57 minutes ago Rick Stein's son Jack shares 'perfect' roast potato recipe with 'crispier skin'

Jack Stein has shared his simple recipe for a 'perfect' roast potato - and it's all down to one key method he swears by

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23 hours ago BEL MOONEY: My dad made home movies of our families as our children grew up. Now my brother has edited the films

My son would dearly love to have some records of our family memories, as would I. But what can I do?

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2 hours ago 'I lost my son in a crash – I'm asking for change which would have stopped it'

Crystal Owen's son Harvey and three friends were killed in a crash in Wales last year

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22 hours ago Love Island's Montana Brown announces early arrival of baby girl and shares first family photo

Love Island star Montana Brown has given birth to her second child with fiancé Mark O'Connor - a baby girl - and shared the first adorable snap of her with her big brother Jude

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3 hours ago Is baldness a thing of the past? Or will it grow on us again? | Eva Wiseman

As hair-loss treatments improve, one wonders if we’ll start to get nostalgic for a good comboverIt is with mixed emotions that I announce the end of baldness. Rest in pates, old friend. This year will see the very last generation of men who, having arrived at the threshold of their 30s, are forced to accept the loss of their hair, with all their future sons and grandsons nipping instead to Turkey for a little implant and some kofta. Gone today, hair tomorrow.It’s true, look around. Compared with the Sean Connerys and Bruce Willises of yore, the number of bald celebrities on screen today can be counted on a single fist. The surgical technology has evolved, the transplants have become more accessible, the preventative drugs have improved, the death of bald is nigh. Like combovers, the hair plugs bring their own acts of faith of course, with hairlines so straight and thick it appears sometimes as if they are creeping down the face at night like a mask – every time I see one on telly I’...

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32 hours ago Inside UK seaside town named Las Vegas of the North which tourists love

Tourists keep coming back to Blackpool year-after-year, with its impressive coastline and amusements keeping that retro, candyfloss, seaside feel for decades

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3 hours ago ‘Animals can feel good and evil’: film puts new perspective on Ukraine war

Collection of seven shorts due out in 2025 tells story of conflict from perspective of animalsThe occupying Russian soldiers paid little attention to the elderly woman shuffling through the farmland surrounding the villages outside Kyiv, taking her goat to pasture. But she was focused closely on them. After locating their positions, she headed back home with the goat, and later called her grandson, a soldier in the Ukrainian army, to give the coordinates.The story is one of seven episodes, based on real events from the first year of Russia’s full-scale invasion but lightly fictionalised, that make up a feature film about the war in Ukraine, due out later this year. All seven of the shorts have one thing in common: they tell the story of the conflict from the perspective of animals. Continue reading...

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28 hours ago Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman's son Connor shares rare photos as he celebrates 30th birthday

Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman's son Connor Cruise celebrated his 30th birthday on Friday.

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5 hours ago Families of wildfire victims mired in grief, questioning what more could have been done

Many families in California are full of grief and questions about what more they could have done to save their loved ones from the deadly wildfires

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3 hours ago Ashley Cain says 'I want to feel grief forever' after welcoming two sons

EXCLUSIVE: Ashley Cain has become a father of three in the last two years and has opened up about how his grief over the loss of his daughter Azaylia has affected him

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6 hours ago US cities largely saw a drop in violent crime in 2024, yet many still feel unsafe

As U.S. police departments release preliminary or finalized 2024 crime numbers, many are reporting historic declines in homicides and drops in other violent crimes compared to 2023

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4 hours ago Inside Ashley Cain's love life from Safiyya's heartbreak to mystery of new babies

Former Ex On The Beach star Ashley Cain was in a relationship with dental nurse Safiyya Vorajee from 2018 until their heartbreaking split in 2022 following the death of their baby

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8 hours ago Sir Rod Stewart continues to celebrate his milestone 80th birthday alongside stunning wife Penny Lancaster, 53, and lookalike son Aiden, 12, at star

The singer was joined by stunning wife Penny Lancaster , 53, lookalike son Aiden, 12, as well as famous pals including Rolling Stones ' Ronnie Wood , 77, and wife Sally, 47.

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4 hours ago Ashley Cain breaks silence over two sons as he speaks out about becoming a new dad again

Ashley Cain has opened up about his life since becoming a father to two young sons, as he says they are helping to heal his heart following passing of daughter Azaylia

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9 hours ago Midwives told: Learn about white privilege before you can deliver babies

The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) wants universities to 'challenge the implicit and explicit legacies of colonial perspectives' during pregnancy and birth.

