87 m. ago Rachel Roddy’s recipe for almond and cherry biscuits | A kitchen in Rome

If a fig roll married a bakewell tart, their offspring might well end up looking like these rustic, fruity and nutty Puglian biscuitsSimilar in principle to fig rolls, biscotti di ceglie consist of pastry wrapped around a filling of jam, so they have an irregular and extremely rustic cube form. Known locally as u’ piscquett’l, these biscuits are typical of the town and commune of Ceglie Messapica in the province of Brindisi in Puglia. Ceglie Messapica is also part of the southern reaches of the Murgia, a karst topographic plateau sometimes called the backbone of Puglia, with remarkable agricultural biodiversity, including 40 local varieties of almonds, including tondino cegliese. Like many visitors to the area, we bought a packet of biscotti di ceglie from a bakery in Ceglie Messapica, although this was years ago, when the band my partner plays with toured in Puglia every summer and when we consumed every regional treat in a claustrophobic Fiat van.Unlike the great fig roll, however...

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88 m. ago Bruce tried supermarket Manuka honey – and it nearly ruined his fitness routine

Bruce thought Manuka honey would give him more energy – but the supermarket jar he bought left him disappointed. Then he found a certified brand that actually worked.

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3 h. ago I bought an electric car — there are lots of down sides but the numbers don't lie

The difference in fuelling costs between my EV and a petrol or diesel car can be staggering — but that's not to say I didn't have concerns

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4 h. ago Several police officers shot in southern Virginia incident, congressman says

Several police officers have reportedly been shot during a massive standoff with a barricaded suspect in Pittsylvania County, Virginia, according to Virginia State Police

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10 h. ago Shoppers rave over 'best fan I've ever bought' as temperatures soar in heat wave

One shopper says they were 'absolutely blown away' by the fan.

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13 h. ago Girlfriend charged with murder nearly two decades after dismembered remains of woman found

Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis called the case one of the most gruesome she’s ever seen

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13 h. ago France acknowledges role in repression of Cameroon independence movements

Emmanuel Macron writes to Cameroonian president with findings of joint commission on country’s colonial pastFrance has acknowledged its role in decades of violent repression of independence movements in Cameroon, the latest stage in a slow process of reckoning with its brutal colonial past.In a letter to the Cameroonian president, Paul Biya, dated 30 July, Emmanuel Macron said it was “up to me today to assume the role and responsibility of France in these events”. Continue reading...

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13 h. ago US judge orders Trump administration to restore part of UCLA’s frozen funding

District judge said the grant funding suspensions violated an earlier June preliminary injunctionA US judge on Tuesday ordered Donald Trump’s administration to restore a part of the federal grant funding that it recently suspended for the University of California, Los Angeles.US district judge Rita Lin in San Francisco ruled that the grant funding suspensions violated an earlier June preliminary injunction where she ordered the National Science Foundation to restore dozens of grants that it had terminated at the University of California. Continue reading...

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14 h. ago Air Canada cancels flights during peak season ahead of flight attendant strike

Canada’s largest airline expects full shutdown as workers protests over claims of ‘poverty wages’ and unpaid labourCanada’s largest airline has started cancelling flights during the peak summer travel season ahead of a strike by more than 10,000 flight attendants over what they say are “poverty wages” and unpaid labour for work when planes are not in the air.Air Canada said it would start suspending flights on Thursday ahead of full shutdown on Saturday after the flagship carrier and the union representing the flight attendants failed to resolve a months-long dispute over pay and working conditions. Continue reading...

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15 h. ago East London paedo claims he only bought £700 child sex doll to 'save money' via smaller size

East London paedo claims he only bought £700 child sex doll to 'save money' via smaller size  My London

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16 h. ago Woman in 20s dies after fall 'from height' near Canary Wharf tower block

The tragic woman fell from the tower at Harbour Way, Canary Wharf in London this morning as forensic teams remain at the scene in the financial district

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16 h. ago Bipartisan group plans to bring Epstein victims to capital to speak out on files and push Congress to release them

GOP Rep. Thomas Massie and Democrat Ro Khanna announced they will hold a press conference with Epstein survivors

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18 h. ago ‘These People Can’t Stand What London Represents It Makes a Mockery of their Entire Worldview’

‘These People Can’t Stand What London Represents It Makes a Mockery of their Entire Worldview’  Byline Times

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18 h. ago Experts issue surprising advice to save water as drought hits UK

The government has met with the National Group as drought representing "nationally significant incident"

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19 h. ago Noel Edmonds shares major life update amid denying his ITV show was 'axed'

Noel Edmonds has announced that he's now bought another property outside of the UK, though not in New Zealand this time, after moving abroad with his wife six years ago

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20 h. ago Democrats say Trump is illegally blocking them from visiting Ice detention: ‘The goal is to bully us’

Confrontations are playing out nationwide as lawmakers conduct checks of facilities where thousands are being heldThe Arizona representative Yassamin Ansari toured a detention facility in May where immigrants rounded up as part of the Trump administration’s campaign of mass deportation were being housed. She described what she saw inside as “sickening” and “worse than prison” – immigrant detainees were held in overcrowded, moldy cells and many reported that they did not have reliable access to food, water or medical care.Two months later, Ansari returned to the remote desert complex to conduct another congressional oversight visit. This time, she was denied entry. Continue reading...

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20 h. ago Alert issued over supplement taken by millions after 16 people hospitalised due to 'defective' tablets

Health officials have warned about the dangers of taking vitamin D supplements without medical advice after 16 people who took 'defective' ones bought online were left hospitalised.

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20 h. ago Second person dies after 'toxic broccoli' in sandwich as vegetable recalled

Tamara D’Acunto passed away after eating a panini she'd bought at a food truck.

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21 h. ago Second person dies after eating broccoli sandwiches bought at a food truck as botulism outbreak leaves multiple people hospitalised

Last week, 52-year-old artist Luigi Di Sarno was the first to die after eating the panini from a food truck in the town of Diamante in Calabria. [File photo]

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21 h. ago Mayor calls for DC to become 51st state after Trump’s National Guard crackdown

Muriel Bowser says president’s move to federalize city police force demonstrates why the District of Columbia needs statehood to secure its independence

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