2 h. ago Harry Potter fans left gobsmacked by Ralph Fiennes 'unreal' body transformation

Ralph Fiennes treated fans to a sneak peek at his body transformation after posting two images of his built physique on social media and the response was as expected

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4 h. ago We don't want thousands of newbuilds on our Green Belt ... there is no need for more houses here

Ominously dubbed 'The Local Plan', 22,500 homes are set to be built over the next 15 years outside Bristol on large swathes of rural land, which local Darren Lawrence has called 'catastrophic'.

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5 h. ago We don't want thousands of newbuilds on our Green Belt ... there is no need more houses here

Ominously dubbed 'The Local Plan', 22,500 homes are set to be built over the next 15 years outside Bristol on large swathes of rural land, which local Darren Lawrence has called 'catastrophic'.

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5 h. ago ‘Memories of these places never leave you’: artist Do Ho Suh and the fabric of home

The internationally renowned South Korean’s diaphanous houses, coming to Tate Modern, embody the emotional imprint of where he has livedWhen Do Ho Suh was a young boy in Seoul in the 1970s, his father decided to build a family home based on a hanok – a traditional Korean timber house with a curved tiled roof. The one he chose as his model stood in the gardens of the imperial palace and had been built for King Sunjo in 1878.“My father was a painter who had modernised Korean art,” says Suh, “but, as the country was rapidly moving towards westernisation, he became obsessed with the idea that he could live like a scholar from an older time. For him, it was a way to preserve certain traditional virtues and practices that were fast disappearing.” Continue reading...

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8 h. ago 'I thought I was going to die': Mum’s terror as lift plunges two floors in Shepherd’s Bush Westfield housing block

Newall Court was built as part of the Westfield development project

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11 h. ago Mum 'thought she was going to die' as lift plummets in block near Shepherd’s Bush Westfield

Newall Court was built as part of the Westfield development project

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13 h. ago Huge airport with 30m passengers every year is sinking into the sea

An award-winning airport that was built on an artificial island has been subsiding since its construction over 30 years ago, but today climate change is putting the airport at greater risk

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14 h. ago Universal Studios UK theme park could face gypsy site row as travellers left in limbo

EXCLUSIVE: The traveller site sits within the immediate area of the anticipated Universal Studios plotted for the outskirts of Bedford, meaning some 22 household may need to be moved on

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17 h. ago RUTH SUNDERLAND: Proud steelmen like generations of my family boast they built the world. If we learn the right lessons from this debacle, we can do so again

RUTH SUNDERLAND: The US President has an idiosyncratic grasp of economics, to put it tactfully, but when he declared in, 'If you don't have steel, you don't have a country', he was correct.

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24 h. ago There’s a place for audience participation, but ‘chicken jockey’ chaos takes it too far | Kate Maltby

Barrages of popcorn and even live poultry are featuring at screenings of A Minecraft Movie‘Chicken jockey!” If you know what this phrase means, you’re either a preteen boy or have accompanied one to a recent cinema screening of A Minecraft Movie.Warner Bros’ latest money-spinner is a movie adaptation of the Swedish game Minecraft, a prerequisite in the social lives of children between the age of eight and 12. The game enables children to explore and reconfigure a creative digital environment, accumulating resources in a world built from blocks. The movie enables children to explore and reconfigure the codes of basic decency in a cinema environment, testing the limits of any hapless usher left to supervise. Continue reading...

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32 h. ago Deterioration found in Severn Bridge cables sees heavy lorries over 7.5 tonnes banned

'Whist the bridge remains safe, it was not designed and built for today’s levels or weight of traffic. Vehicles have got heavier and traffic levels have increased significantly over the last 60 years putting greater load on the cables'

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34 h. ago The People's Champion takes next inspirational step as Michael Watson set to walk miracle mile

BOXING CLEVER COLUMN: The People's Champion Michael Watson will take another inspirational step as he again takes to the road in the London Marathon

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34 h. ago Lady Gaga fans in awe of elaborate Coachella set: ‘Like being there when the pyramids of Giza were built’

The 39-year-old star headlined the Friday night of this year’s festival in Indio, California

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36 h. ago Brownlee brothers relive an iconic moment as they share how being an elite athlete translates to saving money

Alistair and Jonny Brownlee built an impressive athletics career together - now they want to help young people build up their savings.

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42 h. ago ‘When I came out of prison, I couldn’t wait to create’: leading artists and inmates team up to break the prison cycle

Blak In-Justice, staged by the Torch and the Heide Museum of Modern Art, features works by Judy Watson, Vernon Ah Kee and Destiny DeaconGet our weekend culture and lifestyle emailMelissa Bell loves to paint images of water. In her work, blues and greens swim alongside one another in a colourful flow. “I grew up on the river in the backyard,” the artist says. “I was pretty lucky with that, living on country at Cummeragunja on Yorta Yorta, where I’m from. The water was always a part of me.”Bell always loved art – and studied it at RMIT – but then her life got “a bit chaotic”. “I ended up meeting a partner, [which led to] domestic violence, and I lost my way,” she says. Bell was incarcerated for the first time in 2015 when she was in her late 20s, and four more times over the next five years. Continue reading...

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44 h. ago Texas man suing Titans cornerback L'Jarius Sneed over December shooting at car lot

A Texas man is suing Tennessee Titans cornerback L’Jarius Sneed for at least $1 million

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48 h. ago Mystery giant 'Gate of Gods' built with 'supernatural energy' leading to 'other dimension'

The origins of the majestic stone carving are not known but Native American legend says the 'Gates of the Gods' was a portal used by heroes to achieve immortality

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51 h. ago Incredible LEGO replica 2012 Olympic stadium at Brickfest has Red Arrow flyover

Inspiring video shows some of the LEGO enthusiasts who display their colourful replicas at Brickfest events - including a sports fan who built an Olympic stadium with Red Arrows flyover and a parachuting Queen Elizabeth.

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51 h. ago How Tom Watson's brutal Masters letter saw CBS veteran broadcaster lose his job

After joking that the Augusta National greens were "bikini-waxed", golf broadcaster Gary McCord was taken off Masters coverage - thanks to a letter from Tom Watson

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57 h. ago Built different: Is the 6XL, 464lb Desmond Watson too large for the NFL?

The defensive tackle is one of the most intriguing prospects in this year’s draft. But the attributes that make him stand out could also be his downfallDesmond Watson is pro football’s next very big thing: a 6ft 6in, 464lb defensive tackle who is poised to become the heaviest player ever selected at the NFL draft, which takes place later this month. “He’s a unicorn,” his coach at Florida, Billy Napier, said last month. “You’ll go the rest of your career, and you’ll never be around a guy that’s that stature.A native of Plant City, Florida, the state’s strawberry capital, Watson was the Gators’ big man on campus, a larger-than-life folk hero to match the school’s 7ft 9in basketball prospect. When Watson arrived at college, he already weighed 440lb – or about as much as a standup piano. Watson’s legend grew once he cracked the team’s starting lineup the following year. During a 2022 game against South Carolina, Watson left 89,000 fans gasping after he split a double team and ripped the...

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