51 m. ago Inside Fearne Cotton's new 'incredibly happy romance' weeks after husband split

Fearne Cotton appears to be moving on after she was pictured kissing a TV director, who has also recently separated from his wife. It comes after the podcaster revealed her relationship with husband Jesse Wood had come to an end in December

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67 m. ago Dry, sunny conditions for most of UK this weekend to mark start of spring

Saturday is the first day of meteorological spring, which covers the months of March, April and May.

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79 m. ago ‘Transforming into a parent is messy and primal: I drew it all’: Becky Barnicoat on turning motherhood into cartoons

The baby books promised so much, but failed to help at all – so I started making cartoons about the sweaty, sweary and often naked truth about new motherhood• Read an extract from Cry When the Baby CriesI was one week into parenthood, and in the worst physical condition of my life: greasy, bleeding, exhausted, with a swollen, purple wound across my abdomen. I was tired to the point of dissociation, but also performing a new role with impressive conviction. Smiling at my baby, moving him assuredly towards my nipple: I was playing the part of a mother who knows what she is doing and is loving it.There was love, or at least a disorienting swell of emotion. It was all so very blurry. Tears streamed from my eyes in satisfying gushes, as I discovered the “smile” a newborn makes after drinking milk. I was happy – these were happy tears. Could I just have a moment to take all of this in? Could someone take the baby for a few days while I recover? No? Continue reading...

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79 m. ago ‘Books picked me up on bad days’: how reading romance helped Lucy Mangan through grief

After the death of her father, the writer took refuge in the kinds of stories she had once written off – discovering a comforting world of funny heroines and happy endingsGrief is an intensifier. It doesn’t often – despite what films and television would have you believe – cause you to act massively out of character. Like motherhood or any other huge life upheaval, its actual effect is to strip away the nonsense and leave your essential nature, your core, not just intact but now unobscured by everyday concerns and frivolities.So it was no real surprise to find myself, in the immediate weeks after the death of my beloved dad in 2023, flinging myself into books. I would have done so literally, if I could. I wanted to gather my physical books into a wall – or better yet, a cave – around me that would both protect me from this new reality and let me cry in peace within it. Failing that, I took mental refuge in them instead. Continue reading...

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97 m. ago I am Willie Mullins lieutenant and Cheltenham Festival week is a piece of p***

One of sport's most glamorous horse racing festivals gets underway in 10 days time

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1 hour ago Prince William shocks royal fans as he delivers St David's Day message entirely in Welsh

Prince William, who is spending the weekend in Pontypridd, South Wales, shared his well-wishes in a short clip on social media on Saturday morning.

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2 h. ago Gene Hackman police statement in full as grim details emerge after legend's death

Gene Hackman and his wife Betsy Arakawa were found dead at their home in Santa Fe, New Mexico this week and now police have given a major update on the death investigation

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2 h. ago UK weather: Hottest day of the year to come as Britain set to be warmer than Madrid

Aberdeen will be hotter than Madrid and Barcelona next week, the Met Office predicts

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2 h. ago Met Office Greater Manchester weekend weather forecast as things finally brighten up

There is less than 5% chance of rain on both days

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2 h. ago DWP could give you £108 a week if you suffer from these conditions

PIP, or Personal Independence Payment, is a benefit provided by the Department for Work and Pensions, and you could be in line for £108 a week if you hit the criteria

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2 h. ago Land's End residents are told to buy earplugs as lighthouse foghorn starts sounding every 13 seconds all day and all night

Longships Lighthouse in Cornwall has been sounding its alarm constantly for the past week due to a fault that has yet to be fixed.

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3 h. ago Pope Francis spends peaceful night after breathing crisis, Vatican says

Doctors caring for pontiff, 88, are assessing how Friday’s incident will affect his condition, says officialPope Francis, who has been in hospital for two weeks with pneumonia in both lungs, has spent a peaceful night after suffering a breathing crisis, the Vatican said.Francis, 88, had suffered an “isolated breathing crisis” that caused him to vomit and provoked a “sudden worsening” of his respiratory condition, the Vatican said. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago Coronation Street spoilers 'revealed': Multiple 'deaths', new characters and huge returns

Coronation Street is lining up plenty more drama for the coming weeks and months on the ITV soap, with returns planned, new faces, dramatic twists and some possible deaths

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3 h. ago Vatican gives Pope Francis health update after ‘breathing crisis’

The pontiff has been in hospital for just over two weeks – since 14 February – fighting double pneumonia

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3 h. ago Gene Hackman police statement in full as cops give major update on investigation

The deaths of Gene Hackman and his wife Betsy Arakawa are still being investigated by Santa Fe Sheriff's department in New Mexico after the pair were found dead in the home this week

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3 h. ago Inside 60 Minutes Australia's most SHOCKING royal interview with Sarah Ferguson

Last week, Jason Knauf, Prince William's closest aide, appeared on 60 Minutes Australia. But the outlet is more than used to a royal scoop as Sarah Ferguson stormed out of an interview in 2011

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3 h. ago Five years on from the pandemic, how has Covid changed our world? | The panel

We asked a group of experts on politics, trade, literature, psychology, work and more: what has been the most surprising or shocking consequence of Covid-19 in your field? Continue reading...

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3 h. ago ‘I am changed in every cell of my body’: what surgeon Gabriel Weston learned when she faced serious illness at home

First the doctor was diagnosed with a heart disorder, and then her son became dangerously unwell How did it feel to be on the other side of the operating table?Nothing thrills me more than the human body. But, until my mid-20s, it didn’t cross my mind that someone like me could become a doctor. There were no medics in my family. I was slow at maths and science, and gave them up before the age of 16. After school, I decided on an English degree, because it was what I found easiest.Then, in my final year, something important happened. A few of us were hanging out at a friend’s house one evening when his dad, a surgeon from London, arrived to stay for the weekend. Over dinner, we all sat enthralled as he told us stories of his hospital life. He fetched a surgical textbook from his bag, full of photos of some of his favourite operations, and I remember sitting at the kitchen table late into the night, poring over these luminous images, skin peeled back to reveal muscle and bone, tumours...

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3 h. ago Kate Middleton and Prince William putting on 'show of strength' amid 'troubled times'

Kate Middleton and William made a public appearance in Wales this week and now the Prince and Princess are gearing up for the royal VE Day commemorations in May

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3 h. ago Chris Eubank Jr's cousin has struck up unlikely relationship with Fabian Hurzeler

Boxing Clever: Exclusive interview with Harlem Eubank, the cousin of Chris Eubank Jr, ahead of his clash with Tyrone McKenna in Brighton next week

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