2 h. ago Dreamers review – this teen dance drama is too subtle for its own good. Where’s the debauchery?

Where other teen shows ramp up the sex, drugs and scandal, this Leeds-set saga about rivalries in a dance school keeps it real – so real it almost refuses to be entertainingThe implausibility of the teen drama may well be the genre’s defining feature. In the 00s, we were subjected to untold glamour and relentless wisecracking by US imports such as The OC and Gossip Girl. The UK equivalent was Skins, in which a group of Bristolian party animals managed to make practically every personal problem known to man look intimidatingly cool. More recently, we’ve had mind-blowing levels of debauchery from Euphoria, mind-blowing levels of sexual literacy and candour from Sex Education and mind-blowing levels of heartwarming niceness from Heartstopper. All of it is ludicrous in its own way.Dreamers is different. It is realistic – jarringly so. That’s both a pro and a con for this Channel 4 drama about a group of teenage dancers living in Leeds. The series – written by Lisa Holdsworth (Waterloo R...

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9 h. ago Dog owners should hide this Easter treat as it's a harmful risk to pets

This Easter treat can prove to be fatal if your dog accidently consumes it.

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9 h. ago Kelsey Parker's heartbreaking message to Tom for anniversary of his death on Mother's Day

Tom Parker died three years ago today after being diagnosed with a tumour, and his widowed wife Kelsey overlooked Mother's Day as she honoured him in a moving post featuring their two kids

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11 h. ago Forget Ashton Hall's 3:50am alarm! Scientists reveal the ultimate morning routine (and it doesn't involve banana skins, ice facials, or mouth tape!)

While Ashton Hall's videos have taken the internet by storm, experts have warned that some of his practices can actually be dangerous. Here's what they say you should do instead.

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11 h. ago Who is in the cast of This City is Ours? BBC actors and where you know them from

This City is Ours features plenty of famous faces in its cast 👀

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12 h. ago The Yorkshire suburb hidden in plain sight that feels like a holiday resort

Thousands drive past every day oblivious to its hidden water features

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13 h. ago Democrats have never been so angry. Who will step up and lead them?

At rallies, town halls and protests, voters are unleashing their fury with Donald Trump, stoking what some believe is a populist backlashDemocrats are furious. And they want their leaders to get mad, too.“I wish you’d be angry,” a constituent told representative Gil Cisneros, a Democrat of California, at a recent town hall. At an event in Minnesota featuring a panel of Democratic attorneys general, an activist voiced a similar sentiment: “Get angry, man,” punctuating the message with a profanity. Continue reading...

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14 h. ago Protection ITV cast: who is in the show and where do you know them from?

Protection features plenty of recognisable faces - but where do you know them from? 👮 ♂️

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15 h. ago Notes on chocolate: more Easter eggs, because these are quite special

Sometimes you just want to splash out on something a little more luxuriousI really think this has to be my last column on Easter eggs, don’t you? One egg had sat on my sideboard for a few weeks. I didn’t hold out much hope for it, but it was wolfed down in two sittings (not just by me) with a strong recommend from my testers to ‘write how good it is’, so here you go: Coco Chemistry’s Large Milk Honeycomb Crunch egg, £25. (A dark chocolate version is also available.) This is not a craft-chocolate egg by any stretch, but maybe that’s not what people need all the time.Melt has two cute eggs, one is just milk and in very simple packaging with a cardboard bunny cut out. The idea is that you paint it and it comes in two sizes, from £14.50. The Breton eggs are beautiful to look at yet expensive at £69.99 each – but they are a hefty 700g and would easily satisfy a large group. We tested the pistachio and kataifi one – milk chocolate, pistachio, caramel blond chocolate and caramelised kataif...

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15 h. ago Rangers reverse 1992 classic as landmark appearance maker hits Dundee with ultimate sickener at 10th attempt

Rangers snatch victory from jaws of defeat

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16 h. ago ‘Their voices had been overlooked for so long’: the shocking hunt for the Gilgo Beach killer

The long and often shocking journey to finding the alleged killer of young women in Long Island is brought to a wider audience in a damning new Netflix seriesThe film-maker Liz Garbus was on vacation in July 2023 when she got the call that an arrest had finally been made in the case of the Long Island serial killer. Since 2010, when the bodies of four women were found along an isolated stretch of highway near Gilgo Beach, authorities had looked for a presumed serial killer with little progress and plenty of consternation. Garbus was one of the most prominent chroniclers of the grassroots effort to force authorities into action; her 2020 feature film Lost Girls, an adaptation of Robert Kolker’s book of the same name, depicted the fight by a group of working-class women to figure out what happened to their loved ones – all women who participated in sex work on Craigslist – with or largely without police help.It was the star of that film, Amy Ryan, who alerted Garbus to the arrest of R...

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16 h. ago Rangers reverse 1992 classic as landmark appearance maker hits Dundee with ultimate sickener at 12th attempt

Rangers snatch victory from jaws of defeat

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16 h. ago How to wear the updated 'pale' pastel colours trending this spring with outfits from £18

Pastel fashion is always on trend, but with Easter coming up, there's no better time to invest in some muted-tone fashion buys, and we've found the best on the high street from £18

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17 h. ago Ayrshire represented on the Tartan Week catwalk at Dressed To Kilt in New York

Ayrshire's own kiltmaker Graeme Bone and singer Jai McDowall will feature at the renowned Dressed To Kilt event in New York next week.

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18 h. ago Harry Lawtey on playing Richard Burton: ‘He felt embarrassed being an actor – it wasn’t a manly thing to do’

The ‘Industry’ star has left the small screen behind to play a real-life Welsh legend in the new film ‘Mr Burton’. He speaks to Olivia Petter about the backlash to his last movie ‘Joker: Folie à Deux’, class in the acting world, and why he’s said goodbye to the role that made his name

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19 h. ago European countries named best for holidays in April with 24C temps and short flights

From the insatiably popular Canary Islands to a tiny EU island crammed with history and sugar-like beaches, here are the sunniest spots to visit this Easter if you're in dire need of topping up your tan

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20 h. ago Mum splashes out £250,000 on dilapidated castle and plans to add 20 rooms and a full spa

Nicole Rudder took on the ultimate Grand Designs project when she bought the abandoned Garrion Tower, near Wishaw, in 2022.

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20 h. ago This busy Cardiff roundabout has one feature that'll stop you in your tracks

Hundreds of drivers pass the roundabout a day without knowing what is hidden beneath

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22 h. ago The Ultimate Guide to Hair Loss: from the best pillow material to the common bathroom product you should NEVER use, experts reveal how to stop the devastating process

While some forms of hair loss are irreversible, others can be improved. In our essential guide, we've teamed up with experts to find out the latest advice and treatments.

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23 h. ago Crispin Glover's dad Bruce dead at 92: Actor played a James Bond villain and featured in Chinatown

Crispin broke the news on his Instagram page, lovingly sharing a string of throwback photos of his father, whom he lost on March 12.

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