42 m. ago West Lothian community centres given more time to look at funding plans

In an update to councillors the head of Housing Customer and Building Services Julie Whitelaw said that the revised saving plans which were scheduled to come to the council Executive in early March would be pushed back to the April meeting.

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54 m. ago Tottenham player ratings vs Ipswich: Brennan Johnson makes difference but Mathys Tel looks unsuited

Tottenham secured a third straight win in the Premier League for the first time in more than a year

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59 m. ago Brennan Johnson makes instant impact as Tottenham put together best run since 2023

IPSWICH 1-4 TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR: Ange Postecoglou's team won a third straight Premier League game for the first time since 2023 as Brennan Johnson made an instant impact

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59 m. ago Football violence in the heart of Cardiff sparks 'bubble fixture' debate

A difference in opinion over fan travel has reportedly been brewing for some time

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60 m. ago Johnson’s early double sets Tottenham on way to emphatic win at Ipswich

Some afternoons come like a kick in the teeth. Not only did Ipswich suffer a fourth successive home defeat in a game that never felt as one-sided as the scoreline ultimately suggested but fourth-bottom Wolves inflicted on Bournemouth only their second defeat in 16. After weeks of bubbling along in touch, the gap to safety is now five points and survival is becoming an ever more distant prospect.There was no sense in which this was an undeserved win for Spurs, some sort of smash and grab to offend notions of dignity and propriety, but equally it wasn’t entirely convincing. Not for the first time this season, there was a sense that if only Ipswich had been able to seize their opportunity, it might have been very different. Continue reading...

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64 m. ago Arsenal vs West Ham LIVE: Premier League result as Gunners dealt huge blow in title race

Arsenal 0-1 West Ham: Jarrod Bowen’s goal before half time means the Gunners miss the chance to cut Liverpool’s lead in the title race

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64 m. ago DWP issues new update on Carer's Allowance changes as 144,000 people told to repay benefit

The Department for Work and Pensions confirmed that 143,922 people are being told to repay the benefit

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68 m. ago Dancing On Ice's Torvill and Dean make rare comment about retirement as they film final skate

Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean will take to the ice for the final time as they perform on the Dancing on Ice rink, after confirming they will retire after 50 years

Culture

69 m. 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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70 m. ago Naked BGT star who left judges gobsmacked with exposure act has huge following

Akira Ohashi is set to shock the Britain's Got Talent judges with his daring performance

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80 m. ago Mrs Hinch leaves her fans in tears with sweet Instagram clip of her newborn son meeting his brothers for the first time

The cleaning guru, aka Sophie Hinchliffe, 35, announced in a sweet Instagram post on Thursday that she welcomed Vinnie with husband Jamie on Tuesday.

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84 m. ago West Lothian Council claim empty building rates relief change will save them '£1m a year'

West Lothian’s Executive has agreed the changes which will see an end to rates relief on empty properties after six months, and in some cases three months.

Economics

96 m. ago Jeremy Clarkson's pub has 'strict time limit' and three things that 'can't be ordered'

The Farmer's Dog, near Burford, has a 'proper Sunday roast' but there was a strict time limit and items that couldn't be ordered

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1 hour ago Johnny Rotten 'wallowed in alcohol and sadness' after wife's death

Sex Pistols icon John Lydon has revealed his struggles since the passing of his wife Nora Foster in 2023 and the changes he's had to make

Events

1 hour ago Wales vs Ireland LIVE: Result and reaction from Six Nations as visitors survive scare

Wales 18-27 Ireland: The visitors survived a huge scare in Cardiff against their much-improved hosts

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2 h. ago Creative industries are among the UK’s crown jewels – and AI is out to steal them | John Naughton

The tech firms’ efforts to change copyright laws and gain free access to intellectual property is patently wrongThere are decades when nothing happens (as Lenin is – wrongly – supposed to have said) and weeks when decades happen. We’ve just lived through a few weeks like that. We’ve known for decades that some American tech companies were problematic for democracy because they were fragmenting the public sphere and fostering polarisation. They were a worrying nuisance, to be sure, but not central to the polity.And then, suddenly, those corporations were inextricably bound into government, and their narrow sectional interests became the national interest of the US. Which means that any foreign government with ideas about regulating, say, hate speech on X, may have to deal with the intemperate wrath of Donald Trump or the more coherent abuse of JD Vance. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago Sidemen's Vikkstar teases huge collab with 'exciting' Britain's Got Talent's KSI

Sidemen star Vikkstar has opened up about his new career as he ventures into electronic music and joining forces with Steve Aoki and Nicky Romero

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2 h. ago Joseph Parker v Martin Bakole fight UK start time, TV channel and full undercard

Martin Bakole has been drafted in late notice to replace Daniel Dubois

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2 h. ago Usain Bolt reveals how quick he could run 100 metres now eight years after retiring

The eight-time Olympian has revealed that he wouldn't get close to running sub-10 seconds if he ran the 100 metres now, years after hanging up his spikes

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2 h. ago Rio Ferdinand disagrees with Ruben Amorim after 'embarrassing' Man Utd performance

Manchester United came back from two goals down vs Everton but almost saw their hard work count for nought when Ashley Young won a stoppage time penalty before VAR overturned the decision

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