2 h. ago Donald Trump is eyeing up a third term – and no one is opposing him | Arwa Mahdawi

So many people and organisations are capitulating to the US president, from Silicon Valley to the Democrats, legal firms and elite universities. How realistic is the prospect of Trump 3.0?Hell is empty and all the devils are in Washington DC. And, what with devils being immortal and all, it looks as if they might stay there indefinitely. Now, before I seamlessly segue from fun devil facts into talking about Donald Trump threatening to run for a third term, the current political climate compels me to make a few things clear. I recently had to submit my US green card for renewal (impeccable timing!) so I’d like to explain to any United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) officers reviewing my file that the first line of this piece was just riffing on Shakespeare. I’m absolutely not comparing Trump, the greatest man to walk this Earth, to Satan. Nor am I suggesting evil people seem to live long lives.On the contrary, I am thrilled that our 78-year-old president has sugg...

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30 h. ago The one change that worked: I loathed all forms of exercise – until I moved to a big city and walked miles

I’d tried running, pilates, swimming and barre, and hated the lot. Then I moved to London and, having no money, I had to start walking to places. Shockingly, I enjoyed itI never understood people who enjoy high-intensity exercise. Wine – yes. Films – obviously. Model trains – whatever floats your boat. But exercise? I didn’t get it. I wept on reformer pilates machines and left circuits classes halfway through under the guise of going to the toilet. I went to the park with the intention of running and instead lay down in the grass with a Cornetto. I pleaded illness – and once, the death of a fictional pet – to waive class cancellation fees. Exercise just wasn’t for me.And it’s not as if I didn’t try. I attempted swimming and barre, power yoga and boxing – all of it hellish, not to mention inaccessibly expensive. When I walked past a certain glass-fronted gym near my flat, invariably with some sort of snack in my hand, I felt a pang of pity for the people inside – sweaty, muscled pris...

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54 h. ago ‘People have walked through here for centuries’: the rhythms of the Welsh valleys in pictures

The beautiful and hardy herds of the Welsh valleys act as a counterpoint to three decades of change in photographer Ken Grant’s imagesKen Grant’s Cwm: A Fair Country, a collection of nearly 30 years of landscape photography in the South Walian valleys, begins with a moving prologue. It mentions a painting he’s known since his Liverpudlian childhood, still sitting above his 92-year-old father’s mantelpiece: “Dapple-bruised Welsh horses, painted in a loose herd, are imagined beneath a sky that promises rain.”From 1998, on commutes from Liverpool to the University of Wales, Newport (where he led a documentary photography degree), he noticed similar horses – completely by coincidence. “I didn’t seek them out at first, but on my drives, I soon got aware that they were there. Sometimes up a valley’s road, you’d see packs of 40 or 50.” Continue reading...

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5 d. ago The 'monstrous' CYCLOPS junction outside Metrolink stop that would 'make things worse'

The plans, costing £2.9m, aim to make it 'safer and easier for people to walk, wheel or cycle' in the area

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7 d. ago Woman's wild cover story after partner's body found dismembered in cat litter

Joseph Shaw thought he'd found love with a homeless woman he took in - but she repaid his kindness with the cruellest end resulting in his vicious stabbing and missing limbs

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8 d. ago Fears asylum seekers will be involved in fatal road accident near Scots town unless safety improved

There are 'serious road safety concerns' due to people staying at The Mercure Hotel on the outskirts of Dumfries walking along the busy A710.

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1 week ago 'I'm a dog trainer – try this simple game if your dog gets easily distracted'

If your dog often gets distracted by other dogs or people while out on walks, you may want to consider this easy game that immediately commands their attention

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2 w. ago Long Covid is the pandemic’s dark shadow. Why does no one in power in Britain want to talk about it? | Frances Ryan

Five years after the first lockdown, millions of lives are still being ruined by this debilitating disease. You wouldn’t know itImagine a disease that can render its sufferers bedbound for years. One that could take a marathon runner and leave them unable to walk to the toilet. Imagine that at least 2 million people in England and Scotland alone were affected to some degree, each with a mix of debilitating symptoms, from breathlessness to brain fog to multi-organ damage.Then imagine that there were no proven treatments for this life-changing illness, let alone a cure. In fact, patients are often told it’s all in their heads. Now imagine that more people are falling ill every day with the virus that causes this devastating disability – and that successive governments have abandoned almost every strategy to try to get to grips with it.Frances Ryan is a Guardian columnistIn the UK and Ireland, Samaritans can be contacted on freephone 116 123, or email jo@samaritans.org or jo@samaritans...

