Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a lifelong neurological condition which impacts how a person concentrates in their day-to-day life.

The disorder, which often causes difficulties with a person’s ability to concentrate, is traditionally diagnosed in childhood. However there has been an uptick in adults seeking a diagnosis over recent years.

Statistics from ADHD UK estimate that around 2.6 million people in the UK are living with the condition.

As our understanding of ADHD develops, people with the condition are beginning to notice more and more about how their brain chemistry plays a role in daily tasks — with one doctor revealing a common link he’s noticed between the disorder and driving.

Psychiatrist and TikTok creator Dr Steven Storage has built a large following by sharing his knowledge on a number of health-related topics, which includes ADHD.

So how can the ADHD impact our driving habits? Well, if you were to ask Dr Storage, he would look at how often you use navigational devices in the car.

“Here is one of my favourite subtle signs of ADHD,” he began. “If you have driven to the same place 50 times and had navigation on every time, you may have ADHD.”

Now this may sound a little bizarre at first, but Dr Storage went on to explain that it’s less to do with how your brain remembers directions and more about the brain needing a ‘cue’ for things such as changing lanes and exiting a road.

“Otherwise, they might get trapped in their head,” he added.

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Dr Storage isn’t alone in his observation either, with several users in the ADHD subreddit agreeing that using a navigational system helps them focus on driving, which in turn allows them to feel safer behind the wheel.

Several commenters were also in agreement, with one person commenting: “I do it to my mother’s even though I know how to get there.

“Navigation ALL the time, otherwise I’ll end up at home and totally miss where I was supposed to go,” a second added.

One doctor believes that a reliance on navigation systems could be indicative of ADHD (Getty Stock Images)

However, it’s important to note that this experience won’t be universal for everyone with suspected or diagnosed ADHD and doesn’t take into account that some people may just prefer driving with a satnav as a preference.

“I do it to be notified of traffic delays & so I can report speed traps,” a third viewer wrote, while another added that they like to see what their expected arrival time at a destination is.

The Weeknd – Abel Makkonen Tesfaye to his mother – is primarily known for his silky smooth vocals, and not many of us have caught a glimpse of what he sounds like during his downtime.

The singer, who turns 35 tomorrow (February 16), released what may well be his final studio album as The Weeknd last month after previously vowing to ‘kill’ his alter ego.

He told W Magazine in 2023: “It’s getting to a place and a time where I’m getting ready to close the Weeknd chapter.

“I’ll still make music, maybe as Abel, maybe as The Weeknd. But I still want to kill The Weeknd. And I will. Eventually. I’m definitely trying to shed that skin and be reborn.”

The singer, who hails from Canada and is currently working on a new movie called Hurry Up Tomorrow with Barry Keoghan and Jenna Ortega, sent fans spiralling when they heard what his speaking voice sounds like.

Well, with four Grammys, three MTV VMA awards and a reported net worth of $300 million, I’m not sure The Weeknd has much to feel bad about outside of his moody music.

A third wrote: “The fact that he sounds and looks so much like Trevor Noah is hilarious. You’d think they are siblings.”

While a fourth simply said: “This guy is arguably the most famous singer alive right now and we barely get to hear him speak.”

Once he’s finished his birthday celebrations, The Weeknd will be hoping his upcoming movie will be met with a warmer reception than his much-mocked appearance in HBO’s The Idol.

The Weeknd has a new movie out in May (Naomi Rahim/Getty Images for Live Nation)

Hurry Up Tomorrow, set for release next May, is an extension of his album of the same name, which dropped in January.

The official plot description reads: “A musician plagued by insomnia is pulled into an odyssey with a stranger who begins to unravel the very core of his existence.” Blimey.

The movie is based on an original idea by the singer, and is co-written and directed by Trey Edward Shults (Waves, It Comes At Night).

Most importantly though, it might give The Weeknd fans a rare opportunity to hear him speak again.

The asteroid, known as ‘2024 YR4’, was discovered by NASA’s Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) in Chile on 27 December, last year.

The chances of 2024 YR4 colliding with Earth

However, NASA has said that 2024 YR4 ‘has surpassed the one percent impact probability’, previously mentioned by Paul Chodas, director of NASA’s Centre for Near Earth Object Studies.

“We are not worried at all, because of this 99 percent chance it will miss,” he said. “But it deserves attention.”

Why NASA is using the James Webb Telescope

But with this higher probability of collision, the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) will be used to get a much more accurate estimate of the asteroid’s size.

“It is very important that we improve our size estimate for 2024 YR4: the hazard represented by a 40m asteroid is very different from that of a 90m asteroid,” the European Space Agency explains.

“Webb is able to study the infrared light (heat) that 2024 YR4 emits, rather than the visible light it reflects. Infrared observations can offer a much better estimate of an asteroid’s size.

