83 m. ago ‘Spiral of silence’: climate action is very popular, so why don’t people realise it?

Researchers find 89% of people around the world want more to be done, but mistakenly assume their peers do notActivate climate’s ‘silent majority’ to supercharge action, experts sayThe Guardian is joining forces with dozens of newsrooms around the world to launch the 89 Percent Project—and highlight the fact that the vast majority of the world’s population wants climate action. Read moreHow much of a $450 (£339) pot would you give to a charity that cuts carbon emissions by investing in renewable energy, and how much would you keep for yourself? That was the question posed in a recent academic experiment. The answers mattered: real money was handed out as a result to some randomly chosen participants.The average person gave away about half the money and kept the rest. But what if you had been told beforehand that the vast majority of other people think climate action is really important? Might you have given more to the charity? Continue reading...

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99 m. ago Britney Spears' holiday with creepily lifelike plastic doll branded 'oddest thing'

Rumours circulated Britney Spears had become a mum again when eagle-eyed fans spotted what seemed to be a "baby’s foot" sticking out from beneath swaddling blankets, held by her bodyguard

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2 h. ago My family and I were sound asleep – then a tsunami swept our house out to sea

When Pedro Niada awoke to find his house tilting and filling with water, he was confused. He soon realised he was in a race against time to save everyoneJolted awake at 4.30am, Pedro “Peter” Niada was certain a meteorite had fallen near his seaside home, lifting it from its foundations and sending it flying through the air. He took two steps down the stairs, felt water splash his feet and realised the house was sinking.Nothing made sense. Why was the house tilting? Why could he hear what sounded like a waterfall outside? The sound of breaking timber led him to pull back the curtain at The Flying Fish (El Pez Volador), the 12-bed tourist lodge he had built by hand. Continue reading...

Society

3 h. ago Dame Deborah James's schoolgirl daughter says she is following in her campaigner mum's footsteps

Her young daughter, Eloise, will join ITV 's Lorraine Kelly today on her show for the No Butts initiative after it was launched by Dame Deborah in 2021.

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11 h. ago Doctors reattached my head after I was 'decapitated' in a car accident

The 50-year-old farmer from the US, who was not named, had swerved to avoid a pothole - like he had done a thousand times before - when he lost control of his truck and slammed into a wall of trees.

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12 h. ago 'My sister's only cancer symptom was terrifyingly easy to miss

When 'fit and healthy' Kate Drummond began experiencing back pain, doctors misdiagnosed her with sciatica, not realising that she had a 'grapefruit-sized' tumour in her pelvis

Events

14 h. ago Inside Katie Price's crisis health plan for son Harvey following alarming update

As Katie Price issues a heartbreaking update concerning the health woes of her eldest son Harvey, the Mirror takes a look at the worried mum's crisis health plan, following a recent alarming weigh in

Events

15 h. ago Jennifer Aniston accidentally reveals something unusual about her dogs as they pose at her $21M mansion

The pooches had on fun white-and-pink Easter bunny ears while on the lush green lawn of her $21M Bel-Air, California mansion. Eagle-eyes fans noticed something unusual about her fur babies.

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15 h. ago Feral gang used Snapchat to 'hunt' schoolgirl before brutal beating

WARNING: DISTRESSING VIDEO. Sofia Todd's mum Eleonora Paluzzi said the horror attack in Paisley earlier this month left her daughter traumatised, with a video capturing her brutal beating

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16 h. ago Strictly Come Dancing fans only just realising Nikita Kuzmin's sister is a TV star too

The 27-year-old joined the BBC dance show in 2021 as a professional dancer. Over the years he's become a huge fan favourite and even starred in ITV's Celebrity Big Brother last year.

Culture

16 h. ago Mum naming son after herself told she's setting him up for 'lifelong issues'

A mum has decided to put a homage to herself in her son's name so that he could 'always remember who his first love is' - and people have told her she's making a huge mistake

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17 h. ago Heartbroken Katie Price says Harvey's condition 'increasingly life

Mum Katie says she has spoken to doctors about how she can help Harvey as he is now 'struggling'

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18 h. ago Stunned EastEnders fans only just realising how many people live in Sonia Fowler's house as they call out string of glaring blunders in exit scenes

Sonia (Natalie Cassidy) originally lived in her modest abode on Albert Square with only her ex-partner Reiss Colwell (Jonny Freeman).

Society

19 h. ago Bereaved mum 'defeated' as campaign for baby loss wards in Scotland 'snubbed'

Louise Caldwell has campaigned for all hospitals in Scotland to have a separate ward to allow women to deliver stillborn babies after she lost a baby in 2019.

Events

19 h. ago ALICE HARE: My luxury fashion guide to looking like you've been on holiday at The Four Seasons or The Ritz from just £118

I had a sobering moment recently: I realised I was wearing a cap emblazoned with The Ritz's logo while staying in a Travelodge on the side of a British motorway.

Economics

20 h. ago British music legend 'accidentally reveals he is playing secret Glastonbury set'

The British artist is said to have revealed that he will be heading to Worthy Farm to play a 'mobile disco set' at this year's festival.

Politics

20 h. ago EuroMillions winner who bagged £148m 'ditches mansion and moves in with mum'

Adrian Bayford, 54, and his fiancée Tracey Biles will move into the modest four-bed home he purchased for his parents.

Economics

20 h. ago BBC Beyond Paradise star has famous daughter and fans have only just realised

Felicity Montagu has taken on the role of Margo Martins in the hit BBC series Beyond Paradise and while her character's personal life is a closely guarded secret, her own family background is quite fascinating.

Politics

20 h. ago The Accidental Spy review – remarkable story of CIA operative abandoned by his handlers

Anthony Wonke’s headlong documentary introduces Blerim Skoro, recruited in post-9/11 New York to become an inside man in the ‘war on terror’, then left in the fieldIn the movies, the classic hazard for the undercover operative is psychological meltdown after getting lost in their new identity. In real life, the dangers seem more prosaic: being treated as an expendable asset and dumped. That was the situation for Muslim Kosovan refugee Blerim Skoro who, despite years spent protecting US national security as a prison informant and al-Qaida mole, was threatened with deportation. His paymasters, the CIA and FBI, don’t emerge creditably from director Anthony Wonke’s headlong, if narrowly focused, account.Skoro seems to have a gift for being in the right or wrong place at the wrong or right time; it’s not obvious which. After deserting from the army during the 1990s Yugoslav war, he wound up as an asylum seeker in New York with a young family. But a new hustle, running drugs for the Alban...

Culture

21 h. ago BBC Strictly Come Dancing's Dianne Buswell 'in tears' and says 'it's come true' after comment resurfaces

A comment the dancer made years ago resurfaced and made her realise what she was speaking about at the time had 'come true'

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