1 hour ago JASON GROVES: As Starmer visits China, how when Theresa May was in Beijing she was told to get dressed under the bed covers so local spies couldn't film her naked

When he sits down with Xi Jinping in Beijing's Great Hall of the People this week, Sir Keir will be the first British prime minister to visit China since Theresa May exactly eight years ago.

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3 h. ago Boy, 18, dies on first holiday abroad after jumping from hotel balcony

Thomas Murphy, 18, from Barnsley, was on holiday for the first time with his girlfriend when he jumped off the balcony of his hotel room in Benidorm - and tragically died from severe injuries

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4 h. ago Watch the moment Love Island feud boils over and All Star is left raging as boy sneaks off to the terrace with rival

LOVE Island's Samie Elishi is left raging after learning new bombshell Lucinda Strafford deliberately deceived her co-stars about her feelings for Ciaran Davies. Last night, new arrival Lucinda chose to couple up with Ciaran at the recoupling, ruffling some feathers in the villa after stealing Samie's man. Samie was notably unimpressed about the choice at...

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4 h. ago Boy, 10, fighting for his life after being hit by car while crossing road on scooter as ‘drug driver’, 28, arrested

A 10-year-old boy is fighting for his life after being hit by a car while crossing the road on his scooter - as cops arrest a 28-year-old "drug driver". Paramedics rushed to the scene on Honeypot Lane in Stanmore and treated the boy there before he was taken to hospital. Police are appealing for witnesses...

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5 h. ago Girl, 16, ‘took own life after escaping hospital’ – as devastated family say ‘our hearts are broken’

A 16-YEAR-OLD girl tragically took her own life after escaping a hospital, as her heartbroken family pay tribute. Ellame Ford-Dunn, from West Sussex, was found dead after "no suitable bed could be found" for her on a mental health ward, an inquest was told. The teenager, who had a history of mental health struggles, was...

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6 h. ago Teenage girl, 16, took her own life on children's ward after 'no suitable bed could be found' on mental health unit, inquest hears

Ellame Ford-Dunn, 16, suffered a history of chronic mental health problems which manifested in self-harming and an eating disorder.

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7 h. ago Girl, 16, killed in freak SLEDDING accident while being pulled through snow by Jeep Wrangler

Elizabeth Marie Angle, 16, tragically died on Sunday in a sledding accident in Frisco, Texas. She rode on a sled with another girl while a boy, also 16, pulled them in a Jeep Wrangler on icy roads.

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7 h. ago ‘I’d get out of bed, and oh boy, there it is’: what to know about plantar fasciitis

The ligament that connects your foot bones can cause severe heel pain when inflamed. Here’s how to avoid thatRecently, I decided to go for a jog after not running at all for more than [redacted] years. I did a half-marathon a couple of presidential administrations ago, so surely it would be fine? It was! Until the next morning, when I rolled out of bed, put my feet on the floor and felt a sharp pain in my heel.Plantar fasciitis, my old nemesis.Strengthen the muscles of the feet. Silverman suggests doing toe curls (with your feet flat on a towel, grip the towel with your toes and scrunch it towards your body) or marble pickups (using your toes to pick up marbles or similar objects from the floor).Stretching. Specifically, stretching the calf muscles and the achilles tendon. Regularly stretching and massaging these areas “can help to not only assuage the inflammation, but prevent it from coming back”, says Aiyer.Increase activity levels gradually. Allow your body to get acclimated to ...

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8 h. ago Boy, 10, fights for life after being hit by 'drug driver' in north London

The driver was arrested after the young boy on a scooter was knocked down on Sunday morning

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10 h. ago Patrick Dorgu has put Ruben Amorim theory to bed after axed Man United manager's comment

Patrick Dorgu was in inspired form for Manchester United during their 3-2 victory away at Arsenal and his second-half strike oozed confidence

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12 h. ago ‘The most stressful TV experience on record’: Alex Honnold and the rise of potential death as live entertainment

Witnessing the free climber’s ascent of the Taipei 101 without ropes on Skyscraper Live was an astonishing experience. But beneath panicked viewers’ sweaty palms, there was a queasy truth about the future of televisionWell, have your balls descended back out of your body yet? Netflix’s Skyscraper Live has been and gone, and it may well qualify as the single most stressful viewing experience on record. Alex Honnold’s unassisted ascent of the 508 metre Taipei 101 was an absolutely extraordinary achievement. Whether or not it represents the future of television, though, is a completely different matter.Honnold’s work is already well-known. As the star of Free Solo – a feature documentary once again so nerve-racking that the only way to comfortably enjoy it was under the influence of industrial sphincter relaxants – he has long been the poster boy of people climbing up stuff without ropes. Continue reading...

