41 minutes ago Nowhere to go on New Year's Eve? Our pick of the best London clubs to hit on the last night of 2024

Still haven’t organised a solid New Year’s Eve Plan? Here’s a handpicked list of the best club nights to ring in 2025

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42 minutes ago White British people aren’t under threat from multicultural Britain – they are part of it | Kieran Connell

Reform would have you believe that multiculturalism is an act of exclusion. In fact, the opposite is the caseAs the dust settled on last summer’s English riots, I found myself taking part in a radio discussion on the question: has multiculturalism failed? It was a depressing response to events that were themselves deeply depressing: an all-too-vivid reminder of how acute Britain’s problems with racism and Islamophobia continue to be. Yet the radio discussion also showed how multiculturalism acts as a scapegoat when it comes to concerns about issues such as immigration and community cohesion. For decades now, multiculturalism has functioned as Britain’s bogeyman.There was opposition to the term almost as soon as it began to gain traction in the late 1970s and 80s. Initially, multiculturalism was associated with policies that some local councils introduced to address inequalities in education. What this meant in practice was things such as an expanded religious education curriculum, t...

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42 minutes ago You be the judge: should my daughter stop spending so much on beauty products?

Denise says Marsha is obsessed with her appearance and is wasting her money. Marsha says times have changed. You decide whose argument lacks foundationFind out how to get a disagreement settled or become a jurorWhy does a 19-year-old need to use £200 night cream? Plus she already wants ‘baby Botox’Kids now have 10-step skincare routines. Mum doesn’t understand the pressure I’m under Continue reading...

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65 minutes ago John Lewis shoppers race to buy designer £10 Radley bag before it sells out

"Light and neat but strong and easy to fold away. Carries quite a good amount too!"

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99 minutes ago Liverpool star Curtis Jones reveals classy message from Jurgen Klopp after reaching landmark

Curtis Jones helped Liverpool come from behind to beat Leicester City on what was his 100th appearance for the Reds, with Jurgen Klopp getting in touch to mark the occasion

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2 hours ago Ryan Reynolds hints at difficult time in first post since wife Blake Lively’s Justin Baldoni lawsuit

Deadpool star's post arrived days after bombshell scandal involving wife

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2 hours ago Coronation Street teases David Platt's 'unexpected' downfall as family in chaos after Gail's exit

David's decisions will come back to haunt him in the ITV soap - and there's even mention of David the dog

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2 hours ago Manchester United prove Ruben Amorim's point with response to 'storm' comments

Ruben Amorim predicted his Manchester United side would soon suffer a tough period at the start of this month, but surely could not have believed it would come this soon after their 2-0 loss to Wolves

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2 hours ago Coronation Street announces huge 2025 return after seven years to rock Carla Connor and Lisa Swain's relationship 

She'll get hit by a shock return thanks to her nephew Bobby Crawford as her health takes a turn for the worse

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2 hours ago Sydney to Hobart yacht race: sailors killed in double tragedy named ahead of ‘challenging night in the Bass Strait’

Roy Quaden, 55, and Nick Smith, 65, dead after being struck by booms on yachts Flying Fish Arctos and BowlineGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastTwo sailors on separate Sydney to Hobart yachts, Flying Fish Arctos and Bowline, have died at sea on the first night of the race. They were fatally struck by booms – a large horizontal pole at the bottom of the sail – on their respective boats amid wild weather conditions that forced line honours favourite Master Lock Comanche to withdraw, among mass retirements.The incident aboard Flying Fish Arctos occurred about 30 nautical miles east-south-east of Ulladulla on the NSW south coast, with the Australian Maritime Safety Authority (Amsa) receiving a mayday call just before midnight.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...

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2 hours ago The disturbing case of the 'Body in the Boot' and a friend's muffled pleas for help

As another Christmas comes and goes, there's still no justice 25 years on

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2 hours ago John Swinney's simple political strategy to save the SNP, as 2025 looms as the critical year

Both Labour and the SNP will seek to seize the narrative in a crucial year for Scottish politics

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2 hours ago As a student in London I yearned for home, until I found paradise: a vast old villa with perfect housemates | Andrew Martin

We cooked ragu and listened to records while lying on chaises longues. Then the M11 link road was built – and everything changedIn our end of year series, writers and public figures remember the place or time when they felt most at homeIn the mid-1980s, I was in my early 20s and was reading for the Bar in London. I was living in a mouldy Balham bedsit and returning regularly to the comfort zone of my native York, when a friend told me a room was going in a shared house in Leytonstone.I wasn’t expecting much of E11. I wasn’t expecting trees, for example, but my walk from the attractive art deco tube station took me along roads better described as avenues. The house itself seemed almost the last one in London, an illusion created by the proximity of Wanstead Flats. It was a rangy, detached 1920s house, white with a red roof, and it had a name, but I’ll just call it the villa.Andrew Martin is an English novelist; his latest book is The Night in Venice Continue reading...

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2 hours ago Toilet seat and burial plot: 21% of Britons given unwanted Christmas gifts, Which? finds

Secondhand tumble dryer and roast beef for vegetarian also in ‘worst present ever received’ pollA burial plot and a toilet seat top the list of the nation’s all-time worst Christmas gifts, according to research that suggests one in five Britons receive an unwanted present in their annual haul.More than 2,000 members of the public were polled by Which? about what they were given at Christmas last year, with 21% saying they had received an unwanted or unsuitable gift. Continue reading...

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2 hours ago The real Celtic party is yet to come but greedy Hoops prove hungry for more than Christmas dinner leftovers

It was a first Boxing Day home match for the Hoops in 14 years and they made up for lost time

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2 hours ago Coronation Street killer set for dramatic return 13 years after ITV soap debut

Coronation Street's Mark Baylis is reprising his role in the soap as Rob Donovan with his return set to air in the new - and he will cause plenty of chaos for Carla Connor and Lisa Swain

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3 hours ago Coronation Street's Carla and DS Swain future in doubt as cobbles legend returns

Coronation Street has confirmed that a legend is reprising his role in the soap, with his return set to air next year - and he will cause plenty of chaos for Carla Connor and Lisa Swain

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3 hours ago Best of 2024: ‘If there’s nowhere else to go, this is where they come’: how Britain’s libraries provide much more than books – podcast

Every Monday and Friday for the rest of December we will publish some of our favourite audio long reads of 2023, in case you missed them, with an introduction from the editorial team to explain why we’ve chosen it.From July: In 2024, libraries are unofficial creches, homeless shelters, language schools and asylum support providers – filling the gaps left by a state that has reneged on its responsibilities. By Aida Edemariam Continue reading...

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3 hours ago Mo Salah admits new Liverpool dream but Arne Slot insists 'I don't look at it that way'

Liverpool extended their lead at the top of the Premier League table on Thursday night with a 3-1 win at Anfield over Leicester City

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4 hours ago Scots warned spending festive season around open fire could damage their health

Asthma and Lung UK Scotland is calling on Holyrood ministers to raise awareness of the dangerous pollutants that come from burning wood in our homes.

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