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OLIVER HOLT: My mum played Emily Bishop in Coronation Street for 56 years. It’s only after I cleared out the family home and found all the scripts she’d hoarded that I discovered just how adored she still is
The red-brick cottage where my mum and dad grew old stands alone in fields at the point where the Cheshire…
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Afghanistan war veterans say their friends ‘died for nothing’ as they speak out 25 years after 9/11
Twenty-five years after the deadliest terror attack in history set the wheels in motion for the war in Afghanistan, British…
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My brother was massacred along with his family in the French countryside. Now, after 14 years, I’ve returned to the place where he was killed, just as a possible murder weapon is finally found
In the serene, sun-dappled Alpine forest, it is hard to imagine the sharp crack of pistol shots drowning out the…
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The day my husband of 21 years told me he was gay: We had three children together but these are the signs I missed, the conversation I wish I hadn’t overlooked… and bizarre way we ended up having sex AFTER he came clean
Meeting my friend Julian for our regular coffee catch-ups is one of the highlights of my month. From the moment…
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Why did Starmer resign? The key moments of his chaotic two years as prime minister
The Way Back. Join our community exploring how Britain can rebuild its future in Europe Join the debate with our…
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Truth about the breast cancer risk from your nightly glass of wine – and HRT: I’m sharing everything I’ve learned in 50 years of treating patients… and this is where I think we’re going wrong: PROFESSOR IAN E SMITH
Five women waited on the ward, sitting up anxiously, stripped bare to their waist. This was on their surgeon’s orders,…
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I’ve been a neurologist for more than 40 years and this is why the latest – and hugely profitable – Alzheimer’s drugs WON’T save your brain, what we should be doing instead… and the daily habits you must ditch now
Ask a firefighter if you can put out a blaze by only tackling the smoke, and not the flames themselves,…
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CINDY JACKSON: A patch of saggy and unsightly fat bothered me for decades, so at 70 I took the plunge. This is exactly what I did to get rid of it – and it’s given me confidence I’ve not had for 25 years
I first noticed it at a charity ball in London while wearing a sleeveless gown. Introduced to an inexplicably enthusiastic…
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‘It was a big shock’: new border rules left couple stuck in Kraków after living in UK for 80 years | Brexit
T.Two Polish nationals who lived in the UK for nearly 80 years after their parents fled the second world war…
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