“This, in turn, will be used by ESA, NASA, and other organisations to more confidently assess the hazard and determine any necessary response.”

What happens if 2024 YR4 collides with Earth?

The 2024 YR4 asteroid has a chance of it hitting Earth in 2032 (Getty Stock Images)

Given that 2024 YR4 is capable of an explosion equivalent to eight-megatons of TNT – which is 500 times more powerful than the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima – it could wipe out an entire city.

As things stand, the asteroid’s ‘risk corridor’, the most likely geographical area it could impact, is from South America across the Atlantic Ocean to sub-Saharan Africa.

What we could do to protect the planet in event of a strike?

NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission proved to be a success in 2022, as they intentionally managed to crash a spacecraft into an asteroid as method of deflection.

The mission was a first-of-its-kind, and the DART spacecraft collided with Dimorphos, shortening its orbit by 32 minutes.

But volcanologist Dr Robin George Andrews has warned on X: “You need 10 years or more to build, plan and execute an asteroid deflection mission

“We have less than eight years to potentially deal with it, if needed.

“But we don’t have much time, and we don’t have enough info about this rapidly fading asteroid to properly inform our planetary defence decisions yet.”

As many of us know, Jordan Belfort, memorably portrayed by Leonardo DiCaprio, was a real person. He founded brokerage firm Stratton Oakmont and, like in the film, ended up serving 22 months in prison for money laundering and security fraud.

While Belfort’s ex, Dr Nadine Macaluso, played by Margot Robbie in the movie, has pointed out one scene that is definitely more fiction than fact, she did say the NSFW moment she met Belfort actually happened in real life.

A number of other scenes are pretty bang on the money too, such as when Belfort gives a rousing speech on the balcony of his beachfront mansion.

In the film, DiCaprio memorably screams: “We got plans up here which is going to take this company into the f**king stratosphere.”

Well, footage showing the real Jordan Belfort giving a similar speech in 1991 might be a little toned down, but viewers picked up on how well DiCaprio captured the mannerisms of the convicted fraudster.

The clip was shared on the YouTube page Comp Guy, who wrote: “Here’s the REAL Wolf of Wall Street Beach House party, from the summer of 1991.

“It was taken a few months BEFORE the infamous Forbes Magazine article.”

This is in reference to a 1991 Forbes piece which described Belfort as a ‘twisted Robin Hood who takes from the rich and gives to himself and his merry band of brokers’, which cemented his notoriety.

Many people noted how close the real footage was to Scorsese’s film, with one writing: “The accent from Leo DiCaprio is spot on!”

Another said: “It’s insane that the real Jordan Belfort’s personality and everything is just like the movie, it’s so cool.”

A third simply said: “Would of loved to be a fly on the wall all the time around him and his co workers.”

Speaking about how she met Belfort in real-life, Dr Macaluso described a disturbing moment at his mansion.

“So you guys have been asking how did I meet Jordan, the Wolf of Wall Street,” she said.

“Well, it’s actually pretty similar to the movie. I was, I guess, 22 years old and modelling and my boyfriend at the time, said, ‘You want to go to this party in Westhampton in this house on the beach?’, and I was like, ‘Sure’.

“And so we pulled up, and I remember walking into the house, and there were all these people acting really weird. Little did I know that they were all Quaaluded out, I had no idea.”

“I’m 22. And I said to my boyfriend at the time, ‘We have to leave this party,’ and we left right away.”

A couple of years ago, a TikTok user shared a clip of himself next to the Scarlet Witch actor, who turns 36 tomorrow (16 February), at the Superhero Comic Con & Car Show in San Antonio, Texas.

In the viral footage, he appears to take a picture with her during a meet-and-greet that apparently cost him $210 (£167).

The whole thing latest a matter of seconds and people couldn’t believe it.

He wasn’t there long (TikTok/@talesfromthecollection)

On the text overlay of the video, the fan wrote: “POV: You just paid $210 to meet Elizabeth Olsen for 10 seconds.”

And in the clip, fans appeared to even be queuing up for under 10 seconds to get a photo.

“Oh no way, I love hearing that!” she replied, before swiftly moving on to the next person.

Although it was, without a doubt, a very quick interaction, some viewers thought the experience was ‘totally worth it’.

It went by like a flash (TikTok/@talesfromthecollection)

“Awesome! As long as it made you happy it’s all worth it! Don’t let anyone tell you otherwise!” one person commented.

“Would pay more tbh,” a second wrote, as a third added: “I mean I’ve spent 200 on worse s**t, at least you paid for a dope moment.”

Others also explained that’s just how ‘professional photo ops are’.

I mean, I’ve been guilty of doing the odd meet-and-greet, and I think they’re spot on with that point.

“It was 100 percent worth it for me,” they said.

However, some were just not having any of it.

As a second complained: “Photo ops get ya every time. You don’t actually meet them. You run in, stand by them, and are quickly shoved out.”

