2 h. ago Michelle Obama reveals husband Barack's bizarre obsession amid ongoing divorce rumors

Michelle Obama revealed her husband has a superstitious side, sharing he carries around a pocket full of trinkets every day and considers them his good luck charms.

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2 h. ago Don’t put expensive items at front of stores because ‘people will nick them’, minister tells shopkeepers

The warning comes as chief of supermarket chain Iceland said shoplifting is getting worse because offenders appear to be able to act with ‘impunity’

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2 h. ago Gary Neville’s row with Nottingham Forest unresolved as new season beckons

Sky pundit was banned from final game of last seasonForest looking for assurances before welcoming him backNottingham Forest have not resolved their dispute with Gary Neville before the new Premier League season and want assurances from the Sky Sports pundit before welcoming him back to the City Ground.The former Manchester United captain was banned by Forest from the final game of last season after an intervention from their owner, Evangelos Marinakis, who had taken exception to Neville’s criticisms of his conduct. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago Model Ellie Goldstein is first Strictly series contestant with Down’s syndrome

The 23-year-old follows George Webster who appeared on the 2022 Christmas special.

Culture

3 h. ago New suspect ethnicity guidance ‘may not stop spread of disinformation’, policing minister admits

Police have been encouraged to share the nationality and ethnicity of suspects if there is a ‘policing reason to do’, but not immigration status

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3 h. ago 'Everything here is great' The Times' glowing review of Wales 'world beating' restaurant scene

Times columnist and food writer Giles Coren has once again visited Wales to heap praise on our "world-beating restaurant scene."

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4 h. ago Policing minister admits disinformation could still spread under suspect ethnicity guidance

Disinformation could still spread regarding suspects arrested under new guidance for police, the policing minister has said.

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4 h. ago BBC Strictly Come Dancing full line up features trailblazing model and Drag Race star

Model Ellie Goldstein, rugby star Chris Robshaw and Drag Race runner-up La Voix are the latest names to be added to the 2025 line up

Culture

4 h. ago Alien: Earth review: This surreal Disney+ reboot is a true genre

Panto season will never be the same again. Disney have invented a new kind of movie sequel crossover, updating Sigourney Weaver 's horror classic Alien by blending it with Peter Pan.

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4 h. ago Emmerdale star says 'it was completely unexpected' as he addresses Vinny and Kammy bond

Emmerdale's Bradley Johnson and Shebz Miah, who play Vinny Dingle and Kammy Hadiq, appeared on Lorraine to discuss their characters' current storyline

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4 h. ago Frankly by Nicola Sturgeon: The secret to happiness? It’s not politics

Frankly is Nicola Sturgeon’s bid to “reveal the person behind the politician”. As she puts it, “The seemingly confident, combative woman who dominated Scottish politics for more than a decade, unnerved the Westminster establishment, helped lead Scotland to the verge of independence and steered it through a global pandemic, is painfully shy, an introvert.”

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4 h. ago Materialists review – Dakota Johnson torn between Pedro Pascal and Chris Evans in charming romcom

Johnson plays a matchmaker who has to choose between wealthy new suitor Pascal and broke ex Evans, but the outcome feels a little undramaticSay you are a single woman in New York and you are, in the words of the song, torn between two lovers: two handsome, intelligent, nice guys – one very poor and one very rich. All things being equal, who do you go for? The answer in real life is very different, in fact diametrically opposed, to the answer in a film. Few movie heroines have the candour of Jane Austen’s Elizabeth Bennet in Pride and Prejudice, who admitted to falling in love with Mr Darcy on seeing his beautiful grounds at Pemberley.But this is the choice, which never quite ascends to the state of a dilemma, in this charming and watchable – yet for me somehow anticlimactic – romantic comedy-drama from South Korean-Canadian film-maker Celine Song: a love-triangle confection to follow the much realer, truer love triangle of Song’s much acclaimed debut Past Lives. When the decision is...

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5 h. ago Trailblazing Down syndrome model Ellie Goldstein, Drag Race star La Voix and rugby player Chris Robshaw are announced as the latest contestants for Strictly Come Dancing

The three celebrities confirmed their participation in an announcement shared on Wednesday's edition of The Scott Mills Breakfast Show on BBC Radio 2.

Sport

5 h. ago Facial recognition technology not about ‘total surveillance society’ – minister

Dame Diana Johnson said it was about ‘giving the tools to our police officers to enable them to keep us safe’.

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5 h. ago Members of Dumfries service for adults with assisted learning needs face uncertain future

One service user at Cloverglen has already lost three days of her weekly allowance following a review.

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5 h. ago Liverpool chasing giant player who idolises Chris Smalling and is loved by Andrea Pirlo

Liverpool have been active in the transfer window as Arne Slot looks to revamp his Premier League-winning squad for the fresh season, and it appears as though the Dutchman is not done yet

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5 h. ago 'I had six children aged 17 after rape at 8, first baby at 10 and marriage at 11'

Sherry Yvonne Johnson was raped for the first time at eight by a man nine years older than her, by the age of 10 she had given birth to his child, and by 11, she was married to him

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5 h. ago Love Is Blind: UK Season 2 on Netflix review: let the emotional manipulation begin

Can we find love, ‘sight unseen’? Um, no. But we already knew that

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5 h. ago Love Is Blind UK Season 2 review: let the emotional manipulation begin

Can we find love, ‘sight unseen’? Um, no. But we already knew that

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6 h. ago 'Politics of envy': Fury as Labour opens the door to an inheritance tax raid on Middle England as ministers fail to deny push to end tax

Dame Diana Johnson, the policing minister, failed to rule out changes to the so-called 'death tax' this autumn amid growing concerns about the state of the public finances.

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