10 h. ago TOM UTLEY: Are today's young really so pathetic they need help telling the difference between Rioja and Ribena?

During my misspent youth there were more occasions than I care to remember when I would stagger to work in the morning with the mother and father of all hangovers.

Politics

20 h. ago How to tell difference between covid, flu, RSV and common cold winter 2025

Spot these red flags to tell different common bugs and viruses apart this winter

Science

3 d. ago Two years after 7 October and the kidnap of my parents, hate is in fashion. For all our sakes, we need compassion | Sharone Lifschitz

So many were killed – yet on her release, my mother said ‘shalom’ to her captors. Let’s learn from that moment of graceSharone Lifschitz is a London-based film-maker and academic whose parents were taken hostage on 7 OctoberSo much about the past two years has been horrific, but let me tell you how it began for me. On the morning of 7 October 2023, I was sitting on a train with my son and husband on our much anticipated way to pick up a new puppy. Life seemed predictable enough.I open my phone and see that something is happening on the Gaza-Israel border. I call my mum as usual, waiting to hear her cheery, relaxed voice telling me that she is in the safe room with Dad, telling me there is nothing to worry about. She doesn’t answer. Neither does my dad. I look again at the news feed. I call my brother and he answers. His voice is so different, altered, that I know already, before he tells me, that the worst has happened. “Terrorists broke into the kibbutz,” he says. “Dad said in his ...

Events

7 d. ago TOM UTLEY: It's cruel and immoral of Reeves not to tell us whether she plans to snatch away tax

On the advice of my financial planners, this week I joined the stampede to grab a tax-free lump sum from my pension pot before next month's Budget , which so many of us dread.

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9 d. ago Hollywood is in a flap! AI ‘actors’ are ‘trained’ on real actors who will never be paid for it | First Dog on the Moon

Soon we won’t be able to tell the difference. That still won’t make it OKSign up here to get an email whenever First Dog cartoons are publishedGet all your needs met at the First Dog shop if what you need is First Dog merchandise and prints Continue reading...

Culture

2 w. ago Spencer Matthews and Lottie Moss 'incident' at Jamie Laing's wedding the Chelsea set can't stop whispering about. Forget chummy podcast... they're telling a VERY different story about the rift

Spencer and Jamie's coming together has, I'm told, raised eyebrows among those who know them. Only you'd never have known that if you were listening to their oh-so chummy recording.

Society

2 w. ago The supplement every woman wanting kids after 30 must take... and the very simple diet tweaks you and your partner both need to make: DR EMILY LEEMING

Men and women are different - you don't need me to tell you that. But what you might not realise is that those differences extend to the microbes in our gut.

Events

2 w. ago Eamonn Holmes' 'honeymoon phase' with new girlfriend is over

Eamonn Holmes and girlfriend Katie Alexander looked the picture of happiness as they attended an award ceremony but behind the scenes tells a completely different story

Politics

3 w. ago Thomas Skinner exposed in damning Ring doorbell footage outside secret mistress' house

The Apprentice star Tom Skinner has claimed his affair with Amy-Lucy O'Rourke was a 'one-off' and a 'moment of madness', but newly emerged Ring doorbell footage tells a very different story

Society

3 w. ago Dementia expert shares five key differences between brain fog and Alzheimer's disease

A dementia expert from Alzheimer's Research UK has revealed how to tell the difference between the common problem brain fog and the Alzheimer's disease.

Politics

3 w. ago Gogglebox star Giles Woods' impressive job which helped him retire aged 21 revealed

Giles Wood is best known for sharing his viewers on the latest shows on telly with his wife Mary Kilen but he had a completely different job away from Channel 4's Gogglebox

Politics

4 w. ago Cerys Hafana: Angel review – tracing the life cycle with the Welsh triple harp

(tak:til/Glitterbeat)On their third release in 18 months, this exceptional musician draws from folk story, Breton influences and nature to explore the sublime potential of its titleWelsh musician Cerys Hafana’s first release on the brilliant subsidiary of Hamburg-based global music label Glitterbeat explores the full sublime potential of its title, one all too often invoked to mean meekness and sweetness. Opening track Helynt Ryfeddol (An Incredible Ordeal) introduces a folk story about an old man drawn towards the purest music he has ever heard, sung by a bird, to which he listens until it stops. He returns home to find his house entirely changed and lived in by different people. Seven tracks later, the title track tells us that the bird was an angel, and that the man went away for 350 years, never to be seen again.Angel is the third release by this piercingly beautiful singer and exceptional, adventurous musician in 18 months. (Their collection of precise piano instrumentals, Difr...

Sport

4 w. ago TOM UTLEY: How have I taken only four days off sick in 50 years? Starting each morning with a cryptic crossword

Haven't we always been taught that doing crosswords is an excellent way of exercising the brain as we age, keeping it sharp and staving off dementia?

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