3 h. ago Liverpool target Milos Kerkez ditched surprise career before life

Milos Kerkez looks set to clinch a big-money move to Liverpool from Bournemouth this summer and the talented Hungarian left-back has walked a long-winding road to Premier League stardom having also spent time in Italy with AC Milan

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3 h. ago Wetherspoons named 'worst place' for first dates with close to half ending in 'disaster'

Pub chain Wetherspoons maybe good for a cheap pint, but its best to avoid on a first date, as most initial romantic encounters there end in disaster, a poll found

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4 h. ago Tom Hiddleston Gets Support from Pregnant Fiancée Zawe Ashton at Premiere of ‘The Life of Chuck’ in London!

Tom Hiddleston Gets Support from Pregnant Fiancée Zawe Ashton at Premiere of ‘The Life of Chuck’ in London!  Just Jared

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4 h. ago Graduate's life of luxury came crashing down when her mobile phone started pinging

Danielle Stafford is currently serving a jail sentence of more than seven years

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4 h. ago ‘I had no idea’: Chris Harper happy to share spotlight after Simon Yates banishes Giro d’Italia demons | Martin Pegan

The Australian cyclist was on the ride of his life to a breakthrough Grand Tour stage win as the decisive story of the 2025 race unfolded behind himAustralian cyclist Chris Harper is yet to properly soak up the ride of his life and first Grand Tour stage victory by watching a replay of his long-range and daring solo attack over the Colle delle Finestre and up the Sestrière. But the 30-year-old climber won’t have to look too hard to find highlights in the future after his ride was a major subplot as the decisive story of the 2025 Giro d’Italia unfolded behind him.Harper arrived in Albania for the opening three stages of the Giro with ambitions to prove himself as a general classification contender. A top-10 placing by the time the three-week race finished in Rome was the realistic goal. But a bout of illness hit the Team Jayco AlUla rider on the second rest day and Harper had to lift himself in the third week just to turn his focus toward chasing a stage win. Continue reading...

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4 h. ago I am a trans teenager. This is what it means to hate the shape of your own skin | Elsie Thwaites

There are sudden moments of ecstatic joy, but it’s terrifying to realise what you want to be and everything you’ve forced downYou’re fairly sure your skin has always been a problem. A problem before you even realised, lurking in the background of your earliest memories. Never with a clear mark for when you realised it was a problem. (When you realised what it means, to hate your skin so much.) But with signs scattered throughout your life.The very earliest sign was swimming. Or clothes in general, really, but swimming was the easy one. When you swam, you always wore (and always still wear) a shirt, even though the males of your family don’t. More broadly, you refuse to ever be seen without one. You called it modesty, but now you know it as shame. Shame for your square-ish, flat, slightly hairy flesh prison. Because, even then, you knew your chest should be covered up, even though your skin is flush against your ribs and males don’t need to cover up. Continue reading...

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5 h. ago Voices: I had gender reassignment surgery – then the Supreme Court said I wasn’t a woman

I have the same choices over my life and body that I would want for every single person on earth. I’m not trying to make a statement about what a woman is, I just want to be one, writes Juno Dawson – who appears on The Independent’s Pride list 2025

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5 h. ago The 'national shame' a Greater Manchester MP is hoping to put right

"How can it be right to honour the 'fallen' only but not those who sustain life-changing injury and loss of career."

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6 h. ago Inside Iain Stirling and Laura Whitmore's home that's worlds away from Love Island villa

Love Island's Laura Whitmore and Iain Stirling lead a relatively private life when it comes to their family, but they have shared some glimpses of their quirky London home

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7 h. ago As Michelle Mone and Doug Barrowman begin offloading their vast property empire...Are 'Baroness Bra' and her billionaire husband selling up to start a new life in Miami?

Records show tycoons Baroness 'Bra' and Mr Barrowman have sold two Glasgow townhouses to celebrity friends in the last 12 months - making £2m in profit.

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8 h. ago Sam Thompson 'eternally grateful' and 'back with his boys' after Soccer Aid challenge

Sam raised over £1.5 million for charity through his 260 mile journey

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9 h. ago Breathwork expert Jamie Clements says we’re not ‘breathing wrong’ but we could all be ‘breathing better’

Breathwork changed Jamie Clements’ life. The breath coach tells Emilie Lavinia why how we breathe matters and how to harness the grounding power of breath

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9 h. ago The river that came back to life: a journey down the reborn Klamath

Less than a year after four dams were removed from the river, life has blossomed along its banks, presenting new challenges and joys of recoveryBill Cross pulled his truck to the side of a dusty mountain road and jumped out to scan a stretch of rapids rippling through the hillsides below.As an expert and a guide, Cross had spent more than 40 years boating the Klamath River, etching its turns, drops and eddies into his memory. But this run was brand new. On a warm day in mid-May, he would be one of the very first to raft it with high spring flows. Continue reading...

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10 h. ago Bonnie Blue addresses bizarre internet rumour she's really 'a man called Tom'

Adult star Bonnie Blue has been swarming in wild speculation that she is secretly a 26-year-old man, and now the model has hit back at the rumour, saying she "will take anyone" about it

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10 h. ago Robbie Williams at the Emirates Stadium review: 'a grand scale This Is Your Life'

The showman does not disappoint on a night when he arrives on stage upside down from a giant gold rocket

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11 h. ago Second child dies three weeks after minibus overturns on the M4

Othniel Adoma, aged 11, died on Thursday more than three weeks after the single-vehicle crash on the M4 which also took the life of a six-year-old boy, who has not been named.

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11 h. ago 'My 5ft9 Tinder date shook his head and walked out after seeing how tall I am'

Marie Temara, 31, is a model and influencer who is famous for her long legs - but she says that her height has left her in awkward dating situations, including one recent encounter

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11 h. ago 'Link a railcard with your Oyster': Londoners share their life hacks for living in the capital

From joining community centres to figuring out where the tube doors open, the internet has all the answers

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11 h. ago Drug dealer who splashed out on life of luxury ordered to pay back just £96,000

Danielle Stafford, 31, splashed out on tens of thousands of pounds on glitzy watches and Louis Vuitton bags.

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12 h. ago What do you think to Prince Harry's bizarre plan for his kids? Have your say

Prince Harry and Meghan may have stepped back from royal life - but they’re not shutting the palace gates for their kids just yet. The couple reportedly want Archie and Lilibet to keep their titles, sparking debate over whether it’s about choice or mixed messages.

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