37 m. ago This Nepal village has survived for 1,000 years. Now recurring floods threaten its future

Til, the remotest of three villages in the Limi valley on the Tibetan border, was already wrestling with a dwindling population but a series of natural disasters has led many to consider where their future should beOn the night of 15 May this year, the usual quiet of the Himalayan village of Til in the far north-west of Nepal was broken by a strange rumbling. Pemba Thundup came out of his house, barefoot, to see a deluge of earth, water and rocks coming down the mountainside towards the flat-roofed mud houses. The whole village was soon awake and, carrying the elderly people on their backs, members of 21 families scrambled to safety in a nearby field.After two weeks of sheltering in tents, with no sign of any government help to rebuild or resettle, they reluctantly moved back into their broken homes, but unanimously agreed to leave the centuries-old settlement for a safer location by the end of the year. Continue reading...

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37 m. ago Check your change for these UK penny coins worth over £206,000

You may not realise that some old coins could be worth a small fortune

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3 h. ago Are you in a 'parasocial' relationship? Cambridge Dictionary makes it the word of the year after rise in trend

Cambridge Dictionary has added some 6,000 new words this year including 'delulu', a play on the word delusional, gibberish word 'skibidi' and 'tradwife', short for traditional wife.

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3 h. ago Lawrence Summers to step back from public roles over ties to Epstein

Former US Treasury secretary sought paedophile’s advice over relationship he was pursuing

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4 h. ago Britons rage over 'woke' Tesco's decision to rename Christmas trees as 'evergreen trees'

The supermarket giant is selling the 6.5ft 'Luxury Evergreen Tree' at £60. The move has caused many Brits to unleash their fury on social media branding the move as 'woke nonsense'.

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4 h. ago Third of Britons have turned to AI to help with mental health issues

Mental Health UK has called for AI safeguards in light of the findings

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4 h. ago Half of Britons are having this difficult chat with elderly relatives about this topic...

Currently, people in the UK must renew their driving licence from the age of 70 every three years. However, to prove if they're fit to be behind the wheel is based on self-declarations.

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4 h. ago Pensioners paying emergency bills with burial funds and pulling out own teeth

Older people have told how they are taking desperate measures to pay unexpected bills with research revealing one in five on a low income would find a £50 emergency cost 'impossible or difficult' to cope with

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4 h. ago Parasocial is Cambridge Dictionary word of the year and it's thanks to Taylor Swift fans

Psychologists have observed how the rise of one-sided parasocial relationships has redefined fandom and celebrity with many feeling invested in Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce announcing their engagement

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6 h. ago Wardley becomes WBO heavyweight champion after Usyk vacates belt

Ukrainian gives up undisputed heavyweight title statusFabio Wardley becomes sixth Briton to hold WBO crownFabio Wardley has been upgraded to WBO heavyweight champion after Oleksandr Usyk elected to relinquish the title – and his undisputed status – rather than defend it against the unbeaten Briton.Wardley wrested the interim title from Joseph Parker via a dramatic 11th-round stoppage last month and was mandated to face the Ukrainian before the end of September. Continue reading...

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6 h. ago Ozzy Osbourne's cause of death as Jack bursts into tears in emotional admission

Ozzy Osbourne's cause of death was revealed weeks after the Black Sabbath legend tragically died at his home surrounded by his relatives

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6 h. ago Jack Osbourne bursts into tears as he admits Ozzy's death was 'a shock'

Jack Osbourne struggled to contain his emotions and burst into tearswhen discussing his late, great father, Ozzy Osbourne, during a chat with Lisa Riley

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6 h. ago Usyk vacates WBO belt and paves way for Wardley to become heavyweight champion

Ukrainian gives up undisputed heavyweight title statusWardley will become sixth Briton to hold WBO crownFabio Wardley will be upgraded to WBO heavyweight champion after Oleksandr Usyk elected to relinquish the title – and his undisputed status – rather than defend it against the unbeaten Briton.Wardley wrested the interim title from Joseph Parker via a dramatic 11th-round stoppage last month and was mandated to face the Ukrainian before the end of September. Continue reading...

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7 h. ago Lawrence Summers faces new scrutiny over ties to sex offender Epstein

Former US Treasury secretary sought paedophile’s advice over relationship he was pursuing

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7 h. ago Fabio Wardley named WBO heavyweight champion as Oleksandr Usyk vacates title

Briton stunned Joseph Parker in October

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8 h. ago Former prince Andrew accused of ‘hiding’ from US House’s Epstein inquiry

Suhas Subramanyam, a member of the oversight panel, had asked Mountbatten-Windsor to sit for depositionEpstein files latest – US politics liveA congressperson investigating the Jeffrey Epstein case accused the former prince, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, of “hiding” from his committee’s request to sit for a deposition, as Congress moves closer to a key vote on forcing release of US government files related to the alleged sex trafficker.Suhas Subramanyam is among the Democratic members of the oversight committee in the House of Representatives who earlier this month asked Mountbatten-Windsor to sit for a deposition as part of its investigation into how the government handled the case against Epstein, who died while awaiting trial in 2019. Continue reading...

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9 h. ago Eric Dane’s estranged wife Rebecca Gayheart makes rare comment on their ‘complicated’ relationship amid his ALS diagnosis

Gayheart filed for divorce from Dane in 2018 before dismissing the divorce petition in March

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10 h. ago Emma Raducanu pulls out of exhibition events to focus on regaining full fitness

The Briton was due to have faced Amanda Anisimova in two matches in Newark and Miami early next month, but will focus on the start of the 2026 season.

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10 h. ago Tim Cook could step down from Apple relatively soon, report claims

New boss could take over company within months

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11 h. ago Tragic couple who died in Ireland car crash with Scot had just returned from Dubai

It has emerged that Chloe McGee and Alan McCluske were in a relationship and had just returned home from a holiday together.

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