66 m. ago Lions hopeful admits losing a stone in 12 days as 'getting off the toilet was an issue'

British and Irish Lions fullback Hugo Keenan endured a slow start to the tour of Australia with the Irishman's illness seeing him married to the toilet as he lost considerable weight

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78 m. ago Excavation to begin at Irish mother and baby home where 796 infants were buried in septic tank

Babies were buried, without coffins, one on top of the other in the 9ft-deep chambers of of a septic tank in Tuam, Galway

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87 m. ago The way a child plays is the way they live’: how therapists are using video games to help vulnerable children

Minecraft and other creative games are becoming recognised as powerful means of self-expression and mental health support, including for traumatised Ukrainian refugeesOleksii Sukhorukov’s son was 12 when the Russian invasion of Ukraine began. For months, the family existed in a state of trauma and disarray: Sukhorukov was forced to give up his work in the entertainment industry, which had included virtual reality and video games; they became isolated from friends and relatives. But amid the chaos, his boy had one outlet: Minecraft. Whatever was happening outside, he’d boot up Mojang’s block-building video game and escape.“After 24 February 2022, I began to see the game in a completely different light,” says Sukhorukov. I discovered that Ukrainian children were playing together online; some living under Russian occupation, others in government-controlled areas of the country that were the targets of regular missile attacks; some had already become refugees. And yet they were still ab...

Society

91 m. ago Moment man and woman shoplifters steal BABY clothes from one of Kate Middleton's favourite boutiques

Blue Almonds on Walton Street, South Kensington, shared CCTV footage on social media in a desperate bid to catch the pair of thieves after they took several garments without paying.

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1 hour ago Anyone who uses a baby pram urgently told 'please check' by doctor

Medical expert warns parents to check pram temperatures as heatwaves intensifying and lasting longer

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1 hour ago Carlos Alcaraz refuses to be friends with Wimbledon champion Jannik Sinner

Carlos Alcaraz lost to Jannik Sinner in the Wimbledon final on Sunday and the Spaniard has explained why his relationship with the Italian will never be close

Politics

2 h. ago The mysterious episode that was cut from Netflix's Baby Reindeer revealed for the first time

Richard Gadd, the star behind the award-winning Netflix series Baby Reindeer, has revealed that an episode was cut from the seven-part streaming hit.

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2 h. ago Adam Thomas reveals 'promise' to himself as he makes emotional health admission

The actor shared the moving 'promise' he made to himself during the lowest moments of his pain battle as he shared a new health update

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2 h. ago A Year With the Seals review – what to know about the elusive sea creature

A science journalist delves deep into our sometimes fraught relationship with these intelligent animals‘There is no creature born, even among the greater apes, which more resembles a human baby in its ways and its cries than a baby grey seal,” wrote the ecologist Frank Fraser Darling in 1939. Seals’ large eyes, the five digits of their flippers, their lanugo – the soft down with which they (and sometimes we) are born – all erode the mental barriers we erect between ourselves and our marine cousins. According to Faroese legend, there are even seals, known as selkies, that can shed their skins, assume human form and live undetected among us.The selkie myth is just one that appears in the Maine-based science writer Alix Morris’s compelling book, which explores seals’ fraught relationship with culture, the economy and our imaginations. She charts the varied and conflicting ways in which we conceive of these creatures: as reviled competitors for fish, magnets for great white sharks, or d...

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3 h. ago Joao Pedro: PSG players and staff 'lost their heads' amid Chelsea celebrations after Club World Cup win

Tempers flared after Chelsea beat PSG in the Club World Cup final

Sport

3 h. ago German backpacker who went missing in WA outback says she got lost after hitting head in car crash

Carolina Wilga says she spent 11 nights in outback after leaving van in ‘state of confusion’Carolina Wilga hit her head in a car crash and left her vehicle in a “state of confusion” before going missing in the Western Australian outback for 11 nights, the German backpacker has revealed.In the 26-year-old’s first statement since flagging down a local woman, Tania, in a passing car on Friday afternoon, Wilga explained the series of events that led to her disappearance. Continue reading...

