Health experts have warned that when you eat your evening meal could be just as important for your health as the food you’re having

Studies have shown that the timing of your evening meal can have a much bigger impact on your health than many people expect. In particular, your blood glucose levels.

Blood glucose levels are a primary risk factor for serious conditions like diabetes and cardiovascular disease. Acording to experts from VeryWellHealth, interrupting your body’s circadian rhythm by having food at certain times can cause a domino effect that impairs your body’s ability to control these levels and tolerate glucose in general

The experts explained: “Insulin sensitivity changes throughout the day to align with your body’s circadian rhythm. Eating counter to these biological rhythms may lead to impaired glucose control over time.”

When is the best time to eat dinner?

There is no universal ‘exact time’ that will work for everybody as everyone will be slight different, but health experts say there may be an optimal timeframe according to your sleep schedule. VeryWellHealth stated: “Eating dinner more than two hours before bed may improve blood sugar control”.

They continue: “While there is no single perfect dinnertime for everyone, a randomised controlled study found that having dinner within two hours of bedtime impairs the body’s ability to regulate blood sugar after a meal.

“The results suggest that avoiding dinner near bedtime may help support healthier glucose regulation by synchronising food intake with your body’s natural circadian rhythms.”

A randomised crossover trial involving healthy adults using continuous glucose monitoring found that eating an early dinner at 6pm “improved both 24-hour blood glucose control and lipid metabolism at breakfast the next morning”, compared to when participants consumed an identical dinner at 9pm.

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Another study revealed that eating a late dinner at 10pm “was associated with higher overnight blood glucose, higher insulin concentrations, and lower fatty acid oxidation in a group of healthy adults, compared with eating the same meal” at 6pm.

Moreover, according to a study published on the National Library of Medicine, “studies show that consuming meals later in the day is associated with an elevated prevalence of metabolic disorders, while early time-restricted eating, such as having an early breakfast and an earlier dinner, improves levels of glucose in the blood and substrate oxidation. Circadian hormones, including cortisol and melatonin, interact with mealtimes and play vital roles in regulating metabolic processes”.

Taken together, these findings indicate that overall wellbeing may be enhanced by eating in harmony with the body’s internal clock. By understanding how to prevent impaired glucose tolerance, you could also lower your risk of developing diabetes and heart disease.

The dog has since been seized by police.

A man has died after being mauled by a dog.

The 55-year-old man was attacked by the canine on a path in the Calder Grove area of Wakefield, West Yorkshire, on Saturday afternoon. The Mirror reports that the victim was raced to hospital in a critical condition but died a short while later.

Another 55-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder, and being the owner of a dog dangerously out of control in a public place causing injury. The dog believed to have been involved has since been seized by police.

A statement from West Yorkshire Police says: “An investigation has been launched into the death of a man following an altercation in the Calder Grove area of Wakefield yesterday afternoon (Saturday August 15). The man’s death is being investigated by the Homicide and Major Enquiry Team and detectives are making an appeal for any witnesses to come forward, particularly two people who stopped to assist the injured man.

“Police received calls from 1.36pm reporting an altercation that had taken place a short time earlier on the old trainline footpath off Blacker Lane during which a man had been bitten by a dog.

“The 55-year-old man was taken to hospital in a critical condition and died shortly after 7pm last night. A 55-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder and being the owner of a dog dangerously out of control in a public place causing injury and is currently in custody.

“A dog, which is understood to have been the one involved in this incident, has been seized by police.”

City, meanwhile, have a new manager in the dugout in Enzo Maresca, who will be keen to show he has what it takes to follow the example set by Pep Guardiola over the past decade. The Community Shield has featured City in four of its last six editions, but the Manchester side do not tend to perform in this competition. They have won only seven of their 16 appearances in it.

By JOSHUA HAINING, NEWS REPORTER

Published: 13:01 BST, 16 August 2026 | Updated: 13:28 BST, 16 August 2026

Twelve people have been killed after a Polish tourist bus crashed and flipped over off a road in Hungary. 

