32 h. ago Fears over plan for police station with no cells to lock up criminals

'It is understandable why so many people feel that justice has left town.'

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56 h. ago Golf for them, grind for us: Trump, Vance and the hellish US holiday divide | Arwa Mahdawi

While American workers battle burnout and ‘infinite workdays’, the men at the top are living the endless vacation dreamYou know what the problem is with the US? Nobody wants to work any more. People feel entitled to cushy jobs with fat salaries and unlimited holiday time. And by “people” I mean American politicians, who seem to treat public office as an excuse for endless vacations. Because the president and vice-president are technically always on duty, there’s no official holiday policy – and it rather feels as if they are taking advantage of this.Take the vice-president, JD “OOO (out of office)” Vance. When he’s not inspiring memes or threatening to deport menswear influencers, he always seems to be off on a jolly. So far this year, the man has been skiing in Vermont, shut down bits of Disneyland for his family’s use and apparently raised the water level of a river in Ohio for a kayaking trip. Now, the Vances are summering in the Cotswolds. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago 'My mum said our baby name is the worst imaginable so I told her to shut up'

When it comes to baby names, some people feel obliged to make their opinions known

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3 d. ago One in three Scottish people do not feel confident approaching their GP with a mental health issue

Thirty-one per cent of Scottish people do not feel confident approaching their GP when they are facing mental health issues, a new study reports.

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3 d. ago Gen Z Sacrifices Essentials to Afford Overpriced Music Gigs, Study finds

A study of 2,000 adults found that 46% of 21-24 year-olds went as far as to say they believe concerts and gigs can feel out of reach for most people

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3 d. ago ‘I was too good’: Sharon Stone on stardom, family secrets, sexual abuse – and her comeback after a stroke

She became world famous with Basic Instinct and Casino. Then she had a near fatal brain bleed. The actor and artist discusses strength, survival, being upskirted on set, her violent run-ins with Harvey Weinstein and the performances she’s most proud ofA couple of days before our interview, in late July, Sharon Stone announced on Instagram that her mother had died. When we meet over video link, I express my sympathies. Stone is known for her straight talking, but now she outdoes herself. “Mom, Dot, actually died a few months ago, but I was only ready to tell the public about it now because I always get my mad feelings first when people die.” What kind of mad, I ask – grief, confusion, loss? She smiles. “A little bit of anger and a little bit of ‘I didn’t fucking need you anyway’, you know!”Now she’s laughing. “My mom wasn’t of a sunny disposition. She was hilarious, but she said terrible things to me. Dot swore like a Portuguese dock worker.” Which takes us to her mother’s final...

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4 d. ago Amazon's 'impressive' tower fan shoppers love now reduced by a huge 80% in time for heatwave

The summer of 2025 will surely be remembered as one with multiple mini heatwaves sweeping across the country and people feeling like they are over-heating and even having difficulty sleeping as the weather reaches higher temperatures.

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5 d. ago Meghan Markle will always face abuse for 'cashing in on being a royal' expert says

A former royal editor revealed that Meghan, who is a 'positive, upbeat person' will continue to be the centre of negativity online as people feel she has 'lost her credibility'.

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6 d. ago Neurodiverse Edinburgh Fringe show reflects on how the system still feels stacked against disabled people

Writer Lewis Ian Bray who penned the show as a tribute to his brother Jack who is autistic, says his family are more concerned than ever after recent changes to the PIP system by the Government

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7 d. ago Surge in household costs puts Reeves’s economic growth plan at risk

Labour prime minister Keir Starmer has pledged that plans to be set out in the budget in the autumn will make ‘sure people feel better off’

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8 d. ago Starmer opens door to income tax rise in autumn Budget as pressure to fill £50bn hole mounts

Labour prime minister pledged that plans to be set out in the autumn would make ‘sure people feel better off’

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8 d. ago Starmer refuses to rule out tax rises in autumn as he faces growing pressure to fill £50bn budget black hole

Labour prime pledged that plans to be set out in the autumn would make ‘sure people feel better off’

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8 d. ago Materialists review: All the beautiful people, none of the feeling

The central love triangle between Dakota Johnson, Pedro Pascal and Chris Evans could have been romcom catnip — instead, it ends up feeling firmly two-dimensional

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8 d. ago UK village where residents feel like they're living by the Mediterranean

It's a popular place to live for people looking for a countryside feel while still being close to a city, and it's no surprise why residents love it.

