74 m. ago Joe Swash says 'what's the point' branding part of marriage to Stacey Solomon 'bizarre'

Former EastEnders star Joe Swash has opened up on family life with wife Stacey Solomon and their six children as he admits one part of their marriage is 'bizarre'

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74 m. ago The Gold star Charlotte Spencer reveals personal connection to £26m Brink’s

BBC crime drama The Gold is returning to our screens tonight - and star Charlotte Spencer has opened up about coming back to play Jennings and her real life connection to the crime

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74 m. ago Kids called me 'Slug Feet' and I was heading for amputation until one thing changed

EXCLUSIVE: John Nixon, 45, was cruelly nicknamed ‘Slug Feet’ and ‘Chicken Legs’ at school as cruel bullies taunted the way he walked - but he decided to do something about it

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74 m. ago 'I dialled wrong number and fell in love before unthinkable happened'

EXCLUSIVE: Alison Cork was planning to call her friend for a catch-up one Sunday when she accidentally dialled the wrong number - and the man who picked up went on to change her life

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2 h. ago Munroe Bergdorf: ‘If somebody isn’t willing to use my correct pronouns, there’s not any conversation to be had’

A prominent voice in the fight for trans rights, the author, model and activist reflects on the cost of speaking out in a new documentary and calls for deeper allyship in her latest book. In recent years, while working on these projects, she has faced significant personal challenges, which she shares with Olivia Petter

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2 h. ago I’m in my 20s with lots of online friends, but can’t seem to connect IRL

There’s this idea that friendships should just happen, but they need input and confidence• Every week Annalisa Barbieri addresses a problem sent in by a readerA couple of years ago, I moved to a new city. The pandemic put my university plans permanently on hold, and I’ve recently started working full time. I built up a sizeable network of online friends during and after the pandemic, but I’ve found myself craving real-life friends to interact with more often.I don’t drink and I’m struggling to find activities for people my age that I’m interested in. Apart from a few at my job, I haven’t been able to make any new friends, and my contact with old school friends has become less and less frequent. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago 52 tiny annoying problems, solved! (Because when you can’t control the big stuff, start small)

Experts, Guardian readers and writers share ingenious solutions to life’s everyday irritations, from wobbly tables to persistent hiccupsStuffed-up sievesAlways use a dishwasher. If one isn’t available, soak in the sink first, to loosen particles, then take a dish brush or nail brush to it. Rinse under a fast hot tap.Aggie MacKenzie, TV presenter and author Continue reading...

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2 h. ago From climate damage to making us lazy and dumb, why is it OK to rely on ChatGPT?

Ellie Muir has noticed that her friends are becoming reliant on OpenAI’s popular generative language model ChatGPT, using it to do everything from deciding what’s for lunch to writing work emails. But when one query on the platform uses 10 times more energy than a normal Google search, does our dependency on AI have darker consequences?

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2 h. ago How to make excellent pizza at home – no pizza oven (or pizzaiolo training) required

It started with a walk, a glass of wine and a pizza dropped face-down on the floor. Hannah Twiggs shares her dad’s hard-earned lessons in home pizza – plus three topping combos worth arguing over

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2 h. ago Travel writer picks out the best men's cabin bags for Father's Day 2025

Discover the perfect gift for the man in your life who loves to pack well

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2 h. ago Micky Mellon getting Oldham 'monster' back on it's feet as ninth promotion still owes thanks to Joe Jordan lessons

The former Dundee Utd boss made it a family affair at Wembley nearly three decades on from wide eye train journey to Bristol

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3 h. ago Travel ban may shut door for Afghan family to bring niece to US for a better life

Mohammad Sharafoddin, his wife and young son managed to make it out of Afghanistan as refugees nine years ago, at one point walking 36 hours in a row over mountain passes

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4 h. ago Brits urged to try this budget hack to save more money this summer

It can be difficult to balance having a social life alongside trying to maintain saving goals, especially during the summer months - but financial experts insist it is possible if you follow these tips

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6 h. ago British sailor arrested in Portugal on suspicion of attempted murder 'after throwing girlfriend who couldn't swim into river'

The 60-year-old sailor was accused of abandoning the scene as his girlfriend, saved by the crew of another boat who saw her in distress, started to drown.

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9 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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10 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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10 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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10 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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11 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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11 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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