20 m. ago Hollywood legend died penniless and alone after decades of drug addiction

Hollywood star Bela Lugosi achieved worldwide success as the first actor to portray Count Dracula on the big screen but his life was tragically devastated by drug addiction and financial issues.

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53 m. ago Thousands of Lanarkshire families benefit from child disability payment

More than 13,000 families across North and South Lanarkshire receive the benefit, and all those who are eligible are encouraged to apply

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1 hour ago Why Wall Pilates is going viral: the benefits and whether it can really change your body

Can Wall Pilates really change your body in just 28-days?

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2 h. ago Martin Lewis chokes up as he slams scammers who used his image to steal couple’s £120,000 life savings

Martin Lewis fumed as he hit out at “criminal” scammers who used his image to con a couple out of their entire life savings of £120,000.

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2 h. ago Epping migrant hotel protester warned he faces immediate prison sentence after admitting violent disorder

Martin Peagram, of Loughton, 33, pleaded guilty to violent disorder outside the Bell Hotel on July 27, at an earlier hearing at Chelmsford Magistrates Court.

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3 h. ago New 'superfruit' with major health benefits and surprise inside launching in UK supermarkets

There’s a new addition to the fruit bowl and it’s anything but ordinary.

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3 h. ago Martin Lewis 'devastated' and close to tears on This Morning as couple scammed out of life savings

The MoneySavingExpert was emotional as he listened to the horrifying scam story on This Morning.

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3 h. ago This eyebrow pencil gives me perfect arches in just 10 seconds

Benefit’s precisely brow pencil is a number one bestseller for good reason

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3 h. ago BBC Eastenders icon 'died penniless with nothing in estate for wife' following brief illness

The EastEnders legend, who played Terry Bates in the BBC soap, passed away last year.

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3 h. ago Women given common heart medication 'more likely to face heart attack and death'

Beta blockers are a common treatment for a number of heart conditions, but the majority of patients aren’t getting its benefits and it may even be detrimental for some

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3 h. ago Martin Lewis left 'devastated' after couple lose savings in 'vicious' scam

The money expert was furious to hear his likeness was used in another AI ad

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3 h. ago DWP confirms over 5,000 investigators tackling tax and benefit fraud

DWP is reviewing sample claims of State Pension, PIP and four other benefits for fraud or errors before April.

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4 h. ago Sir Alastair Cook suggests radical new rule for Test cricket

Former England captain Cook has proposed a law change that would benefit the bowlers in Test matches

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4 h. ago Revamped Rangers XI sparks formation shift starring deadline day signings as Nico Raskin handed olive branch

Fourteen new arrivals have come through the door at Ibrox but how will Russell Martin use them?

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6 h. ago Coronation Street's Sydney Martin teases 'really good' Connor

The Betsy Swain actress has teased fans over the 'really good' family scenes fans of the ITV soap have been hoping for

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6 h. ago Sanatorium review – Ukraine health resort guests seek sanctuary amid shelling

Poignant documentary by Irish director Gar O’Rourke peers into a faded Soviet-era institution where visitors search for relief while war grinds on outsideThere is something ever so slightly Martin Parr-like about this documentary, filmed inside a shabby rundown health resort near Odesa, in Ukraine. It’s not the colour palette, which is Soviet-era pale beige, but the images of holidaymakers: elderly men strutting about in thongs and playing ping pong in their vests; retirees of both sexes glad-ragged at the disco. Like Parr’s photos, the images are funny but not unkind; everyone retains their dignity. The director is Irish film-maker Gar O’Rourke, who planned Sanatorium before the war, but filmed it after Russia invaded Ukraine, which adds a layer of melancholy to the guests’ search for health and happiness.The huge Kuyalnik sanatorium is a time warp with its brutalist architecture and institutional interiors. Back in its glory days, people must have come here in their thousands. Now...

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7 h. ago Art and politics are not the same thing – but the Anna Netrebko case shows what happens when they collide | Martin Kettle

The arts and politics are bound to mix, but they are not the same thing. In the cold war, Soviet artists performed in the west. Should the Russian soprano, who has condemned the Ukraine invasion, be blocked from singing in London?It is one of my very earliest concert memories. In October 1965, my father drove us to Manchester to hear Mstislav Rostropovich play in the Free Trade Hall. Rostropovich played Dvořák’s cello concerto with the Moscow Philharmonic, who began the concert with a symphony by Tikhon Khrennikov and ended it with one by Brahms. I was smitten by Rostropovich’s noble playing. I had never heard a musician like him before.This was, though, a concert taking place slap-bang in the middle of the cold war. The Cuban missile crisis had taken place less than three years earlier. The Berlin Wall was still fairly new. The Vietnam war was deepening. That summer I had read The Spy Who Came in from the Cold. The movie version of Le Carré’s novel, with Richard Burton, was due out...

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7 h. ago Conman who swindled victims out of £8.5m to bankroll supercars and yacht jailed for ten years

Anopkumar Maudhoo span a web of lies to rake in millions, splashing out on supercars and a yacht

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7 h. ago Brit 'mum on the run' who was jailed after boasting about claiming UK benefits in Thailand jets home without son, 4, after being freed from hellish prison

Ellis Matthews, 32, was deported by Thai authorities after spending more than three months locked up in an overcrowded and squalid immigration prison with her son Cairo, 4.

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7 h. ago My husband has erectile dysfunction. Is it because of his porn addiction?

He struggles to maintain an erection and I feel worthless as his partner. I wonder whether there’s a way back for usWhen we first met, 12 years ago, my husband and I didn’t waste any time in starting the sexual part of our relationship. He warned me he was a sex addict, and I am enthusiastic about sex. On our first night together I was aware of some erectile dysfunction – he wasn’t entirely hard and benefited from holding himself when penetrating me – though this didn’t stop us reaching climax. We joked about how many times I would orgasm and neither of us seemed inhibited. Over time, my husband needed more and more help with ejaculating and would often lose his erection during sex. He has shown less interest in any form of intimacy with me, while I have been trying to show my attraction to him in other ways, like hugging and holding hands. Pamela Stephenson Connolly is a US-based psychotherapist who specialises in treating sexual disorders.If you would like advice from Pamela on se...

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