11 h. ago There’s no gold medal in the stress Olympics – here’s how to start resting

What if the thing we needed more of was to do less? What if this was the year we finally learned to rest?Every new year – after the holiday glut of travel, parties, shopping and baked goods – there can be pressure to do and be more: more active, more productive, more creative, more thrifty. Maybe this will be the year I finally start meal planning or doing morning pages. New year, new me!But what if the thing we needed more of was to do less? What if this was the year we finally learned to rest?Physical rest: making sure you get enough sleep; taking naps.Mental rest: journaling; meditating; doing tasks that are not mentally taxing, like puzzles.Emotional rest: talking through feelings and experiences with a friend or therapist.Social rest: setting aside time alone to recharge; making sure you’re spending time with people who don’t leave you feeling drained.Sensory rest: spending time outdoors; taking breaks from screens.Creative rest: engaging in creative hobbies like drawing, readi...

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13 h. ago Pub Casino bonus code: Deposit and stake £10, get 50 free spins

A breakdown of the Pub Casino casino bonus offer for new customers

Economics

15 h. ago Struggling pub landlord has taken home £2 per hour since Covid in bid to stay open

David Leaper, 53, has run The Devon Arms in Torquay since 2019 but told the Daily Mail he has been taking just £100 for a 50 hour week for the last six years.

Economics

16 h. ago Manchester United have just been reminded of what they will be missing with £15m contract decision

Casemiro produced an exceptional performance for Man Utd in the derby at Old Trafford but it feels like the clock is ticking on his time at the club.

Economics

17 h. ago Pub landlord cuts his own pay to just £2 per hour to stay open amid Rachel Reeves' crippling tax raid

David Leaper, 53, has run The Devon Arms in Torquay since 2019 but told the Daily Mail he has been taking just £100 for a 50 hour week for the last six years.

Economics

26 h. ago Lib Dem council orders landlord to paint over St George's Cross on the front of his pub after ONE person complained

Jerry Kunkler, the landlord of Moonrakers Inn in Pewsey, Wiltshire, since 1981, painted the England flag on his pub in 2016 ahead of the Club World Cup.

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27 h. ago David Walliams performs to an audience of just 48 at local pub

It followed the Gangsta Granny author's fall from grace after he was dropped by his publisher HarperCollins after claims that he harassed employees at the firm.

Events

32 h. ago Brits face ANOTHER Guinness shortage as pub landlords fear supplies will run dry in WEEKS

GUINNESS supplies will run dry during next month’s Six Nations, pub landlords fear. Deliveries of the black stuff, the main sponsor of the rugby championship, are consistently being delayed, they complain. Some say they are having to look at stocking alternative stouts. Guinness owner Diageo dismissed claims it was in short supply but spoke of...

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34 h. ago 'Our pubs are a Labour cash cow': The landlords facing financial ruin from Rachel Reeves' brutal tax raids as huge hikes in business rates put their once thriving locals on the brink of closure

Rachel Reeves' tax hikes - including a major business rates setback for the UK hospitality sector - have left owners suffering 'sleepless nights' as they decide between closure or financial ruin.

Economics

36 h. ago 'Our pubs are a Labour cash cow': The landlords facing financial ruin from Rachel Reeves' brutal tax raids as huge hikes in business rates put their once thriving locals on the brink of closure

Rachel Reeves' tax hikes - including a major business rates setback for the UK hospitality sector - have left owners suffering 'sleepless nights' as they decide between closure or financial ruin.

Economics

37 h. ago Inside Glasgow's most notorious pub that couldn't shake off its links to gangland violence

The New Morven Lounge was once a popular watering hole in North Glasgow, but it would eventually close after failing to shake off its gangland connections.

Events

40 h. ago Sweet thing: a personal look at a photographer’s Cuban slavery heritage – photo essay

From the remnants of my great-grandparents’ Cuban home near the sugar plantation that is part of Unesco’s Slave Route programme – where they were once enslaved - to personal artefacts, each piece reconstructs an uncertain pastGathering information on our origins that might help with constructing self-identities could be a beautiful endeavour.Unfortunately, for millions of people worldwide, retracing a past filled with unfinished stories is like trying to nurture a tree whose roots have been severed.I still remember that narrow ribbon of earth winding down from my grandfather’s house towards the old Triunvirato plantation – the same fields where an enslaved woman called Carlota, who led an uprising in 1843, raised her voice against chains. In the silence of that road, it feels like a place that has been frozen in time Continue reading...

Culture

41 h. ago Blue Posts boss: If opening a pub becomes so risky, in the end people just won't do it

Pubs are community assets, says Layo Paskin, and they’re under threat

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42 h. ago ‘I can’t waste this’: Michael Sheen on his riskiest role yet – saving Wales’s national theatre

When funding cuts closed National Theatre Wales, the actor saw it as an emergency, and set about building a replacement. As its first show comes to the stage, he explains his plan to bring big productions back to his homelandSince Thornton Wilder wrote Our Town in 1938, it is said that not a day has passed when the Pulitzer prize-winning show hasn’t been performed. “Every time I read it, I come away with the feeling of having been woken up,” says Michael Sheen, star of the upcoming touring production of Wilder’s play about a close-knit community in small-town America. “With this urgent sense of ‘I have to not waste this.’”Transposing the heart of the American classic to Wales, this new production also marks the launch of Welsh National Theatre, a hugely ambitious company formed – and financed – by Sheen in response to the collapse of the former National Theatre Wales. “Opening night is going to be more than just the opening night of a play,” says Russell T Davies, the show’s creativ...

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46 h. ago 'It’s time to reposition the pub as not just somewhere to get absolutely a**e

For Pub of the Week, we head over to Chorlton to visit an 1800s-era building now operating as a lively pub

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53 h. ago Struggling to kick that daily tipple? Don't give up trying, says alcohol mindset coach as she sets out... FOUR simple steps to retrain your brain and cut down on your drinking

Change doesn't begin with a masterplan, it begins with a whisper: could life feel better than this? If you have been feeling less than happy about where you are, it's time to take action.

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58 h. ago Historic pub in tiny Scots village announces shock closure after 200 years

A HISTORIC pub in a tiny Scottish village has closed after more than 200 years. The Cross Keys in Ancrum, Jedburgh, has been welcoming locals and tourists through its doors for two centuries. The Scottish Borders boozer serves up classic pub grub including fish and chips, pies and burgers. Punters can wash down their scran...

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64 h. ago Calls growing for buffer zones outside asylum seeker hotels in Scotland

"Even when you are inside you feel frightened let along going outside, because of the way they shout and speak you feel if you went outside at that time, you could be attacked."

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68 h. ago Cosy Surrey inn with rooms 30 minutes from London named one of UK’s best pubs

This 16th century village inn in the Surrey Hills offers boutique accommodation with comfy rooms alongside hearty seasonal cooking in a cosy dining room

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68 h. ago Cosy Surrey inn 30 minutes from London named one of UK’s best pubs – and you can stay overnight

This 16th century village inn in the Surrey Hills offers boutique accommodation with comfy rooms alongside hearty seasonal cooking in a cosy dining room

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