73 m. ago Four easy and cheap ways to keep your home drier to fight off black mould

CONDENSATION build-up in your home at this time of year can cause issues that hit you in the pocket. Humidity makes rooms feel colder, costing you more in heating, and can also provide conditions for problematic black mould to grow. Here are some easy and cheap ways to keep your home drier. WINDOW VAC: Condensation...

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1 hour ago Forgotten Man Utd star's stance on shock transfer to Premier League rival emerges

Manchester United are set to field some transfer enquiries in the January window, but Ruben Amorim is not keen on allowing players to depart, even those struggling for pitch time

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2 h. ago Louvre issues 'terrible' update after brazen £76m jewellery raid

Detectives are continuing to investigate the audacious heist

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3 h. ago Louvre heist timeline: How thieves stole €88m of jewellery in under eight minutes

Thieves spent only four minutes inside the Paris museum – but managed to steal over $100 million worth of crown jewels

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3 h. ago USDA is reopening some 2,100 offices to help farmers access $3B in aid despite the ongoing shutdown

The Agriculture Department will reopen about 2,100 county offices all across the country Thursday despite the ongoing government shutdown to help farmers and ranchers get access to $3 billion of aid from existing programs

Society

3 h. ago A film about an audacious art heist? Inside The Mastermind, the timeliest movie ever

Just days after the Louvre theft comes this drolly unconventional gallery robbery drama. Director Kelly Reichardt talks about solving crimes as a kid – and casting Josh O’Connor as a crook in autumnal knitwearThe term “cosy crime” describes the reassuring, cardigan-swaddled whodunnits that currently dominate both page and screen, but it carries different connotations for Kelly Reichardt, director of the new heist movie The Mastermind, as it surely must for anyone from a law enforcement family. Reichardt’s mother was an undercover narcotics agent, her father a crime scene detective. When the couple split up, she also gained an FBI agent as a stepfather. During weekends with her dad, who moved into a house with four other recently divorced colleagues, she would sometimes be given mysteries to solve, like some kind of junior Thursday Murder Club.“It sounds really cute,” says the 5ft-tall, 61-year-old director, whose film could not feel more timely, given the Louvre heist. “But I was on...

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4 h. ago MAFS bride breaks down in tears amid marriage troubles at couple retreat as she admits ‘I’m not getting what I need’

A MAFS star has broken down in tears amid marriage troubles at the couples retreat, while admitting ‘I’m just not getting what I need.’  The popular E4 dating show welcomed six new hopefuls earlier this month, including April, a 31-year-old crepe stall owner from Weymouth, who married Leo.  Leo – who goes by the name...

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4 h. ago Virgin River season 7 release window confirmed by Netflix boss in disappointing update

Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos has confirmed that Virgin River fans will have to wait a little longer for the next season

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5 h. ago Liverpool identify Marc Guehi transfer alternative as negotiations reach stalemate

Liverpool want to sign a centre-back in the January transfer window, and while Marc Guehi remains the primary target, they are considering other options on the market

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5 h. ago ‘Just extraordinary’: Louvre broken window now on tourist trail as museum reopens after jewel heist

Apollo gallery remains closed as police investigate €88m robbery and director faces questioning over securityIt is already, in a small way, Paris’s newest tourist attraction. “And on our right,” boomed the guide on the bateau mouche tour boat heading up the Seine, “the Louvre – and the window thieves smashed to steal France’s crown jewels.”The world’s most visited museum reopened on Wednesday for the first time since a gang of four men broke into its Apollo gallery on Sunday, making off with €88m (£76m) of Napoleonic jewellery in France’s most dramatic heist in decades. Continue reading...

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5 h. ago Virgin River season 7 gets disappointing update as Netflix boss confirms release window

Fans of Netflix’s hit romance drama Virgin River have a little longer to wait before Mel and Jack’s adventures continue

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5 h. ago Melania Trump used as ‘window dressing’ in memecoin scam that caused millions in losses, lawsuit claims

First lady’s image exploited ‘to sell legitimacy to unsuspecting investors,’ new legal filing argues

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5 h. ago Which? expert says cold homes feel 'warmer straight away' with window 'rule'

Homes in the UK might not be holding as much warmth in their walls

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6 h. ago Hotel worker arrested after Brit tourist, 45, ‘raped on Greek holiday island’

The 45-year-old British tourist was holidaying on the Greek island of Kos when she claims she was attacked by a member of hotel staff in her room, triggering a local manhunt

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6 h. ago The security threats that reveal how the Louvre heist was pulled off

Carmen Jordá Sanz says there is one thing that the recent episode at the Louvre teaches us

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6 h. ago 'Exhilarating' new London tourist attraction expected to bring in 60,000 visitors

Now, a London site might be set for a revamp - including the creation of a new tourist attraction. Plans say it would 'offer a unique and exhilarating experience'.

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6 h. ago Wild bear pays surprise visit to bear enclosure at California zoo: ‘He was very polite’

Sequoia Park Zoo said staff were doing an inspection when they saw a wild black bear looking in at three captive bearsA wild bear in California has broken into a zoo and paid an unexpected visit to the bear enclosure.In a Facebook post, the Sequoia Park Zoo in Eureka in the northern part of the state said its staff were conducting a routine inspection of part of the complex when they spotted a wild American black bear leaning on a gate and looking in at three captive black bears in their enclosure. Continue reading...

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7 h. ago 'Victims don't believe you!' Starmer faces calls for Jess Phillips to quit over grooming gangs 'cover

In bruising clashes at PMQs, Keir Starmer insisted the probe would not be 'watered down' to avoid considering 'racial and religious motivations'.

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7 h. ago Thomas Frank compares Florian Wirtz's woes at Liverpool to struggling Tottenham star

Tottenham splashed out £52million to sign Xavi Simons in the summer transfer window and are yet to see the Dutchman's best, much like Liverpool with Florian Witz

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7 h. ago 'Victims don't believe you!' Starmer dismisses demands for minister to quit over grooming gangs shambles as he denies 'cover

In bruising clashes at PMQs, Keir Starmer insisted the probe would not be 'watered down' to avoid considering 'racial and religious motivations'.

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