35 h. ago Heiress reveals cruel outbursts her hedge funder husband made after dumping her for younger woman while sheltering from Covid at $7.5m Martha's Vineyard compound

Flobelle 'Belle' Burden has revealed astonishing details about her split from ex-husband Henry Davis in her explosive divorce memoir Strangers.

Economics

37 h. ago Snow maps reveal 'four inch per hour' storm hitting UK cities across five days

Several cities face snow before the end of January as advanced weather maps reveal blizzards bringing four inches per hour could strike in an Arctic blast lasting five days

Events

43 h. ago I dry clothes in 2 hours using device I can't live without — costs 45p a day

A dehumidifier like the Ebac 4650 can dry clothes indoors in just 2 hours while preventing mould and condensation – and it costs around 45p per day to run

Politics

45 h. ago 'I divorced my husband two days hours after our wedding due to his humiliating prank'

A woman has been praised online after divorcing her husband just 48 hours after their wedding

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65 h. ago Pretty hilltop village perfect for a day trip – just an hour away from Manchester

The tiny village has beautiful cobbled streets, a 13th-century church ruins, and is home to Sylvia Plath's grave.

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3 d. ago He lived in a cage, jumped from a window and spent a year roped to a friend: is Tehching Hsieh the most extreme performance artist ever?

He has broken his ankles, endured 365 days in a cell and faced down the 20th century’s worst winter. Yet he says he is not a masochist. We meet the man Marina Abramovich calls ‘the master’For one year, beginning on 30 September 1978, Tehching Hsieh lived in an 11ft 6in x 9ft wooden cage. He was not permitted to speak, read or consume any media, but every day a friend visited with food and to remove his waste.The vital context here is that this incarceration was voluntary: Hsieh is a Taiwanese-American artist whose chosen practice is performance art, undertaking durational “actions” for long periods. Marina Abramović has called him the “master” of the form. In 1980, seven months after the end of Cage Piece, Hsieh began another year-long work, Time Clock Piece, which required him to punch a factory-style clock-in machine in his studio, every hour of each day for 365 days. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago This Morning star splits from husband of 32 years as she shares divorce update

The This Morning star shared the news on social media.

Politics

3 d. ago This Morning's Caroline Hirons splits from husband and gives divorce update

This Morning star and skincare guru Caroline Hirons has announced she's split from her husband and also confirmed that while they're separated, they won't be divorcing any time soon

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3 d. ago This Morning's Caroline Hirons splits from husband and shares divorce update

This Morning, star Caroline Hirons has announced she's split from her husband, and while they're separated, confirmed they wouldn't be divorcing any time soon

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4 d. ago Five minutes more exercise and 30 minutes less sitting could help millions live longer

Research finds minor changes in physical activity could hugely reduce number of premature deathsJust five extra minutes of exercise and half an hour less sitting time each day could help millions of people live longer, according to research highlighting the potentially huge population benefits of making even tiny lifestyle changes.Until now, evidence about reducing the number of premature deaths assumed that everyone must meet specific targets, overlooking the positives of even minor increases in physical activity. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Keir Starmer tells MPs he is open to social media ban for young people

PM says he is alarmed at reports about children’s screen time and has shifted position on Australian-style policyUK politics live – latest updatesKeir Starmer has told MPs he is open to the idea of an Australian-style ban on social media for young people after becoming concerned about the amount of time children and teenagers are spending on their phones.The prime minister told Labour MPs on Monday evening he had become alarmed at reports about five-year-olds spending hours in front of screens each day, as well as increasingly worried about the damage social media is doing to under-16s. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Mum found dead next to twins, 6, buried alone as bodies given to abusive ex

Charity Beallis, who was found shot dead on December 3, was buried alone after the bodies of her children were turned over to her abusive ex-husband amid a divorce battle

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5 d. ago New rules for workers include paid leave from day one and 52 weeks off

Day-one rights to statutory sick pay, a ban on zero-hour contracts and new protections for new mothers and pregnant women are also included

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7 d. ago Toddlers glued to smartphones and TVs for five hours a day say fewer words: Researchers warn parents over excessive screentime

The government is to give parents guidance on how long under-fives should spend watching TV or looking at computer screens.

