32 h. ago Married at First Sight groom, 53, floors fans as he 'blindsides' wife with baby bombshell

Tony Mojanovski left his wife Morena Farina feeling "blindsided" after dropping major baby bombshell during Married at First Sight Australia's friends and family week

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67 h. ago ‘Please leave feedback’: how constant online reviews are changing our brains – and our lives

We live under mutual surveillance, asked to leave public ratings for every purchase, meal, taxi ride or hair appointment. What is it doing to us?‘Alexlilly1999* has left you feedback!” pings the Vinted notification. My stomach flips as the app loads and I open my review: “Quite good.” A gut punch. I sit in shock, scrutinising the words in front of me. “Good” is a bit uninspired but “quite” feels both passive-aggressive and viciously spiteful: quite good. Alexlilly1999 has also given me just four stars. It’s a lukewarm write-up considering the dress I sold them was good quality, a brilliant price and shipped quickly. I glare at the review. And then another notification pops up: do I want to leave feedback for the buyer? Well, yes, actually, I do.It’s likely we’ve all, at some stage, been asked to leave feedback online. Called your electricity provider with a query? Please answer a few quick questions about the service you received. Had something delivered by a courier? Please rate yo...

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3 d. ago Jessica Simpson admits she drinks snake sperm cocktail for very simple reason

Jessica Simpson has confessed to drinking a very strange concoction that most people would feel a bit queasy about, but the star insists it has multiple health benefits

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5 d. ago 'World's happiest country' is to open huge international airport in surprising move

The 'world's happiest country' known for having minimal tourists is set to open a huge international airport.

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1 week ago Three ways to experience Finland as its named the happiest place in the world (again)

Why not try out a sauna or a Scandinavian rave to lap up those happy Finnish vibes? Sarah Marshall shares how to make the most of a trip

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1 week ago Jamie Laing suffers painful manhood injury after Comic Relief runs 'broke' him

Made In Chelsea's Jamie Laing took on an epic running challenge for Comic Relief and raised more than £2 million, but he has revealed that it has left him feeling a bit sore

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1 week ago Finland has been voted the world’s happiest country again: these are our secrets

We Finns see happiness in a different way to other nations, says Miika Mäkitalo, Finnish happiness expert. To be like us, the government must step up

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2 w. ago Feeling a bit down under: Australia drops out of world’s top 10 happiest countries

Australia drops to 11th in the latest World Happiness Report rankings, with New Zealand 12th and Nordic nations still on top of the worldFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAustralians are no longer happy little Vegemites, according to new research.The latest World Happiness Report shows Australia has failed to make the top 10 world’s happiest countries list.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...

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2 w. ago UK plummets to lowest ranking since 2017 in World Happiness Report 2025

It details a full list of the happiest countries in the world, according to the latest global report

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2 w. ago Where UK ranks in the world's happiest countries as 2025 UN report reveals surprising findings

The International Day of Happiness serves as a reminder that happiness is a fundamental right and goal

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2 w. ago Breathtaking photos of the world's happiest country showcase its incredible beauty

Finland has been crowned the world's happiest country for eight consecutive years. Dive into these spectacular images of the Nordic country and let us know if you'd be happy there...

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2 w. ago I moved to Finland 40 years ago – here’s what life is like in the ‘world’s happiest country’

As Finland is once again branded the cheeriest country, Tim Bird – who swapped Britain for the Nordic nation in the 1980s – shares the reality of life in ‘Happy Land’

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2 w. ago UK slips down league table of happiest nations as Finland tops list for eighth successive year

UK plummets to 23rd place in world happiness rankings as Finland named happiest country for eighth year running

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2 w. ago Finland is again ranked the happiest country in the world. The US falls to its lowest

Finns are the happiest people in the world, according to a new global report

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2 w. ago Miedema makes mark as central striker to give Manchester City attacking edge | Tom Garry

Dutchwoman scored both goals in win against Chelsea in her old position, giving Nick Cushing something to ponderAs the fourth official’s board was raised into the air at the start of the second half, you could almost feel the mood among the home fans inside the Joie Stadium lifting, their heartbeats stirring, their underbrewed cups of tea feeling just that little bit warmer. Not because the half-time DJ was wrapping up a rather noisy set. Well, perhaps for some. But principally because of the sight of a Dutchwoman wearing black gloves. Vivianne Miedema was coming on.It was not that the player going off, the young winger Lily Murphy, had not played well. On the contrary, the 19-year-old held her own, starting against one of the best defences in Europe in the absence of the injured wingers Aoba Fujino and Lauren Hemp, and with Khadija “Bunny” Shaw’s hamstring problem ruling her out too, which had led to Mary Fowler playing centrally. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Spanish island's beach ranked one of the world's happiest in bizarre survey

The beach in Puerto Soller, in Majorca, has been named as the third happiest on the planet, according to a survey by CV Villas, which looked at photos of people's faces to see how good a time they seemed to be having

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2 w. ago Donald Trump: the president making anywhere but America great again | Marina Hyde

The US stock market is spooked and his henchmogul’s companies are floundering. Has the great dealmaker been building up the wrong nation?Naturally I assumed the feeling would pass, but one whole week after the US president turned the lawn of the White House into a crappy car dealership, I keep finding myself feeling optimistic. I know, I know. But if anything, I find myself feeling a little bit more optimistic every day – and sometimes a lot more. Not for America, which keeps electing him, but for the rest of the world. It really would take a heart of stone for governments from Beijing to Delhi to Warsaw to look at the clip of this old guy trying to sell his friend’s electric cars and not think: “Ooooooooh, that is very, very bad vibes. Still, it’s good for us!”In China they have ironically nicknamed Trump “the nation builder”, meaning he is doing an incredible, bigly impressive job of bolstering the Chinese nation. Not to be disrespectful to that ancient golf bore holding the littl...

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2 w. ago Newcastle’s Carabao Cup win: part feelgood story, part PR triumph for dictator state ambition | Barney Ronay

Supporters are left with a choice of being a conduit for Saudi state propaganda or walking away and letting it winWell, that’s the nice bit done. Warm feelings, heritage bonds, a cocoon of distracting noise. Wembley is such a different place on these domestic cup days, certainly compared with the Cliff Richard concert vibe of a midweek international.And that feeling was there right from the start of the Carabao Cup final on Sunday as Newcastle were awarded their first corner, drawing the most extraordinary outburst of noise, static, shared energy from one end to the other, filling all that empty Wembley air. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago The kindness of strangers: I thought I’d lost my flute for ever, then a chance to play Greensleeves returned it to me

I had no ID to show the station guards. Desperate and scrambling, I said: ‘What if I play you a tune?’Read more in the kindness of strangers seriesI was 21, living in Sydney, working as a glassie at a local pub and feeling a bit lost. I didn’t know what to do in life – the one thing I had going for me was playing the flute.I’d saved for two years to buy my flute when I was 16 and earning $2.35 an hour at the supermarket. Every day I would come home and play it. It would help me process my emotions. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Celtic v Rangers: Scottish Premiership updates on Old Firm derby – live

Follow coverage of the Old Firm (12.30pm GMT kick-off)Email Taha with your thoughts on the gameBarry Ferguson has been speaking to his old teammate Kris Boyd: “There’ll be no excuses in terms of, ‘There was a game on Thursday, I’m feeling a bit leggy’. I’ll talk to them. And if anybody has got any doubt in their mind they won’t be playing. I need people who are 100% focused. You’re never 100% fit going into a game but I need guys who are basically going to go to war.”It’s a serious fitness test for Rangers, with 10 starters present from Thursday night. Nick Ames was there to take it in. Continue reading...

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