18 h. ago Stirling streamer prepares for 24 hour jigsaw build for mental health cause

Vicky Clifford will be sharing some of her attempt to put together a 5,000 piece puzzle in a single day on her YouTube channel and her almost 30,000 subscribers.

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47 h. ago Kate Lawler confesses she splurges £1,000 a day on holiday despite worrying about making ends meet after huge tax bill following Big Brother

The TV personality, 45, rose to fame after she won the third series of Big Brother back in 2002.

Economics

5 d. ago Why you can't drive your car to Formula 1's Dutch Grand Prix

Organizers of Formula 1's Dutch Grand Prix pride themselves on requiring almost all of the 110,000 fans expected each day of this race weekend to arrive by public transport or bicycle

Sport

6 d. ago I'm the 'old bag' 3 million Gen Zs turns to for cleaning advice on TikTok

TikTok influencer ANN RUSSELL's views on everything from cleaning to finance are a huge hit with her young fans. We meet the unlikely social-media star

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6 d. ago I tried the walking method that offers ‘10 times the benefits’ of walking 10,000 steps per day

Movement in any form can benefit your health, says senior fitness writer Harry Bullmore. But can this latest walking trend help time-poor people step up their exercise plans?

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8 d. ago £8,000 boost for Scottish communities teed up at charity golf day

Annual golf fundraiser delivers big win for community projects across Scotland

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9 d. ago The Guardian view on Nigel Farage’s mass deportation plan: Trumpism in a union jack | Editorial

Reform UK’s leader isn’t offering border control. He’s dismantling democratic constraints and replacing them with fear and authoritarian fictionNigel Farage wants you to believe Britain could deport 288,000 people annually. That’s nearly 800 a day – 30 times the current rate of asylum-related returns. This is a fantasy concealing his real aim: to destroy public trust in democratic institutions, crush legal constraints and turn fear into power. Mr Farage isn’t trying to fix the asylum system. In fact, he wants to dismantle the political framework necessary to achieve that goal: the treaties, parliamentary conventions and centuries of legal protections. In their place, a Reform government would operate by executive fiat cloaked in nationalist rhetoric.“Operation Restoring Justice” is a louder, more extreme version of Rishi Sunak’s failed 2023 strategy to detain everyone, deport everyone and process no one. This led to a backlog of unheard asylum claims, spiralling hotel costs and publ...

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1 week ago ‘People sleeping while walking’: inside Manston asylum centre in Kent

Six staff members speak of new arrivals’ exhaustion and ill-health and colleagues’ indifference to their plightWhen asylum seekers first arrive at Manston, a former military base outside Ramsgate in Kent, they are ushered from one enormous, grubby marquee to the next for a series of interviews and checks.As many as 1,000 people a day are processed at the site after crossing the Channel in small boats, and interviews continue through the night. Upon arrival in the UK, exhausted and disorientated, their phones and other belongings are taken from them and placed in distinctive blue plastic bags. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Bargain buy can pocket £338,000 pot – Jason Heavey's day two York Ebor Festival tips

A horse who cost just 6,000 guineas is tipped to bag a huge prize on day two of the Ebor meeting while a rising star can upset the favourite in the Yorkshire Oaks, says our tipster

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2 w. ago Israel to call up 50,000 reservists before planned offensive on Gaza City, says Israeli military official – Middle East crisis live

Call-up notices sent as Israeli plans to increase its offensive; Israel studies Hamas’ response to proposal for 60-day ceasefireGood afternoon, Israel will call up 50,000 reservists before a planned offensive to take Gaza City but most forces that would operate in the Gaza Strip’s largest urban centre would be active duty soldiers, an Israeli military official said on Wednesday. The call-up notices could be sent in the coming days, with reservists to report for duty in September, the military official said.“Most of the troops that will be mobilised in this new stage will be active duty and not reservists,” said the official, who spoke to reporters on condition of anonymity.Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Wednesday that he treats leaders of other countries with respect after his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu attacked him over his decision to recognise a Palestinian state. “I don’t take these things personally, I engage with people diplomatically. He has had similar t...

