3 h. ago Can going to bed 30 minutes earlier really change your life? I put the sleep prescription to the test

Millions of Americans aren’t getting enough sleep — and experts say it’s negatively impacting their lives

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3 h. ago Strictly Come Dancing's Thomas Skinner first star to be eliminated as he issues apology

Strictly Come Dancing has eliminated its first star from the 2025 cast, with the judges unanimously choosing to save one particular star after they landed in the bottom two

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6 h. ago Two hours of exercise a week reduces joint pain and visits to GP

Study looks at how workouts can help those with hip, knee and back pain – and benefit UK economy to tune of £34bnPeople with sore joints who exercise for two hours a week have less pain, visit their GP less and take less sick leave, a study has found.The findings are from an analysis of how 40,000 people in Greater Manchester with hip, back or knee pain fared when they did two one-hour exercise classes for 12 weeks.Had on average 35% less pain.Went to see their GP 29% less often.Took almost half as many sick days from work.Needed their family to look after them 21% less. Continue reading...

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6 h. ago The science of breakups: As Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban call it quits, scientists reveal the four key signs that a relationship is about to end

Four negative communication styles have been deemed so lethal to relationships that they've earned the title of the 'Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse'.

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6 h. ago Revealed: The scientific breakthroughs that could allow same

From lab-grown sperm and eggs to 'virgin births', same-sex couples could have a multitude of options to choose from in mere decades.

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9 h. ago The truth about vitamin pills: should midlife women start taking supplements – and if so, which ones?

The market for supplements is booming and it can be difficult to know which are actually any use. Dietitians give the lowdown on those you should take and those you can ditchI used to proudly eschew health supplements. Doctors always told me that if you eat a healthy diet, you’d only be flushing money down the loo. Studies showed that people who popped multivitamins didn’t live any longer, with some even dying a little younger – a 4% higher mortality risk according to one just last year. But now I’m unequivocally post youth, my supplement intake has crept up to four a day: vitamin D (by NHS decree), magnesium (for sleep, muscle relaxing, brain and stress; pretty sure it’s helping), lion’s mane mushroom (cognition; no idea if it’s working), biotin (hair health; ditto) and I’m considering crowbarring more in if I can afford them. Am I a total sucker, though? Do women really need to start taking supplements when they hit middle age?“There are plenty of reasons why we might need supplem...

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9 h. ago 996 work culture is sad and inhumane. Whatever’s wrong with 888 – or even 000? | Emma Beddington

Silicon Valley is keen, once more, on a working pattern of 12-hour days, six days a week. It really is time for a new approach ...My current cultural comfort food is The Gilded Age, Julian Fellowes’ deeply silly Manhattan toffs-in-bustles drama, in which one storyline (summarily dealt with due to lack of taffeta-rustling opportunities, I suspect) features a tycoon’s downtrodden steelworkers going on strike for “888”: eight hours each of work, sleep and recreation.That wasn’t a revolutionary demand in the 1880s. The slogan, coined by the utopian social reformer Robert Owen, dates from 1817 (his New Lanark mill workers still did 10.5-hour days, though). Even then, it wasn’t unprecedented: apparently, a 16th-century Spanish ordinance limited New World construction workers to eight-hour days. Continue reading...

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11 h. ago Scientists find one symptom increases odds of cancer diagnosis by 8.5 times

A new study has shown stark results

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13 h. ago Hearts youngster set to snub Man United despite personal Sir Alex Ferguson intervention as he chooses City

City look to beat Manchester United to land Scotland youth cap Kier McMeekin

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13 h. ago Some experts claim you CAN choose the sex of your baby by timing when you conceive

Trying for a girl? Tuck a wooden spoon or pink baby clothes under the bed - or pop a nickel in your mouth during conception.

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15 h. ago Louise Thompson’s ‘chic and childproof’ outfit for busy mums includes UGGs that ‘prevent pain’

Louise Thompson knows a thing or two about being a busy parent, and she’s managed to put together the perfect outfit for mums on the go that includes her favourite UGG slip ons

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17 h. ago The best mattresses for back pain – and how to choose one, according to osteopaths and sleep scientists

Is a firm orthopaedic mattress best for your back? How soft is too soft? We ask the experts• The best mattresses in 2025, testedBritish backs are in crisis. Almost a million people in the UK are too sick to work because of back and neck problems, according to official figures, while the charity Versus Arthritis says 5.8 million experience “severe” back pain each year. The causes of back problems are complex, and treatments often fail to bring relief, especially where the pain is chronic and debilitating.Long-term back pain is unlikely to be cured by upgrading your mattress, and a doctor or physiotherapist should be your first port of call if pain is affecting your quality of life. But studies suggest that switching to the best mattress for your body type and sleeping position can genuinely help. I’m lucky to not experience chronic pain, but in years of testing mattresses, I’ve often suffered temporary backache after sleeping on a surface that doesn’t suit me. Switching to a more app...

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17 h. ago 'I tried the Gymproluxe Portable Sauna Pod at home – now I sleep like a baby'

From a wellness perspective, the benefits are clear - regular sauna use is often linked to better circulation, reduced stress, faster recovery, and even supporting the immune system

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20 h. ago Doctor shares simple way to fall asleep faster without medication or supplements

It can be worrying and stressful when you are struggling to sleep as there are a number of factors which can affect it, but this simple and free doctor-approved method can make you snooze faster

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21 h. ago Lifting Amy will be a doddle after this! Thomas Skinner returns to his day job delivering mattresses in between Strictly rehearsals

The sequins and sparkles were nowhere to be seen as the 34-year-old delivered a mattress to a customer in Harold Hill, Essex, on Thursday morning.

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23 h. ago Island At The Edge Of The World by Mike Pitts: The mystery of Easter Island is finally SOLVED

Finally scientists have discovered that there is a fruiter reason for the placement of Easter Island famous statues than any of us might have considered.

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27 h. ago The great butterfly heist: how a gentleman collector stole thousands of butterflies from Australian museums

Scientists are still unravelling the thefts of Colin Wyatt, an English adventurer, artist and naturalist who charmed the entomological communityThe butterfly was dead when the old man found it, lying in the snow 1,600 metres above sea level. It didn’t have a name then, as he bent down and scooped its body up from the ice – a tiny John Doe, light as a feather, barely visible to an untrained eye. But this encounter in the spring of 1922 wasn’t his first brush with the short life cycle of an insect. It wasn’t his first time on Barrington Tops either, a volcanic plateau perched high in the Great Dividing Range of New South Wales. The man’s name was Johnny Hopson but to many he was known as the “Father of the Tops”.It was no secret that the plateau was good butterfly country; if you picked your moment right, the mountain air would be thick with them, gathering at dusk in cloud-like clusters ripe for someone like Hopson to catch hundreds at a time with a sweep of a net. Or, as in this cas...

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29 h. ago Nick Knowles' wife Katie Dadzie rushed to hospital with complications from lifesaving surgery that's left her 'crying with the pain'

DIY SOS star Nick, 63, took to social media to update fans on Katie's condition as he shared a hospital snap with his ill wife.

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30 h. ago Nick Knowles’ wife Katie Dadzie rushed to hospital amid hysterectomy complications

Katie Dadzie, who is the wife of Nick Knowles, was rushed back to hospital after complications from her recent hysterectomy left her in severe pain

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36 h. ago Woman's skin burns, cracks and bleeds from simple British weather change

Rosie Daniels, 25, tried multiple treatments to try and bring an end to the agonising pain brought about by her plaque psoriasis - but it was only when she made a major life change that she started to feel some relief

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