Zaka: The volunteers giving dignity to Israel's dead
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2023-10-15 03:49
'I don't eat or sleep' says husband of new mother missing after Hamas attacks
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2023-10-15 02:45
Jordan faces grim prospects in speaker's fight after whirlwind week for House GOP
After a series of setbacks, Republicans ended the week no closer to electing a new speaker as deep internal divisions have left the conference struggling to govern and the House in a state of paralysis.
2023-10-14 21:22
The Trading Tycoon Steering Russia’s Global Oil Business
Igor Sechin, the boss of Russia’s state oil company and longtime associate of Vladimir Putin, celebrated New Year’s
2023-10-14 19:49
Ed Gamble used to weigh himself every day amid ‘obsessive’ weight loss: ‘I didn’t have a social life’
Comedian Ed Gamble has opened up about battling his “obsessive” tendencies and the “evil” bathroom scales while discussing losing weight. The stand-up comic and panel show regular lost seven stone in weight in his early twenties, and is now releasing a memoir about his relationship with food titled Glutton: The Multi-Course Life of a Very Greedy Boy. In a new interview with The Times, the comic – who hosts comedy food podcast Off Menu with fellow comedian James Acaster – opened up about the ways losing weight changed his life. “After losing weight, I got more obsessed with my image. You do feel different, wondering, ‘Oh, maybe I’m attractive now.’” Gamble, 37, said that he had developed a fixation on fitness after losing weight, and currently took part in the “cult” of CrossFit. However, the Great British Menu judge – who has Type 1 diabetes – had to watch his more obsessive tendencies when he first began to lose weight after he dropped to 12 stone. At this point, Gamble was weighing himself every day. “That’s not a weight I operate well at,” he recalled. “It means I don’t have a social life; I’m always exercising and thinking about what I eat. “At that point, my mum said, ‘You don’t need to keep doing this. Build in having fun again.’” Gamble said that while had weighing scales in his bathroom at the time, he saw them as “evil”. “You’ve put on 2lb. So what? Stop looking. Go with how you feel,” he said. Growing up as a “posh little boy”, Gamble often used food to prove that he was “like the grown-ups”. Speaking to The Independent in August, Ed Gamble recalled first eating poached salmon when he was three or four years old. “I think it would be easy to serve child me in a restaurant,” he said. “I think you’d think I was weird, possibly, because I’d be sat bold upright at the table, sort of like a mini [food critic] Jay Rayner, just demanding everything.” Glutton: The Multi-Course Life of a Very Greedy Boy is released on 26 October. For anyone struggling with the issues raised in this article, eating disorder charity Beat’s helpline is available 365 days a year on 0808 801 0677. NCFED offers information, resources and counselling for those suffering from eating disorders, as well as their support networks. Visit eating-disorders.org.uk or call 0845 838 2040 Read More Should plus-size travellers be asked to take weight-loss drugs for flights? It’s plane crazy Paloma Faith on her heartbreak and being a single mum: ‘Our relationship ended because we had those children – it was worth it’ Weight-loss jabs linked to ‘severe’ stomach problems – study Some people are born with a ‘talent for happiness’ – so what’s their secret? Presenter Louise Minchin: Menopause conversations are no longer taboo – but we need to keep going Israel-Hamas conflict: How to talk to teenagers about distressing news stories
2023-10-14 19:21
Jordan says Palestinian displacement pushes region to 'abyss' of wider conflict
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2023-10-14 17:24
Rugby World Cup: Irish diaspora dream of quarter-final success
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2023-10-14 14:47
Tens of thousands flee south in bombarded Gaza as Israeli troops gather near border
Tens of thousands of people in Gaza have fled their homes after Israel's military issued a stark evacuation order Friday, according to the United Nation's humanitarian body, prompting international alarm as Israeli troops gather by the border and as conditions worsen inside the bombarded strip.
2023-10-14 14:25
Israel Latest: Army Focuses on Gaza City as Ground Attack Looms
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2023-10-14 14:25
'An incredible find': Florida road crews discover 19th-century boat buried in St. Augustine
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2023-10-14 13:24
Could an Israeli ground invasion of Gaza meet its aims?
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2023-10-14 07:46
Brexit: 'Call us' on trade, says German finance minister Christian Lindner
In a BBC interview, Christian Lindner invites the UK to discuss a closer relationship with the EU.
2023-10-14 07:24