9 h. ago Archaeologists perplexed to find Bronze Age burial of ritually sacrificed teens

Region’s early society likely switched often between egalitarian and hierarchical rule, study hints

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24 h. ago Yankees hold moment of silence for Brett Gardner's late son Miller amid probe into teen's tragic death

Miller, 14, was found dead in his hotel room while on vacation with dad Brett and the rest of the Gardner family in Costa Rica last week.

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37 h. ago Study finds the age at which human brain starts ageing faster

Findings may lead to new interventions against Alzheimer’s like supplements to slow brain ageing

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53 h. ago Yoga teacher found dead after going on blind date as dad issues chilling warning

The body of Marcus Freiberger, 45, was found at a quarry in Phoenix, Arizona nearly a month after he disappeared in a case that his dad believes has 'foul play' involved

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69 h. ago Bournemouth dad who went missing four months ago may be body found dead in pond

Richard Bentley, 55, was reported missing in November last year and now police believe a body found in a pond could be his - an investigation into the 'unexplained' death is underway

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3 d. ago 'These Skechers saved my feet from aching after long shifts working in hospitality'

Shopping Writer Meghan worked in a restaurant for seven years, and it took her ages to find a decent pair of shoes that wouldn't leave me with blisters or pains at the end of a long night, but these Skechers were 'a gamechanger'

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3 d. ago Jade Goody's rough childhood from rolling mum's cannabis joints aged five to finding dad dead in KFC

Jade Goody's childhood was far from easy as she was forced to grow up very quickly from rolling mum Jackiey Budden's cannabis joints at just five-years-old to witnessing her dad's drug addiction.

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5 d. ago Sushant Singh Rajput: Investigators close case on actor’s suicide that shocked India

After four years, India's top investigative agency finds no evidence of his partner Rhea Chakraborty’s criminal involvement in the actor’s death

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1 week ago Russia using criminal networks to drive increase in sabotage acts, says Europol

Proxies deploying tactics including migrant smuggling in destabilisation efforts across EU, enforcement agency findsEurope live – latest updatesRussia and other state actors are driving an increase in politically motivated cyber-attacks and sabotage of infrastructure and public institutions in the EU, the bloc’s police enforcement agency has found.Europol’s 80-page serious and organised crime threat assessment for 2025 also describes in detail how “hybrid threat” actors have established a “shadow alliance” with organised criminal gangs in Europe to try to destabilise the functioning of the EU and its member states. Continue reading...

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1 week ago The countries with the longest and shortest life expectancies for retired expats revealed

The research, from expat insurance company William Russell, looks at people's average life expectancy from the age of 60 onwards. Find out which country tops the list...

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2 w. ago Dope Thief review – this crime caper’s hilarious moments are like Brooklyn Nine

Apple TV+’s mesmerising, funny tale of low-level criminals stealing drugs while posing as DEA agents is fast, furious – and stars Brian Tyree Henry on heartbreakingly wonderful formContrary to popular belief, a man’s reach should ideally not exceed his grasp. All hell tends to break loose if it does. Never more so, it turns out, than if a pair of low-level criminals find a semi-lucrative groove posing as DEA agents to fake-bust other small-time drug dealers and relieve them of their cash without real police ever getting involved.Such is the hustle of Ray Driscoll (Atlanta’s Brian Tyree Henry) and Manny Carvalho (Narcos’ Wagner Moura): best friends since they met as young men in prison, addicts at different stages of recovery, and now partners in crime moving through the minor crack dens of Philadelphia. The opening set piece is so funny (“Did you just pause the game?” Ray asks incredulously as the armed pair burst into a dealer’s house screaming at the computer-playing addicts to ge...

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2 w. ago SFA and SPFL plot youth pathway shake up with another year of development football on offer

A new under-19 age group could be on offer to find the next Lennon Miller or James Wilson

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2 w. ago White House pressures Columbia University as it seeks to deport pro

The White House complained that Columbia University is refusing to help federal agents find people being sought as part of the government’s effort to deport participants in pro-Palestinian demonstrations

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2 w. ago Widening age limits on dating apps could be key to finding THE one

Is age really just a number – and could being too strict about it be holding you back from meeting your perfect partner? Helen Coffey digs into the data to find out whether age gaps have gone from taboo to the new normal

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3 w. ago Age and migration influence bird groups’ song repertoires, study finds

Researchers used 20,000 hours of recordings of great tits in Oxford to see how culture changes among populationsWhich songs birds sing can – as with human music – be influenced by age, social interactions and migration, researchers have found.Not all birds learn songs, but among those that do, individuals, neighbourhoods and populations can produce different collections of tunes, akin to different music albums. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Twiggy fans are just finding out who gave her iconic stage name at the age of 15

Twiggy, whose real name is Dame Lesley Lawson, was a prominent teenage model during the swinging '60s in London. But is seems like some people are only just finding out how she got her stage name – and who gave it to her

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3 w. ago 'Trainspotting' dad of blowtorch killer found dead in prison was '80s gang leader'

Ian 'Bronco' MacLeod, the father of the sick blowtorch killer who died while in prison, is understood to have inspired the crazed 'Begbie' character from Trainspotting

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3 w. ago Mental health crisis ‘means youth is no longer one of happiest times of life’

UN-commissioned study in UK, US, Ireland, Australia, Canada and New Zealand finds satisfaction rises with ageFor more than half a century, the midlife crisis has been a feature of western society. Fast cars, impulsive decisions, and peak misery between the age of 40 and 50. But all that is changing, according to experts.In a new paper commissioned by the UN, the leading academics Jean Twenge and David Blanchflower warn that a burgeoning youth mental health crisis in six English-speaking countries worldwide is upending the traditional pattern of happiness across our lifetimes. Continue reading...

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last month Elon Musk called Trump a ‘f***ing moron’ when the pair met at the White House during his first term: report

Trump has tasked Musk with finding ‘waste, fraud and abuse’ within federal government and agencies despite not being an official member of the administration

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