in which federal agents gunned down 37-year-old intensive care nurse Alex Pretti

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13 h. ago Could an electric blanket cut your heating bills? Experts reveal the real cost

How much do they cost to run, and how does this compare with central heating? We have the answers

Science

13 h. ago ‘I didn’t have anything to prove’: what Traitors finalist Jade Scott learned about survival from video games

Accused, isolated and constantly under scrutiny, The Traitors contestant drew on years of social deduction gaming to stay calm under pressureThe latest series of The Traitors, which ended last week on a nail-biting finale, featured some of the usual characters – from guileless extroverts to wannabe Columbos endlessly observing fellow contestants for the slightest flicker of treachery. But one faithful stood out for her quiet determination, despite a ceaseless onslaught of suspicion and accusation. That person was Jade Scott, and I wasn’t at all surprised when, quite early on in the series, she revealed she was a keen gamer.“Minecraft was my way in, when I was 15,” she says. “I made loads of friends at school playing that.” From this innocent introduction, however, she moved on to darker titles: the first-person shooter Counter-Strike: Global Offensive and the multiplayer battle-arena game Dota. “That’s where my interest in strategy gaming really kicked in,” she says. Continue readin...

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13 h. ago Married at First Sight star Leisha Lightbody reveals she’s been secretly messaging international footballer

MARRIED at First Sight star Leisha Lightbody has been flirtily messaging an international footballer she's fallen for over social media. The 31-year-old called him "perfect in every way" - but admitted there's one barrier to a potential relationship with the ex-Barcelona player. Former dental nurse Leisha told fans she's been chatting to a dad of...

Society

13 h. ago Local anger over plans for remote home in the same family for six decades

Planning officers had concluded the plan 'poses no conflict with policy and would not result in any harm to the character or housing mix of the area'

Society

13 h. ago Man locks himself in a room for a year to become 'healthier' and is livestreaming it

Skip Boyce, 49, of Utah, US, claims his family supports the stunt. He's physically separated from the rest of the house and insists the livestream 'remains active 24/7'

Society

13 h. ago Now YOU can have Katie Price's exact  engagement! Travel company offers identical proposal package after Lee Andrews popped the question to her

Katie Price shocked the world when she announced she was engaged to entrepeneur Lee Andrews just a week after announcing she had split from her ex JJ Slater. 

Politics

13 h. ago The Unfragile Mind: Making Sense of Mental Health by Gavin Francis review: 'sits on the fence'

By taking a “mibbes aye, mibbes naw” approach to some of the big questions around mental health, Gavin Francis’s new book can read as if the author desperately trying to avoid causing offence, writes Stuart Kelly

Science

13 h. ago A single diet change can silence food noise without Ozempic or Mounjaro. I urge you to try it for a month before trying the jabs

For many, food noise is the most exhausting part of weight struggles, because it never switches off. It follows you into meetings, into social situations, and often peaks at night when you are already depleted.

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13 h. ago Victoria Beckham has trademarked her kids’ names – and my dog is not happy about it | Zoe Williams

My pup Romeo and daughter Harper share names with the Beckham offspring. Could VB not just have laid claim to ‘Posh’ instead?As a sidebar to the civil war in the House of Beckham, it emerged at the weekend that Victoria has trademarked all her children’s names. A lot of people think this is a peculiar parenting move, and a lot of other people think this a perfectly natural thing to do, for someone who has built a global brand from just their name and raw talent – but I thought, wait a second: my daughter is also called Harper and my dog is called Romeo, and even though neither of them has imminent plans to launch a perfume, I still should have been consulted on this.My Harper was born two years before the Beckhams’, and therefore by any reasonable metric, Posh copied me. But – see brand-building, above – by the time my Harper was four, even her own father couldn’t remember which one had come first. No such excuse for Romeo the dog, who started out 14 years younger than Romeo Beckham...

Politics

13 h. ago ‘She narrowly escaped three bullets’: Pakistan’s trans community shaken by attacks and killings

A wave of violence has left transgender people afraid to go out, as experts say the global rise of far-right ideology is fuelling transphobiaIt was past midnight but Zehrish Khanzadi and Bindiya Rana were still up, drinking tea, when the doorbell rang. Within seconds of Rana unlocking the door remotely from the kitchen, three shots rang out. “The men fled and she narrowly escaped all three bullets,” Khanzadi says of her colleague and housemate.Both trans women work for the Gender Alliance Interactive (GIA), an organisation that advocates for transgender rights, Rapa as its head and Khanzadi as a rights activist. Continue reading...

Events

13 h. ago Greater Manchester town named one of UK's 'worst' places to save for a house deposit

The UK’s most and least affordable areas to save for a house deposit have been revealed in a new study

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13 h. ago French lawmakers approve bill banning social media for children under 15

French lawmakers have approved a bill banning social media for children under 15

Society