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4 hours ago Ashley Cain opens up on becoming a new dad again and says his sons will know all about late Azaylia

EXCLUSIVE: Ex on The Beach's Ashley Cain has opened up on fatherhood as he talks being a dad to his two sons Aliyas and Atlas and remembering his late daughter Azaylia

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11 hours ago Christina Aguilera continues to show off her dramatic weight loss in a stylish shirt and shimmering skirt amid Ozempic rumours as she attends the Joy Awards in Saudi Arabia

The songstress, 44, who has been rumoured to have used Ozempic after dropping a whopping 40lbs, looked typically stylish in a sheer white shirt and shimmering silver maxi skirt.

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5 hours ago Dundee Utd making Will Ferry feel like a 'proper' footballer after sliding doors moment on different path to Bundesliga pal

The irishman was relegated with Cheltenham just as Nathan Tella was lifting the German title with Bayer Leverkusen

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17 hours ago John Swinney hails tragic Denis Law as 'one of Scotland’s greatest sons'

"I’m terribly sorry and saddened by the passing of Denis Law. He was a giant of Scottish football."

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5 hours ago 'Absolutely beautiful' Fenty lingerie that's 'so pretty' it makes shoppers feel 'so sexy'

Embrace your inner goddess to celebrate the most romantic time of the year

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17 hours ago Gladiators host Barney Walsh’s ‘nepo baby’ fightback and past court appearance

Barney Walsh, the son of popular TV presenter Bradley Walsh, has also starred in Casualty

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11 hours ago Trump heads for DC with Melania and Barron to kick off inauguration festivities after Jared, Ivanka, and Eric catch a flight on his plane

The president elect boarded a U.S. government plane shortly after family members boarded his own jet. He was accompanied by Melania and son Barron.

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19 hours ago Tributes paid to Hillsborough campaigner who led fight for justice after son's death at tragedy

Phil Hammond, the former chairman of the Hillsborough Family Support Group, was remembered as a “very kind, fair, honest and humble man”

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20 hours ago Love Island star Montana Brown welcomes second child early: We’re over the moon

The former Love Island contestant announced she had given birth by sharing a photo of her cradling the newborn to her Instagram Story.

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21 hours ago Sex, drugs and a lot more than rock’n’roll: 50 years of Triple J, Australia’s youth radio station

On this day in 1975, 2JJ – which later became Triple J – started broadcasting, exposing Australia to banned songs, swear words and radical politics. Those who were there reflect on the anarchy and the legacyFifty years since the launch of 2JJ, or Double Jay – the station that became Triple J in 1981 – radio’s former enfant terrible is now legacy media. Once the cornerstone of Australian popular music and youth culture, it risks irrelevance as listener numbers dwindle in the face of social media and streaming services. Or, as its defenders will argue, maybe the critics are simply nostalgic for when Australia’s youth radio station was aimed at them: there is a saying within the ABC that on the second day that Double Jay was on air, someone rang up and complained that it wasn’t as good as it used to be.When Double Jay launched at 11am on Sunday 19 January 1975, the brief from Arthur Wyndam, then ABC’s head of radio, was that the station should: give public concerts, expose the public t...

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20 hours ago 'I gave my son a name to embrace his Irish roots – but I can't pronounce it'

A mum has been criticised online after a run-in with an Irish person made her realise she doesn't know how to pronounce her own son's name – as some have called her 'cruel'

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22 hours ago Ben Affleck enjoys outing with his cheery middle child Fin after drone probe from FBI amid LA fires

The 52-year-old actor shares Fin, 16, as well as his daughter Violet, 19, and son Samuel, 12, with his amicable first ex-wife Jennifer Garner.

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21 hours ago Mum's chilling last words after taking son from school – 'you'll never find him'

Not long after six-year-old Timmothy Pitzen was dropped off at school, his mum, Amy picked him up never to be seen again - her body was later found in a motel alongside a harrowing note

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22 hours ago Tributes to Hillsborough campaigner who lost teenage son in the disaster

'His role in the fight for truth and justice over the Hillsborough disaster will never be forgotten'

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23 hours ago 'I was so scared of fish that I couldn't even watch Finding Nemo with my son'. Lynsey is one of the millions who suffers from strange phobias

For much of her life, Lynsey Chalmers, 30, couldn't bear to be beside the seaside. Aquariums, too, were off limits, as were ponds. A goldfish bowl would trigger cold sweats.

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26 hours ago ‘She couldn’t walk, she couldn’t talk’: music therapy helped Joni Mitchell recover from a stroke – could it ward off depression and dementia too?

