57 m. ago Thought police strike again: Two officers quiz grandfather, 73, for an hour at home after he called his 'busybody' neighbour 'Mrs T***' when she complained his dog ran on her lawn

Laurence Meir was left 'disgusted' when two uniformed officers visited his home in Herefordshire to discuss the incidents and warned him that he faced further police action if it happened again.

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2 h. ago Angela Rayner reveals she mistakenly drank whisky from bottle Keir Starmer wanted never to be opened because it was a gift from a dead friend

The Deputy Prime Minister said she had joined Sir Keir Starmer for a drink at his No 10 flat one evening when she made the calamitous mistake.

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3 h. ago Rangers warned 'you'll need to beat the referee' to shock Fenerbahce as Mourinho ban 'reduced'

Interim boss Barry Ferguson's team face a daunting task against Jose Mourinho's side in Istanbul on Thursday night

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3 h. ago The strangest substitutions made in online supermarket orders

Which? found 29 per cent of online grocery shoppers said they received a substitution in their most recent order

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3 h. ago ‘Transforming into a parent is messy and primal: I drew it all’: Becky Barnicoat on turning motherhood into cartoons

The baby books promised so much, but failed to help at all – so I started making cartoons about the sweaty, sweary and often naked truth about new motherhood• Read an extract from Cry When the Baby CriesI was one week into parenthood, and in the worst physical condition of my life: greasy, bleeding, exhausted, with a swollen, purple wound across my abdomen. I was tired to the point of dissociation, but also performing a new role with impressive conviction. Smiling at my baby, moving him assuredly towards my nipple: I was playing the part of a mother who knows what she is doing and is loving it.There was love, or at least a disorienting swell of emotion. It was all so very blurry. Tears streamed from my eyes in satisfying gushes, as I discovered the “smile” a newborn makes after drinking milk. I was happy – these were happy tears. Could I just have a moment to take all of this in? Could someone take the baby for a few days while I recover? No? Continue reading...

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3 h. ago London’s pubs are at risk, but one of the city’s oldest wine bars is fighting back

London’s pubs are at risk, but one of the city’s oldest wine bars is fighting back  The Telegraph

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4 h. ago How to beat the wine o'clock habit: Take this quiz to find out if you're drinking too much

Do you wake up after a big night out vowing to never touch another drink? Or perhaps you're a bit anxious about your regular 'wine o'clock' habit? Either way, you may be right to be concerned.

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4 h. ago Axed F1 star who apologised for helping Max Verstappen beat Lewis Hamilton is heir to £2.7bn

Nicholas Latifi was engulfed in the 2021 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix storm that saw Max Verstappen pip Lewis Hamilton to the F1 crown, but over three years on, he's living a vastly different life

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5 h. ago The truth about young men and sex: ‘We go along with things we’re uncomfortable with’

Do they really think about it every seven seconds? Are they only after one-night stands? We asked 30 men to bare all – their answers may surprise youThere’s a stereotype about young men and sex. I see it play out across social media, and over wine-fuelled chats with my friends: that men only want one thing, that they all cheat and that, ultimately, they’re selfish in bed. It’s an idea that has been fuelled by the rise of toxic masculinity influencers such as Andrew Tate, who discuss sex as something they are “owed” and encourage other men to think similarly.For the past eight years, I’ve worked at Cosmopolitan magazine, speaking to millennial and gen-Z women about their love lives, and I can’t deny that there is some truth to the stereotype. But when I decided to have candid (and at times incredibly awkward) conversations with men in their 20s about their sex lives, another story emerged: one of insecurity, hidden and misunderstood sexualities, and often a deeper need for ...

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6 h. ago Meera Sodha’s vegan recipe for lentils with chestnuts, red wine and cavolo nero | The new vegan

Chestnuts lend their crumbly, creamy and crunchy magic to a lentil and cabbage ‘risotto’If chestnuts could speak, they would ask for equal rights with other nuts, and not just to be eaten at Christmas. Once upon a time, eating chestnuts in season, from October to December, made sense, because, unlike other nuts, they have a short shelf life. But, thanks to fancy new packaging, we can now enjoy these crumbly, creamy nuts all year round. Being robust and buttery, rich and sweet, they’re an excellent addition to vegan dishes, such as in these lentils. Here, I’ve braised some chestnuts with lentils in wine until deeply delicious, then hard-fried some others until they’re like crumbly sweet breadcrumbs. Continue reading...

