97 m. ago 80 years after the liberation from the Nazis, the Dutch commemorate the victims of war

Trains came to a halt, cars pulled to the side of the road and no plane arrived or departed in the Netherlands as the country went silent for two minutes to remember victims of war

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3 h. ago Even though they have control of 10 councils, Reform may find that running them as they want is a lot harder than they think

Editorial: Now that Nigel Farage’s party has a foothold, the country will be able to judge them on what they do, not just on what they say

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3 h. ago Holocaust survivor attends interfaith VE Day celebration at UK’s oldest mosque

John Hajdu, 88, said it was ‘absolutely vital’ that future generations remember the Holocaust as he attended the interfaith VE Day gathering.

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3 h. ago People are just realizing clever reason McDonald's logo is yellow and red

When most people pull up under the double aches to order salty fries and a Big Mac, they aren't thinking about the obnoxious color scheme of the iconic restaurant, but it does mean something.

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4 h. ago WW2 veteran's plea ahead of VE Day after seeing concentration camp horror firsthand

As a young British Jewish soldier Mervyn Kersh was 'on a mission' when he joined up in World War II but nothing could prepare him for the horrors he saw and wants the world to remember

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4 h. ago Moment security staff are forced to intervene as Labour's Wes Streeting sees his live interview interrupted outside the BBC's Broadcasting House

The Cabinet minister was forced to break off from speaking to Times Radio about Labour 's local elections results to explain why there was the sound of a commotion.

Society

5 h. ago This is the intimate conversation EVERY mother must have with their teenage daughter... before it's too late (and it's not what you're thinking)

As a parent I've always felt able to talk to my two daughters about almost everything. Open, honest communication is, in my view, the lifeblood of strong family relationships.

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6 h. ago Susan Sarandon’s daughter Eva Amurri is ‘so happy’ after undergoing surgery she’d avoided for 20 years

The former actor, whose parents are Susan Sarandon and Italian filmmaker Franco Amurri, said she ‘gaslit’ herself into thinking she didn’t want the procedure

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6 h. ago In a culture obsessed with positive thinking, can letting go be a radical act? | Nadine Levy

Beyond self-help mantras like ‘Let them’, radical acceptance shows us the value in learning how to truly accept life just the way it isHave you ever been in the middle of difficult life circumstances to be told “let it go” or “don’t dwell on it” as if it were a simple choice?Such advice can have the effect of minimising our distress and abruptly changing the subject. Yet it is not the phrases themselves that are troubling – there is real substance to them – but the missed opportunity to grasp the true meaning of what Buddhist teacher Tara Brach calls “radical acceptance”.Dr Nadine Levy is a senior lecturer at the Nan Tien Institute. She coordinates its health and social wellbeing program and the graduate certificate in applied mindfulness Continue reading...

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7 h. ago 'People follow me because I'm hot and funny but I use my 36DDDs to send a vital message'

EXCLUSIVE: Bikini model, Julia Ain admits that most people initially follow her on social media because they think she's hot - but she uses her assets to share her voice

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7 h. ago Channel 4's Sunday Brunch guest calls out Tim Lovejoy over awkward on

Sunday Brunch was thrown into an awkward moment when Tim Lovejoy failed to remember a key detail about his guest

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8 h. ago Maga’s era of ‘soft eugenics’: let the weak get sick, help the clever breed

At the heart of all Trump administration policies is ‘soft eugenics’ thinking – the idea that if you take away life-saving services, then only the strong will surviveEnglish polymath Francis Galton formulated the concept of eugenics in 1883. Inspired by animal breeding, Galton encouraged people with “desirable” traits to procreate while discouraging or preventing those with “undesirable” traits from doing the same. As social and intellectual qualities were hereditarily “fixed”, he thought some groups were naturally superior. Galton constructed a racial hierarchy, with white Europeans at the top.Eugenics has since played out in varying, always tragic ways. Attempted genocides and forced sterilization are first to mind, though the 20th century brought about the concept of soft eugenics: non-coercive methods of reducing certain conditions through individual choice and medical advice. Popularized in Nancy Stepan’s 1991 book, The Hour of Eugenics, “soft” eugenics is accomplished by indir...

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8 h. ago The big breath secret: can I improve my lung capacity, efficiency and power?

My father’s death from cancer showed me you need to look after your lungs. But apart from not smoking, what should you be doing? I headed to a laboratory, strapped on a mask and heart monitor and started pedalling Lungs are amazing. There they sit, inflating and deflating from dawn to dusk, dusk to dawn, sucking in air, stripping out oxygen and exchanging it for carbon dioxide. They do this 20,000 times a day, 7.5m times a year, 600m times in the average lifetime, keeping our trillions of cells ticking over and saving them from choking on their own exhaust fumes. And we ignore them until something goes wrong and we’re gasping, wheezing, panicking – or worse.When I think about lungs, it’s often in the same breath as cancer, which killed my dad 39 years ago. He only realised his lungs were knackered after a heart attack, which was probably also down to smoking. Sixty Senior Service a day, cigarette number two often lit as soon as number one was stubbed out. He stopped overnight, but i...

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10 h. ago Love Groundhog Day and Russian Doll? These are the novels for you

High-concept fiction is having a moment. Funny, inventive and crackling with big ideas, these ambitious stories will have you instantly hookedFlorence Knapp’s first novel The Names, publishing this month, tells not one story but three. As it opens, a mother is preparing to take her newborn boy to formally register his name. Will it be Bear, as his older sister would like, her own choice of Julian, or Gordon, named after his controlling father? The universe pivots on the decision she makes. Knapp plaits together the three stories that follow to trace the three different worlds in which the boy grows to manhood. Think of it as Sliding Doors for nominative determinism.In this universe, at least, it is going like gangbusters. Described as “the book of the fair” at Frankfurt two years ago, Knapp’s publisher secured the rights in a 13-way auction and it’s already due to appear in 20 languages. It is a prime example of a renewed interest in what might be called “high-concept fict...

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10 h. ago Labour minister Lucy Powell ‘mortified’ over grooming gangs remarks

The Leader of the Commons appeared to describe the grooming gangs issue as a ‘dog whistle’ during a Radio 4 debate.

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13 h. ago Our country was voted the happiest nation in the world... but we think it's bull****

Strolling through grey streets, there's one fact every local seems to know - their country is rated the happiest on earth. Although most quizzed by MailOnline don't have the faintest idea why.

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14 h. ago Inside the life of the 'David Beckham of snooker' who tragically died aged 27 after being diagnosed with rare form of cancer

Ahead of this year's final, it seems as appropriate a time as any to remember one of snooker's most promising talents who died aged 27 after being diagnosed with a rare form of cancer.

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16 h. ago Brendan Rodgers is right when Celtic boss says we are guessing his thinking but I'll bet on one thing

Our man has had a go at trying to read the Irishman's mind ahead of the big derby at Ibrox

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17 h. ago How Man United should line up vs Brentford in Premier League fixture as Amorim can hand out debut

Man Utd play Brentford in the Premier League on Sunday and here is how our writers think they should line up.

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18 h. ago Latest death notices across Wales as families remember loved ones

Our thoughts are with those who have lost a loved one

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