3 h. ago Backlash and body horror: The story of Alpha, the most misunderstood film of the year

The acclaimed French director behind icky masterpieces ‘Raw’ and ‘Titane’ shocked festival audiences this summer by returning with an emotional drama about death and illness. But the initial response was silly, argues Sophie Monks Kaufman, who chats with filmmaker Julia Ducournau and star Tahar Rahim

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3 h. ago Emmerdale's Sally Dexter reveals heartbreaking loss in poignant Faith Dingle return admission

Fans of the ITV soap hailed her reprising the role of Faith Dingle during Robert Sugden flashback episode

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3 h. ago Christmas Karma review – Dickens adaptation has as much Yuletide spirit as a dead rat in the eggnog

Gurinder Chadha’s leaden update of the hardy seasonal chestnut with Kunal Nayyar is joyless and nausea-inducingKeen though I always am to indulge any and every new riff on Dickens’s A Christmas Carol, and keen also to hear from Bend It Like Beckham director Gurinder Chadha, this cynically Christmassy movie is leaden, unconvincingly acted and about as welcome as a dead rat in the eggnog. It’s the worst Christmas film since last year’s Red One, in which Dwayne Johnson played the head of security for Santa Claus and more or less had us all rooting for anyone who could beat up Father Christmas.In this one, Big Bang Theory star Kunal Nayyar lifelessly and joylessly plays a Scrooge variant called Mr Sood, part of the Ugandan south Asian community expelled by Idi Amin in his childhood, and embittered by early poverty. An early romance soured because of his obsession with money, and he has become a grasping and unpleasant old guy in London (cue stock footage of the London skyline) in the ra...

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3 h. ago Emmerdale Kev's secret son's identity revealed as fans rumble huge twist

Emmerdale aired a shock twist tonight on the ITV soap as we learned more about Kev and Robert's past in prison - with some surprise revelations and flashbacks

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4 h. ago Drugs boss who flashed 'extravagant lifestyle' ordered to pay back over £1 MILLION

"McKenzie was driven purely by trying to get rich"

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5 h. ago Shamima Begum 'should be allowed UK return' after six year controversy, review says

A bombshell report into Britain's counter-terrorism policy has concluded that Shamima Begum should be allowed back into the UK after the 26-year-old was stripped of her British citizenship

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6 h. ago Iceland Airwaves review: This music festival will restore your faith in humanity

With mostly emerging acts from over 20 countries, Iceland Airwaves isn’t about the size of the headliners, it’s about the experience. And that’s exactly what makes it one of the best festivals in the world

Culture

6 h. ago I swapped my expensive blender for this one £480 cheaper and it makes soups in seconds

I've been using a blender for almost 10 years for souping, smoothies and purees, but as its performance began to dwindle, I wanted to try out a more affordable model

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6 h. ago DWP issues update on plans to review benefit claimed by 1.4m people

Carer's Allowance is a benefit offered to those who care for someone for at least 35 hours a week

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6 h. ago ‘I swapped my £600 blender for this £110 one and it makes perfect soups in seconds’

Beauty and wellness editor Laura Mulley put this multitasking blender to the test to see how well it whizzed up her favourite winter soups – and it's currently on sale

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6 h. ago ‘Every account is slightly different’: who were the real Wyatt Earp and Doc Holliday?

A new book, Brothers of the Gun, explores the unlikely friendship between a complicated lawman and a cursed gamblerThere’s a famous line from a John Ford western, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance: “When the legend becomes fact, print the legend.” Mark Lee Gardner is a leading historian of the old west whose new book, Brothers of the Gun: Wyatt Earp, Doc Holliday, and a Reckoning in Tombstone, concerns two major figures in such history. He doesn’t like Ford’s line.“Every historian uses it, they just beat it to death,” Gardner says cheerfully, by video from Bozeman, Montana. Continue reading...

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7 h. ago Balmain hires Antonin Tron, moving brand from celebrity flash to fabric

Balmain has named French designer Antonin Tron as its new creative director

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7 h. ago Roads set to be widened with plan for 200m turbines in Welsh village

Legal advice given to councillors said if they refused they could be exposed to a judicial review with potential costs of £100,000

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8 h. ago Could Shamima Begum return to UK under Labour? Independent review says she should be saved from 'Britain's Guantanamo' camp in Syria

Begum is currently living in a detention camp in Syria after she fled her home in east London at the age of 15 to join Islamic State in 2015.

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10 h. ago Liverpool PGMOL theory emerges after VAR audio released amid Virgil van Dijk flashpoint

Liverpool were denied a first-half equaliser against Manchester City with Virgil van Dijk's goal ruled out for offside after Andy Robertson was adjudged to be blocking the view of the goalkeeper

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11 h. ago American influencer claims Meghan Markle's $64 candle was sold without a WICK in scathing review

Link Lauren, from Texas, recently reviewed new products from As Ever's holiday-inspired collection during a segment on his podcast Spot On with Link Lauren.

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12 h. ago The Running Man review: What in the Schwarzeneggers were they thinking?

Edgar Wright’s reboot of the much-loved 1987 Arnie film is fun but a little thin

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12 h. ago Predators review – grimly compelling look at reality TV revenge hunt for child abusers

David Osit’s documentary takes a disturbing look at the televised shaming served up by the hit show To Catch a PredatorIt’s too soon to know for sure, but this may end up being ranked as one of the best nonfiction films of the year. At least let’s hope lots of people get to see this, even if it’s a mistake because they meant to buy a ticket for Predator: Badlands. Instead of an alien hunter with gnarly teeth, this offers a profoundly troubling meditation on our collective thirst for revenge – or at least the kind of bizarre performance art version of revenge as served up by reality TV show To Catch a Predator, a US series that ran from 2004 to 2007 and which featured weekly footage of paedophiles and would-be paedophiles being duped, shamed and arrested.Predators’ director David Osit, at first just an offscreen voice but eventually a fully seen (in every sense) presence, explains that he used to watch To Catch a Predator avidly as a young man. Every episode was roughly the same: a m...

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13 h. ago DWP timeline for PIP eligibility changes for new and existing claimants

PIP reforms have been put on hold until a comprehensive review of the benefit has been completed.

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13 h. ago Kim Kardashian puts on racy display alongside her All's Fair co

The SKIMS founder, 45, ensured all eyes were on her at the Copacabana Palace as she flaunted her figure in a daring backless gown with feathered details and side cut-outs to flash her taut midriff.

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