5 h. ago The perfect lunch break: how to get away from your desk – and seize the day

There might not be time for a full exercise class, but what about a short, brisk walk? Here is how to introduce the small, helpful habits that suit you• Sign up here to get the whole series straight to your inboxMy quest for the ideal lunch break is definitely a triumph of hope over experience. From inventing endless super-soups that might banish the mid-afternoon snack attack, to wildly optimistic lunchtime to-do lists, I have tried and failed countless times. The executive coach Zoe Thomson is not surprised. “One of the biggest things for people is they overestimate how much time and energy they are going to have in their lunch hour,” says Thomson, who previously had a 20-year career with the Avon and Somerset police. “And they underestimate how much time and energy they might need to achieve it.”I tell her that this has been the flaw with most of my doomed lunchtime masterplans. “The problem is, unpredictable things happen. Say you plan to do a 45-minute spin class in a 60-minute...

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10 h. ago Anthony Joshua injuries 'worse than first feared' after two left dead in horror crash

Anthony Joshua was involved in a car crash in Nigeria on Monday morning, which led to the deaths of two people, with the former two-time heavyweight world champion also injured

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33 h. ago Anthony Joshua in fatal road crash as two die and boxing star injured

Anthony Joshua has reportedly been involved in a fatal road crash that killed two people, with the two-time world heavyweight champion said to have sustained injuries

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45 h. ago At least 13 passengers dead and dozens injured after train derails in Mexico

AT least 13 people have tragically died and another 98 people were injured in a horrific train crash. An Interoceanic train derailed in the south of Mexico on Sunday, according to Mexican authorities. The train had been carrying 250 people at the time of the crash, including nine crew members and 241 passengers. The horrific...

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55 h. ago You need to be in top 2% of people to solve time brainteaser despite 'easy' solution

A brainteaser based on telling the time has been deemed so difficult that only the top 2% of people can solve it - but it actually has an 'easy' solution

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57 h. ago Only 2% of people get time brainteaser correct despite 'easy' solution

A tricky brainteaser based on telling the time is said to be so hard that only 2% of people can get the right answer - but there's actually a very simple solution

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3 d. ago ‘It restored my hope’: how community action is confronting racism in Belfast

An initiative linking people across race, class and faith offers an antidote to silence, hate and growing divisionDonate to the charity appeal hereAs a black woman in Northern Ireland, Maureen Hamblin knows that racism comes in many forms. “It’s not just the smashing in of shop windows,” she says. “It can be quiet, it can be silent.”Bystanders who hear racist remarks and remain mute, as if oblivious, amplify the hurt and leave victims feeling alone and isolated, a recurring experience that left Hamblin drained. “There was a time when I’d lost a lot of faith in white people, in white men.” Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Family left speechless after 'Christmas miracle' arrives at their door

A family have shared their bewilderment after something unexpectedly re-entered their lives just in time for Christmas following a painful two-year wait, and people are delighted for them

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4 d. ago Staying at home could leave you exposed to indoor air pollution, study reveals

Secondhand tobacco smoke and routine tasks such as operating the stove shown to be biggest emitters of indoor pollution in UK homesChristmas and New Year is a time when many people will be at home. Being indoors can give us a degree of protection from outdoor air pollution, but it can also trap pollution we produce inside our homes.Risks from secondhand tobacco smoke are well known and the effect is perhaps best seen by comparison of health data before and after indoor smoking bans. A study of 47 indoor smoking bans in public spaces found hospital admissions for heart attacks decreased by an average of 12%, but people are less aware of other indoor pollutants and how to minimise them. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Could you plunge a live lobster into boiling water? By a writer who did just that

The last time I invited people round for a lobster lunch, writes DOMINIC MIDGELEY, a more squeamish party member took one look at the two beauties and christened them Nippy and Pinchy.

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4 d. ago Mrs Brown’s Boys Christmas Special review – Excruciating sitcom plummets to unimaginable new depths

Luckily, Brendan O’Carroll’s show is broadcast at around the time most people are safely unconscious

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5 d. ago What is Yuletide? The meaning behind the word and how it's different to Christmas

The word Yuletide is used a lot around Christmas time, but it turns out many people have no idea what the word actually means. So do you have a clue of its meaning?

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5 d. ago 'I watched Home Alone this Christmas and spotted some major issues with it'

Many people love watching Home Alone at Christmas time, however one dad has pointed out the 'major issues' with it that viewers seem to ignore each festive season

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5 d. ago Tragedy as six die in horror Christmas eve car crash after motor bursts into flames with no survivors left

SIX people have tragically been killed in a horror car crash on Christmas Eve. The accident occurred early in the morning when two cars - a Volkswagen Passat and a Ford Kuga - collided head-on, leaving one of the motors up in flames. There were five people in the VW at the time of the...

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6 d. ago How to end the year right: come up with your own personal rituals

Rituals are different from routines – they elevate everyday life. Here’s how to create meaning beyond the festive seasonHow do you celebrate the end of the year?Office parties can be a drag, but if you’re self-employed, it can be easy to roll without ceremony from one year into the next. Three years ago, two friends and I were bemoaning the lack of festivities and decided to make up for it by organising our own end-of-year lunch.I’m an adult. Why do I regress under my parents’ roof?I like my own company. But do I spend too much time alone?People say you’ll know – but will I regret not having children?I Can Fit That In: How Rituals Transform Your Life by Erin Coupe is out now Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Olly Murs is BOOED by fans at World Darts Championship as old tweet resurfaces

The English music star, who is a huge darts fan, wrote on the platform at the time: 'People at the darts screaming 'Boring, Boring Taylor' honestly grow up!

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6 d. ago Gary Anderson tells darts critics 'we’re not robots' as Scot speaks up amid withering Wayne Mardle jibes

Scotland's darting hero loves proving people wrong and insists it is time to stop writing off

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6 d. ago 'I love him but I'm not attracted to him': TRACEY COX on why desire fades in ALL long

TRACEY COX: People expect passion to fade over time. What they don't expect is for it to completely run out with someone they still love deeply.

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6 d. ago Food banks in Scotland facing high demand at Christmas as charity encouraging people donate

Laura van der Hoeven, chief executive of the Edinburgh Food Project, said that the number of food parcels the charity has delivered has "more than doubled" since the pandemic.

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7 d. ago British people drinking less alcohol than at any time on record with a pub closing each day of 2025

People in the UK are drinking more than a quarter less than a peak two decades ago

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