42 m. ago Gemma Collins slams 'skinny people' for taking weight loss jabs in sad confession

EXCLUSIVE: The Only Way Is Essex legend Gemma Collins has opened up about her life-changing weight loss injections - but has called out 'skinny people' for taking the drugs off those who really need it

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2 h. ago I quit city life for Cornwall and DON'T regret it! Here's why people moaning about tourists and lack of oat milk and nearby Zaras are wrong

We moved to Cornwall at the end of October, and while relocating to an entirely different part of the country hasn't been without its challenges, I don't have a single regret, writes ELLEN MANNING.

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21 h. ago Death row inmate's last meal caused so much fury prisoners now can't pick final food

Lawrence Brewer was executed in 2011 for kidnapping and killing James Byrd Jr, but not before he ordered a whopper of a final meal including two chicken steaks, a cheeseburger and a pound of ice cream

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43 h. ago Daughter, 19, bludgeoned mum to death with frying pan to keep huge secret

Brenda Powell had spent her life helping young people and was a devoted wife and mother. But her 19-year-old daughter Sydney was keeping a huge secret from her

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46 h. ago I'm a hospice chef and most people at the end of their life have the same final meal request

People nearing the end of their lives in hospice often request the same nostalgic food for their last meal, a hospice chef has revealed.

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49 h. ago AD FEATURE: The Adventure Gap: The Rise of the Boomerang Adventurer

The rise of golden years adventure has prompted new offerings within Post Office life insurance cover to ensure people have their future planned as well as their present

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60 h. ago Nicola Peltz shares gratitude over 'beautiful people' in her life amid Beckhams rift

Nicola Peltz - who has been at the centre of speculation about the alleged Beckham family rift - paid tribute to three people in her life in a post on social media amid the rumours

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3 d. ago Netflix star suffers 'mangled' injury that left him needing surgery

Skins star Sebastian de Souza - who has also appeared in shows like Normal People and more recently the Netflix film the Life List - has shared that he needed surgery last month

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3 d. ago Rose West moved jails after 'most dangerous female killer' plotted her murder

Joanna Dennehy is considered one of the most dangerous prisoners in the UK - and she is one of only a handful of women who are serving a whole life order after murdering three people and injuring two others

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3 d. ago BBC staff in London say their families are being ‘terrorised and punished’ by Iranian regime

BBC says ‘sharp and deeply troubling escalation’ this year of Iran targeting families of UK-based BBC Persian journalistsBBC staff in London say their families are being “targeted and punished” by the Iranian regime as it intensifies a campaign of intimidation against journalists and media outlets.There have been more than 20 “threat-to-life” incidents against people in the UK by Iran in recent years, according to the Metropolitan police counter-terrorism commander. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Conversations with strangers: inviting people to join my daily walk has made my life fuller | Jacqueline Asiimwe

From Kampala to Bangkok, I’ve walked with young and old, students and politicians, artists and ambassadors. Everyone has a story to tellIn the Uganda of the 1980s, my family lived in Kampala. We did not own a car, so walking was part of daily life: to school, to church, to the market, to the hospital and to visit relatives.As the eldest child, I often accompanied my mother to Owino market. We would walk there from our neighbourhood, Namirembe, and I’d trail behind her with a basket balanced on my head, collecting the week’s groceries. Those early walks were not just about errands – they were quiet rituals of bonding, observation and endurance. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago ‘Our fantasy of love has to do with need and dependency’: Melissa Febos on her year of celibacy

Febos’ life flourished while taking a year off sex and dating. In a new memoir, The Dry Season, the author explores the strong hold romance had on herWhen Melissa Febos decided to be celibate for a year – after what she describes as a “ravaging vortex of a relationship” and “five other brief entanglements” – she felt “pretty self-conscious and kind of weird”. But other people’s reactions surprised her.“I thought people were going to laugh at me or be like, that sounds boring, but so many people would lean in and either get this eager look on their face or this sort of dreadful look on their face, and they would say, ‘Oh, I think I should probably do that too,’” she says.
“I had no idea how many people had been in relationships for their whole adult life.” Continue reading...

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4 d. ago 6 things you need to know about Alzheimer’s – as drug trials bring new hope

The new review of Alzheimer’s disease in clinical trials in 2025 found 182 clinical trials assessing the impact of 138 drugs.

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4 d. ago ‘British feminism needs reshaping’: Kate Nash on her new single about trans rights

The British pop musician questions the gender-critical movement in her new song Germ, and argues that cis women need to stand up for the trans communityIn Kate Nash’s new single, released last week, the 37-year-old musician and actor has coined a new acronym, Germ: “girl, exclusionary, regressive, misogynist”. In the lyrics, she states: “You’re not radical You’re not rad at all,” and that “using feminism to erase the rights of others and endanger them is inherently un-feminist”. It arose from Nash seeing “trans-exclusionary radical feminist” – the contentious term “terf” – as something of a misnomer. Those who espouse gender-critical views are, in her opinion, neither radical nor feminist.The song was written in response to last month’s supreme court ruling that the legal definition of “woman” ought to be based on biological sex (a judgement that doctors at the British Medical Association have called “scientifically illiterate”). “I have a lot of trans people in my life that I care ...

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5 d. ago ‘Nobody wants a robot to read them a story!’ The creatives and academics rejecting AI – at work and at home

Is artificial intelligence coming for everyone’s jobs? Not if this lot have anything to do with itThe novelist Ewan Morrison was alarmed, though amused, to discover he had written a book called Nine Inches Pleases a Lady. Intrigued by the limits of generative artificial intelligence (AI), he had asked ChatGPT to give him the names of the 12 novels he had written. “I’ve only written nine,” he says. “Always eager to please, it decided to invent three.” The “nine inches” from the fake title it hallucinated was stolen from a filthy Robert Burns poem. “I just distrust these systems when it comes to truth,” says Morrison. He is yet to write Nine Inches – “or its sequel, Eighteen Inches”, he laughs. His actual latest book, For Emma, imagining AI brain-implant chips, is about the human costs of technology.Morrison keeps an eye on the machines, such as OpenAI’s ChatGPT, and their capabilities, but he refuses to use them in his own life and work. He is one of a growing number of people who ar...

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5 d. ago Former Charles Manson cult member recommended for parole after governor blocked her release from prison two years ago

Patricia Krenwinkel, 77, is serving multiple life sentences for role in the brutal killings of seven people during the ‘Manson Family’ murder spree in 1969

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5 d. ago 'People mistake boyfriend for my dad – they can't get over our age gap'

A woman revealed her partner is often mistaken for her dad due to their unconventional age gap – however, they are happy and believe that age is just a number

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5 d. ago People born before specific year will get two extra DWP benefits worth £1,362 a month

The two benefits are aimed at providing extra financial support to older people who have a disability, long-term illness, or physical or mental health conditions

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5 d. ago The Polar Academy named as Carlowrie Castle’s 2025 Isobel Award winner

Last Friday, the team behind Carlowrie Castle presented the seventh annual Isobel Award to local charity, The Polar Academy, in recognition of their life-changing expeditions to the Arctic for young people.

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6 d. ago I know why so many young people are quitting depressing Britain for Dubai

Ela Reeves, 25, from Essex, was struggling with a series of health conditions prior to the move, including chronic fatigue, sore joints and acne.

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