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By ALEXA CIMINO FOR DAILYMAIL.COM Published: 16:40 EST, 9 November 2024 | Updated: 16:45 EST, 9 November 2024 The Rockefeller Center Christmas tree for 2024 has a heartwarming backstory, rooted in family memories and a touching tribute.Planted in 1967 by Earl and Leslie Albert, newlyweds at the time, this towering Norway spruce has grown from waist-high to an impressive 74ft in West Stockbridge, Massachusetts, over the last 57 years.’We first used to decorate it when it was small, and then it got so big that I couldn’t decorate it,’ Earl Albert told NBC.That towering beauty eventually caught the eye of Rockefeller Center’s…

By EMMA NELSON FOR MAILONLINE Published: 11:29, 2 April 2025 | Updated: 12:29, 3 April 2025 Popular chocolate brand Tony’s Chocoloney has slapped a ‘do not eat’ warning on two of its large bars as they may contain ‘small stones’.Customers were warned to avoid the Dark Almond Sea Salt and Everything Bar, and return them to supermarkets where they’ll receive a full refund.The risk of small stones being present in the product is said to be small, but the brand recalled all affected chocolate bars to ‘ensure the safety and satisfaction’ of its customers.The urgent safety recall affects the two bars…

It is often said that being able to balance confidently on one leg is a good test of your health. Indeed, research has found those who can’t do so for more than ten seconds could be at vastly increased risk of dying within ten years.  But now, NHS scientists believe they have discovered the optimal time each age group should be able to stand.  Balancing on one leg continuously for more than 40 seconds is a key sign of strength and mobility among 18 to 39-year-olds, they insist.By contrast, those aged between 70 and 79 should manage 18 to 19 seconds. The reason standing…

By ALEX HAMMER FOR DAILYMAIL.COM Published: 15:48, 26 March 2025 | Updated: 16:07, 26 March 2025 NPR’s CEO has owned up to not giving the Hunter Biden laptop story the coverage it deserved.Katherine Maher, an progressive who previously headed Wikipedia before starting at NPR last year, made the admission after being grilled relentlessly by Marjorie Taylor Greene on Capitol Hill about the broadcaster’s alleged bias.’I do want to say that NPR acknowledges we were mistaken in failing to cover the Hunter Biden laptop story more aggressively or sooner,’ Maher said at a point Wednesday.At another moment in what’s already amounting to…

This is the moment a Ukrainian nursery teacher took out a Russian cruise missile from a shoulder-mounted rocket launcher with her first shot.Nataliia Hrabarchuk, a teacher-turned-soldier, was captured in stunning footage obliterating the Kh-101 long-range missile on Sunday morning.Hrabarchuk, donning a helmet and safety vest, was seen with the large Igla MANPADS rocket-launcher balancing on her shoulder before she fired into the distance.She then dropped to her knees in disbelief as she successfully targeted the Russian missile on her first attempt during her first combat launch.The sound of an explosion can be heard in the distance as Hrabarchuk remains on her knees…

By VICKY REYNAL Updated: 10:44 EST, 22 December 2024 Every year I see clients who have made New Year resolutions, in their words, ‘to be better’ with money. And every single year they find themselves failing by February, after procrastinating over key financial decisions relating to their pensions, savings and budget.Their key concern is that they spend more than they should – a worry that bears heavily on them especially after a lavish Christmas.The result is that they end up feeling stuck, fearful of moving forward and worried about examining what is stopping them. This in turn makes them feel…

By CASSIDY MORRISON SENIOR HEALTH REPORTER FOR DAILYMAIL.COM Published: 18:08 EST, 21 November 2024 | Updated: 02:41 EST, 22 November 2024 Doctors have long advised people trying to lose weight to stop eating after the sun goes down, making lunch the day’s heartiest meal.Now, researchers from the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC) and Columbia University can point to another major benefit of this piece of advice for metabolic health, revealing that eating at least 45 percent of your daily calories after 5 pm hinders the body’s ability to regulate blood sugar levels.Eating later at night can drastically increase the risk…

Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies have experienced a surge in popularity and value since Donald Trump was elected as US president. Bitcoin broke the $100,000 barrier for the first time in late 2024, and it has risen by more than 132 per cent since the start of the year. While recent growth might have encouraged more investors into the crypto market, it is notoriously volatile and the road has not been so smooth in years past. Cryptocurrencies saw a massive downturn in the so-called ‘crypto winter’ at the end of 2021, leaving the price of most coins in the doldrums until midway through 2023.The crypto…

Mystery surrounds a plane that vanished from a flight-tracker while above Syria – sparking theories it was carrying President Assad and could have crashed or even been shot down. Flight-tracking website Flightradar 24 showed a plane believed to be carrying Bashar al-Assad leaving the Syrian capital Damascus in the early hours of Sunday morning and heading towards the Mediterranean Sea, before making a U-turn and disappearing from the map.  Reuters quickly reported that ‘there was a very high probability that Assad may have been killed in a plane crash as it was a mystery why the plane took a surprise U-turn and…

Cornwall? Forget it. ‘God’s own country’ – Yorkshire? Try again. The Highlands? Doesn’t cut the mustard.No, the best region right now in the UK is, according to Lonely Planet’s Best in Travel 2025 book – East Anglia. What’s more, it’s the eighth-best region globally.Why? Because it’s ‘enigmatic’ and offers a ‘true taste of England’.But what does that mean in reality? Somewhere mysterious with bland pub food?I’m on a mission to find out with my partner and seven-year-old daughter and a little help from BMW, which has lent me a rather electrifying car for the weekend to go hidden-gem hunting in…