12 h. ago Carmen Electra was homeless before unexpected link to Prince changed her life

Baywatch icon Carmen Electra has previously revealed that she was living "homeless on the streets of LA" before she met Prince, who helped her find fame back in the 90s

Politics

13 h. ago It’s not too late to stop Trump and the Silicon Valley broligarchy from controlling our lives, but we must act now | Carole Cadwalladr

In her final piece for the Observer, Carole Cadwalladr reveals what happened when she returned last week to give the opening speech at technology conference Ted, where she gave her first – life-changing – talk six years agoTo walk into the lion’s den once might be considered foolhardy. To do so again after being mauled by the lion? It’s what ill-advised? Reckless? Suicidal? Six years ago I gave a talk at Ted, the world’s leading technology and ideas conference. It led to a gruelling lawsuit and a series of consequences that reverberate through my life to this day.And last week I returned. To give another talk that would incorporate some of my experience: a Ted Talk about being sued for giving a Ted Talk, and how the lessons I’d learned from surviving all that were a model for surviving “broligarchy” – a concept I first wrote about in the Observer in July last year: the alignment of Silicon Valley and autocracy, and a kind of power the world has never seen before. The key point I wan...

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14 h. ago Customers call latest Costa Coffee policy ‘health and safety gone mad’

High street coffee chain has disappointed regular customers with the switch-up

Economics

17 h. ago Dad's wake up call after collapsing in a supermarket next to his daughter

A health scare forced Kenny to make a huge change to his life

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37 h. ago An Israeli bomb took a teen’s arm in Gaza. She’s healing with a family in Philadelphia

Tasneem Sharif Abbas, 16, flew with her sister to the US, where doctors awaited and volunteers cheered their arrivalDozens of people across the world were in non-stop communication for several months to arrange the arrival of Tasneem Sharif Abbas to the US. Abbas’s entire life changed when a bomb dropped on her family’s home in Gaza on 31 October 2023. A piece of metal severed her arm and she blacked out as rubble fell on her. Soon after, her arm was amputated at a local Gaza hospital. “This is not a movie or a fictional story. This is the reality I have lived,” Abbas said in a statement. “This is just a glimpse of the dark days that have turned my life into a nightmare.”Last year, the 16-year-old and an accompanying guardian, her adult sister Ashjan who is not injured, evacuated to Egypt, where they spent several months aboard a medical ship. The journey to fit Abbas with a prosthetic arm began with a 24-hour-flight from Cairo to New York, where volunteers met them in the airport d...

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40 h. ago ‘Immediate red flags’: questions raised over ‘expert’ much quoted in UK press

News outlets pull articles featuring ‘psychologist and sex adviser’ Barbara Santini amid doubts over her credentialsOver the past couple of years, the Oxford-educated psychologist Barbara Santini has been widely quoted as an expert. She has contributed thoughts on everything from the psychological impact of the Covid pandemic to the importance of vitamin D and how playing darts can improve your health.However, her pronouncements have begun to disappear from articles after concerns that Santini may not be all that she appears. Major news outlets have removed entire articles featuring Santini, or comments made by her, after a series of questions were raised over her qualifications – and even whether her entire identity could be an elaborate hoax. Continue reading...

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42 h. ago Rachel Stevens’ huge life change with famous partner after divorce

Singer Rachel Stevens opens up about being thrust into the spotlight as a young adult, raising her two daughters, handling grief, and what makes her happy in her relationship

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54 h. ago Trump White House replaces Covid website with treatise on ‘lab leak’ theory

Site that once provided health information now includes criticism of Anthony Fauci, who led response to pandemicUS politics live – latest updatesThe Trump administration has replaced Covid.gov – a website that once provided Americans with access to information about free tests, vaccines, treatment and secondary conditions such as long Covid – with a treatise on the “lab leak” theory.The site includes intense criticism of Dr Anthony Fauci, who helmed national Covid policies under Donald Trump and Joe Biden, the World Health Organization (WHO) and state leadership in New York. Continue reading...

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56 h. ago Denise Welch reflects on 'best decision' of her life after ultimatum from husband

Celebrity Big Brother winner Denise Welch has recalled making the 'best decision' after the Loose Women star had a life-changing interaction with her husband Lincoln Townley

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61 h. ago Lost Records: Bloom & Rage (Tape Two) review – love, grief and self

PC, PS5, XBox; Don’t NodThe concluding half of this two-parter may be lacking in interactive challenges, but is profound, sensitively structured and emotionally resonantOne thing you realise as you get older is that memories are plastic and that the stories you tell about your life change with every recollection, depending on who you are at the time. This is one of the themes – and indeed the mechanics – of Lost Records, a narrative adventure about four teenage girls who develop an intense friendship in rural Michigan during the summer of 1995. In the first instalment, they form a band, discover an old shack in the woods to use as a clubhouse, and encounter a supernatural force emanating from a deep hole they discover nearby. But as autumn draws in and the girls plan a climactic rock gig, tragic secrets are uncovered.Cleverly, the story is told mostly in flashback, as the characters meet again, decades later, in their long-abandoned home town – they’re older, wiser and with new pers...

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64 h. ago The Apprentice has two winners as Lord Sugar makes huge investment in secret twist

The Apprentice 2022 has revealed the winner of this year's series, but it turns out there were actually two winners, who will both be taking home a life-changing investment.

Society

69 h. ago Celtic fan who spiralled into gangs, drugs and prison opens up on cycle of violence

"I want to help break the cycle and show people that you can change your life no matter how dark it has gotten.”

Events

69 h. ago 'Life changing' health app helps 'morbidly obese' mum shed almost 3 stone

After being told by a doctor she was 'morbidly obese' a mum of two managed to lose 2st 8lb in just four months after discovering Simple health app

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3 d. ago Fears of the economy tanking are now higher than they were at the height of the Covid pandemic

Dismal fund manager sentiment comes as Federal Reserve warns of increased inflation and slowing growth due to tariffs

Events

3 d. ago Gen Z amazed to discover life was very different before surprising law changes

From women being banned from having a credit card, to smoking in restaurants or on planes, the rules of life used to be very different in a way many youngsters can't even imagine

Society

3 d. ago Mum of two left 'scared to death' by her doctor after holiday has transformed her life around

She lost 2 stone 10lbs and made the lifestyle change after being warned by her doctor that she had become morbidly obese

Events

3 d. ago Escape to the Country star made one 'life changing' decision that changed everything

Escape to the Country presenter Alistair Appleton has a very different life away from his TV work.

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3 d. ago Freddie Flintoff Top Gear car crash footage shown for first time as cricket legend recalls 'everything'

The England cricket legend was left with life-changing injuries in the accident in December 2022

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3 d. ago Freddie Flintoff says 'I'm not trying to hide' after Top Gear crash left him crying 'every two minutes'

The former cricketer is delving into the life-changing incident as well as his career in a new Disney+ documentary

Events

3 d. ago She asked him about messages on his phone, then her life changed forever

“The impact has been catastrophic"

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