11 h. ago Freddie Flintoff Top Gear crash seen for first time in Disney+ documentary trailer

Andrew "Freddie" Flintoff's car crash from Top Gear has been seen for the first time in a tell-all documentary about his life - the sportsman was left with facial injuries following the accident.

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29 h. ago Lip reader reveals Blake Lively and Anna Kendrick's lackluster conversation at Another Simpler Favor premiere

A lip reader has revealed what was really said between Lively and Kendrick at Tuesday's premiere of Another Simple Favor - and it looks like the two were keeping things surface level.

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33 h. ago Scientists have discovered the formula for the perfect day – and I couldn’t agree more

Social scientists have presented us with a schedule for the ideal day, which includes a specific amount of work, socialising and other activities. Hannah Ewens agrees that it sounds exemplary, but one major thing would have to change for us to be able to follow it

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42 h. ago ‘I hated my body and wanted a different one’: Penn Badgley on dysmorphia, sex scenes and playing a serial killer

He has been starring in the hit Netflix show You, as the psychopath Joe Goldberg, throughout his 30s. As the actor says goodbye to the role, he reflects on celebrity, controversy and masculinityEarly morning in Penn Badgley’s house has the reassuringly normal noisy chaos that comes with a young family. The actor is in his New York home, preparing to talk about murder and manipulation, while listening out for signs that his wife, who is pregnant with twins, needs help getting their four-year-old son out of the door. She does; he excuses himself, and disappears for a few minutes. If Joe Goldberg, the serial killer Badgley portrays on the hit Netflix series You is controlling, devoid of love and unable to form relationships, Badgley appears to have created a life that looks the opposite.His time as Goldberg – the role that has been his highest-profile after his big break on another hit series, Gossip Girl – is about to come to an end. The series’ fifth and final season is about to air,...

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60 h. ago World Cup winner reveals rare genetic condition that leaves doctors wondering 'how he can WALK'

A former World Cup winner has opened up on the impact of a rare genetic condition on his life eleven years after he called time on his heavily decorated career which included a stint at Barcelona.

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61 h. ago Expert reveals how to protect your garden from a slug invasion this spring

As we step into spring, warmer days, humid nights and showery conditions can mean one thing for gardeners – the unwelcome return of slugs. With young plants on the menu, it’s a race against time for gardeners to stop them before these voracious pests could wreak havoc just as the growing season kicks off.

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3 d. ago A new start after 60: I had a breakdown, the old me died – and I cried for the first time in my life

David Williams lost his mother, his marriage fell apart and he was diagnosed with a brain tumour. But it took one more blow to bring him to tearsDavid Williams was 17 when his mother died of cancer. But he didn’t cry when his mum’s friend knocked on the door in the dead of night to give him and his sisters the news. He was the eldest of three, “the adult male” as his father had left years earlier.Instead, he bottled up his feelings and carried on working. Williams, now 61, says: “Something happens to you in that situation that isn’t your choice.” This was 1980, and the family lived on the Lache social housing estate in Chester, which was, he says, “a tough place. Lads didn’t go around crying.”Tell us: has your life taken a new direction after the age of 60? Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Shocking appearance of nuclear engineer 'whose doctor husband tried to kill her' as she's seen for first time

In a tense courtroom moment, 36-year-old nuclear engineer Arielle Konig appeared composed but visibly injured as she faced her husband for the first time since his alleged attempt on her life.

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4 d. ago Lip reader reveals the awkward moment Meghan Markle interrupted Prince Harry on their otherwise loved

When the Duke and Duchess of Sussex arrived in Bogota, they were warmly embraced by vice president Francia Marquez, who invited the couple to the South American country.

