5 hours ago CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews Patience on Channel 4: Have a little Patience, this autistic detective could become a classic

An anti-social streak is etched into every great sleuth's nature.

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18 hours ago Topps Tiles boss Rob Parker to retire after company returns to sales growth

Rob Parker has announced he is leaving the business less than two months after its biggest investor called for a leadership review following a slump in sales

Economics

11 hours ago Ruth Jones faces devastating blow as BBC axe sitcom in major iPlayer overhaul

The BBC has quietly removed a dark comedy from iPlayer, despite its critical acclaim and strong fan following. The show, which starred Ruth Jones, was taken down due to licensing issues, with no plans for its return.

Sport

2 hours ago I haven't had sex with my husband for 16 years and even took a lover with his permission. But I know the dark secret which has rendered him impotent... and it means I'll never divorce

Every January, my extended family has a big get-together. Each person brings their children and partner or, in my case, partners - my husband Marcus and my boyfriend Neil.

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11 hours ago Scientists say they may have found what's causing so many unexplained cancers

A major scientific review of 3,000 studies conducted by researchers from California may have found what is driving the mysterious rise of cancers in the United States.

Science

8 hours ago London Dance Venue Drumsheds to Remain Open With New Safety Measures Following License Review

London Dance Venue Drumsheds to Remain Open With New Safety Measures Following License Review  Billboard

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12 hours ago Freedom Wars Remastered review – cult classic Vita gem is still a multiplayer diamond in the rough

One of the PlayStation Vita's most underrated exclusives gets a much-appreciated visual update, even if it can't quite shed its handheld skin.

Sport

5 hours ago Megyn Kelly blasts LA's woke fire chief for 'focusing on diversity' instead of planning for disaster

Former Fox journalist Megyn Kelly slammed LA Fire Chief Kristin Crowley for prioritizing DEI training over preparing for wildfires.

Events

11 hours ago Are you falling for wellness misinformation online? Here’s how to tell

Social media is rife with alarming advice and warnings – experts share red flags to avoidWellness advice abounds on social media: warnings about “toxic foods”, assertions that parasites are driving your sugar cravings, or claims about solving the “root cause” of bodily complaints with unproven remedies.“Wellness woo” appears in many domains, like nutrition, dermatology, parenting and psychology, says Dr Jonathan Stea, clinical psychologist and author of a new book about mental health misinformation, Mind the Science. Common themes include distrust in mainstream medicine, the flawed belief that “natural” is always best, and an overreliance on anecdotal evidence – for instance, “I believe smearing beef tallow on my face cured my acne, so it will also cure yours!” Continue reading...

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10 hours ago Badenoch refuses to restore whip to Warsi despite clearing her of wrongdoing over Sunak ‘coconut’ tweet

Exclusive: Tory leader refuses to reinstate UK’s first Muslim cabinet member less than 24 hours after backing Robert Jenrick for railing against ‘alien cultures with medieval attitudes’

Events

13 hours ago Lexus LBX review: Lexus brings its premium values to the crossover club

Gareth Butterfield spends a week in Lexus’s new compact crossover

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11 hours ago More fizzle than pop: the limits of Nicole Kidman’s erotic drama Babygirl

There are bold scenes for mainstream American cinema but the sexy dom/sub age gap movie can’t quite figure out what it’s saying about desireArguably the most transgressive scene in Babygirl, A24’s erotic drama from the Dutch writer and director Halina Reijn that has Nicole Kidman on the awards circuit, is the first one. The film opens with an orgasm – for both Romy Mathis (Kidman) and her husband, Jacob (Antonio Banderas), together, in the marital bed. But as Jacob slumbers in post-coital bliss, Romy scampers down the hall – the shot of Kidman’s bare, apple-cheeked behind recalls her first scene in Stanley Kubrick’s 1999 film Eyes Wide Shut, one of several erotic 90s touchstones Reijn seeks to invoke and invert through the female gaze. In another room, we witness a private ritual. Her hands desperately flutter across a laptop keyboard; she prostrates on the ground, and makes herself come – for real this time – to porn.It’s a bold opening salvo for a film, a statement of sorts: this ...

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13 hours ago AENO Premium Eco Heater review: Simple heat with nifty, convenient controls

Warm up your lounge or office with this smart heater from AENO, packing easy-to-use features into a slimline, stylish design that's ideal on the wall or free-standing

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12 hours ago Freedom Wars Remastered review: It's a little dated but still a fun ride

Freedom Wars Remastered gives a PlayStation Vita classic a new chance at finding an audience on current consoles and PC, and is well worth a look for Monster Hunter fans

Events

13 hours ago Sad letter from Princess Diana shows what Harry and William were really like before feud

There was a time when William and Harry were incredibly close. But in recent years, the gulf between has grown to such an extent that a reunion seems doubtful

Politics

14 hours ago Earl Spencer's prep school becomes latest victim of Labour's VAT raid on fees as it announces it will close in July after being 'adversely affected by external factors'

Maidwell Hall school, a co-educational prep school in Northamptonshire that Princess Diana's brother went to, announced on Tuesday that it would be shutting in July.