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4 h. ago With an exodus of millionaires, businesses and workers, has London lost its spark?

With an exodus of millionaires, businesses and workers, has London lost its spark?  CNBC

Economics

6 h. ago ‘I had a home, apartment, career’ the Guardian’s Gaza diarist on the life he lost – and his journey into exile

The anonymous writer has seen horror after horror in the 21 months since he was driven from his home in Gaza City. How has he kept going? And does he have any hope left?On the morning of 7 October 2023, the author of the Guardian’s Gaza diary woke up planning to play tennis. “This year I decided to take care of my mental and physical health,” he wrote in his first entry, published six days later. “This means no stress, no negative energy and definitely more tennis.”Instead, with the news full of how Hamas had broken out of the territory, killing 1,200 people, he found himself scrambling desperately for the documents showing he owned his apartment in Gaza City, in the north of the strip. “If our building gets bombed, I need evidence that this apartment belongs to me,” he wrote. Continue reading...

Society

6 h. ago Joao Pedro says PSG ‘lost their heads’ in brawl after Club World Cup final

The Brazilian ended up on the ground after becoming involved in an incident with PSG coach Luis Enrique after the final whistle blew

Politics

7 h. ago Baby boy dies after drowning in lake as police investigate the 'unexplained' death

Emergency services rushed to Chatsworth Park following reports of a baby found unresponsive in the water, the baby was rushed to hospital but sadly died shortly after arrival

Events

9 h. ago New era begins at Port Talbot steelworks as work starts on electric arc furnace

Replacing the two traditional blast furnaces in Port Talbot meant around 2,800 jobs will eventually be lost

Politics

10 h. ago The seaside resort that's lost its shine: How Bournemouth has plunged into decline with feral yobs terrorising locals, sex predators who prowl the beach, litter

In many ways, the beach's ills neatly tie together those that plague much of modern Britain. Stop to look at flytipping eyesores too long and your nostrils are filled with the invasive stench of cannabis.

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13 h. ago Carlos Alcaraz explains main reason he lost Wimbledon final: ‘I didn’t know what to do’

The Spaniard missed out on a third consecutive Wimbledon title with a four-set loss to Jannik Sinner

Politics

13 h. ago Sinner cried like a little boy who had reached for the sweets but came away with the whole jar | Jonathan Liew

The Italian was overcome with joy after learning harsh lesson from his French Open defeat at the hands of Carlos AlcarazAs a boy, Jannik Sinner was a champion skier. As he stood on Centre Court match point up against Carlos Alcaraz, perhaps some of the old skills kicked in. Skiing teaches balance, it teaches flexibility and endurance, but most of all it teaches faith. There is a moment in every slide, before friction kicks in, when the body is basically at the mercy of powder and physics. And the greatest skiers learn that this is the moment to hold your nerve. When it feels like you’re falling, keep falling. When it feels like the edge of disaster, keep going.Three match points against Alcaraz; take two. You’ve lost your last five matches against this guy. He’s the double defending champion. The last time you played, a few short weeks ago, he came back from two sets and three match points down to win. It was one of the most dramatic comebacks ever seen in a grand slam final, and he...

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13 h. ago Sinner reaches for the sweets and comes away with the whole jar at Wimbledon | Jonathan Liew

The Italian was overcome with joy after learning harsh lesson from his French Open defeat at the hands of Carlos AlcarazAs a boy, Jannik Sinner was a champion skier. As he stood on Centre Court match point up against Carlos Alcaraz, perhaps some of the old skills kicked in. Skiing teaches balance, it teaches flexibility and endurance, but most of all it teaches faith. There is a moment in every slide, before friction kicks in, when the body is basically at the mercy of powder and physics. And the greatest skiers learn that this is the moment to hold your nerve. When it feels like you’re falling, keep falling. When it feels like the edge of disaster, keep going.Three match points against Alcaraz; take two. You’ve lost your last five matches against this guy. He’s the double defending champion. The last time you played, a few short weeks ago, he came back from two sets and three match points down to win. It was one of the most dramatic comebacks ever seen in a grand slam final, and he...

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