2 hours ago Relax, Australia: confected outrage about Sam Konstas hides the real issue | Barney Ronay

The energy expended on my ‘Ashes war of words’ would be better directed at the fight for the future of Test cricketAustralia: an apology. Earlier this week I wrote an article that compared one of that nation’s brightest sporting stars to a comedic figure with a short-lived pop celebrity lifespan, causing outrage among Australia’s media and elite cricketers. It was cheap, disrespectful and unfair. It is now time to make amends. Raygun, I’m sorry. I’m sorry I compared you to Sam Konstas.Joke! Just a joke. It was all just a joke. In fact, it was a single line buried 1,400 words into a 1,700-word article about the future of Test cricket. Referring to the fevered public reaction to Konstas scoring an unorthodox half-century on his Test debut, I wrote: “There was a sense during the India series of Konstas being installed as a cricketing version of Raygun the Olympic breakdancer, a fun, gimmicky approximation of the real thing.” Continue reading...

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18 hours ago Mouthwatering air fryer recipes by JAMIE OLIVER. These meals are all quick and healthy

He's Britain's most popular TV chef - now let Jamie Oliver be the first to show you how versatile your air fryer can be. These recipes are from the chef's new book, Easy Air Fryer.

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4 hours ago River Island's 'lush' £28 'trendy' denim bag is 'just like' £375 Coach version

Fashion lovers can't get enough of River Island's chic denim bag with a monogram print and decorative charm

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58 minutes ago Did Unity Mitford have sex with Hitler? The Mail's new podcast reveals every scandalous detail in the notorious debutante's unseen diary

Set across four episodes and released today, Hitler's English Girlfriend: The Secret Diary of Unity Mitford explores every salacious detail recorded by the debutante.

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23 hours ago Roman Roadchef! Archaeologists uncover a 'service station' in Gloucester where ancient travellers would have stopped for 'fast food' 2,000 years ago

Archeologists have discovered the foundations of a Roman 'service station' by the A147 in the Cotswolds, about five miles south of Cheltenham.

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16 hours ago This £60 black leather trench coat is the best alternative to Hailey Bieber's trending £8k version

Hailey Bieber has been wearing her £8,300 Saint Laurent black leather trench coat has been all over our Instagram feeds - but we've found a £60 alternative that looks just as chic

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10 hours ago Love Island: All Stars' Casey O'Gorman sends shockwaves through the villa as he 'casually' admits he has ALREADY slept with bombshell Tina Stinnes

The reality star, 28, is appearing on the spin-off version of the ITV2 show and when series two contestant Tina, 29, arrived on Friday night, he made a confession/

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24 hours ago Robots the size of grain of rice that can travel through brain to carry out surgery

Robeauté’s microrobots can enter the brain to diagnose, treat and monitor neurological conditions in a way that was previously impossible

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4 hours ago Heartbreaking find in ancient Pompeii highlights people's dilemma when volcano erupted

Some of those who left Pompeii immediately after Mount Vesuvius exploded in AD79 survived

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16 hours ago Hailey Bieber’s £8k black leather trench coat is trending and we found a £60 version

Hailey Bieber has been wearing her £8k YSL leather trench coat on repeat, and the look is trending as a chic way to stay warm in the winter so we found the perfect £60 alternative

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21 hours ago Judge allows lawsuit aiming to restrict abortion pills across US to proceed

Texas judge Matthew Kacsmaryk rules attorneys general of Idaho, Kansas and Missouri can continue mifepristone caseA lawsuit that aims to restrict nationwide access to abortion pills can proceed, a federal judge in Texas ruled on Thursday, months after the US supreme court rebuked an earlier version of the lawsuit over a legal technicality.The US judge Matthew Kacsmaryk is allowing the attorneys general of Idaho, Kansas and Missouri to continue a case that takes aim at the FDA’s regulation of mifepristone, a drug typically used in medication abortions. Joe Biden’s Department of Justice had asked for the case to be dismissed, arguing that the attorneys general had no real link to Kacsmaryk’s court in the northern district of Texas. Continue reading...

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14 hours ago Archaeologists unearth remarkable preserved Pompeii bathhouse in ‘once

Spectacular bathhouses used to entertain Pompeiian’s in private home

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18 hours ago Man City: Thiago Motta makes Andrea Cambiaso decision as City 'prepare £65m bid' for Juventus defender

City’s interest in the versatile full-back has been confirmed as Pep Guardiola seeks defensive reinforcements

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24 hours ago How missing fragments of ancient Stone of Destiny were hidden in plain sight for decades

The exact location of most of these small chips lost in the famous theft from Westminster Abbey remains a mystery

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20 hours ago Lost Ella Fitzgerald recordings to be released – including her take on 60s pop

Oakland concert recording from 1967 features jazz standards alongside unheard Fitzgerald versions of the era’s hits, including Alfie and Music to Watch Girls ByLost recordings of a 1967 Ella Fitzgerald concert, including her spin on the era’s pop songs such as Alfie and Music to Watch Girls By, have been rediscovered and prepared for release.The iconic jazz vocalist was recorded live at the Oakland Coliseum, California, in June of that year, but until recently the tapes languished in the private collection of Norman Granz, the late founder of Verve Records. Continue reading...