Events

14 hours ago Couple share honest review after waiting three days to try viral sandwich

Couple Dr Eman Butt and Owais Ahmed were on holiday in Amsterdam when they decided to see if the famous Chun sandwich lived up to the hype - but getting the grub was harder than expected

Politics

14 hours ago 'Dark' gangland drama with 100% on Rotten Tomatoes much 'better' than Netflix Black Doves

Netflix spy thriller Black Doves has been a hit with most viewers since it dropped before Christmas. But there's a gangland drama on ITVX some say is much "better", although it's "not for the faint-hearted"

Events

14 hours ago London's Drumsheds ordered to enforce new safety measures following licence review and crowd complaints

London's Drumsheds ordered to enforce new safety measures following licence review and crowd complaints  NME

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15 hours ago Badenoch refuses to restore whip to Baroness Warsi despite clearing her of wrongdoing over Sunak coconut tweet

Exclusive: Tory leader refuses to reinstate UK’s first Muslim cabinet member less than 24 hours after backing Robert Jenrick for railing against ‘alien cultures with medieval attitudes’

Events

14 hours ago Dan Biggar: My Six Nations dark horses, Wales' chances and what needs to change

The fly-half has given an honest assessment of Wales' chances in their tournament opener

Politics

16 hours ago Newcastle take a big step towards silverware – Football Weekly podcast

Max Rushden is joined by Nicky Bandini, Jonathan Fadugba and Sam Dalling as Newcastle win League Cup semi-final first leg at ArsenalRate, review, share on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Audioboom, Mixcloud, Acast and Stitcher, and join the conversation on Facebook, Twitter and email.On the podcast today; Newcastle take a big step towards the Carabao Cup final and possibly their first major trophy since 1955 with a 2-0 semi-final first leg win over Arsenal. After so many missed chances, the panel have the inevitable ‘do the Gunners need another striker’ conversation, a chat made more relevant by Alexander Isak clinical finishing for Newcastle. Continue reading...

Events

15 hours ago Noel Gallagher drops suprise new single with Shaun Ryder's supergroup... and it's deranged

Gallagher described the collaboration as ‘Dylan, Dali and Ginsberg on a rocketship to the moon to have it with the Clangers’

Politics

16 hours ago Labour's THREE YEAR delay on social care reforms is condemned as architect of plans warns they could be wrecked AGAIN

Andrew Dilnot said the timetable for a new review launched by Labour is 'inappropriate' - and warning that progress could be derailed again by the looming election.

Events

15 hours ago Maria review – Angelina Jolie’s Callas commands the screen as a great diva in decline

Pablo Larraín’s strange and mordant drama portrays Callas’s haughty struggle as her voice begins to fail but her stardom remains undimmedAngelina Jolie declaims an imperious performance as opera star Maria Callas in this strange, sad, mordantly witty film from screenwriter Steven Knight and director Pablo Larraín, showing her declining months in Paris in 1977; the lioness in winter succumbing with ecstatic defiance to illness and loneliness. Maria broods over her “medication” and neglects to eat, and she is impossibly difficult with the servants, housekeeper Bruna (Alba Rohrwacher) and valet Ferruccio (Pierfrancesco Favino), who are the aghast witnesses to her decline – and she is beginning to relinquish the idea that she will ever sing again. The whole thing is interspersed with pharma-fuelled hallucination-flashbacks to the days of her celebrity pomp, but also further back to her traumatised girlhood in Nazi-occupied Greece.This film has had a mixed, sometimes frosty reception; I ...

Politics

17 hours ago UK police face probe into handling of sex crimes allegations against Harrods owner Al Fayed

U.K. police watchdogs will investigate whether the London force bungled its handling of sex crimes allegations against Mohamed Al Fayed

Events

15 hours ago Perverts by Ethel Cain review: enter this dark and twisted church of stomach

If you’re also a freak for dark ambient and drone music, this deeply unsettling album is for you

Politics

18 hours ago A history of Elon Musk and Keir Starmer’s relationship, from the Southport riots to grooming gang claims

Sir Keir Starmer’s latest spat with Elon Musk has its roots in tensions that began months ago

Events

17 hours ago A Real Pain review – Jesse Eisenberg’s sauntering Holocaust comedy is a masterpiece

The writer, director and actor effortlessly walks a tonal tightrope in this film about Jewish American cousins on a Holocaust tour in Poland. But Kieran Culkin steals the show as the more mischievous cousinWith no great fanfare, Jesse Eisenberg has just given us a masterpiece. This is an effortlessly witty, fluent and astringent comedy with a very serious overcurrent. It is a road movie which is partly about the Holocaust and about America’s third-generation attempt at coming to terms with it, at confronting what their parents and grandparents found too painfully recent to revisit, or necessary to forget in order to survive. And partly it’s about family, male friendship and growing older. The movie affects a cool, sauntering tonal balance, teetering between the trivial and the world-historically important, with even the title glancing at the idea of someone being annoying or experiencing authentic suffering.As writer, director and joint lead actor, Eisenberg generously allows his fi...

