34 m. ago ITV This Morning doctor explains when to see a GP about varicose veins

While anyone can get varicose veins, they are more common among certain people - here's what you should know

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64 m. ago Super Happy Forever review – glowing love story in reverse with echoes of Before Sunrise

In this beautifully acted film, a man returns to the Japanese seaside town where he met and fell in love with his wifeFor the first 40 minutes, this film’s title feels like a poke in the eye. There is nothing remotely happy about twentysomething Sano (Hiroki Sano). His wife has just died suddenly in her sleep, and Sano is visiting the sleepy Japanese seaside town where they met five years ago. He is rude and sullen, and obsessive about finding a red baseball cap he lost on that first visit. In the pain and anger of his grief, everyone sounds vapid and dumb, their words meaningless blah-blah-blah.It’s hard to see where the happy fits in, until the film flips back in time. In the same hotel five years ago, Sano first claps eyes on his wife Nagi (Nairu Yamamoto) in a chance meeting in the hotel lobby. Yamamoto gives the performance of the film as aspiring photographer Nagi: funny, scatty and earnest. She plays it so naturally, so true to life, that Nagi feels like someone you might hav...

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70 m. ago Teenage opener Sam Konstas backed by Australia skipper Pat Cummins despite West Indies struggles

The 19-year-old has endured a tricky tour of the Caribbean so far but retains his captain’s backing

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71 m. ago ‘Without a parka, I’ll look like an idiot’: Oasis fans’ fashion at the reunion tour

From bucket hats to Man City socks and the band’s logo everywhere, gig-goers in Cardiff talk us through their outfits – and explain why Liam is still a style icon, even with shorter hairIn the weeks leading up to their first gig for 16 years, Oasis have been busy when it comes to merch. They opened pop-up shops and announced collabs with Levi’s, Adidas and Next. The results are plain to see on the streets of Cardiff the afternoon before the long-awaited gig. If they say you are never more than six feet away from a rat in a city, here you are never more than six inches away from that famous Oasis Helvetica Black Oblique logo.It’s on bucket hats, football shirts, tracksuit tops, T-shirts and, every so often, someone’s face. The fanbase goes across generations and demographics. There are those who were there the first time, and teenagers who grew up on their music. Some have travelled for miles – from Italy, Spain, Portugal and the US. If the crowd is largely white, there’s a contingen...

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83 m. ago Horror as jealous boyfriend slices man's ear with glass for speaking to his girlfriend

Horror CCTV footage has been captured as a jealous boyfriend 'launched' himself across a nightclub dance floor and glassed an unsuspecting man who was talking to his girlfriend

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97 m. ago Professor explains why jab given to boy, five, did not save his life

Benedict collapsed and died at school despite efforts to revive him

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1 hour ago Benidorm star teases 'laugh out loud' new series after boss confirms ITV comeback talks

A Benidorm actress has share some exciting news about a potential new series of the much-loved ITV comedy

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1 hour ago ‘I’d be stuck at home all day’: IBS sufferers reveal how they finally found relief

IBS sufferers say this award-winning supplement helped them regain confidence and calm their gut — now available at 25% off for new customers.

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2 h. ago It was a milestone for progressive education in California. Then it unraveled

The controversy around the state’s once-celebrated ethnic studies curriculum reveals deeper schisms afflicting public schools nationwideIt was celebrated at the time as a major milestone for progressive education. In 2021, California became the first state to make ethnic studies a graduation requirement, mandating all high schools teach the subject by fall 2025.The idea, championed by California’s governor, Gavin Newsom, was to bring modern concepts into the classroom. At its core, ethnic studies, an academic discipline born on California campuses during the civil rights movement, elevates the experiences of historically marginalized groups. Its materials push students to question their biases, reimagine power structures, and think critically about the enduring legacies of colonialism. In California high schools, courses would bring to the fore the experiences of Chicano, Black and Indigenous communities in the state by diving into issues such as gentrification, the impact of pestic...

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2 h. ago Jadon Sancho could hand Man United imminent Bryan Mbeumo transfer boost after £21m talks

Manchester United forward Jadon Sancho does not have a future at Old Trafford and it appears his future is quickly approaching a conclusion

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2 h. ago Two young girls miraculously found alive clinging to huge tree after being swept away in Texas floods

The rescue represents a rare moment of hope after Kerr County authorities confirmed at least 59 deaths

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2 h. ago 'I saw Kate Middleton at royal engagement and noticed subtle change'

Princess Kate has recently talked opened about her cancer recovery, admitting it has been a 'rollercoaster' as she called for more support for patients undergoing treatment

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3 h. ago Eamonn Holmes smiles through the pain as he struggles to walk at party with girlfriend

Eamonn Holmes was joined by new partner Katie Alexander as they attended the engagement party of his co-star Nana Akua and her fiance Stephen Gillen

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3 h. ago The Zola Experience review – life follows art as stage relationship spills into real

When actor-director Anne Barbot embarks on an adaptation of a Zola novel with her neighbour, the gap between theatre and reality appears to collapse entirelyArt and life fuse deliriously in Gianluca Matarrese’s hybrid film, which alternates between documentary and fiction, theatre and cinema. Recently divorced from her husband, actor-director Anne Barbot throws herself into preparing a stage adaptation of Emile Zola’s classic novel L’Assommoir. In Gervaise, the working-class heroine of the book, Barbot finds echoes of her current situation: both are women who struggle to reclaim professional autonomy in the aftermath of broken relationships. Barbot’s production becomes more complicated when she casts Benoît Dallongeville, a neighbour who is also an actor, in the role of her love interest in the play. Soon, passion and tension begin to spill from personal relationships on to the page, and vice versa.Matarrese’s film keeps the camera strikingly close to Barbot and Dallongeville as the...

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3 h. ago Orange Order to meet Scottish Government as air weapon attack condemned

The Scottish Government has agreed to meet with the Grand Orange Lodge to "hear their concerns" after they requested urgent talks with the First Minister.

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3 h. ago Lionel Messi lined up for blockbuster Cristiano Ronaldo reunion with talks underway

Lionel Messi’s Inter Miami contract expires at the end of the year and it appears that a surprise transfer could potentially be on the cards for the former Barcelona and Paris Saint-Germain star

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3 h. ago Eating this fruit can counter negative effects of controversial sports supplement

Julia Haarhuis explains how to combat the reported side effects of l-carnitine

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4 h. ago Gisou’s new honey gloss shampoo and conditioner gave my hair “all

Cue silky strands, all summer long

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5 h. ago Bryan Mbeumo could get dream Manchester United shirt number as transfer talks continue

Man United remain keen on signing Brentford star Bryan Mbeumo this summer but a deal is yet to be agreed

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5 h. ago Face With Tears of Joy: A natural History of Emoji by Keith Houston review

An deep dive into the surprising uses and linguistic shortfalls of the ubiquitous symbolsIn 2016, Apple announced that its gun emoji, previously a realistic grey-and-black revolver, would henceforth be a green water pistol. Gradually the other big tech companies followed suit, and now what is technically defined as the “pistol” emoji, supposed to represent a “handgun or revolver”, does not show either: instead you’ll get a water pistol or sci-fi raygun and be happy with it. No doubt this change contributed significantly to a suppression of gun crime around the world, and it remains only to ban the bomb, knife and sword emoji to wipe out violence altogether.As Keith Houston’s fascinatingly geeky and witty history shows, emoji have always been political. Over the years, people have successfully lobbied the Unicode Consortium – the cabal of corporations that controls the character set, including Google, Microsoft, Meta and Apple – to include different skin colours and same-se...

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