12 m. ago ACOTAR fans convinced they've 'worked out' when Sarah J Maas will announce next book

Fans of the A Court of Thorns and Roses series by Sarah J. Maas have been left disappointed after hoping the next book would be announced on the 10th anniversary of the first book's release

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66 m. ago Nicola Sturgeon branded 'threat to our democracy' after refusing to apologise after Supreme Court gender ruling

Sturgeon told journalists she “fundamentally disagrees” when asked if she should apologise to women in light of the Supreme Court ruling.

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72 m. ago King Charles will feel 'great sadness' at not seeing Archie on sixth birthday amid fears cancer

The monarch, who is battling cancer , will be suffering because he may never see his two youngest grandchildren again due to the rift with his California-based son.

Science

95 m. ago Half of us feel closer to dystopian society than ever before

People say there is no better time to speak up and discuss real-world issues

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96 m. ago Underrated Netflix horror 'so menacing it gets under your skin' but fans are divided

Thomas Jane starred in the adaptation of Stephen King's novella in 2010, with the film now available to stream on Netflix

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1 hour ago ‘It means everything’: how Union Berlin Women completed epic journey to the top

Union captain Lisa Heiseler, who has been at the club since she was 13, talks about promotion to the Frauen-Bundesliga“I can’t describe how I feel,” Lisa Heiseler says as she reflects on a momentous weekend for Union Berlin Women. Just three days after her side secured a historic promotion to the Frauen-Bundesliga, the captain is clearly still processing everything that has happened to her and her teammates.27 April 2025 will be a date for ever etched in the memories of Union Berlin’s women’s team and their fans. A 6-1 victory over Borussia Mönchengladbach in front of over 14,000 jubilant fans at the Stadion An der Alte Försterei saw Ailien Poese’s side secure promotion with three games to spare, one that will see them play in the top echelon of German football for the first time and at the first time of asking.This is an extract from our free weekly email, Moving the Goalposts. To get the full edition, visit this page and follow the instructions. Moving the Goalposts is back in to ...

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1 hour ago Emma Willis opens up about secret heart surgery and emotional toll of recovery

The 49-year-old presenter revealed last month that she had secretly undergone keyhole heart surgery

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2 h. ago State Pension back payments of nearly £7,900 due for thousands of older women this year

A former pensions minister is urging the UK Government to resolve historical State Pension errors as a matter of urgency.

Economics

2 h. ago Matt and Emma Willis admit ‘nothing's been more important than going to therapy’

Big Brother presenter Emma Willis and her husband Matt have opened up about their marriage and how therapy has helped the couple grow closer 17 years after tying the knot

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2 h. ago My rare disease was getting closer to a cure. RFK Jr could undermine that | Jameson Rich

The Trump administration’s funding cuts to the NIH could destroy a wave of approaching research breakthroughsSince Robert F Kennedy Jr assumed control of the US health department in February, with a mandate to “[lower] chronic disease rates and [end] childhood chronic disease”, he has moved quickly to remake the US’s federal health infrastructure. But the Trump administration’s actions on medical research are already threatening that goal – and could end medical progress in this country for good.Kennedy’s office oversees the National Institutes of Health, the control center of disease research in the United States. Kennedy’s agency has killed almost 800 active projects, according to Nature, affecting medical research into HIV/Aids, diabetes, women’s health, heart disease, cancer, Alzheimer’s and more. The administration wants to cut the NIH’s budget up to 40% while consolidating its 27 agencies – separated by disease area – into just eight. Elon Musk’s Doge has been reviewing previo...

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2 h. ago Emma Raducanu looking ahead to ‘fresh start’ at Italian Open

Raducanu is making just her second career appearance at the tournament in Rome

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3 h. ago The best hotels in Santorini for luxury suites and sea views

Whether you want to soak up volcano views, sip sunset cocktails or relax in a villa, these are the hideaways to book in Oia, Fira or down by the coast

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3 h. ago ‘The pain was worse than giving birth’: why are so many women separated from their babies in prison?

First they had to give birth in custody, then their babies were taken away. Sometimes they never got them back. Here’s what 29 women told the Lost Mothers ProjectOne by one, 29 women sat before Dr Laura Abbott in similarly small, nondescript rooms across five UK prisons, and described losing their babies. They were not bereaved in the conventional sense – although they were clearly holding in grief, as once the guards had left, they let rare public tears fall. Prisoners who had given birth in custody, they had been separated from their newborn children. In some cases this had happened within four or five days of becoming mothers.“It was worse than giving birth,” said one woman. “That was the hardest pain of my life. I’ve never felt pain like it It was in my chest, in my heart. Even in my belly.” Continue reading...

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4 h. ago Emma Willis admits her head is left 'scrambled' after keyhole heart surgery

The presenter is now in recovery after she underwent the unexpected procedure

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4 h. ago 'Angel of death' Scots nurse appeal begins 17 years after being convicted of murdering four women

Colin Norris has served 17 years of a 30-year sentence handed out in 2008 for the murder of four OAPs and the attempted murder of another.

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6 h. ago The Extraordinary Miss Flower review – secret life exposed through treasure trove of love letters

Nick Cave and Richard Ayoade are among those reading out the posthumously discovered missives that inspired an album by Emilíana Torrini, who soundtracks this gorgeous filmYou’d be forgiven for not having heard of Geraldine Flower, the subject of A new film from artists Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard, the pair behind the 2014 Nick Cave documentary 20,000 Days on Earth. (Cave makes an appearance here reading a letter or two.) Flower was not famous in her lifetime and in fact, after watching the film we’re none the wiser about how she spent her later years. But when she died in 2019, a suitcase packed with hundreds of love letters written to her by smitten men in the 60s and 70s was found in her London flat.The letters inspired a 2024 album by Icelandic singer-songwriter Emilíana Torrini (called Miss Flower) and also this intriguing, gorgeous and creative documentary – a film somewhere between an installation with songs and an extended music promo. It features Torrini and her band perf...

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7 h. ago ‘Whipped in front of everyone’: three women on being flogged by the Taliban

Hundreds of women forced to confess to ‘moral crimes’ they did not commit have been publicly lashed in AfghanistanThree Afghan women who were brutally flogged in public by the Taliban after being accused of “moral crimes” have bravely spoken out about the cruelty they endured.More than 1,000 people – at least 200 of whom were women – are now known to have been humiliated in public floggings since the Taliban’s return to power in 2021, according to court records and media reports. The true numbers are probably much higher. Continue reading...

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7 h. ago Emma Jane Unsworth on new book ‘Slags’: ‘Women are encouraged to feel ashamed of our fantasies’

The author of ‘Animals’ and ‘Adults’ talks to Helen Coffey about drugs, booze and oblivion, creating characters ‘that are fun to be around’ and why sibling relationships can be the most complicated of our lives

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7 h. ago ‘It brings out the evilness inside you’ – the ‘horrible’ drug linked to sexual exploitation in a deprived city

Ben Bryant spent five months exploring the impact of synthetic stimulant ‘dust’ on Stoke-on-Trent, where women report incidents of rape and users trade sexual acts for the drug

Events

8 h. ago Influencers' take selfies in bikinis on sinking $4.5m Lamborghini yacht

Dozens of women were seen lounging on the posh Tecnomar for Lamborghini 63 yacht in Miami on Saturday as they celebrated the Formula One weekend - but things quickly went south

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