12 h. ago Boss braced for January questions over Cardiff City star as player emerges from 'dark times'

The latest Bluebirds news from Cardiff City Stadium

Sport

14 h. ago James McClean tipped for shock Wrexham exit weeks after admitting struggles

James McClean has been linked with a move away from Wrexham after confessing to enjoying himself less at the club

Events

39 h. ago Joy Crookes says UK and Ireland in ‘dark time’ amid rise of far

Musician’s Brixton and Dublin performances go viral after she performs Sinéad O’Connor’s anti-racism anthem Black Boys on MopedsThe UK and Ireland are entering a “dark time”, according to the singer Joy Crookes, who said the influence of far-right ideology on mainstream politics was comparable to the 1970s when the National Front was at its peak.Crookes, who has just played two sold-out shows at the O2 Academy in Brixton, said the recent wave of nationalism and the far-right march through central London in September made her feel unsafe in the UK. Continue reading...

Politics

57 h. ago Strictly's La Voix issues 'painful' injury update as she admits 'I was struggling'

Strictly Come Dancing star La Voix has been forced to withdraw from Blackpool week

Events

67 h. ago Penny Lancaster admits ‘hiding’ from husband Rod Stewart and wanting to 'slip away'

Loose Women star Penny Lancaster has opened up about hiding from Rod Stewart and their children, admitting that her personal struggle would make her want to "slip away"

Events

68 h. ago Tom Daley launches craft range aimed at getting Britain knitting

After retiring from diving, Tom Daley is trying to get more people to take up the knitting and crocheting he loves so much

Politics

3 d. ago I grew up in Spain amid a collective amnesia about Franco. It is time we faced up to our dark past | María Ramírez

This week marks 50 years of Spanish democracy, but the failure to talk more about the crimes of the dictatorship leaves us vulnerable Like most Spaniards alive today, I was born after the death of Franco 50 years ago. Even for my parents’ generation, the dictatorship that lasted from 1939 until 20 November 1975 is today a distant bad dream. Growing up, the stories I heard were mostly about the post-Franco democratic transition, a time full of promise and energy as younger people set about rebuilding everything from scratch.My mother, who was pregnant with me when she voted in the first free elections in 1977, talks about that time as the happiest of her life. International media reporting from that year described “a broad optimism” in a soon-to-be “healthy, modern, lively nation”.María Ramírez is a journalist and deputy managing editor of elDiario.es, a news outlet in Spain Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Lorraine Kelly 'intimidated' as she's 'not particularly great' at one part of job

Lorraine Kelly has spent more than 40 years in showbusiness, being dubbed the 'queen of daytime TV' but admits she struggles with one aspect of her job

Politics

4 d. ago Vicky Pattison admits 'I'm struggling' over birthday elimination from Strictly Come Dancing

Vicky Pattison has spoken out following her exit from Strictly Come Dancing as she took to social media to admit she is 'struggling' after being axed following the dance off

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4 d. ago Strictly's Balvinder admits 'struggle' in face of ongoing dance off hell

The EastEnders star is not finding it easy being in the bottom two week after week, but has vowed to fight on

Politics

5 d. ago Lottie Tomlinson on 'dark times' as Lewis Burton promises Caroline Flack 'truth'

Model and entrepreneur Lottie Tomlinson has opened up to the Mirror about how grief has shaped her life, and how she found a way through after the tragic deaths of her mother and sister

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6 d. ago Here’s how to get Tom Daley’s new Christmas cardigan and win £500 for the festive season

Olympian Tom Daley has just launched a brand new Christmas cardigan, and you can be in with a chance of winning one for yourself – plus £500 for the festive season

Economics

6 d. ago In the name of their fathers: Eubank v Benn began and ended a heady era of British boxing

Their dads lit a fire that consumed me but Eubank Jr v Conor Benn embodies all that has gone wrong with the Dark TradeThirty-five years ago this month, on 18 November 1990, my life changed course when I watched Chris Eubank and Nigel Benn fight each other in Birmingham with a ferocity which left me astonished and breathless. After that savage and surreal contest, I began working on a book about boxing, Dark Trade, which allowed me to become a full-time writer.Benn and Eubank were so different that my already deep interest in boxing caught fire. I became consumed by the fight game for decades until, earlier this year, I finished writing The Last Bell, my fifth and final book about boxing. I still loved the most interesting fighters and their incredible life stories, but the controversies around the manufactured rivalry between Conor Benn and Chris Eubank Jr left me sick at heart. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Jules Von Hep and Dr Brendan J Dunlop on body image and beauty standards for modern men

Jules Von Hep spent 20 years as a celebrity spray tanner, working with Hollywood actors and Victoria's Secret models and observed that every single person, no matter how "perfect" they seemed, would apologise for their body. Joined by expert Consultant Clinical Psychologist Dr Brendan J Dunlop on the Well Enough podcast, the pair explore the staggering impact of beauty standards on mental health and how 48 per cent of men are struggling in silence with body image problems. Together with podcast host Emilie Lavinia, Von Hep and Dunlop unpack toxic masculinity, social media algorithms, outdated marketing messages and what needs to change. Von Hep shares his powerful journey from body dysmorphia to true body confidence, and Brendan gives practical tips for mindset shifts to improve body confidence and self esteem.

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8 d. ago ‘Studio bosses were like: it sounds lovely. We’ll pass!’: Joel Edgerton and Clint Bentley on their Oscar

The actor and the director of Train Dreams – a quietly powerful tale of a logger in 1900s Idaho – on the slog of getting it made, the joy of motel living and why human-made things will always beat AIAmerica was built by men like Robert Grainier, the stoical lumberjack at the heart of Train Dreams. Grainier cuts the trees and tames the forest and lays the ground for railroads and towns. Technically, then, Train Dreams is a western. But he never once ropes a steer, shoots a bandit or circles the wagons ahead of a Comanche attack on the plains. The small print tells a different kind of story.It was a hard film to pitch, admits the actor Joel Edgerton: an uphill struggle; plenty of studio trepidation. “You go into the meeting and say: ‘Well, it’s a movie about a guy who’s not really making choices for himself. He’s kind of pushed around by life.’” Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Aimee Lou Wood's lookalike sister Emily reveals the heartbreaking reason why they've parted ways as she admits it's the 'best thing they ever did'

The White Lotus star, 31, has been open about her own battles, including teenage bulimia, body-dysmorphia, social anxiety and a diagnosis of ADHD earlier this year.

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8 d. ago Exact time console owners can play Black Ops 7 ahead of PC launch

Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 is almost here, and we've got all the details on the game's release time and launch, as well as the new Dark Aether Zombies storyline and multiplayer maps.

Politics

8 d. ago Tom Daley displays his washboard abs in sizzling shirtless shoot for FAULT Magazine as he admits filming Celebrity Traitors was 'really tough'

The retired diver, 31, put on a very sultry display for the camera, ditching his shirt to pose in only a huge fur coat, a knitted cardigan and boxer shorts and patchwork jeans, exposing his washboard abs.

Events

8 d. ago Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's surprising Marcus Rashford confession – 'I text him'

Marcus Rashford left Manchester United for Barcelona on loan in January and has since impressed, but Ole Gunnar Solskjaer admits he can't decipher just why the forward struggled

Politics

9 d. ago 'Best dark comedy' with 100% Rotten Tomatoes score is making a comeback for season 2

A "hilarious and gripping" dark comedy is returning but this time around, a Hemsworth brother will star.

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