58 m. ago Food and accommodation payments made to disrupted CalMac passengers soar by 55 per cent

Scottish Conservatives claim payouts were all due to delays and cancellations caused by ageing fleet

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2 h. ago Oscar Piastri just taught Lando Norris a lesson and made stroppy Max Verstappen fume

Max Verstappen started the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix on pole but Oscar Piastri benefitted from a penalty for the Red Bull driver to win while Lando Norris limited the damage to his title charge

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3 h. ago Oscar Piastri storms to Saudi Arabian F1 GP win and now leads title race

McLaren man’s win catapults him 10pts clear in title raceMax Verstappen pays price for first-lap penaltyMaintaining a focus and equilibrium under pressure has always been one of the hallmarks of Formula One’s greatest proponents and Oscar ­Piastri is demonstrating it with striking assurance for one so young.His victory at the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, beating the world champion Max Verstappen, was an object lesson in the 24-year-old’s calm and confidence and his potential to take the title in only his third season. Continue reading...

Events

5 h. ago The Illegals by Shaun Walker review – Russian spies hiding in plain sight

The strange stories of the agents who lived apparently normal lives in the west as part of Soviet espionage programmes make compelling readingOne muggy afternoon in June 2010, Don Heathfield and his wife, Ann, were relaxing over a bottle of champagne with their two sons, Tim and Alex, when they heard a loud knocking at the door. The family was celebrating Tim’s 20th birthday at their comfortable home in Cambridge, Massachusetts, after lunch in a restaurant. Tim’s mother went to answer the door, calling out as she did so that some of his friends must have arrived to wish him a happy birthday. Instead she found a group of men dressed in black waiting on the doorstep. Bellowing “FBI”, they barged their way into the house and handcuffed Ann and her husband, before marching them outside and driving them away.Alex assumed that there had been a terrible mistake; his parents were much too boring to warrant such a dramatic arrest. But there was no mistake. His parents were not Don Heathfield...

Events

6 h. ago The shocking amount of sugar packed into a Cadbury Creme egg REVEALED

Chocolatey treats are permitted today but parents watching children scoff a Cadbury Creme Egg might be surprised to learn just how much sugar the seasonal candy packs in.

Events

7 h. ago The story behind the ramen delivery service that started on an industrial estate and now is beloved by celebrity chefs and critics

Matsudai Ramen has garnered huge success over recent years, but its owner James Chant still can't quite believe it has reached to this point

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7 h. ago EastEnders's Natalie Cassidy vents as she's forced to change Easter Sunday plans as 'card declined'

EastEnders legend Natalie Cassidy has been left enraged over the fact her food shop got cancelled after her bank card got declined - completely ruining her plans for an Easter Sunday lunch

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7 h. ago Savers born between these years could be due over £2,000 from HMRC account

Thousands may have forgotten about their long-term savings account, but now HMRC is warning all parents to take action and help their child cash in on their trust fund

Economics

7 h. ago Get a McDonald's Big Mac and fries for £1.99 using receipt method

A fast-food lover user has shared his 'go-to' McDonald's order as he claims to have found a trick that allows you to get a burger and fries for less than £2 on every visit

Economics

7 h. ago McDonald's fan shares 'easy' way to get £1.99 meal every time you visit

A McDonald's fan has shared a 'life hack' on social media to get a burger and chips for just £1.99,a and fast-food lovers are fuming they didn't know about it sooner

Economics

7 h. ago The London night out with absolutely zero judgement where people come together over food

The London night out with absolutely zero judgement where people come together over food  My London

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9 h. ago Voices: I’ve been bullied on the class WhatsApp – the parents are even worse than the kids

Schools are reportedly asking lawyers to draw up codes of conduct to help manage parent WhatsApp groups, but it’s not just teachers suffering abuse on them, says Caroline Brown, it’s parents like me

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9 h. ago How long does lamb last in the fridge? Can you freeze cooked lamb and how to store Easter leftovers safely

The last thing you want this Easter is food poisoning 🤢

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9 h. ago The end of WeightWatchers? How the dieting club lost out to slimming drugs

As the global enterprise grapples with reported debts of $1.4bn, its calorie-counting formula may have had its dayIt began as a support group for overweight New Yorkers in 1963 and ballooned into a multimillion pound global enterprise that has spent decades selling people the dream of long-term weight loss.The trademark WeightWatchers’ points-based programme has been followed by millions, with accompanying cookbooks, groceries, weekly weigh-ins and “judgment-free” meetings, and a food-tracking app. Continue reading...

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10 h. ago People only just learning how to get McDonald's meal for £1.99 on every visit

A fast-food lover has shared his go-to trick to get a Big Mac and medium fries for only £1.99 every time he visits his local branch – and it's quick and easy to do

Economics

10 h. ago It’s not too late to stop Trump and the Silicon Valley broligarchy from controlling our lives, but we must act now | Carole Cadwalladr

In her final piece for the Observer, Carole Cadwalladr reveals what happened when she returned last week to give the opening speech at technology conference Ted, where she gave her first – life-changing – talk six years agoTo walk into the lion’s den once might be considered foolhardy. To do so again after being mauled by the lion? It’s what ill-advised? Reckless? Suicidal? Six years ago I gave a talk at Ted, the world’s leading technology and ideas conference. It led to a gruelling lawsuit and a series of consequences that reverberate through my life to this day.And last week I returned. To give another talk that would incorporate some of my experience: a Ted Talk about being sued for giving a Ted Talk, and how the lessons I’d learned from surviving all that were a model for surviving “broligarchy” – a concept I first wrote about in the Observer in July last year: the alignment of Silicon Valley and autocracy, and a kind of power the world has never seen before. The key point I wan...

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11 h. ago Rangers lessons helped Aberdeen book Scottish Cup Final spot as Jimmy Thelin reveals key Hampden difference

The Dons saw off nine man Hearts to book a return to Hampden after Oday Dabbagh's late winner in extra-time

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12 h. ago Parents should stop being ‘child’s friend’ over phones – children’s commissioner

Nearly a quarter of children spend more than four hours a day on an internet-enabled device, a survey suggested earlier this month.

Society

12 h. ago Nigel Slater’s recipes for fettuccine with mussels and dill, and lemon Swiss roll

Combine classic pasta and a favourite old cake for a spring lunch full of bright colours and vivid flavoursMussels, ribbons of pasta, herbs and cream is a perfect marriage for a spring lunch. I sometimes fill a puff-pastry case with such an assembly or present it in a white porcelain dish with a splodge of creamy potato in the retro style of coquille St Jacques. (And when exactly did I last see that on a menu?) The mixture of shellfish and cream is one of my favourite pasta sauces, especially when I take a few minutes to remove the mussels from their shells.Any aniseed-scented herbs work, chervil or tarragon being good dill alternatives, but also fennel fronds. I even used celery the last time I made this, but you can also finely chop a bulb of fennel instead, letting it cook for a few minutes before you add the vermouth or white wine. You could also swap the mussels for clams, if you are the sort of person who doesn’t mind extricating the little chaps from their shells as you eat. ...

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12 h. ago Student thought pain was 'clutch leg' before tumour discovered

Immy, 20, had just started driving lessons in January 2022, aged 17, when she began getting "shooting pains" in her left knee and thigh

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