94 m. ago Half of us 'terrified' of dancing in public and a fifth say it causes nightmares

The research was commissioned by Lipton Ice Tea to help launch its new Kombucha range as the drinks brand is set to hold a day of 'non-stop feel-good tunes' next month

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3 h. ago French Open 2025: Draper, Djokovic and Gauff through; Norrie rocks Medvedev – as it happened

Cam Norrie beat Daniil Mevedev in a thriller and there were also wins for Sonay Kartal, Jack Draper, Novak Djokovic and Coco GauffNorrie, leading 2-1 on serve, has two more break points against Medvedev on Simonne Matheiu, to add to the one he had in the second game. But these come and go too, the second when Medvedev draws Norrie in with a drop shot before pulling off the pass. After a few deuces Medvedev holds, but he’s not looking too comfortable.Naomi Osaka has a tendency to be hard on herself and yesterday was no different after her absorbing 6-7 (1), 6-1, 6-4 defeat against the 1oth seed, Paula Badosa. The four-times grand slam champion has struggled to rediscover her best form since returning to tennis last January after the birth of her daughter, and said yesterday: “I think as time goes on, I feel like I should be doing better. But also I hate disappointing people. So, like, even with Patrick [Mouratoglou], I was thinking this just now, but he goes from working with the gre...

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4 h. ago French Open 2025: Draper, Djokovic and Gauff through; Norrie rocks Medvedev – live

Coverage from Roland Garros as play starts at 10am BSTRaducanu admits struggle in win | And you can mail DanielNorrie, leading 2-1 on serve, has two more break points against Medvedev on Simonne Matheiu, to add to the one he had in the second game. But these come and go too, the second when Medvedev draws Norrie in with a drop shot before pulling off the pass. After a few deuces Medvedev holds, but he’s not looking too comfortable.Naomi Osaka has a tendency to be hard on herself and yesterday was no different after her absorbing 6-7 (1), 6-1, 6-4 defeat against the 1oth seed, Paula Badosa. The four-times grand slam champion has struggled to rediscover her best form since returning to tennis last January after the birth of her daughter, and said yesterday: “I think as time goes on, I feel like I should be doing better. But also I hate disappointing people. So, like, even with Patrick [Mouratoglou], I was thinking this just now, but he goes from working with the greatest player ever [...

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5 h. ago Canadians are happy to cling to King Charles – as long as he keeps us safe from Trump | Jen Gerson

If a monarch who is the master of pomp can soothe the ego of our noisy neighbour, that’s good news even for republicansRest assured that the residents of Canada are vulnerable to the same strand of lazy republicanism that tends to afflict most other constitutional monarchies when complacency permits. Monarchy, after all, is irrational and expensive. And of course in a modern society, why should anyone be elevated to positions of power or prestige solely by accident of birth? Add to this absurdity the notion of a “King of Canada” – a fully independent G7 nation – who lives an ocean away, and the silliness of our system of government compounds.In ordinary circumstances, a British monarch has little interest in a former far-flung colony, and our passport offices would run with or without his official portrait overseeing the grey walls of officialdom. Humans, however, are not rational. And our circumstances are not ordinary.Jen Gerson is a Canadian commentator and co-founder of The Line...

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5 h. ago Trump says Putin is ‘playing with fire’ in wake of massive Russian strikes on Ukraine – US politics live

US president claims if it weren’t for him ‘really bad’ things would have happened to Russia amid signs he is frustrated with Russian president’s stalling of peace talksEarlier this morning, Alan Garber, president of Harvard University, told NPR’s Morning Edition that elite institutions need to double down on their “commitment to the good of the nation” and “be firm in our commitments to what we stand for”.Garber said he finds the measures taken by the Trump administration to be “perplexing”; while he acknowledges there is work to be done on campus regarding viewpoint diversity, he said he struggles to see a link between funding freezes and fighting antisemitism.I think that we have heard from some people that they do feel that [Harvard lacks viewpoint diversity]. What is perplexing is the measures that they have taken to address these that don’t even hit the same people that they believe are causing the problems. Why cut off research funding? Sure, it hurts Harvard, but it hurts the...

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5 h. ago This livestream of baby bald eagles is the only thing keeping me sane

A YouTube video feed of eagles Jackie and Shadow and their two children has given me hope the internet isn’t all badTell us: how has your sex life changed after 60?The internet is an unpleasant place, full of grim headlines, misinformation and social media content designed to make you feel ugly and unsuccessful. But there are good bits too.Take Jackie and Shadow, a happy couple who live in a home with breathtaking views of Big Bear Lake in San Bernardino county, California. They currently have two children, Sunny and Gizmo, who are preparing to leave home and make their own way in the world. They are, in many ways, the purest embodiment of the modern American dream: reality stars, and also bald eagles. Continue reading...

