77 m. ago Martin Lewis urges people to claim 'free money' ahead of looming deadline

It could be worth more than £1,200 if you can do it in tim

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79 m. ago Even rightwingers are mocking the ‘Epstein files’ as a lot of redacted nothing

It was yet another reminder that Trump and his associates will turn even the sex trafficking of minors into a photo opDrum roll, please: the “most transparent administration in American history” is declassifying shocking new information about Jeffrey Epstein and his associates. After years of speculation that powerful people have been concealing information related to the late financier and convicted sex offender, the Trump administration said earlier this week that it would release unseen details about the case. Continue reading...

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79 m. ago The number of people with chronic conditions is soaring. Are we less healthy than we used to be – or overdiagnosing illness?

Are ordinary life experiences, bodily imperfections and normal differences being unnecessarily pathologised? One doctor argues just thatSchool was a difficult time for Anna. It still haunts her. She recalls being a sociable child, good at making friends. But she also remembers becoming hyperfixated on one friend, then another and another in succession. She tended to be impulsive and, wanting to please others, easily led. One distressing incident in particular has never left her. On the first day after moving to a new school, she was relieved to be taken under the wing of two girls. At lunchtime, in fits of giggles, the girls egged each other on to do naughty things. Anna spat orange juice at the boys. She did it with relish, only to reproach herself later. She feels the episode coloured her whole school experience.As a child and an adult, Anna felt sanctioned, judged and misunderstood. She considers herself a chameleon who adapts to new environments and survives by being funny, but ...

Science

1 hour ago Father, 28, died in alleyway after stabbing as police launch murder investigation and arrest woman, 19, and three men

Cleveland Police has arrested four people after Jordan Hogg, 28, was fatally stabbed in an alleyway close to his home in Hemlington, Middlesborough, in the early hours of Friday.

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1 hour ago James Bond nightclubs, vodka, aftershave: 007 writer on the spy’s future with Amazon

As the Bond franchise heads to the online giant, thriller author William Boyd foresees a slew of spin-offs and says AI is not a threat to human screenwritersAmong the people best placed to predict how any James Bond of the future might look is a British writer with a strong feel for spies and for spying. William Boyd has been drawn back to the terrain repeatedly in his books. What’s more, he wrote his own official Bond novel, Solo, in 2013.Now Amazon has picked up the rights to the character, Boyd foresees a succession of 007 spin-off products and entertainments. Perhaps even be new AI-generated novels? “Certainly wait for Bond aftershave – and for the theme park and the dinner jackets,” he said. “The new owners will have to commodify everything about their billion-dollar purchase, so there will be nightclubs and vodkas.” Continue reading...

Politics

1 hour ago Sam Fender fans in stitches over cheeky tour tickets detail on his website

With the new album and tonight's BRITS performance on the horizon, many people will no doubt be searching for Sam Fender tour dates later – and you might notice a quirky detail on his website

Sport

2 h. ago Police issue major cryptocurrency fraud warning after nine lose £1million

Detectives in Kent today urged people to be alert to the scam following a data leak giving their personal details after nine people in the county were scammed out of their hard earned money

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2 h. ago Police issue major cryptocurrency fraud warning after nine people lose £1million

Detectives in Kent today urged people to be alert to the scam following a data leak giving their personal details after nine people in the county were scammed out of their hard earned money

Events

2 h. ago Huge Glasgow cannabis haul discovered by cops as three arrested and charged

The men, aged 27, 32, and 34,were arrested and charged. The trio are due to appear at Glasgow Sheriff Court on Monday, 3 March.

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2 h. ago The Latest: Zelenskyy moves on after Oval Office blowout with Trump

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has thanked the American people and leadership and voiced hope for “strong relations,” a day after an astonishing Oval Office blowout with U.S. President Donald Trump that left many uncertain where the once staunch allies stood

Politics

2 h. ago People who exercise regularly up to 40% less likely to develop dementia, sleep disorders

Study has linked physical activity to lower risk of dementia, sleep disorders, other diseases

Politics

3 h. ago Behind the curtain: what really goes on in theatre dressing rooms?

With an unwavering eye, photographer David Levene reveals the secrets of life backstage in London’s West End, capturing the likes of Steve Coogan, Vanessa Williams, Paapa Essiedu and John Lithgow as they prepare for performanceLightbulb-wreathed mirrors, wigs and makeup artists, a sense of faded glamour: the backstage dressing room has its very own lore in Theatreland. It is a private space for a company of actors to gear up or wind down, in between slipping into character, but it’s so much more than that. Films such as All About Eve and John Cassavetes’s Opening Night, as well as plays such as Ronald Harwood’s The Dresser, show this space bristling with tension, vulnerability and rivalries. And Judi Dench has spoken about the fun to be had in this other, unseen side of the proscenium arch (including accidentally flashing Kenneth Branagh).Denise Gough (centre), who plays Emma in People, Places and Things, chats with her fellow Emmas during the interval at the Trafalgar Studios theat...

Culture

3 h. ago Ketamine crisis with users in nappies facing death as UK's zombie drug capital revealed

The drug that destroys bladders is now the drug of choice for young people and the number of users has doubled in five years - with officials reporting record seizures last year

Events

4 h. ago Albanese offers beer tax freeze to win back Australian voters ahead of election

Australian prime minister calls it a ‘common sense measure’ good for pubs and brewers

Politics

4 h. 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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4 h. 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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4 h. ago The amazing Welsh beach compared to California's Golden Coast which has a dark history

Cefn Sidan has been awarded Blue Flag status but beneath its award-winning golden sands lies a dark secret as it's said to be the final resting place of more than 300 shipwrecks and the bones of Napoleon's niece

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4 h. ago Smoke warning issued to people in two Greater Manchester areas

They have moved to reassure those living nearby

Events

4 h. ago You now have to pay to use the toilet at family attraction and people aren't happy

Conwy council announced last autumn it would close 19 of its 40 public toilets as part of cost cutting measures

Politics

4 h. 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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