15 minutes ago The gorgeous village an hour from Greater Manchester you need to visit this Christmas

Wrap up warm and enjoy a wintery walk in this village, which feels like stepping back in time

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35 minutes ago Faced with Trump and Farage, Britain’s natural ally is Europe | William Keegan

The Labour party’s determination to stick to Brexit simply condemns the UK to fight a lone hand against the far-right forces ranged against itThe sight of other world leaders toadying up to the US president-elect – the criminal Donald Trump – and his henchman Elon Musk is distasteful enough, but in the world of realpolitik they probably feel they have no option.The great American journalist HL Mencken did not live to see the fulfilment of his 1920 prophecy that “one day the White House will be occupied by a downright fool and complete narcissistic moron” but he is no doubt turning in his grave. Continue reading...

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95 minutes ago The Don, London: ‘The expectation was for something warmer’ – restaurant review

The menu here was overseen by Rowley Leigh, but his generous touch in the kitchen is missingThe Don, 20 St Swithin’s Lane, London EC4N 8AD. Starters £14.50–£19.50, mains £22.50–£47.50, desserts £11.50–£12.50, wines from £35The Don in London’s Square Mile is a chilly restaurant. It’s not simply that on this grey November lunchtime, the vent to our left is pumping frigid air into the room, as if they failed to notice the clocks went back weeks ago. It’s also the hard-lined space with the slab-like picture windows looking out on to St Swithin’s Lane. It’s the parquet and the bright lights, the hefty chairs upholstered in a frosty shade of cadet blue, and the desperate attempt to soften everything with a large fern imprint on a taupe wall. The tables are set just far enough apart so diners can plot against their rivals and mutter “your shout or mine” at each other without being overheard. It feels like an overworked TV production designer’s idea of a City restaurant, from which at any m...

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2 hours ago Aston Villa legend's transfer warning rings true after more Jhon Duran heroics

Aston Villa striker Jhon Duran was on target again in their big win over Manchester City - and Alan McInally feels that further transfer interest in the Colombian is nailed on

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2 hours ago ‘She should have a bit of me’: the Dutch mothers fighting for their children to carry their surname

Women are challenging the law that prevents them giving their kids both family names without father’s consentWhen 43-year-old Rebecca Lee took her birth mother’s Korean surname, it was a revelation. “I was adopted and got a Dutch name but I never felt completely Dutch,” she says. “When, a few years ago, I first went to Korea, things fell into place. You don’t just go ‘one, two, three’ and change your name, but now I feel more whole.”The entrepreneur from Groningen split from her husband and wants to give her five-year-old daughter “Lee” as part of a double-barrelled surname – but she cannot, under a Dutch law that some women, a leftwing MP and legal experts believe is unfair. Continue reading...

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3 hours ago Scots Labour received Cammy Day sexual harassment complaint years before suspension

SUNDAY MAIL EXCLUSIVE: The complaint from a constituent alleged Day had sent persistent and unsolicited intimate images which made the person feel uncomfortable.

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6 hours ago Tottenham v Liverpool: Best bets for all Sunday’s Premier League games

Our betting expert with tips for a forecast thriller at Spurs, Manchester United against Bournemouth, Everton-Chelsea and Fulham v Southampton PLUS a La Liga angle

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13 hours ago Fearne Cotton 'grateful' as she updates fans on her health after tumour surgery

Fearne Cotton has said that she is "feeling grateful" after undergoing an operation to remove two benign tumours from her jaw area.

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14 hours ago ‘She won’t disappear’: Gisèle Pelicot’s lawyers on what she will do next

The 72-year-old is relieved but takes ‘no satisfaction’ in seeing other families broken up, lawyer saysIt took just over four years, and 67 days in court, but Gisèle Pelicot is said to feel “relieved and appeased” about the judges’ decision to convict all the men accused of raping or sexually assaulting her while she was drugged and unconscious.After a final declaration that she “respected” the sentences handed down in Avignon, her lawyers said she was now “absolutely exhausted” and glad the marathon trial was over. Continue reading...

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