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4 d. ago The big picture: Sally Mann captures girls on the cusp of womanhood

For her classic series At Twelve, the American photographer created a collective portrait of adolescent girls, including world-weary Olivia pictured in her yardYou can see a whole world – submerged, waiting, ready to burst forth – in the face of any adolescent girl. In Sally Mann’s At Twelve: Portraits of Young Women, she captures this special, unstable time of life. In this image, a plaited-haired girl sits in a chair, head in hand like a world-weary grownup. This is Olivia, “with that ruined prayer in her eyes”, as Mann describes her. In the background, a phalanx of dark trousers hangs from two washing lines that cut across the image and lead our gaze towards her grandmother, who dangles the now-empty plastic laundry basket over one shoulder.“This is just half the day’s laundry,” Mann tells us in a loose narrative that runs through a reissue of the well-known 1988 publication by the artist notorious for capturing girls on the threshold of womanhood with unnerving perspicacity. The...

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5 d. ago Manchester Arena bomb terrorist ‘stabs three prison guards & throws hot oil over them’

Bomb plotter Hashem Abedi was convicted of conspiring with his suicide-bomber brother Salman Abedi over the 2017 atrocity, avoided a whole-life order because he was 21 at the time

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5 d. ago ELLY BLAKE: A tarot card reading revealed when I'm going to meet the love of my life... it's not any time soon

ELLY BLAKE: I'd been back in the world of dating for a couple of months and the horror stories were piling up. I'd just about given up, until a friend recommended I get a tarot card reading.

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6 d. ago Daughter smothered her terminally ill dad to death in 'mercy killing'

The court heard the woman performed "an act of mercy" that only shortened her father's life by "a very short period of time"

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6 d. ago Bella Thorne, 27, accuses Mickey Rourke, 72, of 'bruising her genitals' and 'humiliating' her on set as she brands working with 'gross' actor the 'worst experience of her life'

The actress, 27, took to social media on Friday to claim that working with the actor, 72, was 'one of the all time worst experiences of my life' as she detailed their experience together.

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6 d. ago ‘You must read my diaries’: unlocking the private life of Edna O’Brien

Towards the end of her life, the groundbreaking Irish novelist granted film-maker Sinéad O’Shea access to her most personal writing. What she revealed was shocking and inspiring‘Sinéad, you must read my diaries. The most naked ones are in Emory College, Georgia.”This was a voicenote left for me by Edna O’Brien in 2023, after I had started to film a feature documentary with her, granting me access to the most personal work she created in her lifetime: her unpublished diaries.Prurient = itching with lewd desire.Winnow = separate. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Who are the three 'close friends' in Michael Fabricant's polyamorous set

Michael Fabricant wasted no time in opening up about his varied love life as he discussed his polyamorous lifestyle during Tuesday's episode of Celebrity Big Brother. 

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8 d. ago The squabbling, the vomiting, the freeloading and the noisy sex: my 10 worst house

Across eight homes and 18 housemates, I have endured it all – from the guy who washed his clothes without detergent to the boyfriend who moved in by stealthThe only people I know who speak glowingly about house shares are the ones no longer living in them. When I hear someone describe their house-sharing era as the “best time of my life”, I know they have had at least two years to forget their trauma. That is not a luxury afforded to me – I am living in my eighth house share with my 18th housemate, still holding on to past horrors like they happened yesterday and facing the anxiety they may happen again. So here they are: the 10 worst moments from my many house shares. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Stephen A. Smith now says he’s ‘serious’ and ‘leaving all doors open’ on presidential run

‘Time to stop messing around. Life is great. Especially at ESPN/Disney. Hate the thought of being a politician. But sick of this mess,’ Stephen A. Smith tweeted this week

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1 week ago Vroom with a view: images from behind the wheel – in pictures

Clark Winter’s car photographs, taken during his travels around the globe, revel in nostalgia and reveal our strangely intimate relationships with our vehicles Continue reading...

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1 week ago DINAH VAN TULLEKEN: I'm a fashion editor here's my guide to the 6 pieces every woman needs this spring from just £29 and the three pieces that will age you instantly

It may sound like a glamorous life, but fashion editors spend less time than you imagine sitting elegantly in the front row.

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