9 h. ago Clinique has just launched a new product in the black honey range – and it’s already my favourite

The bestselling collection just got even bigger

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9 h. ago Know the score? I don’t read music, but that’s no hindrance to reimagining great classical works

Folk duo Pound & Stevens have transformed, and added to, Holst’s The Planets Suite and tour the new work this week with Britten Sinfonia. Will Pound explains why playing by ear is his greatest strengthI’m a harmonica and accordion player and one half of folk-classical duo Stevens & Pound. As a multi-instrumentalist I am rooted in a folk tradition that is oral, aural and communal. Music and song are passed down by ear, either through recordings or – more fun – traditional music sessions. Here, players and singers get together to share, swap and play tunes, drawing from a repertoire that is always evolving. While collections of tunes are certainly notated, their scores act as a skeleton – providing the basic architecture of pitch and rhythm but rarely offering explicit guidance on how the music should be played.Delia Stevens and I are about to head out on tour, performing with the Britten Sinfonia and Robert Macfarlane in a new work called The Silent Planet, a recomposition of...

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9 h. ago Nintendo Direct scheduled for this week, but don't get your hopes up

A bigger Direct is rumoured to be coming later.

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10 h. ago 11 cities and towns where living standards rose over twice as fast as rest of UK

A new report by the thinktank Centre for Cities has found Living standards grew by 5.2% in 11 top-performing places since 2013, compared to 2.4% nationally

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10 h. ago I tried M&S' new basics range and only 2 items were worth the extra money

One bag of crisps in Marks and Spencer's back to basics range is absolutely gorgeous

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11 h. ago Tech giants head to landmark US trial over social media addiction claims

Meta, YouTube and TikTok accused of making products intentionally addictive and harmful to young peopleFor the first time, a massive group of parents, teens and school districts is taking on the world’s most powerful social media companies in open court, accusing the tech giants of intentionally designing their products to be addictive. The blockbuster legal proceedings may see multiple CEOs, including Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg, face harsh questioning.A long-awaited series of trials kicks off in Los Angeles superior court on Tuesday, in which hundreds of US families will allege that Meta, Snap, TikTok and YouTube’s platforms harm children. Once young people are hooked, the plaintiffs allege, they fall prey to depression, eating disorders, self-harm and other mental health issues. Approximately 1,600 plaintiffs are included in the proceedings, involving more than 350 families and 250 school districts. Continue reading...

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12 h. ago Shoppers wowed by bedding set that is the 'epitome of luxury' and it's reduced by 60%

The highly-rated Lille Printed Muslin duvet cover set from Dusk has dropped from £50 to £20, with the 100% cotton bedding featuring a floral design available in three sizes

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12 h. ago Dusk bedding set with embroidered design is 'epitome of luxury' and now £30 off

This 'sophisticated set' has been reduced significantly, saving shoppers £30 in their purchase

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12 h. ago David Beckham pays tribute to Victoria amid ongoing rift with Brooklyn

The fashion designer was honoured by the French Ministry of Culture.

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12 h. ago Take That stars reveal stunned reaction to school performances in new Netflix documentary

The UK band discuss their rise to fame in the new three-part Netflix programme

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13 h. ago Parakeets will stop bullying robins from garden if you add 3 simple foods to bird feeder

If parakeets are hovering around, robins might feel too nervous to visit your garden, but there is an easy and humane way to gently deter the bigger birds.

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13 h. ago EU car sales grow 1.8% in 2025 with electric cars surging but Tesla loses market share – business live

Sales at Elon Musk’s carmaker plummet nearly 38% in 2025 as it loses ground to China’s BYD; gold continues to riseGood morning, and welcome to our rolling coverage of business, the financial markets and the world economy.Sales of new cars in the European Union rose by 1.8% last year, with electric cars making up a bigger share of the market, while Tesla sales plummeted as it lost ground to China’s BYD. Continue reading...

