10 hours ago Dine out for under £20: 10 of London's very best meals for an austere January

From British-Italian comfort food to proper Malaysian laksa, here’s where to eat out on a budget

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12 hours ago Lewis Ferguson touted for Roma transfer as ex Serie A star says club 'cannot let a player like him slip away'

The midfielder has only recently extended his contract at Bologna, but is already being tipped for a move to the Italian giants

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3 hours ago Search for second Briton missing in the Dolomites called off for the day

The body of Sam Harris, 35, was found in the Passo di Conca area on Wednesday, rescuers said.

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8 hours ago Zuckerberg approved Meta’s use of ‘pirated’ books to train AI models, authors claim

Sarah Silverman and others file court case claiming CEO approved use of dataset despite warningsBusiness live – latest updatesMark Zuckerberg approved Meta’s use of “pirated” versions of copyright-protected books to train the company’s artificial intelligence models, a group of authors has alleged in a US court filing.Citing internal Meta communications, the filing claims that the social network company’s chief executive backed the use of the LibGen dataset, a vast online archive of books, despite warnings within the company’s AI executive team that it is a dataset “we know to be pirated”. Continue reading...

Culture

5 hours ago House Training Dogs: Here are the simplest 10 breeds of adorable dog to toilet train

If you value your carpets then these are the dogs that will take their business outside with little in the way of effort.

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21 hours ago More than two million train tickets to be discounted during sale next week

Cheaper Advance and Off-Peak tickets will be available to buy in the rail sale between January 14 and 20.

Economics

5 hours ago Anita Bryant, a popular singer who became known for opposition to gay rights, dead at age 84

Anita Bryant, a former Miss Oklahoma and popular singer who became known over the second half of her life for her outspoken opposition to gay rights, has died

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12 hours ago Dolce & Gabbana debut in Paris, showing Italian artistry on French soil

For the first time in their 40-year history, the Italian design duo Dolce & Gabbana are showcasing their work in Paris

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5 hours ago 'I'm a travel expert – simple hack ensures seat on train even when cancelled'

A travel expert named Chelsea has shared a genius hack for making sure you get a seat on a train even if you don't have a reservation - and it's worked for her every time

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27 hours ago Italian mayor vows to stop sale of Neapolitan islet to wealthy speculator

Bacoli mayor says his administration wants to buy Punta Pennata and turn it into an ‘open-air museum’An Italian mayor has vowed to do everything in his power to stop Punta Pennata – a slice of island paradise close to the heart of Naples, from where a fleet departed to rescue survivors of the AD79 eruption of Mount Vesuvius – being sold to a wealthy speculator.Located within the pristine waters of Bacoli, a fishing town located in the vast volcanic area of the Campi Flegrei, and described as a “historical and natural gem”, the strip of land was put up for sale to the highest bidder this week. Continue reading...

Economics

5 hours ago Major train disruption in Scotland from Sunday, as 4 months of strikes by Avanti West Coast start

The strikes by Avanti West Coast workers start on Sunday and will last for four months

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5 hours ago Travel guru's easy way to 'guarantee seat on a train' – even if it's cancelled

A travel expert has shared a 'game-changing' hack that will ensure you always manage to get a seat on a train, even if it's cancelled and you're left without a reservation

Politics

28 hours ago How RMT union baron Mick Lynch earned nearly £1million in salary and benefits over last decade while wreaking rail misery for millions of Brits

Mick Lynch - famously dubbed 'The Hood' after the Thunderbirds character - is retiring as general secretary of the RMT. He enjoyed a total remuneration and benefits of £127,339 in 2023 alone.

Economics

7 hours ago Search resumes for second missing Briton in Dolomites after body found

A body was found in the search for Sam Harris, 35, and Aziz Ziriat, on Wednesday, with reports suggesting it has been identified as Mr Harris.

Events

7 hours ago My husband is unfaithful and wants an open relationship. Is it time for us to split? | Ask Annalisa Barbieri

We’ve been together a long time but now he says I either accept an open marriage or we get a divorce. The only way I cope is by turning to alcoholWe are gay men in our mid 40s, who have been together 20 years. From the outside, we have a fantastic life: very well-paid, high-status jobs, and we divide our time between lovely homes in two cities. We have an active social life in both places.Around 10 years ago, I had a feeling of mild unease that he was cheating on me, but I told myself I was being silly. He soon asked for an open relationship and said that I wasn’t sexual enough for his needs. I said no. Looking back, I think that may have been the moment that killed my marriage. Continue reading...

