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1. What is ‘shy bowel syndrome’? The real reason you can only poo at home

   Poo anxiety, bashful bowels and shy bowel syndrome are all terms for what’s medically known as parcopresis

2. Justin Bieber visits iconic ‘Baby’ bowling alley 15 years after hit song debut

   Singer Justin Bieber has revisited the bowling alley where his debut hit single ‘Baby’was filmed, 15 years on.

3. Super flu – latest: Streeting ‘can’t guarantee patients’ safety’ if doctors strike during virus wave

   Hospitalisations for flu in England hit highest ever levels for this time of year

4. Where in the UK is most affected by the flu surge as pressure mounts on hospitals

   There are enough flu patients each day to fill the facilities of more than three hospital trusts

5. Village Christmas tree chopped down by vandals just hours after lights switched on

6. EU set to lock up Russia's frozen assets so Hungary and Slovakia can't veto their use for Ukraine

   The European Union is set to lock up Russia’s assets in Europe until Russia ends its war on Ukraine and compensates for the damage

7. British backpacker jailed for four years after hitting pedestrian while drunk on e-scooter

   Judge says incident involving a young tourist in Perth must serve as ‘cautionary tale’

8. Skydiver dangles at 15,000 feet after parachute catches on plane's tail in Australia

   Australian accident investigators have released dramatic images showing a skydiver's parachute entangled on an airplane's tail, leaving him dangling at 15,000 feet

9. Arne Slot to decide if Mohamed Salah returns to Liverpool squad after crunch talks

   Salah was omitted from the Liverpool squad that travelled to Inter Milan on Tuesday and Slot will decide whether to recall him

10. Ethan Hawke says latest film was delayed for years because he wasn’t ready