69 m. ago What Rayner’s crackdown on child benefit will really mean for middle

A leaked government memo reveals that Angela Rayner wants to stop child benefit handouts to middle-class mums. The trouble is, says Charlotte Cripps, many on her hit list might have middle-class backgrounds but can no longer match them economically

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71 m. ago Kyiv suffers night of hell with explosions and apocalyptic fires as Putin unleashes 'record number of Iskander

Apocalyptic scenes unfolded during more than seven hours of bombardment with missiles and drones amid claims the Kremlin deployed more deadly missiles than ever before.

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2 h. ago David Beckham and Gary Neville refuse to copy Ryan Reynolds after buying out Man Utd icons

David Beckham and Gary Neville completed the takeover of Salford City this month, but their spending will be vastly different from the amounts Wrexham co-owner Ryan Reynolds has put into his club

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2 h. ago Blacklisted fashion photographer Terry Richardson returns to the newsstands

Arena Homme+ publishes cover shots and portfolio eight years after sexual misconduct allegations surfacedEight years after major fashion brands and publications said they would no longer work with Terry Richardson, following a string of allegations of sexual misconduct made against the renowned fashion photographer, he now appears to be making a comeback.This week, the magazine Arena Homme+ unveiled its latest issue, featuring two covers shot by Richardson and an accompanying portfolio. One cover consists of an image of a toilet cubicle graffitied with the text “Punk rock ruined my life.” Another is a shot of a cardboard cutout of Donald Trump’s face. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago Here's how much attending a wedding solo will set you back after Brit's battle 'singles tax'

The cost of weddings is creeping up, especially for those who will be attending alone - however Tinder are helping singletons find their perfect wedding plus ones

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3 h. ago Putin unleashes night of hell on Kyiv with missile and drone attack on Ukraine capital

Vladimir Putin's forces battered Kyiv overnight with a seven-hour bombardment of missiles and drones with images of massive explosions as people ran to underground metro shelters

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3 h. ago 'I put the tan Sabrina Carpenter swears by to the test on my pale skin—I can't believe the results'

Both Sydney Sweeney and Sabrina Carpenter love this fake tan, and after they used it for the Met Gala, Shopper Writer Meghan had to try it to see if it would give her very pale skin the same sun-kissed glow

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4 h. ago Supermarket that was cheaper than Aldi and Lidl at the start of the year is now most expensive of all

For most of January the retailer was cheapest of all the main supermarkets

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5 h. ago Tim Dowling: let my tortoise’s humiliating mishap be a lesson to him

A freak thunderstorm soaks the middle one on his way to our house (he’s come to raid the fridge), but the real drama is the toppled tortoise After an hour’s work on a hot morning I leave my office shed and return to the kitchen for a coffee. Halfway there I find the tortoise lying on his back on the path. He can’t have been there for more than an hour, as he wasn’t there when I came out.“What happened to you?” I say, setting him on his feet. But it’s pretty obvious what happened: he tried to exit the garden bed by climbing over the border of diagonally laid bricks and overbalanced. It’s an obstacle he surmounts without difficulty between five and 10 times a day in the warmer months, but occasionally – perhaps once every four years – he puts a foot wrong. So far, I have always been there to turn him back over. Continue reading...

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5 h. ago ‘Fiddler on the Roof is in my DNA’: how the West End revival dances on the edge of tradition

After winning five-star reviews and 13 Olivier nominations, Jordan Fein’s earthy take on the 1964 musical is transferring to the Barbican ahead of a UK tour. Alice Saville speaks with the director and the cast about transplanting their Jewish shtetl

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5 h. ago Wes Anderson ranked, from The Phoenician Scheme to The Grand Budapest Hotel

As the man behind ‘The Royal Tenenbaums’ and ‘Asteroid City’ unveils his latest film, ‘The Phoenician Scheme’, Clarisse Loughrey ranks the output so far from one of modern cinema’s most aesthetically rich and emotionally astute filmmakers

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5 h. ago Eddie Marsan: ‘You are never gonna satisfy racists – it’s their hobby, they’re addicted to it’

The prolific actor plays an American forensic expert in the BBC’s new drama ‘The Bombing of Pan Am 103’. Eddie Marsan talks to Hannah Ewens about how he escaped typecasting, where Keir Starmer is failing, how to deal with racists, and his future as a director

Events

5 h. ago Thousands of Brits due £90 refund after changes to major debt rule

The Insolvency Service has written to thousands of people who could be due the refund

Economics

7 h. ago Freedom of the Press Foundation says it will sue Paramount if it settles with Trump over 60 Minutes lawsuit

FPF said corporations that own news outlets ‘should not be in the busines”s of settling “baseless lawsuits that clearly violate the First Amendment and put other media outlets at risk’

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7 h. ago I found crystal blue waters and fairy tale village just one hour from UK

The whole trip cost me just £200, an incredible bargain considering how much there is to do there

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7 h. ago He became a hated man as a judge jailed him for 32 years. But the court didn't know one thing

It took Brian Buckle five years and cost him £500,000 before he was able to clear his name

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7 h. ago Arsenal transfer news: Gunners stance on Rodrygo as Mikel Arteta handed blow

Arsenal's upcoming summer transfer window will be crucial to their hopes of silverware next season as they aim to put the pain of losing the Premier League title behind them and add some much-needed firepower to their squad

Sport

7 h. ago M&S cyber attack: Everything we know so far and when online orders might return

The supermarket giant M&S this week revealed that the Easter weekend cyber attack is expected to cost the company around £300million

Events

9 h. ago Donald Trump is branded an 'a***hole' by his own niece in scathing put

Donald Trump's enemies are hungry to open the eyes of all who support him, but his fans say the US President is the antidote to the "established way" which they say failed

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11 h. ago Poland presidential debate puts Ukraine and Europe centre stage

Rafał Trzaskowski, from the governing pro-EU coalition, faces Eurosceptic populist rightwing historian Karol Nawrocki ahead of run-offPolish presidential candidates offered different visions of Poland and its relations with Ukraine in a televised debate ahead of next week’s run-off, which remains on a knife-edge.During a head-to-head debate lasting two hours, the centrist Warsaw mayor Rafał Trzaskowski, from prime minister Donald Tusk’s governing pro-European coalition, faced the Eurosceptic historian Karol Nawrocki, backed by the populist rightwing Law and Justice party (PiS). Continue reading...

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