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13 h. ago South London boy 'obsessed with Greggs' finally tries vegetables after hypnosis

South London boy 'obsessed with Greggs' finally tries vegetables after hypnosis  mylondon.news

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13 h. ago F1 legend Michael Schumacher 'no longer bed bound' in latest health update

Seven-time F1 World Champion Michael Schumacher suffered a traumatic brain injury following a skiing accident in 2013.

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13 h. ago Man dies at premier skiing resort in Austria as teenager 'flees' the scene

The 49-year-old man died at the scene of the accident on the Hirschkogel ski slope in Schmittenhöhe, Austria, on Saturday, and a 14-year-old boy is said to have fled the scene

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14 h. ago Brooklyn Beckham covered up tattoo tribute to mum Victoria six months before revealing bitter family fallout

BROOKLYN Beckham covered up his tattoo tribute to mum Victoria after bitter family fallout and ‘humiliating’ wedding dance. In his explosive statement last week, Brooklyn accused his mum Victoria of dancing “inappropriately on me” at his wedding to wife Nicola Peltz. Last June, Brooklyn got his "Mama's Boy" tattoo covered up, or seemingly heavily altered, with the...

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14 h. ago Ryanair forecasts rise in passengers as it puts Elon Musk spat to bed

Musk suggested he could buy the company in a spat over Ryanair dismissing the idea of using his Starlink internet technology to offer in-flight wifi.

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15 h. ago Michael Schumacher major health update as F1 icon 'no longer bed bound'

Michael Schumacher has not been seen in public since his skiing accident in December 2013 but a positive update on the 57-year-old F1 legend's health has emerged

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15 h. ago Love Island's Jack Fincham told by doctors 'you would have ended up dead in bed'

Former Love Island winner Jack Fincham appeared on Good Morning Britain to discuss his drink and drug addictions, revealing doctors told him his boxing training saved his life

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17 h. ago The Bed Trick by Izabella Scott review – a bizarre story of sexual duplicity

A brilliant analysis of the trial of Gayle Newland and the literary and social antecedents of ‘sex by deception’In September 2015, Gayle Newland stood trial accused of sex by deception. It was alleged that she created an online identity as a man and used this character, Kye Fortune, to lure another woman into a sexual relationship, which was consummated repeatedly with the assistance of a blindfold and a prosthetic penis. The woman believed she was having sex with Kye until one day her ring caught on his hat and she felt long hair. Tearing off her blindfold, she realised her male lover was actually her female friend. As these lurid, almost fairytale details seeped out, the case went viral. “Sex attacker who posed as man found guilty” was one of the milder headlines.The trial caught Izabella Scott’s attention because it was a real-life example of a plot device she recognised from literature. The bed trick can be found in folk stories and operas, in Chaucer and Shakespeare. Often told...

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18 h. ago ‘Eternally spellbinding’: the TV shows that baffle you – but you can’t get enough of

Crimefighting nuns, giant killer white balloons and Aubrey Plaza getting stuck in a wall here are your favourite ever mind-bending TV seriesCatterick is my favourite baffling TV show. It stars Vic and Bob and a stellar backup cast – Reece Shearsmith, Tim Healey, Mark Benton, Matt Lucas and Morwenna Banks. It starts off innocuously enough with Carl Palmer (Bob) returning to Catterick to visit his brother Chris (Vic) but quickly descends into anarchy. The extremely loose plot centres around the criminal antics of mummy’s boy Tony (Shearsmith) but there are more tangents than a geometry conference. From ripped up posters of George Clooney and haunting dance routines to Chris Rea and Foreigner, Catterick should be top of your TV destinations. Tom Whelan, South Shields Continue reading...

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