5 h. ago Walking felt impossible when I was obese but I lost 4st without fat jabs after years of failed diets – here’s my top tip

AFTER years of trying to slim down, a mother has opened up on losing over four stone without fat jabs. There was no Mounjaro or Ozempic in sight for Rachael Sacerdoti, 46, and instead, she credits a super simple tip that changed everything. The brunette explained that after years of failed diets, she has now...

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7 h. ago Lizzo slams bodyshamers over vile 'fat joke' after losing about 60lbs

On Thursday the singer took to Instagram to slam bodyshamers who have made a cruel joke about her shape even though she has lost a lot of weight recently.

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10 h. ago Netflix star speaks out on brain damage and says 'I lost six months of my life'

The star of Netflix Christmas hit A Merry Little Ex-Mas has opened up about his brain injury

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11 h. ago No ‘fire drill’ at TNT after painful loss of Champions League and England rugby | Matt Hughes

Broadcaster ‘absolutely gutted’ to be gazumped by Paramount but walked away from international rugby as it seeks to balance the booksIt has been a tough couple of weeks for TNT Sports, with the loss of three days of Ashes cricket due to England’s two-day defeat in Perth following on from some bruising rights negotiations.On the eve of the first Test, the Guardian revealed TNT had lost UK rights to the Champions League to Paramount+, with Sky Sports picking up the decent consolation prize of Europa League rights, while this week it emerged that TNT has also lost the rights to international rugby union with ITV having paid £80m for the inaugural Nations Championship. Continue reading...

Sport

12 h. ago ITV viewers fume at 2026 Christmas television schedule and say 'magic has gone'

ITV's Christmas Day TV schedule has sparked backlash from viewers, calling the lineup 'abysmal' and claiming Christmas TV has 'lost its magic' saying there's a lack of festive fun

Culture

12 h. ago F1 2026 grid confirmed: Who is driving for Red Bull and who has lost their seat

The Formula One line-ups for the 2026 season have been confirmed with some big changes made including a new Red Bull driver alongside Max Verstappen

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13 h. ago ITV Christmas TV schedule branded 'abysmal' as viewers say it's 'lost its magic'

Christmas TV used to be all the rage, packed with festive cartoons and Christmas movies galore. But after seeing ITV's offering this year, some have been left confused

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15 h. ago Woman who moved back from London shares challenges of restarting career in India: 'Feeling lost' | Trending

Woman who moved back from London shares challenges of restarting career in India: 'Feeling lost' | Trending  Hindustan Times

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18 h. ago Watch Simon Cowell’s TV search for a new boyband – and see how our world has changed | Emma Brockes

Twenty years on, the social media-savvy contestants will have greater power. His brutal approach to judging them will have to change, tooThere is a moment in the trailer for Simon Cowell’s new Netflix show, The Next Act, that is almost touching in its adherence to the way things once were. Cowell, who we see on a variety of beige sofas primly clutching his knees, talks about how to curate a new boyband, 20 years after the launch of his first TV talent show. “There is a huge risk here,” he says, heavy with drama. “If this goes wrong, it will be: ‘Simon Cowell has lost it.’” In fact, as anyone who has an eye on dwindling audience figures for his existing shows knows, for the vast majority of 18- to 24-year-olds – or even for younger millennials – the more likely response will be, “Simon who?”Which doesn’t mean that a new generation of viewers can’t be lured in by Cowell’s expertise. The question of whether 66-year-old Cowell can tweak a dusty and decades-old model has less to do with ...

Culture

18 h. ago Dad suffers horror death after being impaled by his own plane in freak accident

Roger Wallace, 60, was flying the 5ft-wide model plane at the Pima County Fairgrounds in Tuscon, Arizona when he lost sight of it in the sunlight - resulting in the "freakiest of freak accidents"

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18 h. ago Dad suffers horror death after being impaled by model plane in freak accident

Roger Wallace, 60, was killed after being struck by his own model plane in a freak accident at Pima County Fairgrounds in Arizona. The father-of-two lost sight of the 5ft-wide radio-controlled plane in the sunlight before it hit his chest.

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20 h. ago Thursday news quiz: final curtain calls and fiendish questions

25 questions on notable pop culture, sporting and public figures we lost this year. How will you fare?Something a little different this week. As the year draws to a close, the Thursday quiz pauses to pay tribute to some of the notable pop culture, sporting and public figures we lost over the past 12 months, with the annual in memoriam edition. No prizes, except the chance to remember the joy they (mostly) gave us – via the medium of trying to recall obscure trivia about them. Let us know how you get on in the comments. Allons-y!The Thursday news quiz, No 226 – annual in memoriam edition Continue reading...

Politics

21 h. ago The snail farm don: is this the most brazen tax avoidance scheme of all time?

Terry Ball – renowned shoe salesman, friend to former mafiosi – has vowed to spend his remaining years finding ways to cheat authorities he feels have cheated him. His greatest ruse? A tax-dodging snail empireIt is a drizzly October afternoon and I am sitting in a rural Lancashire pub drinking pints of Moretti with London’s leading snail farmer and a convicted member of the Naples mafia. We’re discussing the best way to stop a mollusc orgy.The farmer, a 79-year-old former shoe salesman called Terry Ball who has made and lost multiple fortunes, has been cheerfully telling me in great detail for several hours about how he was inspired by former Conservative minister Michael Gove to use snails to cheat local councils out of tens of millions of pounds in taxes. Continue reading...

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25 h. ago PETER HITCHENS: Bundles of banknotes under beds and golden lavatories in their bathrooms... the truth about 'saintly' Ukraine is now clear for all to see. The myth has been exposed

Ukraine has lost its halo, as corruption charges swirl like an evil-smelling fog around its political elite.

Economics

26 h. ago UK farmers lose £800m after heat and drought cause one of worst harvests on record

Many now concerned about ability to make living in fast-changing climate after one of worst grain harvests recordedRecord heat and drought cost Britain’s arable farmers more than £800m in lost production in 2025 in one of the worst harvests recorded, analysis has estimated.Three of the five worst harvests on record have now occurred since 2020, leaving some farmers asking whether the growing impacts of the climate crisis are making it too financially risky to sow their crops. Farmers are already facing heavy financial pressure as the costs of fertilisers and other inputs have risen faster than prices. Continue reading...

Society

28 h. ago Mystery deepens as elderly couple is found dead in rural New Mexico five days after leaving Texas Thanksgiving dinner

Charles and Lori Lightfoot were in their early 80s and did not own cellphones. They may have gotten tragically lost as they were found hundreds of miles from home

Events

29 h. ago Dominic Raab asked Harry Dunn's family 'what else he could have done' after crash suspect was allowed to leave Britain

Mr Dunn, 19, was struck head-on by Anne Sacoolas whose car was on the wrong side of the road near RAF Croughton, Northamptonshire on August 27, 2019, while riding on his motorbike.

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31 h. ago Longest US government shutdown cost Delta Air Lines $200 million

Delta Air Lines estimates that it lost $200 million due to the longest government shutdown on record

Economics

31 h. ago US private employers unexpectedly shed 32,000 jobs in November in biggest drop since 2023

Small establishments lost 120,000 jobs last month, which economists attributed to tariffs on imports that have raised costs for businesses

Society

33 h. ago JENNI MURRAY: After one year on Mounjaro, I have lost six stone but I can barely walk. Instead I am reduced to crawling on my hands and knees. I never saw this devastating side

It was at the beginning of October that I began to complain to friends and family about a strange and rather scary feeling in my feet.

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