The bus was travelling on the M3 motorway, around 90 miles from the nation’s capital of Budapest, at 1.00am on Sunday when the vehicle overturned.

It was likely that the driver fell asleep at the wheel and has since been taken into custody, police said.

Ten people among the 57 passengers and two drivers onboard were also injured in the crash. 

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Polish President Karol Nawrocki expressed his ‘deep sorrow’ after the accident.

He wrote on X: “I join the families and loved ones of the victims in prayer and deep sympathy.” 

Pictures of the badly-damaged bus show it lying at the bottom of a grass verge on the side of the motorway.

Suitcases and belongings can be seen strewn across the ditch next to the bus wreckage.

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A Polish tourist bus went off the side of a motorway and crashed killing 12 people in Hungary this morning

The bus flipped and crashed at the bottom of a dry grass verge trapping passengers underneath 

Two cranes pictured lifting the bus from the ditch along the M3 motorway about 90 miles from Budapest

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Several of the passengers were trapped under the vehicle when it flipped as it crashed, Hungary’s National Directorate for Disaster Management said in a statement.

All of the passengers on the bus were Polish citizens, Polish Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maciej Wewiór confirmed.

The bus travelled from Poland’s southeastern Podkarpackie region and passengers were returning from a pilgrimage in Bosnia-Herzegovina.

Hungarian Prime Minister Péter Magyar offered his condolences to the families of the victims and thanked rescue workers who responded to the crash.

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A police officer who killed his lover after she exposed their affair will be freed early under Labour’s release scheme, The Mail on Sunday can reveal.

In a scandalous move, Timothy Brehmer, who was jailed for strangling Claire Parry to death in 2020, could be free to walk the streets by this time next year after serving just over half his sentence.

It adds to growing anger over plans to release two of PC Andrew Harper’s killers.

The news comes despite the fact that Brehmer, a constable with Dorset Police, had three years added to his sentence by the Court of Appeal as it was found to be ‘unduly lenient’.

Brehmer, then 41, killed mother-of-two Mrs Parry in a pub car park after she told his wife of their ten-year affair. He initially lied about the crime, claiming the nurse practitioner had died accidentally during a ‘kerfuffle’.

He was controversially cleared of murder, and was jailed for ten-and-a-half years for manslaughter.

But the sentence was increased to 13-and-a-half years when Brehmer applied to the Court of Appeal for leniency. A judge found ‘too little weight’ had been given to ‘aggravating factors’ such as his ‘lies’ and ‘conduct’ in the aftermath of the attack.

It meant he would have stayed behind bars until at least 2029.

But now, Brehmer could be among thousands of other killers and violent offenders due to be released under the Government’s early release scheme as early as June 2027.

Brehmer, then 41, killed mother-of-two Mrs Parry (pictured) in a pub car park after she told his wife of their ten-year affair

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Tory home affairs spokesman Chris Philp said last night: ‘This vile criminal killed an innocent young woman. Releasing him early is an insult to her memory and sends a signal that this Labour Government doesn’t take domestic killings and domestic abuse seriously.’

Mr Philp added: ‘The Government must urgently cancel their early release Act and introduce emergency legislation to ensure dangerous and serious criminals stay in prison.’

It adds to fury over Labour’s early release scheme, which is designed to relieve prison overcrowding but which will see eligible prisoners released after serving as little as a third of their sentences.

Around 5,000 inmates were set to be freed in September, but this has been paused until at least October amid mounting anger. Andy Burnham says it will now be subject to an ‘urgent review’.

PC Harper, 28, was killed in 2019 when he was dragged by a car down a country road in Berkshire as three teenagers fled the scene of a quad bike theft. Two of the passengers in the car, Jessie Cole and Albert Bowers, were sentenced to 13 years but could be released next year.