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7 d. ago Eddie Izzard: ‘I once ran 90km in just under 12 hours. That was a tough day’

The comedian and actor on her favourite Bond film, revisiting the Death Star canteen and escaping the red carpet with Brad PittWhen you started performing your one-woman Hamlet, how much did you labour over your delivery of the play’s most iconic lines, such as “To be or not to be”?The first thing I found when I was rehearsing Hamlet was that I felt very at home. I thought, “That’s unusual – I should be quaking in my boots!” I just felt very at ease and happy to be there. But the first time I performed “to be or not to be” on stage, there was a sense of – aren’t bells supposed to ring here? Isn’t there supposed to be a klaxon? Continue reading...

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7 d. ago The shocking case of LA’s ‘zombie’ fire – and the young man at the center of it

Prosecutors claim Jonathan Rinderknecht, 29, started a smaller wildfire that went on to become the devastating Palisades blaze. Is he ultimately to blame?More than a year after a devastating wildfire tore through Pacific Palisades, all but obliterating one of the west coast’s most iconic neighborhoods, prosecutors are honing their case against the man they say is responsible.Jonathan Rinderknecht, a 29-year-old occasional Uber driver who used to live in Pacific Palisades, was charged with three felonies by federal prosecutors in October, who claim he was in the neighborhood in the early hours of New Year’s Day. According to a federal complaint, Rinderknecht allegedly used an open flame – likely a lighter – to start a small blaze that grew to about 8 acres (3.2 hectares) before firefighters rushed to the area and extinguished it. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Freedom from China? The mine at the centre of Europe’s push for rare earth metals

Swedish producer is trying to to accelerate the process of extracting the elements vital for hi-tech productsIt is deep winter with temperatures dropping to -20C. The sun never rises above the horizon, instead bathing Sweden’s most northerly town of Kiruna in a blue crepuscular light, or “civil twilight” as it is known, for two or three hours a day stretching visibility a few metres, notwithstanding heavy snow.But 900 metres below the arctic conditions, a team of 20 gather every day, forgoing the brief glimpse of natural light and spearheading the EU’s race to mine its own rare earths. Despite identification of several deposits around the continent, and some rare earth refineries including Solvay in France, there are no operational rare earth mines in Europe. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Football Daily | British managers abroad: will Gary O’Neil sink or swim at Strasbourg?

Sign up now! Sign up now! Sign up now? Sign up now!Some British managers who have chanced their arm on the continent have won trophies and the adoration of supporters. Others have at least provided the Daily with plenty of content. For every Bobby Robson, there’s a Tony Adams, or to meet somewhere in the middle, Steve McClaren – who can deliver you a league title while still making an arsche of himself in TV interviews. What fate awaits Gary O’Neil, quietly ushered into the vacant hot seat at Ligue 1 Strasbourg after Todd Boehly called up Liam Rosenior for the real job? Like Rosenior, he starts his tenure with a tricky away day in the cup; hours before Chelsea play Charlton, O’Neil will take the reins for a Coupe de France tie at fourth-tier Avranches.Back on a cold December day in 2001, I sat at Hillsborough and watched in despair as Sheffield Wednesday got absolutely shellacked by Norwich City, losing 5-0 at home. A couple of days after the game I sat down and wrote a letter (ask ...

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9 d. ago I spent years begging my alcoholic husband to stop drinking. He's now been sober for 12 months... and this is why I've just blindsided him with divorce: MARIAN TREVLIN

Standing across the kitchen from my husband, James, I saw the distress on his face and silently told myself to stay strong and stick to the plan. I felt a pang of guilt, because a part of me still loved him.

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9 d. ago Stranger Things star speaks out on 'surprise' season 5 exit after cancer battle

Stranger Things is officially over with Netflix dropping the final ever episode in the early hours of New Year's Day.

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