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35 hours ago London mayor’s Friday train fare price cut made ‘no noticeable difference’

London mayor’s Friday train fare price cut made ‘no noticeable difference’  The Independent

Economics

8 hours ago Leicester City's Thai billionaire owners launch £2.15BILLION compensation claim against Italian helicopter builders who built chopper that crashed, killing family's patriarch Vichai in 2018

Leicester City 's owners have taken an Italian helicopter manufacturer to court in a multi-billion pound lawsuit following the crash that killed the club's patriarch Vichai in 2018.

Events

11 hours ago Rail sale: When you can access cheap train tickets and the operators taking part

It marks the 200th anniversary of the world’s first passenger train service

Politics

10 hours ago Federico Chiesa sent stark warning by Arne Slot after making just one Liverpool start

Federico Chiesa could make a rare start for Liverpool in the FA Cup against Accrington Stanley but Arne Slot has warned the Italian has a difficult task to make his starting lineup

Events

16 hours ago ‘Every day is 24 hours of panic to just get out the door’: Jesse Eisenberg on self

The writer-director of A Real Pain and co-stars Kieran Culkin, Jennifer Grey and Will Sharpe talk about being overcome by generational trauma while making Oscar season’s funniest filmJesse Eisenberg and Kieran Culkin are in complete agreement. People being more open about everyday anguish is a good thing. Absolutely. One hundred per cent.Not them, though. They will continue to button up. “I know my pain is unexceptional,” says Eisenberg, words clattering out of him like a runaway train, “so I don’t feel the need to burden everybody with it. I have OCD and general anxiety disorder and bad things happen to me, but I’ll never talk about them because I don’t want that kind of attention.” Continue reading...

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22 hours ago Tensions rise as another faithful is banished from The Traitors castle

Fingers were pointed at barber Tyler, Anglican priest Lisa and student Freddie during a heated debate at the roundtable in Thursday’s episode.

Events

20 hours ago My legs shake and I suffer pain so bad I have to lie in bed for days every month. Yet doctors dismiss my agony

Last month I was on the train coming into work in London when I collapsed. I was running late and, as I took the station stairs two at a time, my legs felt shaky.

Politics

25 hours ago Train strikes: Rail service chaos as managers plan walkouts this weekend – check full timetables

A walkout by managers at one major UK train operator and planned engineering works have sparked warnings of major disruption this weekend, with Avanti West Coast passengers urged to travel another day

Events

21 hours ago Millions of train tickets to be discounted next week – what you need to know

It marks the 200th anniversary of the world’s first passenger train service

Politics

29 hours ago BBC The Traitors' Anglican priest becomes a 'favourite' to be murdered tonight

The latest odds have suggested which Faithful could be murdered next along with the Traitors' next move

Events

26 hours ago Teenage boy who stabbed girl in back at train station to be detained in hospital

A 15-year-old boy attempted to murder the girl during a serious assault at Cadoxton railway station in Barry.

Politics

30 hours ago ‘We will glorify war – and scorn for women’: Marinetti, the futurist Mussolini sidekick who outdid Elon Musk

He was the brilliant yet alarming writer of the Futurist Manifesto, a bohemian poet jailed with Mussolini who helped forge the modern world. As a new show re-examines his troubling legacy, we explore the Italian troublemaker’s extraordinary lifeFilippo Tommaso Marinetti was the Elon Musk of the early 20th century, combining a joy in technological innovation with an appetite for illiberal politics. Where Musk builds rockets, Marinetti celebrated those shiny new inventions, the aeroplane and the motor car. The Futurist Manifesto, which he wrote when the movement existed only in his head, begins with a rhapsodic account of a fast drive that ends in a crash, which delights him more than the Winged Victory of Samothrace, the famous Greek sculpture in the Louvre. Machines, he believes, make all previous art irrelevant. Futurism will hymn the hard new beauty.Marinetti’s role in the making of the modern world is insufficiently recognised, presumably because he was so contentious and offensi...

