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YOU’VE put your worries to bed, set the phone aside and snuggled up under those warm sheets – so why are you struggling to sleep? According to a new study, on average we are each losing a whopping 30 days of sleep each year. 11A typical person gets six hours of sleep a night compared with the eight hours the NHS recommendsCredit: Getty The typical person gets about six hours of kip a night compared with the eight hours recommended by the NHS. The survey, commissioned by an app called Lingo, found that nine in ten of us are permanently…

ARE you ready to challenge yourself and test your puzzle-solving skills? Only people with a high IQ and 20/20 vision can crack our latest mind-bending optical illusion in under eight seconds. 8Try to spot the hidden lamp in this pictureCredit: Bright Side The puzzle shows an old villager clad in a green and red robe with a pointy hat walking with his stick alongside some houses. The task, however, is to spot the hidden lamp in the visual puzzle. Thousands of viewers have been left scratching their heads trying to solve the puzzle. It may appear to be a simple…

A WOMAN claims she was left paralysed from the neck down after a botched herniated disk operation. Emily Robertson, 45, said she “skipped into hospital” in March 2012, but after surgery on herniated discs in her neck she was paralysed from the neck down. 4Though the paralysis was temporary, Emily says the March 2012 surgery has left her wheelchair bound and without independenceCredit: Media Scotland Even though the paralysis was temporary, lasting damage caused by her spinal cord being partially severed has left her wheelchair-bound. Emily, who currently lives near Coupar Angus in Perth and Kinross, has been battling for…

A GROUP of thirsty German lads have shamed Brits by breaking the beer-drinking record in Majorca by downing a jaw-dropping 1,300 glasses. The 40 drinkers managed to set a new record at the Deutsches Eck bar in Playa de Palma finishing a total of ten pints each during their eight-hour sesh. 5The 40 Germans broke the record by drinking 1,300 glasses of beer 5The part managed to down about ten pints each- roughly 28 glasses 5The team are members of a German gun club The group, members of a German gun club consumed 1,330 0.2-litre glasses of beer on the…

PARENTS must “be vigilant” about their kids using vapes, police have urged. The stark warning came after two school-aged children suffered terrifying consequences from puffing on e-cigarettes. 1Two schoolchildren experienced heart palpitations and one lost consciousness after puffing on contaminated vapesCredit: Getty One of them fell unconscious while both experienced horrifying heart palpitations and dizziness. Cops believe the vapes were contaminated. The incidents at two schools in Chorley and West Lancashire weren’t related and are being investigated by Lancashire Police. A statement from the force said: “We want to get the message out to parents to be vigilant.” The pupils…

THE notorious race-faker Rachel Dolezal has been fired from her school teaching job over her antics on OnlyFans, authorities revealed. Dolezal, 46, who pretended to be black and legally goes by Nkechi Diallo, came under fire for selling raunchy content online in violation of her contract. 5Rachel Dolezal has reportedly been fired from teaching job after her OnlyFans account was discoveredCredit: AP:Associated Press 5Since 2021, she has been posting adult content on OnlyFans after claiming she couldn’t get other work in the wake of the race-faker scandalCredit: OnlyFans 5Dolezal was outed as a white woman by her own parents in…

MEASLES cases have started to pop up in new areas of the country, experts have warned. The highly infectious disease is now also on the loose in the East Midlands and the North West, as parents are urged to get their children jabbed. 2 The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) said 56 additional cases had been reported in the last seven days, taking the total since October to 521. Clusters of the bug, which have mostly been seen in the West Midlands, London and Yorkshire, have emerged in “other regions,” the health body said. There are thought to have been 17…

A DARING explorer has discovered an abandoned Soviet base deep below the surface in Antarctica after spotting a head poking out of the ice. Chris Brown, 62, shared his terrifying ordeal when travelling to the southernmost continent with his son, Mika, 28, after the pair got “trapped” in -28°C conditions when their plane broke down. 5The Bust of Lenin as seen from Chris and Mika’s plane in AntarcticaCredit: Jam Press/Chris Brown 5The statue has been sitting on top of a former Soviet Union research station buried deep below the surfaceCredit: Jam Press/Chris Brown 5Chris, 62, (left) and his son, MIka,…

A SCHOOLGIRL described as “inspirational” prayed for other sick children as she lay dying in hospital, her dad has said. Aneliya Tihomirova Lazarova, 12, made the heartbreaking pleas at Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital last June. 3’Brave’ Aneliya Tihomirova Lazarova ‘prayed for sick children as she lay dying in hospital’Credit: MEN Media 3The 12-year-old was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukaemiaCredit: MEN Media She was receiving treatment after being diagnosed with acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) in 2022. AML is an aggressive and fast-progressing cancer of the white blood cells which affects around 3,100 people every year in the UK. She began at Alder Hey Children’s Hospital…

AN AirBnB host sent CCTV footage of a guest with another woman to his wife in retaliation for a bad review, according to a lawsuit. The renter Shawn Mackey claimed that Pamela Fohler tried to “extort” him after he allegedly refused to pay additional fees. 5AirBnB owner allegedly sent CCTV footage of a guest with another woman to his wifeCredit: Mississippi District Court. 5The 3-bedroom property was rented for £451 a nightCredit: Mississippi District Court. 5AirBnB charged the renter a fee for every additional guest which he refused to payCredit: Mississippi District Court. The AirBnB owner allegedly threatened to email…