2 h. ago How to healthily tackle the dark winter months, according to a doctor

Wildlife Trusts’ vice president is supporting a campaign to get us to connect with nature

Society

5 d. ago A moment that changed me: I broke my foot – and took up a sport that led to stratospheric success

I had run every day for ten years and cried when the doctor said I needed two months off. Then I borrowed an oversized road bike. At first, I couldn’t wait to ditch it, but something kept me going ...I couldn’t pinpoint the exact moment that I broke my foot. The injury didn’t seem like a big deal at first, because stress fractures sneak up on you. It just hurt, and wouldn’t stop hurting, except while running. Maybe because running was the only time I felt good about myself. But in the end the pain intruded there, too. I ran on stubbornly, with a limp.Eventually I had to go to the doctor, and that’s when it hit me. She said it would take eight weeks to heal – no running. I couldn’t imagine even one week without running. I had run every single day for nearly 10 years and I loved it. I tried to find the words to explain, to say that this “rest” was just not possible, but I was too embarrassed. It was a minor injury by clinical standards – and self-inflicted, too. But afterwards, in the...

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9 d. ago Kerry Katona undergoes corrective surgery on boobs as she gushes over beau Paolo's support

EXCLUSIVE: Kerry Katona reveals in her column she underwent surgery on her breasts this month and is now under doctor's orders to rest after rupturing tissue in her breasts

Politics

1 week ago Urgent plea to UK households to stop making common electric blanket mistake

Although a warm blanket may feel perfect as you snuggle into bed on cold, dark winter night, it could unknowingly put your life at risk

Politics

1 week ago Cosy Christmas night out in floating igloo with cheese fondue and wine

Halloween is over and Bonfire Night has been and gone so there's only one thing helping us all through the cold, dark winter - and that's the thought of Christmas.

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2 w. ago Ukraine strikes leave Russian cities without heat and power in pinpoint attack

Ukraine's drones and missiles have left Russians shivering in the dark as the two countries trade brutal strikes aiming to 'weaponise winter' and wreck power systems

Events

2 w. ago Feeling depressed by cold, dark weather? 11 table lamps that will boost your mood this winter

To combat this winter sadness, also known as Seasonal Affective Disorder, it's often recommended to use lighting to boost your mood.

Science

3 w. ago 'They sent him home with painkillers and now he's paralysed'

Mal Nash, 42, had been suffering back pain for six months when he went to the doctor after it became too painful to ignore

Events

3 w. ago Why young women are having facelifts: ‘I couldn’t even open my eyes. That’s how swollen I was’

A new kind of customer is being driven towards this invasive surgery by ‘filler fatigue’, the use of weight-loss drugs and the development of new surgical techniques. Many are much younger than ever beforeAmanda Preisinger is anxious about her daughter’s impending 13th birthday party. Not for the usual reasons related to a house full of clamorous preteen children, but because it’s the first time that she will debut her new face to friends and extended family. “Obviously I’m going to tell everyone as they come in, ‘Just so you know, this is not how I look,’” says the 30-year-old real estate agent from south Florida.How she looks is, well, a little startling – her face swollen and preternaturally lifted, as though held together by industrial-grade tape. Her new – and she’s keen to stress, temporary – look is the result of six cosmetic procedures, including an endoscopic mid-facelift, performed by a doctor in Istanbul, Turkey, last month. “My poor husband teared up when he saw me for t...

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