48 m. ago Six arrested after bottles and flares thrown during another protest outside Essex hotel

More than 100 protesters gathered outside the Bell Hotel in Epping, Essex, on Sunday evening

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63 m. ago Gary Anderson slams 'boring' new age of darts players and begs old rival to return

Gary Anderson admits he longs for rivals like Phil Taylor to return to the darts circuit as he opened up on the new generation, labelling them boring and claiming they're not as good as they think they are

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69 m. ago Euro 2025 power rankings: Spain still the team to beat but England in hunt

World champions set up Germany semi-final after Swiss success while England play Italy following shootout dramaSpain’s quest to win their first European title continues at full pace. Their quarter-final victory against Switzerland was more difficult than expected and required significant patience. They were not at their best – the hosts did not allow them to be – but the calibre of the world champions’ squad means the opposition cannot switch off, even for an instant. Finding a way is relatively easy when you have Aitana Bonmatí on the field, and her back-heeled assist for Athenea del Castillo’s opener on Friday night was the moment of inspiration they needed. Winning in front of a partisan host crowd is also an achievement mentally. Continue reading...

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98 m. ago 'I thought sister was joking when she named baby after fish – but she's serious'

A mum-to-be was left horrified by the name her sister has chosen for her unborn son - as she's decided to name the baby after a fish, and has even bought some personalised items

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2 h. ago 'I'm an NICU nurse and I've come across some awful baby names in my career'

A man shared his shock after hearing the 'worst' baby names given to children at his local hospital - and he can't believe a couple would even dream of doing that to their child

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2 h. ago A new start after 60: I was a successful businessman – and a crack addict. Now I save other users’ lives

Andy Kalli discovered cocaine at the age of 29, and was soon blowing almost everything he earned on drugs. Twenty-four years later he finally hit rock bottomFor 24 years, Andy Kalli was addicted to crack cocaine. He lost contact with his family and sold his possessions – even his dad’s sovereign ring – to fund his addiction. But three years ago, at 61, he started working for a rehab centre. Now, he says, “I save lives. I make a difference.” The cork board full of thank you cards in his office agrees.Kalli works as service manager at the Perry Clayman Project in Luton, Bedfordshire, and likes to advise clients not to apologise. “Because how many times have I apologised?” he says. “Don’t say sorry. Your families have heard it a thousand times.” It’s by making change that “you’ll be making amends,” he says. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago Why the antagonism over the rise in autism diagnoses? It’s actually good news | Gina Rippon

A ninefold increase is the result of huge advances in our understanding – and brings the hope of fulfilling lives to many more peopleGina Rippon is an emeritus professor of cognitive neuroimaging and author of The Lost Girls of AutismSoaring rates of diagnoses in various illnesses such as cancer and diabetes have stimulated a debate about whether medicine has an “overdiagnosis” problem. The claim is that individuals may be prematurely diagnosed with conditions that, although meeting criteria for a disease, will never cause symptoms or death during a patient’s lifetime.Discussions of this problem in the world of physical medicine have mainly been described as compassionate, arising from concerns that many so-called diagnoses might be unnecessary (does being pre-diabetic really mean you are ill?) or even harmful (the worried well being driven to seek needless and possibly damaging surgical interventions). Now that there are ever-more sensitive screening tests, and access to predictive...

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3 h. ago ‘It can bring you to tears’: is this the world’s most beautiful sounding nightclub?

Transformed from a second world war bunker into Germany’s buzziest dance venue, the acoustics at Open Ground in Wuppertal are raved about by DJs such as Floating Points – and may even be good for your healthIt’s 8pm when DJ Lag steps up to the booth for his sound check at Open Ground, a dance venue in western Germany. It has been described as the “best-sounding new club in the world”, and when the first track plays you can hear why.Rotund bass lines roll across the acoustically treated room, propelled by an extraordinarily powerful, horn-loaded bass enclosure named the Funktion-One F132. High-pitched melodies and intricate textures develop with startling clarity. And as for the call-and-response ad-libs – they sound as if the vocalists are standing only metres away. Continue reading...

