14 h. ago Are clocks changing this year? Senate takes up issue days before daylight saving time

Standard time is set to resume across the United States this Sunday

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21 h. ago Man eats McDonald's burger at 'wild speed' and people are gobsmacked

The man was able to eat the McDonald's burger in a fraction of the time it would normally take someone to enjoy it, and people were left wondering how on earth he managed to do it

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25 h. ago Edinburgh's Most Haunted Steets: The 10 spookiest locations in Scotland's Capital

It’s nearly Halloween - so what better time to take a look at where the scariest spooks that are said to haunt Scotland’s Capital have been found.

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35 h. ago Former New Zealand leader Jacinda Ardern to 'take time out of family holiday' to speak at Scottish cinema

Jacinta Ardern was leader of New Zealand from 2017 to 2023

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42 h. ago You were asleep but swear you weren’t: what is paradoxical insomnia?

We don’t always know when we’re asleep or awake. This can affect how rested we feelIn 2018, Hannah Scott, a sleep researcher at Flinders University, waited for a woman to fall asleep.This can take time when the subject is connected to equipment measuring brain activity, eye movement, heart rate and muscle activation. But about 30 minutes after the woman closed her eyes, Scott saw the telltale signs of sleep from the electroencephalogram, or EEG: a shift to lower-frequency brainwaves. Continue reading...

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42 h. ago Get expert tips and insider news from the Independent Racing newsletter with Jonathan Doidge

Every Friday Jonathan Doidge’s Independent Racing newsletter will bring you the inside track on the sport: what to watch out for, who’s in form, and which horses might just be worth keeping an eye on

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43 h. ago Traitors winner Leanne Quigley grateful to King for attending 'powerful' LGBT veterans memorial

It's the first time His Majesty the King has taken part in an LGBT event in an official capacity

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44 h. ago Vicky Pattison has reveals the only way she’d host Strictly Come Dancing

Vicky Pattison has admitted she and Angela Scanlon would need to move Strictly Come Dancing to a later time slot if they were to take over from Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman

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44 h. ago Vicky Pattison reveals the only way she’d host Strictly Come Dancing

Vicky Pattison has admitted she and Angela Scanlon would need to move Strictly Come Dancing to a later time slot if they were to take over from Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman

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47 h. ago Police 'told burglary victim you should work for us' after he was forced to carry out his own detective work when they failed to make any progress

When owners of Up Top Roofing & Scaffolding in Poole, Dorset, were burgled three times in six months, they decided to take matters into their own hands.

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47 h. ago Check your DVD collection for 15 titles that could be worth a small fortune

If you have a stack of old DVDs collecting dust at home, it might be time to take a closer look. There's some titles which could be worth a surprising amount of money

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51 h. ago Aberdeen incident: Girl, 8, dies after taking unwell at Aberdeen park and ride

The girl was taken to hospital but was pronounced dead a short time later.

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4 d. ago Shobna Gulati: ‘If I could choose to bring something extinct back to life? A 1970s disco’

The actor on a treasured wedding bangle, a ‘secretarial’ job that was anything but, and a painful incident at the theatreBorn in Oldham, Shobna Gulati, 59, studied Arabic and Middle Eastern politics at the University of Manchester. She appeared in Dinnerladies before taking a long-running role in Coronation Street in 2001. Her stage work includes the National Theatre’s A Tupperware of Ashes, and she played Ray in UK and US productions of Everybody’s Talking About Jamie and the 2021 film version. In 2020, she published Remember Me? Discovering My Mother As She Lost Her Memory. Gulati has a son and is based in London where she is appearing in The Importance of Being Earnest at the Noël Coward theatre until 10 January.When were you happiest? In recent times, when I was looking after my mum. She would take me on journeys in her mind and I’d travel with her wherever she went. I felt happy that I had the opportunity to have that time despite her illness....

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4 d. ago Sarina Wiegman relishing Brazil challenge despite England's mounting injuries

The Lionesses take to the pitch for the first time since winning the Euros, but there will be plenty of changes in the side

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5 d. ago Sarina Wiegman relishing different challenge in England’s friendly with Brazil

The England squad will take to the field for the first time since winning the Euros this summer before facing Australia three days later.

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5 d. ago GB gymnasts Jake Jarman and Luke Whitehouse win world gold and silver on floor

It is the first time Great Britain have taken gold and silver at a world championships in the same event

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5 d. ago Strictly star takes on a new role saying 'I was the ONLY person for the job'

Craig Revel Horwood took time away from the ballroom to take on a new role - and he's been loving it.

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5 d. ago One supermarket is selling the cheapest autumn essential and it's not Lidl or Asda

The autumn staple is flying off the shelves - and one supermarket has taken the crown for the UK's cheapest product just in time for Halloween

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5 d. ago Cheapest supermarket for autumn essential named and it's not Lidl or Asda

The autumn staple is very popular at this time of the year - and one supermarket has taken the crown for the UK's cheapest product just in time for the spooky season

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5 d. ago No10 refuses to give MPs time to debate Prince Andrew's conduct despite pressure on King's brother over rent

No10 said that the Royal Family 'would not want to take time from other important issues' amid a growing clamour from MPs about the scandal surrounding the former Duke of York.

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