91 minutes ago Britain's Got Talent judge exposes major golden buzzer blunder on first day of filming

EXCLUSIVE: Alesha Dixon has been a judge on Britain's Got Talent for almost a decade and recently shared a hilarious anecdote about Bruno Tonioli's first day of filming.

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92 minutes ago ‘It’s a monster task’: can culling ferrets and rats save one of the UK’s largest seabird colonies?

Puffins, Manx shearwaters and kittiwakes on Rathlin Island in Northern Ireland have been dying. Now islanders and experts think they have the solutionThe dramatic sea cliffs, crags and stacks of Rathlin Island, county Antrim, rise more than 200 metres above the Atlantic Ocean and host one of the UK’s largest seabird colonies, including hundreds of endangered puffins, attracting up to 20,000 birders and tourists a year.On a spectacularly sunny day in September, the cliff faces are devoid of birds, with the puffins already having made their annual migration to spend the winter months at sea. Instead, Rathlin’s cliffs are dotted with roped-up figures in harnesses and bulging rucksacks, directed from above by a Scottish mountaineer, via a walkie-talkie. Continue reading...

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92 minutes ago Blur v Oasis was only part of the story: the case for a wider – and wilder – Britpop canon

The UK musicians who came to prominence in the mid-90s were more diverse and thrilling than is often acknowledged. In her new book, Miranda Sawyer, who was writing for the music press at the time, looks back at a misunderstood eraThere are people who could spend all day arguing about Britpop: what it was, what it is, who invented it, when it started and ended, which bands are Britpop and which aren’t. These people are journalists. Specifically, music journalists, who possess the pedantic instinct of all journalists to get the facts right, but also, because they write about pop music, have a competing desire to be romantic. To mythologise. To make people and events and songs and whole entire years seem more flamboyant, more life-changing and revolutionary than they actually were.The peop...

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92 minutes ago Enzo Maresca facing stern test of Chelsea progress as Liverpool trip offers golden chance

Anfield challenge presents Blues opportunity to prove they have advanced since predictable Manchester City defeat on opening day

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97 minutes ago King Charles makes relaxed start to Australian tour but spends less than 10 minutes at lunch in his honour

After a day of rest, monarch appears at Sydney lunch in his honour and gives hosts an hourglass while joking about swift passage of timeKing Charles III did not linger long at the luncheon put on in his honour, at the second scheduled event of his short Australian visit. And his gift to the gathering was a reminder of the fleeting passage of time.There was a menu fit for a king, and very Sydney: chargrilled asparagus and olive dust; marinated octopus and squid ink wafer; barramundi and duck confit.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...

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2 hours ago Boost your health this winter by making Jamie Oliver's simple porridge recipe

Jamie Oliver has shared his simple recipe for the "perfect" porridge, and it's the ideal way to start the day during the cold winter months. Not to mention, it will keep you full until lunchtime

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2 hours ago Britain’s Got Talent judge Alesha Dixon exposes major golden buzzer blunder on first day of filming

EXCLUSIVE: Britain’s Got Talent star Alesha Dixon spoke exclusively about her fellow judge’s major golden buzzer gaffe during their first day of filming.

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2 hours ago ‘Does time heal? I don’t think so’: Richard E Grant on love, loss – and bonking

The raw intensity and personal honesty that Richard E Grant brought to Withnail and I was real and has never left him. Now the actor and diarist, still grieving the loss of his wife, talks openly about heartbreak, ambition and his traumatic upbringingA month before she died, the acclaimed dialect coach Joan Washington recorded a poem to be played on her daughter’s wedding day. Washington died on 2 September 2021 from lung cancer, concluding a 38-year marriage to the actor and diarist Richard E Grant. Olivia, the couple’s daughter, celebrated her marriage this past September at the house Grant and Washington shared in London. Grant wore an elegant tuxedo, his blue eyes startling, and the house was swollen with flowers. His speech included “all the things a father says. You want it to be ...

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3 hours ago Brad Lyons 'confident' Kilmarnock can repeat Rangers trick again as he eyes up another Rugby Park upset

The midfielder scored the only goal that downed Rangers on the opening day of last season

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3 hours ago 'My cheating ex and best friend are getting married – they insist I go to the wedding'

A woman has been left baffled after her unfaithful ex-boyfriend and best friend, who are getting married, asked her to be part of their wedding party – and they won't take no for an answer

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