26 m. ago Ronnie O’Sullivan’s verdict on his own World Championship speaks volumes – 'It's a strange one'

Ronnie O'Sullivan has admitted that he's struggling to recapture his best form ahead of this year's World Snooker Championship, which gets underway at the Crucible on Saturday

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40 m. ago Pope's heartbreaking eight word health update days before his death

The pontiff died today aged 88 after spending his final weeks in hospital with an infection that developed into pneumonia in both lungs.

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50 m. ago The promise of diagnosis: how it can open a door to true self

Too often, a diagnosis is seen as the end of the story, rather than the beginning. But it has the potential to launch us on a curious and profound journey of discoveryThere is a national conversation – or perhaps more a national talking at each other – taking place at the moment, about an “overdiagnosis” of mental health conditions. The health secretary, Wes Streeting, is concerned too many people are being “written off” in this way. I spend quite a lot of time thinking about this subject, alone, with colleagues, with patients as a therapist, and as a patient in therapy myself. I think our response is crucial for building not just a better life but a better society.I think that diagnosis can be a vital part of mental health treatment. It is not something I do as a psychotherapist; I respect my psychiatrist colleagues who do it for their skill, knowledge, experience and compassion. When the system works, a diagnosis can bring relief, it can open the door to the best therapy and medic...

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51 m. ago Coronation Street favourite thinks she was 'medically dehydrated' after emotional last day on ITV soap

Actress Charlotte Jordane previously announced she was leaving the show as Daisy Midgeley to start a new chapter and explore other opportunities'

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80 m. ago Topshop and Topman shares major high street store update and says 'in August'

The recent social media posts are the latest in a series of teasers for fans of the iconic British fashion chain - all of which are hinting at a return to the high street

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1 hour ago Coronation Street confirms emotional exit story for Daisy Midgeley as fans get first look at her departure and actress hints at next career move

Charlotte Jordan originated the role of Rovers Return barmaid Daisy on the ITV soap in November 2020, going on to be a part of a number of hard-hitting storylines.

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1 hour ago ‘Aspirational in the silliest sense’: why The Lizzie McGuire Movie is my feelgood movie

The latest in our series of writers calling attention to their comfort watches is a look back at the frothy 2003 comedyThree years ago, my fiance and I were winding through the narrow streets of Seville when he began a sentence with the words: “Imagine if.” Imagine if, he pondered, you went to a foreign country and it turned out that you looked exactly like one of their local celebs. People would approach you for autographs they would scream at you on the street you wouldn’t know what was going on. I stopped still and gawped at him. “That’s the plot of The Lizzie McGuire Movie,” I said. And that’s when I found out that the man I was going to marry had never seen the greatest film of all time.Movies with the word “movie” in the title are not usually considered the world’s best and yes, officially The Lizzie McGuire Movie is a flop, with a 41% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. But the coming-of-age comedy was released in 2003, at a time when critics were allowed to hate teenage girls a littl...

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1 hour ago I visited every country in the world without flying. Here are eight things I learned

Spending nearly a decade on the move gave me a deeper understanding of the importance of conversation, people’s boundless generosity – and my limitationsI have often felt as if I was born 100 years too late. There was a time when satellites weren’t whizzing above us and everything had yet to be discovered or filmed. Growing up, it seemed as if all the great adventures had happened before I was born. But in 2013 I discovered that – although it had been attempted – no one had made an unbroken journey through every country without flying. I had a shot at becoming the first to do it.I was fascinated that such an adventure was still out there, untouched. However, I was in my 30s, I had just met a wonderful woman, my peers were having their first children (and in some cases their second) and I had a 12-year career in shipping and logistics. But I couldn’t let the idea go. So, at 34, I set off – and didn’t return home until almost a decade later. These are the lessons I learned along the w...

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2 h. ago Detectives appealing for information following robbery in Motherwell

Around 2.45am on Sunday, April 20, a 74-year-old man was threatened and assaulted in Clydesdale Street, Motherwell by four men.

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2 h. ago Coronation Street star left medically dehydrated after sobbing over heartbreaking exit

Coronation Street's Daisy Midgeley actress Charlotte Jordan has spoken for the first time about her final episode and her last day on set on the ITV soap, and there were so many tears

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2 h. ago Gemma Collins 'horrified' by her new look after using weight loss jabs

The former TOWIE star, 44, has lost more than 2stones since she started taking the NHS-approved weight loss jabs, but last week she shared her concerns over looking older.

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2 h. ago 'Compact' patio heater that warms outdoor areas ‘in seconds’ falls to £40

Gtech's patio heater is said to provide 'instant heat' and has been a popular buy as more of us look to spend our evenings outdoors

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2 h. ago Coronation Street star says 'we'll all be mourning' as Daisy Midgeley and Daniel Osbourne future confirmed

Actress Charlotte Jordan has shared her thoughts on the on-off couple as Daisy will officially say farewell in upcoming scene

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3 h. ago Alan Shearer brands Man Utd misfit a 'damaged player' and gives verdict on failed transfer

Rasmus Hojlund again fired a blank as he led Manchester United's attack with Alan Shearer insisting too much is being asked of the Dane - who looks bereft of confidence

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3 h. ago Coronation Street star Charlotte Jordan addresses soap future with eight

The actress' final scenes in the ITV soap as Daisy Midgeley will air next month

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3 h. ago Coronation Street star Charlotte Jordan breaks silence for first time on exit as Daisy Midgeley after four years

It was back in 2020 that the actress made her debut in the ITV soap as Daisy and she'll soon be leaving the cobbles behind

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3 h. ago Coronation Street confirms Daisy Midgeley's dramatic exit in first look as Charlotte Jordan bows out

Next month in the ITV soap, Daisy is set to bid farewell to the cobbles in a dramatic and emotionally charged storyline

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3 h. ago Kylian Mbappe gets damning response from Real Madrid fans that tells own story

Kylian Mbappe has enjoyed a very impressive first season with Real Madrid on a personal point of view but all does not seem well at the Santiago Bernabeu after their Champions League exit

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4 h. ago Lewis Hamilton gives worrying Ferrari verdict after 'painful' Saudi Arabian GP

Lewis Hamilton endured a frustrating Saudi Arabian Grand Prix as he was unable to make any inroads through the crowd, coming home to finish in seventh place after his team-mate finished on the podium

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4 h. ago Moral Ambition by Rutger Bregman review – don’t just stand there, do something

An altruistic companion to Oliver Burkeman’s Four Thousand Weeks aims to encourage anyone with a conscience to stop being a spectatorMany years ago there was a BBC children’s TV programme called Why Don’t You Just Switch Off Your Television Set and Go and Do Something Less Boring Instead?. Its aim was to encourage kids to spending their summer holidays helping grannies across the street or litter-picking rather than lying on the sofa filling their faces with cheese puffs. If I’m anything to go by, it didn’t work.Moral Ambition is Why Don’t You? for grownups, written by a Dutch historian but deploying psychologically sophisticated nudge techniques, shaming devices and a hectoring imperative mood to encourage clever if spiritually bankrupt people like you (no offence) to do something beyond making mortgage payments by means of a job you hate. Don’t you realise that the average worker will spend 80,000 hours at their job and, judging by the look of you (again, no offence), 79,999 of th...

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