55 m. ago Our communal garden has been sold to a mystery buyer after estate agent listed it as a potential site for travellers

The green space at the centre of a ring of homes and a tiny strip of land at the side of a road in Henlow, Bedforshire, have been snatched up by a mystery buyer for £9,000.

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57 m. ago Netflix adding modern Western series for Virgin River and Yellowstone fans

Netflix have announced a new series which is a romance-fuelled family drama

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58 m. ago Britain's Got Talent fans 'have seen the winner' but grim act leaves some reeling

The first show in the new series of Britain's Got Talent has got viewers rushing to social media to declare that they have seen the winning act

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76 m. ago NASA's new SPHEREx space telescope to launch next week – what you need to know about the search for life beyond Earth

In its next mission, NASA will map the entire sky in search for the building blocks of life

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77 m. ago A Thousand Blows true story: Who is Hezekiah Moscow? Inside the real

A Thousand Blows has finally landed on Disney+, telling the real-life story of boxer Hezekiah Moscow.

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77 m. ago Inside 1923's Brandon Sklenar's life after he left without saying goodbye to pursue career

Brandon Sklenar plays Spencer Dutton in the Yellowstone prequel 1923 and fans are keen to know more about the actor, who has also starred in It Ends with Us and Vice

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89 m. ago Alan Shearer perfectly sums up Everton vs Man Utd controversy with seven words

Manchester United escaped Goodison Park with a point after a stirring comeback against Everton and following a controversial VAR decision in the final seconds of the clash

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1 hour ago ITV TOWIE star Diags' life off screen including split from Jodie and Love Island dating rumours

TOWIE star Diags, whose real name is James Bennewith, is back on our screens.

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2 h. ago Gangster turned 'wellness influencer' caught pedalling fake cures for cancer online

Formerly Glasgow-based thug Scott Davis has traded his "life of crime" in Scotland for a new career in Spain promoting dodgy so-called health cures on social media

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2 h. ago Boots is selling 'better than half price' No7 gift sets ahead of Mother's Day

With Mother's Day not far, high-street giant Boots has launched some incredible gift set offers for No7 fans - with prices starting from just £34.95

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2 h. ago Heartbroken parents of 'Polish Maddie McCann' are at their wits end over fantasist daughter's lies

The despairing parents of a Polish woman who claims to be Madeleine McCann are 'at their wits' end' and have fled their home after their fantasist daughter was arrested in England.

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2 h. ago Can a brown Hindu be English? English people say yes. Why do so many on the right say no? | Kenan Malik

An argument about Rishi Sunak’s identity reveals how ideas of ethnicity and race have become conflated‘They think they’re English because they’re born here. That means if a dog’s born in a stable it’s a horse.” That was a staple of the comedian Bernard Manning’s routine back in the 1970s. Enoch Powell had, a decade earlier, expressed the same sentiment in more refined language: “The West Indian or Asian does not, by being born in England, become an Englishman. In law he becomes a United Kingdom citizen by birth; in fact he is a West Indian or an Asian still.”Few today would laugh along with Manning or take seriously the claim that only white people can be English. Britain has transformed over the past half-century and most English people now embrace Ian Wright and Idris Elba as being as English as David Beckham or Joanna Lumley. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago ‘I stripped away this caricature that I created’: Pamela Anderson on makeup, activism and gardening

The star of Baywatch and The Last Showgirl answers questions from Observer readers and famous fans including Stella McCartney, Liam Neeson, Ruby Wax and Naomi KleinPamela Anderson, makeup-free and beautiful in a floral Westwood suit, is making a fuss of my dog. My dog likes her. I’m not a particular believer in the idea that animals are great character judges but, in this case, me and the dog are aligned. I like Anderson too. She combines openness with a kind of vulnerability, and you warm to her immediately.Settled on a sofa in a small dressing room off a photography studio, she asks for a coffee and promptly spills it everywhere. “I strive for imperfection,” she jokes. “I strive for it, and I just hit it every time.” Cortado mopped, she takes a breath, before talking excitedly of a new phase in her eventful life. “A door opened, and I walked through,” she says. “It’s hard to believe.” Continue reading...

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2 h. ago ‘It’s not ethical and it’s not medical’: how UK rehab clinics are cashing in on NAD+

They are beloved by A-listers and surging in popularity. But claims that NAD+ infusions are a fix for addiction are unproven, risky – and possibly illegal, an Observer investigation revealsIt is billed as a “miracle” treatment that can reverse ageing and regenerate brain cells. And getting hooked up to IV drips containing NAD+ has surged in popularity, with record Google searches and celebrity fans such as Kendall Jenner and Joe Rogan.Now NAD+ is being touted in the UK as a treatment for substance ­misuse. Infusions of NAD+, which is derived from vitamin B3, are being sold across the country as a ­“clinically proven” and “effective” way to quit drinking or get off drugs. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago Philippe Clement on Rangers brink LIVE as 49ers takeover nears and Neil McCann has fans begging him for Ibrox return

Fans cannot do it anymore and it appears the man at the helm is acutely aware he is now in borrowed time

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2 h. ago Philippe Clement on Rangers brink LIVE as 49ers takeover nears and OTHER answer to sack question airs

Fans cannot do it anymore and it appears the man at the helm is acutely aware he is now in borrowed time

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2 h. ago Secret celebrity smokers: All the 'wellness loving stars' who have been caught sneakily puffing on cigarettes

From stylish presenters, Hollywood stars and lifestyle gurus, there are many celebrities who fans would never expect to smoke a cigarette. 

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2 h. ago TikTokers warned of trend that could leave users with ‘a lifetime of pain’

The hashtag #droppingthingsonmyfoot has been used on hundreds of videos

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3 h. ago Arsenal fans say VAR missed crucial moment before Myles Lewis

Myles Lewis-Skelly might have received a reprieve from referee Craig Pawson had VAR shown him an angle of Mohammed Kudus elbowing the Arsenal left-back in the head

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3 h. ago ‘Photography is therapy for me’: Martin Parr on humour, holidaying and life behind the lens

He has a prolific career and extensive portfolio, with his images of British life especially iconic. At 72, he tells Miranda Sawyer, he’s still thinking about what to shoot nextAbout 20 years ago, I was on a judging panel for a photography competition, and one of the other judges was Martin Parr. He was charming and affable, almost teddy bear-ish. He was also utterly ruthless. When it came to deciding which photographs were worthy of a prize, he went through the selection swiftly – no, no, yes, no – without hesitation or doubt. His eye was impeccable. Has he always known what makes a good photograph? “Oh yes,” says Parr. “Right from the beginning. Total conviction. I knew I would be a photographer from the age of 13, 14, and I knew what was good even then. I was obsessive about photography. All artists are obsessive, I think.” We are in his agent’s office, a small upstairs flat on a market street in east London. Parr owns the building, and this room used to be packed with his work a...

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