63 minutes ago Mulberry dismisses £111m takeover bid from Mike Ashley's Frasers as 'untenable'

The London-listed fashion firm said its board had decided to rebuff the higher proposed takeover in favour of focusing on boosting its business performance

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67 minutes ago Beautician ‘almost died’ after botched gastric sleeve surgery in Turkey left her with severe internal bleeding

‘It was the most traumatic experience. I remember laying in bed screaming for help,’ the mother-of-one said

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85 minutes ago Braverman defends using personal email for work as minister, claiming there’s ‘tedious’ explanation – UK politics live

Suella Braverman forwarded government documents to her private email accounts at least 127 times while serving as attorney generalLast week Michael Gove, the former cabinet minister and Kemi Badenoch ally, said that Robert Jenrick would not be ideal as party leader because he looked like a “Tory boy”.In an interview with BBC Breakfast this morning, Jenrick hit back. As the Mirror reports, when asked about the jibe, Jenrick said:Well, the last person I would take advice from in a leadership contest I think is Michael Gove I don’t know what [Tory boy] really means I didn’t come from a traditional conservative background.Neither of my parents were card carrying members of the Conservative party I don’t consider myself to be a ‘Tory boy.’ I want the Conservative party to be the trade union ...

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87 minutes ago Putin sends defiant message to the West as he gathers world leaders for BRICS summit to show sanctions aren't working (but cracks are showing between his most powerful 'allies')

The summit, running from October 22-24 will be the biggest held in Russia since Putin ordered troops to storm across the border of Ukraine more than two-and-a-half years ago

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91 minutes ago Sarah Beeny’s country house wowed me – but not as much as her sheer chutzpah | Zoe Williams

The Channel 4 presenter is in hot water with planners for building without permission – and she did it all under the eyes of prime-time viewersLocals call Sarah Beeny’s house in Somerset “mini-Downton Abbey”, owing to its grandeur – and its treehouse, boathouse and greenhouse. I went there, to interview the presenter, just after she had made her documentary about having breast cancer in 2023. I liked her a lot, wished her well. I also thought her house was ridiculous: the space was absurdly lavish and ostentatious, before you even trained your eye on the cornicing, fabrics and whatnot. The boot room was the size of a primary school hall. But then she is the property expert; she is also a convincing construction expert, or at least a highly experienced dabbler. I figured she mu...

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96 minutes ago Warmer weather headed for UK after Storm Ashley with some areas seeing temperatures of 17C

South of England to bask in warmer temperatures while northern areas to experience cooler weather

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1 hour ago ‘Why is that funny?’ Lara Trump snaps when Charlamagne tha God laughs at her claim Donald isn’t racist

The RNC co-chair, married to Eric Trump, defended her father-in-law Donald Trump on The Breakfast Club

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1 hour ago UGG launches new cowboy boots as part of its autumn range with Gallery Dept

UGG's latest collection with unisex clothing brand Gallery Dept features four different styles of footwear, with denim patchwork and a pair of UGG-style cowboy boots that are perfect for autumn

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2 hours ago "Go back to your own country": Barmaid, 28, ordered to pay bouncer £100 after she hurled 2am racist abuse at him

The bust up occurred when he told her she was barred from one of her local pubs

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2 hours ago UGG embraces cowboycore with its new autumn range including western boots and denim styles

UGG has teamed up with Gallery Dept to launch a brand new collection of western-inspired shoes including cowboy boots and denim patchwork boots that are perfect for autumn

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