23 h. ago I'm 37 and still single. After a series of cheaters and ghosters I was hopeful of finding Mr Right

Tina writes: Everyone keeps saying: 'You'll meet someone when you least expect it.' But I am expecting it - I've been expecting it for years! I'm on all the apps and it's exhausting.

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3 d. ago Africa’s children: 20 years on, what happened to the millennium babies?

In 2005, the Guardian documented the births of 10 babies as a way to tell the story of millions across the continent. We caught up with three of them, finding hardship – and hopeTwenty years ago, the Guardian featured 10 newborn babies in countries across Africa, describing their births, their families and the environments they had been born into. We followed these babies at five-year intervals up to 2015 – the date the United Nations had set for achieving the millennium development goals – as a way to tell stories that might be those of millions of others across the continent as they worked to provide the best chance for their children.Although some progress was made, the millennium development goals were not met by 2015 and that year UN member states adopted a new approach – the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development with 17 goals for ending poverty and inequality, while also tackling the climate crisis. With five years to go, only 18% of those goals are on track to be met. Conti...

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3 d. ago Manchester Pride goes into voluntary liquidation as future of LGBTQ+ event hangs in the balance

'We had hoped to be able to find a way to continue'

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5 d. ago Starting HRT years before menopause could cut health risks for women – study

Researchers said further studies were needed but they hoped the findings can ‘start a larger conversation about prevention in women’s health’.

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1 week ago Sick twist emerges after Gus Lamont, 4, vanished without a trace from grandparents

As the search for little Gus Lamont resumes and his devoted grandparents hold out hope of finding him, police and other experts have warned against spreading harmful misinformation online

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1 week ago Keira Knightley says she was ‘not aware’ of JK Rowling boycott calls before joining Harry Potter audiobooks

Actor, who voices Dolores Umbridge in the new full-cast recordings, says she hopes ‘we can all find respect’ amid renewed controversy over Rowling’s views on trans rightsKeira Knightley said that she was “not aware” of demands to boycott JK Rowling prior to joining the cast of the new audiobook versions of the Harry Potter series.Knightley was speaking to Decider to promote her new Netflix movie The Woman in Cabin 10 (in which she plays a Guardian reporter), and was asked if she knew that “some fans are calling for a Harry Potter boycott”. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Who was the 'Modern day Jack the Ripper' as hopes of finding victims die with him

Derek Brown, 64, was sentenced to a minimum term of 30 years in 2008 after he was found guilty of murder - his crimes mirrored the original Ripper in their location and the choice of victims

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2 w. ago The West Bank's dwindling Palestinian Christian communities, in photos

Christians who are proudly Palestinian and live in the occupied West Bank continue to find hope in Sunday worship as they wish for independence and peace in the Holy Land, even as they struggle with growing violence from Israeli settlers, restrictions on daily life imposed by Israel and fears of growing Islamist radicalization. The village of Taybeh is entirely Christian — Catholics of the Roman and Greek Melkite rites and Greek Orthodox.

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2 w. ago Creatures buried in soil for over a century burst back to life in Toronto waterfront

A project to restore coastal wetland leads to astonishing discoveries of a host of life: seeds and plant scraps, as well as water fleas, worms, larvae and planktonWhen Shelby Riskin was handed disk-shaped samples of century-old soil from Toronto’s waterfront, the ecosystem ecologist was hopeful she might find trace evidence of plants – cattails, bulrushes, water lilies and irises – that had once populated a long-destroyed wetland.But when she and a graduate student peered through a microscope, they watched in astonishment as a brown wormlike creature greedily munching through green clumps of algae as if more than 130 years hadn’t passed since its last meal. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Kate McCann's life after losing Madeleine from marriage and work to heartfelt rule

Madeleine McCann's parents Kate and Gerry have never given up hope of finding their daughter and continue to mark her birthday each year.

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2 w. ago Jesper Karlsson hopeful of Aberdeen catalyst as dazzling Swede finds his groove in Dundee demolition

The new Pittodrie hero hit a double against Dundee to hand the Dons their first Premiership win.

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3 w. ago Signs of life? Why Saturn moon offers hope of finding ET in Earth’s back yard

Discovery of wide array of carbon-based substances on Enceladus shows solar system is fertile hunting groundFrom tentative evidence of habitable planets to the eyebrow-raising suggestion an interstellar comet might not be what it seems, the possibility of life beyond our solar system has long tantalised scientists and the public alike. But experts say ET is more likely to be found if we search in our own back yard.The prospect was revitalised on Wednesday when scientists announced the likelihood has risen that Saturn’s sixth largest moon may be habitable after a study found Enceladus is spewing out a wider array of carbon-based substances than previously known. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Meet the Married At First Sight UK newcomers including bodybuilding champ

Channel 4 has announced six new singles are set to join the ongoing series.

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3 w. ago Married at First Sight UK adds six new singles as series heats up

Married at First Sight UK will see six new contestants enter the matchmaking competition next week, here's all you need to know about the hopeful singles

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3 w. ago First photo emerges of boy who vanished without a trace in Australian outback

Police have declared that the search for a four-year-old boy missing in the South Australian outback is now in the 'recovery phase,' as rescuers hold little hope of finding him alive.

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3 w. ago Ryder Cup 2025: Guardian writers select their standout moments

From Shane Lowry’s victory jig to the emergence of a new US star, our team’s picks from an electrifying weekend Player of the tournament Viktor Hovland. Well, that was a significant half point on day three No, seriously, the award belongs to Tommy Fleetwood. Singles defeat should not mask his overall performance. Surely a major winner in waiting. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago MAFS UK groom breaks down in tears as he reveals heartbreaking regret after his dad’s death

A MARRIED At First Sight UK groom is seen breaking down in tears as he reveals his huge regret amid his father's passing. The Sun can exclusively reveal the emotional scenes, soon to be aired on the E4 series, which see the singleton open up on his "very tough" childhood. Scot Paul is a dad...

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