5 h. ago Woman drops out of sister’s destination wedding after discovering $22k family loan covered groom’s relatives’ travel

A former maid-of-honor says her sister is planning a four day wedding in Dubai

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6 h. ago How New Orleans cleans up the waves of trash left behind after Mardi Gras

Hundreds of thousands of people take to the streets of New Orleans to celebrate Mardi Gras, leaving the city covered in detritus

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6 h. ago Father and son who attacked a man with a machete and a plank of wood covered in nails are jailed for 20 years

Father and son George Ripley Snr and Jnr who attacked their neighbour with a machete and a plank of wood covered in nails over a parking row have been jailed for 20 years. 

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8 h. ago Wowcher's got hundreds off garden furniture set complete with firepit and rain cover

Customers can get this set now for £699 down from its original price of £1,149.99

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9 h. ago Trump tariffs live updates: White House expected to announce relief for some goods from Mexico and Canada

President may give tariff relief to goods following rules of origin under U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement on trade, which would likely cover auto sector

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9 h. ago Trump is turning the media into a mouthpiece of the regime | Lawrence Douglas

As the White House handpicks members of the press pool, questions for the president amount to fluffy valentinesYou know we’re in trouble when Fox News emerges as the great defender of freedom of the press. But such was the case when Jacqui Heinrich, a senior political correspondent at Fox, responded to the news that Trump’s White House would now handpick the reporters who get to cover the president in small settings, with the post: “This move does not give the power back to the people – it gives power to the White House.” Heinrich was specifically responding to press secretary Karoline Leavitt’s Orwellian claim that letting Donald Trump choose who would cover him was designed to restore power “back to the American people”.The fruits of the new policy were richly on display during the sickening scene that unfolded in the Oval Office last week. If the president and JD Vance’s disgraceful treatment of Volodymyr Zelenskyy wasn’t bad enough, there was the unprecedented role that the “pre...

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12 h. ago Zhenhao Zou: Serial rapist may have attacked dozens more women, police say as international appeal launched

Police conclude a large number of victims remain unidentified as they admit they are still trawling through 6.5trn bytes of data on rapist’s devices

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13 h. ago Moment care workers shout at and belittle dementia patient by mockingly saying 'rest in peace' is caught on secret camera

Registered nurse Nicola Hughes hid a covert camera inside a radio in her 67-year-old mother's room at Barrogil House in Fife.

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13 h. ago Prue Leith reveals she is going deaf and 'struggling' getting to grips with hearing aids

The Great British Bake Off judge was left red-faced after forgetting to put the hearing devices in for a visit to Cambridge University

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14 h. ago Pakistani mortar fire injures Afghan journalists covering closure of key border crossing

An Taliban official says shelling from Pakistan has injured three Afghan journalists reporting on the closure of a key border crossing

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16 h. ago Indian rock sensations Bloodywood: ‘What’s more metal than standing up for people you love?’

The trio’s playful mix of heft and traditional instrumentation sent them viral. But they’re also confronting racism and rape culture, and struggling in a Bollywood-dominated music industry‘We’re serving a really nice dish called metal tikka masala,” jokes Bloodywood guitarist Jayant Bhadula. “It’s metal but with so many spices that it’ll overwhelm your senses. You will headbang and you will end up dancing with us.”This is the tongue-in-cheek mission statement of one of metal’s most original bands. Formed in 2016, Bloodywood flavour the conventions of nu-metal with traditional Indian instruments, meaning their songs are as likely to feature crunching riffs as they are the flute or the dhol. The trio – bulked out to a six-piece on stage – became viral sensations covering pop songs and alternative hits on YouTube before writing original material. From there, their fortunes soared. Their first ever gig was at German metal festival Wacken Open Air in 2019. Four years later they drew a ma...

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16 h. ago Wooden spoons are making us sick? I thought that was fish slices | Arwa Mahdawi

Another day, another health scare. I’m struggling to know which dangers I should take seriouslyIf you want to stir up online controversy, wooden spoons are the perfect tool with which to do so. Every few years, influencers go viral with warnings about how the wooden spoons in your kitchen are covered in disgusting gunk and if you don’t boil them immediately you will poison yourself and everyone you love.In 2023, for example, a woman called Lulaboo Jenkins posted a TikTok video of her boiling spoons. Millions of people watched the water turn brown and it triggered a deep-cleaning craze. The Guardian’s Tim Dowling had a go, detailing the results in an article that prompted more than 1,000 comments. Who knew spoons could inspire such a feverish response? (Well, Jenkins, I suppose.) Continue reading...

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18 h. ago Beloved BBC presenter quits show after a whopping 40 years on screens

She has had a varied career - from travelling to Antarctica and broadcasting live in the freezing cold, to covering ten general elections.

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19 h. ago The Knowledge | It’s all kicking off! Footballers shown yellow and red cards before games

Plus: more tables as works of art, record numbers of away wins in league matches and 1-11 shirt numbersMail us with your questions and answers“The recent Merseyside derby showed that it’s no longer unusual for a referee to book and send off players and managers after they’ve blown the final whistle,” notes Jason Janduy. “Are there any instances where they’ve shown their cards before the match?”Mykola Kozlenko has this one covered. “The most famous case is probably Patrice Evra, playing for Marseille against Vitória de Guimarães in the Europa League in 2017-18, when he kicked a Marseille fan before the game.”After the final whistle the referee went into both teams’ changing-rooms and retrospectively booked every player who hadn’t already been booked, for dissent. One player was in hospital at that stage, having sustained a nasty cut to his head, but he got booked as well. Another player couldn’t go to the game at all, so found someone else to play instead of him using his name. He wa...

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21 h. ago All the celebrities who stood up to body shaming trolls as Millie Bobby Brown hits back

Millie Bobby Brown has responded to the ongoing negativity and media coverage about her and joins the slew of celebrity women who have hit back at body shaming trolls

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22 h. ago The Leopard review – this sultry Italian drama will leave you swooning

Netflix’s adaptation of the classic novel isn’t just a steamy, sumptuous treat that’s packed with nice food. It’s also a sharp look at how the ruling classes survive social upheavalFirst the Americans came for British period drama. Now the Brits are getting their mitts on Italy’s heritage. In 2020, the US producer Shonda Rhimes sexed-up Regency England with lusty intrigue, soapy storylines and orchestral covers of pop hits to create Netflix’s smash-hit Bridgerton. This year, British screenwriters Benji Walters and Richard Worlow (The Serpent) and director Tom Shankland (SAS Rogue Heroes) are collaborating with the streamer on a bit of pop cultural colonisation of their own.You can see why they would want to: The Leopard – the trio’s adaptation of Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa’s seminal 1860s novel, set in Sicily – is sumptuous, sensuous, emotionally tempestuous and full of nice food; all qualities our homegrown costume drama tends to lack. But this sweaty, steamy series is far more t...

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28 h. ago Couple abandons young child in pram at Disneyland so they can go on ride

The youngster was left defenceless, covered with a blanket.

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32 h. ago Annie Kilner breaks cover in UK after Kyle Walker spotted partying with women in Milan

Annie Kilner was spotted in public for the first time since husband Kyle Walker was seen out in Milan with two women following his move from Manchester City to an Italian club

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34 h. ago Kate Hudson, 45, stuns in sexy shoot as her debut TV series tops Netflix charts

Last month, Kate Hudson graced the cover of a fashion magazine, showcasing one of her most daring looks yet as she prepared for the release of her new Netflix series

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34 h. ago Women 'chucking mud at windows' after Oldham window cleaner goes viral over selfie

"Does he cover all areas?... Asking for a friend"

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