54 minutes ago ‘A triumph’: London’s £19bn Elizabeth line is named best new architecture in Britain

With its futuristic panels, airy tunnels and elegantly unified design, the 73-mile addition to the tube is a worthy winner of the prestigious Stirling prize – and puts the rest of the creaking, sooty network to shameWith the longest platforms, the biggest tunnels and the fastest trains on the entire London underground, the Elizabeth line boasts a dizzying list of superlatives, carrying more people a day than any other train line in the country. It is now deemed to have the best design, too – being named as the winner of the 2024 RIBA Stirling prize for the finest architecture in the UK. The competition was stiff: from the National Portrait Gallery in London to the renovation of the Park Hill estate in Sheffield, from a Dorset dairy farm conversion to a street of social housing in Hackne...

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1 hour ago Andy Murray adds to trophy haul as former tennis star claims first piece of silverware in new sport

The Scottish sporting icon called it quits on his illustrious career on the court last summer

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2 hours ago Kansas City Chiefs owner backs kicker Harrison Butker's new PAC supporting 'traditional values'

Kansas City Chiefs owner Clark Hunt says he has no issue with kicker Harrison Butker forming a political action committee designed to encourage Christians to vote for “traditional values.”

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2 hours ago Skeleton crew: California driver nabbed for using carpool lane with plastic effigy

Highway patrol says carpool lanes are for ridesharing for living humans, not lifeless bony impostorsDrivers looking to beat California’s endless traffic can use designated carpool lanes, provided they have others in their car. But there’s one pesky requirement: those other people have to be alive.That was not the case for a driver stopped this weekend near San Jose for using a fake companion, police say. Riding in the passenger seat was a plastic skeleton. In an apparent effort to add to the illusion, the skeleton was wearing a mask with a giant mouth, reminiscent of the Scream films. Continue reading...

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3 hours ago Armed teenager tries to rob a pizza shop – but gets beaten up by the employees

A restaurant manager allegedly asked the would-be robber if he preferred prison or death

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4 hours ago Andy Murray wins first trophy in new sport just months after retiring from tennis

Andy Murray has thrown himself into playing golf since retiring from professional tennis in August - and the 37-year-old has now won his first piece of silverware

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4 hours ago Marks & Spencer's £75 scarf coat has been hailed as 'Toteme at a fraction of the price'

The Marks and Spencer scarf coat has been a hit with shoppers, who said it's 'Toteme at a fraction of the price' and compared it favourably to the £810 designer version

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4 hours ago Armed teenager tries to rob a pizza shop – but gets beat up by the employees

A restaurant manager allegedly asked the would-be robber if he preferred prison or death

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5 hours ago Fragrances from the 90s are resurfacing on TikTok – these are the ones to buy

From Mugler Angel to Jean Paul Gaultier Classique, these scents are having a comeback

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