61 m. ago Elon Musk's 'baby mama' Ashley St. Clair shows rare delivery room photo of newborn baby

Elon Musk's 'baby mama' Ashley St. Clair shared a rare delivery room photo of her and her newborn son that she sent to the billionaire in new court filings as their custody battle begins.

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67 m. ago Manchester pub that didn't serve alcohol was a 'doomed' social experiment

The Pop Inn in Openshaw was a pub with 'absolutely no beer or common sense'

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70 m. ago Van driver fled the scene after tragic Metrolink crash that killed 3

A girl, 3, died after the van crashed into a tram and mounted the pavement

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81 m. ago Dancing On Ice's Torvill and Dean make rare comment about retirement as they film final skate

Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean will take to the ice for the final time as they perform on the Dancing on Ice rink, after confirming they will retire after 50 years

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81 m. ago The week in audio: Facing the Music; Tara and George: Last Rights; Why Is Amy in the Bath? and more – review

The lives of Beethoven, Haydn and co enthral; Audrey Gillan updates her award-winning rough sleepers series. Plus, a choir of cicadas and bathtime fun with Amy Adams Facing the Music Radio 3/BBC SoundsTara and George: Last Rights Radio 4/BBC Sounds)Why Is Amy in the Bath? Grab Bag Collab & Because It’s True ProductionsBetween the Ears: A Symphony of Cicadas Radio 3/BBC Sounds“It’s almost midnight,” purrs Dominic West, all honey and velvet, straight after we hear the famously doomy, four-note opening to Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony. The wild-eyed composer is in a cart, West tells us energetically, his latest piano sonata getting ruined by the rain, after throwing some coins at the driver and growling his preferred destination. West relishes every syllable of it: “Vi-ennnn-a!” Continue reading...

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81 m. ago Waltz this way: rival venues in Vienna compete to celebrate Johann Strauss’s 200th birthday

As the Austrian capital honours the legacy of its dance king, the race is on to attract the most puntersThe music of Johann Strauss streams through Vienna like the stately Danube. Even the syllables of the composer’s name beat out the rhythm of a waltz, as all Austrian dance teachers know. In their lessons, the words “Jo-hann Strauss” are often swapped in to replace the conventional “one, two, three” step count.Viennese children learn to waltz just like they learn to ride a bike, so the muscle-memory never leaves them. Just as well, because the city is still famous as the home of a 19th-century dance craze that shaped its international image. In this 200th anniversary year of the birth of the “waltz king”, there are rival bids jostling to become the focus of the swirling celebrations. Continue reading...

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81 m. ago My boiler has broken and I’m finding solace in a slice (or several) of toast | Rachel Cooke

There are whole chapters in cookbooks dedicated to it and now an endless variety of new things to spread on top, including butters with a waiting listMy subject today is toast, which is much on my mind right now, a buttery ticker tape that calls me constantly to the kitchen. Our boiler has packed up, the new one won’t be installed for a week, and though it’s only the central heating that’s down (the cooker’s fine), the freezing cold has turned me into a toast monster. It’s all I want, a feeling I haven’t had since I was a student and living in a house that was so badly insulated, we sometimes had to break the ice on the water in the loo. How many loaves can a person get through in a week? Come back to me in a few days for an answer. I’ll give you a tour of my chilblains at the same time.What is amazing about toast is the way it has lately become so pimped. This started a few years ago: I first noticed it in Moro Easy by Sam and Sam Clark, a cookbook that came out in 2022 and whose o...

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81 m. ago A new branch of photography? Found images of women in trees – in pictures

For 25 years, Hamburg-based collector Jochen Raiß scoured flea markets for historical amateur photographs. After finding a photo of a woman smiling in a tree, he started to notice this was a recurrent theme, especially popular between the 1920s and 1950s. Over the years he accumulated 91 such photos, now collected into a book, Women in Trees. “A number of the photographers have created images that possess a remarkable depth and beauty,” he wrote in the book’s introduction. “The women exert a great effort to hold on to these trees without losing their balance. Their Sunday dresses and fashionable shoes stand in stark contrast to the nature around them.”Women in Trees by Jochen Raiß and Johanna Adorjan is out now (Hatje Cantz, £18) Continue reading...

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83 m. ago What Mikel Arteta got wrong as West Ham beat Arsenal in red card VAR nightmare

Arsenal have handed Liverpool a massive boost in the race for the Premier League title as the 10-man Gunners lost 1-0 to West Ham at the Emirates Stadium

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85 m. ago Leading contenders make their final appeals to German voters before a landmark election

The contenders in Germany’s election are making their final appeals to voters

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87 m. ago BEL MOONEY: My grandson's death makes everything else seem so trivial

Dear Bel: I've dealt with a lot of deaths in my life but none have hit me as badly as that of my grandson aged 27 from cardiomyopathy. BEL MOONEY advises.

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2 h. ago Alan Shearer agrees VAR used 'wrong angle' as controversial decision saves Man Utd

Match of the Day pundit Alan Shearer took to social media to offer his opinion after a late penalty in Everton's draw with Manchester United was overturned following a VAR intervention

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2 h. ago Britain's Got Talent FIRST LOOK: KSI meets the judges before YouTube star makes candid admission moments before making his big debut

The moment KSI meets his fellow Britain's Got Talent judges has been revealed in a first look glimpse of the new series

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2 h. ago Chappell Roan fans realise they've been saying her name wrong this whole time

Chappell Roan, who shot to fame with viral hits like Hot to Go and Good Luck, Babe, has shared the meaning behind her stage name as fans continue to debate the correct pronunciation

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3 h. ago Kris Jenkins hit 'The Shot' to win Villanova a national title. So what happened to his ring?

Kris Jenkins owes a Villanova fan a drink

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3 h. ago Harry Maguire singled out for TWO moments in Everton goal as Man Utd star slammed

Manchester United defender Harry Maguire was criticised by TNT Sports pundit Rio Ferdinand in the aftermath of Everton midfielder Abdoulaye Doucoure's goal in Saturday's 2-2 draw at Goodison Park

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3 h. ago Premier League explain VAR penalty review after Everton vs Manchester United ends in controversy

Manchester United’s final ever trip to Goodison Park ended in controversy as the hosts were denied the chance to take all three points in stoppage time

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3 h. ago ‘You dream about such things’: Brit who discovered missing pharaoh’s tomb may have unearthed another

Archaeologist believes his ‘find of the century’ – of Pharaoh Thutmose II – could be surpassed by ongoing excavationTo uncover the location of one long-lost pharaoh’s tomb is a career-defining moment for an archaeologist. But to find a second is the stuff of dreams.Last week British archaeologist Piers Litherland announced the find of the century – the first discovery of a rock-cut pharaoh’s tomb in Egypt since Tutankhamun’s in 1922. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago Liam Gallagher recalls Paul McCartney margarita gaffe that left him red

Oasis frontman Liam Gallagher revealed a hilarious anecdote from a meeting with Beatles legend Paul McCartney, in which he admitted he got the wrong end of the stick in a chat about margaritas

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3 h. ago CCTV shows moment man shot in street 40 seconds after child was in same spot

The young child is seen on a scooter outside the shop

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