3 h. ago This little boy became one of the most influential people in the world

The black and white image, featured in a recent documentary, captures him long before the world knew his name - just a baby with plump cheeks and a gaze full of curiosity.

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6 h. ago Optical illusion shows black and white image in colour – but only on 1 occasion

An optical illusion has left people stunned as it tricks their brains into seeing a black and white image in full colour - but only if you do one essential thing

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7 h. ago Optical illusion tricks brain into seeing something else in black and white image

An optical illusion has left people stunned as it tricks their brains into seeing something else in the black and white image – but only if you do one essential thing

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8 h. ago People baffled after seeing something 'wild' happen to horse optical illusion

People have been left scratching their heads after seeing a black and white image of a horse transform into colour in front of their eyes - but they don't understand how it works

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67 h. ago White Stuff has reduced every single item online for Black Friday including sparkly Christmas party cardigan

"Fantastic quality cardigan with beautiful design. Can be worn during working week or on a night out"

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3 d. ago Future King of Norway's stepson Marius Borg Høiby is linked to Europe's most notorious drug gangs in damning new book

Hvite striper, sorte får - which translates to 'White Stripes, Black Sheep' - has caused a storm in Norway since it was published on October 20.

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4 d. ago Three jockeys banned as Plumpton race descends into chaos due to confusion over a flag

Daisy Warden, Tommie O’Brien and Harry O’Dwyer were given seven days by the BHA stewards for incorrectly pulling up their horses when they spotted the black and white chequered flag

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5 d. ago Borderline Fiction by Derek Owusu review – life with borderline personality disorder

A student navigates troubled relationships at age 19 and 25, as he comes to terms with mental health difficulties“The best way to make sense of life,” Derek Owusu believes, “is to write about it.” His semi-autobiographical debut, That Reminds Me, was an attempt to understand how he came to be diagnosed with borderline personality disorder: a condition marked, among other things, by intense emotions, self-destructive impulses, fear of abandonment, black-and-white thinking, and an unstable sense of self. The novel, written in an elliptical and densely poetic style, offered an illuminating, if harrowing, account of alienation, addiction and self-harm, through the story of K, an alter ego whose early childhood, like Owusu’s, was spent in foster care. It won Owusu the Desmond Elliott prize in 2020, and announced him as an idiosyncratic talent; in 2023, he was named one of Granta’s Best of Young British Novelists.Owusu now turns again to the subject of BPD, this t...

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5 d. ago Michelle Obama claims black women have to straighten their hair to 'follow white people's standards'

The former First Lady, 61, claimed that black women are 'trapped' by the pressures to keep their hair straight and 'can't swim' or 'go to the gym' because of it.

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7 d. ago Optical illusion of man on bike has people giggling after spotting 'cheeky' detail

Many Reddit users are chuckling after an innocent-looking photo of a man sitting on his motorbike turned heads on a popular forum, so can you see why people are talking about it?

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8 d. ago Different needs but similar fears arise in communities on both ends of Missouri's redistricting

The rush to redraw America's congressional maps has put a historically Black neighborhood in downtown Kansas City, Missouri, and a mostly white farming community 100 miles away in the same district

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8 d. ago Strictly star Neil Jones shares heartbreak as he announced his dad has died in emotional post

STRICTLY dancer Neil Jones has shared his heartbreak as he announced the sad news that his dad had died. The professional dancer took to social media to share a sweet black and white photo of his late father smiling. Neil told fans that he and his family attended the funeral yesterday to say a "final...

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8 d. ago Strictly Come Dancing's Neil Jones announces father's death with emotional message

Strictly Come Dancing professional Neil Jones has announced the death of his father as he shared a series of black and white snaps of his beloved dad on social media

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9 d. ago The other clásico: Barcelona and Real Madrid’s rivalry thrives on the basketball court too

The showdown channels centuries of Spanish tension and pride – and may soon collide with the NBA’s ambitions to expand into EuropeScores of fans filed past the silhouettes of cranes and construction work surrounding Barcelona’s Camp Nou last Friday night. But they weren’t there for the world famous soccer stadium. Instead, the sea of Barça jerseys was heading for the club’s basketball arena, the Palau Blaugrana. There was an expectant but apprehensive buzz in the air – the night marked a big occasion: Real Madrid were in town.It’s widely accepted that the biggest rivalry in basketball is between the Los Angeles Lakers and Boston Celtics; between them they have won almost half of all championships in NBA history. The Lakers-Celtics showdowns of the 1980s went beyond basketball and embodied different Americas: West Coast glitz versus East Coast grit; flashy fastbreak basketball versus fundamentals; and, frankly, though perhaps sometimes oversimplistically, Black versus white. Continue...

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1 week ago Michelle Obama reveals her struggles as the first Black First Lady... and challenges Barack 'didn't understand'

Obama, 61, appeared on a new limited series, titled IMO: The Look, where she spoke about her hair journey as a Black woman and how her time in the White House impacted that.

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1 week ago Hollyoaks star Roxanne McKee, 45, gives birth to twins three months after engagement

Hollyoaks star Roxanne has announced the exciting news that she has given birth to twins, sharing beautiful black and white snaps of her newborns on social media

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1 week ago I was snatched at my local pool at 11 by murderous stranger & violently abused – my haunting flashbacks helped catch him

LOOKING at her colleague's newspaper Kerri Kehoe felt a rush of shock. Because pictured there in black in black and white was a man she recognised from years ago - for a horrific reason. He had abducted and sexually assaulted her in the most brutal of ways when she was just 11 in August 1990....

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1 week ago Teenage boy, 18, dies in horror crash on Scots road as girl, 18, and man, 20, rushed to hospital

A TEENAGER has died following a horror two-vehicle crash in the Scottish Highlands. Emergency crews raced to the scene near Culbokie on the Black Isle last night. The alarm was raised at around 9.40pm following a crash which involved a white Ford Transit van and a black Ford Focus. The collision happened south of the...

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1 week ago 'Ultimate' optical illusion has people arguing over colour of two balls

An optical illusion posted on Reddit has left people arguing over the colour of two balls - and the original poster has branded it "the ultimate optical illusion"

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1 week ago 'Ultimate' optical illusion is 'so good most don’t believe it'

One user branded it "the ultimate optical illusion" due to the amount of debate it had prompted. Some refused to believe it was real, while others put forward theories

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