2 h. ago Online ‘brainrot’ isn’t ruining children’s minds – it’s a new way of navigating the modern internet

Young people aren’t abandoning meaningful play, they’re interacting with an online environment that is dramatically different from the one their parents grew up with.

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3 h. ago ‘I need time’: Wilfried Nancy pleads for patience as Celtic face Old Firm battle

Manager has lost five of seven games since taking charge‘This is a tornado You do not win, you get killed’Wilfried Nancy has launched an impassioned defence of his credentials to manage Celtic, asking his critics to apply “context” and claiming the media have tried to “kill” him during his troubled early weeks in charge of the club. The reality is Nancy’s job will come under serious threat should Celtic lose Saturday’s Old Firm fixture.The 2-0 loss to Motherwell on Tuesday was the fifth reverse of Nancy’s seven games in charge of Celtic. The visitors’ performance at Fir Park was especially dismal, which raised the latest set of questions about the former Columbus Crew coach’s suitability for his role. If Rangers win at Celtic Park they would draw level with their oldest foes despite the Ibrox side’s own unconvincing start to the campaign. Both teams trail Hearts in Scotland’s Premiership. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago ‘You guys kill me’: Wilfried Nancy hits back at critics before Old Firm battle

Celtic manager has lost five of seven games in chargeJob under threat if he loses to Rangers on SaturdayWilfried Nancy has launched an impassioned defence of his credentials to manage Celtic, asking his critics to apply context and claiming the media have tried to “kill” him during his troubled early weeks at the club. The reality is that his job will come under serious threat should Celtic lose Saturday’s Old Firm fixture.The 2-0 loss to Motherwell on Tuesday was the fifth reverse of his seven games in charge. The performance at Fir Park was especially dismal, which raised the latest set of questions about the former Columbus Crew coach’s suitability for his role. If Rangers win at Celtic Park they would draw level with their oldest foes despite their own unconvincing start to the campaign. Both trail Hearts in the Premiership. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago Holly Ramsay writes 'our people' in pointed family photo caption from her wedding to Adam Peaty despite his parents' absence and even her dad Gordon fails to mention new in

Holly Ramsay wrote 'our people' under a pointed family photo of her wedding to Adam Peaty on Friday despite his parents' absence. 

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3 h. ago Motherwell v St Mirren: Buddies 'harder test' than Celtic, says Max Rogers

The Steelmen kick-off 2026 at home to a side that knocked them out of the Premier Sports Cup at Hampden

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4 h. ago Mother, 35, went to bed on New Year's Eve with bad flu... then woke up days later to find all four of her limbs had been amputated

Cassandra Marshall, a mother of four from North Carolina, went into septic shock after contracting the flu and needed a quadruple amputation to save her life.

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5 h. ago Motherwell No.2 addresses Rangers linked star as striker ruled out for eight weeks

The Steelmen are preparing to face St Mirren on Saturday in their first game of 2026

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5 h. ago Elliot Watt to Rangers transfer link met with firm Motherwell stance as Danny Rohl sent hands off warning

Midfielder has caught the eye with a series of dominant displays in the Steelmen engine room not least in the 2-0 win over Celtic on Tuesday night.

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5 h. ago EastEnders biggest flashforward mysteries 'solved' – from baby Ethan to Max's mystery bride

From who are the parents to baby Ethan to who is Max Branning preparing to marry – EastEnders fans were faced with a string of questions after last night's episode...

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5 h. ago Both my twins were diagnosed with cancer as newborns... a small detail in photos was the first sign

Maryann Oakley was enjoying the new bliss of motherhood after giving birth to her twin girls in 2017 when she received devastating news that is every parent's worst nightmare.

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6 h. ago Clare Balding remembers her father Ian as ‘funny, fearless, charming’

Horses Mill Reef and Lochsong were some of the star performers in Ian Balding’s career as a racehorse trainer.

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6 h. ago Top trending baby names for 2026 set to be inspired by pop stars like Lily Allen and Dua Lipa, experts reveal

According to new data from BabyCentre, the UK's leading pregnancy and parenting hub, pop culture will dominate this year's choices for those who are expecting.

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6 h. ago My mother repeated one Cantonese idiom throughout my life: 'you want beauty, you don’t want life' | Michelle Law

Sometimes Michelle Law looks at people who make risky decisions and feels a deep sense of envy. But when that envy materialises, so too does the voice of her motherRead more in the Home Truths seriesIn news that will delight my enemies, I believe there’s a chance I’ll die young and by accidental means. To clarify, I’m currently in excellent health (sorry to my enemies), but I’m sensing a spectacular midlife crisis on the horizon that could spell the end.Maybe it’ll be an overdose in a seedy nightclub. Maybe I’ll drink myself into oblivion. Maybe I’ll get kicked in the head during an orgy. Whatever it is, it’ll be the result of a botched attempt at compensating for a lifetime of being the world’s most risk averse, law-abiding scaredy cat who is terrified of physical danger. Continue reading...

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6 h. ago Jane McDonald's agony as she's forced to sell £1milllion forever home

Jane McDonald has opened up about the difficult decision to sell the Wakefield bungalow she had called home for 20 years after the deaths of her mother and fiancé Eddie Rothe

Economics

6 h. ago ‘God hasn’t taken the fight out of me yet’: Family’s push in cold

It’s been 10 years since Ebby Steppach vanished in October 2015. Her family has launched a social media campaign to raise awareness, debunk misinformation and call on the public for tips. Ebby’s mother Laurie Jernigan tells Andrea Cavallier how the effort is revealing new details about the case

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6 h. ago MAGA power couple Stephen and Katie Miller announce pregnancy at Trump’s Mar

The couple, who married in 2020, are parents to 5-year-old daughter Mackenzie, and sons Jackson, 3, and Hudson, 2

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7 h. ago My years of hell: JANE MCDONALD reveals why she had to sell her £1million forever home, the tragic impact of her mother and fiancé's deaths... and why she no longer cares what people think of her

When Jane McDonald lost her mother and fiancé within three years of each other, she continued living in the Wakefield bungalow she had called home for 20 years. But last year she decided to sell it.

Economics

7 h. ago Parents offered new NHS chickenpox jab for thousands of children

The NHS is introducing a chickenpox vaccine as part of its routine childhood immunisation programme for the first time, with eligible children to receive the combined MMRV jab

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7 h. ago ‘Playing in a war zone isn’t for most people’: the British band braving drone strikes and pneumonia to tour Ukraine

How did an Aussie, a Texan, an Irishman and three Cumbrians find themselves on the road on the Ukrainian frontline? For classic rock collective Hardwicke Circus, it was a no-brainer: ‘We thought they’d like to hear some rock’n’roll’ It is late October and, 10 kilometres from the frontline in Donetsk, east Ukraine, the inhabitants of a reconditioned ambulance are completely lost. While opening your phone and logging on to a maps app might appear the obvious solution, this would be extremely unwise here: Russian drones are overhead and hunting for any signals.Inside the van are a motley crew: an 81-year-old Irish music industry veteran; a 72-year-old Texas rocker; an Australian keyboardist; a Ukrainian saxophonist; and three twenty-something musicians from Carlisle, Cumbria. Their destination is a military base where they are to perform for Ukrainian troops. Continue reading...

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8 h. ago Swiss nightclub fire footballer, 19, is in 'terrible pain' and has burns covering 30% of his body after he was caught up in deadly blaze, as parents rush to his hospital bedside

In a statement, FC Metz announced that their youth team player Tahirys Dos Santos, 19, is among those to have been injured and is currently receiving treatment at a hospital in Germany.

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