30 h. ago Gavin and Stacey star never gets recognised as she prefers 'a quiet life'

Laura Aikman played the horrid Sonia in Gavin & Stacey as millions of people watched her nearly tie the knot with Smithy, but away from TV — her life is perfectly normal

Politics

68 h. ago 'I'm a gardening expert, do this urgent job in November to protect plants in spring'

If you do one thing this week in the garden, make it count, says gardening expert Diarmuid Gavin who advises that certain plants and trees need to receive urgent attention to avoid problems next year

Politics

5 d. ago Gavin Newsom’s brutal tweet uses RFK to rebuke Duffy’s plan to make air travelers dress smarter

California governor uses unfortunate tweet showing Robert F Kennedy Jr to ridicule Sean Duffy’s call for air passengers to wear sharper clothes and behave more considerately on flights

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5 d. ago Gavin Newsom’s brutal tweet uses RFK to rebuke Duffy’s plan to make air travellers dress smarter

California governor uses unfortunate tweet showing Robert F Kennedy Jr to ridicule Sean Duffy’s call for air passengers to wear sharper clothes and behave more considerately on flights

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5 d. ago Newsom reups notorious photo after Trump’s transportation secretary says air passengers should dress more smartly

California governor uses unfortunate photograph of Robert F Kennedy Jr to ridicule Sean Duffy’s call for air passengers to wear sharper clothes and behave more considerately on flights

Culture

6 d. ago Two men accused of sick murderous plot to take over island and turn women into sex slaves

Gavin Rivers Weisenburg, 21, and Tanner Christopher Thomas, 20, are accused of making plans to take over a island in Haiti, murder its male inhabitants and turn women and children into sex slaves

Events

6 d. ago This art is rubbish: why artists meticulously recreate our trash – so well they even confuse cleaners

Resin fruit peel, bronze bin bags and marble loo rolls are among the items of detritus being immortalised by artists – and fetching a high priceGet our weekend culture and lifestyle emailOn the second floor of Hany Armanious’s exhibition at Buxton Contemporary in Melbourne, a curl of tangerine peel lies on a shelf, its yellowing, pithy insides facing upwards. It feels like it should be cleaned up, but it won’t be. The rind is not rubbish discarded by a careless visitor: it’s a perfect resin cast made by Armanious.Placed carefully around the gallery are resin recreations of other items more commonly seen in bins: a group of melted candles, blobs of Blu-Tack, crumbly chunks of polystyrene. These might seem unlikely subjects for an exhibition, but Armanious is one of several artists who have turned their eye to trash in recent years. Gavin Turk, Ai Weiwei, Susan Collis and Glen Hayward, among others, all go to similarly painstaking – and often expensive – lengths to recreate items that...

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9 d. ago Hawaii Gov. Green predicts Newsom won't satisfy Americans' desire for a peacemaking leader in 2028

Democratic Gov. Josh Green of Hawaii predicts Americans will want a peacemaking leader by 2028

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9 d. ago US men indicted for alleged coup plot to kill and rape people on Haitian island

Texans planned to utilize unhoused US people to take over Gonâve and fulfill ‘rape fantasies’, justice department saysThe Department of Justice has alleged that two Texas men plotted a murderous coup d’etat on the island of Gonâve, the largest in Haiti, “for the purpose of carrying out their rape fantasies”.The two men, 21-year-old Gavin Rivers Weisenburg and 20-year-old Tanner Christopher Thomas, have been accused of plotting to take the island by force, utilizing the homeless population of Washington DC, then killing all the men on the island and “using the women and children as sex slaves”, according to an announcement by the US attorney’s office of the eastern district of Texas on Thursday. Continue reading...

Events

9 d. ago Eric Swalwell tells Jimmy Kimmel that he is running to be governor of California as a ‘fighter and protector’

Frequent Trump critic reveals his ambition to succeed Gavin Newsom and expresses doubt president will release Jeffrey Epstein files in full

Politics

9 d. ago BBC The Repair Shop joined by Hollywood icon and Gavin and Stacey star for Christmas special

Hollywood actress Dame Helen Mirren hopes that the team can fix the treasured item she will take to them, and it can work for the first time in 80 years

Politics

1 week ago Appeals court pauses California law requiring companies to report climate

A federal appeals court has paused a California law that requires companies that do business in the state and make more than $500 million a year to report how climate change could hurt them financially

Society

1 week ago Newsom trolls Trump over Epstein picture and drags Melania into the discussion

The California governor’s press office mocked a White House social media post describing Trump and Melania as ‘America’s power couple’

Politics

1 week ago Gardening expert's ingenious free hack to stop plants snapping in the wind

Gardening expert Diarmuid Gavin reveals the ingenious hack he uses to stop his favourite plants succumbing to the elements

Politics

1 week ago Trump administration sues California over law banning masked federal agents

The Trump administration has filed a lawsuit over California’s new laws banning federal agents from wearing masks and requiring them to have identification while conducting operations in the state

Politics

1 week ago James Corden 'ordered to dig up front garden of £11.5m Belsize Park mansion after angering neighbours'

The Gavin and Stacey star, 47, previously faced noise complaints from his neighbours in the affluent area near Hampstead, north London

Economics

2 w. ago Gardeners warned this one job in November will stop horror disease killing plants

Gardening expert Diarmuid Gavin reveals the common problem that can wreak havoc over one of the nation's favourite plants - and what can be done about it

Events

2 w. ago Queen Camilla's awkward encounter with Gavin and Stacey star Ruth Jones

Queen Camilla appeared to fail to recognise Ruth Jones immediately during their encounter at the historic Cyfarthfa Castle near Merthyr Tydfil, south Wales, on Friday

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2 w. ago Awkward moment Queen Camilla tells Ruth Jones 'you've lost masses of weight' after failing to recognise her during King's trip to South Wales for his birthday

The actress, who has openly spoken the new health regime which has led her to shed 4.5 stone, met Camilla on an engagement in South Wales.

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2 w. ago Queen Camilla asks Ruth Jones 'haven't you lost masses of weight' as she 'fails to recognise' the Gavin and Stacey star

The actress, who has openly spoken the new health regime which has led her to shed 4.5 stone, met Camilla on an engagement in South Wales.

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