9 h. ago Suddenly, it hit me: I’ll never have children | Shanti Nelson

I always figured it would just happen at some point. Talk about an immaculate misconceptionIt hit me hard, out of nowhere.I’m never going to have children.Shanti Nelson is a writer and photographer Continue reading...

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16 h. ago Taylor Swift’s Charli xcx hit job misses the point – and underscores her tedious obsession with conflict

Sixteen months after Charli used Brat to air her anxieties about Swift, the US star’s graceless response is a missed opportunity for growth – and betrays her vengeful sideCharli xcx released her sixth album, Brat, on 7 June 2024. Within seconds of it streaming, fans had deduced that the song Girl, So Confusing was probably about Lorde: all it took was the line “people say we’re alike / They say we’ve got the same hair”, riffing on a 2014 video where Charli and an interviewer did a bit about people confusing the two. In the song, Charli laid bare her anxieties about their relationship and admitted: “Sometimes I think you might hate me.” Exactly two weeks later came the Girl, So Confusing Featuring Lorde remix, brokered by the pair over text and voice note in the days after Brat came out. On Lorde’s verse, she owned up to ghosting on dinner dates with Charli and exposed the self-hate, projection and industry-fuelled sense of pop-girl-on-pop-girl rivalry that had made her shy away from...

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16 h. ago Taylor Swift’s Charli xcx hit job misses the point – and underscores her tedious obsession with conflict | Laura Snapes

Sixteen months after Charli used Brat to air her anxieties about Swift, the US star’s graceless response is a missed opportunity for growth – and betrays her vengeful sideCharli xcx released her sixth album, Brat, on 7 June 2024. Within seconds of it streaming, fans had deduced that the song Girl, So Confusing was probably about Lorde: all it took was the line “people say we’re alike / They say we’ve got the same hair”, riffing on a 2014 video where Charli and an interviewer did a bit about people confusing the two. In the song, Charli laid bare her anxieties about their relationship and admitted: “Sometimes I think you might hate me.” Exactly two weeks later came the Girl, So Confusing Featuring Lorde remix, brokered by the pair over text and voice note in the days after Brat came out. On Lorde’s verse, she owned up to ghosting on dinner dates with Charli and exposed the self-hate, projection and industry-fuelled sense of pop-girl-on-pop-girl rivalry that had made her shy away from...

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36 h. ago Cardiff Half Marathon 2025 weather forecast as first named storm of season to hit UK

This is what runners in the capital can expect this weekend

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59 h. ago Philippines earthquake death toll rises to at least 69 as Cebu hospitals struggle

More than 700 aftershocks recorded – mostly minor – while rescuers search for casualties in coastal city of BogoThe death toll from a powerful earthquake in the Philippines has risen to at least 69, with the number of patients overwhelming hospitals on the island of Cebu.Injured children cried and adults screamed as they were treated on beds beneath blue tents outside the Cebu provincial hospital. They had been wheeled outside as a precaution against waves of aftershocks overnight. Continue reading...

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69 h. ago Philippines earthquake: dozens dead as rescuers search through wreckage

Rescuers search for casualties in coastal city of Bogo, where power was knocked out and buildings and roads damagedThe death toll from a magnitude 6.9 earthquake in the central Philippines has risen to 26, authorities said, with fears the toll could rise as rescuers searched for survivors from Tuesday night’s quake which damaged buildings and roads and knocked out power in parts of the region.The epicentre of the earthquake, which was set off by a local fault, was about 17km (10 miles) north-east of Bogo, a coastal city of about 90,000 people in Cebu province where at least 14 residents died, disaster-mitigation officer Rex Ygot told the Associated Press by telephone. Continue reading...

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2 d. ago Philippines earthquake: 22 reported dead as rescuers search through wreckage

Power knocked out and buildings and roads damaged as rescuers search for casualties in coastal city of BogoThe death toll from a magnitude 6.9 earthquake in the central Philippines has risen to 22, local media reported, citing reports from the Cebu provincial information office.The report from DZMM radio came as rescuers searched for casualties in the province after Tuesday night’s quake damaged buildings and roads and knocked out power in parts of the region. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago World’s major cities hit by 25% leap in extremely hot days since the 1990s

