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Davina McCall has revealed that she has cardiovascular disease, drawing attention to the often-overlooked risk of heart disease among women after the menopause. The 59-year-old television presenter said on her podcast, Begin Again, that she had experienced high cholesterol for “quite a long time”. Her disclosure comes after she has spoken publicly about the menopause, a brain tumour and breast cancer treatment in the hope that her experiences might help others. Cardiovascular disease covers conditions affecting the heart and blood vessels. Its main forms include coronary heart disease, stroke, peripheral arterial disease and diseases of the aorta. Together, these conditions…

Canada and the UK will develop separate defence financing institutions, marking a joint move by the two countries to establish dedicated bodies for defence-related finance.

JoJo Siwa and Chris Hughes have revealed they independently chose the same engagement ring design while discussing their future together, despite not being engaged. The 23-year-old singer and dancer said she and her 33-year-old partner compared their ideas during dinner after agreeing to reveal their choices at the same time. Siwa had previously told her mother, Jessalyn Siwa, that she wanted Hughes to design her ring himself if he ever proposed. “I want him to design it completely. I want it to be completely his design,” she recalled saying. She had also searched online and found an image of what…

Sean Dyche has emerged as a front-runner for the Crystal Palace job if the club decide to part company with manager Pierre Sage, reports suggest. The speculation follows Palace’s damaging 2-0 home defeat by Newcastle United on Sunday, with the club understood to be considering potential replacements. Dyche is reportedly among the leading candidates should Palace make a change, although there has been no indication that Sage has been dismissed.

Seven people have been arrested after Minneapolis police interrupted an alleged burglary at the Basilica of Saint Mary, a historic church in the city, shortly before 1am on Saturday. Officers were sent to the building after a security monitoring company called 911 to report that a break-in was under way. Police said the company helped them locate people at the church and make several arrests. Three adults and four minors were taken into custody on suspicion of offences including burglary of a business, trespassing and fleeing officers on foot. The adults were booked into Hennepin County Jail, while the four…

Serbia’s Aleksandar Vucic has conceded defeat in snap parliamentary elections to a diverse, student-led movement that has mounted the greatest challenge to his rule since he first became prime minister. Speaking on Sunday, Mr Vucic said final results were still unavailable but that a projection based on a sample showed the Student List winning between 135 and 140 seats. His own bloc was expected to take 105, while no other group had entered parliament, he said. “We still do not have final results, on the basis of a sample … it is clear that we have lost these elections,” Mr…

Serbia’s long-serving leader Aleksandar Vucic has conceded defeat in the parliamentary election, acknowledging that a student-backed opposition movement is expected to win a majority after two years of protests against his government. Vucic told supporters that the Students’ List would take between 135 and 140 of the 250 seats in parliament, while his Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) would secure about 105. He said the movement had won around 2.2 million votes, compared with approximately 1.7 million for the SNS. “The Students’ List has won,” Vucic said at his party’s election-night gathering. He blamed independent media, alleged interference by unnamed European…

A Kenya bus crash involving mourners and a cement truck has killed at least 24 people and injured a further 24 on the Nairobi-Mombasa Highway, police and hospital officials said. The collision happened at about 7.45am on Sunday in the Kanga area near Mtito Andei, on the major route between Kenya’s capital and the coastal city of Mombasa. The bus belonged to Power of the Word Church International in Mombasa and was carrying passengers home after attending their pastor’s funeral in western Kenya. One survivor said the group had stopped for breakfast shortly before the crash. Violet Mwandonyi, who survived,…

Donald Trump has announced that Audi will invest $4.2 billion in a new plant near Macon, Georgia, with the German luxury carmaker expected to produce 200,000 vehicles a year. The announcement was made at a campaign rally in Perry, where the US president was seeking support for Republican candidates ahead of the midterm elections. Gernot Döllner, Audi’s chief executive and chairman of its board of management, joined Mr Trump on stage and said the factory would produce “our biggest and most premium SUVs”. “This is a long-term investment, because we believe in the American market,” Mr Döllner said. Audi said…

Donald Trump praised Nicki Minaj for having a “beautiful a**” during a rally in Port Huron, Michigan, before asking the rapper to stand up in front of the crowd. Addressing the audience, the president said: “By the way, I looked at one hell of a beautiful ass before: Nicki Minaj. That’s hard to miss. Stand up. That’s hard to miss.” Trump then added: “I hope Nicki wasn’t insulted, but we love Nicki. She’s been with us for a long time.” Minaj had appeared alongside Trump at the event after travelling with him on Air Force One. She shared video from…