2 h. ago Fifa consider holding Club World Cup every two years from 2029 – and could expand it

Real Madrid understood to be driving forceTournament could grow from 32 to 48 teamsFifa will consider holding the Club World Cup every two years from 2029 in a move that would put more pressure on the international calendar and trigger another backlash from the Premier League and Uefa.The next Club World Cup is due to take place in four years’ time, following the first expanded 32-team tournament held in the US this summer, but the world governing body is under pressure from leading clubs to make it a biennial event. Real Madrid are understood to have raised the issue of moving to a two-year cycle during talks with Fifa in Miami in June, a proposal that has gained support from other clubs who failed to qualify for this year’s tournament, including Barcelona, Manchester United, Liverpool and Napoli. Continue reading...

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4 h. ago Nurse swapped ex's conditioner for hair removal cream in revenge for using her toiletries

Nourse Kate Atherton, 34, swapped her condition with hair removal cream so her ex would 'lose half of her hair' in a 'nasty' revenge plot for using her toiletries

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6 h. ago Inside Kate and William's 'forever home': Prince and Princess of Wales' new eight

Old pictures of the 'forever home' that the Prince and Princess of Wales are set to move into has given royal fans an opportunity to see into the home of the future King.

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6 h. ago Wildfires trigger record calls on EU forces as Spain battles blazes

Spanish prime minister warns of ‘difficult days ahead’ as temperatures remain above 40C

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6 h. ago Too many carrots triggers embarrassing condition that make blokes a flop in bed

Scientists have revealed that men that eat high levels of carotenes - found in the orange veg - are 60% more likely to develop erectile dysfunction. The compound has antioxidant properties but eating too much of it may have a negative effect.

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7 h. ago The kindness of strangers: drunk, alone and lost, a legendary drag queen helped me get home safe

Looking back now, I can see how much of a vulnerable situation I had put myself in – but Nana took me under her wingRead more in the kindness of strangers seriesI grew up in the English countryside, watching Queer as Folk on TV and dreaming about the day I’d move to the city and get to be part of the gay world. At age 18, in the mid-noughties, I packed up and left for Manchester, moving into the university halls of residence. I was thrilled.On my first night out, I went to a popular gay club night and got stupendously drunk. The university halls were only a five-minute walk away, but I was alone. Around 2am, I found myself propped against a wall outside a takeaway, unable to remember how to get back to my bed. Continue reading...

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9 h. ago You should NEVER ignore crusty, white heels: GP warns this type of 'dry skin' on the feet is a sign of infection that could even be fatal

Dr Lee stressed it is important to catch the infection early, warning that if it spreads unchecked it can lead to serious complications that in rare cases prove fatal.

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9 h. ago Barbers braced for surge in Ibiza Final Boss haircuts as some say 'never heard of him'

EXCLUSIVE: It appears most blokes in the UK are letting Jack Kay have the limelight himself, refraining from getting a haircut which many have dubbed 'thatched roof back and sides'

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9 h. ago Katie Price's controversial decision that 'triggered' Peter Andre's furious statement

A move Katie Price made over daughter Princess reportedly triggered ex-husband Peter Andre into making his bombshell statement

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9 h. ago Ruben Amorim makes Rasmus Hojlund decision before Arsenal clash as flop's future ominous

Ruben Amorim has made a major decision on the future of Rasmus Hojlund ahead of the Premier League opener against Arsenal as transfer speculation grows

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9 h. ago Ruben Amorim makes brutal Rasmus Hojlund decision before Arsenal clash as flop's future ominous

Ruben Amorim has made a major decision on the future of Rasmus Hojlund ahead of the Premier League opener against Arsenal as transfer speculation grows

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11 h. ago European leaders to join Zelenskyy at White House meeting on Monday, says Ursula von der Leyen – live

European Commission president says she and other European leaders will meet Donald Trump on Monday after Ukrainian president’s requestThe coalition of the willing videoconference call is expected to bed led by the UK and France and take place at about 14:00 BST.European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has just confirmed in a post on X that she will be meeting Donald Trump along with other European leaders in the White House on Monday at the request of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Continue reading...

