1 hour ago 12 best family board games, tried and tested for entertainment factor

From fun quizzes to head-scratching strategy games, these will delight a crowd

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5 d. ago British kids would rather spend time with family than game alone this Christmas, study finds

A survey found that 61% of five to 16-year-olds would prefer to spend Christmas Day watching films and playing board games with their family

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6 d. ago What to expect in budget 2025: tax, VAT, pensions, savings and more

Here’s what Rachel Reeves is tipped to announce after months of speculationCould you do better than Reeves as chancellor? Play our interactive budget gameEvery chancellor likes to float ideas before a budget to test how they might land with the public.However, the sheer volume of policy ideas floated – and in some cases quickly jettisoned – through the media in the run-up to Wednesday’s Westminster set-piece has set Rachel Reeves’s second budget apart. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Alexis Tsipras says Yanis Varoufakis was ‘unsuitable’ as Greek finance minister during debt crisis

Then PM says his finance minister was ‘more celebrity than economist’ with an agenda to promote his booksYanis Varoufakis, the firebrand economist who rose to fame at the height of Greece’s debt drama, was not only egotistical but ultimately more interested in testing out his game theories on the nation than winning its battle to keep afloat.So writes the former prime minister Alexis Tsipras in his newly released memoir, Ithaki, as the once radical leftwing leader, sparing no punches, seeks, 10 years later, to put the record straight. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Wallabies fans are entitled to be frustrated but it’s not all grim for this tired, talented side

There were enough sparks and signs of intent in Europe to suggest Australia are a team at the beginning of something, not the endAt the end of a frenetic first half, where Angus Bell ran in one of the great tries by a Wallaby prop, where Matt Faessler powered over for a brace, where Louis Bielle-Biarrey scored a solo stunner and Thomas Ramos and Nicolas Depoortère dotted down as well, Tane Edmed gathered a pass at first receiver.The young fly-half, playing in his seventh Test, was having a decent game. He’d slotted two of his three shots at goal. He was brave to the line, carrying with zip, stitching moves together as he tried to spark a backline short on fluency. But with the clock in the red, he attempted a raking kick to the corner. Either he didn’t realise the 40 minutes had elapsed, or he thought he was in his own half and a 50-22 was on. Either way, after watching the ball skid into touch to end the half, he stood still, hands on head, stunned by his own misread. Continue read...

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9 d. ago Fight songs still ring true as college football tradition in face of ever

College football fight songs have stood the test of time, remaining a nostalgic part of the game

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2 w. ago Scott Barrett fit to return and captain All Blacks against England at Twickenham

Barrett missed win against Scotland due to cutScott Robertson preparing for aerial contest Scott Barrett has come back to captain the All Blacks against England at Twickenham this weekend. Barrett had 12 stitches threaded in his leg after he suffered a cut beneath his knee playing against Ireland a fortnight ago, and missed his team’s 25-17 victory against Scotland at Murrayfield last week, but Scott Robertson, the New Zealand head coach, confirmed that he had played a full part in training for the England game.“We’ve gone for our best team for this game, for this Test,” Robertson said. “It’s remarkable that he healed so well, once you saw the cut. The Barretts must have some good skin.” His older brother Beauden will start at fly-half again, but younger brother Jordie is back in New Zealand having treatment on the ankle injury he suffered in that same match against Ireland. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Mystery surrounds death of Carnival Cruise ship passenger as FBI investigates

Carnival Cruise Line said it was cooperating with investigators and is supporting the passenger’s family after the incident on board the Horizon vessel in Miami

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3 w. ago The Spin | Times are bleak for Pakistan cricket but Test game offers hope of salvation

Pakistan are suffering in short-form cricket but the WTC and its two-year cycle could work in their favourPakistan have a new captain. This, admittedly, evokes the same response as learning Watford have hired another manager. A lack of surprise to go with, um, wait, hasn’t he done this before? And so it goes that Shaheen Afridi, the left-arm quick now in charge of the 50-over side, was sacked as their Twenty20 captain last year after only one series at the helm.Pakistani cricket being volatile is just another Tuesday. Go back 15 years and you’ll find a spot-fixing scandal that sent three star players to prison, unfolding while they were unable to host international matches, the exile prompted by a terrorist attack on the Sri Lanka men’s team in Lahore. In the middle of that they found time to win a World Cup. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago 1% Club’s Lee Mack shocked by question ‘massacre’ as 22 go out – would you have got it right?

LEE Mack was left stunned and branded a question on The 1% Club a 'massacre' - as 22 contestants were eliminated. The popular ITV game show tests players' logic and common sense, rather than general knowledge. Although starting with 100 contestants, these are whittled down until only the brightest remain for the final round. However,...

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