8 h. ago Michael McIntyre admits to using weight loss jab at wife's request

Comedian Michael McIntyre has revealed that he has started using Mounjaro after doctors warned him that he was medically obese

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10 h. ago Trump’s move to pay troops amid shutdown sets dangerous precedent, experts warn

Experts see move as Trump’s latest attempt to shift power of the purse away from Congress and into executive branchBy ordering that US military personnel receive paychecks even though the government is shut down, Donald Trump is seeing to the needs of a politically untouchable constituency that has been caught up in the congressional logjam over federal spending.But experts who spoke to the Guardian warn that he is doing so in a way that is almost certainly illegal and, if left unchecked, bodes ill for Congress’s constitutional authority to control government spending. Some fear it could set the stage for the president to unilaterally fund other contentious decisions in the future, such as the deployment of the military on US soil. Continue reading...

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11 h. ago Michael McIntyre reveals he is taking Mounjaro at his wife Kitty's insistence after doctors told him he was 'obese'

The comedian, 49, admitted he had been reluctant to take the medication initially, but that his wife Kitty had insisted following the diagnosis.

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23 h. ago From dirty texts to still being single our AI Deidre answers readers’ problems – so should our agony aunt be worried?

IT may be intelligent, but AI is also artificial – so how could it solve our emotional problems when it doesn’t have a heart? Despite such concerns the use of AI chatbots for relationship advice is growing, and experts warn there are “insidious risks” that the tech will tell users whatever they want to hear...

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31 h. ago Officers swoop in dodgy weight loss jab raid amid 'victory against shameless criminals'

It comes after a Manchester Evening News investigation revealed fake versions of an experimental drug were flooding social media

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48 h. ago Fake fat jabs worth £250k seized by Brit cops after world’s largest ever weight

FAKE fat jabs worth more than £250,000 have been seized in the world’s largest ever weight-loss drug bust.   Officers smashed an organised crime gang during a dawn raid on a warehouse.   The site is believed to have been used for the large-scale manufacture, packaging and distribution of unlicensed — and potentially deadly —...

Economics

53 h. ago You're watching TV wrong: Experts warn millions of Brits are putting their television in the wrong place

Many of us simply plonk our TV on the mantlepiece, or in a corner of the living room. But according to researchers at consumer champion Which?, there's actually a 'sweet spot' where your TV should go.

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55 h. ago Huge haul of illegal weight loss jabs seized in record raid at UK factory

The operation on the outskirts of Nottingham also uncovered tens of thousands of empty pens and raw chemicals

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56 h. ago Experts warn Halloween fancy dress accessory can cause blindness

Studies have found unauthorised dyes and other substances in cosmetic contact lenses

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56 h. ago Officials seize thousands of illegal weight loss jabs in Northampton in 'world's largest raid'

Dubbed the 'world's biggest raid', the MHRA said it was also the first illicit production facility for weight loss medicine discovered in the UK.

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57 h. ago Officials seize more than 2,000 illegal weight loss jabs in Northampton in 'world's biggest raid'

Dubbed the 'world's biggest raid', the MHRA said it was also the first illicit production facility for weight loss medicine discovered in the UK.

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61 h. ago Not a breakfast person? Lack of morning hunger might be your body trying to warn you of something, claim experts

It's drummed into us from birth that breakfast is the most important meal of the day-but what does it mean if you can't stomach the thought of food before lunch?

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69 h. ago Urgent warning after supplements ‘linked to liver damage and weakened bones’ being sold online

POTENTIALLY dangerous doses of popular vitamins and minerals are being sold on online marketplaces, according to a new investigation. Supplements containing as much as 12.5 times the recommended safe upper limit could be putting consumers at risk of "some really harmful side effects", experts warn. Consumer organisation Which? looked at vitamin D, vitamin A, vitamin...

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3 d. ago Gogglebox star Amy Tapper shows off 7st weight loss after using Mounjaro jab

The reality TV star originally turned to the controversial jabs in June 2024 after years of struggling to lose weight through traditional methods

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3 d. ago Gogglebox star Amy Tapper shows off her incredible 7st weight loss in a denim dress after revealing she shed the pounds with Mounjaro jab

Googlebox star Amy Tapper showed off her incredible 7st weight loss in a slew of new holiday photos on Wednesday after revealing she shed the pounds with the Mounjaro jab.

Culture

3 d. ago I lost 9st on Mounjaro. This is the exact plan I followed to supercharge my weight loss... and the surprising jab side

Like so many who have lost weight on Mounjaro, Susan Anderson is positively evangelical about the silencing of the dreaded 'food noise' that had plagued her whole life.

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3 d. ago Experts warn thousands could be living with Parkinson’s but not know

Parkinson’s UK says thousands of people have been left in uncertainty due to ‘painfully slow’ NHS backlog

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3 d. ago ‘The thought of not being thin for my wedding makes me want to die’: the new mothers driven to weight

The NHS warns against using GLP-1s while breastfeeding – for the baby’s sake as well as the mother’s. But how much does that count when they’re so readily available and there’s so much pressure to ‘bounce back’?Lydia* first started thinking about weight-loss drugs during pregnancy. “Everyone was talking about them and the advertisements were everywhere,” she says, as her baby son naps upstairs. “I remember thinking: ‘That’s how I’ll lose weight for my wedding next year.’”When Lydia explains that most of her life before pregnancy was spent in a welter of yo-yo dieting and body dissatisfaction, I say to her that I think most of us can relate. Her pregnancy, however, brought a level of body acceptance and contentment that the 33-year-old from Wales had never had before. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago ‘The pressure to get your old body back is immense’: the new mothers driven to weight

The NHS warns against using GLP-1s while breastfeeding – for the baby’s sake as well as the mother’s. But how much does that count when they’re so readily available and there’s so much pressure to ‘bounce back’?Lydia* first started thinking about weight-loss drugs during pregnancy. “Everyone was talking about them and the advertisements were everywhere,” she says, as her baby son naps upstairs. “I remember thinking: ‘That’s how I’ll lose weight for my wedding next year.’”When Lydia explains that most of her life before pregnancy was spent in a welter of yo-yo dieting and body dissatisfaction, I say to her that I think most of us can relate. Her pregnancy, however, brought a level of body acceptance and contentment that the 33-year-old from Wales had never had before. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago I lost 10st on Mounjaro. This is the exact plan I followed to supercharge my weight loss... and the surprising jab side

Like so many who have lost weight on Mounjaro, Susan Anderson is positively evangelical about the silencing of the dreaded 'food noise' that had plagued her whole life.

Politics