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  • The writer and DJ Marcus Barnes at home.

    The one change that worked: I sobered up – and started to listen to what my body was telling me

    After years of partying, I realised the exhaustion and anxiety weren’t worth it, and turned my back on Friday night Fomo. I still enjoy the dancefloor, but I always know when to leave
  • a male nurse holds a womens hand

    The kindness of strangers: a nurse saw me crying and asked if I wanted a hug

  • Pair of Golden gym dumbbells isolated on white background

    ‘It’s my second home!’ Gen Z and the sudden, surprising boom of luxury gyms

  • Venus Williams

    Venus Williams, LeBron James, Cristiano Ronaldo – elite athletes are extending their careers into their 40s. How?

  • An illustration of a main holding a can of diet drink with a red flag on it up to his face to study the label

    Ingredient red flags: how to spot the chemicals to avoid in food, kitchenware and cosmetics

Advice

  • An illustration of someone looking concerned about a girl with her back to them

    Ask Annalisa Barbieri
    Our daughter is being controlled by a school friend. What can we do?

  • Sexual healing: My husband is addicted to online pornography – is that the cause of his erectile dysfunction?

    Sexual healing
    My husband has erectile dysfunction. Is it because of his porn addiction?

  • A sign displays the Thames Water logo

    Consumer champions
    Our charity could have lost thousands due to Thames Water delay

  • Young lovers sit at a garden table

    Leading questions
    I don’t want children. Is it hypocritical to not be forthright about this soon after meeting someone?

Running & cycling

  • ‘Cycling tourism is the next big thing’: the long journey to restore a central Queensland rail trail

    Riders. The Boyne Burnett Inland Valley Rail Trail which, if fully completed, would become the longest in the southern hemisphere and run 271km from Gladstone in central Queensland to Gayndah.
    As retrofitted sections of the Boyne Burnett Inland Rail Trail begin to open, cyclists are flocking to what one day promises to be Australia’s longest rail trail – and a 271km opportunity for dwindling townships
  • Mel Erwin in a sparkly cape lifts up her bike in the air

    ‘I still want to achieve’: people living with stage 4 cancer embrace Chris Hoy charity ride

  • PC Harry Rose with some of the City of London’s confiscated e-bikes and scooters.

    Britain’s illegal e-bike boom: desperation, delivery drivers – and unthinkable danger

  • Bike locks composite

    The best bike locks in the UK for all budgets, unpicked by experts

  • illustration of different bike locks on orange grid patterned background

    I cut up 15 bike locks to find the best in the US. Here are my favorites

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    ‘The state of my skin is linked to my stress levels’

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    The illustrator
    ‘Too much screen time gives me puffy eyes’

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    The garden designer
    ‘My job is great for the soul but leaves my skin so dry’

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    ‘In my dusty ceramics studio, my skin takes a battering’

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Health news

  1. Monster energy drinks

    ‘No place in children’s hands’: under-16s in England to be banned from buying energy drinks

  2. An illustration of a cracked, blue heart.

    Exercise and therapy can mend a broken heart, study suggests

  3. A woman holding a blue baby-sized T-shirt

    Exposure to some Pfas could increase risk of multiple miscarriages – study

  4. Rear view of young Asian mother with a shopping cart grocery shopping for baby food and formula in a supermarket. She is standing in front of the baby product aisle and have no idea which product to choose from.

    Baby food firms given 18 months to improve quality of products in England

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