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2 w. ago The story behind mysterious names engraved into a sea wall in Wales

Most people probably walk by them oblivious, but look a little closer and you'll find a story of a city's history is being told

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2 w. ago 'You can't help but notice there are a lot of people walking around with missing limbs'

Maria Romanenko and her partner Jez Myers are now running their second trip to Lviv in Ukraine to show Mancunians the rich culture and history of the city

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2 w. ago Ayrshire man shares story of receiving 'best gift' from lifelong friend on World Kidney Day

James Walker of Ayr is one of 5,000 people who have received a transplant from the the West of Scotland Transplant Service

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3 w. ago Woman, 22, is hacked to death by crazed stranger while livestreaming her walk through streets of Tokyo to thousands of people

The tragic incident took place at 9.50 am local time today in Tokyo's Shinjuku district, near the Takadanobaba railway station, according to local media.

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3 w. ago As Jews celebrate Purim, let us end the slaughter in Gaza committed in our name | Peter Beinart

Our refusal to reckon with the dark side of Purim reflects a refusal to reckon with the dark side of ourselvesLater this month, on the holiday of Purim, Jewish people will dress in silly costumes, eat triangular pastries, and listen to an ancient story about attempted genocide. What we notice, and don’t notice, about that story says a lot about what we notice, and don’t notice, in Israel and Palestine.The tale comes from the book of Esther. It begins with a dissolute Persian king. He hosts a banquet, gets drunk, orders his queen to “display her beauty” to the revelers, and, when she refuses, banishes her from the throne. As her replacement he chooses Esther, a beautiful young maiden who, unbeknownst to him, is a Jew. Then he makes a calamitous personnel decision: he selects Haman, a pathological Jew-hater, to be his right-hand man. The stage is now set for an epic clash. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago How modern football’s exploitation model brewed fan resentment | Jonathan Wilson

Supporters have marched in protest at a number of Premier League grounds. It’s not hard to see why they believe their game is being taken awayOn Sunday, thousands of Manchester United fans marched in protest at the club’s ownership. The week before last, there was a (much smaller) march against their club’s owners by fans at Chelsea. A couple of weeks earlier there were protests at Tottenham. Fulham fans are deeply unhappy. There have been grumblings at Manchester City. In total, at roughly three-quarters of the Premier League clubs, there is significant supporter discontent.In some ways, the protests are distant background noise. Television viewers could quite easily have watched United’s 1-1 draw with Arsenal on Sunday and not known about the march. How big a deal is it, anyway, that around 5,000 people walked about a mile from a pub to a stadium, with most wearing black and chanting? The demonstrations are often incoherent. The one at Chelsea featured chants for Roman Abramovich,...

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3 w. ago 'I turned our garage into a circus space with trapeze – my husband fears what I will do next'

'People are amazed when they walk in and we've even got Alexa playing the soundtrack from The Greatest Showman'

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3 w. ago Rediscovered footage suggests Meghan Markle may have broken the biggest rule of royal protocol

Out of all the long list of royal protocols - and there are a lot of them - one of the most noticeable is how everyone in the family walks behind the monarch.

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3 w. ago Crucial early dementia sign people can spot when walking upstairs

Dementia is often associated with memory loss, confusion and difficulty with everyday tasks, one commonly overlooked symptom can show in a surprising way.

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3 w. ago ‘I don’t have the fear some performers have’: Americana anarcho

The Tennessee musician ran away to hop trains and drop acid, then went viral after being filmed busking. Her sterling new album features her hero Steve Ignorant – and resists the rise of the rightSunny War is calling via video from her home in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The house belonged to her grandma, then her father; he died during the making of her last album. After War and her brother moved in, she became convinced the house was haunted. She would see people and hear noises at night. “It sounded like someone was walking around, to the point that I would jump out with a machete in my hand, thinking someone had broke into the house,” she says. “It was happening all the time. I thought I was going insane in here.” It was confusing, “because I have been crazy before. And I was also drinking a lot and sometimes that makes me hallucinate.”But the apparitions weren’t ghosts, or the result of a mental health crisis, or indeed a drinking binge: “I didn’t have any money, so I couldn’t get ...

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3 w. ago ‘I ate acid for two months straight. It was the best time of my life’: Americana anarcho

She’s the finger-picking blueswoman whose life was changed by the punk band Crass – and went viral for busking while homeless. She talks about ghosts, her ‘smelly’ childhood and fighting the far rightSunny War is calling via video from her home in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The house belonged to her grandma, then her father; he died during the making of her last album. After War and her brother moved in, she became convinced the house was haunted. She would see people and hear noises at night. “It sounded like someone was walking around, to the point that I would jump out with a machete in my hand, thinking someone had broke into the house,” she says. “It was happening all the time. I thought I was going insane in here.” It was confusing, “because I have been crazy before. And I was also drinking a lot and sometimes that makes me hallucinate.”But the apparitions weren’t ghosts, or the result of a mental health crisis, or indeed a drinking binge: “I didn’t have any money, so I couldn’t ...

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3 w. ago Police arrest two boys, aged 14 and 16, after huge seat thrown from third floor of Westfield shopping centre lands inches from people walking below

In footage posted on social media, a man, wearing a grey hoodie, can be seen inside Westfield in Stratford, London, hurling a blue pouffe from the top floor down to the bottom.

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