55 m. ago Perfect UK weather sparks bumper strawberry harvest so Gen Z trying bizarre recipes

Thanks to a bumper season os strawbs, Gen Z have flexed their somewhat dubious culinary expertise to create things like 'strawberry flights' which contain ingredients such as mayo, mustard and pasta

Society

2 h. ago Planning a BBQ this Bank Holiday? This is how to cook the perfect steak

A juicy grilled steak is for many people the pinnacle of a cookout

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2 h. ago Who is eligible for winter fuel payment? Find out if you're entitled to tax

The popular winter fuel allowance was available to all pension-age Brits before the Labour Government introduced means testing for the scheme, which cut 10 million recipients

Economics

8 h. ago From dining with Andy Warhol to trying lobster with producer Allan Carr, choreographer ARLENE PHILLIPS shares her life in food

The choreographer, 81, tells Tom Parker Bowles about eating out with Bianca Jagger and Andy Warhol, her roast potato obsession and an unusual emergency snack

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9 h. ago ‘Something has gone very wrong’: how the carers scandal was exposed

A Guardian investigation revealed how hundreds of thousands of people were plunged into debt – and some criminalised – for looking after their loved onesOne February afternoon in 2016, Sir Robert Devereux, at the time the most powerful official in the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), was stopped by a junior colleague as he walked through the car park of a civil service office in Preston, Lancashire. Was he aware, the worker asked, about the problems with carer’s allowance?Devereux, on a flying visit to the DWP outpost, asked for details and promised to look into it. A few days later, Devereux’s office received a long and detailed note, complete with 80 anonymised case studies, setting out how years of shortcomings in the administration of the carer’s allowance benefit had wasted millions of pounds of taxpayers’ money and inflicted untold hardship and misery on thousands of unpaid carers. Continue reading...

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9 h. ago What links fool’s gold, fluffernutter, pilgrim and Reuben? The Saturday quiz

From Helloween, Kreator and Rammstein to caldarium and tepidarium, test your knowledge with the Saturday quiz1 Elizabeth II opened Olympics in London and what other city?2 Emerald is a variety of which mineral?3 Where did spend Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore spend an unplanned nine months?4 Which muse was painted more than 60 times by George Romney?5 LDL and HDL are the type main types of what bodily substance?6 Which river’s annual flood came to an end in 1970?7 Rebecca West’s Black Lamb and Grey Falcon is an epic study of what former country?8 What does a foley artist provide in film and TV?What links: 9 Accept; Helloween; Kreator; Rammstein; Scorpions?10 Links Atlantic and Pacific; mapped Venus; Milky Way satellite galaxies; South American penguin?11 Hanoi and Haiphong, Vietnam; Shreveport, Louisiana; Winnipeg, Canada?12 Apodyterium; frigidarium; tepidarium; caldarium?13 Spencer Compton; Pitt the Younger; Arthur Balfour; Edward Heath?14 Uruguay (1916); South Korea (1956); Egypt ...

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10 h. ago Two brilliant recipes for the bank holiday – come rain or shine

Whether you're dusting off the barbecue or keeping things cosy in the kitchen, these two punchy, flavour-packed dishes are perfect for the long weekend – whatever the weather brings

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17 h. ago Council crews to search through Brits' bins in new scheme and hand out £70 fines

A county council's recycling advisory teams – or 'RATs' – could hand £70 fines to repeat offenders who throw recyclable materials into their general waste bins

Economics

18 h. ago Privacy and hunger groups sue over USDA attempt to collect personal data of SNAP recipients

Privacy and hunger relief groups and a handful of people receiving food assistance benefits are suing the federal government over the Trump administration’s attempts to collect the personal information of millions of U.S. residents who use the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program

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23 h. ago Stockport council's new leader gives update on £59 garden waste charge

The new fee has led to criticism from some residents

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26 h. ago Scottish brand drops prices to better than 2000s for one day only

Pulled hog roast rolls will be available for less than a third of the standard price

Economics

27 h. ago Cocktail of the week: Elements’ earth – recipe | The good mixer

A zippy take on a gin sour, with extra tropical notes from yuzu and a whack of basil on the noseThe inspiration behind this drink was a basil sour I had when I was working in Trondheim, Norway. I loved the flavour combinations, and was keen to incorporate similar herbaceous notes into a drink that would represent one of the four elements, as well as our new restaurant. I’ve used citrus in the form of yuzu to introduce another flavour dimension that blends in harmoniously. At the restaurant, we make big batches of the citrus syrup from spent lemons and limes, to save on wastage.Connor Wren, bar manager, Elements, Glasgow Continue reading...

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29 h. ago Pentagon is sending more than 1,100 extra troops to the southern border, report says

Latest deployment takes total close to 10,000 promised by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, despite criticism of escalation as needless waste of resources

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29 h. ago Firefighters rush to massive warehouse blaze as enormous plume of smoke is seen 10 miles away and businesses are evacuated while tons of plastic waste burn

Northamptonshire Fire and Rescue Service was called to the inferno at Monoworld recycling centre on the Sanders Lodge Industrial Estate, Rushden, just before 6.30am today.

Events

34 h. ago Helen Goh’s recipe for coconut, vanilla and almond cake with strawberries | The sweet spot

Tropical and floral notes mix with the fresh tang of lime in this glorious cake that’s made for sharingThis cake is inspired by the scent of the gorse bushes along the Lizard peninsula in Cornwall, where my family and I go walking on summer holidays. The scent can be elusive, but occasionally, on a warm, sunny day, the breeze catches those golden flowers and diffuses their distinct, sweet scent – a mingling of coconut, vanilla and almond. I’ve added lime to freshen things up, should those flavours prove a little heady or rich. Continue reading...

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34 h. ago Chef explains 'best scrambled egg recipe' that takes 'under a minute' to cook

A professional chef has shared his recipe for the 'best scrambled eggs you'll ever make' - and it takes 'under a minute' to cook. The video has been watched over 5.5 million times

Society

35 h. ago DOGE targets Census Bureau, worrying data users about health of US data infrastructure

The group run by Elon Musk and aides to cut federal spending in the second Trump administration is targeting surveys conducted by the U_S_ Census Bureau that it claims are “wasteful."

Events

35 h. ago From the day Britain left the EU, this reset was inevitable. What a pointless waste of time, money and effort | Simon Jenkins

Keir Starmer is not blameless when it comes to Brexit, but he is moving in the right direction. Even the Tories attacking him know thatFor the Tories to attack Keir Starmer’s first step towards a Brexit reset is monumental hypocrisy. Their Brexit led to £4.7bn being spent on implementing post-EU border arrangements, according to the National Audit Office, including a vastly expensive “take back control” border post at Sevington in Kent. No other country in the world can have erected such ludicrous barriers against its biggest trading partners. All are now wasted. At least the nonsense can stop. Memorial plaques to Boris Johnson should be pinned to their gates and passersby invited to sign a 50-page customs form in his memory.Meanwhile, Starmer should hang his own head in shame. He was Jeremy Corbyn’s Brexit henchman back in 2019, when Labour voted down Theresa May’s bid to negotiate a soft Brexit deal that would certainly have gone beyond what was signed this week. It was Starmer wh...

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35 h. ago Gordon Ramsay's £1.50 roast potato trick that promises 'crispy and golden'

While many people hope to achieve perfectly crisp potatoes, it doesn't always go to plan. Thankfully, Gordon Ramsay has shared his foolproof method for any cook to use

Economics

35 h. ago The highest rated pub for a roast dinner in London with 'amazing' value

The highest rated pub for a roast dinner in London with 'amazing' value  Yahoo News UK

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