3 hours ago Manchester City’s Kerstin Casparij: ‘When you think it can’t get any more detailed, it can’

Dutch right-back on why she feels at home in Manchester, the workings of Gareth Taylor and excitement for Euro 2025The Manchester City full-back Kerstin Casparij grins when her girlfriend, Ruth Brown, is asked whether she can keep up with the elite athlete when they go on runs together in the off-season: “Yes, I can slow down for her,” quips Brown, remarkably straight-faced.Life is good for Casparij and Brown. They have bought a house in Manchester which, bar the new sofa hunt, they have nearly finished decorating; their cats, Kiwi and Mango, have got to grips with the stairs after moving from their flat and have picked out their favourite window sills for lounging on; and they recently completed the cooperative video game It Takes Two. When we sit down over coffee in London, they’re arguing over who has to deal with the giblets when they cook for Casparij’s family on Christmas Day and are getting ready to host their families together, for the first time, on Boxing Day. Continue rea...

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13 hours ago Fatboy Slim's mother passed away on Christmas Day as his and Zoe Ball's son Woody Cook announces heartbreaking family news

The DJ, real name Norman Cook, who shares Woody with radio presenter ex-wife Zoe Ball, has yet to comment on his mum's passing.

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27 hours ago London's cheapest pubs revealed: Map shows where punters can still get a pint for less than £2 in the capital

Finding a cheap pint in London is becoming an almost impossible task. However, for anyone looking to enjoy a bev or two without breaking the bank, there are bargain boozers out there.

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1 hour ago Jeremy Clarkson to pull off last ditch move to claw back profits at pub after revealing its first few months have been a 'total disaster'

Unearthed licensing documents reveal for the first time today that the former Top Gear host inherited the generous opening hours from a former restaurant on the site of The Farmer's Dog.

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4 hours ago Zoe Ball and Fatboy Slim’s son shares sad news as tough year for family continues

‘She was an amazing woman,’ Woody Cook said after second loved one dies in 2024

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14 hours ago Zoe Ball's son Woody Cook announces heartbreaking family death as he shares touching tribute

Norman Cook's son Woody has shared the sad news that his grandmother has passed away on Christmas Day, marking the second grandma he has lost in one year

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2 hours ago South Korea plane crash latest: Miracle two survivors pulled out alive after 179 dead

A total of 179 passengers have been killed after a plane carrying 181 people crashed off the runway and smashed into a wall at Muan International Airport in South Korea.

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5 hours ago 'I'm a cooking expert and this is how to cook 'creamiest' scrambled eggs with no cream, milk or butter'

According to one expert, all the fuss about the heat of the pan isn’t what you need to pay attention to for creamy eggs - ultimately, they say it comes down to technique

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27 hours ago Kieran Culkin on pranks, parenting and why his famous family doesn’t need therapy: ‘Us siblings, we’re already cooked’

He’s been on screen since he was seven – but only prepares for a scene 10 minutes before. Yet somehow the mischievous Succession star is now tipped for an Oscar. How did the chaotic, charismatic actor do it?Kieran Culkin tries the upright chair first, the one opposite me, high-backed and leather. But no, that’s no good. He can see his reflection in the wall mirror, he’ll be catching himself all interview, thinking how tired he looks with his hooded eyes and beard, how jet lagged. Sleep is always tricky, but he’s been up with the kids – five and three – who weren’t supposed to join him for this publicity tour but there was a last-minute crisis, the short version of which is that the whole family is over from New York (with Culkin, 42, there’s always a long and short version).So, he flumps on the banquette, where he’ll be facing guests drinking afternoon cocktails in the low-lit, high-ceilinged bar here at the Corinthia hotel in London. He tests the firmness of the upholstery. Pa...