Brehmer’s trial heard that Mrs Parry had become suspicious that he was also involved with other women and had asked him to meet her outside a pub in West Parley, Dorset, on May 9, 2020.

During the meeting in his car, she took his phone and texted his wife, saying: ‘I am cheating on you.’

Brehmer said he then strangled Mrs Parry by accident in his car, and claimed that his arm ‘must have slipped in all the melee’.

He later attempted to cover up the crime by using a knife to wound himself, claiming he had been stabbed by Mrs Parry, a statement he later retracted. She died the day after the attack, at the Royal Bournemouth Hospital.

Brehmer, of Hordle, Hampshire, pleaded guilty to manslaughter, before a jury at Salisbury Crown Court cleared him of murder.

Mrs Parry’s husband, Andrew, said he was ‘incredibly disappointed’ in the verdict.

In a statement at the time, Mr Parry, who was also a Dorset Police officer, said: ‘He’s the worst kind of thief. He’s stolen a mother, a wife and daughter.’

The MoJ said: ‘We inherited a prison system on the brink of collapse. We are fixing this by building 14,000 new prison places, expanding electronic tagging and investing in probation services.’

Our reporter Charlotte has been out in Levenshulme speaking to people.

She said: “Residents in the area say they first saw police in a the park at around 7pm last night.

“One resident who lives near the park said they saw at least ten police cars last night after the incident and multiple ambulances.

“Three people were ‘working really hard’ and performing CPR on the victim before he sadly passed away.

“There were many rumours circulating about the incident over night that have been stopped by the police update, he added.

“The resident added that finding out a murder had taken place outside his house was ‘awful’.”

By OLIVIA ALLHUSEN, FOREIGN NEWS REPORTER

Published: 19:45 BST, 15 August 2026 | Updated: 13:02 BST, 16 August 2026

Zara Tindall beamed and jumped for joy as she claimed her first major championship title in nearly 20 years.

The Princess Royal‘s daughter was pictured celebrating and kissing her horse after riding to victory at the Hartpury International Horse Trials and British Championships today.

Zara, 45, rode 17-year-old Class Affair to victory and took home a £5,000 prize.

But despite her triumph, the royal was forced to celebrate without her family, with no relatives spotted cheering her on from the sidelines.

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An onlooker told HELLO! that Zara was having a ‘whale of a time’ as she competed, even shouting ‘Whee’ as she cleared the jumps.

They said: ‘Zara was in a crazy mood, she seemed super happy, smiling as she jumped over the jumps, even going “Whee”, she was smiling and beaming, kissing the horse.’

Speaking about her achievement, the onlooker added: ‘She’s taken this horse, who is on the downward trend, and taken him to glory in the British Open championships.’

The victory marks Zara’s first major championship title since she helped Britain claim team gold at the European Eventing Championships in 2007. 

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Zara Tindall beamed and jumped for joy as she claimed her first major championship title in nearly 20 years

The Princess Royal’s daughter was pictured celebrating and kissing her horse after riding to victory at the Hartpury International Horse Trials and British Championships today

Zara Tindall competes on ‘Class Affair’ in the Hartpury International Horse Trials and the British Championships, at Hartpury College, Hartpury, Gloucestershire, UK, on the 15th August 2026

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Speaking about her achievement, an onlooker said: ‘She’s taken this horse, who is on the downward trend, and taken him to glory in the British Open championships’

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Her last major individual title came a year earlier when she won gold at the 2006 World Equestrian Games aboard Toytown, the horse she also rode at the 2007 European Championships.

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Earlier this week, Zara, Queen Mary of Denmark and Princess Catharina-Amalia of the Netherlands joined a plethora of glamorous royals at a prestigious equestrian event in Germany.

The European royals were accompanied by the daughter of Princess Anne for the opening gala of the 2026 FEI World Championships in Aachen, two decades after Zara claimed a gold medal at the same venue in 2006.

