37 m. ago Leo DiCaprio, 50, on dating as an older man: 'You have to risk being honest and having things fall apart because there's no time to waste'

As he covered Esquire UK 's Autumn issue Leo, look ahead towards the 'next few decades' with 'much more life behind than ahead of you.'

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45 m. ago City centre canals left as 'grim eyesore' after being 'purposefully drained'

The Canals and River Trust has said it is not 'the first time it has happened recently'

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45 m. ago Gary Neville STILL not welcome by Nottingham Forest after explosive Sky Sports row

Nottingham Forest and Gary Neville do not looked set to see eye to eye any time soon amid the ongoing row between the parties due to the pundit's views on Evangelos Marinakis

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61 m. ago Cillian Murphy plays impassioned headteacher in trailer for Netflix drama Steve

The reform school drama is a reimagining of Max Porter’s Sunday Times bestseller Shy.

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64 m. ago Diamonds, drama and a very British kind of shade: Meet the Real Housewives of London

The global reality juggernaut has finally arrived in the capital. From a royal baker to the ‘Longest Legs in Belgravia’, six women are delivering high style, bold personalities and cutting one-liners as they lift the lid on London’s social scene. Lisa McLoughlin meets the cast destined to be your next reality TV obsession

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69 m. ago Tricky new questions learner drivers will need to answer in theory test

The Driving and Vehicle Standards Agency has announced that driver theory test will include questions on CPR and defibrillators for the first time starting next year

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81 m. ago Christine McGuinness makes Paddy McGuinness confession as she opens up on dating struggles

Christine McGuinness has defended Paddy McGuinness, describing how "he was getting a really hard time in the press" when the couple announced their separation.

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85 m. ago ‘I knew my job was to fulfil a man’s fantasy’: Elizabeth McGovern on Downton, early fame and co

As the Downton Abbey finale hits the big screen, the actor looks back on the pitfalls of scoring huge success so young – and the liberation she later found singing in a band and writing a play about Ava GardnerFor the maudlin among us, the final Downton Abbey film should perhaps come with a warning. Everything in it is tinged with wistfulness – a goodbye to cherished characters and a farewell to a stately home that was a sturdy presence in a transient world. When the ITV series started in 2010, wasn’t life better? Did Elizabeth McGovern feel this too, the sense of time passing? After all, her character, Cora, is now ageing out of custodianship of Downton along with her husband, Lord Grantham, in favour of a younger generation and a changing era as the 1930s dawn.“No!” says McGovern, snapping me out of my melancholy. “I feel very excited that I’m going into a gratifying new phase in my career.” As well as reviving Cora, there is the play she has written, Ava: The Secret Conversations...

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1 hour ago New draft of plastic pollution treaty would not limit plastic production

Negotiators working on a treaty to address the global crisis of plastic pollution are discussing a new draft of the text that would not limit plastic production or address chemicals used in plastic products

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1 hour ago Bonnie Blue Instagram mystery as star vanishes hours after Ibiza Final Boss video

Controversial adult star Bonnie Blue has vanished from Instagram just hours after posting an awkward video with 'Ibiza Final Boss' Jack Kay - and it's not the first time she's vanished from the platform

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1 hour ago Grieving mum finds body of daughter, 7, missing tongue and throat after autopsy

The girl's mother, Han, walked in to the morgue in Taiwan to find her daughter incomplete - before the medical examiner told her they simply chucked them in her chest cavity to save time

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1 hour ago Amazon expands its perishable delivery service, putting pressure on traditional grocers

Amazon is now rolling out a service where its Prime members can order their blueberries and milk at the same time as their batteries and other basic items

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1 hour ago Of course Mark Zuckerberg is still doing good works – he’s just switched up the definition of ‘good’ | Emma Brockes

Who has the time to help underprivileged children when you have a pickleball court and a president to attend to?If you put it in a novel – a ham-fisted satire of tech overlord hypocrisy, say – it would look too contrived to fly. But here we are, absorbing a story from the New York Times this week in which Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, are discovered to have been running a private school out of their compound in Palo Alto, California, in violation of city zoning laws. More pertinently, the school of 14 kids, which includes two of the couple’s three daughters, is less than a mile from the school for low-income families that the couple founded in 2016. Guess which school the world’s second-richest man and his wife are shutting down?Say the word “zoning infraction” to a certain stripe of American and the effect is equal to using “queue jumper” on a Briton, but of course the broader point here isn’t one about permits. (A spokesperson for Zuckerberg and Chan told the newsp...

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2 h. ago Teenage girls making TikToks: Philippa James’s best photograph

‘My daughter and her friends are part of the smartphone generation. The more time I spent with them, the more I learned about the darker side of their mobiles’This started as a project with my daughter and her friends, who are all part of the smartphone generation. They were 14 years old at the time and I wanted to learn more about the relationship they had with their mobile phones. In 2022, a study by Ofcom showed that nine out of 10 children owned one by the time they reached the age of 11, and that 91% of them used video platforms, messaging apps and social media by the age of 12. I spoke to my daughter and her friends about how they use their phones and the negative reputation that surrounds teenagers and their screens. They told me the positives as well as the negatives, such as how social media can raise confidence as well as knock it down.I asked if I could photograph them. There was very little direction from me and – rather than photographing them in a controlled portraitur...

Culture

2 h. ago We know that cosy games have big audiences – so where’s my epic Call the Midwife sim?

In a world overwhelmed by noise and with more players looking for solace, it’s time the triple-A developers pay attentionI am 85 hours into Death Stranding 2, an apocalyptic nightmare about Earth becoming infected with death monsters, and I’ve realised that I’m playing it as a cosy game. For hours at a time, I trundle along the photorealistic landscapes in my pick-up truck, delivering parcels to isolated communities and building new roads. The only reason I complete the main story missions is to open new areas of the map so that I can meet new people and build more roads. I find it blissfully enjoyable.Of course, I am far from alone in playing video games this way. “Cosy games” have become a thriving cottage industry over the past five years, led by crossover successes such as Minecraft, Stardew Valley and Untitled Goose Game, but also housing hundreds of smaller titles that appeal to highly engaged communities. On Steam this month you’ll discover Catto’s Post Office, a delightful g...

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2 h. ago Premier course designer Derek di Grazia is excited by the newly

Premier course designer Derek di Grazia is excited by the newly-reversed course at the Defender Burghley Horse Trials as it changes direction for the first time in eight years.

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2 h. ago Leonardo DiCaprio at 50: ‘You don’t want to waste your time any more’

The Oscar-winning actor whose three-decade career includes acclaimed roles in Titanic, The Wolf of Wall Street and The Revenant, also revealed his biggest career regret

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2 h. ago Amazon flash deal on Galaxy Tab A9+ worth £209 touted as 'cheaper alternative to an iPad'

Amazon's limited time deal is on the 2025 edition of the Galaxy Tab A9+ which is available in three colours

Economics

2 h. ago Netflix fans turn off 'incredibly disgusting' new comedy minutes in despite star

It was created by a five-time Emmy Award-winning filmmaker

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2 h. ago Tyson and Paris marry for third time in emotional ceremony in France alongside their seven children

Tyson Fury and wife Paris have renewed their vows and married for a third time in an emotional ceremony in the South of France, alongside their seven children

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