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7 h. ago We tried the Cadbury XL Easter egg you can only buy in Tesco

It's one of a number of Ultimate Eggs launching this Easter

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7 h. ago Full list of Trafford Centre restaurants and cafes after launch of new food hall

The Trafford Centre boasts the "biggest food court in Europe" - so here's the definitive list of all the food and drink newcomers as well as all the mall originals

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7 h. ago 'I was told women weren't allowed to work in the kitchen here. Look at me now'

'In some places, I haven’t even been able to get past the counter purely just because I’m a woman and it’s like, well, you haven’t even seen what I can bring to you yet'

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7 h. ago Full list of latest UK shop closures including Quiz, Dobbies, Homebase and WH Smith

A number of high-street names have recently confirmed store closures

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7 h. ago The pretty farm barn café where Michelle Keegan had surprise baby shower

It's a popular spot seven days a week out in the Cheshire countryside, famous for its breakfasts and homemade cakes

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7 h. ago ‘I don’t know whether I’d describe it as fun’: Aimee Lou Wood on the intensity of making The White Lotus

She is the Sex Education star now stealing the show in Mike White’s hit series and about to appear in a gritty new Netflix drama. It’s all she ever wanted – but somehow, this ‘sad and shy’ actor finds folding the washing more rewarding than fameAimee Lou Wood has a peculiar habit of losing herself. She is known among her fellow cast members for capsizing so completely into a role that they can’t tell who they’re talking to: Wood or her character. (This probably wasn’t helped by the fact that her standout debut role in Sex Education was also called Aimee.) Suranne Jones, who plays alongside her in forthcoming dramedy Film Club, even bought her a bag with a big A on it: “And she said to me,” Wood says, “‘You can put things in there, and that’s Aimee’s bag, so you don’t lose who you are.’ My imagination and my reality can get scarily blurred.”Wood has been searching for more clarity recently. “I’ve noticed more and more that I’m thinking: what do I actually want? Wh...

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7 h. ago Spring in Ibiza: enjoy a mellow Balearic beat before the crowds arrive

Out of season, the island is more about natural charms than techno, but the sun still shines and the resident community keeps its unique spirit aliveIbiza in the off-season. The big resort hotels are shuttered, the beach bars sealed up, the superclubs powered down until their showy reopening parties get the summer started again in late April. By July, the ratio will be back to 20 visitors to every one resident, but for now the island is as empty as it gets.The sun is shining though, the air bright and warm, the sky a salted Balearic blue. And crowds still gather, here and there. At the Trotting Races, for example, in the Sant Rafael hippodrome in the centre of the island. A peculiar island tradition that supposedly began with charioteers during Ibiza’s Roman occupation, the sport requires jockeys to ride on little wheeled carts harnessed to horses that keep a briskish, semi-hurried pace, as if slightly late for an appointment. Kids and old boys seem to love it, the latter laying sma...

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7 h. ago What links Albatross, Baltimore Bullet and Iron Lady? The Saturday quiz

From ammunition and culprit to ptarmigan and syllabus, test your knowledge with the Saturday quiz1 Which sleuth’s middle name was Death?2 What game is played on a Riley Aristocrat?3 Who declared, “You like me!” in her 1985 Oscar acceptance speech?4 Lancashire Blues is which TV programme’s theme tune?5 Which marine mammal can grow a tusk up to 10 feet long?6 The Poetic Edda and the Prose Edda are the main sources for which mythology?7 Which giants of science and politics were born on 12 February 1809?8 Which football club’s badge is based on a Royal Mile mosaic?What links: 9 Genius; Magnificent; Impressive; Splendid; Great; Phew?10 Cardiac; skeletal; smooth?11 Albatross; Baltimore Bullet; Frog King; Iron Lady; Madame Butterfly; Thorpedo?12 R38; Dixmude; R101; Akron; Hindenburg?13 Donald III; Ethelred the Unready; Henry VI; Edward IV?14 Adele Bloch-Bauer; Emilie Flöge; Hermine Gallia; Fritza Riedler?15 Ammunition; culprit; ginkgo; Imogen; ptarmigan; syllabus? Continue reading...

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8 h. ago Beat Shark's price on handheld vacuum and get it for less using this deal stack

Shark is a leading brand when it comes to durable and top-quality vacuums

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8 h. ago Isaac Newton’s beer mug to go on show in Royal Society exhibition in London

Though scientist was not thought to be a great drinker, he may have used beer as an ingredient in the homemade ink in which he wrote his greatest workIssac Newton has long been a familiar figure in museums around the world. Now, one of the famed scientist’s most prized possessions is due to go on display for the first time in 160 years: his beer mug.The wooden mug will be on public display at the Royal Society, in central London, from 4 March, alongside items including Newton’s greatest work, the Principia, and the scientist’s death mask, which was prepared shortly after his death to serve as a likeness for sculptures. Continue reading...

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