19 h. ago Plastic surgeon reveals women are getting shocking $20k 'invisarib' procedure to contour their waists

Women are flocking to Reddit to find out how to get the tiny waistlines they see on social media - and it's courtesy of a new, time consuming procedure that involves wearing a corset for weeks.

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49 h. ago Rise of the catapult killer 'influencers': Children as young as 8 are brutally killing wildlife with slingshots during school time for social media clout

WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT The recent emergence of youngsters brutally killing wildlife with catapults for clout on the likes of Snapchat , Instagram and TikTok is a particularly sickening one.

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68 h. ago Extra time for West Lothian football club as social club opening hours extended

Linlithgow Rose will also be granted a beer garden area to its permanent licence.

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4 d. ago Duffy shares rare update after addressing hellish kidnap and rape ordeal

Singer Duffy has shared a rare update as she returns to social media for the first time in over a year after bravely detailing how she was kidnapped and raped

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5 d. ago A Working Man review – Jason Statham actioner is far too much work

The reliable bruiser re-teams with director David Ayer for a bland Sylvester Stallone-scripted thriller of fisticuffs and familiarityThe new Jason Statham movie is based on a novel called Levon’s Trade, which is a pretty good title. But A Working Man is a better Jason Statham title, because who’s better, or at least more reliable, at punching in for duty at the genre factory than Stath? Pushing 60, he’s still throwing those punches, sometimes aided by Jackie Chan-like props, and increasingly aided by those old-guy action-movie crutches of firearms and grenades.A Working Man is Statham’s insta-follow-up to his biggest hit in years, 2024’s January-movie ideal The Beekeeper; it’s not a sequel, but it’s also directed by David Ayer, extending his break from cops and gangs to send Statham off to combat some more broadly agreed-upon social ills with vaguely QAnon undertones. Last time, Statham fought back against phone scammers and a conspiracy that led all the way to, well, you know; this...

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6 d. ago Danny Jones' wife Georgia makes a huge move as she asks 'important question'

Georgia has returned to social media for the first time since her husband Danny was caught snogging Maura at the Brits, and it appears she has put the drama behind her

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6 d. ago Signs Coronation Street's Tina O'Brien and husband secretly split after 14 years

After over a decade together, signs of a split between Tina O'Brien and Adam Crofts have surfaced, fueled by social media activity and time apart.

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7 d. ago Air Crash Investigation: Haunting decision that killed 52 children in plane horror

TV series Air Crash Investigation tonight examines how two planes collided in the skies leaving 52 children dead. The grief and devastation resulted in a brutal murder

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9 d. ago Adolescence reveals a terrifying truth: smartphones are poison for boys’ minds | Martha Gill

When a Netflix drama highlights how online influencers can turn a teenager into a killer, it’s time to rethink social mediaEvery so often, a television drama comes along that has the power to change things. Last year, it was ITV’s Mr Bates vs The Post Office, in which the plight of subpostmasters was rendered with such success that it actually hastened in real-world legislation to compensate them.And now we have Netflix’s Adolescence, which looks at the online radicalisation of young boys by men’s rights activists (MRAs) such as Andrew Tate. Last week, Keir Starmer told the Commons he had been watching the series with his family and that it portrayed an “emerging and growing problem” that needed to be tackled. Now MPs are examining ideas to address the issue with greater urgency.Do you have an opinion on the issues raised in this article? If you would like to submit a letter of up to 250 words to be considered for publication, email it to us at observer.letters@observer.co.uk Contin...

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9 d. ago My adult daughter wants to turn herself back into a teenager

Distorted external referencing can keep her paralysed, because she’s trying to live up to an imagined idealThe question My daughter is now 34 years old, but she wants to be a teenager again, because she feels that she missed out on the fun she should have had back then. She hates the way she looks, because she thinks she looks older than 16. She wants cosmetic surgery and orthodontics to look younger.She wants to experience university life as a fresher again and have young fun, but she also doesn’t want to as she feels too old. She wants to earn and have independence, but also fears it. She relies on her mother and me and is not interested in getting a job. She never goes out and has no friends. She has no interests and spends most of her time comparing herself with teenage social-media idols. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago My adult daughter wants to turn herself back into a teenager | Ask Philippa

