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Dubbed as 'Ratland' by the people of Dagenham, residents are up in arms about the 'inhumane' conditions that have made the once rural town into a living wasteland

Those investigating the deaths of Gene Hackman, his wife and their beloved dog have revealed a heartbreaking reason why their pet died but their others didn't.

Sunday is Covid Day of Reflection, and these strange pictures of our usually busy streets are a haunting reminder of the sacrifice and difficulty so many went through during that time

EXCLUSIVE: Residents and aviation enthusiasts have been left fuming over plans to destroy a much-loved historic airport and turn it into a colossal housing development.

Seven thousand miles away from the millionaires' enclave in California that Meghan and Harry now call home, sits her 80-year-old estranged father Thomas Markle. Here's his verdict on her new show...

The armed man was shot by Secret Service members after being spotted just outside the White House after midnight on Saturday.

EXCLUSIVE: Mohammed Azhar, 58, constructed the 13ft add-on to his terraced house in Bradford in 2011, claiming it was needed to provide a downstairs toilet and wet room for his elderly parents.

Scott El Paraiso and Ross Spencer, both 41, were used to sweeping the board at industry awards events, and their business appeared to be booming.

The bones were discovered by a member of the public at a house in Ancaster, Lancashire, with police launching an investigation.

Families are living in fear they could be kicked out of their homes as the council refuse retrospective planning permission for an illegally-built block of flats.

Council boss insists 'big names' 'want to return' in multimillion regeneration project of Basildon's town centre

Only a T and H - along with a few metres of double yellows - have been repainted after an official 'Fire Path' in south west London was dug up for gas repairs.

EXCLUSIVE: Saeed Postchi was told his five-bedroom home was too tall and 'not built in accordance with the plans'.

A blog post from the Stanford University School of Medicine attempts to answer the question: What's the deal with the gut-brain connection? It affects your mood, your sleep, even your motivation to exercise. There's convincing evidence that it's the starting point for Parkinson's disease and could be responsible for long COVID's cognitive effects. And it sits about 2 feet below your brain. The gut plays an obvious role in our health by digesting what we eat and extracting nutrients. But there's a growing appreciation among scientists that our digestive systems affect our general well-being in a much broader fashion. One fascinating aspect of the gut's widespread impact on health is its direct influence on and communication with the brain, a conduit known as the gut-brain axis. Through direct signals from the vagus nerve, [which] connects the brain and the gut, as well as through molecules secreted into the bloodstream from our gut microbes and immune cells that traffic from the gut to the rest of the body, our brains and our digestive tracts are in constant communication. And when that communication goes off the rails, diseases and disorders can result. The gut-brain connection is a key part of how the brain forms a picture of the rest of the body, a phenomenon known as interoception, explained Christoph Thaiss, PhD, an assistant professor of pathology at Stanford Medicine... The gut also contains the largest number of neurons outside the brain of any structure in the body — more than 100 million neurons line the human digestive tract, from the esophagus to the anus. These cells make up what is known as the enteric nervous system, which some scientists refer to as a "second brain." The enteric nervous system is more brain-like than other peripheral nerves because it consists of lots of different types of neurons that communicate with each other, while other peripheral nerves primarily serve to communicate between the brain and the body, said Julia Kaltschmidt, PhD, the Firmenich Next Generation Faculty Scholar and an associate professor of neurosurgery. In fact, the gut's nervous system can act alone. Scientists have found that if they remove an animal's gut and bathe it in a special fluid designed to keep neurons alive, the gut continues to contract, pushing its contents from top to bottom.

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The new mother, 33, took to Instagram to show off her hair transformation on Saturday. But many of Gypsy's followers didn't like the change and left unkind comments.

Council says golfing facility will 'support healthy lifestyles whilst diversifying the sporting offer'

With his hands down and head exposed, the American was near the fence when the finishing sequence occurred.

More than 130 X users have weighed in on the basic algebra problem - but only a handful were able to pull off the proper arithmetic.

The Duchess of Sussex, 43, posted a sweet image of Lilibet, three, enjoying a boat ride with her dad, 40, to Instagram on Saturday, but many social media users were left unsettled by one 'dangerous' detail.

Edgars Rinkevics said the Baltic state's allies and neighbours should 'absolutely' look into the policy, which it reintroduced in 2023 after a gap of 16 years.