99 m. ago 'Communist Coke' is the new hipster wellness trend: Popular Eastern European drink made from old bread hits UK supermarkets

Kvass, a beverage beloved in north eastern Europe dubbed 'alcohol free Soviet Guinness', is coming to the UK, with retailers hoping it will bring similar profits to kefir, kimchi and kombucha.

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3 h. ago From squirrel picnics to penpals, karaoke to crochet: 43 easy ways to lift your spirits

Guardian writers and readers share the simple tricks they use to bring a bit of joy into their livesDuring the pandemic, my husband found some wood on our street and used it to build a tiny, squirrel-sized picnic table. We attached it to the side of our fence with a handful of peanuts on top. Few sights are guaranteed to lift my day more than watching a “dining in” Nutkin parking its rump on the tiny wooden seat, occasionally glancing towards the house as if he’s waiting for you to bring the drinks. If you don’t have as much time on your hands as my husband did during lockdown, you can buy one on Etsy. Continue reading...

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5 h. ago Shave £100s off your streaming bills in 2026 with our ultimate guide to bagging secret discounts and top deals

LOADS of us will be looking to cut back after the Christmas splurge, and trimming down streaming bills is a popular way to recoup some cash. Making some changes doesn't mean you have to miss out on your favourite shows or movies either - you'll just be able to watch them on the cheap. The average...

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6 h. ago BBC prison drama based on 'deeply moving' memoir starts tonight

BBC One's six-part prison drama, starring Josh Finan and filmed in Liverpool, premieres tonight

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7 h. ago 'Magically wonderful' family film has 99% rating and is leaving Netflix soon

"The film has more heart, finesse, performance, and magic in single scenes than some movies have in their entire running time."

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9 h. ago Interiors trends for 2026: refresh your home with these hot updates

How to bring your home bang up to date with simple tweaks and small(ish) purchases

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10 h. ago Families vow to keep seeking truth 55 years after IRA killings of Scots soldiers

Despite no convictions, the families of John and Joseph McCaig and Dougald McCaughe, are calling for the release of unredacted state files to bring closure after more than half a century.

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13 h. ago Saudi invites Yemen’s southern factions to ‘dialogue’ in Riyadh after surprise independence bid

Southern Transitional Council wants to form a breakaway state, which would split the Arabian Peninsula’s poorest state in twoSaudi Arabia’s foreign ministry has called for Yemen’s southern factions to attend a “dialogue” in Riyadh, after a surprise independence bid and the United Arab Emirates declaring it had withdrawn all troops from Yemen.In a statement on Saturday, the Saudi ministry urged “a comprehensive conference in Riyadh to bring together all southern factions to discuss just solutions to the southern cause”. Riyadh said the Yemeni government had issued the invitation for talks. Continue reading...

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14 h. ago QUENTIN LETTS: British voters are fed up with mass immigration, 'two tier' policing and welfarism. They're moving to the Right in droves... so when will selfish Labour MPs wake up?

Early alarm calls at this time of year are brutal. Christmasis over, a new year has begun - and the mornings are black.

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15 h. ago Banjo & Ro’s Grand Island Hotel breathes new life into a tiny Hebridean island

The designer duo battle storms and decay to bring a mansion back to life in their new BBC show.

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17 h. ago We Bury the Dead review – Daisy Ridley tackles the undead in solid zombie twist

Star Wars alum gives an impressively modest performance in this slightly smarter-than-average survival taleUnlike some other less resilient horror subgenres, the zombie movie is, fittingly, never going to really die. Neither will film-makers attempting to add their own twist, understandable given how repetitive the die, wake up, lumber, bite and repeat formula has become. Australian director Zak Hilditch’s attempt, the rather buried We Bury the Dead, is therefore not quite as striking as it might have seemed a decade and change ago. Using words such as “contemplative” and “mournful” to describe a film that includes its fair share of gnarly head-smashing has become something of a cliche, so much so that last month’s meta-comedy Anaconda reboot had its characters joke that these days, even a film about a giant snake needs “intergenerational trauma” to work.But Hilditch mercifully avoids drowning his film in drab self-seriousness. Yes, it’s a zombie survival thriller that’s also about ...

