21 m. ago American living in the UK shares supermarket items that 'blew his mind'

An American who has lived in the UK for a number of years now shared the food items available in all British supermarkets – and the products which 'blew his mind'

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47 m. ago 'I bought £14 wedding dress on Vinted and saved myself thousands of pounds'

A bride-to-be who bought a wedding dress from a second-hand clothes website for just £14 was stunned when she received the gown she had paid for, and even more so when she tried it on

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52 m. ago Shobna Gulati: ‘If I could choose to bring something extinct back to life? A 1970s disco’

The actor on a treasured wedding bangle, a ‘secretarial’ job that was anything but, and a painful incident at the theatreBorn in Oldham, Shobna Gulati, 59, studied Arabic and Middle Eastern politics at the University of Manchester. She appeared in Dinnerladies before taking a long-running role in Coronation Street in 2001. Her stage work includes the National Theatre’s A Tupperware of Ashes, and she played Ray in UK and US productions of Everybody’s Talking About Jamie and the 2021 film version. In 2020, she published Remember Me? Discovering My Mother As She Lost Her Memory. Gulati has a son and is based in London where she is appearing in The Importance of Being Earnest at the Noël Coward theatre until 10 January.When were you happiest? In recent times, when I was looking after my mum. She would take me on journeys in her mind and I’d travel with her wherever she went. I felt happy that I had the opportunity to have that time despite her illness....

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52 m. ago 'I can't go to hockey games without men flirting – I'm too hot for them to handle'

Britt Lefevre, 27, from Michigan has been a passionate fan of the Edmonton Oilers for years and admits that the attention she gets at games can be a bit of a distraction

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57 m. ago Young girl dead and woman in hospital after incident in UK village

The woman is in a 'life-threatening condition', officers say

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66 m. ago Disgraced Prince Andrew offered lavish Abu Dhabi palace as he considers life in exile

The sheikh is believed to have offered the desert palace for free

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1 hour ago More than two million pounds of barbecue pork jerky recalled over metal contamination

The jerky is sold across Costco and Sam's Club stores

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1 hour ago AI models may be developing their own ‘survival drive’, researchers say

Like 2001: A Space Odyssey’s HAL 9000, some AIs seem to resist being turned off and will even sabotage shutdownWhen HAL 9000, the artificial intelligence supercomputer in Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey, works out that the astronauts onboard a mission to Jupiter are planning to shut it down, it plots to kill them in an attempt to survive.Now, in a somewhat less deadly case (so far) of life imitating art, an AI safety research company has said that AI models may be developing their own “survival drive”. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago Final moments of Lola Daviet before tragic suitcase murder in France

WARNING, GRAPHIC CONTENT, Dahbia Benkired, 24, was sentenced to life in prison yesterday and became the first woman in French history to be given a whole life tariff.

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2 h. ago Paedophile told girl to strip as victim 'carved his name into her skin'

WARNING, DISTRESSING CONTENT Kai Edmundson, 18, contacted the girl on social media and sent her indecent images of children his crimes only came to light when she was visited by police after they were alerted by an adult

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2 h. ago Charlene White 'may never know' why dad took his own life as she says final goodbye

Loose Women's Charlene White has revealed she and her family have spent 'many many hours asking ourselves why' her dad took his own life but admits she 'may never know'

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2 h. ago Prince Andrew 'forced maids to pick up soiled tissues scattered around teddy

Prince Andrew's image is in tatters after he was forced to give up his royal titles and honours, and now troubling claims about his life behind Palace walls have resurfaced

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2 h. ago Strictly Come Dancing star's health battle they've kept hidden for years

Shirley Ballas, head judge on Strictly Come Dancing, has opened up on her 'darkest place' in life and how her mum Audrey has helped her through

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2 h. ago WWE icon smuggled blade into court for horrifying purpose during trial

The Iron Sheik was a WWE champion who was known for his feuds with the likes of Hulk Hogan and Sgt Slaughter, but his life spiralled out of control after the murder of his daughter

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3 h. ago Review: Huawei Watch GT 6 Pro looks great and doesn't cost the earth

Perfect for cyclists and with battery life that will knock your socks off, if you don't need cashless payment, the GT 6 Pro is a great buy

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4 h. ago ‘I’m living with a tumour the size of a golf ball in my head – it’s changed my attitude to life’

David Aird, 56, a London-based musician, builder, and father of one, had been suffering from migraines for five years before he saw his GP, who broke the news to him that he had a brain tumour the size of a golf ball. It blew his world apart, he tells Charlotte Cripps – but it also means he no longer sweats the small stuff

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5 h. ago Criminal lawyer says there's body language sign that 'gives away liars'

A criminal lawyer has shared her top tips on how to tell if someone is is lying to you

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5 h. ago One habit may 'save your heartbeats' and potentially 'add years to your life'

Professor La Gerche revealed what he believes to be 'the biggest bang for your health buck'

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5 h. ago Tropical Storm Melissa poised to become a hurricane and drop torrential rain on Caribbean

Tropical Storm Melissa is expected to strengthen into a hurricane, threatening the northern Caribbean with massive rainfall and life-threatening flooding

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5 h. ago Six metres below ground, a hospital treats Ukrainian soldiers injured by Russian drones

Doctors at the secret facility are able to perform amputations while others monitor zigzagging drones overheadScrubby trees hide the entrance. A sloping wooden tunnel descends to a brightly lit reception area. There is a surgery unit, equipped with beds, cardiac monitors and ventilators. And shelves full of medical equipment, drugs and neat piles of spare clothes. In a staff room with a washing machine and kettle, doctors keep an eye on a screen. It shows the movements of Russian spy drones as they zigzag in the sky above.Welcome to Ukraine’s secret underground hospital. The facility opened in August and is the second of its kind, located in eastern Ukraine not far from the frontline and the city of Pokrovsk, in Donetsk oblast. “We are 6 metres below the earth. It’s the safest way of providing help to our injured soldiers. And it keeps medical personnel safe,” said the clinic’s surgeon, Maj Oleksandr Holovashchenko. Continue reading...

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