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17 hours ago The Extinction of Experience by Christine Rosen review – smartphone nation

Is technology really to blame for bad behaviour, or is something else afoot? People who walk along the street with their heads down, staring at their phones, are enemies of society. They are narcissistic babies who have unilaterally derogated from the social contract that says you should look where you’re going to make sure you don’t bump into people. They implicitly believe that others should do that cognitive work for them while they shuffle along scrolling for porn or doom. If, however, a normal person bumps into them they will be enraged at the unpleasant reminder that other human beings exist outside their solipsistic bubble. Meanwhile, they are walking so slowly that everyone behind them, too, is inconvenienced; they are prime contributors to urban congestion and alienation and the general breakdown of the fabric of society.All that is true enough, but The Extinction of Experience has a lot of other complaints about modern technology. Young folk these days can’t do joined...

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22 hours ago Indian army divers retrieve the body of one of at least 9 miners trapped in a flooded coal mine

Indian army divers have retrieved the body of one of at least nine miners trapped inside a flooded coal mine in India’s northeastern Assam state

Events

17 hours ago A Real Pain review – Jesse Eisenberg’s sauntering Holocaust tour comedy is a masterpiece

The writer, director and actor effortlessly walks a tonal tightrope in this film about Jewish American cousins on a Holocaust tour in Poland. But Kieran Culkin steals the show as the more mischievous cousinWith no great fanfare, Jesse Eisenberg has just given us a masterpiece. This is an effortlessly witty, fluent and astringent comedy with a very serious overcurrent. It is a road movie which is partly about the Holocaust and about America’s third-generation attempt at coming to terms with it, at confronting what their parents and grandparents found too painfully recent to revisit, or necessary to forget in order to survive. And partly it’s about family, male friendship and growing older. The movie affects a cool, sauntering tonal balance, teetering between the trivial and the world-historically important, with even the title glancing at the idea of someone being annoying or experiencing authentic suffering.As writer, director and joint lead actor, Eisenberg generously allows his fi...

Politics

23 hours ago The wild reason Nicole Kidman drank an entire glass of milk while accepting the Best Actress award at the 2025 National Board of Review Gala

The Hollywood star, 57, was presented with the prestigious gong by her The Perfect Couple on-screen husband Liev Schreiber at Tuesday night's ceremony.

Events

17 hours ago Ariana Grande and boyfriend Ethan Slater reunite in rare joint appearance a month after his ex wife spoke out

The couple happily linked arms as they posed for snappers on the red carpet with their Wicked co-stars, with the film winning three awards on the night

Politics

18 hours ago Fella named Dustbin Dave picks 'world's greatest bins' and Britain dominates top 10

A man who is famed for seeking out and taking pictures of bins across the world has revealed his favourites over 2024 – including one described as 'dark and mysterious'

Politics

18 hours ago Look at the underside of a log, and you’ll find my new obsession: the beautiful, bonkers world of slime moulds | Lucy Jones

These tiny organisms matter. They have been used to map dark matter and improve transport networks, and they’re living all around usA few years ago, I started looking at the underside of logs and it changed my life. I found a secret carnival of the most bodacious and interesting organisms I had ever seen. Bubbles of candy-pink gloss on stilts (Comatricha nigra), bunches of rainbow iridescence on toffee strings (Badhamia utricularis), bouffants of raspberry parfait (Arcyria denudata) – and those are just a few that have appeared on bits of wood in our urban garden.Slime moulds, or myxomycetes, spend part of their life cycle as what are known as fruiting bodies – which look a bit like tiny mushrooms, hence why they were once classified as fungi (they’re actually in the kingdom Protista). Often you will find them, at this stage, in a colony – or, well, I’d suggest galaxy, sweetshop or funfair would be more accurate for a collective noun.Lucy Jones is the author of Matrescence, Losing E...

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19 hours ago Perth and Kinross pupils with additional support needs rises to 39 per cent

Perth and Kinross Council is conducting a review into its Additional Support Needs provision as numbers increase

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19 hours ago India 'rat hole' cave race against time as divers retrieve body in desperate search for miners

The miners became trapped on Monday when water gushed in from a nearby unused mine in the Umrangso area in Dima Hasao district, about 125 miles south of the state capital, Guwahati.

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