Distorted external referencing can keep her paralysed, because she’s trying to live up to an imagined idealThe question My daughter is now 34 years old, but she wants to be a teenager again, because she feels that she missed out on the fun she should have had back then. She hates the way she looks, because she thinks she looks older than 16. She wants cosmetic surgery and orthodontics to look younger.She wants to experience university life as a fresher again and have young fun, but she also doesn’t want to as she feels too old. She wants to earn and have independence, but also fears it. She relies on her mother and me and is not interested in getting a job. She never goes out and has no friends. She has no interests and spends most of her time comparing herself with teenage social-media idols. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Coronation Street star Charlotte Jordan told 'this makes up for' it after debuting new look after soap exit

The Daisy Midgeley actress is 'making up for' her time away from social media, which coincided with her confirming her exit from the show

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1 week ago Traitors star Charlotte Chilton breaks silence after Conor Maynard DNA bombshell

The Traitors star Charlotte Chilton has posted on social media for the first time since former flame Conor Maynard revealed he is not the father of her baby girl

Events

2 w. ago Semisonic objects to White House using their song 'Closing Time': 'You missed the point'

The band Semisonic is pushing back at the White House for using their hit song “Closing Time” over a social media post that shows a shackled deportee

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2 w. ago Coronation Street star Sam Aston reveals 'secret weapon' as he speaks out after Dancing on Ice win

The ITV soap's Chesney Brown actor took to social media for the first time since winning the skating competition

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2 w. ago Former Ofsted chief accuses Labour ministers of putting union wishes ahead of children's welfare by brutally attacking the freedom of academies

Amanda Spielman, who was chief inspector of the schools watchdog from 2017 to 2023, demanded Bridget Phillipson drop proposed reforms that would rein in academies.

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2 w. ago Terrified school girls share Andrew Tate fears amid disturbing crossbow killer discovery

Teenagers and parents alike have spoken out about their fears over self-professed misogynist Andrew Tate, who recently addressed claims that triple killer Kyle Clifford was influenced by his content

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2 w. ago Maternity Service by Emma Barnett review – a tour of duty in early motherhood

In this valuable, brutally honest guide, the broadcaster argues that a supposedly joyful time is often steeped in drudgery and social isolation“It’s a bloody weird experience, maternity leave, and it’s OK to acknowledge that,” Emma Barnett writes in Maternity Service, her short, no-nonsense guide to surviving this curious – and relatively recent – phenomenon that can feel, in the thick of it, like a temporary exile from the outside world. For many new mothers, the abrupt severance from their professional lives and previous identities can leave them flailing in a strange and destabilising limbo where it seems almost taboo to voice any feelings of dislocation, in case these come across as a lack of maternal devotion.Barnett proposes that the whole business should be rebranded – rather than “maternity leave”, which suggests a nice relaxing break, it should be styled “maternity service”, with all the latter term’s connotations of a military tour of duty. Words such as “duty” and “servic...

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2 w. ago How a New Zealander working from her mum’s kitchen started a news service read by Madonna

The success of Shit You Should Care About has been down to Lucy Blakiston’s focus on social media at a time where news avoidance is growing Lucy Blakiston, the 27-year-old founder of a thriving global media company, loves being underestimated. And swearing.“I wear on purpose the girliest, pinkest, most colourful outfit to an event of tech-Bros,” she tells the Guardian from her home in New Zealand’s capital, Wellington. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Democratic Senator Mark Kelly to let go of his Tesla over Musk’s federal cuts

Arizona senator had also clashed with billionaire over the latter’s ‘traitor’ jibe after Kelly posted about his Ukraine visitThe Arizona Democratic senator Mark Kelly announced he was ditching his Tesla car, because of brand owner Elon Musk’s role in slashing federal budgets and staffing and attendant threats to social benefits programs.“Every time I get in this car in the last 60 days or so, it reminds me of just how much damage Elon Musk and Donald Trump is doing to our country,” Kelly said, in video posted to X, the social media platform owned by Musk. Continue reading...

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