66 m. ago Having a child has been both the most transformative and mundane experience of my life | Rebecca Varcoe

Parenthood has opened the door to a new kind of love – one not necessarily more sacred or pure than the love for my friends, parents and husbandGet our weekend culture and lifestyle emailTwo years ago I fell pregnant and within five weeks I was diagnosed with hyperemesis gravidarum, a medical condition that causes extreme nausea and vomiting. It lasted my entire pregnancy and that year was (almost) the worst of my life. Now, I keep being told the relief of no longer being sick is the main reason I enjoyed the first year of my child’s life so much.Shortly after my baby was born, I started seeing social media content about Charli xcx’s song “I think about it all the time” and its articulation of the apprehension many women have about becoming mothers. I have recently started back at work and miss my child terribly. It’s the unhappiest I have been since she was born, around the same time Chappell Roan said none of her friends with children were happy.Sign up for the fun stuff with our ...

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68 m. ago Two people taken to hospital following crash on major Dumfries and Galloway road

The A701 was closed for five hours on Wednesday night following the accident just outside Amisfield.

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70 m. ago How the war in Ukraine reduced Putin’s ‘Victory Day’ military parade to a shadow of its former self

In both 2023 and 2024, there was only one tank on display, a Soviet-era T-34

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2 h. ago Man who 'had best day of his life' dies in hotel room just hours later

'It will stay with us forever seeing how happy he was that night'

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3 h. ago Bodybuilder was 'on date with secret lover hours after he killed wife' with mum's help

Luiz Garnica was accused of using rat poison to kill his wife Larissa Rodrigues - with help from his elderly mum - and allegedly went on a date with his mistress the night his wife died

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3 h. ago MIKEY SMITH: 7 unhinged things Donald Trump did in 24 hours as he teases more about trade deal

At last, after months of wrangling and, some would argue, being nicer than we strictly speaking wanted to be to the US administration, there's enough of a deal on the table for the President to post on Truth Social about it

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3 h. ago Heathrow power outage: How airport chaos unfolded as cause remains ‘unknown’

Exclusive: The definitive sequence of events behind a shutdown that had devastating emotional and economic consequences

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3 h. ago Hackney Marshes football clubs slam 'extortionate' parking charge plan at famous grassroots pitches

Hackney council to charge up to £5.70 an hour to park at the marshes where David Beckham and John Terry learned to play

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"I love these trousers. I wore them for travelling in. they are so comfortable and look great after an eight hour flight"

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4 h. ago Ronnie O'Sullivan reply said it all after Stephen Hendry shut down Kyren Wilson claim

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4 h. ago Glasgow taxi firm 'firebombed' in latest attack linked to gangland turf war

Deuce Private Hire in Stepps was torched in the early hours of Thursday morning.

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4 h. ago Spain hit by more blackouts as 'tens of thousands' left without power in Canary Islands a week after nationwide outages

Local media reported that thousands of locals and holidaymakers across the island were left without power for nearly two hours after a blackout occurred at around 10am local time.

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4 h. ago Charity director who claimed 'menopause madness' caused her poor performance at work loses disability discrimination claim

Deborah Sangster blamed failures to hand in reports and attend meetings on symptoms causing 'low mood, irritability and night sweats', a south London tribunal heard.

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4 h. ago Jeremy Clarkson replaces Kaleb Cooper in Clarkson’s Farm season four trailer

In the series Cooper will embark on a nationwide tour before returning to his role as farm manager.

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4 h. ago Can your cheating partner ever change? Married at First Sight's Paul Brunson reveals the truth...

Paul C Brunson helps the people delve into the emotional turmoil caused by cheating in an attempt to assuage the pain, confront the truth and rebuild trust in his new Netflix show.

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5 h. ago Pakistan and India trade accusations of drone attacks as conflict escalates

Pakistani military official accuses Delhi of ‘another blatant act of aggression’ a day after Indian strikes killed dozensPakistan and India accused each other of overnight drone and missile attacks, with Delhi claiming to have thwarted strikes on more than a dozen cities and Islamabad claiming to have shot down 25 Indian drones.The allegations levelled on both sides marked a stark escalation of the conflict between the two nuclear-armed nations, after Indian missile strikes on Pakistan in the early hours of Wednesday killed 31 people. Continue reading...

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5 h. ago Deadly April rainfall in US South and Midwest was intensified by climate change, scientists say

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5 h. ago Elon Musk's Tesla destroyed by Brit WW2 veteran in a Sherman tank to mark VE day

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6 h. ago Putin's propagandists call UK 'a nation of freaks' and warn Brits 'to leave the country within 24 hours or be sunk under a nuclear tidal wave' in disturbing WW3 threat

Vladimir Putin ordered his TV propagandists to threaten 'nation of freaks' Britain with 24 hours notice to leave - or be sunk under a nuclear tidal wave.

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