Playing video games angry makes you a worse player, but being positive gives you motivation to win

Playing video games can stir up a lot of emotions, but a new study indicates being upset or depressed when you log onto your favorite game can make you play worse. Researchers from Stanford University showed participants video clips intended to make them feel amused, enthusiastic, angry or sad and then compared how they performed … Read more

PFA finally tackle dementia scandal! Huge win for Sportsmail as union address our seven demands

The Professional Footballers’ Association have taken major steps towards addressing the sport’s dementia scandal. In a victory for Sportsmail’s campaign – but more importantly in a significant move which could help those in dire need – football’s trade union announced measures aimed at assisting the large number of former players with cruel, neurodegenerative diseases. A … Read more

Mitt Romney is harassed by Trump supporters on flight to D.C. after he refuses to block Biden’s win

President Donald Trump ridiculed Mitt Romney during the ‘Save America’ rally on Wednesday just hours after the Utah senator was heckled by MAGA supporters during a flight to Washington, DC. Romney is among the Republican senators who have rejected an effort to oppose the certification of President-elect Joe Biden’s presidency today when Congress meets to … Read more

Singer SZA says she is ‘free’ of the pressure to win a Grammy

SZA has been nominated nine times for a Grammy but has never won. However, losing so many times has released the 30-year-old from a certain pressure, she told the February issue of Cosmopolitan where she posed for photographer Djeneba Aduayom. ‘Once you’ve been nominated and lost, you’re very much free because you’re not concerned. I … Read more

Emma Barnett could win back lapsed Woman’s Hour fans: LIBBY PURVES reviews Radio 4 presenter’s debut

The show started with a message from the Queen and ended with her latest impersonator, as The Crown’s Imelda Staunton admitted she practises her royal voice on the dog. We had Spice Girl Mel C singing, a sacked special adviser and Richard Ratcliffe, whose wife Nazanin is still imprisoned in Iran, telling us how their … Read more

Marvin and Rochelle Humes WIN battle to build swimming pool at their luxury £3.3M home

Marvin and Rochelle Humes have won their battle to build a swimming pool at their £3.3million north London mansion. The TV presenters sparked a row with a neighbour over plans to splash out on the 12mx6m outdoor pool and covered hot tub at their luxury new build. Their neighbour, whose home backs on to the … Read more

Hardliners fall in behind Brexit deal: Boris Johnson appears to win support of Tory Eurosceptics

Boris Johnson looks to have won his battle to persuade hardline Brexiteers in his party to back his EU trade deal in the Commons this week. The Prime Minister and top adviser Oliver Lewis have been ringing senior members of the pro-Brexit European Research Group to argue that the agreement meets their demands on the … Read more

Strictly champ Bill Bailey reveals his win was clouded by sadness as his late mother wasn’t there

Bill Bailey has admitted that his momentous win on Strictly Come Dancing was clouded with a tinge of sadness, as he thought of his late mother. The comedian, 55, scooped the BBC ballroom show’s coveted glitterball along with pro partner Oti Mabuse on Saturday, but has revealed that his mind was on his beloved mother … Read more

Keir Starmer drafts in Gordon Brown to help win back Scottish voters

Keir Starmer drafts in Gordon Brown in desperate bid to win back Scottish Labour voters as he pledges the ‘boldest devolution project for a generation’ Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer will today pledge to give more powers to Scotland He is drafting in Gordon Brown to help reverse the party’s fortunes in Scotland Sir Keir … Read more

Strictly oldest ever champ Bill Bailey dedicates win to ‘every bloke in their 40s and 50s’

Strictly Come Dancing 2020 champion Bill Bailey has dedicated his win to the dancing dads of Britain following his victorious stint on Saturday evening. In a new interview, the comedian, 55, who became the series’ oldest ever winner, said he identifies with ‘every bloke in their 40s and 50s’ as he urged them to ‘not … Read more