68 h. ago Prue Leith snubs Noel Fielding and Alison Hammond as Bake Off stars 'want them to go away'

With Channel 4's Great British Bake Off set to return to our screens this evening, Dame Prue Leith has aimed a jibe at co-hosts Alison Hammond and Noel Fielding

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7 d. ago Scientists are baffled by a rogue planet growing at a record rate of six BILLION tonnes per second

A young rogue planet 620 light-years from Earth has baffled scientists as it puts on a record-breaking 'growth spurt'.

Science

1 week ago What time is The Great British Bake Off on today? TV start time and Channel 4 schedule

The Great British Bake Off continues with chocolate week - but when is it on the TV? 🍰📺

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2 w. ago The DIY technique men are using to restore their manhood as circumcision rates in America fall to record lows

Fewer than half of boys born in the US are now being circumcised, according to a report released by Johns Hopkins medical research.

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2 w. ago Let’s stop asking why women aren’t having children and ask, for once: why aren’t men? | Rhiannon Lucy Coslett

On the whole, men I’ve spoken to – like women – want children. But a host of issues, from housing to mental health, is getting in the way“Why aren’t women having babies?” It’s the question on everyone’s lips as the fertility rate plummets to a record low in England, Scotland and Wales. A range of answers are always trotted out, from the entirely reasonable (childcare and housing costs; the motherhood career penalty) to the ludicrous (being so dim about our own fertility that we wake up one day realising we’ve left it too late). Yet perhaps it’s time we ask not only “why aren’t women having babies?”, but also “why aren’t men?”Men are largely invisible in the birthrate debate. It’s ironic that amid all the pontificating and the policy ideas for encouraging more women to have babies – a conversation often being had by men – the other half of humanity is strikingly underexamined. Part of the problem is an absence of data: like many European countries, we don’t really have any on male fe...

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3 w. ago Who is on The Great British Bake Off: An Extra Slice? Full list of Channel 4 guests

Get an extra slice of Bake Off goodness tonight 😍🍰

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3 w. ago Great British Bake Off stars admit 'panic' as Channel 4 viewers left baffled

The Great British Bake Off viewers were left scratching their heads as they were introduced to the first challenge of Bread Week

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3 w. ago Channel 4's Great British Bake Off launch episode breaks TV ratings records

The new Channel 4 series of The Great British Bake Off is proving a huge hit with younger viewers and on catch-up, with the programme smashing records

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3 w. ago Mortgage payments rocket 47% in five years to hit a record average above £1,000 for the first time

Direct debit data published by the Office for National Statistics, showed average homeowner monthly mortgage repayments came in at £1,002.27 in August.

Economics

3 w. ago Monthly mortgage repayments hit a record £1,000 for the first time as lenders put up interest rates

Direct debit data published by the Office for National Statistics, showed average homeowner monthly mortgage repayments came in at £1,002.27 in August.

Economics