94 m. ago Giant fritters and roast root veg with whipped feta: Alissa Timoshkina’s recipes for an eastern European Easter feast

An eastern European celebration of spring: a giant, shareable fritter of cabbage, pea and spring onion, and roast new potatoes and carrots with herby whipped fetaThis menu is the perfect marriage of eastern European flavours and British seasonal produce. Cabbage, the hero vegetable in my kitchen, stars as the main dish, which is my take on Ashkenazi latkes. Presented here as the size of a rösti, it makes the perfect veggie centrepiece, and invokes the eastern European spirit of sharing. The side makes a perfectly creamy and zingy companion, showcasing the best of new season potatoes and carrots. Fresh, vibrant and full of colour, this duo is an edible herald of spring. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago Trump weighs in on Japan trade talks but Tokyo team leaves without deal

First-in-queue negotiations closely watched for signs of US strategy

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3 h. ago Martin Lewis issues £3bn energy warning with UK households owed '£100s back'

Money-saving guru Martin Lewis says now is the 'perfect time' for households to check their energy bill - as many Brits across the nation could be entitled to claim back £100s

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3 h. ago Can we stop pretending a trade deal with Trump will be a gamechanger for the UK. It won’t | Martin Kettle

I’m not saying Britain should refuse every sort of free trade agreement with the US, but there may be options that better suit Labour’s purposeIt’s a deal. The words sound good. Most human beings are primed to think of a deal as desirable in itself. It isn’t hard to see why. Agreement is generally better than disagreement. In most aspects of life, shaking hands under shared rules makes sense. So it takes a bit of effort to think more objectively. But it is important to do that now, especially in the case of the proposed UK trade deal with the United States.Even before Donald Trump became president again, and long before the US started its current tariff wars, there were already plenty of reasons for caution about what a free trade deal with the US might look like. In the wake of Brexit, these concerns centred on whether a deal could be struck – and sold at home – on bilateral trade issues such as pharmaceuticals, food products and digital regulation, on all of which very different s...

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3 h. ago Dubai chocolate pushed aside as people rush to get hands on viral 'hairy chocolate'

People have been tasting a new, viral pink Belgian chocolate bar that has 'hair' inside of it - it is perfect for those who love Dubai chocolate and anything pink

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4 h. ago Liverpool news: Mo Salah could miss 10 games as Arne Slot told to make four signings

Premier League champions-elect Liverpool have been tipped to be busy in the transfer market in the summer but they already have one key deal wrapped up ahead of time

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5 h. ago GAP's £75 denim bomber jacket is the perfect spring wardrobe staple

This jacket is easy to throw on over lightweight knits, tees, or dresses when the temperature dips

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6 h. ago Test Driving Tasca at Cav, a perfect pairing for East London

Test Driving Tasca at Cav, a perfect pairing for East London  Hot Dinners

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7 h. ago ‘Who is going to face Mr Trump’: Canada leaders’ debate dominated by US crisis

Mark Carney’s Liberals have surged in the polls since Donald Trump’s attacks on Canada, scuppering Conservative calls for change after Trudeau eraPrime Minister Mark Carney said the key question in Canada’s upcoming election is who is best to deal with Donald Trump as he faced his Conservative rival in a French-language leaders’ debate on Wednesday.Opposition Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre said during the debate Canada needs change after a decade of Liberal party rule and Carney is just like his predecessor, Justin Trudeau. Carney responded: “Mr Poilievre is not Justin Trudeau. I’m not Justin Trudeau either. In this election the question is who is going to face Mr Trump.” Continue reading...

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7 h. ago Woman's 'game changing' fried egg hack uses microwave and takes just 40 seconds

A woman has shared a 'game changing' hack for cooking the perfect fried egg and it doesn't involve a frying pan. The trick uses a microwave and takes just 40 seconds

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7 h. ago Ukraine war briefing: Zelenskyy hails ‘good progress’ on minerals deal talks

Ukrainian president says legalities almost finalised and officials signal US concessions in talks that are progressing ‘quite fast’; deadly Shahed strike on Dnipro. What we know on day 1,149Minerals deal negotiators have made “good progress”, the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, said on Wednesday. A senior official with knowledge of the negotiations told Agence France-Presse that newer drafts of the US-Ukraine accord appeared not to recognise previous US military aid as a debt owed by Ukraine, adding that talks were moving forward “quite fast”. That assessment echoed a report by Bloomberg News that said Washington had eased a demand that Kyiv pay for aid already delivered since Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022.“The basic legal stuff is almost finalised, and then, if everything moves as quickly and constructively, the agreement will bring economic results to both our countries,” Zelenskyy said in his daily address on Wednesday. The Trump administration has demanded some sort o...

Economics

8 h. ago Chelsea's Club World Cup rival plot ambitious move for outcast Joao Felix

Joao Felix joined Chelsea in a permanent deal in the summer but was loaned out to AC Milan in February and now Benfica are eyeing up a loan deal before the Club World Cup

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8 h. ago Trump's 'great' trade deal with Britain could be sealed 'in a matter of weeks'

Britain's rapid deal with the US would come after President Donald Trump pens agreements with Japan , India , and South Korea in an attempt to isolate China .

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9 h. ago Woman, 29, barred from Greggs toilet ‘until she showed catheter bag’

The 29-year-old lives with a rare condition that affects as few as two in a million women per year

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13 h. ago I live next to a 'little' Sainsbury's and have to deal with the 'constant racket' of huge lorries every day... our house shakes and we're always stressed

Sam Dodd has lorries coming and going through all hours of the day, shaking and damaging his house on Torr Top Street in New Milton, Derbyshire.

Society

13 h. ago Puerto Rico hit by total blackout as all electricity wiped out across island

Puerto Rico has been hit by a total blackout after electricity was wiped out across the island. The public is being urged to take precautions to deal with the power shortage in the coming hours

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14 h. ago Liverpool agree new contract for Arne Slot's unsung hero after Mo Salah and Virgil van Dijk deals

Mohamed Salah has ended speculation over his future by signing a new two-year deal with Liverpool, and Virgil van Dijk's new contract will also be announced in the coming days

Economics

15 h. ago Next's 'genius' £45 jeans that 'look and feel amazing' are perfect for people in

Following a successful trial in 2019, Next is seemingly the only high street retailer offering 'odd' sizes including 9, 11, 13, 15 and 17

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15 h. ago Can't afford the £450 It bag of the summer? These 5 high street rivals look just as good

There are It-bags, and then there's the Loewe basket bag. It's chic, it's understated - but with prices starting at £450, it's not exactly budget-friendly.

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16 h. ago The thing Matt O'Riley enjoys most away from Celtic amid injury

O'Riley swapped the Hoops for the English south-coast last summer in a blockbuster £25million deal

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