More than 800 athletes and horses compete for world titles at the event which takes place every four years and covers six different categories: Jumping, Dressage, Eventing, Para Dressage, Driving and Vaulting.

Taking a short break from the Royal Family’s annual summer holiday, Zara, 45, opted for a tux jumpsuit in the shade Noir from fashion brand Frame, which she paired with Finlay and Co’s Tavistock champagne sunglasses, which retail for £160.

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Catharina-Amalia, 22, meanwhile, exuded sophistication in a £214 striped dress from Spanish label Nina Blanc. Paired with Elie Saab’s Petit Wave Bag in Emerald, the princess tied the look together with a pair of Gianvito 105 Green Leaf Suede Pumps.

Eagle-eyed royal fans also noted that the Princess of Orange proudly displayed her arm scar that she obtained after undergoing surgery last year after she was thrown off her horse.

It drew comparisons to Princess Eugenie, who also has a long scar on her back from a procedure she had aged 12 to help treat her scoliosis – and was intentionally visible on her wedding day in 2018.

Catharina-Amalia had also proudly shown the mark as she officially opened the championships – a profound recognition of her marked love for the sport and confidence, in spite of the accident.

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More than a pinch of salt to be taken with the form guide at this stage of the season, but here is how the two teams’ pre-seasons went:

Arsenal’s pre-season results

Girona 1-4 Arsenal

Arsenal 1-3 Real Betis

Arsenal 2-3 Borussia Dortmund

Arsenal 1-1 Como (Arsenal won 4-3 on penalties)

City’s pre-season results

Man City 1-1 Inter (Inter won 3-1 on penalties)

K-League All Stars 1-3 Man City

Man City 3-1 Atletico Madrid

Rangers welcome St Mirren to Ibrox this afternoon

Rangers return to Ibrox this afternoon with the pressure firmly on Derek McInnes as they face St Mirren in the second round of the Premier Sports Cup.

The Rangers boss is still searching for his first victory of the campaign after a difficult opening to his reign, while Thursday night’s Europa League exit to Jagiellonia Bialystok has only increased the scrutiny surrounding the team.

With silverware now the immediate target, Rangers cannot afford another disappointing afternoon in front of their own supporters.

St Mirren, meanwhile, arrive in Glasgow as the holders and will have plenty of confidence after making an impressive start to their domestic campaign. The Saints topped their League Cup group with victories over Dumbarton, Cove Rangers and East Kilbride before being handed a challenging last-16 tie at Ibrox.

Their manager Craig McLeish has insisted there is never a good time to face Rangers away from home, but his side will believe they have nothing to fear given the hosts’ recent struggles.

Here is everything you need to know.

Kick-off time

Rangers v St Mirren takes place on Sunday, August 16, at Ibrox, Glasgow.

Kick-off is at 4pm BST.

TV details

The match will be shown live in the UK on Premier Sports 1.

It is also available to stream through the Premier Sports Player. BBC Radio Scotland Extra is providing radio coverage.

Rangers team news

Rangers remain without Youssef Chermiti, who suffered an ACL injury and faces a lengthy spell on the sidelines. Tuur Rommens is also out with his injury, leaving McInnes with a problem at left-back.

New signing James Penrice has joined on loan from AEK Athens and could make his debut against St Mirren. The former Hearts defender has arrived specifically to strengthen an area hit by Rommens’ absence.

McInnes is expected to make use of his squad after a demanding European schedule, but with Rangers needing a result, the manager has indicated the depth available to him could allow for changes without significantly weakening the team.

St Mirren team news

St Mirren head into the game in confident mood as they begin their defence of the Premier Sports Cup. They progressed from Group C with a perfect record, beating Dumbarton, Cove Rangers and East Kilbride.

One confirmed absence is Paul Nsio, who is unavailable because of his loan situation from Rangers. McLeish has otherwise spoken positively about the depth and balance of his squad and is likely to trust the group that has made such a strong start to the campaign.