1 hour ago Keely Hodgkinson's massive net worth, new life after Olympics, reason for boyfriend split

Keely Hodgkinson is set to return to the track this weekend in her first outing since she scooped gold at the Paris Olympics last summer having been sidelined through injury

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2 h. ago ‘Are you asking for my help to be gay?’: what 40 years as a psychoanalyst has taught me about sex and desire

A married man’s hidden bisexual life; a PhD student’s sideline in sex work; a nun’s fear of pregnancy – over my long career, all have been laid bare in the intimate space of my consulting roomTo be human is to be uncertain, conflicted, divided, and yet we grow up in a world that tells us we should feel whole, certain of our sexual desires. Encouraged to see love through the starry-eyed cliches of social media and celebrity news, we’re diverted from asking ourselves the awkward questions: what is my desire? Why is my sexual self as it is?Psychoanalysis, too, has its own predictable narratives, but when done properly, it does not provide ready answers. Instead it offers a place where two people can be ruthlessly honest, think together, find meaning together. This work can change our understanding of ourselves, and in doing so change our lives. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago Did the system update ruin your boyfriend? Love in a time of ChatGPT | Arwa Mahdawi

Some people with AI partners expressed dismay at the new GPT-5 modelYou’ve met the love of your life; someone who understands you like no one else ever has. And then you wake one morning and they’re gone. Yanked out of your world, and the digital universe, by a system update.Such is the melancholic lot of a group of people who have entered into committed relationships with digital ‘partners’ on OpenAI’s ChatGPT. When the tech company released its new GPT-5 model earlier this month, described by chief executive Sam Altman as a “significant step forward”, certain dedicated users found that their digital relationships had taken a significant step back. Their companions had undergone personality shifts with the new model; they weren’t as warm, loving or chatty as they used to be.Arwa Mahdawi is a Guardian US columnist Continue reading...

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3 h. ago Trans woman caught smuggling 26 kilos of cannabis into the UK to try and fund a sex change operation is jailed for 18 months in a men's prison

Keira Borrett, 46, from Gorleston-on-Sea, Norfolk, was discovered with two suitcases full of the Class B drug when stopped by Border Force officials at London Heathrow Airport on May 23.

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7 h. ago Prince Andrew 'keeps home and title' despite lurid sex claims and public anger

There may have been calls for disgraced Prince Andrew to lose his remaining royal titles - but royal expert Jennie Bond doesn't believe it will happen

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7 h. ago Anna Richardson would rather leave knickers on floor than move in with boyfriend

Naked Attraction host Anna Richardson has revealed she's 'conflicted' about whether to move in with her boyfriend or not as she admits: 'I don't want to get hurt again'

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7 h. ago Tragic mystery of missing toddler who was 'sold by mum after she beat tot with paddle'

Little London Kerr was last seen in 2022 and police are desperately trying to track her down. It comes as the child's mother Ashley Ceejay Rowland, 39, and boyfriend Joshua Denton, 40, have both been arrested on multiple counts of child abuse

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7 h. ago Anna Richardson's heartbreaking reason for not moving in with boyfriend

EXCLUSIVE: Naked Attraction host Anna Richardson has opened up about her relationship with her boyfriend and admits she's conflicted over moving in

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8 h. ago ‘I’m the one to beat’: is Taylor Swift’s Showgirl era set to take h to even greater heights?

Just-announced album already looks like it will make singer and partner Travis Kelce hysterically famous at a new level – and that may be precisely their planTaylor Swift’s podcast interview with her American football player boyfriend, Travis Kelce, this week yielded plenty of tidbits for fans. Across two hours of loose chat on New Heights, the show Kelce helms with his brother Jason – also a football player – Swift revealed she was obsessed with sourdough and lurked on baking blogs. The couple spent the summer with her family, caring for her 73-year-old father, Scott, after he had a quintuple heart bypass. She gave Kelce a lesson on Hamlet and taught him how to avoid internalising speculation about their two-year relationship. You could call them the tentpoles of the 35-year-old pop star’s brand: literary passions and professional self-awareness.One surprising revelation came near the end. Until the record-breaking 149-date Eras tour that Swift mounted from 2023-24, she said she ha...

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8 h. ago ‘I’m the one to beat’: is Taylor Swift’s Showgirl era set to take her to even greater heights?

Just-announced album already looks like it will make singer and partner Travis Kelce hysterically famous at a new level – and that may be precisely their planTaylor Swift’s podcast interview with her American football player boyfriend, Travis Kelce, this week yielded plenty of tidbits for fans. Across two hours of loose chat on New Heights, the show Kelce helms with his brother Jason – also a football player – Swift revealed she was obsessed with sourdough and lurked on baking blogs. The couple spent the summer with her family, caring for her 73-year-old father, Scott, after he had a quintuple heart bypass. She gave Kelce a lesson on Hamlet and taught him how to avoid internalising speculation about their two-year relationship. You could call them the tentpoles of the 35-year-old pop star’s brand: literary passions and professional self-awareness.One surprising revelation came near the end. Until the record-breaking 149-date Eras tour that Swift mounted from 2023-24, she said she ha...

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13 h. ago Elizabeth Hurley reveals boyfriend Billy Ray Cyrus is teaching her how to play the guitar

She has been busy promoting her new show, Channel 4's The Inheritance, whilst simultaneously pushing her capsule collection for her beachwear range.

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13 h. ago Trump says Xi told him China will not invade Taiwan while he is in office

US president says Chinese counterpart told him ‘I am very patient and China is very patient’The US president, Donald Trump, has said that his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, told him China would not invade Taiwan while Trump is in office.Trump made the comments in an interview with Fox News on Friday, ahead of talks with the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, over Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine. Continue reading...

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17 h. ago Taylor Swift fans are convinced pop superstar has secretly agreed to play the Super Bowl halftime show... here's why

One of the many topics Taylor Swift discussed in her appearance on boyfriend Travis Kelce's podcast, New Heights, may have been an Easter Egg to her long-standing fans.

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19 h. ago Predatory former football coach jailed for vile sex crimes against children

William Woods, now 67, began abusing his young victims from the 1970s

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20 h. ago And Just Like That showrunner couldn't 'keep going' with new episodes after controversial finale

On Thursday night, the infamous Sex and the City spinoff ended its run, and now showrunner Michael Patrick King has revealed why they couldn't 'keep going.'

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20 h. ago And Just Like That branded 'worst series finale ever' as spin

And Just Like That fans were left majorly disappointed by the ending of the Sex and The City inspired show which landed tonight, with many calling it the 'worst finale ever'

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21 h. ago 'My mum’s got dementia and my kids are too scared to visit her'

Resident agony aunt Coleen Nolan has advice for a struggling reader whose mum's illness is making him feel guilty because he doesn't really want to go see her any more

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22 h. ago Tulisa reveals she has ended her three years of celibacy and hints at finally finding love

At the peak of her fame, Tulisa endured a very high-profile 2012 court case after her ex boyfriend Justin Edwards released a sex tape of her, leaving her traumatised.

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23 h. ago Dying patients bundled into ambulances and transferred in their final hours after 'cruel' managers shut hospice without warning

Seven terminally ill patients were moved in ambulances to alternative hospices across Yorkshire between 5pm and midnight on Friday August 16 last year. Another patient was discharged home.

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23 h. ago Babysitter weeps as she's given enormous sentence for delivering disabled children to pedophile boyfriend so he could rape them

Brittney Mae Lyon touted her interest in working with special needs children in online ads for her childcare services.

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