55 h. ago Gifted student's life takes another shock turn years after clawing out her eyeballs and leaving herself blind

A woman who was left permanently blind after ripping out her own eyeballs out during a meth-induced meltdown has given a life update seven years after losing her sight.

Society

3 d. ago Bob Mortimer leaves fans swooning after sharing throwback picture of himself with his 'original teeth' following shock dentistry admission

Bob Mortimer has left fans swooning after sharing a throwback picture of himself with his 'original teeth'. The Gone Fishing BBC star, 65, shared the striking snap on Instagram.

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7 d. ago Prince Harry comment leaves ITV GMB viewers fuming after shock Ukraine trip

ITV GMB viewers were not impressed by the latest update about Prince Harry.

Politics

7 d. ago My husband was scatty and had such miserable mood swings even he agreed I should leave him. Then came the shock diagnosis at 55 that saved our marriage: LUCY BRAZIER

After 20 years of navigating my husband's unpredictability, I couldn't take it any more. I suggested he set up a GP appointment but had no idea this would lead to a marriage-saving discovery.

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1 week ago ‘My father’s death saved my life’: director Steve McQueen on grief, gratitude and living with cancer

After his dad died at 67, the 12 Years a Slave film-maker knew it was only a matter of time before he would get prostate cancer, too. The disease kills 12,000 men a year in the UK – a disproportionate number of them black. Now, in a bid to save lives, he is speaking out about his own diagnosis, alongside the doctors who successfully treated himSteve McQueen felt relieved when he was diagnosed with prostate cancer. He had no symptoms, was perfectly fit, at the peak of his game. Yet the Oscar-winning film-maker and artist believed it was inevitable. After all, his father had died from it, and he is a black man. The statistics speak for ­themselves. They are as overwhelming as they are bleak. One in eight men will get prostate c­ancer. They are two and a half times more likely to get it if their father or brother had it. They’re twice as likely to get it if they’re black – and they’re two and a half times more likely to die from it, too.McQueen is here today with his urology specialist...

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1 week ago ‘My father’s death saved my life’: director Steve McQueen on grief, gratitude and getting cancer

After his dad died at 67, the 12 Years a Slave film-maker knew it was only a matter of time before he would get prostate cancer, too. The disease kills 12,000 men a year in the UK – a disproportionate number of them black. Now, in a bid to save lives, he is speaking out about his own diagnosis, alongside the doctors who successfully treated himSteve McQueen felt relieved when he was diagnosed with prostate cancer. He had no symptoms, was perfectly fit, at the peak of his game. Yet the Oscar-winning film-maker and artist believed it was inevitable. After all, his father had died from it, and he is a black man. The statistics speak for ­themselves. They are as overwhelming as they are bleak. One in eight men will get prostate c­ancer. They are two and a half times more likely to get it if their father or brother had it. They’re twice as likely to get it if they’re black – and they’re two and a half times more likely to die from it, too.McQueen is here today with his urology specialist...

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2 w. ago Lucy Beaumont admitted she 'made a mistake' marrying Jon Richardson ahead of divorce

Jon Richardson and Lucy Beaumont ended their nine-year marriage with a joint Instagram post to announce the news.

Politics

2 w. ago Prince Harry breaks cover after charity row as shock allegations leave him 'heartbroken'

Prince Harry has been seen for the first time since the extraordinary row erupted between him and the chair of Sentebale - the charity he co-founded but dramatically quit as patron over a boardroom battle

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2 w. ago Jesy Nelson shares pregnancy update from hospital after having emergency procedure to save her unborn twins following serious diagnosis

The Little Mix star, 34, revealed earlier this month that she's been diagnosed with pre-twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome, before tearfully explaining she had to have an emergency procedure.

Science

2 w. ago Cate Blanchett, Heston Blumenthal, FKA twigs: best original Observer photography

From Heston Blumenthal on the bipolar diagnosis that saved his life to FKA twigs and Charlotte Church on her retreat space in Wales: the best original photographs from the Observer commissioned in March 2025 Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Death In Paradise's Selwyn Patterson leaves Saint Marie after sad admission in shock exit

Commissioner Selwyn Patterson has decided to leave the island of Saint Marie as Death In Paradise actor Don Warrington's final scenes aired

Events

2 w. ago Rachel Zegler 'leaves fans in shock' as she joins CBeebies Bedtime Story amid backlash

Snow White star Rachel Zegler is the latest celebrity to read a bedtime story on CBeebies - just a week after the release of the controversial live action Disney film

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2 w. ago Ospreys make shock announcement as unseen star leaves with immediate effect

Waisea Nayacalevu has left the region just over a month since signing on a short-term deal

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3 w. ago Doctor says use ABCDE to save your life after Katherine Ryan diagnosis

The comedian says she has the same condition for the second time

Science

3 w. ago Emmerdale fans expose Joe Tate's shock 'exit' after leaving Caleb for dead

Viewers are preparing to say goodbye to the latest villain of the Dales

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3 w. ago ITV Britain's Got Talent's Simon Cowell 'breaks rules' for act leaving judges in shock

Britain's Got Talent judge Simon Cowell hit the Golden Buzzer for another act after he said he felt a 'wave of goodness'

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3 w. ago Ryan Giggs and Nicky Butt leave door open for shock Marcus Rashford return to Manchester United

Marcus Rashford joined Aston Villa on loan in the January transfer window and has been recalled to the England squad.

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4 w. ago Shock as royal dies aged 46 leaving husband and five children in mourning

It has emerged that Archduchess Estelle of Austria, who was just 46, died earlier this month, leaving behind her five young children and husband Archduke Carl Christian

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