3 h. ago BBC EastEnders fans 'work out' reason Zoe Slater is not Joel Marshall's mother after baby twist

EastEnders fans are convinced they have worked out who Joel Marshall's real mum is after Zoe Slater gave birth to twins 19 years ago in a shock twist.

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4 h. ago Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale review – this silly, enjoyable nonsense should go on for ever

News of Lady Mary’s divorce is presented with impeccable seriousness in a watchable outing that shouldn’t be the lastGrand finale? Oh please. Let’s get real; there is no reason why this particular brand of gibbering, wittering, blithering and surreally enjoyable nonsense shouldn’t go on for ever, like Frank Sinatra’s farewell tour or shortbread manufacture in the Scottish Highlands. Both of the previous Downton films had a sentimental last-hurrah message that didn’t preclude another one dropping off the production line. We could make the next film Downton Abbey: The Royal Finale and the one after that Downton Abbey: The Imperial Finale.The last but one film finished on a funereal drone shot of Downton Abbey at sunset and the one after that was subtitled “A New Era” – but this one, it seems, has taken us back to the very end of the old era, inviting us to swoon loyally at the passing of something special and yet also at the same time doff our caps at the bluebloods’ insouciant gift f...

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6 h. ago Whimsical cookware: Best alternatives to the Le Creuset pumpkin dish

The chicest augurs of autumnal cooking on the market

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7 h. ago 'We never thought we'd end up in Manchester but we've created something special here'

'It feels like we were drawn here for a reason'

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7 h. ago One in four UK students don't see film careers as viable option for key reason

A new study has found that one in four secondary school students don't see a career in film as a viable option, and there's an understandable reason for it.

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8 h. ago Emmerdale fans 'work out' the 'reason' for Aidan Moore in John Sugden 'trauma'

Although only briefly in the ITV soap, viewers think Aidan was a key part of John's story

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8 h. ago Budget compromise needed if PM ousted, says French finance minister

Éric Lombard says he hopes François Bayrou will survive vote and dismisses talk of looming debt crisisThe French finance minister, Éric Lombard, has said the government would have to compromise on plans to cut the budget deficit if the prime minister, François Bayrou, is toppled in a confidence vote next week.Lombard told the Financial Times that fresh negotiations would require the government to make concessions to the left to reduce the size of the fiscal package if the government falls. Continue reading...

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8 h. ago Famous French theme park submits plans for £600m Oxfordshire site

If approved, the UK park will open in phases from 2029

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9 h. ago Football Daily | One man’s odyssey and a Hollywood striker get Wales fired up for Kazakhstan

Sign up now! Sign up now! Sign up now? Sign up now!Considering Cymru head coach Craig Bellamy is so patriotic that he lives in a house constructed entirely of Fragrant Spring daffodil bulbs, thinks the long-running BBC soap opera Pobol y Cwm is a documentary and has Dafydd Iwan’s stirring anthem Yma o Hyd as his ringtone, it was no surprise he was impressed by the journey undertaken by Wales fan John McAllister to get to his nation’s World Cup qualifier in Kazakhstan. Currently sitting second in Group J, a point behind North Macedonia but with Belgium three points further back with two games in hand, Wednesday afternoon’s match in Astana is a fairly must-win one for Wales. Anything less than three points would prove a crushing disappointment for McAllister, who set off for the Kazakh capital from Barry five weeks ago and has taken in 11 football matches, no end of foreign boozers, a heavy metal gig and some Irish stranger’s stag do as he travelled around 5,000 kilometres east across...

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9 h. ago Gerard Depardieu to appeal ruling that he must stand trial for rape

The French actor has denied any wrongdoing

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9 h. ago Cheap, healthy, sustainable and delicious – why mussels are a no

Fans say they’re the perfect food. No wonder they’re having a moment on restaurant menus. But how hard is this shellfish to prepare at home?It might be that they’re cheap. It might be that they’re healthy. But, in all likelihood, it’s “because they are just delicious”, says seafood chef Mitch Tonks. Whatever the reason, mussels are having a moment. Where once moules meant marinière (the classic French dish with white wine and parsley), now you can find them skewered, popcorned, pickled, barbecued, and even breaded and served in a burger bun.Mussels are making waves not just along the coast of Britain but in restaurants and recipes across the land. And they are being greeted with growing excitement, too, because, unlike the majority of food that becomes a fad, creating spikes in demand that cannot help but damage a group of people or their environment, there are no downsides to going mad for mussels. Continue reading...

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9 h. ago UK teens don't see film as viable career path for one key reason, study finds

A study of 500 young people in education aged 13 to 18 found that seven in ten would never consider a career in the film and TV industry

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9 h. ago Cat expert explains brutal reason your pet ignores you when you call their name

Cat owners will know too well the pain of calling their pet's name, only to be ignored. And it turns out this is more common than you might think

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10 h. ago ‘I watched the bombs fall. I watched the mothers’: how do we grieve the children of Gaza?

Palestine is not a metaphor. And yet – I’ve superimposed every experience of my own mothering these last months on to PalestineThe last time I carried a life, I got to hear her heartbeat exactly three times before it stopped. It was my fifth pregnancy. After the final appointment, the one where the surgeon furrowed her brow as she looked at the ultrasound, I walked down First Avenue. It was winter. It was the year after the pandemic had begun. I was feral with grief. I snapped at strangers, cried in the bodega, etc. I’d spent a year getting pregnant, then unpregnant. I’d wake in the middle of the night and remember: heartbeat, heartbeat. At times, I felt absurd for my grief. I couldn’t ascertain what the metric of a mother was, what goalpost had to be met. Had I met it? Surely grief like this – love like this – had to be more deeply earned?Three years later, I went under anesthesia again for another egg retrieval. At this point, I had a baby, nearly 18 months old. The surgery was on...

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11 h. ago Heartbreaking reason your dog might bark more this September and how to fix it

As the summer holidays end and families adjust to the back-to-school routine, many dogs can find the change in pace a little unsettling

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11 h. ago One in seven young women are choked during sex. Here's why it has become the norm

With kids as young as 10 referencing strangulation in the classroom and sexually active girls experiencing it by the age of 14, the dangerous and degrading trend has mainstream sex in a chokehold. Maddy Mussen investigates

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11 h. ago Brits say French food is second best in the world, after UK cuisine

French food has been ranked ahead of some surprising favourites

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11 h. ago Topshop: UK fashion chain returns to high streets with John Lewis – full list of stores stocking clothes

The brand returns nationwide, giving high street fashion fans a reason to queue! 👗

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12 h. ago Mysterious lump spotted under Donald Trump's suit reignites health worries

Donald Trump has once again dismissed rumors that he has died, but some fans were left confused by a strange lump under his suit during his recent appearance

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12 h. ago Gardeners urged to put peanuts outside this September for very important reason

September is the time of year when certain animals need some extra food, since natural sources begin to decline.

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