11 h. ago The moment I knew: as I signed the waiver for his emergency brain surgery, I felt pure devotion

When his new boyfriend suffered a catastrophic medical episode, Andrew Gordon-Nicholls realised he couldn’t imagine life without himFind more stories from The moment I knew seriesIn 2022, I was going through motions. I was burned out after shepherding two restaurants through Melbourne’s Covid lockdowns and emotionally burned to the ground by a failed marriage. It had been a big few years; I had sworn off love and was taking life slowly.Despite all this, in late spring I found myself chatting online with a charming gardener-cum-physicist called Scott. A few weeks later, our first phone call lasted until the sun came up. I had been captivated by his boundless capacity for a chat but I didn’t hear from him for a few weeks after that. I wondered if it was because I’d asked him on more than one occasion to pipe down so I could contribute to the conversation, or if my cynical side had made an unflattering appearance in my wine haze. Continue reading...

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37 h. ago EU cites ‘indications’ Israel is breaching human rights obligations over conduct in Gaza

Leaked document marks significant moment in relations with ally but stops short of calling for immediate sanctionsMiddle East crisis – live updatesThe EU has said “there are indications” that Israel is in breach of human rights obligations over its conduct in Gaza, but stopped short of calling for immediate sanctions.“There are indications that Israel would be in breach of its human rights obligations under article 2 of the EU-Israel association agreement,” states a leaked document from the EU’s foreign policy service, seen by the Guardian. Continue reading...

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40 h. ago Assisted dying: All you need to know following the crunch Commons vote

Here, the PA news agency takes a look at the Bill and what will happen after a significant moment in its journey through Parliament.

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4 d. ago Good news for bald men! Scientists have developed a simple way to reverse hair loss

Spotting the first signs of baldness in the mirror can be a moment of true horror for many men. Now, scientists in Spain think a cure for hair thinning could finally be just around the corner.

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7 d. ago Neighbours star Erin McNaught shares update on baby son after brain tumour diagnosis

Australian model, Erin McNaught, has revealed her seven month old son has undergone surgery to remove a brain tumour after heartbreakingly noticing a 'rapid decline in his health and happiness'

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8 d. ago The Kardashians of history: why are we so obsessed with the Mitford sisters?

They were impossibly glamorous, fatally flawed and turned up at every significant moment of the 20th century, but underneath it all is a highly relatable family drama – without the infamous friendsThe rise and fall of the Mitford sisters is like one of those earthquakes we’re due on a regular rotation: eight years out from Gucci’s much-documented Never Marry a Mitford jumper, four years after the BBC drama The Pursuit of Love, a new TV show appears fortuitously to bring them back into the public consciousness again.Here they come, out of the mists of time, the seven children of a minor member of the House of Lords: Nancy, of course, the author of Love in a Cold Climate and The Pursuit of Love and probably the most famous in her own right; followed by Pamela, the least famous and fond chiefly of chickens and horrible men; then Tom, the only boy, with a weakness for the Nazis and, as far as history is concerned, no personality. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Mystery as British tourist, 29, who vanished on night out in Thailand is found on life support system and having brain surgery in hospital

A British tourist who vanished on a night out in Thailand has been mysteriously found on a life support system and having emergency brain surgery in hospital. 

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1 week ago BBC star battling health struggles doubles his money in just four years by transforming and selling his London home for £2.75million

Radio 2 star DJ Spoony is selling the grand Victorian house he turned into his dream home in a backbreaking four year renovation project - just months after undergoing life-saving brain surgery.

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2 w. ago Davina McCall, 57, shares major health update with fans just weeks after receiving all clear from brain tumour

Davina McCall has issued a major health update just months after having surgery on her brain - and receiving the all clear.

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2 w. ago Diego Maradona's daughters' lawyer reveals gruesome details of his 'abandonment' death 'amid the smell of urine and faeces'

Maradona died at the age of 60 in November 2020 following a heart attack, just two weeks after he was released from hospital following surgery for a bleed on his brain.

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3 w. ago Japanese fighter Ginjiro Shigeoka recovering after emergency brain surgery following bout

Fighter collapses after twelve-round devision loss in Osaka, Japan

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3 w. ago Mohamed Salah could follow Cristiano Ronaldo as Liverpool star drops hint on future

Mohamed Salah has committed his future to Liverpool after signing a contract extension in April but there was a moment when it looked as though he might move to Saudi Arabia.

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3 w. ago Davina McCall 'wrote letters and a will' before her brain tumour surgery 'in case she died'

‘Being on an operating table is a risk at our age,’ McCall said on her podcast

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3 w. ago Davina McCall reveals she urgently 'wrote letters and a will' before her brain tumour surgery 'in case she died'

Davina McCall has revealed she urgently wrote letters and a will before her brain tumour surgery to make sure 'everyone was okay if she died'.

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3 w. ago Watch moment Australian MP Kyle McGinn signs off career with a ‘shoey’

Outgoing Western Australian MP Kyle McGinn ended his valedictory speech with a "shoey"—drinking a beer from his own shoe.

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4 w. ago Russell Mael: ‘Describe myself in three words? One handsome dude’

The Sparks singer on shoplifting red liquorice as a child, a head-to-head with Godzilla, and underselling his life storyBorn in California, Russell Mael, 76, and his brother, Ron, first recorded under the names the Urban Renewal Project and Halfnelson, before becoming Sparks in 1972. Two years later, they relocated to London and had a hit with their song This Town Ain’t Big Enough for Both of Us. More recently, they composed a radio opera, The Seduction of Ingmar Bergman, collaborated with Franz Ferdinand in supergroup FFS, and released a film, Annette, which won five César awards in 2022. Their 28th studio album is Mad! and their tour comes to the UK in June. Mael lives in California.What was your most embarrassing moment? Signing away the rights to my life story to a major motion-picture company for a sum that I have since been told was way below the market rate. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago Davina McCall recounts 'paranoia' and 'horrible' memory loss after brain surgery

The 57-year-old television personality talked about the memory loss she experienced after undergoing brain surgery

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4 w. ago Davina McCall says 'horrible' ordeal felt like 'Alzheimer's' after brain surgery

The 57-year-old TV personality and Big Brother legend discussed the memory loss she experienced following brain surgery

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