To perhaps settle the debate, some fans shared their photos of the meet-up over in the comments, as one admitted: “She’s so down to earth in person.”

While someone else said: “She’s done Ace Comic Con in Seattle 2018 and she was at another convention recently.

“She’s the only favourite Avenger I met and got autograph from.”

I guess this falls under the ‘each to their own’ category.

The cost of living crisis is not ending any time soon, and with the average rent across the UK increasing to £1,362 per month according to ONS, it might be time to assess other options.

Which options, you may ask? Well, it depends on how outside of the box you’re willing to think.

You could move cities, you could uproot your life and head overseas, or you could do what Ryan Gutridge has done and permanently moved to live on cruise ships.

It’s a lot of travelling, but if you’re a bit of a nomad and like some adventure, then why not?

On top of that, you could easily work on board with the free wifi – all you need to do is land a job that allows you to work remotely, and you’re sorted.

Ryan Gutridge started staying on Royal Caribbean cruise ships back in 2021 when he realised this.

When reflecting on his choice, he sees it as a great, cost-effective way of living if you have the privilege of being able to work no matter where you are.

Speaking to Insider, he said: “I work in IT as a cloud-solution engineer for a cloud-solution provider and started working from home in 2012.

“But because of the pandemic, my team was able to work from home and access the data they needed from anywhere.

“At that time, cruise lines hadn’t announced when or if they were coming back. I thought that if they returned, I’d want to try taking my job with me on a short cruise. I wanted to see how the WiFi would work and if I could access some elements of my job with heavy security.”

In the summer of 2021, Gutridge booked two four-night cruises on Royal Caribbean’s Freedom of the Seas – and went on both in September.

It went extremely well, but Gutridge knew he needed to do a bit more research if he was to embark on nomadic life aboard a cruise ship.

While crunching the numbers, Gutridge realised that the cost of living at sea for 300 nights was ‘almost neck-and-neck’ with what he was paying for his apartment back home.

However, living on the cruise ship came with many added perks, including free WiFi and free drinks.

This meant Gutridge was saving money on other bills and expenses he would typically have to pay back at home.

He said: “I have a spreadsheet that automatically records all my expenses, which helps. I also set a budget every year.

“This year, my base fare budget is about $30,000 (£24,000), and last year when I started really looking at the numbers and evaluating how much base fare I paid to be on a ship for 300 nights, I found it was almost neck-and-neck with what I paid for rent and trash service for an apartment in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

Time to apply for that remote job you’ve been eyeing up (Royal Caribbean)

“My drinks and internet are free. If people are going to do something like what I do, I recommend trying different brands because they all offer something different. But once you commit to one, you should stick to it so you reach those loyalty levels.

“I found that Royal Caribbean has, by far, the most valuable benefits to me – discounts, free internet, and free drinks.”

Gutridge did not discuss food, but according to the Royal Caribbean website, the price of cruise tickets includes ‘most meals onboard’.

His new way of living is good for social life too, as Gutridge is able to use lunchtimes to socialise or meet people at the gym.

The unidentified serial killer committed his harrowing crimes in London’s Whitechapel district back in 1888.

He is said to have murdered at least five women by the names of Mary Ann Nichols, Annie Chapman, Elizabeth Stride, Catherine Eddowes, and Mary Jane Kelly between August 31 and November 9 of that year.

Who has been identified as Jack the Ripper?

With the help of Jari Louhelainen, a biochemist at Liverpool John Moores University, the pair extracted a DNA sample from a shawl recovered from the scene of one of his victims, Eddowes.

Edwards said the results identified ‘Aaron Kosminski’, a barber from Poland who emigrated to London, as the man behind the murders. He also happened to be a suspect at the time.

The positive match, according to the Ripper expert, has made him believe that he has finally cracked the case.

“We put a huge amount of science that the shawl didn’t belong to the victim, and if it didn’t belong to the victim…because we always thought that the semen on the shawl was just one of her customers,” Edwards previously told LADbible.

“We thought it was her shawl, but through the scientific analysis, we realised that she couldn’t have afforded to own it and realised the only person that could have left the shawl at the murder scene was him.”

What the critics are saying

He says that a shawl found at the scene of one of the murders had DNA evidence which pointed towards the true culprit (Russell Edwards)

Despite the available evidence, critics have argued that there was no way to prove that the shawl was ever at the crime scene.

Also, the fact that the genetic sequences of the living relatives of Eddowes and Kosminski were not published in the paper due to ‘UK law,’ the published findings aren’t showing the whole picture.

Walther Parson, a forensic scientist at the Institute of Legal Medicine at Innsbruck Medical University in Austria, believes that the DNA sequences pose no risk to privacy and should be shared.

“I wonder where science and research are going when we start to avoid showing results but instead present coloured boxes.”