70 minutes ago Meghan Markle's 'weapon in her back pocket' revealed as she's set to to unleash 'royal revenge'

Meghan Markle could be set to follow in her husband Prince Harry's footsteps by releasing a tell-all memoir about her time in the Royal Family, according to a royal expert

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96 minutes ago EDEN CONFIDENTIAL: Duchess of Rutland who has £5.6m fortune leaves her daughter with just £5,000

By contrast, Frances, Duchess of Rutland, adhered unwaveringly to the aristocratic code, as is made radiantly apparent in her will, published nine months after her death aged 86.

Economics

2 hours 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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2 hours ago Drunken sailor caused £36,000 of damage by smashing 77 windows 'for no reason'

A sailor training to be a captain in the Finnish navy has pleaded guilty to criminal damage after smashing his way through a warehouse during a drunken rampage in Portland

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2 hours 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 Harris and Cheney talk economy, women’s health and Trump in Michigan campaign event – US elections live

VP and former Republican congresswoman meet voters in swing state; Trump holds rally in North CarolinaDon’t miss important US election coverage. Get our free app and sign up for election alertsWe reported earlier that Kamala Harris has a huge advantage in campaign cash over Donald Trump. But the former president has his own deep-pocketed backer in the former of Tesla boss Elon Musk, who held a strange town hall in swing state Pennsylvania this weekend where he started handing out mammoth checks to voters to get them to back Trump. The Guardian’s Oliver Laughland witnessed the spectacle in person:Standing before a large US flag, which spanned the breadth of a vast stage, the world’s richest man told an assembled crowd that he loved them.Today, my Administration is taking a major step to ...

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4 hours ago Derry Girls creator says ITV AI role is ‘incredibly depressing’ and ‘unethical’

ITV asked for AI experts to apply to become an ‘innovative and visionary leader’ earning between £80,000 and £95,000 per year.

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4 hours ago Retired fisherman finds rare Roman coin in field that could sell for more than £8,000

Fisherman and avvid metal detectorist Mike Clark, from Dorset, couldn't believe it when he stumbled upon a rare Roman coin that is slated to fetch up to £8,000 at auction

Economics

4 hours ago The New York Liberty show investment in women’s sports is simply good business

Five years after playing before crowds of 2,000 fans in White Plains, the Liberty completed a stunning turnaround with a first WNBA title. And the future looks brighter than everFrom the earliest days of the Women’s National Basketball Association, it seemed like winning a championship was only a matter of time for the New York Liberty. A glamour franchise by default, they first reached the doorstep of a title during the league’s inaugural season back in 1997, falling to the Houston Comets in a championship game that was wiped from the headlines within hours by the death of Diana, Princess of Wales. That was the first of five times New York tripped at the final hurdle, including last season’s crushing defeat to the Las Vegas Aces on their home floor. As the years became decades, much li...

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