66 m. ago McDonald's fan shares 'easy' way to get £1.99 meal every time you visit

A McDonald's fan has shared a 'life hack' on social media to get a burger and chips for just £1.99,a and fast-food lovers are fuming they didn't know about it sooner

Economics

91 m. ago Running saved my life after grief of losing my mother led me to dark suicidal thoughts

A man has revealed how running 'saved his life' after the grief of tragically losing his mother - prompting him to start a coaching app that is now helping people train for the London Marathon.

Events

1 hour ago Good news on NHS waiting times in Wales but thousands still wait years for treatment

There was a rise in the number of life-threatening calls made to the ambulance service

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1 hour ago Black Mirror's Siena Kelly admits 'I'm weak' as she opens up on life

Black Mirror star Siena Kelly has opened up about her decision to quit social media, saying she was "weak" and it was "not good" for her mental health

Politics

1 hour ago Ange Postecoglou drops hint on Tottenham future as he outlines summer plans

Ange Postecoglou's future is in major doubt, with Tottenham set for their lowest Premier League finish for 31 years, though the Australian is not giving up his job without a fight

Politics

2 h. ago Delusions of Paradise by Maiwand Banayee review – a compelling rejection of fundamentalism

An Afghan exile’s account of life in war-torn Kabul and a Taliban-dominated refugee camp is an unflinching study of how radicalisation takes root, and his own renunciation of itBorn in Kabul, Maiwand Banayee aspired to become a Talib when he was 16. In 1994, living in a Pakistan refugee camp, there was little to do except sleep, eat, pray and dream of the afterlife: “Islam dominated every aspect of life in Shamshatoo. Even during the volleyball and cricket games the spectators were prevented from clapping because it was seen as un-Islamic.” Banayee joined the camp’s madrasa when he was 14 in an attempt “to fit in”. The only educational opportunity open to Afghans at that time, the religious school offered structure and purpose, although “instead of teaching us to live, they were teaching us to die”.In this illuminating book, Banayee, now resident in England, describes the circumstances that led to his indoctrination, and what eventually saved him. Brutalised by conflict, his Pashtun...

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2 h. ago 'I'm going Barbie butless for my wedding – the right person will love you hole or no hole'

EXCLUSIVE: Matilda Ahdrian, 28, is strutting into her wedding with a brand-new life and a 'Barbie butt' to match after turning her health battle into a message of empowerment

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2 h. ago Voices: I’ve been bullied on the class WhatsApp – the parents are even worse than the kids

Schools are reportedly asking lawyers to draw up codes of conduct to help manage parent WhatsApp groups, but it’s not just teachers suffering abuse on them, says Caroline Brown, it’s parents like me

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2 h. ago Strictly star states 'I'm not going to go into that' as Sunday Brunch host probes him on private life

Sunday Brunch guest and Strictly Come Dancing star Nikita Kuzmin refused to talk in detail about his personal life after a question from Tim Lovejoy.

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2 h. ago Strictly's Nikita Kuzmin shuts down question about private life: 'I'm not going to go into that'

Strictly Come Dancing professional Nikita Kuzmin was a guest on Channel 4 show Sunday Brunch, but didn't want to delve further when host Tim Lovejoy asked him a personal question about his childhood.

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3 h. ago Former Real Madrid and Liverpool star reveals health scare and thanks doctors for 'saving his life'

A former Liverpool and Real Madrid star has opened up on a health battle that left him 'scared to death'. The former player suffered a pulmonary embolism.

Society

3 h. ago BBC presenter Nick Owen says cancer diagnosis was ‘worst day of my life’

Veteran presenter called the response he has received ‘breathtaking and emotional’

Science

3 h. ago Carmen Electra was homeless before unexpected link to Prince changed her life

Baywatch icon Carmen Electra has previously revealed that she was living "homeless on the streets of LA" before she met Prince, who helped her find fame back in the 90s

Politics

4 h. ago Why Erik ten Hag turned down Ollie Watkins transfer as Ruben Amorim revives Man Utd interest

Manchester United have resurrected their interest in Ollie Watkins, two years after then manager Erik ten Hag put an end to a pursuit of the Aston Villa striker

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4 h. ago Blue Road: The Edna O’Brien Story review – richly bittersweet portrait of an Irish literary great

The dizzy highs and painful lows of the late writer’s life are laid bare in Sinéad O’Shea’s moving documentaryHer raw, sexually and emotionally frank prose made her a sensation and got the Irish Catholic church hot under the cassock. She was an eloquent wit, a provocateur who could hold her own in literary circles and in the glittering party circuit of 1960s London. It’s now widely acknowledged that she was one of the greats of Irish literature. But the slightly bitter aftertaste left by this otherwise richly enjoyable documentary portrait of the writer Edna O’Brien comes from the decades of bullying and ridicule she had to endure before her talent was fully recognised.Much of it originated uncomfortably close to home: Blue Road, which features interviews with the 93-year-old O’Brien shortly before her death last year, tells of her tumultuous marriage to fellow writer Ernest Gébler, who was not a man able to graciously accept the fact that his wife’s success had eclipsed his own. Je...

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4 h. ago It’s not too late to stop Trump and the Silicon Valley broligarchy from controlling our lives, but we must act now | Carole Cadwalladr

In her final piece for the Observer, Carole Cadwalladr reveals what happened when she returned last week to give the opening speech at technology conference Ted, where she gave her first – life-changing – talk six years agoTo walk into the lion’s den once might be considered foolhardy. To do so again after being mauled by the lion? It’s what ill-advised? Reckless? Suicidal? Six years ago I gave a talk at Ted, the world’s leading technology and ideas conference. It led to a gruelling lawsuit and a series of consequences that reverberate through my life to this day.And last week I returned. To give another talk that would incorporate some of my experience: a Ted Talk about being sued for giving a Ted Talk, and how the lessons I’d learned from surviving all that were a model for surviving “broligarchy” – a concept I first wrote about in the Observer in July last year: the alignment of Silicon Valley and autocracy, and a kind of power the world has never seen before. The key point I wan...

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4 h. ago Customers call latest Costa Coffee policy ‘health and safety gone mad’

High street coffee chain has disappointed regular customers with the switch-up

Economics

5 h. ago BBC star Nick Owen reveals emotional cancer update after ‘worst day of his life’

The 77-year-old former breakfast TV host confirmed he was battling prostate cancer in August 2023 and has since been successfully treated

Politics

5 h. ago BBC legend talks 'worst day of his life' as he shares emotional health update

BBC star Nick Owen was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2023 and has since become an advocate for men getting tested for the disease, which has seen a rise in cases

Politics

6 h. ago 'Doctors thought I had a stroke during birth but the truth was even more devastating'

A mum-of-six thought she'd suffered a stroke during her 'traumatic' birth. Doctors were stumped as to why she was suffering with worrying symptoms until they discovered a rare diagnosis

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