1 hour ago Woman tries 'genius' avocado hack that will change the way you eat it

Avocados are a popular food for many, but cutting and opening them can be tricky - but one woman has shared a 'genius' trick to make it so much easier to open and eat

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4 h. ago Iconic children's author who wrote The Paper Bag Princess says he'll die by assisted suicide after dementia diagnosis

Robert Munsch, a ubiquitous children's book author suffering from dementia and Parkinson's disease, has announced that he will die by physician assisted suicide.

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5 h. ago Gynaecologist warns you may not actually have PCOS in stark message

You may confuse PCOS with PCO - and whilst they sound similar - one puts you at a bigger risk of diabetes and heart disease.

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5 h. ago Three dead babies found in a Pennsylvania home weeks after a woman was evicted: cops

Jessica Mauthe, 39, was recently evicted from the home she was renting in Cadogan Township

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5 h. ago RAF fighter jets to be sent to Poland to prevent another Russian incursion into Nato airspace

RAF fighter jets are being sent to Poland to prevent another Russian incursion into Nato airspace.

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7 h. ago Woman cursed by tribe in woods dies months later in horrific bus crash

A’liya Johnson changed her name to Lady Safi while part of Kofi Offeh's tribe, who lived in the remote Scottish wilderness believing they were fulfilling a 400-year-old prophecy

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8 h. ago UK to deploy RAF jets to Poland after Russian drone incursion into Nato airspace

Russia’s ambassador, Andrei Kelin, was summoned by the Foreign Office on Monday over his country’s ‘unprecedented violation’ of Nato airspace

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8 h. ago Ayrshire murder bid hunt after property torched late at night

A member of the public forced entry to the home and helped rescue the 21-year-old woman within the house.

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9 h. ago Conflict, aid cuts and equality backlash causing ‘stagnation and regression’ of women’s rights – UN

Report calls on governments to commit to renewed action at general assembly in New York, saying ‘a different path is still possible’Hard-won progress on women’s access to healthcare, rights and employment is being put at risk from global conflict, cuts to aid spending, and a backlash against gender equality, according to a UN equality watchdog.A woman’s chance of dying in pregnancy or childbirth is more than a third lower than it was 25 years ago, UN Women said in its annual report, while girls are more likely to complete school than ever before. It also found that rates of intimate partner violence were 2.5 times lower in countries that had introduced comprehensive measures on violence. Continue reading...

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10 h. ago Woman claiming to be a vampire says she feeds off people’s energy and not blood

A woman who claims she is a vampire has said she doesn’t drink blood, instead opting to feed off the energy of people - with their consent.

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10 h. ago Woman arrested after axe alert saw UK schools placed in lockdown

A huge police operation was launched after reports of a person with an axe in Holyhead, Anglesey, with two schools placed in lockdown before a woman was arrested

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11 h. ago 'I'm a mortician and people tend to have the same regret just before they die'

Victor M. Sweeney, a licensed mortician and funeral director, has shared his insights into death and dying - and he's noticed a recurring theme among those who share their regrets just before they die

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11 h. ago Man took photo of woman over cubicle wall in swimming pool changing rooms

The woman saw a 'blue flash' over the top of the cubicle wall

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11 h. ago UK to deploy RAF jets to Poland after Russian drone incursion

Russia’s ambassador, Andrei Kelin, was summoned by the Foreign Office on Monday over his country’s ‘unprecedented violation’ of Nato airspace.

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12 h. ago Moment furious woman shoves fellow train passenger's seat when she reclined her chair

This is the moment an angry-looking woman shoves a fellow train passenger's seat after she reclined her chair.

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12 h. ago Woman ordered to get planning permission for plant pot after neighbour complains

Jane Higgins, 74, had a wooden plant holder installed in the front garden of her semi detached home

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13 h. ago 'I'm a mortician and have noticed same regret people have on deathbed'

Victor M. Sweeney, a licensed mortician and funeral director, answered a query about the poignant topic of "deathbed regrets" and revealed one common theme among many people before they pass away

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13 h. ago Body of paralysed woman left to rot on parents' sofa for 12 YEARS in horrifying discovery

WARNING DISTRESSING CONTENT: In a story that would haunt officers, Lacey Ellen Fletcher "rotted in her own body" following severe neglect by her parents, with her maggot ridden remains found fused to the family sofa

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14 h. ago Young woman took her own life after police wrongfully arrested her fiance

Cherry Turner, 31, spiralled into depression after police blunder. She feared they were coming back for fiance Craig Jackson, who also died earlier this year.

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14 h. ago Voices: Nato’s new red lines could turn Ukraine into a no man’s land

After provocative incursions over Poland and Romania by Russian drones, Nato’s response – to deploy military equipment along its eastern flank – might actually suit Vladimir Putin, says Mark Almond

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