12 h. ago Heart surgeon issues warning to anyone with plastic chopping boards

The surgeon warned of potential health risks linked to the kitchen staple

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12 h. ago ‘I didn’t have anything to prove’: what Traitors finalist Jade Scott learned about survival from video games

Accused, isolated and constantly under scrutiny, The Traitors contestant drew on years of social deduction gaming to stay calm under pressureThe latest series of The Traitors, which ended last week on a nail-biting finale, featured some of the usual characters – from guileless extroverts to wannabe Columbos endlessly observing fellow contestants for the slightest flicker of treachery. But one faithful stood out for her quiet determination, despite a ceaseless onslaught of suspicion and accusation. That person was Jade Scott, and I wasn’t at all surprised when, quite early on in the series, she revealed she was a keen gamer.“Minecraft was my way in, when I was 15,” she says. “I made loads of friends at school playing that.” From this innocent introduction, however, she moved on to darker titles: the first-person shooter Counter-Strike: Global Offensive and the multiplayer battle-arena game Dota. “That’s where my interest in strategy gaming really kicked in,” she says. Continue readin...

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12 h. ago Jennifer Aniston’s partner Jim Curtis ‘blushes’ as he reveals how he first met Friends star

Jennifer Aniston’s boyfriend Jim Curtis “blushed” as he opened up on his relationship with the actor.

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13 h. ago America has reached a tipping point on fascism – and on opposition to it | Robert Reich

A chance encounter reminded me: there are two ways to look at what’s happened in MinneapolisOne of the few advantages of being as conspicuous as I am is that many people come up to me whom I don’t know, to talk about what’s happening in America. It’s like a free-floating focus group.On Monday morning, I was at a restaurant counter finishing my breakfast when a middle-aged man sat down next to me and said he didn’t want to intrude. (He just had, so I put down my knife and fork, wiped my mouth with my napkin, and turned toward him.) He wanted me to know that although he’d been a life-long Republican, the events of the past weeks had caused him to leave the Republican party.Robert Reich, a former US secretary of labor, is a professor of public policy emeritus at the University of California, Berkeley. He is a Guardian US columnist and his newsletter is at robertreich.substack.com. His new book, Coming Up Short: A Memoir of My America, is out now Continue reading...

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13 h. ago ‘She narrowly escaped three bullets’: Pakistan’s trans community shaken by attacks and killings

A wave of violence has left transgender people afraid to go out, as experts say the global rise of far-right ideology is fuelling transphobiaIt was past midnight but Zehrish Khanzadi and Bindiya Rana were still up, drinking tea, when the doorbell rang. Within seconds of Rana unlocking the door remotely from the kitchen, three shots rang out. “The men fled and she narrowly escaped all three bullets,” Khanzadi says of her colleague and housemate.Both trans women work for the Gender Alliance Interactive (GIA), an organisation that advocates for transgender rights, Rapa as its head and Khanzadi as a rights activist. Continue reading...

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13 h. ago Grizzly Night review – animals attack in campsite thriller of rogue bears and wayward teens

The terrifying animal at the centre of Burke Doeren’s thriller is convincingly ferocious but the supporting humans don’t match its powerDespite its lurid poster art, as an ursine rampage film this falls closer to the serious Grizzly Man/Timothy Treadwell end of the scale, rather than the Cocaine Bear one. Based on a freak August 1967 tragedy in which two women were separately mauled to death by grizzlies in Montana’s Glacier National Park (described here as a “trillion to one” occurrence), Burke Doeren’s debut grips in tooth’n’claw terms, but is considerably less sure-footed when it comes to people.Down at the park, fire season is all the rangers think they have on their plate, but they’re not reckoning with wayward teenagers and rogue bears. At the giftshop, Michele (Ali Skovbye) leans on Paul (Jacob Buster) to join her posse and help her shoo off an unwanted suitor at Trout Lake. So he leaves colleague Julie (Brec Bassinger) to a sexy bivouac with boyfriend Roy (Matt Lintz) in a s...

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15 h. ago EastEnders actress marries soap star boyfriend and shares first pics of big day watched by co

EASTENDERS actress Natalie Spence has married her actor fiance Ryan Brown. The TV stars tied the knot on Saturday in Sydney Harbour and shared a social media post of their special day. Natalie, who played character Beth for a one-off appearance in 2021, looked smitten as she posed for photos with her new husband. She...

