32 m. ago Strictly Come Dancing announces Apprentice’s Thomas Skinner and Geordie Shore’s Vicky Pattinson for 2025 series

Announcement comes just days after Skinner was pictured with US vice president JD Vance

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35 m. ago 13 best duvets in 2025, tried and tested by our sleep expert

I snoozed to find the best duvets for every season, so you can have better night’s sleep

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51 m. ago Leonardo DiCaprio says he turned down masterpiece’ 1997 movie: ‘Biggest regret’

Oscar-winning actor’s decision freed him up to star in blockbuster ‘Titanic’ instead

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58 m. ago The most romantic place on earth? It has to be a sleeper train

The low-key glamour of watching the sunset in the buffet car and being woken with a bowl of porridge just can’t be beatIs there anything more glamorous than an overnight train? Even when you’re climbing aboard wearing your husband’s raincoat, carrying an oat-encrusted car seat, with a six-month-old in a sling and an apple core fermenting gently and secretly in the side pocket of your rucksack?Not that I know of. I love travelling by train – even now, when it’s as comprehensively bad as British rail privatisation has made it for, well, just about everyone save a few shareholders and the CEO of Pumpkin Cafe. But travelling at night? With the whisper of romance in the buffet car, the flash of sunset from the vestibule and a white-sheeted bunk bed to call your own? I love it even more.Nell Frizzell is a journalist and author Continue reading...

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59 m. ago ITV One Night plot, release date and full cast including Jodie Whittaker

One Night, which was first released in Australia in 2023, is set to land on UK TV screens as it lands on ITV

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82 m. ago Fight to save Britain's dying high streets: Before and after pictures reveal how last

A £103m heritage blitz masterminded by Historic England has seen 67 ailing high streets transformed back to heyday best - as these before and after pictures reveal.

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89 m. ago One Night's full cast, plot and how to watch as Jodie Whittaker drama arrives on ITV

The six-part series originally aired in Australia in 2023, but it's now due to land on ITV1

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1 hour ago Strictly Come Dancing announces Apprentice star Thomas Skinner as 10th contestant for 2025 series

Announcement comes just days after Skinner was pictured with US vice president JD Vance

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1 hour ago Rapper Lil Pump reveals he nearly lost his life in horror car crash as he shares pictures of his smashed

The American rapper, 24, whose real name is Gazzy Fabio Garcia, took to Instagram on Wednesday to share details of the terrifying incident.

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1 hour ago One Night cast, release date and plot as Jodie Whittaker drama lands on ITV

Six-part Australian drama One Night is coming to ITV this month, and here's everything you need to know...

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1 hour ago One of England's prettiest villages is foodie heaven and celeb claim to fame

Cartmel in Cumbria, the fifth most picturesque village in England according to Independent Cottages, boasts beautiful walks, fascinating history, a racecourse and two Michelin-starred restaurants

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1 hour ago Picturesque village just 90 minutes from Manchester is food lover's heaven

Cartmel, on the edge of the Lake District National Park, has been named the fifth prettiest village in England - and it is a foodie's paradise

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2 h. ago 'Magnificent'... Fans' delight as another new live Oasis track released

"Sounds absolutely massive."

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2 h. ago Tulisa Contostavlos ambushed by stranger in park after he lay in wait 'hissing like a snake'

In her new autobiography, Judgement: Love, Trials, and Tribulations, N-Dubz star Tulisa Contostavlos has shared details of a terrifying confrontation with a strange man in a park late at night

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3 h. ago ‘I always loved a camera’: Maud Muir on life through a lens in England women’s rugby team

Red Roses prop on her creative endeavours and England expectations before the Rugby World Cup on home soil“I like capturing people’s laughs; I think being able to hear it through the picture is so cool,” Maud Muir says as she discusses her favourite photographs from hundreds she has taken behind the scenes in the England women’s camp over the past five years.Muir, the 24-year-old prop, and her teammates are preparing for a home Rugby World Cup, starting with the opener against USA in Sunderland next Friday. Continue reading...

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4 h. ago Hailey Bieber enjoys a rare girls' night out with her famous gal pals after husband Justin's cryptic post

He appeared to address their relationship woes on his new album, but the couple retained a united front at events promoting the new project.

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4 h. ago Kylie Jenner bares cleavage in racy look as she indulges in girls' night amid Timothee Chalamet split rumors

She has otherwise been an enthusiastic booster of his career this year, attending a string of award shows with him including the Golden Globes and the Oscars.

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4 h. ago A journey to belonging: asylum seekers reflect on 10 years in Europe – in pictures

Ten years ago, 1 million people fled into Europe, escaping conflict and poverty. Many had travelled for years in search of peace, prosperity or stability, and found it in countries such as Italy, Germany and Belgium. But the journey to truly belong continues.A decade on, after finding work and learning a new language, four asylum seekers feel torn. They recall the woodlands of northern Nigeria, a river that flows through a Syrian town – or the nightmare of child abuse in Afghanistan. They are still homesick and wrestle with the possibility – or impossibility – of return. They are part of a new, transformed Europe Continue reading...

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4 h. ago Premier League supercomputer paints worrying picture for Man Utd with three

A Premier League supercomputer has cast its eye over the upcoming season with Liverpool aiming to retain their crown and the likes of Manchester United hoping for major improvements

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5 h. ago Israeli airstrikes on Tehran killed inmates in ‘apparent war crime’ – report

Human Rights Watch also finds that Iran abused survivors of June attack, which killed 80 peopleIsraeli airstrikes on Tehran’s Evin prison in June killed scores of detainees, visitors and staff in what Human Rights Watch (HRW) has called an “apparent war crime”. Iranian authorities have since subjected survivors to abuse, enforced disappearances and inhumane detention conditions, the rights group said on Wednesday.HRW’s investigation, based on satellite imagery, videos and witness accounts, found the 23 June Israeli airstrikes destroyed visitation halls, prison wards, the central kitchen, the medical clinic and administrative offices. No evident military targets were identified in the facility, which held more than 1,500 prisoners at the time, many of whom had been jailed for peaceful activism. Continue reading...

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