2 h. ago Michelle McManus displays incredible 9st weight loss in a stylish navy coat at The Fifth Step premiere in Edinburgh

Michelle McManus displayed her incredible 9st weight loss in a stylish navy coat as she attended The Fifth Step premiere in Edinburgh, Scotland on Tuesday.

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4 h. ago Joe Marler says Celebrity Traitors has scored him a follow from Dawn French

The 35-year-old is among the five finalists on the BBC spin-off reality gameshow.

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4 h. ago Brit drug mule Bella Culley seen for first time after landing in UK

Bella Culley stepped off her plane in the UK tonight, just a day after she was released from a hellohole ex-Soviet prison in which she anticipated giving birth and spending up to 15 years

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5 h. ago Sequoia chief Roelof Botha steps down from Silicon Valley venture firm

Alfred Lin and Pat Grady will take over as ‘senior stewards’ following a tumultuous period for the group

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5 h. ago Pregnant Bella Culley pictured landing in UK as 'drug mule' released from Georgia jail

Bella Culley stepped off her plane in the UK tonight - just a day after she was released from a Georgia prison in which she anticipated giving birth and spending up to 20 years

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6 h. ago Major pizza chain could be SOLD after announcing 68 closures and collapsing into administration

A MAJOR high street pizza chain could be sold just weeks after announcing 68 restaurant closures and collapsing into administration. The potential sale comes after the chain’s American owner, Yum! Brands, which also owns KFC and Taco Bell, said it was reviewing its options following a period of weak performance. The company recently stepped in...

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7 h. ago BBC Breakfast star announces career move on air as she steps in to replace Naga Munchetty

BBC Breakfast star Emma Vardy has confirmed she is taking a step away from the programme to stand in for Naga Munchetty on her Radio 5 Live show.

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7 h. ago Trump threatened military action in Nigeria after Fox News wondered if he should ‘step up’ over treatment of Christians

‘Does this president need to step up and do more?’ Fox News’ John Roberts wondered on Friday, less than an hour before the president began posting about Nigeria on Truth Social.

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7 h. ago The ultimate Christmas gifts for travellers and frequent fliers

From the most comfortable travel pillow we’ve told all our friends about to waterless beauty perfect for stocking fillers

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7 h. ago All the hidden clues Rachel Reeves was not as calm as she tried to portray during her surprise pre

The Chancellor took the highly unusual step of teeing up her fiscal package in Downing Street today where she ominously paved the way for her broad tax assault.

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8 h. ago Coronation Street fans rumble Becky Swain 'stunt' with Lisa 'decision' after actress' comments

Those who follow the ITV soap know that DS Lisa Swain's ex-wife made a shock comeback into her life in September

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8 h. ago Now Labour faces revolt over tax raid on 'working class' as Reeves warns EVERYONE will suffer from Budget not just the 'rich'

Left-wingers have demanded Rachel Reeves spares the 'working class' after she took the highly unusual step of laying the ground for her fiscal package with a speech in Downing Street.

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8 h. ago Nicky Haslam's deliciously barbed list of 40 signs you're common is back

Nicky Haslam - who is friends with British Queen Camilla and claims Princess Margaret's husband Lord Snowdon was once his lover - has released his seventh Common List tea towel.

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9 h. ago Labour revolt over tax raid on 'working class' as Reeves warns EVERYONE will suffer from Budget not just the 'rich'

Chancellor Rachel Reeves talked up the need to 'invest' as she took the highly unusual step of teeing up her fiscal package with a speech in Downing Street .

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9 h. ago 10,000 steps a day is a myth, say experts – and this app reveals your real daily target

The famous 10,000-step rule wasn’t born from medical science but marketing. Here’s how to find the right goal for you

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10 h. ago Strictly in 'final talks' with Alex Jones and Bradley Walsh to take over as presenters

The BBC show is searching for two new presenters after Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman announced they would be stepping down at the end of this series, with their final episode airing on Christmas Day

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10 h. ago Study suggests 3,000 steps a day is enough to boost brain health. Here’s how

Walking can have profound impacts on mood and stress regulation

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10 h. ago Three decades later, The Truman Show feels freshly disturbing – and astoundingly prescient

Peter Weir’s dystopian comedy, starring Jim Carrey as the unwitting star of his own reality TV series, takes on new resonance in the techno-capitalist eraGet our weekend culture and lifestyle emailThe great Australian director Peter Weir is perhaps underrated as an auteur, simply because his filmography doesn’t follow any thematic or stylistic principle; each of his contributions feels like a complete work of art unto itself. While Picnic at Hanging Rock remains his finest work, his foray into Hollywood culminated in the utterly transfixing, intermittently horrifying Jim Carrey vehicle The Truman Show. Almost 30 years after its theatrical release, the film has only grown in stature and prescience.Ostensibly a dark satire on voyeurism and the inexhaustible manipulations of the media, The Truman Show predated the television juggernaut Big Brother by a single year, and it’s hard not to see something causal in that. Both are about surveillance and the murky line separating reality from ...

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11 h. ago New DWP steps to stop people fraudulently claiming monthly PIP worth up to £749

DWP said £330 million was lost to fraud and error within the PIP system last year.

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11 h. ago Battle to be Strictly Come Dancing's new hosts hots up as all the stars in the running revealed

Strictly Come Dancing's Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman will be stepping down from the BBC competition after the end of this series - here are the stars rumoured to be taking over

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