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19 hours ago Ninja's 'king' of kitchen appliances that 'cooks everything' slashed by over £90

The firm's Foodi MAX 15-in1 SmartLid Multi-Cooker is said to be a "versatile" kitchen gadget that "cooks everything."

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25 hours ago WORLD EXCLUSIVE: Unseen for 80 years, the secret diary with extraordinary insights into Hitler's private life that will shock the globe

In a world publishing coup, decades after being lost, the discovery of the intimate and horrifying leather-bound journal by the Mail is set to cause a global sensation.

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21 hours ago The untold story of the gladiator and one of Britain's most remarkable archaeological finds

Research is revealing the hidden story of one of Britain’s most intriguing archaeological finds

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21 hours ago Home Bargains fans impressed by £4 'magic cream' that 'plumps and firms' skin

The budget retailer is selling an affordable version of one of the UK's most popular moisturisers - Charlotte Tilbury's Magic Cream

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26 hours ago 3 lawyers for the late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny are jailed by a Russian court

Three lawyers who once represented the late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny have been jailed in Russia as part of the Kremlin’s crackdown on dissent that has reached levels unseen since Soviet times

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21 hours ago ‘A nice little cameo that Judi Dench hasn’t got her paws on’: Joan Plowright’s screen career blossomed with age | Peter Bradshaw

Her film breakthrough in 1960’s The Entertainer was a harbinger of the calmness and strength she brought as a distinguished character actor – and as her lovable self in Nothing Like a DameJoan Plowright dies aged 95Michael Billington: Plowright was a dynamic forceJoan Plowright: a life in picturesOne of Joan Plowright’s greatest screen performances came towards the very end of her career: a gloriously subtle, lovable appearance on Roger Michell’s documentary Nothing Likea Dame from 2018, with four great dames of the British acting profession – Plowright, Eileen Atkins, Judi Dench and Maggie Smith – assembling like Marvel superheroes at the country home that Plowright shared with her late husband Laurence Olivier to drink tea and swap uproarious anecdotes and sharp observations about the acting profession and the sexism they and their younger colleagues continue to face.The then 89-year-old Plowright, despite her failing health and eyesight, exchanges affectionate badinage with the o...

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22 hours ago 'Lovely' M&S £10 perfume that's 'very similar' to popular £107 designer version

The sweet pistachio-scented perfume is perfect for spring - and it's a fraction of the price of a much more expensive favourite

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29 hours ago AP PHOTOS: Scrawled on walls of Assad's prisons, graffiti express fears, loves of tormented Syrians

Languishing in a dungeon cell of Syria’s then-ruler Bashar Assad, surrounded by death and torture, an unknown prisoner scrawled a verse of Arabic poetry on his cell wall -– an expression of pain and love.

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22 hours ago New Pompeii excavation reveals a large private thermal complex built 2,000 years ago

Pompeii, the ancient Roman city buried by ash and lava in 70 AD, has unearthed a new treasure: a private bathhouse built 2,000 years ago

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34 hours ago Search for 30 missing fragments from ancient Stone of Destiny after Westminster Abbey heist

The exact location of most of these small chips remains a mystery

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22 hours ago The Traitors most eligible bachelor! Viewers swoon over dashing ex diplomat Alexander and his 'Bond vibes'

Giving off a Milk Tray Man air in a black roll neck jumper, Alexander, 38, launched into operatic versions of nursery rhymes with gusto in Thursday's episode of The Traitors.

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22 hours ago The untold story of the gladiator and Britain's most remarkable archaeological find

Research is revealing the hidden story of one of Britain’s most intriguing archaeological finds

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23 hours ago Revealed: The popular soaps, shampoos and dental products that could harm your immune system, according to experts

Experts have warned using some versions of these products designed to keep us clean could indiscriminately wipe-out out those microorganisms that are actually good for our health.

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24 hours ago Breakthrough Scottish tennis star to learn from ‘best in world' after Australian Open exit

Emerging talent takes heart from Zverev defeat

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25 hours ago A billionaire, his controversial mansion and the ancient discovery that could derail it all

Soho House boss told mansion could be on site of Iron Age hillfort

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33 hours ago Aston Martin's plot to take over Formula One: JONATHAN McEVOY reveals how a Canadian fashion billionaire hell

Lawrence Stroll is a serial success story, a Canadian fashion billionaire who will stop at nothing in pursuit of what he wants. What he wants most is to turn Aston Martin into the greatest team on the planet.

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