81 minutes ago Mr Loverman review: You will ache for everyone in this bittersweet tale of forbidden love, writes CHRISTOPHER STEVENS

Mr Loverman, what an arch and clever title. Barrington's domineering wife, Carmel, is convinced he's 'putting his thing about with trampy cows'.

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1 hour ago The Franchise review – Armando Iannucci’s superhero satire is saved only by a standout star

This spoof from a team of comedy greats ends up a bit of a mess – largely due to the lack of great jokes. But one actor comes up with the goodsIt is a strange truth that to satirise something effectively, you have to love it – at least a little. You have to see it in the round and understand not just where it fails but where it succeeds, and why some people like it while others loathe it. Good satire doesn’t come from indifference: it comes from disappointment, rage and the desire to show not just how things fail but how they could be better.Jonathan Swift wrote about people eating babies because he was furious. Jane Austen looked at Georgian women’s lot and laid bare all its miseries through laughter. Leaping over a few centuries, the likes of Yes, Minister, Yes, Prime Minister an...

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1 hour ago Criminals could serve sentences at home in virtual prisons using new technology

Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood is announcing a major review of sentencing to find new ways to punish offenders outside of jail to deal with overflowing prisons

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1 hour ago Medical emergency that occurs every 40 seconds and kills 160,000 a year

Experts from the American Heart Association have released a stroke-prevention guide featuring 'Life's Essential 8' amid a worrying rise of stroke, which occurs every 40 seconds, in young people.

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2 hours ago Dinosaurs featured in Jurassic park 'were not actually from the Jurassic period'

A scientist claimed the dinosaurs in Jurassic park were not actually from that period and that the movie should have instead been called ‘Cretaceous Park’ as this is when most of the dinosaurs in the movie existed

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3 hours ago Tim Cook responds to questions over Apple’s AI plans as world waits for iPhone’s new features

Apple may be late to new technology but claims it will change users’ lives

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4 hours ago Tourists return to NYC's Vessel sculpture after it reopens with netting to prevent deaths

A building-sized sculpture popular with tourists in Manhattan is open again with new safety features meant to prevent people from jumping off its viewpoints

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5 hours ago I visited the Italian wine bar and restaurant that's opened in Edinburgh's coolest food neighbourhood

This restaurant is owned by a sommelier and chef team

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6 hours ago Inside twisted plot by police officer's daughter as she tormented father's lover with naked photos

Eleanor Brown, 24, sent the victim's husband sexual images of his wife before creating a fake profile on an escorting and sex services website, also featuring intimate photographs

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6 hours ago Neighbours learn sign language to help deaf girl go trick or treating for first time

More than half of a neighbourhood in Worcester have signed up to learn some British Sign Language to help six-year-old Ada, who is profoundly deaf, to enjoy Halloween for the first time

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