50 m. ago Average person’s life saw ‘no meaningful improvement’ over past year – charity

Carnegie UK found stagnating wellbeing and persistent hardship for millions of people since 2023.

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1 hour ago Coronation Street legend working flipping burgers at cafe on Macclesfield canal

Corrie legend Charlie Lawson - famous for playing Jim McDonald in the soap - has been enjoying cooking at the Bridge 19 Cafe in Adlington, Cheshire

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1 hour ago Father Tedd icon Pauline McLynn fears Corrie debut will be slated by fans

Father Ted and Shameless actress Pauline McLynn is joining ITV soap Coronation Street as newcomer Maggie Driscoll, but she is hesitant about the reaction she'll get

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2 h. ago Urgent appeal to identify suspect of racially aggravated rape in Wallsall

Police release CCTV footage after man described as white and in his 30s attacked woman in her 20s in Park Hall areaAn urgent police appeal has been launched to identify a man believed to have raped a woman in a racially aggravated attack.West Midlands police were called to the Park Hall area of Walsall just after 7.15pm on Saturday after a woman was reported to be distressed in the street. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago Doorbell footage captures shocking moment brothers smash up woman's home

Brothers Harry and Alistair Palmer were caught on Ring doorbell footage swearing, shouting and launching items at a woman's home

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4 h. ago Jeremy Clarkson says people who drop litter should be shot by snipers in trees

The Clarkson's Farm host says racists and paedophiles aren't at the top of his hate list - it's litterers. He has advocated bringing back the death penalty for lazy folk who don't use bins

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4 h. ago Boy thrown from Tate Modern balcony now swimming and jumping, family reveal

The boy, who fell around 30 metres from the Tate Modern balcony and suffered life-threatening injuries, is making a remarkable recovery

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4 h. ago Ryan Thomas jokes 'help me' as he and Coronation Street star ex share daughter update

The popular actor shares his eldest child with Sarah Platt actress Tina O'Brien

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5 h. ago Michelle Keegan leaves Coronation Street star with 'no words' over friendship with Hollywood A

The popular actress shares snaps from a press event for Harlan Coben's new novel

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5 h. ago 'Beloved' mum, 45, found dead in street pictured after man, 18, arrested

The woman found dead in Prestatyn, North Wales has been identified as 45-year-old mum Angela Shellis - we'll be bringing you the very latest updates, pictures and video on this breaking news story.

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5 h. ago The Guardian view on electronic implants: a new way of seeing, not of being | Editorial

Electronic implants are helping people to see again. Their promise is profound, but so are the risks. Progress must be guided by ethics and accessibilityIn medical terms, the eye is not the window to the soul, but to the mind. The retina and the optic nerve are outgrowths of neural tissue, and the remarkable success of electronic implants in restoring sight shows how far brain-computer interfaces have come. These have not delivered a sci-fi vision of augmented humans with incredible new powers but, perhaps more happily, significant progress has been made, restoring ability and agency to those who have suffered injury or disease.People with age-related macular degeneration face a fading world. The disease, affecting about 600,000 people in the UK, causes progressive loss of central vision. There is no cure, but new trials offer something else: a new way of seeing. Continue reading...

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5 h. ago Grantchester star Robson Green reveals first tattoo at the age of 60

EXCLUSIVE: Robson Green braves Spain's iconic Camino De Santiago in a brand-new show and was so inspired by his journey that he's had an inking to remind him of it, like many pilgrims before him

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5 h. ago Pedestrian in critical condition after being hit by Ferrari on Edinburgh street

Officers descended on the scene on Saturday night, with an area at a roundabout taped off.

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6 h. ago Residents left terrified after youths 'aim fireworks at houses' on quiet street

'These are not just sparklers - they're full on rockets'

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6 h. ago Going as Trump for Halloween? Here’s what it says about your mental well

Costumes are an important way people externalize their inner world, experts say

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6 h. ago Vicky Pattison 'reveals' Dani Dyer is first Strictly Come Dancing 2026 star

Vicky Pattison has 'confirmed' the first star of next year's Strictly Come Dancing as she revealed she will be in the front row every week to watch close pal Dani Dyer 'smash it'

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6 h. ago West Hampstead residents slam council as ‘dangerous’ pavement remains unfixed one year on

Residents say the ‘dangerous’ sloping pavement has caused trips and forced people into the road

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6 h. ago ‘The Rushmore story is hard to tell’: how an Indigenous park leader revealed the monument’s dark side

As memorial marks 100 years, Gerard Baker, park’s Native American ex-superintendent believes if Rushmore’s story is told the right way, ‘people are going to be leaving pissed’Despite suffering heart attacks, strokes and the effects of diabetes, Gerard Baker can still easily lift an 80-lb bag of feed for the cows he raises on his south-east Montana ranch. On the sprawling 640-acre property of pine and cottonwoods, buffalo grass and blue grass, Baker drives out early in the mornings to feed his cows and think about what he could have done differently.On 1 June 2004, Gerard Baker became the first Native American superintendent at Mount Rushmore national memorial, and his six years at the helm were both transformative and turbulent. Continue reading...

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6 h. ago Huge rammy breaks out outside Scots pub as two men rushed to hospital

Police have launched a probe after the incident took place at The Green Oak on Inverkip Street in Greenock at around 11.40pm on Saturday.

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7 h. ago 'People love my life as a vampire but there's something my fans don't know'

A woman who says she's a real-life vampire has made an admission about her life online, as she's confessed that everything may not be as it seems when she makes her ever-popular videos

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