10 m. ago Grand National 2025: 'Bad boy' horse Mr Incredible banned despite having counselling

Mr Incredible will not be in the Grand National at Aintree after he was banned by the British Horseracing Authority for his unruly behaviour - leaving both his owner and trainer "devastated"

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18 m. ago Grand National 2025: ‘Truly global’ TV audience to watch world famous horse race

The 177th running of the historic jumps race will be viewed by multi-millions around the world on Saturday when it will be shown live in 170 countries

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23 m. ago Martin Lewis: state pension advice as Money Saving Expert shows how to beat April National Insurance deadline

The Money Saving Expert urges action - the deadline to add thousands to your pension is almost here ⏳

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23 m. ago Puma’s first European flagship store to open in London in autumn 2025

Puma’s first European flagship store to open in London in autumn 2025  Yahoo

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34 m. ago Ezra Klein on Trump, Vance and free speech: ‘It feels like we are in one of the darkest imaginable timelines’

The influential US commentator has written a book about how politics can change people’s lives for the better. But first, there are more pressing challenges to address ...Ezra Klein, the New York Times podcast host and progressive media’s undisputed nerd king, starts his new book with something of a palate cleanser for our troubled times. For a few paragraphs, he and his co-author, the Atlantic journalist Derek Thompson, whisk us out of the grim reality of contemporary politics to a world of Abundance (the word they picked as their title).“You open your eyes at dawn and turn in the cool bedsheets,” they purr, before conjuring a near-future utopia where the cost of living crisis is a distant memory. “You live in a cocoon of energy so clean it barely leaves a carbon trace and so cheap you can scarcely find it on your monthly bill.” The fridge is full of fresh fruit and vegetables from skyscraper farms that sit amid rewilded landscapes. This is what we can look forward to, they say, if...

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34 m. ago Soprano Anna Netrebko to open Royal Opera season, returning after a 6

Soprano Anna Netrebko will return to London’s Royal Opera after a six-year absence to open the 2025-26 season in a new production of Puccini’s “Tosca” that starts Jakub Hrůša’s tenure as music director

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81 m. ago Atletico Madrid vs Barcelona lineups: Predicted XIs, confirmed team news, injury latest for Copa del Rey today

Raphinha should return for Barca while Diego Simeone faces several huge selection decisions

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88 m. ago Grand National Festival 2025 Day 1 tips as Garry Owen naps Croke Park for Aintree glory

Crowds are set to flock to Merseyside this week with a huge three days of racing action and our man has you covered

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94 m. ago Balomania review – those magnificent Brazilians and their flying balloons

Documentary follows the baloeiros, who illegally build and release huge decorated balloons in cities, from where they can travel hundreds of milesAn intriguing film set in Brazil, first shown last year at the CPH:DOX documentary festival in Copenhagen, in which expatriate Danish film-maker Sissel Morell Dargis takes a look at a unique grassroots cultural phenomenon: the baloeiros, the ballooners. These are groups of young men, as secretive and loyal to each other as Freemasons, who (illegally) build and release huge decorated balloons in cities, from where they can travel hundreds of miles. Why? As kind of graffiti, or a community self-expression, or situationist artform, or just a subversive gesture of pure joie de vivre that does not need or admit of any explanation.The baloeiros are harassed by the police, on the ostensible grounds that they are part of gang culture, and the authorities encourage local people to inform on those they suspect of building and transporting a balloon....

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94 m. ago As a child, I was afraid of my friends seeing me pray. Watching Eid live on the BBC was a huge moment | Nadeine Asbali

British Muslims are too often acceptable only when they bake cakes or win medals. Now the nation has had a true insight into our faithIf anything is going to get me to turn on BBC One early on Eid morning, it’s Eid prayer being televised on a UK terrestrial channel for the first time in British broadcasting history. Held at Bradford Central Mosque, the groundbreaking coverage on Monday followed the entirety of the Eid prayer – starting with Qur’anic recitation, then a sermon in both English and Arabic and the congregational prayer itself, culminating in the customary eid mubarak embraces.For Muslims like me, these scenes are part and parcel of every Eid. The keffiyeh-draped uncles sporting orange beards dyed with henna, some to emulate the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) and some simply to hide their grey hairs; the children using the congregation as an assault course and scouting out the auntie who is handing out the best sweets; fancy clothes, henna-patterned palms and smilin...