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6 h. ago King Charles tells Canada’s parliament country will stay ‘strong and free’ amid Trump annexation threats – live

Monarch says Canada ‘faces critical moment’ as unprecedented address comes amid Trump’s repeated threats that US should make Canada the 51st stateEarlier this morning, Alan Garber, president of Harvard University, told NPR’s Morning Edition that elite institutions need to double down on their “commitment to the good of the nation” and “be firm in our commitments to what we stand for”.Garber said he finds the measures taken by the Trump administration to be “perplexing”; while he acknowledges there is work to be done on campus regarding viewpoint diversity, he said he struggles to see a link between funding freezes and fighting antisemitism.I think that we have heard from some people that they do feel that [Harvard lacks viewpoint diversity]. What is perplexing is the measures that they have taken to address these that don’t even hit the same people that they believe are causing the problems. Why cut off research funding? Sure, it hurts Harvard, but it hurts the country because after...

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6 h. ago French Open 2025: Draper in action, Norrie rocks Medvedev, Djokovic and Gauff through – live

Coverage from Roland Garros as play starts at 10am BSTRaducanu admits struggle in win | And you can mail DanielNorrie, leading 2-1 on serve, has two more break points against Medvedev on Simonne Matheiu, to add to the one he had in the second game. But these come and go too, the second when Medvedev draws Norrie in with a drop shot before pulling off the pass. After a few deuces Medvedev holds, but he’s not looking too comfortable.Naomi Osaka has a tendency to be hard on herself and yesterday was no different after her absorbing 6-7 (1), 6-1, 6-4 defeat against the 1oth seed, Paula Badosa. The four-times grand slam champion has struggled to rediscover her best form since returning to tennis last January after the birth of her daughter, and said yesterday: “I think as time goes on, I feel like I should be doing better. But also I hate disappointing people. So, like, even with Patrick [Mouratoglou], I was thinking this just now, but he goes from working with the greatest player ever [...

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6 h. ago Butter wouldn’t melt: Why does TikTok suggest feeding your baby butter to help with sleep?

Desperate sleep-deprived parents will try almost anything, but it’s normal for babies to be waking multiple times overnight for the first yearDue to a chaotic toddler, it has been many months since my partner and I have had more than two consecutive nights of solid sleep. Given research that suggests just two nights of broken sleep are enough to make people feel years older, we are positively decrepit.New parents face up to six years of sleep deprivation – a depressing statistic to consider when your infant has woken up for the millionth time overnight. No wonder we look, as Chappell Roan has put it, like we don’t have light in our eyes. Bone-tired parents can get desperate enough to try anything: $2,000 app-controlled self-rocking bassinets, sleep courses sold by influencers with questionable credentials – even, as a disconcerting number of TikToks suggest, spoon-feeding babies chunks of butter.Donna Lu is an assistant news editor at Guardian Australia and the sleep-deprived mother...

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7 h. ago Woman cleared of illegal abortion planning complaint over her treatment

Nicola Packer told the BBC her situation ‘could have been handled much more compassionately’ and that what she had been through makes her ‘feel sick’.

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7 h. ago King Charles to give speech in Canada’s parliament in reminder to Trump of country’s sovereignty – live

Monarch’s unprecedented speech from the throne comes amid Trump’s repeated threats that the US should annex Canada and make it the 51st state Earlier this morning, Alan Garber, president of Harvard University, told NPR’s Morning Edition that elite institutions need to double down on their “commitment to the good of the nation” and “be firm in our commitments to what we stand for”.Garber said he finds the measures taken by the Trump administration to be “perplexing”; while he acknowledges there is work to be done on campus regarding viewpoint diversity, he said he struggles to see a link between funding freezes and fighting antisemitism.I think that we have heard from some people that they do feel that [Harvard lacks viewpoint diversity]. What is perplexing is the measures that they have taken to address these that don’t even hit the same people that they believe are causing the problems. Why cut off research funding? Sure, it hurts Harvard, but it hurts the country because after all...

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7 h. ago From legal issues to reshoots: is the Michael Jackson biopic cursed?

