48 m. ago Confused families blast major UK theme park for announcing admission fees have been axed

One of Britain's biggest theme parks revealed its plans to remove admission fees today - but the April Fool's joke has confused families grappling with the cost of living crisis.

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50 m. ago ROBERT JOBSON: Prince Andrew accuser Virginia Giuffre's crash doesn't stack up

Virginia Giuffre, the woman whose sexual assault allegations helped sink Prince Andrew's royal standing, says on her socials that she is dying in a dramatic hospital bed post.

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53 m. ago Britain goes bonkers for Dubai chocolate: Shoppers fight to be first in line for Lidl 'dupe' before causing chaos in aisles and 'arguing with staff'

Angelina Perello Javar, an influencer from west London , revealed she headed to her local Lidl at 7.30am only to find a queue outside.

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54 m. ago Trump live updates: President’s ‘Liberation Day’ tariffs announcement fuels uncertainty for stock markets

Trump prepares sweeping round of reciprocal tariffs that threatens to trigger U.S. recession and global trade war, as Speaker Mike Johnson says, ‘You have to trust the president’s instincts on the economy’

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54 m. ago What price will the UK pay for a trade deal with Donald Trump?

Sir Keir Starmer may have to make concessions on Britain’s digital services tax and agriculture

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68 m. ago Met Office reveals exact day temperatures will peak in Wales as Derek Brockway says 'more to come'

Temperature could reach as high as 20°C for parts of Wales in the coming days, according to the Met Office

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71 m. ago Walkers crisp swap and baked bean lip gloss: The best of April Fools’ Day offers and pranks

Household names including Cadbury, Walkers and Babybel participated in the fun

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75 m. ago Newsboy’s horseracing tips for Wednesday’s four meetings, including Ludlow Nap

Newsboy fancies his nap, D Day Arvalenreeva, to win at Ludlow and also hopes Balgowan can score at Southwell and complete his Daily Double

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78 m. ago 10 things I wish I'd known before signing up for the London Marathon

From planning your training around a busy schedule to what to do on race day, Emma Loffhagen has everything you need to know before signing up to run the gruelling 26.2-miler

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78 m. ago London Marathon: 10 things I wish I'd known before signing up – and what you should know before running

From planning your training around a busy schedule to what to do on race day, Emma Loffhagen has everything you need to know before signing up to run the gruelling 26.2-miler

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82 m. ago Britain's tariff deal under threat as US intervenes in free speech row: State department 'monitors' case of pro

Pro-life campaigner Livia Tossici-Bolt was on trial at Poole Magistrates' Court last month accused of breaching the Public Spaces Protection Order in March 2023 with the verdict set for Friday.

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99 m. ago Two near lifesize sculptures found during excavations of Pompeii tomb

The detailed relics were found in a necropolis and experts believe the woman depicted could have been an important priestessTwo almost lifesize sculptures of a man and woman, who was believed to have been a priestess, have been found during the excavations of a huge tomb in the ancient Roman city of Pompeii.The detailed funerary relics adorned the tomb containing several burial niches built into a wide wall in the necropolis of Porta Sarno, one of the main entrance gates into the ancient city. Pompeii was destroyed by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD79. Continue reading...

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1 hour ago 'I was four months pregnant when I won £105m on EuroMillions – but paid a big price'

As an Austrian recently claimed the largest prize in EuroMillions history, we look back at the remarkable case of a Spanish woman whose life changed overnight in 2009

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1 hour ago Chipotle is giving away $1 million in free burritos — here’s how to claim yours

The restaurant chain is celebrating National Burrito Day on Thursday, April 3

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1 hour ago What Man United really thought of Brandon Williams: How club legends and bosses took to

Williams, 24, pleaded guilty to dangerous driving last week after crashing his car at 99mph 'with a balloon in his mouth' while accompanied by a young woman in August 2023.

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1 hour ago Trump live updates: Fears mount as stock markets brace for president’s ‘liberation day’ tariffs announcement

Trump prepares sweeping round of reciprocal tariffs that threatens to trigger U.S. recession and global trade war, as Speaker Mike Johnson says, ‘You have to trust the president’s instincts on the economy’

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1 hour ago PM braces for Trump to drop the bomb: Starmer admits UK WON'T be spared tariffs as Chancellor warns of huge hit to stalling economy

Keir Starmer has acknowledged the 'likelihood' that Britain will face hugely damaging levies on exports to the US on the president's so-called 'Liberation Day'.

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1 hour ago Impact of tariffs laid bare on eve of ‘significant day in history of the world’

Ireland and European leaders are braced for US President Donald Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ for the US economy.

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1 hour ago BBC Strictly Come Dancing's Tess Daly flooded with messages as she admits 'reflecting' in fresh update

The presenter was seen celebrating a special day alongside hubby Vernon Kay and their rarely-seen daughter

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2 h. ago A gentle giant: the shy wētāpunga is adept at living in the shadows

New Zealand’s docile, solitary and elusive ‘god of ugly things’ does wonders for the forest-floor ecosystemAre you sick of throwing yourself on the altar of unrealistic beauty standards? Do you long to celebrate the delightfully monstrous, to give the spiny stuff of shadows their day in the sun? Then consider the mighty wētāpunga – an endemic New Zealand insect so revered for its unconventional beauty its name means “god of ugly things”.This forest behemoth is thought to be the heaviest adult insect in the world, with a female weighing as much as a mouse or a sparrow. Its body can grow up to 10cm long (nearly 4in) and its leg span can be as wide as 20cm. Once found across parts of the North Island, the vulnerable wētāpunga – the largest of 70 wētā species – now resides entirely on a smattering of predator-free islands near Auckland.Between 24 March and 2 April, we will be profiling a shortlist of 10 of the invertebrates chosen by readers and selected by our wildlife writers from mor...

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