28 h. ago Only 5 per cent of people can solve 'impossible' farm animal puzzle

A riddle about farmyard animals has left many people scratching their heads - but the answer is actually very simple. Can you work it out?

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29 h. ago Almost 1.4million UK cancer patients let down by 'postcode lottery' of care, damning report reveals

Four in ten people living with the disease (40 per cent) say they struggled to get the most suitable treatment simply because of where they live.

Science

38 h. ago You'll need eyes of a hawk to spot odd one out in dice pile in 10 seconds

Only those with perfect vision can spot the odd one out in this pile of dice in 10 seconds or less - as some say it's impossible to solve

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5 d. ago Only tiny amount of people can solve 'impossible' candle riddle that's actually simple

Only five per cent of people can actually solve this brainteaser - but it's not as hard as it seems. All you need is a sharp mind and the IQ of a mini Einstein to see through this question

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7 d. ago Australians now ‘more open’ to overseas aid – especially those aware of Trump’s brutal cuts

29 per cent of people says Australia spent too much on aid, compared with 40 per cent last year, survey says

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1 week ago PETA urges Jeremy Clarkson to 'end suffering' after star's 'absolute devastation'

PETA have written to Jeremy Clarkson urging him to stop breeding animals on his Diddly Squat farm after it was hit by a tuberculosis outbreak in the last few weeks

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1 week ago How Starmer opened the floodgates on asylum claims: Record 111,000 in Labour's first year in power despite PM's pledge to 'smash the gangs'

Official government data shows 111,084 people claimed asylum in the year to June, up 14 per cent on the previous 12 months.

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2 w. ago Major supermarkets cut ties with farm where animals 'beaten and left to die'

WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT Tesco, Asda, Sainsbury's and Morrisons have cut ties with Somerby Top Farm in Lincolnshire, run by Cranswick, after an investigation by the Animal Justice Project

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2 w. ago More than 90 per cent of people pile the pounds back on after they stop using Mounjaro. Now researchers have discovered this simple new solution that could change everything

Weight-loss wonder jabs such as Mounjaro and Wegovy are helping to transform the lives and health of millions

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2 w. ago Supermarkets suspend supplies from Lincolnshire pig farm after covert filming of animal abuse

Tesco, Asda and Sainsbury’s said they had ‘immediately’ suspended supplies from Somerby Top Farm after piglets kicked by workersThree of the UK’s biggest supermarkets have suspended supplies from a Lincolnshire pig farm after footage filmed covertly by an animal rights organisation appeared to show workers kicking piglets and hitting them with boards and paddles.The footage also suggested the injured pigs with open wounds were packed into pens covered in faeces, with some left lame and writhing in pain. Continue reading...

Economics

2 w. ago Supermarkets suspend supplies from Lincolnshire pig farm over animal abuse footage

Tesco, Asda and Sainsbury’s said they had ‘immediately’ suspended supplies from Somerby Top Farm after piglets kicked by workersThree of the UK’s biggest supermarkets have suspended supplies from a Lincolnshire pig farm after footage filmed covertly by an animal rights organisation appeared to show workers kicking piglets and hitting them with boards and paddles.The footage also suggested the injured pigs with open wounds were packed into pens covered in faeces, with some left lame and writhing in pain. Continue reading...

Economics

2 w. ago Major supermarkets suspend supplies from farm after reports of animal cruelty

Major chains Tesco and Asda said they had suspended supplies from the farm

Economics

2 w. ago Supermarkets suspend supplies from pig farm after animal cruelty reports

Tesco and Asda said they had suspended supplies from Somerby Top Farm in Lincolnshire, which is run by British meat producer Cranswick.

Economics

2 w. ago ‘Animal Farm was my parents’ teamwork’: Orwell’s son on 80 years of the satirical classic

Richard Blair on the role his mother played in developing the 1945 political fable – and how it nearly didn’t get publishedAs the second world war reached its height, the winter of 1943-4 was one of the coldest of the century. My parents were living in a poorly heated flat in Kilburn, north-west London. My mother was working at the Ministry of Food. She was deeply involved in BBC Radio’s Kitchen Front which tried to help people conjure nutritious meals from their rations. My father became literary editor of Tribune magazine in November 1943. He was only required in the office three days a week, which gave him the time to write Animal Farm.Every evening, my father would read what he’d written to my mother under heavy blankets in bed. It was the only warm place in the flat. They would discuss the developing story and where it might go next. Lettice Cooper, the novelist and my mother’s Ministry of Food colleague, remembered my mother updating them every morning...

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2 w. ago 61 per cent of people have scrapped plans because of car trouble

Experts say problems are more common in the summer

Events

3 w. ago Farm animals and pets rushed to safety as Greek wildfire plagues port city

Farm animals and pets have been rushed to safety as wildfires ravaged the Greek port city of Patras.

Events

3 w. 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.

Politics

3 w. ago Only top two per cent of people can solve this 'genius' brainteaser

A maths professor has shared a tricky geometry question with his followers on social media and has claimed that only the top two percent of people will be able to solve it - but can you?

Politics

3 w. ago Robert Jenrick demands end to 'activism' by judges as poll reveals most Brits think justice system is too politicised

A survey of 3,000 over-16s found 67 per cent of people agreed the criminal justice system had become over-politicised.

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3 w. ago Mystery of how superfit British schoolgirl, 13, drowned in swimming pool at Discovery Cove resort is 'impossible' to solve, coroner rules

Anna Beaumont, 13, was snorkelling with her family at the Discovery Cove theme park in Orlando on May 28 when she was spotted 'floating and unresponsive' in the natural-style pool.

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