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13 h. ago Aiyawatt Srivaddhanaprabha: ‘It’s love and pain. Leicester is like my son, so I have to do it right’

The Leicester City chair plays down talk of another relegation but knows the mood among fans is fraughtLeicester City are hurting but Aiyawatt “Top” Srivaddhanaprabha, looking towards the pitch at the King Power Stadium, insists he shares supporters’ frustrations. He acknowledges the warm glow of their extraordinary Premier League title win almost a decade ago has long faded. He watches every game, which sometimes means tuning in from Thailand in the early hours. An 8pm kick-off in England is a 3am start in Bangkok.“I want to see the real passion of the players and the performance,” the chair says. “When it is not there, I can’t sleep, so it’s love and pain. Leicester is like my son. So I have to do it right. Of course, a son can be naughty, a son can fail the exam, a pain in your head. The son can be top of the class, graduate, have a bad girlfriend or good wife, you never know. So I feel the same, but the love is there. The responsibility is there. The first thing for me is to ide...

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14 h. ago Zoning in on Leith, Edinburgh – ‘It’s been a joy to watch the area reinvent itself’

The historic port district – and setting for Irvine Welsh’s Trainspotting – has evolved into a cultural and culinary hub. In the first of a new series, a local resident visits the venues powering the resurgenceLeith is Edinburgh’s port district, where people, goods and new ideas have flowed into the city for centuries. Here, the Water of Leith river meets the sea, and on bright days, when pubs and restaurants spill out to the Shore area, there’s nowhere quite like it. I moved here 13 years ago, and it has been a joy to watch the area evolve and reinvent itself. Today it’s the city’s creative heart, full of artists, musicians, designers and startups, with a thriving food and drink scene. The arrival of the tramline from Edinburgh city centre in 2023 has given it a big boost too. Continue reading...

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14 h. ago Comedian Nish Kumar issues 'promise' as he sets out on new tour

Fans can watch him perform at The Lowry, Salford Quays later this year

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15 h. ago Thousands of jobs as risk as bar chain to enter administration

The group undertook a major restructuring in 2024, in which it shut 15 unprofitable bars in a bid to turn around its performance

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15 h. ago How hobbies went performative – and became a bigger wealth flex than a designer bag

As padel, Pilates and pottery continue to boom in popularity, Gen Z are only now logging on to show off. But does the cost of keeping up appearances offline mean analogue life is now the last word in luxury? Lydia Spencer-Elliott reports

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17 h. ago Best bessie handbags Hotsell Buy Bessie London Women s 3 Pieces Big Size office Tote Bag 45Cm

Best bessie handbags Hotsell Buy Bessie London Women s 3 Pieces Big Size office Tote Bag 45Cm  Through The Fence Baseball

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18 h. ago Australia’s heatwaves are getting deadlier – and renters are paying the price | Maiy Azize

Some are trapped in a vicious cycle: rising rents, rising energy bills and falling standards. But this is not inevitable Australians are struggling through one of the most brutal heatwaves and hottest summers on record. Day after day, temperatures into the high 30s are turning homes into ovens, workplaces into hazards, and everyday tasks into endurance tests.All of us are feeling it. But spare a thought for the millions of renters trying to survive this heat in homes that were never designed to cope with it. Continue reading...

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20 h. ago Frank & Louis review – moving drama of dementia and caregiving in prison

Sundance film festival: strong performances from Kingsley Ben-Adir and Rob Morgan anchor a sensitive film about caregiving as a form of rehabilitationOne of the greatest achievements of a certain kind of Sundance movie is the ability to shine a light on an experience or community we hadn’t previously been aware of. This year’s stoic and sensitive drama Frank & Louis takes us behind bars, a place we’ve been many times before at this festival, but to shadow the taxing work of inmates taking care of those who have dementia, a specifically difficult job in an already difficult place. Petra Volpe, the Swiss writer-director, who last explored a far more known form of caregiving in exhausting nursing drama Late Shift, makes her English language debut with a film inspired by the “Gold Coats” peer support program at the California Men’s Colony state prison.As with her previous film, there’s real rigour to how she zeroes in on the grind of under-appreciated labour, but while Late Shift wa...

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