43 m. ago Real Housewives of Cheshire insiders reveal how 'toxic' Dawn left stars with anxiety and the shocking cocaine controversy

A deliciously bitchy reality TV series that chronicles the lives of a select group of Cheshire's wealthiest women, it follows the WAGs as they go about their champagne-fuelled social lives.

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68 m. ago Man United hold 'talks' for £68m striker in bid to beat Arsenal and Liverpool to transfer

Hugo Ekitike has become a man in demand as the summer transfer window approaches

Economics

72 m. ago How Jason Isaacs became the latest White Lotus star to have a renaissance

The Harry Potter and Death of Stalin actor has found fame with a new audience in hit TV showHe has worked in the industry for more than three decades, and appeared in blockbusters, but for a long time Jason Isaacs had managed to eschew the limelight.Then came The White Lotus, and suddenly the 61-year-old Liverpudlian became an internet sensation. He presented an award at the Brits, and was part of ITV’s Oscars coverage last month, bemusing viewers with his refreshing honesty. “Whoever at ITV decided to get Jason Isaacs as part of their coverage is a genius,” one fan commented. Continue reading...

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72 m. ago Afghan rights defender told she faces ‘no risk’ from Taliban as Home Office denies asylum

Woman who worked with western governments in her home country before fleeing the Taliban told to returnAn Afghan woman who risked her life to defend human rights in her home country before fleeing to the UK has been told by the Home Office it is safe for her to return after officials rejected her asylum claim.Mina (not her real name) worked for western government-backed projects and was involved in training and mentoring women across Afghanistan, which left her in grave danger even before the Taliban took over in 2021. Continue reading...

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72 m. ago Marketing’s ‘woke’ rebrand has ultimately helped the far right | Eugene Healey

Our industry must reckon with how we’ve trivialised activism by turning it into comms strategy – only to abandon itNobody likes to admit we need marketing, but the discipline has always been necessary to match people with the products and services that fulfil their needs and desires.It started simply enough, with us focusing primarily on brands’ features and tangible benefits. But as consumer society evolved, we moved on to symbolic benefits: identities, lifestyles. Finally, we began selling values: an ideology that hit its zenith between 2015 and 2022 in the era of “brand purpose”.Eugene Healey is brand strategy consultant, educator and creator Continue reading...

Economics

73 m. ago Ruben Amorim dropped Man Utd star for Manchester Derby in first show of authority

Alejandro Garnacho has fallen foul of Ruben Amorim in the past and left the Manchester United boss unimpressed against Nottingham Forest as he was accused of trying "too much"

Culture

75 m. ago Max Verstappen pips Lando Norris to F1 Japanese GP pole with stunning lap

Red Bull driver exceeds expectations in unpredictable carBeats McLaren’s Norris by one hundredth of a secondMax Verstappen claimed pole for the Japanese Grand Prix with an immense lap for Red Bull at Suzuka, beating the McLarens of Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri into second and third. Charles Leclerc was fourth for Ferrari, with his teammate Lewis Hamilton eighth. George Russell and Kimi Antonelli were fifth and sixth for Mercedes.The pole will be of no little relief to Verstappen and Red Bull and was very much against expectations, given that the car had not looked as strong as the McLaren or Mercedes in the opening rounds, nor at Suzuka this weekend. It demonstrated that given full rein, the RB21 is still a quick car and may yet be a title contender. McLaren looked strongest by some way in practice but when let fully off the leash at Suzuka in a tightly contested fight it was Verstappen and Red Bull who had the edge, setting up a fascinating fight for Sunday. Continue reading...

