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Health & fitness

  • Marcus Skeet The Hull Boy

    ‘Life is brutal. Running helps’: the 17-year-old who faced despair – and ran the length of Britain

    Marcus Skeet has dealt with a lot: diabetes, anxiety, depression, OCD and the pressures of being a young carer. A few years ago, he reached his lowest point. Then he began working towards an extraordinary goal
  • The Experts Ears audio audiospecialists

    Get earplugs – and never remove wax at home: 16 ways to protect your hearing, chosen by audiologists

  • The illustration shows a women popping out gesturing to followers.

    Hustling is out, healing is in: what I learned following 400 online gurus

  • A sad woman looking at pills in bed.

    Black-market melatonin use points to the need for a national sleep strategy

  • Tom Davies wearing fatigues standing in forest

    Experience: I’ve walked across three countries in a straight line

Advice

  • Unsympathetic Man Woman Man - 5-4

    Ask Annalisa Barbieri
    I can’t stand my sister’s husband. What can I do about him?

  • An older couple looking distant

    Sexual healing
    My marriage is healthy – except for my wife’s total refusal to touch me

  • Three mobile proved insensitive to a customer's request to simply transfer ownership of a mobile.

    Consumer champions
    Three mobile network seems to want to ‘kill off’ my sick dad

  • A young woman touching her hair in front of a mirror

    Leading questions
    I lost weight and now people treat me better. How do I reconcile this?

Running & cycling

  • Remote and accessible: cycling New Zealand’s West Coast Wilderness Trail

    Tracey’s partner Paul Croke cycles uphill through Kawhaka Forest⁩ on day three of a four-day trip.
    Cyclists of varying abilities can tackle the 133km track, which hugs glacial rivers, pebbly beaches and mossy forests
  • Composite image of a bike and a heavy-duty bike lock

    What to do if your bike is stolen – and how to break the cycle

  • Terry Rosoman’s GPS drawing of a penis and testicles

    ‘The giant penis took shape easily, as I passed through a village called Three Cocks’: meet the artist athletes drawing with GPS

  • Alma Vii, Transylvania, Romania - 27 June 2021: Transylvania tour, cycling on Via Transilvanica<br>2G6365E Alma Vii, Transylvania, Romania - 27 June 2021: Transylvania tour, cycling on Via Transilvanica

    ‘A muddy ride into Romania’s dreamy countryside’: cycling the Via Transilvanica

  • A woman in overalls with bike and bridge in the background

    Sudden closure of Story Bridge to cyclists shows ‘car is still king in Brisbane’

Health news

  1. Platinum Jubilee<br>Rod Stewart performing during the Platinum Party at the Palace staged in front of Buckingham Palace, London, on day three of the Platinum Jubilee celebrations for Queen Elizabeth II. Picture date: Saturday June 4, 2022. PA Photo. See PA story ROYAL Jubilee. Photo credit should read: Joe Giddens/PA Wire

    Aqua lungs: how Rod Stewart’s underwater swimming may help his singing

  2. A mother pushing a pram in Kralingen forest in Rotterdam.

    The Netherlands’ world-leading postnatal care facing crisis, unions warn

  3. Two women on people's shoulders in the middle of a busy festival crowd.

    Electrolyte sachets are everywhere – but will they cure a festival hangover?

  4. A mug of espresso surrounded by coffee beans

    Cancer experts warn of coffee enemas and juice diets amid rise in misinformation

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