1 hour ago Pensions expert shares five tips to help boost retirement income this year

Step-by-step checklist for people set to retire in 2025 to maximise later life income

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8 h. ago Armando Iannucci opens up about what changed his life: best podcasts of the week

The Thick of It creator tells all in a revealing new podcast from actor Rebecca Front. Plus, a smash-hit history show launches a juicy spinoffLewis and The Thick of It star Rebecca Front tries to prise intimate interviews out of celebrity guests by asking about three people who’ve changed their lives. First up, her friend of 40 years Armando Iannucci talks about the person who opened a library near his Glasgow childhood home, and the founder of an NHS unit for higher risk pregnancies that led to all three of Iannucci’s kids being born. His third choice? Alan Partridge. Alexi Duggins Episodes weekly, widely available Continue reading...

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17 h. ago Dutch runner is knocked out cold in horror fall after smashing her head on the track at European Indoor Championships

DAVID COVERDALE AT APELDOORN: Maureen Koster was knocked out and wheeled away after a horror fall during the women's 3,000 metres final at the European Indoor Championships.

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19 h. ago Dutch athlete suffers horror fall and is knocked unconscious after smashing her head on the track at European Indoor Championships

DAVID COVERDALE AT APELDOORN: Maureen Koster was knocked out and wheeled away after a horror fall during the women's 3,000 metres final at the European Indoor Championships.

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20 h. ago Dutch athlete suffers horror fall and is carried off on a stretcher after smashing her head on the track at European Indoor Championships

DAVID COVERDALE AT APELDOORN: Maureen Koster was knocked out and wheeled away after a horror fall during the women's 3,000 metres final at the European Indoor Championships.

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22 h. ago George Mills wins 3,000m silver at European Indoor Championships

The 25-year-old Briton, who is the son of former England footballer Danny Mills, finished runner-up to Jakob Ingebritsen.

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27 h. ago Jeremiah Azu wants 2025 to be ‘year of my life’ after European Indoor title

Azu thanked his partner Terri, who gave birth to his son Azaire last week

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28 h. ago Welsh sprinter Jeremiah Azu wins European Indoor gold as he smashes personal best

The Cardiff sprinter clocked a personal best in the 60m and claimed gold for Great Britain

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41 h. ago Jeremiah Azu wins European Indoor gold for Britain in men’s 60m

23-year-old takes title one week after becoming father‘It’s a huge moment becoming a European champion’It took 6.49sec of staggering power and fluency for Jeremiah Azu to win the 60m European Indoor gold for Britain. And about the same time again for him to have a packed crowd in Apeldoorn eating out of his hand.For no sooner had he been asked for his thoughts on his victory, the Rotterdam-born Azu began to speak in fluent Dutch: “I am here, I am in the building!” Having been foot perfect on the track, the 23-year-old proved to be word perfect off it too. Continue reading...

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49 h. ago Daylight saving time 2025: When do the clocks go forward in the US tonight?

Some Americans may experience potential health effects when the clocks ‘spring forward’ on Sunday, March 9, 2025

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52 h. ago Go outside, ditch the phone, get humble: my top 10 Scandi life lessons after a decade in Denmark

After 12 years, we’ve said goodbye to one of the happiest countries on Earth. From friluftsliv (the joy of the open air) to janteloven (realising you’re no better than others) here’s what I’ve learnedAfter more than a decade of Danish hygge, cycling through sleet, and learning to pronounce words made up mainly of vowel sounds, my family and I have moved back to the UK. And it’s been bewildering. My Scandi adventure began as a one-year experiment when my husband’s job at Lego took us to Jutland, and I worked as a Scandinavia correspondent. But we found we loved living Danishly. We had three children – all born into a health system that to this day leaves me in awe. And I dedicated 12 years to researching what makes the ­Nordic countries so special (as well as where they fall short). I enjoyed a more straightforward existence, where once you knew the (very clear) social rules and how to play by them, life was relatively easy. But in September we head back to the UK, driven by fam...

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57 h. ago 'Women here look after each other, and look after themselves as well'

Manchester has a strong reputation for equality - but as we mark International Women's Day what does life look like as a woman living in the city in 2025?

