52 m. ago Murder on Line One review: Another British broadcaster hops on the whodunnit bandwagon

For many, the words “the first in a new murder mystery series from Jeremy Vine” will feel more like a threat than a promise. Ever since Richard Osman’s monster hit The Thursday Murder Club five years ago, there has been a barrage of crime novels written by British broadcasters — Robert Peston (ITV), Richard Madeley (ITV), Stig Abell (Times Radio), Richard Coles (Radio 4), to name but a few. Yet Vine (Radio 2, Channel 5) can be forgiven for jumping on the bandwagon. In a niche but growing sub-genre, his small-town whodunnit, Murder on Line One, is one of the better offerings.

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53 m. ago With ‘AI slop’ distorting our reality, the world is sleepwalking into disaster | Nesrine Malik

A perverse information ecosystem is being mined by big tech for profit, fooling the unwary and sending algorithms crazyThere are two parallel image channels that dominate our daily visual consumption. In one, there are real pictures and footage of the world as it is: politics, sport, news and entertainment. In the other is AI slop, low-quality content with minimal human input. Some of it is banal and pointless – cartoonish images of celebrities, fantasy landscapes, anthropomorphised animals. And some is a sort of pornified display of women just simply being, like a virtual girlfriend you cannot truly interact with. The range and scale of the content is staggering, and infiltrates everything from social media timelines to messages circulated on WhatsApp. The result is not just a blurring of reality, but a distortion of it.A new genre of AI slop is rightwing political fantasy. There are entire YouTube videos of made-up scenarios in which Trump officials prevail against liberal forces....

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53 m. ago Easter Monday weather to bring 'mixed fortunes' today as parts of UK battered by downpours

Brits will experience different bouts of weather today as some can look forward to sunshine while others will be hit by a deluge of rain and thunder on the Bank Holiday

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1 hour ago Are supermarkets open today? Opening and closing hours of Tesco, Asda, Aldi, Sainsbury’s and more

Here is a list of when the major UK supermarkets are operating this bank holiday

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1 hour ago ‘Morally questionable’: inside the epic Lars von Trier exhibition in Copenhagen

It’s got colliding planets, women in peril and an angry phone-in host we explore a show inspired by the director’s themes that refuses to shy away from his problematic sideI am not even inside the building but a creeping sense of foreboding has already set in. As I try to find the entrance to Nikolaj Kunsthal, a gothic-style former church in Copenhagen, I hear the lamenting strings of Wagner’s Tristan und Isolde – the soundtrack to Lars von Trier’s 2011 end-of-the-world film Melancholia. Inside, I take a seat in a tent-like structure, similar to the one in the film, and watch as a planet hurtles towards Earth, Wagner still blasting away. Nearby lies a long table, covered in white linen and laid out for the celebration of a lifetime – but clearly abandoned midway, and now adorned with dead flowers and burnt-out candelabras.Upstairs, black and white projections – a ticking clock, trains moving through postwar Germany, scenes of sex and drowning – play as the ominous male voice that fe...

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1 hour ago There is a way to turn Trump’s chaos into an opportunity. Here is what European leaders must do | Paul Taylor

The EU, the world’s biggest single market, can reposition itself and become less reliant on exporting goods to the US and ChinaThis is why America first doesn’t have to mean Europe last.Europeans have had plenty to mope about since Donald Trump entered the White House not quite three months ago. The US president has said that the EU was created to “screw the United States” and slapped punitive tariffs on European goods. He has cast doubt on the US commitment to defend Nato allies. He has cosied up to Vladimir Putin, insulted Volodymyr Zelenskyy and tried to settle Russia’s war in Ukraine on terms that would undermine European security. His vice-president has denigrated European democratic values, and his national security team has spewed venom in a Signal chat at “pathetic” Europe.Finally complete the European capital markets union and banking union to unleash the cross-border investment power of some €3tn in European savingsStrike trade deals with countries and regions around the w...

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1 hour ago Swiss private bank EFG courts wealthy Asian clients in London

Swiss private bank EFG courts wealthy Asian clients in London  Financial Times

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1 hour ago Exact date mini heatwave set to hit UK as Brits finally wave goodbye to April showers

Warm temperatures above 20C are set to make a return to the UK soon, according to new forecasts, while a mix of sunshine and showers will continue after the Easter bank holiday

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2 h. ago Baby Reindeer's real life Martha fears she will die before Netflix lawsuit is resolved

Fiona Harvey, who inspired Scots comedian Richard Gadd’s award-winning series, was rushed to London’s UCH hospital with suspected organ failure.

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4 h. ago Bank holiday weekend forecast to end with rain for much of UK

The Met Office said that Monday would be ‘rather cloudy with rain continuing eastwards’.

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4 h. ago Turning up at school drunk, knocking a child to the floor and kissing a pupil: The full list of school staff disciplined or banned last term

These are all the offences for which teachers around Wales have been struck off over the last term

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4 h. ago The little Welsh deli run by a former MasterChef contestant which people absolutely adore

Christos Georgakis said the whole idea of his business is inspired by what he loved during his childhood in Athens

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5 h. ago The leafy community in the shadow of Windsor Castle now filled with dozens of male migrants: PAUL BRACCHI

The village of Datchet is perched on the lush banks of the River Thames. On the opposite side, a little over a mile away as the crow flies, you can see Windsor Castle.

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5 h. ago Bianca Censori makes dramatic return as she poses naked after Kanye West 'split'

Kanye West's wife Bianca Censori has returned to social media with a bang, sharing an almost completely nude snap by a pool after it was reported that she had split from the rapper

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5 h. ago MPs launch campaign to BAN Donald Trump from speaking in Parliament on state visit as they label him a 'serial liar' who disrespects Britain

A message sent to Lord McFall of Alcluith, the Lord Speaker, said it would be 'inappropriate' for Trump to speak in the Palace of Westminster.

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6 h. ago How Earl Grey and limoncello were fused to create Britain's best loaf by Derbyshire bakery

It seems the brew is now set to capture yet more fans - as the inspiration for an award-winning loaf.

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6 h. ago Urgent PIN code warning to millions of Brits making the same mistake

Which? banking and scams expert Chiara Cavaglieri has shared five things she would never do, to help lower your risk of being caught out

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9 h. ago 'Easter Glumday' warning as massive downpour set to soak Britain on Bank Holiday

Brits planning to have BBQs on the last day of the four-day bank holiday are set to have their hopes dashed as it's expected to rain heavily throughout Monday (April 21)

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9 h. ago Nationwide bank robber handed over terrifying note with six chilling words on it

Northumbria Police are continuing to investigate a May 2013 bank robbery in which a man escaped with a large amount of money after threatening staff with a gun

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10 h. ago Six foods to eat to banish insomnia, according to a nutrition expert

There's nothing worse than seeing every hour on the clock - but introducing these foods to your diet could help banish the bedtime struggle

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