37 minutes ago The kindness of strangers: it was the jacket of my dreams – then he offered it to me at a price I could afford

The Australian dollar-to-euro exchange rate meant I’d be forking out over a week’s wages. Then the Paris shop owner said simply: ‘That jacket was meant for you’Read more in the kindness of strangers seriesWhen I think of random acts of kindness, I think of Paris. This may come as a shock to some, but as a tourist I’ve had more offers of help in Paris than anywhere else in the world. I have had more suitcases carried up flights of stairs or lifted on to luggage racks and been offered more seats on the metro than I can count – dating back well before I considered myself ancient enough to qualify.My most recent trip there was for a precious weekend reunion with an English friend. On our last day together, we meandered along the tasteful street that runs the length of the Île Saint-Louis, stopping outside a boutique whose window displayed the jacket of my dreams. Continue reading...

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6 hours ago Blue Origin rocket launch cancelled as Jeff Bezos tries to rival Elon Musk’s SpaceX

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6 hours ago Watch: Amazon boss Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin rocket launch to rival Elon Musk’s SpaceX cancelled

Watch as Amazon boss Jeff Bezos's Blue Origin attempted to launch its New Glenn rocket for the first time from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on Monday, 13 January.

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Watch as Amazon boss Jeff Bezos's Blue Origin attempted to launch its New Glenn rocket for the first time from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on Monday, 13 January.

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31 hours ago Five sunny destinations for January travel – including hotspot with £17.99 flights

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2 hours ago Nicola Sturgeon and Peter Murrell: Key moments from their marriage and subsequent investigation

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3 hours ago UFC icon Khabib Nurmagomedov removed from plane after interaction with ‘rude’ staff

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2 hours ago Tributes to Leicester City's 'adored' billionaire owner Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha as inquest opens into helicopter fireball tragedy that killed pilot and four passengers

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11 hours ago Frontier Airlines is offering a year’s worth of free flights — here’s how to claim it

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2 hours ago Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin rocket launch cancelled SIX minutes before take off

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17 hours ago Labour's Tulip Siddiq is under fresh pressure to quit as Bangladesh's new leader says London properties given to the anti

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17 hours ago Max George reveals new health fears as he faces a gruesome lung operation after undergoing life

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3 hours ago LA fires horror in full from toxic water to deadly air and twist that could destroy whole city

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4 hours ago Once a site of horror, a tiny Caribbean island could become a Garifuna shrine

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24 hours ago Boeing production in 2024 expected to be less than half of rival Airbus

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4 hours ago Man killed and woman in hospital after major crash on busy Scottish country road

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5 hours ago Model, 37, dies after horror fall from apartment building balcony in Bali

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6 hours ago Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket launch flops in failed challenge to Elon Musk's SpaceX

The New Glenn rocket was due to take off from Cape Canaveral in Florida for the first time in the early hours of Monday morning but the launch was cancelled after several delays

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