61 m. ago Halloween festival branded ‘Cardiff’s answer’ to disastrous Willy Wonka event

Parents ‘underwhelmed’ by the high prices and ‘minimal effort’ put into displays at Cardiff’s Halloween Festival

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2 h. ago Brendan Rodgers and Celtic were heading for divorce but acrimony was avoidable | Ewan Murray

The lack of squad investment had clearly frustrated an habitually successful manager yet he was minded to see out his final season before things got personalPresumably Martin O’Neill had no inkling of what the coming hours would bring when he used a Monday radio appearance to talk up Hearts’ prospects of winning the Scottish title for the first time since 1960. “This is the time for Hearts,” O’Neill said.The scale of reverberation around Brendan Rodgers’ resignation is such that even the return of O’Neill to the Celtic dugout is not the most dramatic element. Instead, the lesser‑spotted Dermot Desmond broke cover to lacerate Rodgers. The attack felt personal and spiteful. This proved a sad and unseemly conclusion to Rodgers’ second spell in Glasgow. So much so, in fact, that the third most successful manager in Celtic’s history cannot now show his face at the stadium. Desmond appears to be a bad enemy to choose. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago Derek Cornelius waits on moment Rangers really become best club in the world to play for

The big Canadian defender admits he hasn’t been able to fully enjoy the Ibrox experience yet such has been Gers’ disastrous start to the campaign

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2 h. ago Air fryer warning as safety experts say 'never' do one thing after use

Electrical Safety First has issued a warning to air fryer users, explaining that there is a correct way to clean the appliances

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3 h. ago Jessie J admits she's 'frustrated' in 'out of my control' breast cancer update

The singer has been open about her cancer battle in recent months

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3 h. ago Trump’s third term? Don’t laugh. He’s never let the rules stop him before | Arwa Mahdawi

He has floated the idea more than once – and his inner circle is already gaming it out. The US constitution might say no, but Trump has a habit of finding his way around even the biggest obstaclesLet me tell you a secret about the US constitution: it’s just a piece of paper. It’s not immutable law created by a higher being. It was made by men, it’s been amended by men, and it can be destroyed by men. It’s only as strong as the institutions that uphold it – institutions which Donald Trump has been systematically weakening as he expands his executive power.I say this because there are still lots of people who have faith that the constitution can stop the US from gradually turning into an electoral autocracy like Hungary. There are still people so drunk on American exceptionalism that they think it’s ludicrous to believe Trump might seek a third term, because such a move is explicitly outlawed by the 22nd amendment of the constitution. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago Electric heater worth £120 with 'fast heat up' time is reduced to £45 in sale

Wowcher has rolled out a special offer on a portable heater with a remote control and adjustable heat settings

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4 h. ago The Latest: Air strikes, ICE crackdown and shutdown continue with Trump in Asia

U.S. President Donald Trump has met with Japan’s newly elected, ultraconservative leader in Tokyo during one of the busiest days of his Asia trip

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4 h. ago Reform’s Kruger vows to change civil service code to ban ‘woke agenda’

The Tory convert said Nigel Farage’s party would cut civil service headcount and close five government buildings if it won the next general election.

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4 h. ago 'It's not dangerous' to talk about Brexit and undoing economic harm of quitting EU, says Rachel Reeves

Labour had shied away from mentioning the B-word before the 2024 general election for fear of alienating voters in the so-called ‘Red Wall’

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4 h. ago Reform plans to ‘dramatically’ cut civil service numbers if elected despite lack of government experience

Danny Kruger, who defected from the Tories, laid out Reform’s plans for the civil service

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5 h. ago Strapped for cash: why Francis Ford Coppola is flogging his watches

Megalopolis’s grand self-funded folly has left the director at least $85m out of pocket, so he needs a helping handThe bad news for Francis Ford Coppola is that he made Megalopolis at exactly the wrong time. A long, pretentious, semi-coherent arthouse film about progress through architecture, starring Jon Voight’s erection and a man who can stop time for no apparent reason, was probably always going to struggle to make money.But to make it for over $100m of his own money and release it in 2024, in an age where the bulk of the public have largely given up on visiting the cinema, was disastrous. Its box office gross, in the end, was just $14.4m. For comparison, that puts it roughly in line with the gross of a French language biopic about Charles Aznavour released the same year. But that film cost four times less, didn’t open in any English-speaking countries and wasn’t about the proposed construction of a glowing golden city. Continue reading...

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5 h. ago Jessie J says she's 'frustrated' after her second cancer surgery is postponed after rescheduling her tour

Jessie has organised new tour dates for her US and Canada tour

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6 h. ago ‘Frustration’ among Fianna Fail TDs at leadership after ‘disastrous’ election

Pressure has come on Micheal Martin after he championed Jim Gavin, who withdrew from the race, as their election candidate.

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6 h. ago 'It's not dangerous' to talk about Brexit changes to undo economic harm of quitting EU, says Rachel Reeves

Labour had shied away from mentioning the B-word before the 2024 general election for fear of alienating voters in the so-called ‘Red Wall’

Economics

6 h. ago Cocoon yourself in warmth and leave the heating off with Dunelm’s £11 buy that doesn’t use any electric

WITH the rise in cost of living and the drop in temperatures, turning on your heating can be a conflicting choice. Thankfully, you can keep warm without cranking up your thermostat, all you need is this budget buy from Dunelm. Shoppers can "stay super warm and cosy" all winter long without racking up their household...

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7 h. ago As Netherlands goes to the polls again, Geert Wilders faces isolation

With other parties refusing to govern with the far-right leader, months of political deadlock may lie aheadDutch election: the key players and main issuesVoters in the Netherlands return to the polls on Wednesday less than two years after Geert Wilders led his party to a shock election win that the anti-immigration agitator could well repeat – but this time, with little chance of his party ending up in government.Polls suggest that Wilders’ far-right Freedom party (PVV) could again finish first in a vote triggered when he pulled it out of a fractious and ineffectual four-party rightwing coalition last June in a row over his 10-point plan for a radical crackdown on refugees. Continue reading...

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7 h. ago Celebrity Traitors Jonathan Ross 'told off' by BBC bosses over 'rule break'

Over the past few weeks, Celebrity Traitors viewers have watched the Faithful fail to correctly figure out which one of them is lying.

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7 h. ago Want to go to a UK university? Don’t ask me to help you write your personal statement | Zoe Williams

How do you impress admissions tutors? Apparently not by waffling on about babysitting experience, or a love of crochetIt’s university entrance season, and so begin the trials of the personal statement, which now takes the form of three questions: “Why do you want to study this course or subject?; How have your qualifications and studies helped you to prepare for this course or subject?; What else have you done to prepare outside education, and why are these experiences useful?” – 4,000 characters for the Ucas form, in which every 17- and 18-year-old has to express their uniqueness, while at the same time answering the same generic questions. I can’t help my own kids with this because they’re Stemmy (as in science and maths-oriented). their scope of interests is expressed in formulae, and if I ever have the audacity to ask them to translate it back into words, they shake their heads and go, “You’re never going to understand electron configuration”, in the exact tone of voice you’d us...

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8 h. ago Delhi leaders accused of stocking up on air purifiers as ordinary people suffer in capital’s smog crisis

Delhi’s newly elected government is said to have sanctioned £5,200 for 15 air purifiers to be installed at its own offices, just days after India’s top court permitted the use of so-called ‘green’ fireworks for Diwali

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