When his friend, the legendary songwriter, had a catastrophic stroke, neuroscientist Daniel Levitin put together a programme of music therapy. Now he’s recommending it for a whole range of conditionsIn 2015, Joni Mitchell suffered a catastrophic stroke. According to her friend, the musician and neuroscientist Daniel Levitin, “when she got back from the hospital, she couldn’t walk and she couldn’t talk, and the doctors were so pessimistic about her recovery, they hadn’t scheduled any follow-ups”. For a while it looked as though one of the most gifted songwriters of the 20th century would be permanently silenced.One day, though, the nurses caring for her at her home found Levitin’s number on a piece of paper in the kitchen, and called him. They had noticed that Mitchell perked up when she heard music coming from their phones, and wondered if he had any suggestions for songs she might respond to. Remarkably, he’d helped her compile a CD of her favourite tracks for a seri...

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23 hours ago ‘The two of us book a karaoke room for an hour. It’s like tiramisu for the soul’ What’s on your dopamine menu?

From a ‘starter’ of dishing out compliments to a ‘dessert’ of smashing laptops in rage rooms, scientists and authors share 15 ‘portion-sized’ ideas for a positivity boostDopamine has a reputation as the body’s “feelgood” hormone, but it’s “really more about motivation than about positive affect”, says happiness researcher Sonja Lyubomirsky. This is the chemical that nudges you towards things you enjoy, helping you muster the effort required to attend a party you’re on the fence about, then showering you with a sense of reward when you actually have a great time. Dopamine works with other neurotransmitters like serotonin to give you a sense of momentum: do one thing to give yourself a mood boost, and the cascading effects of that decision can help you break out of a rut and resuscitate your zest for life. January, with its clean slate, is the ideal time to rev this process up.Enter the concept of the dopamine menu: a fresh sheet of stimulating activities designed to lift your spirits...

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29 hours ago ‘It raised our spirits’: Palestinian refugees in Syria on the ceasefire in Gaza

Yarmouk camp residents lived through fighting and starvation in the Syrian civil war and feel intimately connected to the suffering in the Gaza StripAfter 15 months of watching their relatives suffering in Gaza, residents of the Yarmouk Palestinian refugee camp in Damascus finally breathed a sigh of relief. The war in the besieged Palestinian territory was soon to be over.“Hearing that the fighting will finally stop, it raised our spirits. We don’t have any work or money, but now we have something at least to make us happy, now you hear people laughing in the streets,” said Rbeia Abu Hmeida, 45, a Palestinian refugee who lives in the Yarmouk camp. Continue reading...

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23 hours ago Love Island star Montana Brown gives birth to second child and shares first adorable pic

Love Island star Montana Brown revealed her second tot's arrival was 'early' as she posted a touching first photo of her newborn baby alongside herself and her beau

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31 hours ago Mum's nine last words to son, 17, as he dies of stab wounds in sickening murder

Theresa Cave found her son Chris, who was about to become a dad, slumped on a stairwell as paramedics in Redcar, North Yorkshire, tried to save his life following the knife attack

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24 hours ago Our son was lured into a dark web forum while gaming – 50 days later, he took his own life

Christoforos Nicolaou, 15, was blackmailed through an online gaming forum. Now his parents are fighting to protect others from the same fate

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27 hours ago Inside the vibrant Mumbai apartment of Bollywood film star Sonam Kapoor

With vibrant artworks, sumptuous carvings and bespoke upholstery, this Indian apartment is as dramatic as its owner, film actress SONAM KAPOOR

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28 hours ago Prime Target: Leo Woodall is TV’s most charmless man in this rollickingly silly maths thriller

This entertaining, high concept drama rattles along at quite the pace. It’s very watchable, even if its main character is a sullen grump – and it can feel like prestige TV by numbersEvery actor needs a speciality; Leo Woodall just happens to be really good at portraying total arseholes. In the irresistibly grubby second season of luxury hotel-based The White Lotus, he was smarmy Essex boy Jack, the “naughty nephew” of an apparently affluent British expat. But as his poor gullible mark Portia discovered, this cheeky chappy was, in fact, a manipulative conman. Next, he starred as Dexter Mayhew in Netflix’s note-perfect adaptation of David Nicholls’s romantic odyssey One Day. The handsome, privileged Dex was just about bearable until he became a TV presenter – at which point his natural talents for narcissism, cruelty and carelessness really started to shine through.By all accounts, Woodall’s talent for playing unpleasant men bears no relation to his actual personality – but the 28-yea...

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28 hours ago Meghan Markle sends secret message to son Archie in her new Netflix trailer

An eagle-eyed expert has spotted a sweet tribute from Meghan to her young son Archie in the trailer for her upcoming lifestyle show on Netflix, With Love, Meghan

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