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65 h. ago Georgia Hunter Bell misses out on 1500m gold after ear infection woe

Favourite is fourth at European Indoor ChampionshipsAgathe Guillemot wins as Hunter Bell has late slumpGeorgia Hunter Bell was such a huge favourite for 1500m gold that a £50 bet on her to win at the European Indoor Championships would have returned just one pound of profit. She was Britain’s banker. A cast-iron certainty. And then, with 100m to go, it all went horribly wobbly.At that point, the Olympic 1500m bronze medallist was leading and looked to have everything under control. But just when everyone expected her to switch on the afterburners, her legs turned into spaghetti – the result, it later transpired, of an ear infection. Continue reading...

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65 h. ago Georgia Hunter Bell misses out on 1500m gold after ear infection

Favourite is fourth at European Indoor ChampionshipsAgathe Guillemot wins as Hunter Bell has late slumpGeorgia Hunter Bell was such a huge favourite for 1500m gold that a £50 bet on her to win at the European Indoor Championships would have returned just one pound of profit. She was Britain’s banker. A cast-iron certainty. And then, with 100m to go, it all went horribly wobbly.At that point, the Olympic 1500m bronze medallist was leading and looked to have everything under control. But just when everyone expected her to switch on the afterburners, her legs turned into spaghetti – the result, it later transpired, of an ear infection. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago George Mills: ‘Jakob Ingebrigtsen is phenomenal but he has a target on his back at European Indoors’

Interview: The 25-year-old discusses his strict winter regime of rice, running and siestas in South Africa ahead of his battle with Ingebrigtsen at the European Indoor Athletics Championships in Apeldoorn this weekend

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3 d. ago ‘I’m a simple guy’: athlete George Mills, son of Danny, on his monastic regime

Runner hopeful of 3,000m medal at European IndoorsOf his plain diet, he says: ‘Flavour doesn’t make you fast’When George Mills is not pushing his body through 120-mile training weeks at his sparse altitude camp in Dullstroom, South Africa, he could teach Benedictine monks a thing or two about abstinence.Last summer, when he won a­­­ ­European Championships 1500m ­silver medal in Rome, his ­celebrations consisted of nothing but a kombucha followed by a lengthy run the next morning. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago 'Greta Thunberg of sport' Innes FitzGerald reveals motivations before senior GB debut

Innes FitzGerald, who was widely recognised for decision to skip competition in Australia two years because of climate concerns, is set to make her senior track bow for GB in this weekend's European indoor championships

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4 d. ago How repair shops are giving broken devices a new lease of life

Boom in fixing rather than throwing away items creates jobs and cuts waste, emissions and costsThere is a pause in the hubbub of conversation in the workshop and everyone watches as a young man plugs in the vacuum cleaner that just minutes earlier had been in several pieces on his workbench.As the machine whirs into life, the people in the room break out into muted cheers and clapping. There are smiles all round. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago ‘Positive, hopeful, lovely places’: how Britain’s repair shops are cutting waste and giving devices a new lease of life

Boom in fixing rather than throwing away items creates jobs and cuts waste, emissions and costsThere is a pause in the hubbub of conversation in the workshop and everyone watches as a young man plugs in the vacuum cleaner that just minutes earlier had been in several pieces on his workbench.As the machine whirs into life, the people in the room break out into muted cheers and clapping. There are smiles all round. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago I just turned 40 and my life is not what I hoped for. How can I make it better for myself? | Leading questions

It’s scary that life can disappoint us in big ways, writes advice columnist Eleanor Gordon-Smith. You can either change how you’re living, or how you feel about itRead more Leading questionsI recently turned 40 and I feel that everything is coming to an end, rather than it being the middle of my life. I spent much of my 30s caring for my elderly parents while I lived in insecure share houses. I was single for all those years, apart from a couple of brief relationships. My mother died during the pandemic and my father moved cities and is now looked after by one of my siblings. I am terrified of losing him, but he is increasingly frail each time I visit, which I’m not able to do often due to my job.I still work in a junior role despite my age and I did not manage to maintain friendships as my experience was so different from theirs. I am being bullied at work and I find it heartrending that I spend my days in an environment where this is happening, while not being able to see my fathe...

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