35 m. ago Pope Francis' cause of death after being hospitalised with double lung infection

The head of the Cathollic Church, Pope Francis, has died at the age of 88 just weeks after being realised from hospital with a near-fatal double lung infection

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56 m. ago Best quiet washing machine 2025: Top appliances that spin on near

Stuart Pritchard gets down and domestic with a swish sextet of seriously muted washing machines

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57 m. ago 'My rude neighbour keeps filling up my wheelie bin – it's causing huge issue'

A man has revealed he's considering confronting his neighbour after catching them using his wheelie bin without permission – and people are urging him to take action

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73 m. ago BBC chef's pub is turning our peaceful town into a louts' paradise: Neighbours at war over 'noisy' outdoor events 'attracting drunken crowd'

Villagers living by The Mount by Glynn Purnell, in Henley-in-Arden, Warwickshire, say drunken pubgoers are already destroying their 'peaceful town'.

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1 hour ago Bottle it up: how venting emotion can harm performance in elite sport | Sean Ingle

Studies have shown that failing to control feelings has a negative effect on outcomes – but there are exceptionsTwo scenes from an extraordinary week. The first: Justin Rose, a gentleman in a bearpit as Augusta hollered loud and long for Rory McIlroy. The second: the British tennis player Harriet Dart, causing a stink by asking for her French opponent to apply deodorant as “she’s smelling really bad” before succumbing to a 6-0, 6-3 thrashing.Pressure does strange things, of course. But the wildly different reactions of Rose, Dart and indeed McIlroy, whose final round became part white-knuckle ride, part pass‑the‑parcel, raises an intriguing question: when the heat is on, should sport stars let their emotions out or bottle them up to improve their performance? Continue reading...

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1 hour ago Let it out or bottle it up? Does venting emotion harm performance in elite sport? | Sean Ingle

Studies have shown that failing to control feelings has a negative effect on outcomes – but there are exceptionsTwo scenes from an extraordinary week. The first: Justin Rose, a gentleman in a bearpit as Augusta hollered loud and long for Rory McIlroy. The second: the British tennis player Harriet Dart, causing a stink by asking for her French opponent to apply deodorant as “she’s smelling really bad” before succumbing to a 6-0, 6-3 thrashing.Pressure does strange things, of course. But the wildly different reactions of Rose, Dart and indeed McIlroy, whose final round became part white-knuckle ride, part pass‑the‑parcel, raises an intriguing question: when the heat is on, should sport stars let their emotions out or bottle them up to improve their performance? Continue reading...

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1 hour ago 'Attractive' bench that's 'good value for money' is 61% off at Debenhams

Normally £140.99, this steel garden bench is down to £54.89 at Debenhams.

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5 h. ago Households with barely any sun in the garden urged to plant these 5 flowers

If you want to fill your garden with beautiful climbing plants but don't get much sun, not to worry. Experts reveal five gorgeous climbers that thrive in the shade

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7 h. ago Drivers warned of items left in car that could spark £4k damage in hot weather

Uswitch has warned drivers of five items that could cause a combined repair cost of £4,000, and drivers have been advised to remove them from their vehicles in the hot weather

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7 h. ago Climate change and arson: The deadly cocktail leaving Wales' hillsides scorched

Experts spoke about the causes of the huge problems with fires on hillsides and forestry there have been so far this year

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8 h. ago 'I will cause you misery': Jail for stalker who styled herself on horror film obsessive and targeted male nurse with whom she was infatuated

Holly White, 27, created a Facebook account under the name of the Hollywood star and sent sinister messages to Daniel McCann and his trainee nurse girlfriend Eva Hegarty.

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8 h. ago Trump official calls for Americans to be paid reparations over trauma caused by Biden's migrant crisis

Miller was incensed by a suggestion that  Kilmar Abrego Garcia, an illegal migrant with suspected dies to the MS-13 gang, was entitled to reparations.

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9 h. ago China's new 'blowtorch' bomb which causes 1,000C fireball and melts metal

Chinese State researchers have developed this new non-nuclear hyrdogen weapon, that has been likened to napalm, which has the power to create a "whitehot" fireball to decimate whole areas

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10 h. ago Celebrity Big Brother fans taken aback as Danny Beard destroys set in latest challenge

Celebrity Big Brother fans were left shellshocked during the family challenge after the famous faces transformed into different roles, with Danny Beard being mother

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11 h. ago Food and accommodation payments made to disrupted CalMac passengers soar by 55 per cent

Scottish Conservatives claim payouts were all due to delays and cancellations caused by ageing fleet

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12 h. ago 100 firefighters tackle blaze at flats in Aldgate, east London

100 firefighters tackle blaze at flats in Aldgate, east London  Sky News

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12 h. ago Aldgate fire: Blaze rips through two homes in block of flats in east London

A fire at an east London flat quickly spread into the property above

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13 h. ago Around 100 firefighters called to fire at block of luxury flats in central London where apartments go for more than £1m

The blaze broke out at the Goodman's Fields luxury apartment complex on Leman Street in Aldgate in central London on Sunday evening.

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13 h. ago Slugs will turn away and avoid these 20 plants in your garden

Slugs can be a highly invasive nuisance in your garden as they nibble through your precious plant beds - fortunately experts have revealed that they can be deterred by growing certain plants

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14 h. ago Aldgate fire: Huge blaze rips through block of London flats as 100 firefighters rush to scene

Fifteen teams of firefighters are battling a large blaze in a fifth floor flat in Aldgate, central London, which has also spread to the seventh floor

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