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4 hours ago Third person arrested in murder probe after 'hero' dad hit by car outside pub on Christmas Day

A third arrest has been made in a murder probe after a man was hit by a car on Christmas Day and died early on Boxing Day, following an altercation outside a bar in Lancashire

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6 hours ago Pop Idol's Rik Waller unrecognisable 23yrs after the show with unusual new career

Pop Idol star Rik Waller was tipped to win the first series before he was forced to pull out of the show – today, he has a completely different career away from the spotlight

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4 hours ago Fatboy Slim's mum dies as son Woody grieves losing two grans in one year

Fatboy Slim, whose real name is Norman Cook,

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6 hours ago Sunday with John Cooper Clarke: ‘My wife does a chicken with 60 cloves of garlic’

The poet talks about newspapers and television, coffee and strawberries, and how Monday’s gloomy presence hangs over every SundaySunday habits? A favourite is Desert Island Discs on Radio 4. Or I’ll watch a re-run of Match of The Day on BBC One at 7.30am since I missed it working Saturday. Then what? My local newsagents only order about three copies of each newspaper, so I have to get on the bike to snatch them. Then I read them. That’s my Sunday pursuit.Sunday brekkie? I’m a creature of habit. My breakfast is always the same. A quarter pint of espresso. A couple of baked goods – a danish here, a croissant there – and an entire punnet of strawberries.Sunday lunch? I’m not a lunch guy, but I do have a huge we call it tea. My wife’s French, a terrific cook. The pleasures of the table are close to my heart. What’s on the menu? She does a great chicken with ratatouille, and a chicken featuring 60 unpeeled cloves of garlic. Sixty! Count them. I like Mediterranean grub. I like a nice ragu...

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6 hours ago Pop Idol star Rik Waller has unexpected career 23 years since finding fame amid professional disaster

Pop Idol star Rik Waller was tipped to win the first series before he was forced to pull out of the show – today, he has a completely different career away from the spotlight

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7 hours ago 'Prince William and Kate's children say so much about the year they've had,' says royal expert

After a year marked by health struggles and preventative chemotherapy treatment, a royal expert has said that Kate Middleton and her family have "pulled together as a unit"

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6 hours ago South Korea plane crash latest: Miracle two survivors pulled out alive after 179 presumed dead

At least 28 people have been killed after a plane carrying 181 people crashed off the runway and smashed into a wall at a South Korean airport.

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7 hours ago 'Kate Middleton's children show us so much about the year the family's endured' says royal expert

EXCLUSIVE: Kate Middleton and Prince William have had a "brutal" year but have "pulled together as a family unit" alongside their children, a royal expert has told OK!

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7 hours ago Premier League cult hero 'thought he was Zinedine Zidane' when skill went horribly wrong

Back in 2003, then Birmingham City midfielder David Dunn produced arguably one of the funniest ever attempts at pulling off a skill which resulted in him falling flat on his face

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14 hours ago British high street chain forced to close another major store after 34 years

The Body Shop is set to close a store established over three decades ago, with the business confirming not just the closure of the store but the end of two long-running careers in the company

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13 hours ago Third man arrested on suspicion of murder after 'hero father', 37, was killed when he was 'mown down by a car following an argument' on Christmas Day

A 26-year-old is the third man to be arrested in connection with the death of Kirk Marsden (pictured) who died in the early hours of Boxing Day after he was allegedly hit by a car outside a Blackburn pub.

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15 hours ago Gavin and Stacey star Joanna Page pulls pint in pub and has everyone in stitches

"She had a chat with all the locals and was lovely. She lit up the room as soon as she came in and made everyone laugh."

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14 hours ago I visited UK’s strictest pub there’s a no phone policy & coats go on a hook – but one rule went too far...

