9 h. ago Fatboy Slim: ‘I was in the same class as Keir Starmer – he’s one up on me now’

The electronic producer and DJ Norman Cook talks about learning the violin with Keir Starmer, his love for his label maker and crossing swords with MobyGet our weekend culture and lifestyle emailYou did violin lessons with Keir Starmer when you were a child. Who was better at violin?I can’t actually remember the violin lessons. But I was in the same class at school as Keir for five years, so I remember him well. He must have been better at the violin than me, because I did it for about one term. My parents could take no more noise, so I would say Keir was better. It is quite weird when one day you see someone on the telly and go, “Oh look, it is Keir Starmer from 4B.” I think he’s one up on me by becoming prime minister.Sign up for the fun stuff with our rundown of must-reads, pop culture and tips for the weekend, every Saturday morning Continue reading...

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9 h. ago Oday Dabbagh crowned an Aberdeen hero as Kevin Nisbet strike duo gets Jimmy Thelin excited

Dabbagh secured all three points with a wildly celebrated late goal against Kilmarnock at Pittodrie

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10 h. ago Texas measles outbreak grows to 90 cases, worst level in 30 years

Epicenter of latest outbreak had one of state’s highest immunization exemption rates for 2023-24 school yearThe measles outbreak in Texas has grown to at least 90 cases, reaching historic levels, according to officials.Since late January, 90 cases of measles have been identified in the South Plains region, the state’s department of state health services (DSHS) reported Friday. At least 16 patients have been hospitalized as a result. Continue reading...

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10 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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10 h. ago 11 of the best pictures as hundreds of musicians protest Cardiff University cuts

Cardiff University announced last month that it could axe 400 academic jobs as well as shutting the school of nursing, music and modern foreign languages as the university contends with a deficit of £31m

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10 h. ago House builder supports West Lothian School Bank with bumper donation

Miller Homes’ donation to The School Bank West Lothian will go towards providing schools with “camp clothing packs” to ensure that every child has a chance to fully participate in school camp trips.

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12 h. ago Blaze breaks out at Scots home as emergency services rush to scene

Three fire appliances raced to the scene just after 1pm this afternoon.

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14 h. ago Landlady who replaced the rotting windows of her listed pub with double glazing left with £70,000 bill after council demanded she rip them out

Owners of the Botanic Hotel in Hull, Kerry and Shaun Fitzgerald have been hit with a £70,000 bill for replacing the 172-year-old windows with modern double-glazing.

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14 h. ago Labour pledges to buy 300 care home beds to tackle bed blocking

Labour say they would end bed blocking, but have not set out how to pay for this pledge.

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14 h. ago Man Utd trolled with brutal chant after conceding Everton goal Ally McCoist can't explain

Everton fans took their opportunity to rip into the travelling Manchester United away support following Beto's opening goal with a savage chant

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16 h. ago 'No wonder' verdict as NHS in Wales faces recruitment crisis

Audit Wales warned that progress to tackle the problems are "hampered by the absence of a national workforce plan, gaps in data and uncertainty over the future shape of healthcare services"

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17 h. ago Ugly Betty star 'ripped hair out of woman's head' before bar brawl arrest

Eric Mabius, who shot to fame as Daniel Meade on Ugly Betty, was arrested on Thursday morning after allegedly pulling a woman's hair out in a bar brawl in Florida

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18 h. ago Phaidra Knight, rugby great, set for pro MMA debut at 50: ‘All roads lead to where I am’

After 35 US caps, three World Cups and hall of fame recognition, the former flanker is still a fighter – but now it’s in the octagon, for moneyPhaidra Knight is already a pioneer, the only African American woman in the World Rugby Hall of Fame. In 2017, when she retired after three World Cups and 35 US caps, she was 43. Now she’s 50 but on Saturday night in Patchogue, New York, she will claim another first: the oldest woman ever to make her pro MMA debut.“All roads lead to where I am,” Knight says, by phone from New York, on her way to training, with a sort of fierce zen sentiment familiar from conversations about rugby, the game she found at law school, through which she found herself, and which she came to see as a prop and a flanker as “violent yet controlled, kind of a form of art”. Continue reading...

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20 h. ago Meera Sodha’s vegan recipe for peazotto with pickled peas | The new vegan

The freshness of pureed peas and mint and the tartness of lemony pickled peas combine to give pasta ‘rice’ a perky, vibrant liftToday’s recipe is inspired by an Italian method of preserving, sott’olio, which translates to “under oil”. The most delicate of vegetables, such as peas, are picked at peak ripeness, plunged briefly in vinegar, then stored in oil to preserve them until desired. I’ll admit that my recipe wantonly uses frozen petit pois, which are then in part pickled and in part whizzed up to make a stock in which to cook the orzo; nevertheless, eating it brings its own warm and welcome Italian sunshine to my English kitchen in cold, dark February. Continue reading...

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20 h. ago AD FEATURE: Why college life at Gower College Swansea could be your best move

Kelly Fountain talks about the many benefits of college for school leavers, including the range of subjects, outstanding teaching, pastoral support and industry links

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20 h. ago Parents' fury as paedophile given permission from school to attend kids' dance

WARNING, DISTRESSING CONTENT: The man was seen pointing his phone camera in the direction of students aged between five and eleven on a dance floor at an Elementary School in Kansas - leaving parents horrified

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21 h. ago I've been on Ozempic for 2 years... what happened to me and my warning to anyone taking it

Real Housewives of New Jersey star Dolores Catania has reached her high school weight after two years on the medication. She now feels it's time to wean off or switch to a lower dose.

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22 h. ago Kristers Tobers details 'really natural' Aberdeen transition as he looks to repay amazing Red Army

He reckons the 3,000 strong support helped the Dons get back to winning ways in the Premiership against Dundee last weekend

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22 h. ago Parents and kids navigate talks of loss and tragedy as they return home after LA area fires

When 11-year-old Ceiba Phillips returned to his Southern California neighborhood a month after the devastating Eaton fire, he couldn’t believe his eyes

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23 h. ago Americans rip into London’s ‘best full English breakfast’ in viral TikTok

Americans rip into London’s ‘best full English breakfast’ in viral TikTok  Yahoo News UK

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