66 m. ago The ultimate Easter wine guide: Our expert has picked the best bottles for any feast

Winter comfort food and heavier wines already seem a distant memory, while stretching invitingly ahead are Easter treats, lighter spring dishes and fresher-flavoured wines.

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3 h. ago Wildfires grow to hundreds of acres after North Carolina lifts burn ban

Wildfires in the Carolinas have been fueled by dry and warm weather and leftover hurricane debris

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5 h. ago Dutch leader of party in fragile ruling coalition quits politics, citing burnout

Dutch centre-right leader Pieter Omtzigt has announced that he is quitting both the fragile four-party ruling coalition and national politics

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9 h. ago Burnley close on promotion with comeback win at Watford amid EFL drama: football

Premier League: 10 things to look out for this weekendHave any thoughts? Send them over to Niall via emailIt was an interesting night for Chelsea. They are through to a European semi-final but they got booed off the pitch as it happened. From west London, Jacob Steinberg wrote:Losing 2-1 to Legia Warsaw on the night was embarrassing. Chelsea, who seemed intent on giving the fifth-best side in Poland hope of pulling off a comeback for the ages at a disgruntled Stamford Bridge, were shambolic and easily could have crashed out.No wonder Maresca is not feeling the love from the crowd. Nobody celebrated Chelsea squeezing into a Conference League semi-final against Djurgården after winning 4-2 on aggregate. The defending was miserable and the attack was poor. Filip Jörgensen, Robert Sánchez’s understudy, was jittery in goal and the worries around Cole Palmer’s slump are not going away.It was a poor performance. We had a 3-0 lead – maybe that played a part in taking our foot off the gas. M...

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9 h. ago BORIS JOHNSON: My embarrassing WhatsApp gaffe that I accidentally sent to every Tory MP

Go on, admit it. You can't do without it. Every morning - before we are even out of bed - we scrabble for the mobile. Our fingers grope for the little green icon, a speech bubble enclosing a phone.

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10 h. ago My schizophrenic uncle set me on fire leaving half my body covered in horrific burns

Terry Dunnage, a builder from Portsmouth, was left feeling as though he was going to die when he was set on fire by his paranoid schizophrenic uncle in 2007, leaving 46 per cent of his body burned.

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10 h. ago Fury as children's park close to memorial for murdered schoolgirl Oliva Pratt Korbel is set ablaze by feral youths

The Olivia's Butterfly Foundation, established by a cousin of her mother, Cheryl, said they had been left heartbroken and 'extremely disappointed' by the blaze on Monday night.

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14 h. ago Dragons v Scarlets team news as Wales international to make first start against old side

Judgement Day sees the Dragons and Scarlets lock horns at the Principality Stadium

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14 h. ago She didn't 'intend to go out to steal' but then she noticed the parcel room was unlocked

Anna Kochanek, 36 helped herself to packages at a block of flats in south Manchester after they were left in an unlocked mail room

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15 h. ago Thieves steal £150,000 haul of viral Pop Mart toys after raiding shipment

Criminals raided the lorry carrying some £150,000 worth of the toys in the early hours of April 8 in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire.

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15 h. ago Tunde Adebimpe: Thee Black Boltz review – a sparkling solo debut

(Sub Pop)The TV on the Radio frontman’s sharp pop instincts kick in on a multifaceted synth-punk-funk set born out of deep personal lossYou would not know, on first listen, that this effervescent debut solo album by the sometime frontman of TV on the Radio was steeped in grief. Tunde Adebimpe’s sister died during the pandemic when these songs were taking hesitant shape in an LA studio that Adebimpe, now a successful actor, shares with multi-instrumentalist and co-producer Wilder Zoby.Those difficult feelings – and others, about living in “a time of tenderness and rage” – became snaggle-toothed synth-punk cuts and bouncy synth-pop sounds. On Drop, there’s beat-boxing; on The Most, a Sleng Teng reggae riddim ambush; while on Somebody New, you can hear a punk-funk echo of New Order. Only ILY, a finger-picked folk song addressed to his sister, breaks character, adding “balladeer” to Adebimpe’s varied CV (former stop-motion animator, illustrator). “How’d you get so low?” asks God Knows, ...

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15 h. ago Debenhams slashes 'elegant' watch down to £60 after 87% discount with shoppers calling it a 'steal'

Save £390 on this 'sleek and classy' watch in the mega Debenhams sale.

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16 h. ago Boy rushed to hospital after being knocked down by taxi near Edinburgh Airport

Emergency services raced to South Gyle Broadway, near Burne Cruik, after a four-year-old boy was struck.

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16 h. ago Huge fire rips through airfield as police slam 'people obstructing emergency workers'

"Several people have been obstructing emergency workers in an attempt to take photos of the burning building. Please avoid the area and respect cordons - they are in place to protect you."

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18 h. ago Bus driver loses £64,000 pension after he was caught stealing £5 from passengers' fares

Kyoto City sacked the man, who was not named, after he was filmed by the security camera of his bus pilfering 1,000 yen (£5) in 2022.

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20 h. ago Fury as FSU student callously films wounded classmate while sipping on Starbucks iced coffee

A Florida State University student callously strolled past a wounded classmate and filmed her while sipping iced coffee, without lifting a finger to help. This came after the shooting that killed two people.

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26 h. ago Which precursor to Bridget Jones would Helen Lederer take to a desert island?

Helen Lederer answers our burning questions, what's she reading now, what would she take to a desert island, what gave her the reading bug, and what book left her cold?

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27 h. ago Boris Johnson’s cycling vision stutters as number of bike journeys fails to rise above pre

Figures released by the Department for Transport show the average number of bicycle journeys per person has remained stable since a peak in 2020

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28 h. ago In East Palestine derailment trial, railroad and chemical maker agree on who pays residents

Norfolk Southern reached an agreement with one of the two companies it has been trying to force to help pay for the $600 million class-action settlement it agreed to over its disastrous 2023 train derailment near the Ohio-Pennsylvania border and the toxic chemicals that were released and burned

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29 h. ago Child porch pirate waddles out of Dodge muscle car to steal huge package from stranger's porch

The young boy can be seen making off with the package from what is said to be a home in the Woodland Hills area of Los Angeles.

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