36 h. ago Grandad found dead inside his flat in Kettering as four people arrested after tragedy

Four people have been arrested after a grandad was discovered dead inside his Kettering flat on Saturday evening. Police have launched a murder investigation after the tragedy

Events

36 h. ago People are only just discovering 'secret code' on microwave dial for key function

A dad has shared a video on social media revealing how he discovered a 'secret code' on his microwave

Politics

53 h. ago Millennial dating involves a lot of sexy moves – so why does it so rarely lead to sex? | Zoe Williams

Modern courtship entails a complex set of escalations, from texts to voice notes to photos, before everything fizzles out. Give me gen X messiness any dayIt’s well known that dating apps are a nightmare, that hell is empty and all the demons are on Hinge, to the extent people aren’t really allowed to complain about it any more. It would sound like whining about getting run over after you couldn’t be bothered to use an underpass, so you just ran across a motorway and hoped for the best.And yet, as it was my great privilege listening to some millennials to discover, young people are still going on dates, and a lot still goes wrong, without the involvement of any tech whatsoever. It’s all in that bit of the Venn diagram where “I couldn’t work out what he/she was thinking” meets “I didn’t know whether I was that into it”, which is to say, the grey lacuna marked “nothing happened”. It could be a super-efficient, young-professional walk-through-a-park date, and then nothing happened, or a...

Politics

5 d. ago Tesco slashes prices and shoppers rush to 'stock up freezers'

Tesco shoppers have been left stunned by a pretty big discovery, and now they're rushing to stock up their freezers. People are hoping it will help to "slash" their bills in December

Economics

6 d. ago Flight attendant says staff use secret code word to talk about passengers

These are all code words that flight attendants use to subtly discuss passengers

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6 d. ago People only just discovering what metal 'buttons' on jean pockets are for

Denim jeans often come with small metal fastenings that sit in the corners of the pockets, and people are only just realising that they actually have a functional purpose

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7 d. ago Explorer finds beautiful abandoned Welsh chapel but makes 'sad' discovery inside

An explorer recently came across a beautiful abandoned chapel in Wales, but he didn't expect to make a startling discovery inside. People admitted it painted a "sad" picture

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1 week ago ‘It’s not just a book, it’s a window to my soul’: why we’re in love with literary angst

Why did an obscure Dostoevsky novella sell 100,000 copies in the UK last year? And why are TikTokers raving about a 1943 Turkish novel? The way young people are discovering books is changing – and their literary tastes reflect our timesThe sales patterns for classic novels are normally a fairly predictable business. “Every year it’s the same authors,” says Jessica Harrison, publishing director for Penguin Classics UK. “Austen is always at the very top, and then all the school ones: Orwell, An Inspector Calls, Of Mice and Men, Jane Eyre.”But last year it was different. Penguin’s bestselling classic by far was a little-known novella by Fyodor Dostoevsky. White Nights sold more than 100,000 copies in the UK in 2024. It is an angsty story of impossible love, run through with characteristic Dostoevskian gloom. A young man and woman meet on a bridge in St Petersburg on consecutive nights: his love for her is unrequited; she is despairing because the man she really love...

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1 week ago How scientists are shining light on the biology behind seasonal affective disorder

Researchers tracking large cohorts are discovering the effects of sleep, light and therapy on people impacted by winter’s arrivalFor some, the darkening days of autumn bring more than the annual ritual of reviving woolly jumpers and turning on the central heating. As the evenings close in and the mornings grow murky, energy ebbs and a heavy sadness settles in.Although seasonal affective disorder (Sad) was only formally recognised by psychiatrists in the 1980s, the link between the seasons, mood and vitality has long been observed. Continue reading...

Science

1 week ago People shocked to discover hidden microwave feature needs cleaning

A cleaning fan has showed a hidden feature on the microwave that needs cleaning - and people are truly astonished to learn the news as it's somewhere they'd never think to clean

Events

1 week ago Man explores abandoned mansion and makes 'sad' discovery inside

Jamie decided to look at an abandoned house when he was out and about exploring. When he shared what he found inside, people couldn't believe how sad the discovery was

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2 w. ago Revealed: Israel demanded Google and Amazon use secret ‘wink’ to sidestep legal orders

The tech giants agreed to extraordinary terms to clinch a lucrative contract with the Israeli government, documents showWhen Google and Amazon negotiated a major $1.2bn cloud-computing deal in 2021, their customer – the Israeli government – had an unusual demand: agree to use a secret code as part of an arrangement that would become known as the “winking mechanism”.The demand, which would require Google and Amazon to effectively sidestep legal obligations in countries around the world, was born out of Israel’s concerns that data it moves into the global corporations’ cloud platforms could end up in the hands of foreign law enforcement authorities. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Flight attendant reveals secret code cabin crew use for attractive customers

Many of us talk in secretive language when trying to get across a private message. We might use body language or a subtle wink to convey something to a close friend nearby.

Economics

2 w. ago Children and teens roundup – the best new picture books and novels

The healing power of gardens; celebrating an abolitionist; hope in the toughest times; a gladiator romantasy and moreThe Butterfly House by Harry Woodgate, Andersen, £12.99Miss Brown’s wild garden scares most people, but when Holly discovers her reclusive neighbour’s sadness, she decides to help turn the wilderness into a butterfly haven. A beautiful, moving picture book about the healing power of gardens and community.The History of We by Nikkolas Smith, Rock the Boat, £8.99Via rich, dynamic paintings and thoughtful pared-back text, Smith answers the question “What does the beginning look like?” with this powerful picture book, the shared story of humanity’s first ancestors in “the fertile cradle of Africa”. Continue reading...

Culture

2 w. ago TikTok warning as boy, 12, dies in horrifying 'chroming' trend and secret teen emoji code

Oliver Gorman was accidentally killed after inhaling the potentially deadly gas from deodorants in a TikTok craze known as 'chroming' at his home in Greater Manchester

Events

2 w. ago Flight attendants reveal subtle way they tell each other they fancy a passenger

Flight attendants have a secret code that they use to tell each other certain things, including when there is an attractive passenger on board and when someone is taking up an entire row

Politics

3 w. ago 'I bought £5 earrings from charity shop and can't believe their real worth'

A woman has shared her delight after buying a £5.24 pair of earrings from a charity shop, only to discover they're worth a small fortune - and people can't believe her luck

Economics

3 w. ago 'I found jewellery in charity shop and couldn't believe how much it was really worth'

A woman has shared her delight after stumbling across a piece of jewellery in a charity shop - and people can't believe the discovery she made after she worked out its real value

Politics

3 w. ago I can’t stop watching videos of people discovering Beds are Burning by Midnight Oil. Send help

Like all good addicts, I couldn’t tell you how much time I’ve spent with First Time Hearing clips on YouTube. They sucked me in and didn’t let me goRead more in the Internet wormhole seriesOh the pleasant pain of waiting impatiently for someone to understand the point! Oh the power of dramatic irony; the smug joy of knowing something they don’t.Oh how I wallowed in these feelings and more, when YouTube sucked me into a genre I had previously known nothing about: First Time Hearing videos, where people film themselves watching the music video of a song they’ve never heard before and grace viewers with their impromptu reactions, thoughts and facial expressions. Continue reading...

Events

4 w. ago Man discovers 'network of tunnels and rooms' under house and everyone says same thing

A man has shared his horror after discovering a 'network of tunnels and rooms' under his house - and people have been left terrified as they all make the same comment

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