26 minutes ago The tears flowed as the Queen stood alone at the remains of the school in Aberfan where 116 children died

October 21, 1966, started out as any other normal day for me. I was working for the BBC in Cardiff and I was in the studios in Stacey Road just after 9 o'clock. I was the only one present.

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34 minutes ago I followed Liz Earle's diet and exercise plan. I ate butter and cheese and drank the odd tequila. I lost an amazing amount of weight and inches from my waist!

Bright and early, my old friend, the beauty and wellness entrepreneur Liz Earle, is standing at my door clutching a Kilner jar with what looks like a small sponge floating in murky water.

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43 minutes ago ‘I have plenty of rhythm when I rap, but not so much when I have sex’: Professor Green’s honest playlist

The rapper is an ‘indie grunge boy’ at heart who belts out Nirvana at karaoke. But why does he blame his nan for his early taste in music?The first song I fell in love withIncredible by M-Beat featuring General Levy. I grew up on a housing estate in Clapton. East London was notorious for its jungle scene. The older kids would go raving and come back on a Saturday morning, pulling faces.The first single I bought I hate telling this story. Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka-Dot Bikini by Timmy Mallett [as Bombalurina], from Woolworths in Hackney. I grew up with my grandmother and she made me listen to Jason Donovan, Kylie Minogue and Engelbert Humperdinck. So I blame my nan, because it was her money. Continue reading...

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43 minutes ago Tapas not tantrums: we put food at the centre of our Barcelona family holiday

On a rail trip to Spain from the UK via Paris, our writer discovers a great way of travelling happily with children Street lights strobed through the window, sending shadows sweeping across our faces as our train followed the River Seine through Choisy-le-Roi. Ten minutes earlier, we had pulled out of Paris’s Gare d’Austerlitz. Departing at 9.40pm, the Intercité de Nuit was due on the Spanish border just after 10am, where we would connect to a Barcelona train.It’s possible to make the journey from London in a day, but my husband and I had added a stopover to give our two daughters – aged six and four – a whistlestop tour of the French capital, an indulgent lunch and a night on a sleeper train. Travelling with children was once a stop-start nightmare of whingeing for snacks, bu...

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1 hour ago Oasis backlash leads to maximum ticket price plan tabled in Parliament

Labour MP says she wants to see law changed to improve pricing transparency

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1 hour ago Edinburgh writer and director Laura Carreira honoured at London Film Festival for debut feature

On Falling, which was filmed in Edinburgh and Glasgow, will get a cinema release early next year

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1 hour ago Tom Kerridge's 'incredibly simple' exercise plan that helped him shed 12 stone and keep it off

Michelin star chef Tom Kerridge has opened up about the exercise routine that helped him shed an impressive 12 stone, after he decided to quit alcohol and overhaul his diet

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2 hours ago Funding cuts could mean death of Sámi languages, say Indigenous parliaments

Sweden and Finland plan to withdraw funding to safeguard nine languages defined as threatened by UnescoThe Indigenous parliaments of Sweden, Finland and Norway have warned that some Sámi languages could disappear if Stockholm and Helsinki press ahead with plans to withdraw funding that could hit a critical preservation body.Sámi Giellagáldu was created to safeguard, promote and strengthen the use of the nine Sámi languages across the Nordics, including North Sámi, which is spoken by an estimated 20,000 people across Norway, Sweden and Finland and classified by Unesco as endangered, and the much smaller Pite Sámi and Ute Sámi, which have less than 50 speakers each. Continue reading...

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2 hours ago Man United 'set transfer plan' to sign their own N'Golo Kante as new Ten Hag priority clear

Latest Manchester United transfer news with Erik ten Hag still needing to find solutions in two positions

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3 hours ago Haribo fans are only just realising they've been saying it wrong their whole lives

German company Haribo was founded in the early 1920s and has amassed a loyal army of customers thanks to its delicious selection of sweet treats - but are you pronouncing its name correctly?

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