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27 hours ago 'My gay best friend turned my boyfriend bisexual – now we're in a throuple and love it'

Sarah and James were high school sweethearts and never thought of adding a third person to their relationship – but that all changed when they met Hunter by chance

Politics

32 hours ago Fresh rail strike chaos as Avanti train managers get set for strikes that will see them walk out EVERY Sunday until May

Members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union ( RMT ) at Avanti West Coast will launch a series of Sunday walkouts in a dispute over rest day working.

Events

28 hours ago 'I’m more a train set, football, going to the swings granda. Dressing up is outside the comfort zone'

Tough political hack Kevin Maguire steps away from the day job at Parliament and reveals another side to him as Granda Kev. This week Kev swaps his wardrobe of black suits and pale blue shirts for a pink dress to keep his dressing-up loving granddaughter happy

Politics

33 hours ago Passengers on popular rail routes face disruptions due to train managers strike

Members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union at Avanti West Coast will launch a series of Sunday walkouts in a dispute over rest day working

Events

30 hours ago Giorgia Meloni hopes to attend Trump’s inauguration after receiving invite

Italy’s prime minister confirms she is on guest list for 20 January event and ‘will happily go’ if her agenda allowsGiorgia Meloni has confirmed she has been invited to attend Donald Trump’s inauguration as US president and “will happily go” if her agenda permits, ending weeks of speculation over whether the Italian prime minister is on the guest list.“I would be happy to be there,” Meloni told a press conference in Rome on Thursday when asked about her plans for the 20 January event. “I’m evaluating the compatibility with the agenda. If I can, I will gladly participate.” Continue reading...

Politics

33 hours ago I booked the trip of a lifetime for my sister's 30th birthday days before she was killed in a tragic accident

Anita Kozłowska (pictured) was told her mother, sister, three-year-old nephew and six-year-old niece had died after their vehicle was hit by a train in Masuria on November 3, 2024.

Events

31 hours ago This peaceful Italian mountain town is just one hour from Venice – but completely crowd

If planning a Venetian break, consider adding another delightful dimension to your trip and explore nearby, writes Ben West. With overtourism an issue, now is the best time to seek out the peaceful town of Asolo

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33 hours ago Extremism in US military is ‘sleeping danger’ says author of Pentagon report

New Year’s Day attacks by US service members highlight threat, says Bishop Garrison who led DoD investigationThe decorated combat veteran who led the Biden administration’s efforts to counter extremist activity in the US military has warned there could be further domestic attacks by individuals with current or past military ties if the Pentagon fails to take the threat seriously.Both of the deadly incidents on New Year’s Day were carried out by discharged or serving members of the armed forces. The driver of a pickup truck who killed 14 revellers in New Orleans was a veteran with 13 years service in the US army, while the man who blew up a Tesla Cybertruck outside the Las Vegas Trump hotel, killing himself, was an active-duty Green Beret. Continue reading...

Events

32 hours ago Gorgeous Italian region with amazing food that's much quieter than Tuscany

The destination in the north off Italy offers a haven for foodies, wine lovers and history buffs alike, with so much to explore - minus the crowds of other busy spots

Politics

32 hours ago Creamy and comforting pasta dish you won't find in an Italian restaurant

The authentic Italian dish you will only find in "someone's house rather than a restaurant"

Politics

33 hours ago Dining across the divide: ‘I’m angry about elderly, supposedly celibate priests giving women advice on reproductive health’

They may not have seen eye to eye on abortion and assisted dying, but could American politics unite them?Allison, 63, EdinburghOccupation Former policy manager. Currently “economically inactive/domestic goddess” Continue reading...

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34 hours ago David Ellis reviews Nipotina: It exists to assuage stresses that exist only outside its door

The room is glamorous, the food is excellent, and the price? It’s from an entirely different postcode, says David Ellis

Politics

39 hours ago No reopening date set for Cairngorms mountain train as repair works start after further delay

The funicular was due to start up before Christmas after months of delays, but its reopening was delayed again.

Politics

44 hours ago Revealed: How Kylie Jenner arranged Timothée Chalamet's 'induction' into the Kardashian clan on a romantic Italian holiday with her entire family after 6 months of dating

For Timothee Chalamet, being introduced to Kylie Jenner's big sisters was always going to be a nerve-wracking moment.

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