80 m. ago My wife's heavy drinking is ruining our relationship and sex life. How can I help? DEAR CAROLINE shares how to address the problem without causing a fall

Our relationships counsellor answers your problems.

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98 m. ago MAFS UK’s Keye shares real reason Davide ended things over text after couple 'spiralled'

Married at First Sight star Keye Luke has shared new details about his shock split from Davide Anica, including the real reason he downloaded a dating app during their relationship

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1 hour ago Slender Man stabber Morgan Geyser found 170 miles from group home with man, 42, who she is ‘in a relationship with’

Morgan Geyser went missing from Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, with an adult acquaintance at around 8 p.m. Saturday

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2 h. ago How Putin's 'Trump whisperer' envoy Kirill Dmitriev 'drafted leaked Ukraine peace plan' that is 'literally Russian ideas typed up'

Dubbed the 'Trump whisperer' for his uncanny ability to connect with the notoriously fickle American president, Kirill Dmitriev is accused of, in part, drafting the much-maligned deal.

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2 h. ago Relatives of disappeared brace themselves as bodies are exhumed from notorious mass grave in Colombia

Medellín’s Comuna 13 neighbourhood saw extraordinary violence in the 2000s, with hundreds of people detained, tortured or killedWhen Operation Orión began in October 2002, Hermey Mejía thought the violence that had ravaged his corner of Medellín for decades would finally come to an end.The 22-year-old told his mother, Teresa Gómez, that he hoped Colombia’s armed forces would get rid of the urban guerrillas who ruled the streets of Comuna 13, then one of the most dangerous districts in the world. The area, of strategic importance for drugs and weapons trafficking, had long been trapped in a cycle of bloodshed: first under Pablo Escobar’s narcos, then, after their fall, leftwing militias. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago One body shape slows brain ageing and cuts dementia, study shows

Fat just under the skin isn’t related to brain ageing

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4 h. ago Britain is 'most expensive place in world' to develop nuclear energy as experts demand Labour cut red tape in 'radical reset'

Independent investigators said overly complex regulation had led to a 'relative decline' in the country's leadership position and higher energy costs for consumers.

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5 h. ago How rolling sand dunes are creeping up on last remaining oases on edge of Sahara

In western Chad, villagers are desperately trying to hold back the sand as the climate crisis wreaks havoc on one of the hottest countries in the worldOn the ochre sands of Kanem, the neat vegetable gardens and silver-green palm trees of Kaou oasis stand out, incongruous in this desert province of 70,000 sq km in western Chad.Oases such as this, on the edge of the Sahara, have sustained human life in the world’s deserts for thousands of years. Globally, an estimated 150 million people rely on the water, arable land and access to trade networks they provide. But in Chad, such oases are disappearing fast. Continue reading...

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5 h. ago Another Cop wrecked by fossil fuel interests and our leaders’ cowardice – but there is another way | Genevieve Guenther

The fingerprints of Russia and Saudi Arabia are all over the decision text in Brazil. But a group of nations led by Colombia and the Netherlands offer hopeGenevieve Guenther is the founding director of End Climate SilenceThe 30th conference of the parties (Cop30), the annual climate summit of all nations party to the UNFCCC, just ended. Stakeholders are out in the media trying spin the outcome as a win. Simon Stiell, climate change executive secretary for the UN is, for instance, praising Cop30 for showing that “climate cooperation is alive and kicking, keeping humanity in the fight for a liveable planet”. But let us be clear. The conference was a failure. Its outcome, the decision text known as the Global Mutirão or Global Collective Effort, is, in essence, a form of climate denial.In 2023, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) determined that the world had already developed, or planned to develop, too much fossil fuel to be able to halt global heating at 2C. It ackn...

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5 h. ago Andrew and Sarah Ferguson in danger of 'awkward' family scenario as 'arrangement' ends

Andrew and Sarah Ferguson may no longer be welcome at London's renowned Annabel's club due to their 'type of notoriety', according to reports

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6 h. ago Man disappeared on a Friday 10 months ago and is still missing

Mark Kinson, 52 was last seen on Friday, January 31, although there have been two possible sightings since

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8 h. ago Union High School football coach Travis Turner mysteriously goes missing during undefeated season

Virginia State police confirmed Saturday that an active search is underway to locate Travis L Turner, 46, of Appalachia, who serves as the head coach of Union High School.

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8 h. ago They wore heels, sequins and little else! The heady nights and glistening bodies of cult queer club PDA

In the pounding heat of a sweaty basement, revellers danced till 6am posing in lavish outfits and flexing their thigh-high boots. Liz Johnson Artur relives how she photographed the anything-goes spirit of this DIY oasisFor more than three decades, Liz Johnson Artur has photographed “the people I’m with” – a characteristically modest expression that belies the radiance, intimacy and unshowy brilliance of her pictures, an extraordinary archive numbering thousands of images that celebrate beauty, resilience, community and resistance. Intimate and alive, her photographs – often shot on the fly, in streets, nightclubs and living rooms – pull you right into the moment, just before it disappears for good.PDA, the photographer’s latest book, celebrates a bygone London underground music scene. PDA was a popular queer club night that ran monthly in a Hackney basement from 2011 to 2021. The abbreviation PDA did not stand for a single phrase, apparently. Rather, the founders playfully suggested...

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8 h. ago ‘We have to stay calm in high emotion’: What it’s really like to answer a call from a missing child

Every day, helpline workers from Missing People speak to children who have gone missing, their heartbroken loved ones, or those who feel like they want to disappear. The Independent heard from those picking up the phone and helping bring young people back to safety

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8 h. ago Man breaks into abandoned 'witness protection home' of family that 'government made disappear'

A TikToker claimed to have found a mansion that had been suddenly abandoned, leaving behind 'top secret documents', money, expensive clothes and more. The video led TikTok users to speculate that it could have been a 'witness protection house' and that the US Government may have made them 'disappear'.

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13 h. ago Why men should NEVER let a woman split the bill on a first date

Australian relationship expert Louanne Ward claimed the answer has nothing to do with money, and everything to do with psychology, attraction, and how men and women read early 'signals.'

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13 h. ago More then 2,000 trafficked children and lone child asylum seekers missing from UK councils’ care

Charities say vulnerable young people are being failed by local authorities, the police and central governmentMore than 2,000 children who have been trafficked or who arrived in the UK alone to claim asylum disappeared from social services’ care last year, according to freedom of information data shared with the Guardian.The authors of a report, Until Harm Ends, submitted FoI requests to children’s services departments in councils across England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland asking for information about trafficked children and those who arrived alone in the UK and claimed asylum, who then went missing after being taken into care. Continue reading...

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13 h. ago More than 2,000 trafficked children and lone child asylum seekers missing from UK councils’ care

Charities say vulnerable young people are being failed by local authorities, the police and central governmentMore than 2,000 children who have been trafficked or who arrived in the UK alone to claim asylum disappeared from social services’ care last year, according to freedom of information data shared with the Guardian.The authors of a report, Until Harm Ends, submitted FoI requests to children’s services departments in councils across England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland asking for information about trafficked children and those who arrived alone in the UK and claimed asylum, who then went missing after being taken into care. Continue reading...

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13 h. ago I'm A Celeb's Aitch 'secretly ended relationship with girlfriend before the jungle'

I'm A Celebrity favourite Aitch reportedly split from his girlfriend Lois Cottam just weeks before heading into the Australian jungle.

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14 h. ago I'm A Celebrity's Martin Kemp opens up on family struggle with wife Shirlie

I'm A Celebrity's Martin Kemp shared a rare insight into his relationship with wife Shirlie on Sunday (November 23) night

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