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Some 11.5 million people aged 16 and over now belong to a gym in the UK, which is up by 16 per cent from 9.9million in 2022 as interest in keeping fit continues to surge, according to UKActive.

They hadn't been seen for almost a week

Brits have been left shocked after finding out what the inside handles in cars are actually for - and they've more useful than you might expect. Picture: Stock photo.

Critics of President Donald Trump's unprecedented tariff announcement on Wednesday ridiculed the White House for including the Heard and McDonald Islands on its list of reciprocal tariffs.

Only 106 youngsters will be welcomed through the Grade II listed doors of Odyssey's campus in Marylebone, London.

These days it's hard to find a brand that doesn't shout about being sustainable. However, when you look closer these claims are - more often than not - vague and oversold.

Nine out of the 10 local authorities with the biggest house price growth are in the midlands, north of England or Scotland.

The Princess of Wales is known for always looking groomed to perfection, and calls on a wealth of both high street and designer brands to put together her immaculate wardrobe.

The European Space Agency's short film Space Debris: Is it a Crisis? highlights the growing danger of orbital clutter, warning that "70% of the 20,000 satellites ever launched remain in space today, orbiting alongside hundreds of millions of fragments left behind by collisions, explosions and intentional destruction." Inkl reports: The approximately eight-minute-long film "Space Debris: Is it a Crisis?" attempts to answer its conjecture with supportive statistics and orbital projections. [...] The film also mentions that the kind of Earth orbit matters when discussing whether we're in a space junk "crisis" -- though unfortunately, orbits at risk appear to be those with satellites that help with communication and navigation, as well as our fight against another primarily human-driven crisis: global warming. Still, the film emphasizes that solutions ought to be thought of carefully: "True sustainability is complex, and rushed solutions risk creating the problem of burden-shifting." You can watch the film on ESA's website.

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Wedding guests in the US were left shocked after the best man admitted in his speech that he was dating the bride when she met the groom. The hilarious clip gained over 200,000 likes.

The PM admitted pain is looming as he met business leaders in Downing Street to take stock of the US action.

The exact wording a plane's cabin crew use can indicate how they really feel, according to an aviation expert.

Business tycoon David, who owed much of his wealth to soft porn and lingerie before becoming a famous face in football, died after a short illness in January 2023, aged 86.

It could cause injury to anyone eating it

After being propelled to worldwide fame thanks to 1999's The Talented Mr. Ripley, the name Jude Law was on everyone's lips - but would his real name have been just as popular?

Sophie Bannister and Levi-April Whalley, both 30 were caught with more than £160,000 worth of cannabis in their suitcases as they landed back on UK soil from a 'shopping' trip to New York.

The former Loose Women presenter, 55, who quit the show in 2020, suffered a terrifying health ordeal after she was found collapsed at home by her husband in December.

The most recent episode of the BBC show saw Sonali Shah help project manager John and his wife Liz find their dream home in the idyllic countryside of Argyll and Bute, Scotland.

The offensive message allegedly came from portable speakers at the Manston processing site for those arriving via small boats in Kent.

Recovery's never been harder in today's tangled, outsourced infrastructure

Comment  Disaster recovery is getting tougher as IT estates sprawl across on-prem gear, public cloud, SaaS, and third-party ITaaS providers. And it's not floods or fires causing most outages anymore - ransomware now leads the pack, taking down systems faster than any natural disaster.…