59 m. ago Swap milk for 1 ingredient to make macaroni cheese creamier and tastier

Macaroni cheese is a dish loved by many, with people always looking for ways to make the meal tastier. However, according to a recipe expert, you only need to add one ingredient to make it super creamy and delicious

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67 m. ago Migrant helpline advising on issues including how to fix kettles is part of £120million call centre funded by the taxpayer

Operators at the call centre, run by charity Migrant Help, are being told to record every call concerning a broken item - no matter how minor.

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70 m. ago Novels I haven’t finished reading are piling up by my bedside. What if that’s a good thing? | Hanna Thomas Uose

Authors are sounding warnings about the length of the modern attention span, but my series of abandonments is a sign of something elseThis is embarrassing, but here goes. There are five novels beside my bed, all partially read. On my phone, I am partway through 36 audiobooks, which pales in comparison to the 46 ebooks I have abandoned on my Kindle. This doesn’t count the growing pile of advance copies beside my coffee table, vying for blurbs, now that I am a published novelist myself.At first glance, these stats seem to corroborate Ian Rankin’s words. Commenting a fortnight ago on how easy it is to lose a reader’s focus, when it is fragmented by social media and the news cycle, the writer said: “Maybe as people’s attention spans change the literature will have to change with them.” But as someone who used to doggedly finish whatever I was reading, I now consider it a human right to put down a book that I’m not in the mood for.Hanna Thomas Uose is a writer and strategist. She is the ...

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70 m. ago Chanelle Hayes' 'marriage fear' exposed as she quits nursing for racy adult career

Big Brother icon Chanelle Hayes worries that her decision to sign up for OnlyFans will have an impact on her marriage, despite her husband Dan being 'supportive'

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74 m. ago Can Man United recall Rasmus Hojlund? Loan transfer rules explained amid Benjamin Sesko worry

Benjamin Sesko's injury means Manchester United face the prospect of being without a recognised striker after he was forced off in the 2-2 draw with Tottenham Hotspur

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86 m. ago Tory Robert Jenrick accused of breaching Westminster rules over fake clown video

EXCLUSIVE: A complaint has been made about the Tory after he posted AI footage about Justice Secretary David Lammy.

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1 hour ago BBC bosses face backlash after host Katherine Ryan uses the C

Anchor Katherine Ryan and panellist Maise Adam both used the profanity in a section discussing Sir David's investiture by King Charles last week which prompted viewers to lambast the Corporation.

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2 h. ago Celebrity Traitors star announces career first as he admits 'it was a risk'

Celebrity Traitors star Tom Daley has recently taken on a new presenting role

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2 h. ago Victoria Beckham lets loose at Holly Ramsay’s hen do at Soho Farmhouse

Holly Ramsay is set to tie the knot with Olympic swimmer Adam Peaty in a lavish festive celebration after Holly said she wants the "Christmas magic feeling" at her nuptials

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2 h. ago Mary Earps opens up on her 'ugly' booze battle during low point of her legendary career

The controversial former Lionesses goalkeeper admits she became 'very lost' and 'unrecognisable' and even hid her struggles from her parents.

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3 h. ago 'Sexy Beast' cheats justice on world's biggest bank job as £100m loot vanishes

Mastermind of the Bank of America heist, Frank Maple, has not been seen since he kidnapped a couple from their home 42 years ago along with a villain known as 'The Pimpernel'

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3 h. ago Tiger Woods' 'hate to admit it' remark about son Charlie speaks volumes after bad news

Tiger Woods has suffered an injury setback that could deny him the chance to team up with his son Charlie, whose golf game he has praised from an early age

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3 h. ago Drama based on 'superb' book starts on TV tonight and fans 'can't wait'

Trespasses, which is an adaptation of Louise Kennedy's breakout debut novel, has been adapted for the screen

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4 h. ago ‘They treat men like vending machines’: Inside the hidden world of social media sperm selling

Parenthood can seem an impossible dream for many, and online sperm donor groups offer a solution, but they can be a murky world A man going by the name “Rod Kissme” claims to have “very strong sperm”. It may seem like an eccentric boast for a Facebook profile page, but then this is no mundane corner of the internet. The group where Rod and other men advertise themselves is a community where women and couples come, in many cases, to fulfil a lifelong dream: parenthood.There is a growing number of online sperm donor groups on social media. They offer people the chance of parenting children in an unregulated, dangerous but surprisingly straightforward way. Continue reading...

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4 h. ago Unique and adventurous Advent calendars to brighten up Christmas

Humble countdown has transformed into a showcase of creativity, craftsmanship, and pure festive indulgence

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4 h. ago Young Brits could unlock an extra £1k with this simple savings trick

Two thirds of young adults are missing out on boosting their savings by up to £1,000 each year, by not doing one simple thing

Economics

5 h. ago Amid squabbles, bombast and competing interests, what can Cop30 achieve?

Climate summit in Brazil needs to find way to stop global heating accelerating amid stark divisions“It broke my heart.” Surangel Whipps, president of the tiny Pacific nation of Palau, was sitting in the front row of the UN’s general assembly in New York when Donald Trump made a long and rambling speech, his first to the UN since his re-election, on 23 September.Whipps was prepared for fury and bombast from the US president, but what followed was shocking. Trump’s rant on the climate crisis – a “green scam”, “the greatest con job ever perpetrated”, “predictions made by stupid people” – was an unprecedented attack on science and global action from a major world leader. Continue reading...

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5 h. ago ‘You Britons go to the pub, we go to the swimming pool!’: the European health habits worth adopting

Daily swims, power naps and five meals a day – not tips from the latest hit wellbeing podcast, but longstanding traditions that have kept generations healthy in Iceland, Ukraine, France and more Iceland: swimming pool culture Continue reading...

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5 h. ago As Britain’s biggest budget airline turns 30, what did easyJet ever do for us?

The Man Who Pays His Way: Captain of first-ever easyJet flight was on secondment from British Airways

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5 h. ago I see Celtic novelty wearing thin and the pretence is over for Dermot Desmond – Hugh Keevins

Shug compares Martin O'Neill to the John Lewis Christmas ad but sentimentality is not Celtic's only option

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