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2 w. ago Massive underwater volcano on brink of eruption after experiencing 2,000 earthquakes in a single day

A scientist studying a massive underwater volcano has warned that the next major eruption is coming sooner than expected.

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2 w. ago Air Canada flight attendants’ strike ruled illegal by industrial board

Arbitrator orders 10,000 striking staff back to work after government intervenes – unconstitutionally union saysCanada’s industrial relations board has declared a strike by 10,000 flight attendants illegal and ordered them back to work as the federal government seeks to end a bitter contract dispute that has halted hundreds of summer flights and stranded travellers around the world.Flight attendants with Air Canada went on strike on Saturday after months of failed negotiations with Canada’s flagship carrier over wages. Ahead of the work stoppage, Air Canada warned that a shutdown could affect 130,000 people a day. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Major flight disruption to continue as union refuses to go back to work

The shut down is hitting 130,000 passengers and 700 flights every day

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2 w. ago Wayne Rooney clocks in for first Match of the Day shift after Man United and England legend landed '£800,000' BBC deal to become regular on the show

The former Manchester United and England captain is believed to have signed a lucrative deal worth around £800,000 a year to join the iconic football highlights programme.

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2 w. ago Aston Villa handed BIZARRE £125,000 fine by the Premier League on the first day of the season

Aston Villa have been hit with with a hefty fine on the opening day of the Premier League season after breaching a rule five times during the 2024-25 campaign.

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3 w. ago Airline says all flights will be 'paused' with delays for a week

The shut-down will hit 130,000 passengers a day

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3 w. ago David Stratton, esteemed Australian film critic, dies aged 85

The international cinema expert was beloved for his film reviews, particularly on television with Margaret PomeranzDavid Stratton’s closing credits: ‘I’ve done the best I could’David Stratton, the revered Australian film critic and beloved co-host of television programs The Movie Show and At The Movies with fellow critic Margaret Pomeranz, has died aged 85.Born in the English town of Trowbridge in 1939, Stratton was sent to live with his grandmother in Hampshire during the second world war. An avid filmgoer, she took Stratton to the cinema almost every day, which changed his life. In the 2017 documentary David Stratton: A Cinematic Life, Stratton said he watched “at least one” film he hadn’t seen every day, and had seen more than 25,000 films in his life. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Chillest show at Edinburgh Fringe? Try the Channel sound bath

Walking 20,000 plus steps every day, in back-to back shows and struggling to make sense of it all? Dutch Kills Theater's 'Channel' may just be the chillest show at the fringe to calm you right down and give you an energy boost.

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3 w. ago Hannah barely drank and walked 10,000 steps a day. But she turned out to have a near

When Hannah Fewtrell found herself, at the age of 49, constantly exhausted with low mood - shadows etched beneath her eyes, no matter how much she slept - she put it down to the menopause.

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3 w. ago Spain’s economy is the envy of Europe, but the plight of its strawberry pickers tells another story | Tone Sutterud

Its migrant-powered GDP growth is lauded. If only the people who pick its fruit could be treated with dignity and respectI used to enjoy being able to buy strawberries in the supermarket in winter. But that was before I saw first-hand where most of the UK’s imported berries come from. The working conditions of migrant farm workers in southern Spain were something I never thought I would see in a European country. While others flounder, the Spanish economy is booming, in large part thanks to unusually high migration levels – but too many of the people propping it up are being treated disgracefully.At the end of Huelva’s berry-growing season in April, I sat having lunch at a roadside restaurant in town, as an endless stream of trailers with fruit logos on the side thundered past. At peak times, 2,000 of these lorries leave Huelva every day, laden with berries destined for the European market. More than 60% of the strawberries British people eat in winter were grown in the polytunnels ...

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