2 h. ago Babyshambles pay tribute to "incredibly sensitive, fragile, beautifully volatile, daft bastard" Patrick Walden as they return to London for huge Brixton show

Babyshambles pay tribute to "incredibly sensitive, fragile, beautifully volatile, daft bastard" Patrick Walden as they return to London for huge Brixton show  NME

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5 h. ago 'Magical' forest with waterfalls, rivers and incredible views right her in UK

This forest in Wales has become a popular spot for walkers, with a number of trails to follow and beautiful waterfalls to see - and it's even free to park

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6 h. ago John Updike: A Life in Letters review – the man incapable of writing a bad sentence

Friends, enemies and lovers animate more than 60 years of the author’s remarkable correspondence John Updike had the mind of a middling middle-class postwar American male, and the prose style of a literary genius. Such a lord of language was he that even the notoriously grudging Vladimir Nabokov afforded him a meed of praise. A reviewer, musing on the disproportion between the style and content of Updike’s fiction, likened him to a lobster with one hugely overgrown claw. It was a comparison Updike was to remember – for all his bland urbanity, on display from start to finish in this mighty volume of his letters, he could be prickly, and did not take slights lightly.As a novelist he aimed, as he once put it, to “give the mundane its beautiful due”. Apart from a few rare and in some cases ill-advised ventures into the exotic – the court at Elsinore, Africa, the future – his abiding subject was the quotidian life of “ordinary” Americans in the decades between the end of the second world...

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6 h. ago European city with beautiful cobbled streets is 2 hours from UK with £40 flights

Two tourists have spoken about a "beautiful" city in Europe that is also one of the most affordable places to visit in the continent. The best part is it's just a short flight from the UK

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7 h. ago Sami Tamimi’s recipes for prawn and tomato stew with fregola, and herby quick

Celebrate the flavours of Palestine and bring heart, warmth and freshness to your plateHearty and warming, this prawn and tomato stew with fregola is a comforting bowl, with the fresh pesto brightening every bite. It pairs beautifully with a crisp, fragrant, quick-pickled vegetable salad; the freshness cuts through the richness of the stew perfectly. I’ve always loved leafy, lively salads, and I could honestly eat one with every meal, every day. Continue reading...

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17 h. ago Woman, 21, found dead in boat yard pictured as family pay tribute to 'beautiful angel'

Corrina Baker's heartbroken family have paid tribute to her after she was found dead in a boat yard on Saturday, sparking a murder probe. She was last seen on Thursday. A man, 29, has been arrested

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17 h. ago Dundalk car crash: Heartbreaking tributes to 'beautiful' woman, 21, among 5 dead

Chloe Hipson, 21, died alongside four others when the Volkswagen Golf they were in collided with a Toyota Land Cruiser near Dundalk in Ireland on Saturday

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17 h. ago Tributes paid to 'beautiful' young Scot killed in horror crash in Ireland

Chloe Hipson, 21, from Bellshill, tragically died in the collision alongside four others on Saturday evening.

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24 h. ago Woke council accused of 'levelling down' one of Britain's prettiest villages over plans to buy up quaint homes for temporary housing

Steeped in history, with smugglers' tunnels, beautiful timber pubs and a hotel that inspired the Cluedo board game, many detached four-bedroom homes come with a £2million price tag.

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25 h. ago The unscrupulous High Street beauticians exploiting Britain's weight loss injection underworld: Mail investigation exposes scale of deadly fat jabs being sold illegally by salons

We caught one 'advanced aesthetics practitioner' brazenly selling us retatrutide, an experimental drug seen as the 'King Kong' of weight loss injections.

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28 h. ago ‘We bought a house in a pretty Peak District spa town, the view sold it to us'

First-time buyer Imogen, 31, shows us around her beautiful home in Buxton as part of our Where I Live series

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29 h. ago Celebrity crib sheet: Sydney Sweeney is everywhere – here are nine things you need to know about her

A jeans ad made her notorious. Then she got cosy with Taylor Swift’s arch-nemesis. Time to get up to speed before the actor/model next hits the headlines Spare a thought for Sydney Sweeney! Yes, she is young, beautiful, rich and talented, but she has also been getting it from all sides this week. Her passion project has bombed at the box office; she is still paying for a jeans advertisement she did four months ago, and being called on to address charges of having joked about eugenics; and fellow members of the Hollywood elite are breaking ranks to express their disdain (in one case, with a vomiting emoji). And, as she found out this week, she can’t even enjoy a kiss with her controversial new boyfriend without being snapped by the callous paparazzi!Here’s what you need to know when Sweeney’s name next crops up – which, if current trends continue, will be soon. Continue reading...

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33 h. ago I walked through the beautiful town packed with independent shops — no chains to be seen

The town is often named one of the UK's best places to live and it's easy to see why — it's worth visiting at any time of year

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34 h. ago 'My beautiful daughter was found dead in a disused hotel, now I'm fighting for change'

Kianna Patton, aged 16, was found dead in the disused Commodore Hotel in Pembroke Dock on October 24, 2019

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39 h. ago 'I tried the best advent calendar worth £935 but costs £89 and my jaw

'Incredible, beautiful and absolutely great value for money'

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39 h. ago George Clarke delivers ‘beautiful’ Strictly dance in tribute to his mother

The internet star revealed his mother had recently been diagnosed with cancer.

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41 h. ago Oti Mabuse’s weight loss transformation after 'toughest but most beautiful' experience

Oti Mabuse has showcased her impressive weight loss as she said she feels 'stronger, healthier, and more alive' after setting goals and dropped from a size 18 to a size 10

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45 h. ago Nico Raskin's Rangers transfer intentions laid bare as insider reveals he wants to star in a 'beautiful rebuild'

The playmaker had been subject of interest from Turkey late in the summer window

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47 h. ago Heartbroken mum pays tribute to 'beautiful boy' after body found in search for missing busker

Lewis Cuthbert, 25, disappeared after he was last seen on Lesmahagow Road in Strathaven, South Lanarkshire.

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53 h. ago Nobody's Child fans snap up 'beautiful' Christmas dress in two colours with £34 off

'Beautiful dress and very good value'

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