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12 h. ago TV presenter Laura Jackson admits her crippling antenatal depression left her 'miserable, crying every day and unable to get out of bed'

TV presenter Laura Jackson has opened up about how her debilitating antenatal depression left her 'miserable, crying every day and unable to get out of bed'.

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15 h. ago Trying to keep cool in an increasingly hot world – picture essay

The Cooling Solution is a photographic and scientific project that aims to show how people are adapting to high temperatures and increasing humidity across different countries, cultures and socioeconomic conditionsAs temperatures rise around the world, the inequality between those who can afford to stay cool and those forced to suffer is laid ever more bare. For some, air conditioning is a given; for others it is an unaffordable luxury.The photographer Gaia Squarci and researcher Jacopo Crimi visited Brazil, India, Indonesia and Italy to photograph the stories of people in extreme heat and how they are learning to adapt to it. Continue reading...

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15 h. ago Today's rugby news as shocked Erasmus 'embarrassed' in press conference and Lion hits back at Farrell criticism

The latest rugby news from Wales and beyond.

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15 h. ago ‘Animal Farm was my parents’ teamwork’: Orwell’s son on 80 years of the satirical classic

Richard Blair on the role his mother played in developing the 1945 political fable – and how it nearly didn’t get publishedAs the second world war reached its height, the winter of 1943-4 was one of the coldest of the century. My parents were living in a poorly heated flat in Kilburn, north-west London. My mother was working at the Ministry of Food. She was deeply involved in BBC Radio’s Kitchen Front which tried to help people conjure nutritious meals from their rations. My father became literary editor of Tribune magazine in November 1943. He was only required in the office three days a week, which gave him the time to write Animal Farm.Every evening, my father would read what he’d written to my mother under heavy blankets in bed. It was the only warm place in the flat. They would discuss the developing story and where it might go next. Lettice Cooper, the novelist and my mother’s Ministry of Food colleague, remembered my mother updating them every morning...

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15 h. ago 'He wears rubber gloves in bed – he says it's hygiene but I think it's a kink'

JUST JANE: Today our agony aunt Jane O'Gorman is dealing with a new issue from a Daily Star reader who wishes her new lover would start being honest about his kinky habits

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17 h. ago ‘Being short is a curse’: the men paying thousands to get their legs broken – and lengthened

It looks like medieval torture, from the metal rods inserted into sawn bones to the months of agonising recovery. But to some, travelling to Turkey to gain a few inches is a (very high) price worth payingIt was on his honeymoon in Kuala Lumpur, looking out of his hotel window at the silvery points of the world’s tallest twin skyscrapers, that Frank decided it was time to become taller. He had recently confessed to his new wife how much his height had bothered him since he was a teenager. As a man dedicated to self-improvement, Frank wanted to take action. He picked up the phone, called a clinic in Turkey that specialises in leg lengthening surgery – and made a booking.“I had a lot of second thoughts – at the end of the day, someone’s going to break your legs,” he says, propped up on a hotel bed in Istanbul, his legs splayed in front of him, bracketed by a brace on each thigh. His wife, Emilia, tends to him, fetching painkillers and ice packs for the wound sites where the braces punc...

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17 h. ago Rocky Horror forever: How a tiny US cinema helped turn a flop movie into a phenomenon

A year after its initial release, the camp 1975 musical became an unexpected smash on the late-night cinema screening circuit – and at one Portland, Oregon, cinema in particular, writes Sab Astley

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18 h. ago UK weather: Exactly when Britain will be hotter than Ibiza with major 31C heat blast forecast

Weather maps show when the UK is set for more scorching conditions where temperatures could hit the 30Cs again after the current heatwave and sun lovers won't have to wait too long

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