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There was much to discuss as newly knighted Sir David Beckham was received by King Charles at Windsor Castle on Tuesday morning, but no one expected fashion to be top of the agenda.

Britain's National Centre for Gaming Disorders has treated 67 people over the age of 40 since opening in 2019. The oldest patient was a 72-year-old woman with a smartphone gaming obsession. Britons over 65 spent more than three hours a day online on smartphones, computers and tablets last year, according to Ofcom. They spent more than five and a half hours watching broadcast television. Over-65s are more likely than under-25s to own tablets, smart televisions, e-readers, and desktop and laptop computers, a seven-country survey by GWI found. Nearly a fifth of 55- to 64-year-olds own a games console. Ipsit Vahia, who heads the Technology and Ageing Laboratory at McLean Hospital, part of Harvard Medical School, said some older adults are increasingly living their lives through their phones the way teenagers or adolescents sometimes do. A 2022 study in South Korea estimated that 15% of those aged 60-69 were at risk of phone addiction. A meta-analysis published in April of studies on more than 400,000 older adults found that over-50s who regularly used digital devices had lower rates of cognitive decline than those who did not.

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Some 30 per cent of six-year-olds in County Durham were classed under the category, double the level logged in Wiltshire.

The Love Island star, 30, confirmed this weekend that she had given birth to a baby girl on Thursday. She took to social media on Saturday afternoon to officially announce the news.

The flu can cause a wide range of symptoms, but in some cases, you may need to seek urgent medical attention

The Chancellor refused to recommit to Labour 's manifesto promise not to increase income tax, National Insurance or VAT.

We asked Dr Federica Amati, head nutritionist at ZOE, to select the 'healthiest' ready meals from the supermarkets using the nutrition app's latest tool, the Processed Food Risk Scale.

There is a potential route you could take to deal with the issue.

She has described it as 'an awful time'

Conor Maynard has reacted to Charlotte Chilton's recent interview where she doubled down on her insistence that he is the father of her daughter.

For many the advert means Christmas has arrived

David Carrick, 50, has already admitted a large number of sexual offences against 12 women committed over a 17-year period, jurors were told.

Alicia Douglass, 35, was found by police responding to a welfare concern in her home in Wincobank, Sheffield on August 7, 2024.

Tyson Fury's promoter Frank Warren has admitted that he expects the Gypsy King, 37, to return in 2026 - but claimed that his family could act as a spanner in the works.

Take a look at this composite photo from The Mail on Sunday. One of this Drab Four could be our next Prime Minister, whether we like it or not.

Trust me bro, says GitHub Copilot. And programmers just... do

Developers who "pair code" with an AI assistant stand to learn as much as they do in traditional human-human pairings, but also show a less critical attitude toward their silicon-based partner’s output, academics have found.…

He was rushed to hospital last year after 'turning blue'

Earps is threatening to undermine all that the Lionesses have worked so hard to create - a sanctity of safety and trust.

Ore Oduba's ex-wife Portia Jett has taken a bold swipe at the star over co-parenting, in the wake of his revelation about suffering from porn addiction.

Few of us are at our best before breakfast but Rachel Reeves's early-morning speech was a horror show.