Politics

77 m. ago The Chase's Bradley Walsh opens up on health struggles and condition fans 'don't realise' he has

Bradley Walsh has opened up about his health struggles, revealing that he was left 'terrified' and suffering from 'vertigo' when he had to cross a rickety rope bridge in Japan

Politics

77 m. ago Bill Murray criticised after forcibly kissing Naomi Watts in ‘horrifying’ talk show moment

‘That was rough to watch,’ one viewer complained

Culture

78 m. ago Netflix's Virgin River season seven release date as filming begins

Netflix fans are left wondering when they will get the latest season of the hit show Virgin River as cast and crew head to Vancouver to start filming

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94 m. ago Emmerdale Paula Lane's new TV role 'revealed' after Ella exit

Paula Lane, who played Ella Forster on EmEmrdale, could be set to join another soap following her character's dramatic exit from the ITV show

Politics

97 m. ago Passport holders told 'just days left' to renew before change is implemented

The new measure will be introduced from April 10

Politics

1 hour ago Death in Paradise fans 'work out' who DI Mervin's 'real father' is in huge twist

Death in Paradise viewers are convinced they have already figured out the paternity twist in store for DI Mervin Wilson after the airing of the season 14 finale

Events

2 h. ago Glazed Carlos Alcaraz perfect for the online world but still jarringly human

One clip has been watched 25m times but a Netflix documentary shows him in his childhood bedroom with Wimbledon trophyThere’s a Carlos Alcaraz clip on YouTube that has to date been viewed 25m times. The whole thing is a seven-second loop of him catching a ball on his racket at Wimbledon. Currently it also has well over a thousand comments, engaged in a constantly shifting battle for most-liked, most-approved, most gushingly enthused-over.You probably shouldn’t click on it because it is also addictive, a perfect moment of perfect Alcaraz, another endlessly replicating needle-prod of pleasure into your overstimulated brain. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago Streaming: Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy and the best older women age

The recent Bridget Jones sequel, a big hit at the UK box office, celebrates the romance between its middle-aged star and her gen-Z lover, but from Babygirl to The Mother, how do women on screen with younger partners usually fare?At this admittedly early stage of 2025, with all the noisy blockbusters of summer still ahead of us, the UK’s box-office report tells a nostalgic story. The year’s highest-grossing new release, raking in more than double its nearest rival, Captain America, is Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy – a sequel in which its American distributors had so little confidence that they booted it straight to streaming. Brits who missed it in cinemas can finally access it on VOD this week. The film itself is something of a pleasant surprise too: a tender-hearted, flannel-cosy romcom – easily the best in the series since the first, 2001’s Bridget Jones’s Diary – now suffused with the gentle melancholy of middle age.Age, of course, is a critical concern of this instalment, whi...

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2 h. ago My message from prison: Just Stop Oil may be ending civil disruption, but the struggle must go on | Indigo Rumbelow

We forced the government to take some action, but still it closes it eyes to the impending climate collapse. A new method of confrontation is neededIndigo Rumbelow is co-founder of Just Stop Oil. She is currently on remand in HMP StyalAfter three years, Just Stop Oil is ending its campaign of non-violent civil disruption: we are hanging up the high-vis. But this does not mean the resistance is over. Sitting here in a prison cell in HMP Styal, I am still demanding an end to oil and gas. Every prison key that rattles, every door that is bolted shut, every letter that is read by the prison staff – it all reminds me that 15 Just Stop Oil supporters are currently locked up for refusing to obey governments whose climate inaction is frankly murderous.There has been some progress. The Labour government was elected last year on a manifesto including the pledge that they will “not issue new licences to explore new [oil and gas] fields”. This is a victory for civil resistance and the climate m...

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2 h. ago Brendan Rodgers and Rangers insider join forces as 6 leading Premiership figures put 10 team league in the ground

The shortest lived Scottish football reconstruction plan in memory has been buried

Politics

2 h. ago Youth Demand protest LIVE: Activists threaten to ‘shut down London’ with park protest over Gaza and climate crisis

Protesters are gathering from 11am at Lincoln’s Inn Fields

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2 h. ago The spring walk near Greater Manchester with mysterious ruins, hidden lakes and secret gardens

Explore a magical landscape and round off the walk with a visit to a beer garden with incredible views

Sport

2 h. ago Sierra Leone declared an emergency over a powerful synthetic drug but women were left behind

A year ago, Sierra Leone's government declared a public health emergency over the cheap synthetic drug called kush

Events