59 m. ago The Appleby Horse Fair clear up: Massive operation underway to get rid of rubbish strewn across fields where 10,000 travellers gathered

Shocking images show thousands of pieces of litter visible as well as plastic crates and cardboard boxes thrown across the site.

Politics

83 m. ago Experts reveal 10 things you can do to keep your lawn lush in summer

A horticulturist explains what you can do to keep your grass healthy

Politics

87 m. ago ‘They think it’s cheating’: Why people won't praise Mounjaro and Ozempic weight loss

Imagine you finally get to your goal weight... and no one wants to talk about it. According to one study, this is the case with Mounjaro and Ozempic-induced weight loss

Politics

1 hour ago Giovanna Fletcher admits 'it's hard leaving' as husband Tom pleads 'can you not'

Giovanna Fletcher and her husband Tom have been married for nearly a decade and have three children together, but the couple have admitted that making time for each other can be difficult

Politics

2 h. ago Thousands of carers in Scotland to get £293 extra payment next week

The money will be issued to around 90,000 unpaid carers over a two-day period.

Economics

3 h. ago Artists, Siblings, Visionaries by Judith Mackrell review – the remarkable lives of Gwen and Augustus John

Gwen’s talent vastly outshone her brother’s – but both are treated with subtlety in this outstanding dual biographyA young woman sits reading, a pot of tea to hand, her blue dress almost the only colour in a still, sandy room. Gwen John’s painting The Convalescent shows a subdued yet happy moment, for this woman is free to think and feel. That, we see in Judith Mackrell’s outstanding double biography of Gwen and her brother, was her ideal for living: to be at liberty even if that meant existing in deepest solitude.The quietness of a life spent largely alone in single rooms, reading, drawing, painting and occasionally having wild sex with the sculptor Rodin, is counterpointed in this epic narrative by the crowded, relentless, almost insanely overstimulated life of Augustus John. Lion of the arts in early 20th-century Britain, he was a bigamist, adulterer, father of so many children you lose track (so did he), and an utterly forgettable painter. Continue reading...

Politics

3 h. ago Jamie Oliver upset as he slams 'harmful' school system and demands change

Celebrity chef Jamie Oliver is launching his own crusade in a new documentary as he fights for schools to be more inclusive and better trained to deal with neurodivergent children.

Politics

3 h. ago 'I lost 80lbs on weight loss jabs there's one negative effect no one talks about'

One weight-loss injection user has revealed that although she has lost 80lbs since starting the jabs, there is one big downside that lots of people don't expect

Politics

3 h. ago Jamie Oliver 'angry' as he pleads for change in schools after personal turmoil

Celebrity chef Jamie Oliver has opened up about his struggles with dyslexia in a new documentary, and says he is 'angry' at the way the education system is failing neurodivergent children

Politics

4 h. ago DWP cuts impact laid bare with exactly how many will be 'in poverty'

The number is much higher than the Government's projected 250,000 - including 50,000 children

Politics

4 h. ago There’s an invader turning huge swathes of Britain into deserts – and these dead zones are spreading | George Monbiot

Vast areas of land are now dominated by one species – purple moor-grass – and good luck with seeing a bird or insect there. How do we revive these habitats?Deserts are spreading across great tracts of Britain, yet few people seem to have noticed, and fewer still appear to care. It is one of those astonishing situations I keep encountering: in which vast, systemic problems – in this case, I believe, covering thousands of square kilometres – hide in plain sight.I realise that many people, on reading that first sentence, will suspect I’ve finally flipped. Where, pray, are those rolling sand dunes or sere stony wastes? But there are many kinds of desert, and not all of them are dry. In fact, those spreading across Britain are clustered in the wettest places. Yet they harbour fewer species than some dry deserts do, and are just as hostile to humans. Another useful term is terrestrial dead zones. Continue reading...

Events

5 h. ago Teenage girls’ TikTok skincare regimes offer little to no benefit, research shows

With number of young girls sharing videos rising, study says following instructions can irritate skin and lead to allergiesSkincare regimes demonstrated by young influencers on TikTok offer little to no benefit, researchers have found, adding that on the contrary they raise the risk of skin irritations and lifelong allergies in children.The team behind the study say there has been a rise in young girls sharing videos of complex skincare routines with moisturisers, toners, acne treatments and anti-ageing products. Continue reading...

Technology

5 h. ago Skincare buffs swear by 'remarkably effective' gel that treats blemishes overnight

Skincare fans are praising Dr Sam's Flawless Neutralising Gel, a clinically formulated, dermatologist-developed skincare hero, for its ability to calm blemishes, tackle pigmentation, and reduce redness

Politics

5 h. ago Could an alliance of eight small countries turn out to be Europe’s anchor? | Paul Taylor

Amid geopolitical storms and the rise of populism, the ‘Nordic-Baltic eight’ is gaining clout as a bulwark of western resolveWith Europe’s political kaleidoscope spinning wildly in the populist winds, a group of northern countries is gaining weight as a geopolitical anchor. Known as the Nordic-Baltic eight (NB8 in diplomatic jargon), it brings together small northern European states that, individually, might have little clout in international security and politics. But since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, they have wielded growing influence as a pressure group for western resolve, offering an attractive blend of democratic security, defence integration and societal resilience.Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway and Sweden established their regional cooperation format in 1992, after the end of the cold war, with regular meetings of prime ministers, parliamentary speakers, foreign and defence ministers and senior government officials. It beg...

Politics

5 h. ago British pension policy is finally stepping in the right direction

Consolidation of funds makes evident sense, bringing economies of scale and scope

Events

5 h. ago Chaos erupts in LA as protesters torch robotaxis after Trump sends National Guard

Tensions have escalated in Los Angeles as thousands of protesters take to the streets in response to President Donald Trump's extraordinary deployment of the National Guard

Events

5 h. ago Bill to keep child kidnap and murder plot trio in Scots jail hits £1m

They are still within the ­ Scottish prison after losing a last-ditch appeal against their extradition to the US, after the FBI identified them as being behind a twisted scheme to kidnap five ­children and kill their parents.

Events

6 h. ago Oprah Winfrey is thinner than ever in black gown at Tony Awards after Ozempic makeover

The 71-year-old OWN CEO finally reached her 160lb goal weight in 2023 with help from an unnamed GLP-1 agonist drug after undergoing double-knee replacement surgery in 2021

Events

8 h. ago After five failed rounds of IVF, my partner died. I thought I'd go mad with grief... instead I took the most desperate measure and used his sperm to father the children I longed for: CHARLOTTE CRIPPS

I was 40 and preparing for another IVF cycle as me and my partner, Alex, tried for a baby. But a Tuesday that had started off feeling like any other put me on a path towards the family I have now.

Events

8 h. ago Gayle King flaunts her extremely thin frame in tight green gown on 2025 Tony Awards red carpet

The CBS Mornings host, 70, has continuously been displaying her slimmed down figure in recent months, sparking a slew of rumors that she's been using the popular weight loss jab Ozempic.

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