5 h. ago Glasgow bakery crowned winner of Scotland's Best Croissant Competition 2025

It stood out for its "beautiful appearance alongside its incredible texture and flavour".

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8 d. ago Strictly Come Dancing's Thomas Skinner first star to be axed from show as he issues apology

Strictly Come Dancing's Thomas Skinner is the first star to leave the competition in the 2025 series.

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8 d. ago Thomas Skinner says 'Amy didn't deserve to be first out' after Strictly elimination

Strictly Come Dancing star Thomas Skinner has broken his social media silence after becoming the first contestant to be eliminated from the 2025 competition in tonight's show

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9 d. ago Strictly 2025 leaderboard: Scores from week two of the BBC dance competition

Look back at what the judges thought of the ‘Strictly’ couples in week two

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1 week ago Martinelli welcomes competition for places as Arsenal’s squad depth fuels belief

Arsenal substitutes have scored in five consecutive games and a sense of purpose is growing in Arteta’s sideGabriel Martinelli started the sequence when he came off the bench to open the scoring in Arsenal’s 2-0 Champions League win at Athletic Bilbao last month. He continued it when he came on again in their next game to conjure the stoppage-time equaliser against Manchester City in the Premier League. And together with everyone at Arsenal, not least Mikel Arteta, who has not stopped talking about the importance of “finishers”, he can luxuriate in how it has grown.When Bukayo Saka was introduced to score the clinching goal in Wednesday’s 2-0 Champions League victory over Olympiakos, it was the fifth match in a row that an Arsenal substitute had found the net. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago From the Swiss Alps to a solar eclipse: the 2025 Bird Photographer of the Year – in pictures

An image of a magnificent frigatebird silhouetted against a total solar eclipse by Canadian photographer Liron Gertsman was chosen from more than 25,000 images as the grand prize-winner in 2025’s largest bird photography competition. Young bird photographer of the year was awarded to Tomasz Michalski Continue reading...

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2 w. ago 'Peaceful' and 'perfect' couple's retreat hidden in stunning Eryri scenery and a short drive to the coast

A snug, wooden pod has been named as the 'best for couples' stay at the Sykes Gems 2025 Awards, beating off stiff competition from properties across the UK.

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2 w. ago Strictly Come Dancing's new pro Alexis Warr's life including near

Strictly Come Dancing has welcomed two new professional dancers to the 2025 series of the BBC competition

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2 w. ago Sir Nick Faldo's enormous net worth, new life on a farm in Montana and Rory McIlroy opinion

Nick Faldo is one of the Ryder Cup's greatest ever players and will be behind the microphone for Sky Sports for the 2025 competition at Bethpage Black

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3 w. ago Ballon d'Or 2025 contenders as Ousmane Dembele faces Lamine Yamal competition

PSG dominate shortlist but Barcelona’s young superstar also has a strong case for top honour

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3 w. ago British AI startup beats humans in international forecasting competition

ManticAI ranked eighth in the Metaculus Cup, leaving some believing bots’ prediction skills could soon overtake expertsAn artificial intelligence system has beaten scores of forecasting enthusiasts, including several professionals, in a contest to predict events ranging from bust-ups between Donald Trump and Elon Musk to Kemi Badenoch being removed from the Conservative party leadership.A British AI startup, co-founded by a former Google DeepMind researcher, has ranked in the top 10 of an international forecasting competition, which requires entrants to forecast the likelihood of 60 events over the summer. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago My boyfriend sees sex as a competition he is losing. How can I change his mind?

Masculine adequacy is a curse, writes advice columnist Eleanor Gordon-Smith. Beyond assuring him he meets the standard, could you help him to see the standard doesn’t matter?My boyfriend sees sex as a competition he is losing. He feels like he doesn’t perform enough (he does) and worries he isn’t big enough (he is!).He grew up without a father – the father’s fault – and I wonder if this has something to do with it. How can I assist him to see sex as non-competitive? I love him, and I find this self-loathing distressing. Eleanor says: I assume he doesn’t think he’s losing the competition with you, somehow, but with imagined manly foes, comparisons, symbols of everything he (imagines he) isn’t? Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Strictly Come Dancing pro says 'give the guy a chance' over Thomas Skinner debut

Former Strictly Come Dancing pro James Jordan has shared his thoughts on the 2025 line-up of the hit BBC One dance competition, including Thomas Skinner

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3 w. ago BBC Strictly Come Dancing pro says 'give Thomas Skinner a chance'

Former Strictly Come Dancing pro James Jordan has shared his thoughts on the 2025 line-up of the hit BBC One dance competition

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last month Strictly Come Dancing's Alex Kingston shares real reason she signed up for BBC show

The former ER star is among the celebs who have signed up for the 2025 series of the BBC ballroom competition

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