13 m. ago Eric Sykes' tragic final years as daughter recalls what she 'misses most' about beloved dad

Eric was a comedy legend who kept 18 million viewers in stitches on Friday nights

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44 m. ago If road deaths were a virus, we’d call it a pandemic. Safer transport helps us all – and we need it urgently | Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus and Jean Todt

Deaths on the road costs countries up to 5% of GDP. Centring transport around people, not cars, can propel developmentIf you had to guess the leading cause of death for children and young people around the world, what would you say? Malaria perhaps? Pneumonia? Suicide? They’re all high up there, but no, it’s road accidents.Cars have been around for more than 120 years, and we know how to prevent these tragedies. Yet road crashes still claim more than two lives every minute – killing nearly 1.2 million people every year. Continue reading...

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44 m. ago Berlin film festival 2025 roundup – a new boss, a flawless fairytale and Ethan Hawke’s finest hour

At a snowy Berlinale, against a backdrop of political divisions, this year’s standouts include Lucile Hadžihalilović’s The Ice Tower, Richard Linklater’s Broadway biopic of Lorenz Hart, and intensely sexual romance starring Jessica ChastainBerlin can be a touch inhospitable in February; this year was no exception, with visitors to the film festival enduring heavy snow, treacherous pavements and a two-day, city-wide transport strike. But the Berlinale itself is contending with a frosty climate. Traditionally a hub for film-makers of forthright, oppositional persuasions, it must now attempt to flourish in the face of Europe’s swing to the right, with Germany’s elections imminent and the troubling rise of the extremist AfD party.Every new festival head faces the challenge of reinventing the event they have inherited, and in the Berlinale’s 75th year, the bar was set especially high given the scrutiny the festival has received. Last year’s closing night brought controversy, with some Ge...

Society

74 m. ago 'I dated Charlotte Church and was compared to David Beckham – now I work in a pub'

Wales icon Gavin Henson was one of the most talented and enigmatic rugby players of his generation, and his celebrity lifestyle off the pitch often made headlines

Politics

1 hour ago How plane food is really made: Inside the incredible 'kitchen city' that makes meals for the world's best airline

Ted Thornhill was given a sneak peek inside the incredible Doha catering facility that services Qatar Airways, where 200,000 meals for the airline are prepared every day.

Society

1 hour ago A Thousand Blows star Erin Doherty: 'I want to recruit Adele — you’d be wetting your pants every day'

The acclaimed British star plays Mary Carr, the fearless leader of the Forty Elephants, in the new Disney+ show

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1 hour ago Toxic Town: Jodie Whittaker is absolutely flawless as she battles real

The hasty regeneration of Corby’s old steelworks poisoned a generation. Now the story of how it came to court is told in a harrowing, if slightly melodramatic, new Netflix seriesJack Thorne writes the kind of meaningful, worthwhile dramas that you definitely – no, honestly – do plan to watch but just maybe not tonight. Best Interests from 2023, about a distraught mother battling the NHS doctors who decide to allow her severely ill teenage daughter to die, was warm, miraculously funny, and as gripping as a thriller. It was also so traumatising that it could make the viewer feel as if they were in actual physical pain. Before that, there was The Accident, whose matter-of-fact title only hinted at the harrowing subject matter: the series covered the aftermath of a construction site explosion in Wales that killed eight children.Toxic Town (Thursday 27 February, Netflix) – Thorne’s new four-part series – could be considered a companion piece to The Accident: it also deals with a dea...

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1 hour ago Plastic bags and chicken bones: the fossils scientists believe will become our eternal legacy

Fast fashion and drinks cans among technological-age matter most likely to endure as fossils, say scientistsAs an eternal testament of humanity, plastic bags, cheap clothes and chicken bones are not a glorious legacy. But two scientists exploring which items from our technological civilisation are most likely to survive for many millions of years as fossils have reached an ironic but instructive conclusion: fast food and fast fashion will be our everlasting geological signature.“Plastic will definitely be a signature ‘technofossil’, because it is incredibly durable, we are making massive amounts of it, and it gets around the entire globe,” says the palaeontologist Prof Sarah Gabbott, a University of Leicester expert on the way that fossils form. “So wherever those future civilisations dig, they are going to find plastic. There will be a plastic signal that will wrap around the globe.” Continue reading...

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1 hour ago ‘Traditional flavours and modern ideas’ turn Swedish buns into a TikTok delight

The ‘fantasticallly delicious’ semla has gone from a simple Nordic springtime favourite to a Noma-approved delicacyThe earliest version of the Swedish semla was a 16th-century plain bread bun served in a soup of warm milk eaten only on Shrove Tuesday in preparation for the 40-day fast of Lent.It is a far cry from this year’s hit varieties, which include Dubai chocolate (the chocolate bar with a knafeh and pistachio filling that became a TikTok trend) and chokladboll (based on a Scandinavian oat, cocoa and butter ball – a popular fika item). Continue reading...

Politics

2 h. ago Primark shoppers 'need' pyjamas almost identical to £120 Skims version

Primark shoppers have labelled the pyjamas "comfy" and "perfect", with some claiming they "need all the colours"

Economics

2 h. ago Exactly when to arrive at Heathrow, Gatwick, Stansted and Luton as warning issued

Despite the trend toward high-tech security scanners and online check-in, there are a million things that can cause congestion at the airport.

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3 h. ago AP PHOTOS: First day of Russia's invasion of Ukraine captured in images

The deafening booms of the first airstrikes. Buildings bursting into flames, reduced to rubble. Terrified people hiding in basements. Cries of despair and hugs of support.

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3 h. ago The life of the quiet teacher who captained Wales to the 2005 Grand Slam

This year marks the 20th anniversary of Wales winning the 2005 Six Nations Grand Slam. It was their first cleansweep in the Championship since the 1978 Five Nations, with the Slam being sealed by a victory over Ireland on a never to be forgotten day in Cardiff.

Politics

3 h. ago How to get Love Island's Grace Jackson's 'glass' skin with one product

Grace Jackson has wowed skincare fanatics with her ultra-dewy and texture-free skin, and the blonde bombshell has revealed the one product she swears by every day

Politics

3 h. ago You can get a TV licence refund and won't need to pay £174.50 if you beat 14 day rule

The cost of a full TV licence now stands at £174.50 per year, but a staggering 43% of UK adults don't fully comprehend what the TV licence covers

Economics

5 h. ago 'I spent Valentine's Day in Paris but this Jellycat experience was the highlight'

One loved-up pair made their way to Paris for Valentine's Day, but we're told that the highlight was a visit to the Jellycat Patisserie, a unique attraction that’s taking social media by storm.

Politics

5 h. ago Ukraine war briefing: Trump turnaround as he acknowledges Russia invaded Ukraine

US president earlier drew criticism after saying Kyiv ‘should have never started’ war; Trump predicts Ukraine will soon sign minerals deal with US. What we know on day 1,095See all our Ukraine war coverage Continue reading...

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6 h. ago DWP to increase universal credit, PIP and attendance allowance for millions in matter of weeks

Millions of people in the UK will see a rise in their benefits in the coming weeks

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6 h. ago Dave Grohl's 'secret lovechild' spotted for first time with alleged cheating mum

The woman who claimed to be the mother of Dave Grohl's love child was spotted out in New York City for the first time with the 7-month-old baby girl on Valentine's Day

Society

7 h. ago Putin on track to have lost a MILLION Russian soldiers in Ukraine invasion ahead of so

Data from the UK defence intelligence already estimates that Putin's forces have lost 860,000 soldiers to death or injury at an average of 1,500 servicemen a day since November.

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