38 m. ago Rachel Roddy’s recipe for courgette, goat’s cheese and lemon risotto | A kitchen in Rome

Risotto all’onda is wonderfully fluid, creamy and cheesyAs Venice braced itself recently for another wedding, I had been thinking back to last September, when Adriana and Thom exchanged vows in the cavernous cool of the boathouse belonging to Burano’s rowing club. Following the ceremony, the double doors were opened wide, so friends and family could line the ramp all the way to the edge of the lagoon. There, standing majestically at the end of a green gondola, was Adriana’s childhood friend Giulia, a champion of voga Veneta, or Venetian rowing, ready to take the couple to the other side of the island for lunch.While Giulia rowed Adriana and Thom around the island, the rest of us walked across it to Trattoria Da Romano, where Adriana’s family have celebrated for lifetimes, and it was completely given over to our euphoric wedding party. I am sure I would remember all seven courses (several of which involved more than one dish) even if I didn’t have the menu memento stuck to our fridge...

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12 h. ago Brits are turning to clever travel hacks to maximise their holidays

A study of 2,000 adults found that on average they are utilising three hacks on a typical holiday - with two thirds getting tips from friends and family

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12 h. ago Family friendly wrestling returning to NCT Centre in Newmains next month

Pro Wrestling Scotland are coming back to town with a brand new for a family entertainment spectacular.

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15 h. ago Oasis tickets cost dad £700 but email hours before gig left him vomiting

Phil Hessey bought tickets for himself, his son Kaiden, 15, and a family friend for the show in Manchester on Saturday - but things didn't go to plan.

Economics

38 h. ago Friends and family shunned Constance Marten when she got new boyfriend

Constance Marten was known to family and friends as "Toots". But she cut off from them when she met her children's father Mark Gordon. The pair were convicted of killing their baby Victoria

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42 h. ago Inside F1 star George Russell's new £2.2m luxury yacht with four bedrooms and garage

George Russell has purchased a stunning Pershing 6X yacht, which contains four bedrooms, a private garage for a jet ski, and plenty of room to host friends and family

Economics

45 h. ago I was beaten and sexually abused by a family friend when I was four

Thomas Brown, now 47, was this year found guilty of indecently assaulting Kaylee Thompson when she was just four years old. He was jailed for only two years.

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47 h. ago Inside the bombshell memoir about Queen Elizabeth's childhood which led to the ostracisation of a Royal Family friend

Before Prince Harry released his bombshell memoir, there was another book which equally ruffled feathers amongst the royals.

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67 h. ago I’m not keen on the Clooneys’ ‘no phones’ rule for guests | Emma Beddington

Amal Clooney says the policy allows for ‘safe and frank’ conversation. But what if you want to show George a cool meme of an anteater posing?Would you willingly surrender your phone if you were invited to the Clooneys’? Because that’s the deal, apparently. “I now have a phone basket that I use to take everyone’s phones away!” Amal Clooney recently told Glamour magazine in a rather stilted “conversation” with the cosmetics diva Charlotte Tilbury. “It’s important to get that balance where you have time alone with your family and with your friends where people feel like you can have a safe and frank exchange,” she explained.Hmm. I’m fine with shoes-off households (although you reap what you sow when it comes to the state of my socks or my toes). But the phone basket is reminiscent of those aggressively jocular pub signs that say: “No wifi – talk to each other.” What if you’re dealing with a family or work situation, need to hide in the loo and stroke your shiny pocket rectangle to rech...

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69 h. ago Prime Video drops 'beautifully made' documentary that left viewers crying 'at least 4 times'

The new docuseries features exclusive interviews with friends and family of the victims

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3 d. ago Tributes flood in for beloved community DJ who died suddenly aged 42

'Zoey Poey' was described by friends and family as a beautiful soul, amazing mum and talented DJ

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5 d. ago Brooklyn Beckham and Nicola Peltz's Instagram accounts no longer follow his brothers Cruz and Romeo in yet more family drama... as friends explain reason why

Brooklyn Beckham and Nicola Peltz's Instagram accounts have stopped following his brothers Cruz and Romeo in yet more family drama.

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5 d. ago Brooklyn Beckham and Nicola Peltz's Instagram accounts stop following his brothers Cruz and Romeo in yet more family drama... as friends explain reason why

Brooklyn Beckham and Nicola Peltz's Instagram accounts have stopped following his brothers Cruz and Romeo in yet more family drama.

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6 d. ago A Texas family clung to life on their roof, capturing the terrifying flooding in photos and video

A retired nurse, her son and a family friend say they were lucky to survive last week's flash floods in Texas that killed more than 100 people, including many summer campers

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6 d. ago Victoria Beckham pays tribute to 'best friend' in moving double family update amid 'rift'

The fashion designer was to publicly share her message online

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6 d. ago Brits know more about Prince Harry's ex and Rooney's first car than own families

A study of 2,000 adults found more than one in 10 know more about famous faces than their family and friends, with many able to correctly identify the first partners of royalty and sports stars

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6 d. ago Hyundai Ioniq 6 N – Hyundai’s fastest EV unveiled unsurprisingly at the Goodwood Festival of Speed

New 642bhp saloon blends supercar speed, sleek style and track-ready tech in a family-friendly package

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6 d. ago Do we think enough about parents who care for sick or disabled children – and how not to make things harder? | Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett

Mina Holland’s book about parenting her seriously unwell daughter sheds light on the situation faced by so many, and the complicated psychology at playWhen you have a baby, especially if you’re in an antenatal class, or friends or family members have a child of about the same age, there is a feeling that you’re all in it together, at least at first. For me this big, life-transforming event might have felt intensely personal, but the shared connection with other new parents, who were also learning on the job, not to mention the books – Your Baby Week By Week, The Wonder Weeks – can trick you into thinking that the path is a predictable one.From hourly feeds and wake-ups to sleeping through the night, breast- and bottle-feeding to solids, crawling to walking, maternity leave to nursery to school, the journey may have slightly different scenery, but the impression given is that ultimately it ends up in the same place. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Parents spend six hours a week or 13 days a year ferrying kids to and from hobbies

Nearly a third have had to seek help from friends and family members just to fit in the spiralling number of extra-curricular outings because it isn’t possible to tackle alone

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8 d. ago A baby born to a brain dead mother: this is the horror of abortion bans | Moira Donegan

Adriana Smith was legally dead for months, but kept on life support in Atlanta because she was pregnantOn Friday 13 June, a baby was born in an Atlanta hospital to a woman who had been dead for four months. Adriana Smith, a 30-year-old Black nurse and mother, was declared brain dead in February after blood clots formed in her brain. Legally, and by all meaningful measures, she was dead then: the woman who loved her family, laughed with her friends, comforted her son, helped her colleagues and cared for her patients was gone then, and was never coming back. But the state of Georgia, and the administrators of the hospital where she was declared dead, kept her corpse in a state of artificial animation for months. That’s because when Smith went to the hospital in February complaining of a headache, and later became unresponsive, she was about eight weeks pregnant. According to her family, doctors at Emory hospital, in Georgia, told the family that the state’s abortion ban required them ...

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