8 h. ago Eating chicken four times a week could double risk of cancer death, study finds

Italian scientists made the discovery after examining dietary and health information of nearly 5,000 people, mostly in their 50s, over nearly two decades, including if they died and from what.

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24 h. ago Gut toxins and 50,000 deaths: The truth behind the rise in colon cancer and the signs to look for

If trends continue, colorectal cancer could become the leading cause of cancer-related death among young adults

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27 h. ago BBC Strictly Come Dancing's Chris McCausland and Dianne Buswell say 'never' as they're issued same fan response

This week, the pair revealed they had been reunited for the first time since winning Strictly Come Dancing last year

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32 h. ago Self Esteem: A Complicated Woman review | Alexis Petridis's album of the week

(Polydor)After her big breakthrough and West End fame, Rebecca Lucy Taylor works through her worries in real time on her new album – to fascinating and confusing effectLast week, London’s Duke of York’s theatre played host to an elaborate four-night live staging of Self Esteem’s third album. Devised by Self Esteem herself – Rebecca Lucy Taylor – along with Tony award-winning theatrical director and designer Tom Scutt, it was rapturously received by critics, and seemed to speak of an entirely understandable confidence on Taylor’s part.Since 2017, she has completely reinvented herself, from one half of middle-ranking indie duo Slow Club into an on-her-own-terms pop star. Her second album as Self Esteem, 2021’s Prioritise Pleasure, was a critical and commercial success, shifting her into the realm of breakfast TV interviews and appearances on The Graham Norton Show and Celebrity Bake-Off. She also has a burgeoning career as an actor, having played Sally Bowles in a West End production ...

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34 h. ago Eddie Howe set to make return against Ipswich after illness as Newcastle release statement

Howe took training this week for the first time since he was hospitalised with pneumonia

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52 h. ago Revealed: The number of times you should have sex every week to beat depression

A new report by researchers at Shantou University Medical College, China, reveals how many times per week people should be having sex for maximum mental health benefits.

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54 h. ago Woke scientists claim you should only eat two chicken breasts a WEEK to save the planet

According to experts from the Technical University of Denmark, you can only eat 255g of chicken or pork a week without harming the planet.

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54 h. ago One of UK’s most prescribed drugs could reduce death rate of common blood cancer

Researchers discovered that patients who took a statin had a 61 per cent reduced risk of dying from their cancer

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56 h. ago A sustainable diet should only include two chicken breasts a WEEK, scientists claim

According to experts from the Technical University of Denmark, you can only eat 255g of chicken or pork a week without harming the planet.

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58 h. ago Sarah Ferguson says her double cancer diagnoses felt 'like a death sentence'

In conversation with The Times, the Duchess of York, 65, likened her health battles to a 'bomb going off in my life'.

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58 h. ago Sarah Ferguson says cancer diagnoses felt ‘like a death sentence’

Duchess of York was diagnosed with skin cancer six months after breast cancer treatment

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2 d. ago Michael Jordan out earns every athlete in the world for another year as eye

The 100 highest-paid athletes of all time were unveiled this week with the wealthiest men and women to ever grace the world's top sporting stages making a combined $6.2 billion last year alone.

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3 d. ago Equalities minister says ‘it is time to move forward’ following Supreme Court ruling on biological sex

Women and equalities minister Bridget Phillipson has said it is "time to move forward" following the Supreme Court's ruling last week that women's sex-based rights under the Equality Act concern "biological sex" and does not include trans women.

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3 d. ago A friend killed, and inquiries shelved: life fighting the stigma of albinism in Malawi

People with albinism are often attacked and even killed for body parts. As elections approach, activist Tonney Mkwapatira fears the situation may get worseTonney Mkwapatira was making a rare visit back to his home village from the Malawian city of Blantyre when he saw his childhood friend for the last time. Just a week after Mkwapatira returned to Blantyre he heard that his friend, a security guard for a church, had been murdered.“His name was Chikumbutso Masina and we used to chat almost every day. We looked alike and it was painful when people missed him because they used to ask me questions like, “Oh we heard that you had died?” It really touched me and I will never forget,” he says. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Doctors discover new cause of autism: 'Fourteen times more likely'

People with a little-known genetic muscle condition may be 14 times more likely to develop autism, a study published this week from the University of Nevada Las Vegas (UNLV) suggests.

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5 d. ago Stephen Mangan: ‘With three people in a bed, who goes in the middle?’

The Split actor and children’s author on throuples, using his sons as a focus group, and running the London marathonStephen Mangan, 56, was born in Enfield to Irish parents. He studied law at Cambridge but took a year out to care for his mother, who died of colon cancer aged 45. Weeks after her death, he successfully auditioned for Rada and went on to become a stage actor. His TV breakthrough came in Adrian Mole: The Cappuccino Years. He has since starred in Green Wing, Episodes and The Split. He co-hosts Landscape and Portrait Artist of the Year on Sky Arts, and a weekly show on Classic FM. He is currently appearing in throuple comedy Unicorn in the West End and is the author of six bestselling children’s books. His seventh is out in May.Your sister Anita illustrates your books. What’s it like working with a sibling? Great fun. Essentially we’re trying to make each other laugh, like we have done since childhood. But because I’m her annoying older brother, I deliberately put things ...

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6 d. ago Further delay as Menendez brothers seek freedom after decades in prison

Brothers had hoped resentencing hearing would pave way for immediate release – but judge orders pause until MayThe Menendez brothers have spent years waiting for another day in court and a chance to prove that they should be freed after serving over three decades in prison for the 1989 slayings of their parents.This week it appeared their time was perhaps finally coming – a judge was set to review their request for a resentencing and determine whether they have been rehabilitated. Their attorney, Mark Geragos, planned to ask the Los Angeles county judge Michael Jesic to reduce Erik and Lyle Menendez’s charges to manslaughter, which would allow them to be released from prison immediately. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Coronation Street star shares 'awkward' Jack P Shepherd Celebrity Big Brother moment

Coronation Street's Ben Price has opened up on his co-star Jack P Shepherd's 'worst moment' during his time in the Celebrity Big Brother house earlier this week

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8 d. ago Serena Williams says she’d ‘have gotten 20 years’ if caught like Jannik Sinner

Serena Williams calls out hypocrisy of Sinner banWilliams says ‘I would have gotten 20 years’ if caughtWorld No 1 Sinner twice tested positive for clostebolSerena Williams says she would have been hit with a 20-year ban if she had failed drug tests like men’s world No 1 Jannik Sinner, who received a three-month suspension in February.“I love the guy, love this game,” Williams, the 23-time Grand Slam winner, told Time magazine this week after being named one of its 100 most influential people. “He’s great for the sport. I’ve been put down so much, I don’t want to bring anyone down. Men’s tennis needs him. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Kids in Scotland spend a whopping 45 hours a week stuck indoors – with more than a third of that time staring at screens

Specsavers is launching a new awareness drive to highlight the growing issue of childhood myopia, or short-sightedness, as new research reveals children are spending an average of 45 hours a week indoors, with more than a third of that time glued to screens.

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