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15 h. ago ICE shooting victim Alex Pretti's parents recall emotional last phone call with nurse

The parents of Intensive Care Unit nurse Alex Pretti has left his relatives grieving - but at the same time trying to counter 'sickening lies' about the 'kindhearted' man

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21 h. ago Sister of ICU nurse Alex Pretti hits out at 'disgusting lies' and honors brother as a hero

Micayla Pretti broke her silence on her 37-year-old brother's highly publicized death in a statement on Monday.

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22 h. ago Experts say the divide between Minnesota and federal authorities is unprecedented

A new Minnesota website lays out evidence to counter what state officials have called federal misinformation after immigration officials fatally shot two residents during the Trump administration's immigration crackdown

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23 h. ago Woman's 'creepy' texts from builder who abandoned kitchen job halfway through

A woman was left stunned after hiring a plasterer to renovate her kitchen, only for him to abandon the job on the third day

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24 h. ago Murdered Brit hairdresser Victoria Hart’s three children let off balloons in memory of mum during minute’s silence

MURDERED British hairdresser Victoria Hart’s three young children were comforted by relatives as they let off white balloons in memory of their mum. It came after a minute’s silence outside her local Spanish town hall. The 33-year-old’s grief-stricken mother Sue and sister Jemma also attended the poignant ceremony two days after she was stabbed to...

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25 h. ago Man jailed after stabbing and burning sister alive during horrific murder

Kornelijus Bracas stabbed his sister repeatedly in the neck in the savage attack.

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27 h. ago Return of Rangers song sums up bonkers season of Russell Martin, James Tavernier and 'misfits'

Are Rangers going to win the league? Confidence growing at Ibrox after early nightmare

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28 h. ago EastEnders reveals real reason for Mark Jr's return as Ravi's fate is 'sealed'

EastEnders aired Mark Fowler Jr's return to Albert Square last week, but while his comeback was explained by a desire to support sister Vicki at Joel's trial, the soap has revealed his far more nefarious real reason

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28 h. ago Melania documentary struggles in UK cinemas as Vue admits sales are ‘soft’

Only one ticket sold for premiere of film about US first lady at Vue’s flagship London branch as insiders question launch strategyAs film exhibitor strategies go, counter-programming is one of the most reliable. It worked for The Dark Knight and Mamma Mia!, released in the US on the same day in 2008, as well as for Dunkirk and Girls Trip in 2017. In 2023, Barbie and Oppenheimer leveraged the tactic to the tune of $2.5bn in combined box office takings.This week we could see another example as Amazon releases its authorised documentary about Melania Trump in more than 100 UK cinemas. There it will compete against an already-eclectic slate of releases including the Jason Statham action film Shelter, the ape horror Primate, Bradley Cooper’s comedy-drama Is This Thing On? and Richard Linklater’s Jean-Luc Godard fictionalisation Nouvelle Vague. Continue reading...

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31 h. ago Man who stabbed and burned sister alive in her home during grim murder jailed

Kornelijus Bracas, 27, stabbed Alesia Nazarova, 37, in the neck - then set her alight while she was still alive at her home with her young daughter in Portadown, Co Armagh, nearly three years ago

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33 h. ago ‘We get a lot of requests for it be used in sex scenes’: how Goldfrapp made Ooh La La

‘I couldn’t think of a line for the chorus – but we had just been to France. I got Baudelaire into the lyrics somewhere, too’This song was an ode to glam rock. My older sister was really into Marc Bolan and her passion for him and his sound really rubbed off on me. I love the vocal effects and drum sounds on those old records. Continue reading...

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33 h. ago ‘We get a lot of requests for it to be used in sex scenes’: how Goldfrapp made Ooh La La

‘I couldn’t think of a line for the chorus – but we had just been to France. I got Baudelaire into the lyrics somewhere, too’This song was an ode to glam rock. My older sister was really into Marc Bolan and her passion for him and his sound really rubbed off on me. I love the vocal effects and drum sounds on those old records. Continue reading...

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33 h. ago Alert over common medication that could see you fail tests at work

Popular over-the-counter medications could see some employees fail tests unnecessarily

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