54 h. ago What’s the nicest thing a stranger has done for you? This year more than 50 people gave me their answer

While every story has been unique in loveliness, I’ve found that many share a similar pulseRead our kindness of strangers series hereEarlier this year, I had a phone call with a woman named Debbie about one of her toughest days as a parent. While she was carting her two sick toddlers to buy medicine, one abruptly vomited across the floor of the local shopping mall. A passing stranger stopped, grabbed a roll of paper towel from the display in front of the chemist, and sopped up the mess – then went inside to pay for what she’d used, insisting on footing the bill. It was a small but lovely act that spoke to the decency of other people.Working as a journalist often involves speaking to people on, or about, the worst day of their life. But for the past year I have had the tremendous pleasure of interviewing Australians (and the occasional Briton) about something very different – the acts of kindness they’ve received from a total stranger. Guardian Australia asked readers to send in thes...

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2 d. ago Keir Starmer recalls toughest day as PM which ‘broke my heart’

Sir Keir Starmer has revealed his worst day as prime minister, describing it as “so hard”.

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4 d. ago 'I ate breakfast, lunch and dinner in Greggs for 3 days and worst meal was diabolical'

A YouTuber known online as Just Deano spent three days eating nothing but Greggs and he has shared the best and worst things he tried during the eating challenge

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4 d. ago 'I ate only Greggs for three days and this was the best and worst thing on menu'

While Greggs is hugely popular with Brits, most won't go there daily for their breakfast, lunch and dinner, but YouTuber Just Deano did exactly that for 72 hours before ranking the meals

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4 d. ago Enzo Maresca clarifies Chelsea future days after 'worst 48 hours' rant

Enzo Maresca put his future with Chelsea in major doubt earlier this month after claiming he had ‘no support’ and the Italian has now added to those comments after the Blues’ Carabao Cup win vs Cardiff

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5 d. ago Britain's worst airport leaves thousands of passengers fuming after 'nightmare of a day'

Thousands of holidaymakers headed to Manchester Airport to kick off their Christmas breaks on Monday.

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5 d. ago Mum was told her son, 4, had acid reflux — but the truth was devastating

Kirsty Benson said it was the "worst day of her life" when her son Reggie Davison was eventually diagnosed with medulloblastoma, a brain tumour which tend to grow quickly

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6 d. ago 'I was so excited to see my heroes go past on the open top bus... but soon it became the worst day of my life': Boy, 12, reveals impact of Liverpool parade car attack as victims tell of trauma

Among the harrowing accounts was that of a 12-year-old boy who was at the parade with his mother watching idols including Mohamed Salah showing off the Premier League trophy.

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6 d. ago 'It feels there's nowhere Jews are safe': Mancunian Rabbi working in Sydney speaks of devastation after Bondi Beach attack

'This is the worst day in Australian Jewish history'

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6 d. ago Asian shares slip after Wall Street logs its worst day in 3 weeks

Asian shares are mostly lower after declines for superstar AI stocks knocked Wall Street off its record heights

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8 d. ago Enzo Maresca suffers ‘worst 48 hours since I joined’ as Chelsea boss blasts ‘lack of support’ in cryptic hint on future

ENZO MARESCA has branded the last two days as the worst during his Chelsea tenure, hitting out at a lack of support. The Italian manager, 45, refused to say who he was unhappy with - raising the possibility that he has fallen out with the ownership. Chelsea had gone four games without a win before...

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1 week ago UK Championship winner had 'best and worst' day of his life after shock phone call

The UK Championship is one of the biggest events in the snooker calendar, but one former winner has mixed feelings when he looks back on his sole title win in the competition

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2 w. ago ITV I'm A Celebrity viewers say 'sort it out' as they spot blunder during trial

I'm A Celebrity viewers spotted a gaffe during Angry Ginge's Worst Day Cake trial

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2 w. ago NHS boss reveals up to 8,000 people will be hospitalised with flu by next week

Sir Jim Mackey tells NHS England board meeting that flu patients will take up between 5,000 and 8,000 hospital beds every day amid worst flu season on record

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2 w. ago ‘Those who eat Chilean salmon cannot imagine how much human blood it carries with it’

The country is the world’s second-largest producer of the popular fish, and the biggest supplier to the US, but its farms are beset by accusations of dangerous labour conditions, antibiotic overuse and ecological harmJulia Cárcamo López’s house faces the sea, near enough to hear the gulls calling through the salt-encrusted windows. She lives in the small town of Maullín, on the edge of Chile’s Patagonia, an area where almost everyone works in the fishing industry.Outside, it is drizzling and the sky is darkening as she recalls 1 May 2019, one of the worst days of her life. “Two men knocked on my door and told me they had bad news: my husband had had an accident while working at sea,” she says. Since then, she has discovered that the accident seems to have been caused by negligence. Continue reading...

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