I visited UK’s strictest pub there’s a no phone policy & coats go on a hook – but one rule went too far...  The Irish Sun

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17 hours ago Gavin & Stacey star Joanna Page pulls pint in Welsh pub and has everyone in stitches

'She lit up the room as soon as she came in,' said the pub landlord

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15 hours ago Norman Cook's mum dies as son Woody grieves losing two grandmothers in one year

Fatboy Slim - Norman Cook - is mourning the death of his mum as his son Woody announced the sad news on his Instagram profile

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18 hours ago Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko pardons 20 people jailed for ‘extremism’

Putin apologises over Azerbaijan plane crash; Russia’s Gazprom announces it will halt gas supplies to MoldovaReport: Putin apologises for Azerbaijan plane crash without admitting Russia at faultItalian police said on Saturday that they were investigating cyberattacks claimed by a pro-Russian group targeting several websites including Milan’s airports and the foreign ministry.The websites of the ministry, Malpensa and Milan-Linate airport, and the transport systems in Siena and Turin were hit, according to national cybersecurity police spokesman Marco Valerio Cervellini, Reuters reports. Continue reading...

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17 hours ago Jailed without hope: Ministers block 128 prisoners on indefinite jail terms from moving to open conditions

Exclusive: The British government refused to allow IPP prisoners to progress to an open prison in 61 per cent of cases over the past 12 months, figures show

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19 hours ago BBC Breakfast viewers baffled as presenter broadcasts live from a pub before sunrise

Viewers tuning in to BBC Breakfast on Saturday morning were unsure over a segment that spotlighted a local community that banded together to save the Ickleton Lion pub from closure

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21 hours ago Robbie Williams' Better Man sparks international debate as Americans mock monkey biopic

US movie goers have claimed that they have never heard of pop star Robbie Williams and have plenty of questions about his biopic and why a monkey plays his character

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18 hours ago Britain’s luckiest turkey survived the Christmas Day chop after going on 5k Parkrun

Dave Brooker, 58, takes his beloved pet turkey, Trouble Version Two, or T2 for short, everywhere with him - including to the pub and even to visit the dentist

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26 hours ago Nigella Lawson's Parmesan French toast is 'perfect for weekend brunch'

Nigella Lawson provides the steps and ingredients home cooks should take if they want to try it out at home and saysbit is perfect as brunch or as a snack

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19 hours ago At least 15 men found guilty in Gisèle Pelicot rape and assault trial lodge appeals against convictions

A 30-year-old vineyard worker is among the men found guilty who have appealed against their convictions and will be given a second trial

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26 hours ago Robbie Williams' film Better Man sparks huge debate after Americans mock pop star over monkey biopic and claim they 'have no idea who he is'

The 50-year-old star's movie Better Man has received glowing reviews from critics, as they praised the film as 'riveting', 'bombastic' and 'utterly inspired'.

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20 hours ago The killer drivers who have claimed the lives of others on Welsh roads

Here is a round up of the defendants who have been convicted of causing death by dangerous and careless driving in 2024.

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27 hours ago HelloFresh review: I tried three recipes to see what the fuss was about

Consumer writer Gareth Butterfield dons his chef’s cap and cooks up three sets of ingredients that arrived on his doorstep in a box

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20 hours ago Court rejects Starbucks’ challenge to US labor board ruling that it illegally fired baristas

Judge says coffee giant has no standing in appeal of NRLP finding it illegally fired two workers for trying to unionizeA federal appeals court has largely rejected Starbucks’ appeal of a National Labor Relations Board (NRLB) finding that the coffee chain illegally fired two Philadelphia baristas because they wanted to organize a union.The third US circuit court of appeals said the coffee shop giant lacked standing to challenge the constitutionality of administrative law judges of the NRLB, the government agency that is set up to enforce labor laws in the US concerning labor practices and collective bargaining. Continue reading...

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29 hours ago On the towering cliffs, my family found a sanctuary. It still pulls me back today | Kat Lister

My grandmother called it The Haven – a shack perched high above the beach. Years later, another special woman rekindled my love of that placeIn our end of year series, writers and public figures remember the place or time when they felt most at homeIn the 18th century, physicians went looking for a nostalgia bone, as though a person’s yearning for a past time or place could be assigned to a chunk of tissue. But for me, writing in the 21st, the stimulus can be found not in the body I’m in, but the memories I carry. And in particular, as I edge further into my 40s, the memories of coastland I visited in the 1980s: a four-mile stretch in south-east Cornwall where my family and I summered each year with my grandmother.As a child, I would zigzag down the narrow cliff path with wild abandon, my mother nervously calling out to me as I sprinted down to the white sand below. This is where the roots of so many of my happy memories can be found. Not simply in the towering cliffs themselves, bu...