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18 h. ago Celtic outcast sold for £2m tipped for greatness as goalless Kyogo told exactly what Birmingham fans think of him

Two former Hoops players have had differing fortunes since moving down south

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19 h. ago Eternal 31 makes Crawley the tallest small person in England’s Ashes pyre

Series in Australia was meant to bring the best out of opener but he goes into Sydney Test with questions unansweredIt seems a little distant now, a little by-the-by, that this Ashes series was billed, among other things, as a referendum on Zak Crawley’s England career. The tour he was groomed for. The hidden sub-menace in his one-year central contract offer. Here was a chance to justify the high-wire walk of the last few years, to find an answer, perhaps, to the eternal question: is Zak Crawley actually any good?In the event other things have happened, other warning lights blinked, other elements of England’s collective failure creaked more urgently. Shoaib Bashir, the project spinner, plucked from social media for this tour, is in the 12 for Sydney. He hasn’t taken a wicket in a proper game since July. Good luck babe! Continue reading...

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22 h. ago Ashley Judd admits depiction of women in 1995’s Heat is ‘not OK’

Judd starred in the Michael Mann crime drama led by Robert De Niro and Al Pacino

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23 h. ago Martial arts movie icon who worked on Charlie's Angels and The Matrix dies

Yuen Cheung-yan passed away in hospital on New Year's Day at the age of 69

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24 h. ago ‘You guys, you KILL ME!’ – Celtic boss Wilfried Nancy goes on SEVEN

WILFRIED NANCY has launched an impassioned plea to the Celtic support asking for more time to turn the team around. The under-fire Hoops boss is fighting to stay in his job after five defeats from his first seven games in charge. Defeat for the Frenchman against Rangers in tomorrow’s Old Firm crunch would bring huge...

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24 h. ago Fresh amber snow warning issued as wintry conditions bring disruption

Heavy snow is forecast in part of the Highlands, north-east Scotland and Shetland.

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24 h. ago Lily Allen admits her teenage daughters are struggling to adjust to life in the UK following split from David Harbour and reveals they are still in touch with actor

The 40-year-old singer revealed that Ethel, 14, and Marnie, 13 are finding it difficult to navigate changes after moving from New York back to the UK.

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26 h. ago ‘I’ve seen a lot of great pissheads’: Stephen Graham on booze, Baftas and the return of his bone

Stephen Graham and Steven Knight had an astonishing 2025. As A Thousand Blows explodes back, they talk about taking decades to become overnight sensations, the Peaky Blinders movie – and why it could be time for a scouse Bond villainStephen Graham had a stellar 2025. He didn’t just play Bruce Springsteen’s father in biopic Deliver Me from Nowhere but, of course, co-created and starred in Netflix mega-hit Adolescence – the game-changing drama that sparked global debate about online misogyny, incel culture and the “manosphere”.His friend and regular collaborator Steven Knight watched admiringly from afar as the devastating four-parter became event TV. “My God, it was a cultural phenomenon,” he says, puffing out his cheeks with pride. “Adolescence got people talking who don’t normally talk, about things they don’t normally talk about. Is there any finer achievement than having a direct, immediate and positive effect worldwide on human relationships? It’s like putting something on scree...

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26 h. ago Cocktail of the week: the Kirkstyle Inn’s beetroot and sumac shrub – recipe | The good mixer

A booze-free mocktail that uses lemon juice to bring a bright sharpness to the earthy sweetness of beetroot and sumacTraditionally, shrubs are made with vinegar, but for this one we use lemon juice to bring a bright sharpness to the base syrup, because it balances the earthy sweetness of the beetroot and sumac. A 0% gin brings some botanical notes to proceedings, but the syrup also works wonderfully just topped with soda water. You’ll need to start the syrup a day ahead.Connor Wilson, head chef, The Kirkstyle Inn, Slaggyford, Northumberland Continue reading...

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