29 h. ago Millions of Brits 'dream about being pals with dreamboat David Beckham' at night

In a study of 2,000 adults - seven in ten Brits have regular vivid dreams and turning up naked in public, being late for an important meeting and partners’ cheating all made the list of common night visions

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58 h. ago Teen girl 'killed fighting intruder' at home 'told brother, 8, to hide under bed'

Lainie Williams, 17, was found dead in her bedroom after the intruder broke into the family's home in Cefn Fforest, near Blackwood in South Wales at around 7.15am.

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63 h. ago ‘I can’t be silent. I’ve been through too much’: Dee Dee Bridgewater on singing with the greats – and confronting Maga with jazz

Fuelled by a loathing of Trump, the war in Gaza and anger at ‘the same old chauvinistic crap’, the 75-year-old – who cut her teeth with Dizzy Gillespie, Sonny Rollins and more – has no plans to stop protestingWhen I speak to Dee Dee Bridgewater, the jazz singer is preparing for a concert that evening in Des Moines, Iowa, performing classy selections from the Great American Songbook. But even though she has also recorded this material for her recent album Elemental, Bridgewater is not really in the mood. “I just don’t feel like it’s the time to be doing love songs and whimsical songs from the 1920s and 30s,” she says. “They’re beautiful, but there’s some kind of spirit and energy pushing me to sing songs saying: people, we have to protect our democracy.”Bridgewater is one of American jazz’s foremost voices. Capable of crooning and confronting, the two-time Grammy winner has a career that spans six decades and has never stopped evolving. She cut her teeth sharing the stage with severa...

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3 d. ago ‘What, no ziti now?’: US pasta lovers fear Trump tariffs will cause shortage

A potential 107% tariff on Italian pasta imports could cause companies to withdraw from US market – and for US producers to raise their pricesOn Monday night, Kelly planned to make dinner and spend the night inside with her family. Instead, she told her husband to put the kids to bed so she could get in the car, drive to Wegman’s and “panic buy” $100 worth of Rummo pasta.Kelly, a 42-year-old product manager who lives outside Philadelphia, has celiac disease, which means that eating gluten triggers an immune response that leads to digestive issues. She saw fellow gluten-free people on Reddit and TikTok freaking out over the fact that the US is mulling a 107% tariff on Italian pasta imports. According to the Wall Street Journal, the hike could lead to those companies withdrawing from the US market as early as January. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago I've seen proof death is not the end. My late partner's spirit pushed my new male friend out of bed... then told me what he's doing in the afterlife: CHARLOTTE CRIPPS

I'm crying my eyes out at the thought of my former partner Alex leaving our Notting Hill home for ever.

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9 d. ago The gross reason why you should NEVER go to bed with wet hair as hairdresser finally settles the debate

GROWING up, many of us were told to ditch the hair dryer - which meant going to bed with a wet mane. But now a hairdresser has revealed why it's never a good idea to air dry your tresses - and the reason will gross you out. Taking to TikTok, Sophie Merz explained that by...

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2 w. ago Sarah Ferguson WON'T move in with Andrew after eviction as Palace completely cut ties

Sarah Ferguson has been told to find her own accomodation after Buckingham Palace told Prince Andrew to leave his sprawling 30-bed mansion, Royal Lodge

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2 w. ago Sarah Ferguson WON'T move in with Andrew after eviction as Palace completely cuts ties

Sarah Ferguson has been told to find her own accomodation after Buckingham Palace told Prince Andrew to leave his sprawling 30-bed mansion, Royal Lodge

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2 w. ago I've seen proof death is not the end. This is the eerie Ring doorbell moment that convinced me

It might feel like you can't pass a shop or a home today without spotting another ghoulish pumpkin. Depending on your outlook towards the preternatural, you may be thoroughly sick of orange tat.

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2 w. ago Jilted lover torched man's home after he fell asleep and stood her up on booty call

Taija Russell sent a late night text to her casual sexual partner that read "hello" before he told her to "bring ya ass", but he fell asleep by the time she got there, so she burnt his house down

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3 w. ago Google employees in New York told to stay home after apparent bed bug breakout at $2.1 billion campus

The outbreak may have been connected to a number of large, stuffed animals on the Chelsea campus

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3 w. ago Rashid and Salt star as England thrash New Zealand in second men’s T20I

England, 236-4, beat New Zealand, 171, by 65 runsAdil Rashid takes four wickets after Phil Salt’s 85If rain potentially saved England from defeat in the first game of this series, in the second it arrived too late to help New Zealand. A 129-run partnership between Phil Salt and Harry Brook powered the tourists towards a score of 236 for four and, though the Black Caps demonstrated some mighty power-hitting of their own, they simply could not do it often enough, and too regularly lost wickets in trying.Adil Rashid took four wickets and Jordan Cox three catches as New Zealand were dismissed for 171 with two overs remaining, England winning by 65. By the time the forecast downpour arrived, the heavens opening as if fed up with having cricket balls repeatedly hit into them, the game was over. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Man, 20, charged after 'shooting his mum 11 times after she told him to go to bed'

Kevin Marin, 20, was arrested and charged with aggravated battery and attempted murder after he allegedly shot his mother 11 times while she was sleeping in their home

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3 w. ago Son, 20, shoots sleeping mum 11 times after 'acting crazy' and being told to 'go to bed'

Kevin Marin, 20, is accused of shooting his mother 11 times in their home while she slept after 'acting crazy'

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4 w. ago Male migrant who posed as a female nurse and worked in A&E department for months avoids jail

Male migrant Lucius Njoku borrowed a female friend's identity to tend to seriously ill patients in the A&E unit at the NHS hospital where killer nurse Lucy Letby worked, a court heard.

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last month Trinny Woodall, 61, shares a giggle with a mystery male companion at a friend's birthday party in London

The TV presenter, 61, appeared deep in conversation as she sat at an outside table during a party for Ryan Prince, who is the husband of Jenny Halpern Prince MBE.

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