1 hour ago House builder supports West Lothian School Bank with bumper donation

Miller Homes’ donation to The School Bank West Lothian will go towards providing schools with “camp clothing packs” to ensure that every child has a chance to fully participate in school camp trips.

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1 hour ago My boiler has broken and I’m finding solace in a slice (or several) of toast | Rachel Cooke

There are whole chapters in cookbooks dedicated to it and now an endless variety of new things to spread on top, including butters with a waiting listMy subject today is toast, which is much on my mind right now, a buttery ticker tape that calls me constantly to the kitchen. Our boiler has packed up, the new one won’t be installed for a week, and though it’s only the central heating that’s down (the cooker’s fine), the freezing cold has turned me into a toast monster. It’s all I want, a feeling I haven’t had since I was a student and living in a house that was so badly insulated, we sometimes had to break the ice on the water in the loo. How many loaves can a person get through in a week? Come back to me in a few days for an answer. I’ll give you a tour of my chilblains at the same time.What is amazing about toast is the way it has lately become so pimped. This started a few years ago: I first noticed it in Moro Easy by Sam and Sam Clark, a cookbook that came out in 2022 and whose o...

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1 hour ago Inmates locked up in UK prison given dancing lessons and invited to 'film nights'

Female inmates at HMP New Hall in West Yorkshire have been offered line dancing lessons and can attend film nights featuring popcorn and fizzy pop as part of the prison's incentive scheme

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1 hour ago Wales finally show spark in new era but Ireland stay on track for Six Nations grand slam

Wales 18-27 Ireland: Wales ultimately fell to a 15th successive Test match defeat but started the post-Warren Gatland era with plenty of positives

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2 h. ago 'I was engaged to Charlotte Church and likened to David Beckham – now I run village pub'

Gavin Henson was one of Welsh rugby's most enigmatic figures, winning two Six Nations Grand Slams with his country and dating singing sensation Charlotte Church

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3 h. ago All episodes of 'dark and absorbing' gritty British crime drama now streaming on BBC

The critically acclaimed crime drama features a talented detective taking on some of London's most horrific murder cases

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4 h. ago Boden's floral midi dress that 'makes you look slim' slashed from £155 to £37 in limited time offer

Boden's floral midi dress has been reduced to £37 from £155 in a limited time sale, with shoppers saying it 'makes you look slim' and is easy to style for all occasions

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4 h. ago Body language expert reveals the key difference between Meghan Markle's smooches with Prince Harry and her popular stage kisses on Suits

Meghan Markle is not afraid of public displays of affection. In mid-February, the Duchess of Sussex, 43, packed on the PDA with Prince Harry, 40, during the Invictus Games in Vancouver.

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4 h. ago Detached home on sale for over £1million called 'awful' and a 'f****** mess'... but can YOU spot why?

Described as an 'ideal family home', the six-bedroom property is set on one of the picturesque town of North Berwick's 'most sought-after streets'.

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4 h. ago Boden slashes price of £155 dress to £37 as shoppers say it 'makes you look slim'

Boden's £155 midi dress is perfect for spring weddings, and it's now been slashed to £37 in the brand's sale with shoppers praising it for making you 'look slim'

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4 h. ago A very big house in the city! Blur star Graham Coxon is renting out this £3m family home on AirBnB as his divorce costs spiral

The four-bed Muswell Hill home is 'perfect for group getaways' but guests booking on Airbnb are warned their stay may be interrupted by viewings as the property is also listed for sale.

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5 h. ago What is Apple's data protection tool? The controversial encryption feature being axed

Advanced Data Protection (ADP) protects data stored in iCloud with end-to-end encryption, which means the data can only be seen by the user who owns it, and only on their trusted devices

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6 h. ago Inside this little cottage is a perfect home in one of Wales’ best places to live

Wander along a certain road in a certain Monmouthshire market town and you are spoilt for choice for gazing at the characterful facades of the myriad of period properties that line the pavement. The road is the charming Maryport Street and the town is Usk.

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6 h. ago Bong Joon Ho: ‘I wish I had Ken Loach’s energy, but I’m just thinking about nap time’

How do you follow up an Oscar winner like Parasite? If you’re the South Korean auteur, you make a sci-fi satire where Robert Pattinson dies over and over again. The director discusses the inspirational Loach and Mike Leigh and why it’s hard being a ‘middle-aged film-maker’We are in the run-up to the release of Bong Joon Ho’s latest, Mickey 17, and Warner Bros has got the Oscar-winning Korean director stashed away in what appears to be some kind of basement storage room, with grey-painted brickwork and exposed wiring. In fact, this room could pass for one of the “gritty and kind of nasty” cargo-container-packed cabins of his film’s spaceship setting.Not that anyone is complaining. Bong, who speaks good English but prefers to conduct interviews via his longtime interpreter Sharon Choi, appears cheerful throughout our conversation, taking occasional sips from a takeaway coffee cup, while dressed in his usual arthouse auteur uniform of a slate-grey blazer over a black T-shirt. He i...

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7 h. ago Action movie labelled 'the most intriguing crime thriller' to air on BBC One

An action-packed movie branded one of 'the most intriguing crime thrillers made' is set to air on BBC One this weekend

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8 h. ago Great British stag and hen do almost unrecognisable as youngsters ditch booze

Gone are the days when a traditional pre-wedding shindig would start with a pub crawl and might end in a kebab shop at 4am, with youngsters now packing it all in for a quieter night

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8 h. ago Debenhams 'spectacular' sale launches with up to 75% off watches and more

The Debenhams sale sees a £3,195 watch down to under £200, but there are many other great savings to be had

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9 h. ago Stacey Solomon's £13 packing trick fits two weeks of clothes into one suitcase

Stacey Solomon has revealed her 'best packing hack ever' to fit enough clothes for a two week holiday in just one suitcase - with no unpacking required

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9 h. ago Culture wars: Trump’s takeover of arts is straight from the dictator playbook

US president’s attempt to control or dismantle cultural institutions plays into a long history of authoritarians using arts to push their agendaIn 1937, leaders of Germany’s Third Reich hosted two simultaneous art exhibitions in Munich. One, titled the Great German Art Exhibition, featured art viewed by the regime as appropriate and aspirational for the ideal Aryan society – orderly and triumphant, with mostly blond people in heroic poses amid pastoral German landscapes. The other showcased what Adolf Hitler and his followers deemed “degenerate art” (“Entartete Kunst”). The works, chaotically displayed and saddled with commentary disparaging “the sick brains of those who wielded the brush or pencil”, were abstract, profane, modernist and produced by the proclaimed enemies of the Reich – Jewish people, communists or those suspected of being either.The Degenerate Art exhibition, which later toured the country, opened a day after Hitler declared “merciless war” on cultural disintegrati...

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10 h. ago AD FEATURE: Why college life at Gower College Swansea could be your best move

Kelly Fountain talks about the many benefits of college for school leavers, including the range of subjects, outstanding teaching, pastoral support and industry links

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