36 h. ago 'I got a pineapple tattoo and was horrified to learn what it meant'

Pineapples might be a popular snack, but people have been left baffled after realising the tropical fruit has a hidden meaning that might make you think twice about buying one

Politics

36 h. ago People just realising pineapples have 'hidden meaning' and it's rather rude

You might love tucking into a pineapple snack with your lunch, but some people are just realising there's actually a raunchy hidden meaning behind the juicy tropical fruit

Politics

45 h. ago World's richest tennis player refuses stay at Wimbledon hotel: 'I don't think people realise!'

Jessica Pegula will be among the women aiming to win Wimbledon when the tournament starts next week but she won't be staying in the same place as some of her competition

Sport

49 h. ago UK politics: ‘Bungling Badenoch’ under fire after suggesting Starmer wrong to miss PMQs for Nato summit – as it happened

Liberal Democrats say Conservative leader focused on ‘cheap point scoring’ and her MPs are in ‘open revolt’In his final answer Starmer explained how he thought government and business should work together.A true partnership is not two people or two bodies trying to do the same thing. It’s two people or bodies realising they bring different things to the table.Government shouldn’t try to run businesses. It’s done that in the past and it doesn’t work particularly well. Continue reading...

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51 h. ago ‘Bungling Badenoch’ under fire after suggesting Starmer wrong to miss PMQs for Nato summit – UK politics live

Liberal Democrats say Conservative leader focused on ‘cheap point scoring’ and her MPs are in ‘open revolt’In his final answer Starmer explained how he thought government and business should work together.A true partnership is not two people or two bodies trying to do the same thing. It’s two people or bodies realising they bring different things to the table.Government shouldn’t try to run businesses. It’s done that in the past and it doesn’t work particularly well. Continue reading...

Politics

55 h. ago Starmer confirms willingness to make concessions on welfare bill, saying reforms must be fair – UK politics live

‘We want to see reform implemented with Labour values of fairness,’ the PM saysIn his final answer Starmer explained how he thought government and business should work together.A true partnership is not two people or two bodies trying to do the same thing. It’s two people or bodies realising they bring different things to the table.Government shouldn’t try to run businesses. It’s done that in the past and it doesn’t work particularly well. Continue reading...

Economics

55 h. ago How migraines can be a sign you're at risk of a stroke but so many young people don't realise. Tracey only found out when doctors discovered a clot in her brainstem

Last year Tracey McMahon woke in the middle of the night with a blinding headache - 'at first I thought it was a bad migraine'.

Events

56 h. ago Commons leader confirms vote on welfare bill will go ahead despite Labour rebellion – UK politics live

More than 120 Labour MPs are poised to rebel against the government on TuesdayIn his final answer Starmer explained how he thought government and business should work together.A true partnership is not two people or two bodies trying to do the same thing. It’s two people or bodies realising they bring different things to the table.Government shouldn’t try to run businesses. It’s done that in the past and it doesn’t work particularly well. Continue reading...

Politics

57 h. ago I was one of those men who couldn’t stop talking. Here’s how I learned to shut up and listen

After realising how much I interrupted other people, I decided I needed to make a drastic change. Here’s how starting to listen changed my relationships – and made me happierI like to talk as much as the next man – and men like to talk. A now-famous study by the University of California, Santa Barbara, noted that, in a series of recorded public conversations between men and women, 48 interruptions occurred, 46 of which came from men. The 2024 Women in the Workplace survey by McKinsey found that nearly 40% of women experienced being interrupted or spoken over “more than others” at work, against 20% of men.Men in public spaces, according to research, talk more than women, talk over women, and talk down to women, contributing to the rise of gender neologisms such as manologuing, bropropriating and mansplaining. So, aware that men tend to dominate and disrupt, aware that the world at large feels unbearably loud, aware that I, too, often add to that noise, I decided to learn to keep my m...

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3 d. ago Congrats to Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez on the wedding – and to Venice for running them out of town | Emma Brockes

People power forced a change of venue, proving that a man worth £223bn can still fall foul of ordinary folk with pool floatsThere are so many questions swirling around the forthcoming wedding of Jeff Bezos to Lauren Sánchez this weekend – for instance, who in their right mind books Venice in high summer? Why isn’t Katy Perry going? And how is Eva Longoria still on every guest list, despite not having been famous since 2012? – but the one I keep sticking on in this: as the world’s third richest man, Bezos could, we assume, charm almost any woman on the planet into some sort of marital arrangement with him. In which case, and with all due respect, why Sánchez?I don’t mean this to be as rude at it sounds. Lauren Sánchez, a 55-year-old former TV presenter and licensed pilot, is, I’m sure, funny and clever and up there with Peter Ustinov as a great dinner party guest. Her betrothed, on the other hand, doesn’t appear to be a man comfortable with making anything but the most obvious choice...

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4 d. ago 'It survived two World Wars... what a sad end': Heartbreak as Manchester's Hotspur Press left a smouldering ruin

This morning, people woke up with the tragic realisation that one of Manchester's oldest and most symbolic buildings has been destroyed

Events

1 week ago Woman starts rapping at busy station before people realise who it is

A musician has gone viral after she was seen rapping in the streets of London - and a crowd of people were left in disbelief as they realised who the performer was

Politics

1 week ago Woman grabs mic in street and starts rapping before people realise who it is

Members of the public were thrilled after a woman burst through the crowd of a busy street and began rapping into a microphone, but it took onlookers a while to realise who was performing

Politics

1 week ago The one change that worked: I stood up to my inner critic and I’ve never looked back

In my teenage years I had an eating disorder and a voice in my head criticised everything I did. But then I took controlI wish I could say that if my teenage self had a window to the future, she would be proud of the person I’ve become. But, in truth, I think she would dislike me just as much as she disliked herself. Back then, I could have spoken for hours about all of the reasons I hated the person I was. And that wasn’t something I believed would change. I used to be all-consumed by my inner critic: the critical voice in my head was much louder than any rational thoughts or words of affirmation others offered me.I had an eating disorder. Each day was a monotonous cycle of exercising as much as possible and eating as little as I could get away with. I was miserable, and it was all because of the cage I’d built within my own mind. This is not something unique to people with eating disorders. I’ve realised, after sharing my story online, that so many people have this unkind voice in...

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2 w. ago People are only just realising Tyson Fury's 'real name' ahead of Soccer Aid

Fury has been one of the most dominant heavyweight boxers of his generation, but his rivals have often questioned his true identity - and it's all to do with his name

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2 w. ago People just realising film star helped create WiFi and Steve McQueen invented bucket seat

What other celebs have turned creators? From Marlon Brando's drum machine to Donald Trump's bizarre claim that he invented the word 'equalise'

Politics

2 w. ago People are only just realising what the triangle symbols on laundry labels are for

One person took to US forum Reddit to say they were equally baffled by the list of laundry care symbols, and asked fellow users for help.

Politics

2 w. ago People are only just realising why King Charles' birthday parade happens five months early

King Charles' birthday parade, Trooping The Colour, is set to take place tomorrow (Saturday, June 14) - despite the fact that the royal's actual birthday falls on November 14

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2 w. ago Woman helps clean up spillage in supermarket then people realise who she is

A woman was shopping at the supermarket when she accidentally knocked over an "avalanche" of products - and the helpful stranger who helped her clean up turned out to be an A-List star

Politics

2 w. ago Horrifying final words people hear before death and no one realised

Scientific evidence has backed up what people hear just before they die

Events