18 minutes ago Strictly Come Dancing live updates as Wynne Evans and Katya Jones perform following controversy

Wynne Evans will return to the Strictly dancefloor tonight after being embroiled in what he and Katya called a 'stupid' joke

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36 minutes ago Chris Riddell on the US election: two weeks to go and it’s too close to call – cartoon

Democracy is in the balance as Americans prepare to go to the polls• You can order your own copy of this cartoon Continue reading...

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40 minutes ago Bedford house explosion leaves one dead as huge fire sparks evacuation after 'loud bang'

Bedfordshire Police were called to Cleat Hill, Bedford, this morning after reports of a large explosion which killed one person and left another seriously injured

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70 minutes ago Lizzo and Usher to campaign with Harris, as Trump prepares to work at McDonalds: Live

Donald Trump and Kamala Harris both held rallies in Michigan on Friday night as former president Barack Obama campaigned for the vice president in Arizona

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88 minutes ago Takeaways from AP's reporting on how Arizona voters view the economy with the election close at hand

The Arizona economy is flourishing by many measures

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90 minutes ago AN WILSON: Why Charles should call the bluff of these drongo and ungracious Aussies and announce he'll quit as their head of state, by the late Queen's biographer

On Monday, amid the hubbub of dignitaries and chinks of wine glasses in Australia's Parliament building, King Charles will be the gravitational centre of that country's political power.

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96 minutes ago Cooking for one? Sometimes frozen lasagne just won’t cut it and life calls for a cheese soufflé | Rachel Cooke

A new book of classic but simple recipes makes solo cooking more pleasure than choreLike many people, I read a lot during the Covid-19 lockdown, and one of the books I enjoyed most in those strange, silent months was a memoir by the novelist Michèle Roberts called Negative Capability: an account of being alone, but not lonely. In the face of what people on social media like to call (ugh) self-care, Roberts wrote of her efforts to be good to herself after a painful rejection without recourse either to self-pity or to yoga. Four years on, I still sometimes pull it from the shelf when I’m feeling embattled. Radiant and meditative, a few pages are all I need to get going again; to remind myself to pay attention to everything, and by doing so both to recognise and to give thanks for what gre...

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98 minutes ago Pop stars Lizzo and Usher to join Kamala Harris for last push in Michigan and Georgia

Kamala Harris is scheduled to appear with Detroit-born singer Lizzo as the Democratic presidential nominee marks the beginning of in-person early voting in the city

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1 hour ago Two people arrested on suspicion of child neglect after death of baby boy

Police said officers attended a call in Clynderwen, Pembrokeshire, from the Wales Ambulance Service Trust concerning the welfare of a baby on Friday.

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1 hour ago Callous UK catfisher drove heartbroken US dad and daughter, 12, to their deaths

Warning: This article contains details readers may find distressing. Sick Alexander McCartney, 26, tricked children into believing he was a young girl before persuading them to send intimate photos and then blackmailing them.

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