24 h. ago Black pudding in the hole and buttery chicken curry – Gill Meller’s recipes for next level traybakes

Dishes that are easy, all in one and soon to be your new favourite midweek mealsI love this combination, but feel free to switch up the black pudding for some nice herby pork sausages, or a decent handful of firm chestnut mushrooms, if you’d like to keep it all about the veg. Once you’ve added the batter, don’t be tempted to open the oven door for at least 20 minutes, as this will help things rise as they should. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Dumfries and Galloway council tax set to be hiked by at least 8.5 per cent

The local authority is facing a financial black hole of nearly £12million in 2025/26, meaning councillors will need to make some tough decisions when they meet to set their budget on Thursday.

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3 d. ago Susan Hall says she wants to throw Sadiq Khan into a black hole, in row over London's finances

The row began after the mayor sought to blame Boris Johnson for the Met Police’s current funding gap

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4 d. ago My dad died a year ago – and a photo of him on Google Street View brought me up short | Adrian Chiles

A friend sent me the image by surprise and I felt a lot of things very strongly: love, upset, amusement, pleasure and angerAn old friend sent me a photo that caused me to stop whatever I was doing. I stared at it for a long time, possibly without drawing breath. Martin and I grew up living next door to each other. He now lives in Australia. It was from there that he sent me a screenshot of Google Maps’ Street View, showing what had been our homes. Side by side, just bricks and mortar obviously, but teeming with meaning for both of us. That wasn’t the thing though. The thing was that in a corner of the photo stood a familiar figure in a red jumper. My dad.He died this time last year. And yet here he was, standing under the tree next to his car. I felt a lot of things very strongly all at the same time: love, surprise, upset, amusement, anger, pleasure and other things. This was a month ago, but it’s on my mind again this week as it would have been his 87th birthday. And I’m still no ...

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5 d. ago Mysterious triangular 'black hole' in the Earth caught by Google Maps satellite

Strange structure in the middle of the Pacific Ocean sparked many a conspiracy theory - but the truth is even stranger

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5 d. ago NASA telescope captures mysterious 'firework display' from black hole in the middle of our galaxy

A monster black hole in the centre of the Milky Way is producing strange eruptions

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5 d. ago NASA telescope captures the most detailed glimpse yet of the black hole in the middle of our galaxy

Scientists hope that their findings will help to better understand the mysterious cosmic objects

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5 d. ago Study reveals how micro black hole would implode your brain if you accidentally walked through one

An astrophysicist from Vanderbilt University has calculated exactly what would happen if you were hit by a primordial black hole.

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6 d. ago Clarkson fans are turning our villages into traffic gridlock hell: Furious Cotswolds locals blame Google Maps for turning narrow roads into rat runs between star's pub and farm shop

Admirers of the TV star are said to be clogging the most direct back highways between his Diddly Squat Farm Shop and Clarkson's Farmer's Dog pub 12 miles away in Oxfordshire.

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