6 h. ago World’s oldest known pygmy hippo turns 52: ‘Anyone who meets her falls in love’

Hannah Shirley, born in November 1973, was celebrated with Hungry Hungry Hippos-themed partyThe San Diego Humane Society’s Ramona Wildlife Center is feeling festive, and it has nothing to do with Thanksgiving, but instead a birthday celebration for a hippo that turns 52.Hannah Shirley, the world’s oldest known living pygmy hippopotamus, turned 52 years old on Thursday, and celebrated with a Hungry Hungry Hippos–themed party. Hannah was surrounded by guests as she played with different-colored balls and presents. Continue reading...

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14 h. ago 'This is how you wanted to die, right?' From a dark corner of the web to a tearful final video, the horrifying final days of British woman who 'asked to be murdered'

She had, says her heartbroken boyfriend, 'deep brown eyes you could easily just fall in love with'.

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3 d. ago 'He told me not to fall in love but I can't resist sex five times a night'

JUST JANE: Today our agony aunt Jane O'Gorman is dealing with a new issue from a Daily Star reader who is disappointed that her wonderful lover isn't keen on a long term relationship

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4 d. ago Falling in love again, and again: Inside the rise of the circular relationship

Romances on repeat – or put simply – getting back with your ex – is all too common among those sharing their love lives online. But is delving back into your dating archives ever a good idea? Surprisingly, yes, argues Lydia Spencer-Elliott, who found her happily-ever-after with her own ‘circular’ boyfriend

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5 d. ago Alex Scott's heartbreaking confession about girlfriend after falling in love with team

Ahead of her entry into the I'm A Celebrity, viewers are reminded of Alex Scott's football past and a heart-breaking romance with a former Arsenal team-mate

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5 d. ago Coronation Street's Lucy Fallon 'crazy in love' as she celebrates 30th with footballer beau and co

The ITV soap actress was seen marking the milestone occasion in Manchester, but it wasn't all she was celebrating

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6 d. ago Pete Wicks and Sam Thompson both address losing confidence and falling in love again

EXCLUSIVE: Sam Thompson and Pete Wicks are 'bromance' personified as they open up exclusively about highs, lows, hit podcasts and why they'll always have each other's backs

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1 week ago Keira Knightley stars with Joe Wilkinson in Waitrose’s ‘mini romcom’ Christmas advert

‘It was tough having to eat the delicious Waitrose food and falling in love with Keira, but I just got on with it,’ jokes Wilkinson

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1 week ago Our most common dreams have been revealed – and lots of us have sexy thoughts about Beyonce

One in five quizzed said they dream about falling in love with a famous person while 12% admitted they dream of turning up naked in public

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1 week ago Love Immortal: the man devoted to defying death through cryonics – documentary

Alan, 87, has devoted his life to trying to defy death, and has promised his wife, Sylvia, that they will be cryogenically preserved upon death to be reunited in the future. However, when Sylvia dies all too soon, Alan unexpectedly falls in love with another woman and is forced to reconsider his future plans. An extraordinary love story, told with humour and tenderness about how we deal with loss, our own mortality and the prospect of eternal life. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Love Immortal: man freezes late wife but finds new partner – documentary

Alan, 87, has devoted his life to trying to defy death, and has promised his wife, Sylvia, that they will be cryogenically preserved upon death to be reunited in the future. However, when Sylvia dies all too soon, Alan unexpectedly falls in love with another woman and is forced to reconsider his future plans. An extraordinary love story, told with humour and tenderness about how we deal with loss, our own mortality and the prospect of eternal life. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago BBC viewers fall in love with Race Across the World star after heartbreaking admission

Celebrity Race Across the World was back on screens with a host of new stars trekking across Central America

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2 w. ago The zany, unique, and often hilarious world of Joe Marler: Why the Celebrity Traitors breakout star has ALWAYS been a ball of chaos

Throughout this series of The Celebrity Traitors, the British public has fallen in love with what rugby fans knew long before: the charm, wit, and irrepressible mayhem of Joe Marler.

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2 w. ago Voices: I’ve fallen in love with my best friend and don’t know what to do

The Independent’s agony aunt Victoria Richards is here to help. Email dearvix@independent.co.uk for advice on love, work, family and relationships

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2 w. ago You should act your age – at least when it comes to exercise. Here’s why

Adapting your fitness routine to your physical realities can help prevent injury from over-exercisingTell us: have you fallen in love this year?Last year, I had to give up running. It was, as my sports medicine doctor counseled, “time”.Since I was a teen, it had been my primary form of exercise and stress relief. But for months, I had been ignoring small signs of encroaching decrepitude: the popping and grinding in my right knee and hip joints whenever I stood up, bent down or took the stairs. The medical term for this is crepitus, yet I kept stubbornly persuading myself that I was still a “young” fiftysomething. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Strictly's Vicky Pattison admits 'falling in love' before 'new' update with Kai Widdrington

The presenter and reality TV star is competing in the BBC One dance competition alongside the professional dancer

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3 w. ago I’m terrible on the field. But my amateurism might actually have benefits

Find an appealing activity and stick with it even if you lack skill, says Karen Walrond, author of In Defense of DabblingTell us: have you fallen in love this year?All my life I’ve been bad at sports. At school I was always successfully “sick” on the annual sports day and had a standing note from my equally averse mother to excuse me from physical education classes due to my “bad foot”. Even after I started exercising regularly in my mid-20s, I never joined my friends’ social netball or football teams.“Hating sports” was core to my identity. Then, last year, a friend invited me to her birthday “kickabout” – a casual game of football, I gathered. (I believe some call it soccer.) Had we been less close, I might have made my excuses. Instead I turned up to the park, determined to keep as far away from the ball as possible. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago I’m the worst player on my social sports team. Why does it feel so good to be bad at something?

There are joys in finding an activity you’re drawn to but not necessarily naturally good at, and sticking with it anywayTell us: have you fallen in love this year?All my life I’ve been bad at sports. At school I was always successfully “sick” on the annual sports day and had a standing note from my equally averse mother to excuse me from physical education classes due to my “bad foot”. Even after I started exercising regularly in my mid-20s, I never joined my friends’ social netball or football teams.“Hating sports” was core to my identity. Then, last year, a friend invited me to her birthday “kickabout” – a casual game of football, I gathered. (I believe some call it soccer.) Had we been less close, I might have made my excuses. Instead I turned up to the park, determined to keep as far away from the ball as possible. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago An evil love scammer went after my lonely mother. The lost thousands was bad enough... then I learned what she'd also sent 'him'

After 25 years of being single and living alone in her retirement village, Julee Dennis never imagined she'd fall in love again - let alone with a stranger online.

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3 w. ago Aussie woman comes out as 'digisexual' after she falls in love with ChatGPT and says it 'ruined real men' for her: 'He was gentle and never made mistakes'

A London-based influencer has revealed she had a three-month relationship with ChatGPT which made her realise she was 'digisexual'. 

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