87 m. ago Man's life 'ruined' by parking ticket after he was 10 minutes late back to his car

Ashley Pavett was enjoying a coffee at a Costa last April when he overstayed the 90-minute limit and was slapped with a £60 parking fine - but it was worse than he thought

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2 h. ago Germany’s best defence against the AfD is for mainstream parties to offer hope

Editorial: The spectre of the anti-immigration right that is haunting Europe can be banished and parties occupying the centre-ground know what they have to do

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3 h. ago Man who overstayed by 10 minutes in a Costa car park almost has his life ruined

Ashley Pavett had exceeded the 90-minute limit at a car park in Green Meadow near Pontyclun in South Wales. He paid the fine promptly, but a letter months later turned his life upside down.

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3 h. ago Brit couples follow Beyoncé with prenups soaring to unprecedented number before marriage

More and more Brits are opting for prenuptial agreements before tying the knot - the agreements are now 'mainstream' according to new figures from a YouGov survey

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3 h. ago Moment Gen Z yobs jump on police car roof while crowds chant 'f*** the feds' as chaos erupts at trainers launch in busy London shopping street

Shocking videos shows huge crowds swarming the patrol vehicle on Carnaby Street in Soho, before one teen jumps on the bonnet on Saturday afternoon.

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3 h. ago Writer David Szalay: ‘We live in an era of short attention spans – we have to work with it the best we can’

The Hungarian-English author on addressing what it’s like to be a male body in the world, learning the tricks of literature from Frederick Forsyth, and the feeling of nearly winning the BookerDavid Szalay, 51, grew up in London and now lives in Vienna with his wife, having previously moved in 2009 to Hungary, his father’s birthplace. In 2016 he was shortlisted for the Booker prize with his fourth novel, All That Man Is, nine separate stories “self-assembled in the reader’s mind into a sort of collage-novel” (London Review of Books). His new novel, Flesh, follows the fluctuating fortunes of a young Hungarian ex-convict who makes his life in the UK after serving in Iraq.Tell us how Flesh came to be. I decided to abandon a book I’d started in 2017. It just wasn’t working, so it felt like a weight off my shoulders; nevertheless, I was under contract and had to come up with something. Literally nothing in Flesh is directly autobiographical, but it started with my underlying experience of...

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4 h. ago Gas main blaze breaks out as Scots homes evacuated and busy area locked down

The incident took place just yards away from Firhill Stadium, where Partick Thistle took on Airdrieonians.

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4 h. ago West Ham’s Jarrod Bowen delivers major blow to Arsenal’s title hopes

So it turns out Arsenal should have signed a striker. Fourteen months after they last put a major dent in Arsenal’s title aspirations, a goal from Jarrod Bowen secured West Ham’s second successive Premier League away win over their north London rivals as Mikel Arteta’s side saw their hopes of maintaining the pressure on leaders Liverpool evaporate.To compound Arteta’s misery, substitute Myles Lewis-Skelly was shown a straight red card in the second half as Arsenal – who had toiled with Mikel Merino again filling in as a makeshift attacker – struggled to find an equaliser against a defence that would have done Graham Potter’s predecessor, David Moyes, proud. Yet while this was a welcome triumph for Potter, it also laid bare the deficiencies in Arsenal’s squad caused by so many injuries to forward players that has made their task of overhauling Arne Slot’s side almost impossible. A first defeat in 15 games – a run that had stretched back to the start of November – almost leaves them n...

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4 h. ago The week in audio: Facing the Music; Tara and George: Last Rights; Why Is Amy in the Bath? and more – review

The lives of Beethoven, Haydn and co enthral; Audrey Gillan updates her award-winning rough sleepers series. Plus, a choir of cicadas and bathtime fun with Amy Adams Facing the Music Radio 3/BBC SoundsTara and George: Last Rights Radio 4/BBC Sounds)Why Is Amy in the Bath? Grab Bag Collab & Because It’s True ProductionsBetween the Ears: A Symphony of Cicadas Radio 3/BBC Sounds“It’s almost midnight,” purrs Dominic West, all honey and velvet, straight after we hear the famously doomy, four-note opening to Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony. The wild-eyed composer is in a cart, West tells us energetically, his latest piano sonata getting ruined by the rain, after throwing some coins at the driver and growling his preferred destination. West relishes every syllable of it: “Vi-ennnn-a!” Continue reading...

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4 h. ago PlayStation 5 Pro review: Months later and the PS5 Pro is much easier to recommend

The PS5 Pro is much easier to recommend than it was a few months ago, and it might be worth investing as Sony continues to improve older titles.

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4 h. ago Opera stars of the future shine brightly in London Competition Finals

Opera stars of the future shine brightly in London Competition Finals  New York Classical Review

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5 h. ago Man airlifted to hospital with serious injuries after being hit by car in Scots village

Medics describe the 31-year-old's condition as serious.

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6 h. ago Ruben Amorim and David Moyes clash over penalty review after Everton vs Manchester United controversy

Red Devils survive a late VAR review to earn a point after fighting back from 2-0 down

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6 h. ago The Bank Hotel, Istanbul: An elegant stay steeped in history

Nicole Holcroft-Emmess falls for one of Europe’s most exciting cities after a stay at this chic design hotel

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6 h. ago Premier League explain VAR penalty review after Everton vs Manchester United ends in controversy

Manchester United’s final ever trip to Goodison Park ended in controversy as the hosts were denied the chance to take all three points in stoppage time

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6 h. ago Police 'increasingly concerned' for missing runner as dashcam footage shows abandoned car

The search for missing runner Jenny Hall has entered its fourth day, with a major operation combing the wild countryside of County Durham.

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6 h. ago Premier League issue statement as VAR controversy SAVES Man Utd at Everton

Manchester United's Premier League clash with Everton was hit with controversy late on as Andy Madley was sent for a VAR review after awarding a late penalty to the home side

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7 h. ago Joy Crookes review – an enthralling, intimate set from this rising London soul star

Islington Assembly Hall, LondonThe twentysomething singer-songwriter brings classic Motown rhythms with a touch of hip-hop to a resounding set of anti-anxiety anthemsJoy Crookes is only 26, but the south Londoner’s music already feels omnipresent. One song in particular, at least: Feet Don’t Fail Me Now seems to be absolutely everywhere. I hear it in cafes and bars, trendy boutiques and grimy off-licences and, when I forget to turn it off, the autoplay function on my streaming app of choice. The song only came out in 2021, as a single from Crookes’s acclaimed debut album, Skin, and even if it doesn’t yet feel canonical, it has at least thoroughly saturated certain pockets of the city.Which makes it all the more remarkable that, when Crookes plays it at Islington Assembly Hall this evening – an “intimate”, or intimate for her, show at only 890 people – one of the Brits Week for War Child charity shows, it doesn’t even garner the biggest singalong of the evening. That honour might go ...

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8 h. ago CTEK CS Free review: We test a car charger you don't need to plug in to the mains

Motoring and consumer technology writer Gareth Butterfield uses CTEK’s latest off-grid charger and starter to keep his vehicle batteries in tip-top condition

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9 h. ago Jenny Hall: Police 'increasingly concerned' as dashcam footage shows missing runner's abandoned car

Dozens of emergency responders and members of the public have been enlisted to comb the wild moorlands in County Durham following 23-year-old Jenny Hall's disappearance last week

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