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4 h. ago ‘I’d had 28 years of depression – now it was gone’: Comic Paul Foot on three seconds that changed his life

Driving through Manchester one Sunday, at the wheel of a Nissan Micra, Foot suddenly woke from decades of anxiety, anger and misery. He talks about the friends who tried to help him, and the forgiveness he struggled to findFor three years and four months, Paul Foot has been living in a state of joy. He is in it now, he says, sitting across a table, overlooking London’s Regent’s canal. He’s wearing one of his trademark blue LF Markey boilersuits, and seems serene rather than ecstatic, half smiling. But that’s because the joy doesn’t spike or yo-yo. It’s a “constant”, so reliable that even when someone he knows dies, “there’s still a peace beneath it and a joy in it as well”.Life was not always like this, and the story of how Foot, 51, overturned 28 years of “crushing, all-encompassing depression and anxiety” is told in his critically acclaimed 2023 show Dissolve, the filmed special of which is released this week. Continue reading...

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4 h. ago ‘Everything here is just better’: Ellen DeGeneres confirms she moved to the UK because of Donald Trump

US comedian and Portia de Rossi have stayed in the UK since Trump’s re-election, and are considering getting married again in case the US overturns same-sex marriageEllen DeGeneres has confirmed that she moved to the UK because of Donald Trump, saying, “Everything here is just better”.At a conversation event on Sunday at Cheltenham’s Everyman theatre – the comedian’s first public appearance since leaving the US – broadcaster Richard Bacon asked DeGeneres if it was true Trump had spurred her decision to relocate. Continue reading...

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7 h. ago For nine years my married lover promised she'd leave her husband and child for me... what happened next destroyed my life, says MAX WOOLDRIDGE

It was a rainy April evening, cool and blustery, and I remember it vividly because that was the night I fell in love with a married woman.

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7 h. ago Diet that sheds weight fast by eating MORE: This easy plan was made to help cancer patients

At the age of 65, I have reached crunch point. I'm sick of weird diets and I'm seriously fed up with feeling hungry. I'm also really hacked off at still being fat

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9 h. ago Inquiry into Orgreave violence during 1984 miners’ strike announced

The inquiry, expected to launch in the autumn, will investigate the events surrounding clashes at the Orgreave Coking Plant in 1984.

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11 h. ago Evil nurse Lucy Letby and Sara Sharif's killer stepmother 'are pals and spend hours playing Uno together behind bars'

The child killers (pictured, Lucy Letby) while away the hours in their comfortable cells at Surrey's HMP Bronzefield with endless rounds of the popular card game.

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11 h. ago UK could see half a month’s rainfall in under 24 hours amid more weather warnings

Northern Ireland could see half a month’s worth of rainfall in less than a day on Sunday evening, Met Office warned

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11 h. ago Bottles and flares thrown during another protest outside Essex hotel

More than 100 protesters gathered outside the Bell Hotel in Epping, Essex, on Sunday evening

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12 h. ago Survivalist who hunts her own food slams 'useless' women who 'can't look after themselves'

Emily Rinaudo hit out at women who, in her opinion, 'act weak' and 'can barely cook a meal, let alone catch their own dinner.'

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12 h. ago Arrest made as dozens gather outside Essex hotel ‘housing asylum seekers’

More than 100 demonstrators gathered outside the Bell Hotel in Epping on Sunday evening.

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13 h. ago The Open 2025: Scottie Scheffler eyes career Grand Slam after strolling to comfortable Portrush victory

The American was unparalleled throughout the week and won with a four-stroke cushion

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13 h. ago Oasis fans make final journey up to Heaton Park vantage spot sporting Gallagher Hill t

The now infamous Heaton Park viewpoint now even has its own merchandise as Oasis play final Manchester show

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