63 m. ago Why young women are having facelifts: ‘I couldn’t even open my eyes. That’s how swollen I was’

A new kind of customer is being driven towards this invasive surgery by ‘filler fatigue’, the use of weight-loss drugs and the development of new surgical techniques. Many are much younger than ever beforeAmanda Preisinger is anxious about her daughter’s impending 13th birthday party. Not for the usual reasons related to a house full of clamorous preteen children, but because it’s the first time that she will debut her new face to friends and extended family. “Obviously I’m going to tell everyone as they come in, ‘Just so you know, this is not how I look,’” says the 30-year-old real estate agent from south Florida.How she looks is, well, a little startling – her face swollen and preternaturally lifted, as though held together by industrial-grade tape. Her new – and she’s keen to stress, temporary – look is the result of six cosmetic procedures, including an endoscopic mid-facelift, performed by a doctor in Istanbul, Turkey, last month. “My poor husband teared up when he saw me for t...

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63 m. ago Mikel Arteta told 'there's no excuse' as controversial Premier League decision made

Arsenal have gone 10 games unbeaten already this season and have opened up a four point lead at the top of the table, with their main rivals all falling furtherbehind with defeats at the weekend.

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1 hour ago Zanzibar is seeing a seaweed boom. Can the women collecting it cash in?

Seaweed has been farmed off Zanzibar for decades, but there is a new boom underway for global industries like cosmetics

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2 h. ago US and China seek to strike a deal over rare earths, tariffs, soybeans

The United States and China are not going to resolve all the issues that divide them before presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping meet Thursday in Busan, South Korea

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2 h. ago Arsenal news: Mikel Arteta suffers injury blow to four players as terrifying stat emerges

We take a look at the biggest headlines surrounding Arsenal as two causes for concern emerge for the Gunners' despite them extending their lead in the Premier League

Sport

5 h. ago Magaluf hols legend dies aged 63 as Brits lead tributes and fundraiser launched for ‘true gentleman’ with ‘open heart’

BRITISH holidaymakers have paid emotional tribute to a beloved Magaluf hotel security guard described as a “true gentleman” after his sudden death aged 63. Tom Colin, a former Royal Navy man from Birmingham, had worked for more than a decade at the popular four-star Hotel Samos in the heart of the Majorcan party resort. He...

Events

5 h. ago Woman arrested after gas supplies allegedly sabotaged at two Sydney hospitals

NSW police allege water and gas mains were cut at first hospital in Sutherland before gas main switched off at nearby facilityFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA woman has been arrested after gas supplies were allegedly sabotaged at two Sydney hospitals.Sutherland hospital in southern Sydney lost medical gases on Tuesday morning, requiring them to switch to portable oxygen and air as part of their contingency plans, the New South Wales health minister, Ryan Park, said in a statement. Continue reading...

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6 h. ago Expert suggests missing boy Gus Lamont may have disappeared beyond the area searched by police

It has been a month since four-year-old August 'Gus' Lamont vanished after playing in the yard of remote homestead in South Australian outback.

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6 h. ago Celebrity Traitors star 'told off' by bosses after letting slip spoilers

Celebrity Traitors star Jonathan Ross has revealed that show bosses sent out a list of banned topics to cast after contestants began letting slip behind-the-scenes details

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7 h. ago Food poisoning horror as families fall 'violently ill' after pub lunch

One pregnant woman said she became so 'violently ill' she thought she was having a miscarriage after eating at The Cwrt Henllys Bar and Restaurant in Cwmbran, South Wales

Society

8 h. ago 'Incredible' mum, 33, suddenly dies after dropping daughter off at dance class

'Incredible mum' Emily Moss, 34, tragically died last year, and now her husband Nathan plans to climb Mount Toubkal, North Africa’s highest peak, in her memory

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9 h. ago 'Stalker' of Madeleine McCann's parents 'even has sympathy' for family

Julia Wandelt, from Lubin in south-west Poland, is alleged to have peddled the myth she is Madeleine, who disappeared during a family holiday in Portugal in 2007

Society

9 h. ago Kasper Schmeichel went 'ballistic' at three Celtic teammates as culprits keeper raged at named and shamed

Neil Lennon spotted the keeper going off his head at three teammates in particular after Hearts took the lead

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10 h. ago Refusal to dub China a threat was ‘total roadblock’ to spying case, says lead barrister

The director of public prosecutions said the failure to describe China as an active threat to national security was ‘fatal’ to the case

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10 h. ago Wearing a 'man bun' can make you go bald as experts warn against trendy style

Boffins are warning that regularly tying locks up into a bun, a style made popular by football legend David Beckham, can lead to hair loss caused by constant scalp tension

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10 h. ago Plea as south London neighbourhood faces losing its last bank branch

Lloyds Bank on Majestic Way is due to close in January 2026, marking the end of in-person banking in Mitcham

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11 h. ago Residents in south London flat blocks say they are 'living in hell' amid bug infestation

Bed bugs and ants have infested a number of flat blocks in the area, as have cockroaches and mice in the past

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11 h. ago The Guardian view on global aid cuts: a malaria resurgence could be the canary in the coalmine | Editorial

The consequences of Donald Trump’s decision to scrap USAID, and other countries’ decisions to reduce funding, are playing out in deadly fashionMalaria is a pandemic disease that hits the voiceless hardest: most of those who fall ill and die are small children and pregnant women in Africa. It is the leading infectious killer of the continent, responsible for nearly 600,000 deaths a year. Cases are rising and there is an urgent need for more funding, yet western donor countries are instead cutting back on aid. We still hear brave talk about eliminating malaria. But an expert report now warns of a potential resurgence that could add almost a million more deaths to the annual toll by the end of the decade.Most of the money to fight the mosquito-borne disease – 59% – comes through the Global Fund to Fight Aids, Tuberculosis and Malaria. Its executive director, Peter Sands, said last week at the World Health Summit in Berlin that of the three killers, the one that kept him awake...

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11 h. ago 'Clumsy' Arsenal star wins over Premier League title winner by turning into 'absolute machine'

Arsenal lead the way in the Premier League and are fancied to finally win a title under Mikel Arteta, with one player in particular impressing former defender Micah Richards

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12 h. ago Approval given to South Lanarkshire community group to take over Thankerton Hall

Thancard Trust has been granted a Community Asset Transfer (CAT) of Thankerton Hall following council approval at a meeting of South Lanarkshire Council’s Housing and Technical Resources Committee on October 8.

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