3 h. ago I tried McDonald's new Grinch Christmas menu but 1 item has a big problem

McDonald's new festive Grinch menu includes gherkin-flavoured fries, a sweet and festive pie, and more in celebration of the 25th anniversary of the hit film, How The Grinch Stole Christmas, and one item is proving divisive

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18 h. ago Best Christmas sandwiches of 2025: We tested 88 festive flavours from M&S, Tesco, Aldi and more

When it begins to get dark at 4pm and the temperature drops below -1C in Britain, it can only mean one thing - the festive sandwich season is well and truly upon us.

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27 h. ago I tested 20 Christmas sandwiches from Tesco, Sainsbury's, M&S, Morrisons and more

My Christmas feast included a beef wellington sarnie, some festive duck and a ‘double dunk' turkey treat

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27 h. ago I tried 20 Christmas sandwiches from UK supermarkets — the best was a tie

UK supermarkets have rolled out tasty sandwiches reminiscent of Christmas dinner. I set out to find which options are worth trying

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47 h. ago England can’t change now: Bazball approach must be seen through to its conclusion | Taha Hashim

This four-year experiment has produced exhilarating cricket – it is worth seeing the whole thing through before casting judgmentTravis Head’s latest masterpiece is three days old, the postmortems are complete and England supporters have done their pained vox pops in Australia. And somehow we’re still more than a week out from the second Ashes Test. It’s a hefty gap bound to be filled by rage, moving from the defeat in Perth to the preparation for a pink‑ball affair in Brisbane.England’s first-stringers could pass the time with a day‑night knockabout against a prime minister’s XI in Canberra. Instead, as planned, it will be a Lions side that plays this weekend, joined by Josh Tongue, Matt Potts and Jacob Bethell, unused squad members in Perth. It is understandable why this has annoyed many, why Michael Vaughan’s soundbite – that it would be “amateurish” not to play the fixture – carries some substance. Continue reading...

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52 h. ago Christmas sandwiches have become unhinged – so why does Britain keep buying them?

They’re overpriced, structurally unsound and weirder by the year, yet we buy them anyway. Hannah Twiggs investigates the runaway Christmas-sandwich economy, the cold-roast physics behind them and why your pick reveals more about you than it should

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54 h. ago This is officially the best Christmas sandwich in London for the 2025 festive season

This is officially the best Christmas sandwich in London for the 2025 festive season  Time Out Worldwide

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3 d. ago England cricket legend Stuart Broad makes very telling comment about working for Channel Seven as he reveals what he was thinking during THAT viral Ashes moment

Cricket fans were left in stitches by the footage of Stuart Broad reacting to a disastrous moment for England in the first Test in Perth.

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3 d. ago England plot route to Ashes recovery as Mark Wood admits they were ‘hit hard in round one’

Nervous flyer considered driving from Perth to BrisbaneTourists yet to decide if Test players will play tour matchMark Wood has considered driving straight from Perth to Brisbane – a 2,500 mile (4,000 km) journey over four days – just to fill the extra time created by the chastening start to England’s much-hyped Ashes moonshot.The fast bowler was among a side left “shellshocked” by the galling batting collapse on the second day at Perth Stadium that allowed Australia to power to a one-nil series lead through Travis Head’s remarkable 69-ball century. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago The Guardian view on animal testing: we can stop sacrificing millions of lives for our own health | Editorial

New technologies can reduce our reliance on animal experiments. This isn’t just morally right, it could have scientific and economic benefits tooScience is a slaughterhouse. We rarely acknowledge the degree to which animal life underwrites the research that provides us with medicines, or the regulation that keeps us safe. Live animals were used in 2.64m officially sanctioned scientific procedures in the UK in 2024, many of them distressing or painful and many of them fatal. But the government’s new strategy to phase out animal testing – published earlier this month – suggests that in the near future emerging technologies can largely replace the use of animals in our scientific endeavours.The UK previously banned cosmetics testing on animals, and has already taken steps to regulate and reduce their use in research. But some needlessly cruel experiments still take place: the forced swim test (FST) for example, in which a rodent is placed in a body of water it canno...

