56 m. ago European country known for stunning women has HUGE shortage of men forcing lonely ladies to hire a ‘husband for an hour’

STUNNING Latvian women are experiencing a man drought - leaving desperate ladies left with no choice but to hire “husbands for an hour” to do household chores. The shortage is down to Latvia's women being better educated, healthier and living longer than men who booze too much and vanish all together. A glam single lady,...

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59 m. ago Darts star reveals bizarre training method he’s employing in bid to boost World Championship hopes at Ally Pally

MARTIN SCHINDLER has revealed the unorthodox training method he's using to prepare for the big stages at Alexandra Palace. The 2026 World Darts Championship kicks off on Dec 11 and will run until Jan 3. To give himself the best possible chance at Ally Pally, the German pro has switched off the ring light on...

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76 m. ago Zak Crawley’s handsome drives steady England ship and show power of perseverance | Simon Burnton

England fans were bracing themselves for a familiar and depressing few hours before the opener finally came goodAnthems over, Zak Crawley left the field and took the water handed to him by Matt Potts. If he was a little dry of mouth it would hardly be a surprise – even without the burden of the brace of ducks he took from the first Test, the situation he was about to walk into might have verged awkwardly close to terrifying. He downed half the bottle, donned his helmet and turned back around.Mitchell Starc, the bowler who dismissed him in the opening over of each innings in Perth and is even more effective in these day-night games, dried his hands on the sun-baked turf as Crawley made his way to the middle, and picked up the new pink ball. Continue reading...

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85 m. ago ‘One bite and he was hooked’: from Kenya to Nepal, how parents are battling ultra

Five families around the world share their struggles to keep their children away from UPFsParents and young people: share your concerns about ultra-processed foods (UPFs)The scourge of ultra-processed foods (UPFs) is global. While their consumption is particularly high in the west, forming more than half the average diet in the UK and the US, for example, UPFs are replacing fresh food in diets on every continent.This month, the world’s largest review on the health threats of UPFs was published in the Lancet. It warned that such foods are exposing millions of people to long-term harm, and called for urgent action. Earlier this year Unicef revealed that more children around the world were obese than underweight for the first time, as junk food overwhelms diets, with the steepest rises in low- and middle-income countries. Continue reading...

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85 m. ago Killing of survivors sparks outrage – but entire US ‘drug boat’ war is legally shaky

Pentagon’s Law of War manual clearly prohibits attack, but justification for whole campaign also faces tough questionsGraphic depictions of two survivors being killed by a second US military strike on an alleged Venezuelan drug ferrying boat have provoked outrage where previously there was none – or at least relatively little.A firestorm of controversy has greeted a recent Washington Post report which suggested that a deadly attack on a vessel carrying 11 people in the Caribbean was followed with a second assault after the initial strike failed to kill everybody onboard. Continue reading...

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85 m. ago Novichok poisonings, Russia’s role and UK response: key questions of inquiry

Innocent people were caught up in an assassination attempt on a former Russian spy in Salisbury in March 2018. How did this happen?The novichok attack on Salisbury in south-west England in March 2018 was an extraordinary event, sending shock waves across the world. The targeted man, the former Russian agent Sergei Skripal, recovered from an audacious assassination attempt, but an innocent British citizen, Dawn Sturgess, died. An inquiry was heard in Salisbury and London last year investigating the attack on the Skripals, the response of the emergency services and other public bodies, and how Sturgess was tragically caught up in an international incident. Here are some of the key questions it examined. Continue reading...

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87 m. ago Ellie Goldstein and Vicky Pattison join Strictly Come Dancing live tour

Some 30 shows will take place across the UK as part of the Strictly live tour.

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98 m. ago David Ellis reviews Bonheur: Ramsay's top dog conquers Le Gavroche

Review at a glance: ★★★★☆

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1 hour ago Strictly's Ellie Goldstein 'over the moon' as she confirms next move in Vito Coppola reunion

Fans of the hit BBC dance show fell in love with the partnership during their time in the 2025 run of the competition

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1 hour ago Scotland's best spots for festive proposal this Christmas named

Here are the most romantic spots to pop the question.

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1 hour ago Nigel Farage to hold mystery emergency press conference to address the UK today

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage has branded Labour 'despots' as he prepares to set out his party's opposition strategy to postponed mayoral elections in Essex, Norfolk, Suffolk and Hampshire

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1 hour ago Man United urged to act as 'special' Elliot Anderson transfer verdict speaks volumes

Manchester United have been told a transfer move for Elliot Anderson from Premier League rivals Nottingham Forest would be well worth it ahead of the January window

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2 h. ago Ruth Langsford brands Loose Women 'dangerous' after decision left son 'fuming'

It’s not the first time Loose Women star Ruth Langsford has admitted to being challenged by her son, after reflecting on a previously embarrassing moment

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2 h. ago Kirkland & Ellis Strengthens London Competition Bench With Weil Double

Kirkland & Ellis Strengthens London Competition Bench With Weil Double-Hire  Law.com

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2 h. ago Rightwingers are trying to destroy women’s right to vote | Moira Donegan

Calls for disenfranchisement rest on a single assumption: that women’s citizenship is partial and conditionalSexism can be very modern and tech savvy. Misogyny is an ever-evolving idiom, and men and women alike have found particularly of-the-moment ways to operate within the genre. Think of the apps that take images of women and remove their clothes, or the AI bots that men and boys can use to generate pornography or depictions of graphic violence against women and girls for the crime of going to the same school as they do or running for office. Think of the influencers of the so-called “womanosphere” who tell their female audiences that women who seek out friendship or equality with men are morons or cows, all through the gleam of a TikTok filter. Sexism may be the world’s oldest prejudice and its first unjust hierarchy, but it is continually innovating, adapting to new technologies and the most recent rhetorical needs of male supremacy.But some of the forms of misogyny that have b...

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2 h. ago Celebrate the Lionesses: Get Your Copy of the December Edition of Women's Football News now

Relive the unforgettable moments of Euro 2022 and the Lionesses’ historic triumph with the December edition of Women's Football News

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2 h. ago The side dish that may boost gut health and support the immune system

The spicy fermented cabbage dish has been enjoyed for centuries in Korea

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3 h. ago Alex and Olivia Bowen: ‘Parenting just gets better every day’

The former Love Islanders tell Lisa Salmon about their ‘golden’ children and how they’re supporting the Let’s Move! campaign to get kids active.

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3 h. ago Jeff Brazier 'desperately chasing role on Strictly Come Dancing'

The presenter has found himself in the spotlight lately following a family feud with one of his sons that included shock legal action, and a marriage breakdown with wife Kate Dwyer .

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3 h. ago ‘I don’t take no for an answer’: how a small group of women changed the law on deepfake porn

The new Data (Use and Access) Act, which criminalises intimate image abuse, is a huge victory won fast in a space where progress is often glacially slowFor Jodie*, watching the conviction of her best friend, and knowing she helped secure it, felt at first like a kind of victory. It was certainly more than most survivors of deepfake image-based abuse could expect.They had met as students and bonded over their shared love of music. In the years since graduation, he’d also become her support system, the friend she reached for each time she learned that her images and personal details had been posted online without her consent. Jodie’s pictures, along with her real name and correct bio, were used on many platforms for fake dating profiles, then adverts for sex work, then posted on to Reddit and other online forums with invitations to deepfake them into pornography. The results ended up on porn sites. All this continued for almost two years, until Jodie finally worked out who was doing i...

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