2 h. ago I put the Married at First Sight ‘experiment’ to the test. The results are stark | Gideon Meyerowitz

I’ve become addicted to the show. But as a scientist I wonder: how many couples actually stay together?It has finally happened. After a decade of avoiding the show, my wife and I decided that we would try out the new season of Married at First Sight. We consume quite a bit of reality TV, so it’s not that we avoided it precisely, but something about the idea of watching people struggle to build a healthy relationship amid a storm of cameras and manufactured drama just never drew us in. At least until we watched Married at First Sight and realised it was actually kind of fun.Relationship drama makes for addictive viewing. But after watching most of a season of weird “marriages”, screaming matches and couch quizzes accompanied by deep and meaningful music, one part of the show has struck me as really weird. Everyone keeps referring to the saga as an “experiment”. From the narrator to the experts who counsel the hapless couples on their relationship dramas, the entire show seems to be c...

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2 h. ago As White Lotus stars post happy snaps from behind the scenes, one hints at trouble in paradise

Seven months spent together at the luxury Four Seasons Hotel on Koh Samui forged the stars of the edgy drama into a tight-knit group of friends.

Events

3 h. ago Love chewing gum? One piece could expose you to 250,000 microplastics

The long-term impacts of microplastics and nanoplastics on the human body are unknown

Politics

4 h. ago Moment woman on Grand Designs breaks down as she realises that she may need to sell her beloved pet to pay for her 'wild' £900,000 building project

In the latest episode of Grand Designs, Sarah and Pip were faced with the mammoth task of transforming a rickety barn in Bedfordshire into a family home.

Economics

4 h. ago Love Island's Abi Moores shows off huge ring from MAFS boyfriend as they take next step

Love Island star Abi Moores and Married At First Sight UK star Nathan Campbell have taken their new romance to the next level for the ITV2 contestant's birthday

Politics

4 h. ago Ange Postecoglou admits 'not wise' mistakes as Tottenham set for end of season evaluation into injury crisis

Tottenham’s season has been disrupted by injuries as several key players have spent significant time on the sidelines

Events

5 h. ago Perilous and chaotic, Trump’s ‘liberation day’ imperils the world’s broken economy – and him | Martin Kettle

While the president has identified the need to do things differently, his strategy risks a slump, hitting the very Americans he claims to championIt would be “liberation day” in the US, the White House announced. Well, we shall see. Yet even if one puts the noise and nastiness that accompany a Donald Trump announcement to one side – in this case tonight’s pronouncement that there will be an executive order announcing “reciprocal tariffs on countries throughout the world”, a 10% tariff on the UK and 20% on the EU – the significance of the theatre is hard to miss. Whether they presage the US’s liberation, or instead the disintegration of the global trading order, Trump’s tariffs add up to an attempt to transform a badly broken economic model. And that is something that affects us all.Trump’s announcement was awash with insult and rambling nonsense. The rest of the world had looted, raped and pillaged, had scavenged and ransacked America – shocking claims if they had come from any othe...

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5 h. ago A third defendant pleads guilty to juror bribery in massive Minnesota food fraud case

A third defendant has pleaded guilty for his role in an attempt to bribe a juror with $120,000 in exchange for acquittals in a massive COVID-related fraud case in Minnesota

Politics

6 h. ago Drug smuggling pals found with 35kg of cannabis in their luggage at UK airport

Sophie Bannister and Levi-April Whalley, both 30 were caught with more than £160,000 worth of cannabis in their suitcases as they landed back on UK soil from a 'shopping' trip to New York.

Events

6 h. ago MAFS Australia's Tony, 53, leaves wife, 57, gobsmacked with major baby bombshell

During Wednesday's Married at First Sight Australia, Tony Mojanovski, 53, told his wife Morena Farina, 57, that he wanted to have a child of his own and she was not impressed

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6 h. ago Married at First Sight groom, 53, floors fans as he 'blindsides' wife with baby bombshell

Tony Mojanovski left his wife Morena Farina feeling "blindsided" after dropping major baby bombshell during Married at First Sight Australia's friends and family week

Events

6 h. ago Married at First Sight Australia fans 'can't believe it' as they do U

Married at First Australia fans firmly backed controversial groom Elliot following his confessions letter to new wife Veronica, after she was left unsatisfied with his response

Politics

7 h. ago The 'dodgy' Turkey clinic that forces Brits to sign a bogus contract threatening to fine them $10,000 if they speak out about botched surgeries

The clinic brokers treatments from mummy makeovers to penis enlargements for international patients in Izmir, claims to be 'internationally distinguished'.

Events

7 h. ago Pierce Brosnan's brilliant response to wife Keely's cruel fat

Pierce Brosnan and Keely Shaye Brosnan have been happily married for 23 years, and the way the James Bond legend speaks about her has seen him hailed as the 'perfect husband'

Politics

7 h. ago Myanmar earthquake: Four pulled alive from rubble as military declares ceasefire

Survivors rescued more than 100 hours after devastating quake kills at least 3,000

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7 h. ago Melinda French Gates reflects on ‘betrayals’ in Bill Gates marriage

The 60-year-old philanthropist divorced the billionaire Microsoft founder in 2021

Politics

8 h. ago Kennedy remains quiet on 10,000 jobs lost at the nation's top health department

Health secretary Robert F

Society

8 h. ago Grand National 2025: Drones banned from Aintree to stop gamblers gaining advantage

Over the next three days more than 10,000 bottles of Prosecco are set to be quaffed at the racecourse with revellers expected to buy 160,000 rounds of drinks as they enjoy the races

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8 h. ago MAFS Australia star Awhina's sister slams 'disgraceful' lunch incident in unaired scenes

Awhina's sister Cleo has claimed that the explosive Married At First Sight Australia friends and family lunch was actually "much worse" than what was shown on TV

Politics

8 h. ago Antonio Brown raising money for dad arrested for leaving his three young kids in McDonald’s to go to job interview

The former NFL player donated more than $1,000 to help 24-year-old Chris Louis

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