46 m. ago Two brilliant recipes for the bank holiday – come rain or shine

Whether you're dusting off the barbecue or keeping things cosy in the kitchen, these two punchy, flavour-packed dishes are perfect for the long weekend – whatever the weather brings

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46 m. ago ‘Fiddler on the Roof is in my DNA’: how the West End revival dances on the edge of tradition

After winning five-star reviews and 13 Olivier nominations, Jordan Fein’s earthy take on the 1964 musical is transferring to the Barbican ahead of a UK tour. Alice Saville speaks with the director and the cast about transplanting their Jewish shtetl

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1 hour ago From matcha lattes to Dubai chocolate – how supermarkets fight to cope with TikTok trends

Food fads were once dictated by restaurants, now it is viral videos influencing stores what to stock and quicklyTikTok’s algorithm is one of the great mysteries of the modern age. What it deems to be interesting is fed to millions of users, giving it huge cultural sway, from fashion to music and politics. It is also increasingly influencing what we eat.Supermarkets were once the trendsetters, studying popular items on restaurant menus and recreating them on their shelves. Now the big shops are the ones being influenced, says Zoe Simons, a brand development chef at Waitrose. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago I found crystal blue waters and fairy tale village just one hour from UK

The whole trip cost me just £200, an incredible bargain considering how much there is to do there

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2 h. ago M&S cyber attack: Everything we know so far and when online orders might return

The supermarket giant M&S this week revealed that the Easter weekend cyber attack is expected to cost the company around £300million

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3 h. ago Inside Spain's 'zombieland' airport dubbed 'hidden city' as homelessness takes over

Madrid-Barajas Airport - the second-largest airport in Europe by physical size - handles more than 60million tourists every year, including passengers on Ryanair and Iberia flights

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4 h. ago Hollywood agog over new memoir by Diane von Furstenberg's billionaire mogul husband in which he reveals he's been sleeping with countless men during their 50

Billionaire movie mogul Barry Diller first met the 'deliriously glamorous' Diane von Furstenberg at dinner party in 1974. But when Barry and Diane met again months later, it was a different story.

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4 h. ago Environmentalists' lawsuit challenges Trump's order to allow commercial fishing in Pacific monument

Environmentalists are challenging in court President Donald Trump’s executive order that they say strips core protections from the Pacific Islands Heritage Marine National Monument and opens the area to harmful commercial fishing

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5 h. ago 'I thought I'd died and gone to Hell': The haunting words of the sole survivor of an unimaginably horrific accident in which five divers were sucked hundreds of feet into a pipe

Reaching out with his hands and feet he found he was surrounded, encased, by a tube of corroded metal barely wider than his shoulders.

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5 h. ago How the British girl caught with record cannabis haul in Sri Lanka is telling police it's all the fault of a mystery man called Dan she met on a beach

Sri Lankan Airlines Flight UL 405 had barely left the runway before the 21-year-old part-time beautician from Surrey slapped on a hydrating in-flight facial mask and stuck in her earphones.

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5 h. ago Donald Trump's unhinged take on US' future laid bare in nine alarming words

Donald Trump was branded an a***hole by his own niece Mary in a fascinating interview and now the woman has offered her thoughts on what makes the US President tick

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7 h. ago Council crews to search through Brits' bins in new scheme and hand out £70 fines

A county council's recycling advisory teams – or 'RATs' – could hand £70 fines to repeat offenders who throw recyclable materials into their general waste bins

Economics

8 h. ago Bruce Springsteen's lyrical view of America has long included politics — even more so as he ages

Even as his fame and wealth have soared over the decades, Bruce Springsteen has retained the voice of the working class’ balladeer

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9 h. ago Barry Keoghan says 'I’m not in denial anymore' as he admits addiction struggles

Saltburn star Barry Keoghan has opened up like never before, offering a raw and deeply personal account of his struggles with addiction

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9 h. ago Firefighters probe cause of blaze after huge plumes of smoke seen near Trafford Centre

Fire crews rushed to Barton Dock Road

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9 h. ago Barry Island Pleasure Park LIVE: Emergency as air ambulance lands at fairground

A spokesperson for South Wales Police asked people to avoid Barry Island Pleasure Park following reports of an 'incident' at the popular leisure hotspot this evening

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10 h. ago Arsenal ‘here to win’ Women’s Champions League after rollercoaster road to final

Visit from 2007 winners comes ahead of facing Barcelona in the club’s first Champions League final in 18 years

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10 h. ago M&S restocks viral pistachio chocolate bar – but how does it taste?

The limited-edition treat draws inspiration from Dubai chocolate

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10 h. ago Trump’s Harvard visa threat could wipe out several of school’s sports teams

Trump visa move threatens 21% of Harvard athletesForeign-heavy teams like crew, squash could foldHarvard: Ban ‘unlawful,’ vows to fight for studentsSome of Harvard’s sports teams would be virtually wiped out by a Trump administration decision announced on Thursday that would make the Ivy League school with the nation’s largest athletic program ineligible for international student visas.Seven of the eight rowers on the men’s heavyweight crew team that just won the Eastern Sprints title – and is headed to the national championships – list international hometowns on the school’s website. Mick Thompson, the leading scorer last season, and Jack Bar, who was a captain, are among a handful of Canadians on the men’s hockey roster; 10 of the 13 members of the men’s squash team and more than half of the women’s soccer and golf rosters also list foreign hometowns. Continue reading...

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10 h. ago ‘I treasured that kit’: Leah Williamson’s Arsenal journey from mascot to mainstay

The Arsenal defender knows she must manage her emotions in the Champions League final – 18 years after she was a mascot for the equivalent fixture There is no bigger test of how Arsenal’s Leah Williamson balances the emotion of the occasion as a fan with her life as a player than a first Champions League final after years of working on her feelings when she is wearing red and white. “Do your job, Leah, and then the fan in you gets to enjoy it afterwards,” her internal monologue will run as she prepares to step on to the pitch when the Gunners take on Barcelona in Lisbon.“It’s funny, Less [Alessia Russo] was asking me about this today,” the 28-year-old says, sitting in the sunshine by the small lake at Arsenal’s London Colney training centre. “Maybe it’s age, maybe it’s having the experience of doing it in other moments. The Euros final was fairly level to this in terms of testing my ability to manage the emotions of the day and occasion. I’m just going to enjoy it. Continue reading...

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