6 h. ago Family stunned to learn their beloved son is behind world's first sperm race

The family of a teenager behind a first-of-its-kind 'sperm race ' has told Daily Mail they were in the dark about the shocking contest until last week.

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7 h. ago Peppa Pig fans learn gender of Mummy Pig's baby as family go the whole hog with huge party at iconic London landmark

After Mummy Pig broke the internet when she revealed live on GMB hat she is pregnant with her third piglet, the family have gone all out for their gender reveal.

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10 h. ago Children’s and teens roundup – the best new picture books and novels

A gosling grows up; a campaign to save trees; the impact of partition; thorny dilemmas; wearing a hijab in Essex and moreGozzle by Julia Donaldson, illustrated by Sara Ogilvie, Macmillan, £12.99When a bear finds a goose egg, rather than breakfast, it hatches sweet, tenacious Gozzle, who’s convinced goslings can do everything bears do. But what will happen when she learns to fly? A comically adorable picture book about family, growth and change.Leave the Trees, Please by Benjamin Zephaniah, illustrated by Melissa Castrillon, Magic Cat, £12.99Zephaniah’s posthumously published picture book, featuring a dynamic repeated refrain and soaring, swirling illustrations, calls on young listeners to safeguard trees and the riches of the natural world. Continue reading...

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35 h. ago Warning sign of teen's inoperable cancer that hit hours before diagnosis

A devastated family have told of the extreme shock of learning their 'sporty' 15 year-old has inoperable, aggressive brain cancer - despite the only warning sign striking hours before his diagnosis.

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59 h. ago Andrew Garfield breaks down in tears at the grave of his ancestors who were 'deemed so valueless' after harrowing Who Do You Think You Are? revelation

The most recent episode of the BBC series followed Hollywood actor Andrew, 41, learn about his family history.

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5 d. ago ‘I butt heads with my family nearly every day’: Australians who have grown up in the family business

Three owners – from a gelato maker to a memorial mason – share what it’s like carrying on the family tradeFamily businesses account for about 70% of Australian businesses, which means a lot of people’s colleagues are also their flesh and blood. While there can be additional stress when working with your parents, siblings and children, there’s also the opportunity for collaboration, creative expression and tradition. Here, three business owners share the journey of joining the family trade and what they have learned in the process. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Body language expert reveals TRUTH behind Blake Lively and Anna Kendrick's 'awkward' press tour amid feud rumors

Blake Lively and Anna Kendrick showed signs of 'awkwardness' while promoting their new film, Another Simple Favor, a body language expert has claimed.

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1 week ago RUTH SUNDERLAND: Proud steelmen like generations of my family boast they built the world. If we learn the right lessons from this debacle, we can do so again

RUTH SUNDERLAND: The US President has an idiosyncratic grasp of economics, to put it tactfully, but when he declared in, 'If you don't have steel, you don't have a country', he was correct.

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1 week ago Family of retired butcher killed while walking his dog tell of their 'nightmare' after learning his attacker is now being let out on visits

Lewis Stone (pictured), 71, was on holiday in the seaside Welsh village of Borth, Ceredigion, in February 2019 when he was repeatedly stabbed by David Fleet, then 21.

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2 w. ago Whatever Donald Trump does next, this chaos will soon be shaping ordinary lives for the worse | Gaby Hinsliff

There is now little prospect of the growth Labour promised. With Reform nipping at his heels, Starmer must offer protection to the British peopleIf it’s brown, lie down. If it’s black, fight back. If it’s white, say goodnight.The rhyme we learned hiking as a family through Yellowstone national park last summer is meant as a cheery reminder of how not to get eaten, if you meet a bear. Brown bears are best appeased by playing dead; black bears need to know this will hurt them more than it hurts you; and luckily there aren’t any polar bears in Yellowstone, because nothing deters them.Gaby Hinsliff is a Guardian columnistDo you have an opinion on the issues raised in this article? If you would like to submit a response of up to 300 words by email to be considered for publication in our letters section, please click here. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Good Night, and Good Luck review – George Clooney’s Broadway debut never quite lands

Winter Garden Theatre, New YorkThe actor-director brings his 2005 drama to the stage, now playing the lead role, but while it’s timely and nicely staged, it feels stiffTime has been kind to Good Night, and Good Luck, George Clooney’s sincere dramatization of the broadcaster Edward R Murrow’s on-air tangles with Senator Joseph McCarthy in the 1950s. Sleek, slim and reverent, the 2005 film recalled a time of both cultural panic and promise, before American attention splintered and television’s road forked toward cable news. In its own era, the movie played in implicit contrast to mainstream media’s failure to interrogate the Bush administration’s dubious justifications for the Iraq war. In 2025, well now, as in 1953, the lies run rampant. But in Clooney’s stark black-and-white drama, truth prevails.Wouldn’t that be nice. The ongoing lurch away from due process casts both a haunting pall and a self-congratulatory glow over New York’s Winter Garden Theatre, where Clooney leads a profici...

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3 w. ago He gained our trust and said he was family – then we learned the awful truth

'I literally puked on the spot'

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3 w. ago Death in Paradise's Don Warrington has a famous son and fans of BBC show may recognise him

Death in Paradise fans are just learning that some stars of the show have famous family members

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4 w. ago Famous exorcist breaks down in tears on The Repair Shop revealing 'horrific' truth behind disfigured doll that has been 'eating away at him' for decades

The ordained Church of England exorcist, 55, who is best known for his show Most Haunted, revealed that he wanted his late sister's toy repaired after finding it hidden in his attic.

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last month New agony for baseball legend Brett Gardner as family learns distressing news about son's autopsy results

Baseball legend Brett Gardner and his wife are facing new road blocks to finding out why their 14-year-old son Miller passed away last Friday as officials say the autopsy results could be delayed.

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