16 h. ago Grand National 2025 online sweepstake generator allows you to pick a random horse

Not sure who to back for this year’s Grand National? Let fate decide with our new gadget

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18 h. ago Best ear protection for concerts and festivals: Top picks for 2025

With festival season coming up, it’s never been more vital to keep an eye on your ear health

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19 h. ago Grand National 2025: Pick YOUR lucky horse with our random generator for main Aintree race

Who will take the glory at Aintree? I Am Maximus took the top honour last year and is once more among the favourites, but can he be stopped - if you're struggling to choose, our random generator can help you out

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42 h. ago Best vegan Easter eggs to try this season 2025: Top picks from Hotel Chocolat, Asda and M&S

These plant-based chocolate eggs are ‘no yolk’ when it comes to taste

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67 h. ago Quick pickled cabbage, apple chutney and banana ketchup: recipes from Cornersmith’s Alex Elliott

A champion of transforming food waste, the cookbook author shares ingenious ways to use leftover fruit and veg to create flavourful condiments(Pictured above) Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Concert band from high school in Motherwell take home silver following festival invite

Dalziel High were were one of seven schools in Scotland to take part.

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5 d. ago Just like McCarthy, Trump spreads fear everywhere before picking off his targets | Kenan Malik

Arrests, blacklists and deportations are chilling reminders of the red scare that transformed America‘Gold, mister, is worth what it is because of the human labor that goes into the finding and getting of it.” It’s a line spoken by Walter Huston in the 1948 film The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, a story about greed and moral corruption directed by his son, John Huston. That line was to have appeared on screen at the beginning of the film. It didn’t, on orders from the studio, Warner Bros. “It was all on account of the word ‘labor’,” John Huston later reflected. “That word looks dangerous in print, I guess.”It was a relatively insignificant moment in the drama of America’s postwar red scare. McCarthyism proper had still to take flight. Yet, so deep ran the fear already that a single, everyday word could create consternation in Hollywood. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Best Ice Cream in Scotland 2025: Here are 10 exceptional places to pick up a cone

It seems that wherever you live in Scotland you’re not far away from some delicious ice cream.

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7 d. ago Travelodge sees slower start to 2025 despite Crufts and Six Nations boost

The group is hoping for a pick-up over the year ahead, with ‘more events announced for 2025 than in all of 2024’.

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8 d. ago Amazon Spring Sale 2025 LIVE: We pick out Day 3's best deals on tech and gardening

The discounts keep on rolling in on Amazon Spring Deal Days - which runs until Monday, March 31.

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8 d. ago Pick for German agriculture minister withdraws after activists storm farm

Günther Felßner says wife was ‘in fear of life and limb’ after animal rights group climbed shed and set off flaresThe conservative pick for German agriculture minister has withdrawn his candidacy after animal rights activists stormed his farm, prompting cross-party condemnation.Günther Felßner, a farming lobbyist who had won the backing of the conservative Christian Social Union (CSU), said his wife was “in fear of life and limb” when activists climbed on to the cattle shed she was in to hang a banner and light smoke-emitting flares on Monday. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Our pick of the best Amazon Spring Sale 2025 deals including beauty, tech and homeware

Amazon is one of our go-to places to shop for everything from home appliances and gadgets to beauty bargains and booze, and a huge sale has just kicked off across the site

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2 w. ago Chryston High School’s wind band wins gold award at Scottish Concert Band Festival final

It was the school's first time competing as S2 to S6 pupils performed alongside groups from across the country.

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2 w. ago Charity Keep Scotland Beautiful encouraging people to join annual Spring Clean

The #SpringCleanScotland 2025 mass litter pick brings together people from across Scotland to help tackle the country’s litter emergency.

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2 w. ago Best pickleball paddles to up your game in 2025, according to the experts

We call on the experts to decode the sport and share the best kit on the market

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2 w. ago Six Nations 2025 awards: our writers pick their tournament highlights

From box-office Bielle-Biarrey to Daly denying France a shot at the grand slam, our highs and lows in 2025Maro Itoje (England). Played every minute of every England game and, in his first championship as skipper, helped guide his side to four consecutive wins. The more responsibility he is handed the better he seems to perform. An attribute which will not have escaped the notice of Andy Farrell, the British & Irish Lions head coach. Robert Kitson Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Editors’ picks: How to incorporate red into your wardrobe – in pictures

From dark cherry to bright tomato, there’s a red to suit everyone. Here are five ways to wear this statement shade Continue reading...

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2 w. ago ‘Much darker than Pride and Prejudice!’: authors pick their favourite Jane Austen novel

Colm Tóibín, Katherine Rundell, Rebecca Kuang and other leading novelists celebrate the author in her 250th yearChosen by Colm Tóibín Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Best earplugs for swimming: options for triathletes and hobbyists

Protect the ear canals as you dive, glide and paddle

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2 w. ago Best wide fit trainers for men in 2025: Stylish and comfortable picks

Discover the most stylish and comfortable wide fit trainers for men in 2025, from New Balance to Converse All Stars

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