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Holly Willoughby and Eamonn Holmes enjoy a pint of Guinness as they lead the celebrities celebrating St Patrick's Day on Monday.   

Imogen Nunn, 25 - known as Deaf Immy on the social media platform where she highlighted hearing and mental health issues - had sourced a 'suicide kit' online.

Amesbury said he will step down as MP for Runcorn and Helsby to trigger a by-election seen as a bellwether for Labour and Reform UK popularity.

Virgin Atlantic has teamed up with Joby Aviation in a partnership that aims to offer 'seamless, zero-emission, short-range journeys across the UK'.

Budget UK high-street store Primark has revealed how shoppers should really be pronouncing its name.

Punters who want to enjoy a Guinness at the historical pub, in Dublin's busy Temple Bar area, to celebrate St Patrick's Day today will have to fork out more than €10 per pint.

Motorists have been warned that they face getting stung by huge penalties if they make this one crucial mistake when using a supermarket car park.

Russian security council deputy Dmitry Medvedev says Sir Keir Starmer and Emmanuel Macron's proposed 'coalition of the willing' is unacceptable to Vladimir Putin.

In a clip posted to X , captioned 'hope he's OK', the unidentified soldier begins to slowly wobble while standing in his place in London.

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Across high-income countries, humans' ability to reason and solve problems appears to have peaked in the early 2010s and declined since. Despite no changes in fundamental brain biology, test scores for both teenagers and adults show deteriorating performance in reading, mathematics and science. In an eye-opening statistic, 25% of adults in high-income countries now struggle to "use mathematical reasoning when reviewing statements" -- rising to 35% in the US. This cognitive decline coincides with a fundamental shift in our relationship with information. Americans reading books has fallen below 50%, while difficulty thinking and concentrating among 18-year-olds has climbed sharply since the mid-2010s. The timing points to our changing digital habits: a transition from finite web pages to infinite feeds, from active browsing to passive consumption, and from focused attention to constant context-switching. Research shows that intentional use of digital technologies can be beneficial, but the passive consumption dominating recent years impairs verbal processing, attention, working memory and self-regulation. Some of the cited research in the story: New PIAAC results show declining literacy and increasing inequality in many European countries â" Better adult learning is necessary; Have attention spans been declining?; Short- and long-term effects of passive and active screen time on young children's phonological memory; Efficient, helpful, or distracting? A literature review of media multitasking in relation to academic performance.

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Kwik Fit's annual Pothole Impact Tracker report suggests repair bills jumped in 2024 with motorists faced with an estimated £1.7bn outlay.

JoJo, 21, posted a video on TikTok after finding suspicious markings on her boyfriend's passenger mirror.

Portsmouth-based Paige Joanna, who has a strong social media following, told TikTok viewers that she was able to pick up some serious bargains by shopping in the kids' section of Next.

The captain of a diving boat from which a British tourist went missing following an explosion has been arrested as the search for her continues.

Leah Hope Mancuso, from Scottsdale, Arizona, decided to begin with small changes after an ill-fated trip to Disneyland with her nephew in 2022.

Haider Ali, 31, raped the women just eight months after arriving from Pakistan on a student visa and has been handed a ten year prison sentence at Teesside Crown Court.

People online from around the world have debated the true purpose of the flat lines found near the shorter edge of their towels this weekend - after being left shocked by one person's claim.

The crime series, written by Stephen and Jack Thorne, hit our screens on the streaming service on Thursday and has already become a huge hit.

The Hollywood star, 62, appeared in great spirits as he beamed while walking in step with the Cuban born actress, 36, after a day at the Longcross Studios.