A two-part film looking at the King of Pop’s career is undergoing more behind-the-scenes issues, including the problem of how to address troubling allegationsAs adult audiences for non-spectacle theatrical releases have waned post-Covid, one subgenre has survived long enough to feel like a franchise unto itself: the pop musician biopic. Not every new entry is a Bohemian Rhapsody-level smash; some, like the dreary Amy Winehouse biography Back to Black or the misbegotten Whitney Houston movie I Wanna Dance with Somebody, outright flop. But there are still enough success stories like A Complete Unknown ($140m worldwide, eight Oscar nominations) to assure every pantheon pop artist in America will probably receive this treatment eventually.“Eventually” has become the operative word for Michael, a biopic of globally revered but controversial pop star Michael Jackson. The film from Antoine Fuqua was supposed to have been released by now; it was originally set to come out in April 2025. Aft...

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8 h. ago French Open 2025: Norrie rocks Medvedev in five sets, Gauff breezes through – live

Coverage from Roland Garros as play starts at 10am BSTRaducanu admits struggle in win | And you can mail DanielNorrie, leading 2-1 on serve, has two more break points against Medvedev on Simonne Matheiu, to add to the one he had in the second game. But these come and go too, the second when Medvedev draws Norrie in with a drop shot before pulling off the pass. After a few deuces Medvedev holds, but he’s not looking too comfortable.Naomi Osaka has a tendency to be hard on herself and yesterday was no different after her absorbing 6-7 (1), 6-1, 6-4 defeat against the 1oth seed, Paula Badosa. The four-times grand slam champion has struggled to rediscover her best form since returning to tennis last January after the birth of her daughter, and said yesterday: “I think as time goes on, I feel like I should be doing better. But also I hate disappointing people. So, like, even with Patrick [Mouratoglou], I was thinking this just now, but he goes from working with the greatest player ever [...

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8 h. ago Photographers from Scotland invited on the ultimate African mobile safari

Adventure seekers from Scotland dreaming of a truly wild adventure can now get closer than ever to Africa’s most majestic animals, on a mobile safari tour.

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9 h. ago Chelsea Chop is the catchy new name for a classic gardening technique

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9 h. ago Glasgow crime: 'Violent' domestic abuser, Mark Keel who killed partner, Maxine Clark, jailed for 22 years

"Maxine was a beloved mum and daughter. Maxine's family miss her every day and they still feel her loss profoundly.”

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9 h. ago French Open 2025: Medvedev v Norrie in fifth set, Baptiste shocks Haddad Maia – live

Coverage from Roland Garros as play starts at 10am BSTRaducanu admits struggle in win | And you can mail KatyNorrie, leading 2-1 on serve, has two more break points against Medvedev on Simonne Matheiu, to add to the one he had in the second game. But these come and go too, the second when Medvedev draws Norrie in with a drop shot before pulling off the pass. After a few deuces Medvedev holds, but he’s not looking too comfortable.Naomi Osaka has a tendency to be hard on herself and yesterday was no different after her absorbing 6-7 (1), 6-1, 6-4 defeat against the 1oth seed, Paula Badosa. The four-times grand slam champion has struggled to rediscover her best form since returning to tennis last January after the birth of her daughter, and said yesterday: “I think as time goes on, I feel like I should be doing better. But also I hate disappointing people. So, like, even with Patrick [Mouratoglou], I was thinking this just now, but he goes from working with the greatest player ever [Se...

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10 h. ago Boden's perfect summer dress makes shoppers 'feel a million dollars' and it's now £44

Boden's Ivy Smocked Midi Dress is the ideal summer dress for any occasion

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10 h. ago French Open 2025: Medvedev v Norrie, Andreeva through in straight sets – live

Coverage from Roland Garros as play starts at 10am BSTRaducanu admits struggle in win | And you can mail KatyNorrie, leading 2-1 on serve, has two more break points against Medvedev on Simonne Matheiu, to add to the one he had in the second game. But these come and go too, the second when Medvedev draws Norrie in with a drop shot before pulling off the pass. After a few deuces Medvedev holds, but he’s not looking too comfortable.Naomi Osaka has a tendency to be hard on herself and yesterday was no different after her absorbing 6-7 (1), 6-1, 6-4 defeat against the 1oth seed, Paula Badosa. The four-times grand slam champion has struggled to rediscover her best form since returning to tennis last January after the birth of her daughter, and said yesterday: “I think as time goes on, I feel like I should be doing better. But also I hate disappointing people. So, like, even with Patrick [Mouratoglou], I was thinking this just now, but he goes from working with the greatest player ever [Se...

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10 h. ago Moses Itauma set for return on historic night but two opponents ruled out

The British boxing heavyweight star is set for an immediate return to competitive action as he looks to go one step closer to a shot at the world title

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