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94 m. ago The Strange Case of Jane O by Karen Thompson Walker review – an impossible tale

A New York librarian is discovered unconscious in a park with no memory, in a mystery that challenges consensual realityWe first meet Jane O in the consulting room of Henry Byrd, a New York psychiatrist. Jane, a 38-year-old librarian, is neat, quiet, outwardly unremarkable. She sits without saying anything, then gets up and leaves. Her visit has lasted just 14 minutes and Henry fears he will not see her again. He detects in her “a loneliness of the soul [like] a pine tree growing alone on a great, wide plain”.Their next encounter proves even stranger. Jane has been discovered unconscious in a public park with no memory of how she got there. A day of her life has gone missing and she is anxious about the welfare of her young son Caleb, who she failed to collect from nursery during her “blackout”. Terrified about how she might be judged for this memory lapse, she finally gives an account of the inexplicable event that brought her to Henry in the first place. Continue reading...

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1 hour ago Liverpool XI vs Everton: Predicted lineup, confirmed team news, injury latest for Merseyside derby today

Arne Slot could freshen up his attack at Anfield after painful Carabao Cup final defeat

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1 hour ago Trump to consider final proposal on TikTok future as US ban deadline looms

Owner ByteDance required to find non-Chinese buyer for video app’s American operations by SaturdayDonald Trump is preparing to consider a final proposal to decide the future of TikTok before a deadline for the app to find a non-Chinese buyer or face a US ban.The US vice-president, JD Vance, the commerce secretary, Howard Lutnick, the national security adviser, Mike Waltz, and the director of national intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard, will meet in the Oval Office on Wednesday to discuss the issue, Reuters reported. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago Val Kilmer, star of Top Gun, Batman Forever and The Doors, dies aged 65

Known for his roles in Kiss Kiss Bang Bang and Tombstone, the prolific actor’s cause of death was pneumoniaRemembering Val Kilmer: an ethereally handsome actor who evolved into droll self-awarenessA life in picturesVal Kilmer, the actor best known for his roles in Top Gun, Batman Forever and The Doors, has died at the age of 65.His daughter Mercedes told the New York Times that the cause of death was pneumonia. Kilmer was diagnosed with throat cancer in 2014 and later recovered, after treatment with chemotherapy and trachea surgery that had reduced his ability to speak and breathe. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago Aintree official gives Grand National update amid fears over conditions

The Aintree course has seen historically dry conditions this spring, with action taken to ensure the ideal going for Saturday’s Grand National, with the festival starting on Thursday

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2 h. ago Topps Tiles reveals accelerating sales ahead of £4m costs increase

The Leicestershire firm said homeowner sales ‘remain subdued’ amid caution over spending heavily on major DIY projects.

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2 h. ago Cyriel Dessers sparked a 'big fight' at Leuven – but Rangers star is proving cynics wrong and I keep letting them hear it

He hasn't always been universally popular but this man always believed Dessers would make the grade

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2 h. ago William Wordsworth's Grade I listed Victorian Lake District cottage with stunning views of Windermere for sale

Rydal Mount, a historic Grade I listed Victorian property, offers a rare opportunity to own a piece of England’s literary and architectural heritage.

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2 h. ago The B team? First XIs packed with players whose names begin with same letter | The Knowledge

Plus: a 972 score in Scrabble, the same stadium name across multiple grounds, and 48 league appearances in one seasonMail us with your questions and answers“The other day in their Women’s Champions League match against Manchester City, Chelsea fielded a back four of Bronze, Bright, Björn and Baltimore,” emails Asad Butt. “Are there other examples of this in defence, midfield or attack?”Back in 2017, we answered a question regarding men’s teams fielding three or more players with the same first name, with five Johns starting in an England XI against Switzerland in 1948: John Aston, John Haines, John Hancocks, John (‘Jack’) Rowley and John (‘Jackie’) Milburn all featuring. As mentioned by Asad, Chelsea fielded a back four beginning with the same surname letter against Manchester City earlier this month (plus Aggie Beever-Jones in the first leg). But we can do better than that. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago Miranda July and Elizabeth Strout shortlisted for the Women’s prize for fiction

American authors of All Fours and Tell Me Everything are competing for the 30th award alongside four other novels highlighting ‘the importance of human connection’American writers Miranda July and Elizabeth Strout have been shortlisted for the 30th Women’s prize for fiction alongside four debut authors.The six titles in contention for the £30,000 prize all draw on “the importance of human connection” in different ways, said writer and judging chair Kit de Waal. “What is surprising and refreshing is to see so much humour, nuance and lightness employed by these novelists to shed light on challenging concepts.” Continue reading...

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