74 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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74 m. ago Voices: I’m obsessed with a celebrity and I know he’d like me too if he met me

The Independent’s agony aunt Victoria Richards is here to help. Email dearvix@independent.co.uk for advice on love, work, family and relationships

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97 m. ago Kerry Katona breaks down as she reveals heartbreaking words that caused Ryan Mahoney split

Kerry Katona broke down in tears on E4's Celebs Go Dating: The Relationship Expert as she recalled the moment her ex-fiancé Ryan Mahoney told her he didn't think he loved her anymore

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1 hour ago This Morning's Lisa Snowdon loves hair serum for thinning hair that's a 'staple'

NIOXIN's Anti-Hair Loss Serum for Thinning Hair has been designed to minimise the risk of breakage and hair fall out - and it's garnered a celebrity fan

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1 hour ago New Look's 'elevated' cardigan in eight colours looks a 'lot more expensive' than its £30 price tag

"Lovely, elevated, classic cardigan for winter. This feels lovely quality and looks great- I’m really pleased with it for the price"

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1 hour ago In juvenile detention, these students say they're not learning — and it's keeping them incarcerated

Florida shifted to virtual learning for youth in juvenile detention — and parents and students say it's been a disaster

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2 h. ago Spanish people know deadly heatwaves are now an annual event. So why are our politicians in denial? | María Ramírez

We need everyday solutions like ‘cool banks’ and shaded areas, as well as serious policies on emissions. The government must step upGrowing up in Madrid, intense summer heat was nothing unusual. I quickly learned always to cross the street in search of shade, and never to be caught out in the sun at 3pm. But as a child in the early 1980s, I never felt dizzy after spending more than a few minutes outdoors, nor did I struggle to study or sleep at home because of the heat. Back then, air conditioning was a rarity, something only Americans had. But we were fine: the stuttering fan in my mother’s Ford Fiesta was enough to keep us comfortable on holiday escapes from the capital.What is happening in Spain now goes far beyond discomfort. More than 1,500 deaths have already been linked to heatwaves this summer alone. Public-sector workers are collapsing from heatstroke on our city streets. Entire communities in the Madrid suburbs have been devastated by wildfires. On Monday, 198 weather stat...

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2 h. ago Dear Coleen: 'My husband says he doesn't love me but I need him to fight for our marriage'

Coleen Nolan advises a shocked reader whose husband has walked out, and has been begging him to see a counsellor to try to save their relationship

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3 h. ago Kelly Clarkson cancels Texas concert appearance days after ex

Kelly Clarkson has canceled her upcoming appearance at the Band Together Texas fundraising concert following the death of her ex-husband Brandon Blackstock.

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4 h. ago Travis Kelce blasted for 'cringe' PDA with Taylor Swift as singer opens up about their love story, dad's illness and Eras Tour in emotional debut on boyfriend's podcast

The Chiefs tight end welcomed his girlfriend on to New Heights - the hit podcast he co-hosts with brother Jason - to discuss her new album and their high-profile relationship.

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5 h. ago Fury after influencers 'tip off' tourists to €2 gondola rides in Venice

Content creators recently tipped off tourists about the traghetto gondola - a cheap ferry service used by locals to cross the Grand Canal at points where there are no bridges.

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5 h. ago When I moved in with the author of Mr Ripley, friends said they thought she was in love with me. But I was afraid this ill

I first read Patricia Highsmith's novels in the autumn of 1994. I was 20 and living in a room in her house in Tegna, Switzerland, that was plastered with bookshelves.

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5 h. ago Taylor Swift tells all on Travis Kelce love story as she thrills listeners with their dating secrets

Taylor Swift delighted her fans on Wednesday by sharing the 'wild' and 'romantic' details about how her love story with Travis Kelce began.

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6 h. ago Where it all went wrong for Jack Grealish: Star touted as new Beckham is now relegated to Everton

The 29-year-old's love of a night out is legendary, with a three-day bender marking Man City's third Premier League title win in 2024. But has Grealish's party boy image finally tarnished his career?

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6 h. ago Early Strictly Come Dancing favourite Dani Dyer sparks 'fix row' as her past dance experience is revealed

The former Love Island star, 29, is the early favourite to lift the Glitter Ball trophy with bookies having her at 4/1, while YouTuber George Clarke is next on 6/1.

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6 h. ago My children were abused in care. The silence that followed was suffocating | Anonymous

For so many other kinds of traumas we have a shared language, grief and ritual. But what happens when these stories belong to our children?The moment I discovered both of my children had been sexually abused by our babysitter’s partner, I was hollowed out by the greatest sorrow I’d ever known.They were aged four and two. Continue reading...

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8 h. ago MAUREEN CALLAHAN: Meghan's worst hypocrisy yet... and a looming new Kate Middleton clash. Did she really think we wouldn't notice?

On Tuesday, the Duchess dropped the new trailer for Part 2 (really, Season 1 broken up, but that's how it's being sold to us) of her lifestyle/hosting/showing-off Netflix show, With Love, Meghan.

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8 h. ago Love Island's Liberty Poole 'SPLITS from DJ boyfriend after her friends warned he was using her for fame'

Love Island star Liberty Poole has reportedly split from boyfriend Joshua Raybould after a year of dating. 

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8 h. ago Drink driver crashed van into girl, 14, before urinating in front of her

Drunk driver John Thompson, 45, collided with a girl in Westbury in March this year before proceding to urinate just metres away from her as she lay injured in the road

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8 h. ago BBC EastEnders airs 'break up' for much loved couple leaving fans begging 'it's not over'

EastEnders fans were left heartbroken as a huge bombshell appears to have destroyed one family

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