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5 d. ago Ashes 2025 live: England search for answers after humiliating defeat in first Test

Travis Head’s brilliant century inspired Australia to a 1-0 lead in the series after a pair of horrific England batting collapses

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5 d. ago ‘Shellshocked’ Stokes urges England to move on from mauling in first Ashes Test

Head’s century gives Australia eight-wicket victoryStokes: ‘Let emotions in but get rid of them quickly’Ben Stokes has warned his England players not to wallow in the pain of losing to Australia inside two days. A hotly anticipated Ashes series got off to a catastrophic start in Perth and he said they must “feel it and get rid of it” if they are to have a chance of levelling the scores in Brisbane.The England captain said the tourists were “very confident in our ability to keep Australia to under 200 and win the game”, having set the home side a target of 205. Instead, they were marmalised by Travis Head, bumped up to open in place of the injured Usman Khawaja, who scored 123 off 83 balls to power his side to the verge of victory. It was a contribution the Australia captain, Steve Smith, described as “one of the great Ashes knocks”. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Ashes 2025 live: Travis Head inspires Australia as England collapse to dismal defeat in first Ashes Test

Chasing 205 runs to win, Travis Head scored a century as the hosts claimed an eight wicket win

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5 d. ago Best advent calendars you can still buy this weekend including one to make home cosy

From stationery to socks, beauty and bath products, our team of shopping experts have chosen their top tried and tested advent calendar for 2025, with prices starting from £18 - but you'll need to be quick

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5 d. ago Travis Head powers Australia to humbling Ashes Test win over England inside two days

1st Test, D2: Australia, 132 & 205-2, bt England, 172 & 164Opener’s devastating 123 seals eight-wicket victoryThe news from Perth is that the catalogue of great English calamities in Australia has a brand new entry. For the first time in 104 years an Ashes Test match has been wrapped up inside just two days and England, on the receiving end of an eight-wicket thumping, may already be broken.Ben Stokes will doubtless push back at that notion, such is his refusal to ever throw in the towel. But as Travis Head cut and carved his way to a breathtaking 69-ball century, vaporising a target of 205 in just 28.2 overs, the psychological blow landed by the hosts felt greater than their 1-0 lead. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Ashes 2025 live score: Travis Head inspires Australia as England collapse to dismal defeat in first Ashes Test

Chasing 205 runs to win, Travis Head scored a century as the hosts claimed an eight wicket win

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5 d. ago Australia v England: hosts chasing 205 to win Ashes first Test on day two – live

Hosts closing on target after another wild day in Perth Ashes top 100 players | Get The Spin newsletter | Mail Rob43rd over: Australia 131-9 (Lyon 4, Doggett 6) And on it goes for Doggett. Another clunky drive, this time through mid on, gets him back for a second run. Fourth ball of the over he finally gets a reprieve, a single to cover. Atkinson bumps Lyon but the ball sails way over his head.42nd over: Australia 128-9 (Lyon 4, Doggett 3) Lyon single first ball puts Doggett back on strike. Ohh, dropped catch! In at short leg, Pope under the mitre, and the ball reaches his fingertips but goes down rather than up. Mark Wood keeps peppering Doggett, who by the end of the over has faced every delivery so far today but two. The sixth ball he decides he’s had enough and aims a big drive, inside edges it, gets a run to fine leg, and keeps the strike. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Ashes 2025 live score: Travis Head makes century as Australia race towards victory

England set Australia a target of 205 runs to win the first Test

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5 d. ago Ashes 2025 live score: Australia on top chasing 205 runs to win first Ashes Test

England set Australia a target of 205 runs to win the first Test

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5 d. ago Ashes 2025 live score: England bowled out for 164 and set Australia target of 205 to win first Ashes Test

England set Australia a target of 205 runs to win the first Test

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