3 h. ago Louis is the love of my life. We're in our 50s, share a son, live together and have just had the most blissful Christmas. But we have a secret you'll never guess...

Fergus, his father and I spent Christmas day yesterday together. This wouldn't be remotely unusual, except that Fergus's father, Louis, and I have a surprising secret...

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9 h. ago Set For Life results LIVE: National Lottery winning numbers for December 25

The December 25 Set For Life draw is taking place at 8pm with players standing to win a massive £10,000 payment every month for the next 30 years

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64 h. ago Anna Kournikova's reclusive life: How the tennis superstar bowed out of the limelight after retiring at 21 to live a quiet life with Enrique Iglesias

Former tennis superstar Anna Kournikova gave birth to her fourth child with husband Enrique Iglesias last week, almost 25 years after they started dating.

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4 d. ago Girl, 6, ‘unable to live normal life’ as wheelchair stolen days before Christmas

Emily Riley-Dolan’s mother said the specialist wheelchair was in the boot of the family’s grey Peugeot 5008 when it was stolen from outside their home

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4 d. ago Celtic vs Aberdeen LIVE as Luke McCowan tries to spark life into the champions

Wilfried Nancy is a man under pressure and will be desperate to finally land a win as they take on Jimmy Thelin’s side

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5 d. ago Everton vs Arsenal live: Toffees making life difficult as Arteta’s side chase Premier League top spot

The Gunners have relinquished top spot in the Premier League after Manchester City’s win over West Ham

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6 d. ago Scots dad transforms health after crucial '50/50' moment gives him 'wake up call'

Scott Bennett, 45, has managed to turn his life around after a "wake-up call" that has left him "able to live life".

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7 d. ago 'I have to live the rest of my life without my son... I just want this change to happen'

Eli Testa was tragically killed after a cross on top of a gravestone fell on him in Rawtenstall

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8 d. ago Rosa von Praunheim, provocative pioneer of gay cinema, dies aged 83

The film-maker, whose 1971 feature about queer life has been described as Germany’s ‘Stonewall moment’, married his long-term partner on FridayRosa von Praunheim, a key figure of the New German Cinema movement who made taboo-breaking films about queer life and scandalised the country when he outed German celebrities on live TV, has died aged 83.German media reported that Praunheim died in Berlin in the early hours of Wednesday morning, just days after marrying his long-term partner at a ceremony in the German capital on Friday. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Is THIS the secret to longer life? People who live to 100 have more hunter

Some might put it down to luck, while others credit a daily cup of tea - but the secret to living to 100 could be having more hunter-gatherer DNA, according to a study.

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9 d. ago ‘No water, no life’: Iraq’s Tigris River in danger of disappearing

Unless urgent action is taken life will be fundamentally altered for the ancient communities who live on its banksAs a leader of one of the oldest gnostic religions in the world, Sheikh Nidham Kreidi al-Sabahi must use only water taken from a flowing river, even for drinking.The 68-year-old has a long grey beard hanging over his simple tan robe and a white cap covering his equally long hair, which sheikhs are forbidden from cutting. He says he has never got ill from drinking water from the Tigris River and believes that as long as the water is flowing, it is clean. But the truth is that soon it may not be flowing at all. Continue reading...

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1 week ago 'Danger to life' live updates as amber rain warning issued in Wales

An amber rain warning has been issued for South Wales today

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1 week ago Director Rob Reiner and wife Michele Singer Reiner found dead at home

Authorities investigating ‘apparent homicide’ after 78-year-old director of Stand By Me and The Princess Bride discovered dead at LA home with wifeHollywood in shock: ‘One of the greatest filmmakers to ever live’Gallery: Rob Reiner – a life in picturesInterview: Rob Reiner on Trump, family – and his brilliant, beloved movieRob Reiner, the director of beloved films including When Harry Met Sally, Misery, Stand By Me, The Princess Bride and This is Spinal Tap, has died aged 78 in an apparent homicide, along with his 68-year-old wife Michele Singer Reiner.Reports first began to emerge on Sunday afternoon that the bodies of a 78-year-old man and a 68-year-old woman had been found by authorities inside a home owned by Reiner in Brentwood, Los Angeles, after a medical aid request was made to the Los Angeles Fire Department. Continue reading...

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1 week ago King Charles issues major cancer update as he opens up about 'overwhelming' treatment

King Charles has shared news about his cancer treatment and said that he has been able to live a full life despite the 'overwhelming' diagnosis and tough treatments

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2 w. ago Lottery results LIVE: National Lottery Set For Life draw tonight, December 11, 2025

THE National Lottery Set For Life numbers are in and it's time to find out if you've won the top prize of £10,000 every month for 30 years. Could tonight's jackpot see you start ticking off that bucket list every month or building your own start-up as a budding entrepreneur? You can find out by...

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2 w. ago Life Expectancy in Scotland: Where do people live the longest in Scotland? All 32 council areas ranked

Life expectancy across Scotland has risen, but estimates vary dramatically depending on where you live.

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2 w. ago Storm Bram live: Parts of UK hit with ‘danger to life’ weather warning as travel disruptions continue

Flights, ferry crossings, and rail journeys face cancellations and delays

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2 w. ago Storm Bram in Scotland LIVE as 'danger to life' warning in place across country

The Met Office has issued a number of weather warnings for Scotland across the course of the day.

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2 w. ago Storm Bram 2025 Scotland LIVE: Updates as Storm Bram batters Scotland with 'danger to life' warnings in place

Gusts of 70 to 80 mph are expected for a few hours, and some places may experience gusts of up to 90 mph, the Met Office said.

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2 w. ago On the Calculation of Volume III by Solvej Balle review – how to make a timeloop endlessly interesting

The hypnotic third novel in the hit Danish series grapples with the philosophical realities of being stuck on repeat in 18 NovemberThe time loop story, in which characters repeatedly relive the same span of time, has become synonymous with the 1993 film Groundhog Day, but the idea has much older roots. In PD Ouspensky’s 1915 novel Strange Life of Ivan Osokin, the feckless Osokin is given the chance to live his life over again, only to find himself making all the same mistakes. Like Groundhog Day’s insufferable Phil Connors, Osokin can change nothing without changing himself.Solvej Balle’s much-lauded series On the Calculation of Volume takes a very different approach. She first began working on the idea decades ago, several years before Groundhog Day was released. The film, she says, “helped me with research by trying out some of the roads I did not want to take”. The books, five so far with two more planned, have proved a literary sensation in her native Denmark, with the first thr...

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