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20 hours ago Court rejects Starbucks’ challenge to US labor board, ruling it illegally fired baristas

Judge says coffee giant has no standing in appeal of NLRB finding that it fired two workers for trying to unionizeA federal appeals court has largely rejected Starbucks’ appeal of a National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) finding that the coffee chain illegally fired two Philadelphia baristas because they wanted to organize a union.The third US circuit court of appeals said the coffee shop giant lacked standing to challenge the constitutionality of administrative law judges of the NLRB, the government agency that is set up to enforce labor laws in the US concerning labor practices and collective bargaining. Continue reading...

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29 hours ago The Guardian Footballer of the Year Sofie Junge Pedersen: ‘We wanted to send a message’

The Inter and Denmark player wins the award for her climate activism and being behind an open letter to Fifa regarding Saudi Arabia’s human rights issuesThe Guardian Footballer of the Year is an award given to a player who has done something remarkable, whether by overcoming adversity, helping others or setting a sporting example by acting with exceptional honesty.If the football had not worked out, perhaps Sofie Junge Pedersen could have run away to the circus. When her after-school youth club in Aarhus put on its annual week of performances there was one challenge that struck her in particular: the chance to juggle with fire torches and mock knives. “It was quite serious,” she laughs. “We practised a lot beforehand and I thought it would be fun. I just wanted to be the best.” So it proved and there is no evidence that anyone has beaten the time she set, aged 13, for keeping the two airborne simultaneously. Continue reading...

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21 hours ago MasterChef's John Torode says 'it really tears the family apart' in rare admission with wife

John Torode and Lisa Faulkner returned to ITV this weekend for a festive special of their cooking show John and Lisa's Weekend Kitchen - and the couple opened up on family life

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29 hours ago Uzbek hard man says Brits are 'vain gym wimps' while 'real men' run his torture gauntlet

EXCLUSIVE: Aziz Estet pulls family-sized cars, punches flaming bricks and smashes bottles off his chest as part of his gruelling workout regime and says Brit blokes are 'vain wimps' in comparison

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21 hours ago Silvino Francisco dead: Snooker star who was jailed for smuggling drugs dies aged 78

Silvino Francisco, a South African snooker player who was prominent in the 1980s and was later jailed for three years for smuggling cannabis, has passed away aged 78

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29 hours ago Nitish Kumar Reddy century leads India fightback to frustrate Australia on day three

All-rounder joins Washington Sundar in critical 127-run standTourists trail by 116 runs with one wicket in hand in fourth Test52nd over: India 180-5 (Pant 22, Jadeja 4) Smokes a pull shot! Pant moves along to the 20s by clattering Boland, then takes a single. Jadeja keeps blocking.Guy Hornsby winds up the crank handle on the email machine. “Morning/evening Geoff. I’m somehow still up in darkest Sale in Manchester, full of port and cheese and wondering if Pant and Jadeja can actually save anything here. Their records suggest there’s a chance, but Pant is Cummins’ bunny of late and India must have felt an absolute gut punch after getting to 153-2 before the calamitous run-out. I’m not going to even attempt to apportion individual blame, just say it was a proper horlicks that took the wind out of India’s sails. Now it’s down to these two and a longish but bullish tail to see how much of a dent they can put into this huge Australian total. Perhaps Bumrah has made clear just how much of ...

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21 hours ago Britain's filthiest pubs named and shamed: One in 40 boozers fail hygiene ratings... so is YOURS one of them?

More than 1,200 pubs, bars and nightclubs across Britain and Northern Ireland have failed to reach minimum food safety standards according to analysis conducted by MailOnline.

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