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9 d. ago Burn notice: Gen Z and the terrifying rise of extreme tanning

Nasal sprays, injections and sunbeds – for many people, the yearning for a tan now outweighs the risks. But why?Hannah Clark got her first spray tan for her school prom and has never looked back. “I’m not proud of it, but I have used sunbeds,” says the 29-year-old graphic designer from Plymouth. Her goal is “that glow you get when coming back from holiday. You know, when you walk around and people say: ‘Oh, you look really healthy.’ It’s that feeling I’m chasing.”Clark is far from alone. On TikTok and Instagram, posts with the hashtag “sunbed” number more than 500,000. Last year, a survey from skin cancer charity Melanoma Focus found that 28% of UK adults use sunbeds, but this rose to 43% among those aged 18 to 25. This new generation of younger tanning obsessives will go to extreme lengths to darken their skin. Some track the UV index – the level of the sun’s ultraviolet radiation – and deliberately sit in the sun at the most dangerous times of day. Others use unregulated nasal tan...

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9 d. ago Brexit has been a resounding disaster. Starmer must find the courage to change course | Ed Davey

Poll after poll shows most voters think leaving the EU has been a failure. Closer ties with Europe would bring huge rewardsBrexit isn’t working, and the British people know it. Poll after poll, including that unveiled this weekend by More In Common for the Sunday Times, shows that people are feeling the terrible damage caused by the deal forced upon us by Boris Johnson, Kemi Badenoch and the rest of the Conservative party, and want something different. The latest shows less than a third of Britons would vote to leave the EU if a referendum were repeated. There’s no doubt that fundamental change is needed. There’s no doubt the public will is there to make it happen. The question is: will Keir Starmer seize the moment and deliver it?There are big prizes on offer if he does. Giving our economy the boost it desperately needs, pulling it out of the cycle of low growth and high debt that the Conservatives plunged us into. Helping to raise more funding to lift our NHS and other public serv...

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3 w. ago Ulrika Jonsson, 57, passionately hits back at ageist comments after being trolled for podcast appearance: 'Making people feel s**t doesn't make you a hero!'

Ulrika Jonsson hit back at ageist comments in an impassioned new Instagram post on Sunday.

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3 w. ago 'Horrible smell' which makes people 'feel sick' hits UK towns – and France is to blame

Locals in Chichester, Bognor and Littlehampton, in West Sussex, took to social media earlier this week to report a “strong smell of gas” which is thought to be drifting over from France

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3 w. ago UK’s worst seaside town now overwhelmed by terrible mystery smell 'from France'

Locals in Chichester, Bognor Regis and Littlehampton, in West Sussex, have been left fearing the French are sending smells their way again - with some people even posting that they "feel sick"

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4 w. ago Why summer’s a time to pass the port | Hannah Crosbie on drinks

When the sun’s out, try using port as a mixer and surprise yourself with a port tonic or any number of citrus punchesSome drinks are so inexorably tied up with specific seasons and circumstances that it’s hard to imagine them anywhere else. Like bumping into a teacher outside school or witnessing someone take off their shoes during a flight. It’s legal, sure, but there’s always a moment of deep discomfort and confusion before acceptance. And that’s pretty much how I imagine many people feel about drinking port in summer. Or, indeed, at any time of the day that isn’t evening, or served alongside anything that isn’t an intriguing, veiny cheese.Consider Porto, the city responsible for bringing the drink to the rest of the world – do you think that, when the temperatures creep up, everyone there stops drinking the stuff? No, they find new ways to enjoy it. Improvise, adapt, overcome. Continue reading...

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