Capitals from London to Tokyo need urgent action to protect people from deadly high temperatures, analysts sayThe world’s biggest capital cities are now sweltering under 25% more extremely hot days each year than in the 1990s, an analysis has found. Without urgent action to protect millions of people from high temperatures, more and more will suffer in the dangerous conditions, analysts said.From Washington DC and Madrid to Tokyo and Beijing, the analysis shows a marked rise in hot days as the climate crisis intensifies. Overall, the assessment by the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED), found the number of days above 35C in 43 of the world’s most populous capital cities rose from an average of 1,062 a year from 1994-2003 to 1,335 from 2015-2024. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Jelly Roll’s wife blasts ‘shallow’ comments about husband’s 200

The ‘Best for Me’ singer has openly talked about his weight loss for the last few years

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4 d. ago Tropical Storm Imelda could become second hurricane to hit Caribbean in days

Imelda is forecast to strengthen as Hurricane Humberto continues to bring strong winds to regionHurricane Humberto continues to churn in the Sargasso Sea north of the Caribbean, and held on as a powerful category 4 storm on Sunday. Just a day earlier, Humberto briefly reached category 5 status with 160mph sustained winds before it weakened slightly on Sunday.Humberto is likely to remain offshore and track west of Bermuda on Monday night into Tuesday, but its strength will still send large swells, life-threatening rip currents and surf across the Lesser Antilles and the US east coast over the coming days. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Amber Davies breaks silence on first Strictly Come Dancing performance as Nikita Kuzmin steals show

The actress and West End star was only signed up for the 2025 run of the hit show this week as she replaced Dani Dyer

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7 d. ago Ed Sheeran, BigXthaPlug, Reneé Rapp, Jelly Roll and more to hit 2025 iHeartRadio Jingle Ball stage

iHeartRadio has unveiled its star-studded 2025 Jingle Ball lineup

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7 d. ago London bus routes will be hit by strikes in September 2025: potential routes and strike dates this weekend

London bus routes will be hit by strikes in September 2025: potential routes and strike dates this weekend  Time Out Worldwide

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8 d. ago BREAKING: Ryder Cup opening pairings confirmed as team captains make announcement

Keegan Bradley and Luke Donald have announced their pairings for the opening day of the 2025 Ryder Cup, as Team USA and Team Europe prepare to hit the greens and fairways of Bethpage Black on Friday morning

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8 d. ago Ryder Cup opening pairings confirmed as team captains make announcement

Keegan Bradley and Luke Donald have announced their pairings for the opening day of the 2025 Ryder Cup, as Team USA and Team Europe prepare to hit the greens and fairways of Bethpage Black on Friday morning

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9 d. ago UK arrest over cyberattack that hit Heathrow and European airports

Man in West Sussex was held as part of investigation into last weekend’s incident affecting Collins AerospaceA man has been arrested in the UK in connection with the cyber-attack that disrupted flights at London Heathrow and several other European airports last weekend.The National Crime Agency said it had arrested a man in his 40s in West Sussex as part of an investigation into the incident affecting Collins Aerospace, which provides check-in desk technology for airlines. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago A drunk driver hit our car, my three friends died, and I began a fight for my life – and my ballet career

At 20, Marc Brew was the sole survivor of a terrible crash that killed his fellow dancers. Paralysed from the chest down, he had to learn to live in a new, uncharted realityMarc Brew was sitting in the back seat of a car on a motorway near Johannesburg, telling jokes and laughing with his friends, when a pickup came hurtling down the wrong side of the road towards them. “Out of nowhere, I just remember seeing this white flash,” says Brew, who was 20 at the time. The truck, which he later found out had a drunk driver at the wheel, drove straight into the car he was in. The crash killed everyone else in the vehicle.Nine months previously, Brew had moved from Australia to South Africa to join the Pact ballet company, based in Pretoria. That Saturday, he had attended his usual morning dance classes, before he and his friend Joanne, another member of the company, set off with her brother, Simon, and Simon’s fiancee’s brother, Toby, towards a game reserve where they had planned to go bush...

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1 week ago Strictly Come Dancing's Lewis Cope's dance competition past resurfaces as fans 'seen it before'

The former Emmerdale star wasn't originally part of the line-up for the hit BBC dance show's 2025 series

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1 week ago Strictly Come Dancing fans declare 'finally' in Karen Hauer statement amid 'keep an eye' warning

The dancer, who is the show's longest-serving pro, has returned to the hit dance contest as the 2025 series got underway

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1 week ago Strictly Come Dancing's new pro Julian Caillon declared love by co

The dancer was seen making his debut in the ballroom over the weekend as the hit BBC dance show returned with the 2025 series

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