61 m. ago The Victorian flower making a comeback with British shoppers

The blooms had a hidden meaning in the 19th century

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63 m. ago Second person dies after eating broccoli sandwiches bought at a food truck as botulism outbreak leaves multiple people hospitalised

Last week, 52-year-old artist Luigi Di Sarno was the first to die after eating the panini from a food truck in the town of Diamante in Calabria. [File photo]

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67 m. ago Jeremy Clarkson breaks silence on Clarkson’s Farm filming 'chaos' caused by JD Vance’s UK visit

Vance is spending the rest of August in the hamlet of Dean as part of his UK visit

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68 m. ago 'I visited a magical family holiday destination with midnight sun and summer Santa visits'

Lapland is famous for Father Christmas, reindeer and snow, but it's also a great place to visit in the summer, as celebrity and TV writer Elizabeth Cotton discovered.

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83 m. ago Man seriously assaulted and robbed in Scots town as police launch appeal

The man was walking in Dumfries in the early hours of Sunday morning when he was attacked by another man.

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88 m. ago Buy small plants – and consider a ‘bulb lasagne’: how to give your garden a late

From planting in odd numbers to painting fences and walls the same colour, here are some easy, effective ways to give your outdoor space a seasonal spruce-up“It is not always necessary to rip out everything and start again,” says Ella Malt, who runs the gardening company Soil and Soul Norfolk. “It is much more sustainable to work with what you have. You can make such a difference with a bit of cutting back, clearing up leaves, cutting an edge on a lawn. People notice edges: you could spend hours making a herbaceous border perfect but if the edge of that border isn’t crisp, it will automatically look untidy.” Continue reading...

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89 m. ago 'I visited one of England's most beautiful villages but there was huge catch'

Clovelly in North Devon has been named the third most beautiful chocolate box village in England - but there is a downside for those wanting to visit the area

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1 hour ago LIVE: Manchester trains CANCELLED with warning of disruption for hours

A warning has been issued to passengers

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1 hour ago Hours left to get a free 4K TV before £260 giveaway expires at Virgin Media

Virgin Media is giving customers free 50" TVs worth £260 alongside up to £336 in savings on its TV and broadband bundles, but the deal is coming to an end.

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2 h. ago Beautiful EU holiday destination that’s hot in September with lower prices and fewer crowds

Want guaranteed good holiday weather? Here’s our handy calendar of the best places to visit, all year round – including 28+ degrees in April and 'shoulder season' ideas

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2 h. ago Dumfries House bring Fun Dog Show forward to help keep pups cool in summer sun

The annual Fun Dog Show at Dumfries House will start an hour earlier today at 10 am due to the hot weather forecast.

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2 h. ago Mysterious illness forces Rag’n’Bone Man to cancel European show hours before taking to the stage

The singer is currently ‘stuck in a hospital bed’ after being struck down by illness before his Lithuanian performance.

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2 h. ago Thousands of tabletop gamers return to the Royal Highland Centre this September

Tabletop Scotland is one of the UK’s premier festivals of analogue gaming, allowing visitors to unplug from technology and enjoy the best in board games, card games and roleplaying games. With over 130 different exhibitors, gamers will be spoilt for choice when exploring the tabletop hobby at the Highland Hall, Royal Highland Centre, over three days on the 5th, 6th, and 7th of September.

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2 h. ago Rag'n'Bone Man shares photograph from his hospital bed in Lithuania as he gives fans update after being forced to cancel show in country at last minute

The singer, 40, whose real name is Rory Graham, had to cancel his concert in Kaunas, Lithuania, on Tuesday just hours before taking to the stage due to illness.

Culture

2 h. ago Football fans rank Barcelona's Camp Nou the ultimate stadium to visit globally

A poll of 2,000 fans has crowned the Camp Nou as the most sought-after venue outside the UK to watch a match, while the Bernabéu came a close second

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2 h. ago Barcelona's Camp Nou tops Real Madrid in global stadium popularity poll

A poll of 2,000 football fans has disclosed the stadiums they would most like to visit in the world - with Barcelona's Nou Camp and Liverpool's Anfield topping the bill

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3 h. ago Pinsent Masons: Legal giant with 550 Scottish staff unveils revenue rise and makes Glasgow pledge

“Our latest set of positive results affirm that our strategy is setting us in excellent stead as we unlock the next phase of our growth” – Laura Cameron

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3 h. ago Gaza’s sick children wait in torturous limbo for medical evacuations

For some the only hope is treatment abroad, but not all survive the long, desperate wait for Israel’s approvalAbdel Karim Wahdan no longer has the energy to speak. When visitors arrive, the eight-year-old pretends to be sleeping so that no one looks at him. Between his frequent dialysis sessions, he cries. His bones hurt, he says.Abdel Karim is dying. His death should be preventable but because he lives in Gaza he cannot access the treatment that would save his life. What started as acute kidney failure is now chronic: his small body has begun to swell and he spends his days between hospital beds and injections that he hates. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago Iraq’s marshes were considered an Eden. Now the oil industry is sucking them dry

Hawizeh’s wetlands once had abundant fishing and wildlife. In a land threatened by drought and desertification, oil drilling is draining the last of the waterAt dawn, a veil of mist clings to the canals of Hawizeh, where sky and water seem to blur into a mirror. In the stern of a narrow wooden boat, 23-year-old Mustafa Hashim scans the marshes’ shallows, cutting the motor and switching to a traditional pole to avoid snagging on invasive roots or thickening mud.It takes him about half an hour to push through the shrinking marshes to reach Um al-Nea’aj, once a vibrant lake teeming with boats and birdsong. Now, the water is about half a metre deep. Continue reading...

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4 h. ago American visits Poundland for first time ever and is shocked by one part of store

An American YouTube star has been left stunned by her first ever visit to Poundland as one section of the budget store left her exclaiming "I was not expecting it"

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