57 m. ago Can a brown Hindu be English? English people say yes. Why do so many on the right say no? | Kenan Malik

An argument about Rishi Sunak’s identity reveals how ideas of ethnicity and race have become conflated‘They think they’re English because they’re born here. That means if a dog’s born in a stable it’s a horse.” That was a staple of the comedian Bernard Manning’s routine back in the 1970s. Enoch Powell had, a decade earlier, expressed the same sentiment in more refined language: “The West Indian or Asian does not, by being born in England, become an Englishman. In law he becomes a United Kingdom citizen by birth; in fact he is a West Indian or an Asian still.”Few today would laugh along with Manning or take seriously the claim that only white people can be English. Britain has transformed over the past half-century and most English people now embrace Ian Wright and Idris Elba as being as English as David Beckham or Joanna Lumley. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago Easy car purchase mistake that could leave you with a £2,500 fine

It's advised to never rush head first when it comes to buying a new car as you could end up losing a lot of cash

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3 h. ago States threaten fines and jail time for local officials who resist Trump's immigration crackdown

Republican lawmakers in some states are threatening local officials with lawsuits, fines and jail time if they resist President Donald Trump's crackdown on illegal immigration

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3 h. ago Drivers warned to make one change or risk hefty fine from DVLA

The driving experts have said never to skip this step

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3 h. ago Ohio bathroom law targeting transgender students has brought internal strife to some campuses

An Ohio law designating school bathrooms for use by people based on their sex at birth kicks in soon

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3 h. ago Owners of these 20 cat and dog breeds warned they go missing the most

A law that took effect last summer requires all cats to be microchipped, even those that primarily live indoors

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4 h. ago Insanely beautiful EU beach with pink sand where tourists are fined £2,898

A hidden gem in the south of Italy features a stunning pink sand beach, but access is prohibited, and fines can reach up to £2,899 for trespassing

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8 h. ago MAIL ON SUNDAY COMMENT: Police need reminding their job is to serve us, NOT to boss us about

In civilised European nations the police are regarded by many law-abiding citizens with dislike and mistrust.In less happy lands, corruption and brutality are normal among police officers.

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12 h. ago Man's life 'ruined' by parking ticket after he was 10 minutes late back to his car

Ashley Pavett was enjoying a coffee at a Costa last April when he overstayed the 90-minute limit and was slapped with a £60 parking fine - but it was worse than he thought

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13 h. ago Premier League club facing massive punishment for 'breaching financial rules'

Champions League hopefuls Aston Villa are reportedly bracing themselves for a hefty fine after allegedly breaching UEFA's spending regulations

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14 h. ago Man who overstayed by 10 minutes in a Costa car park almost has his life ruined

Ashley Pavett had exceeded the 90-minute limit at a car park in Green Meadow near Pontyclun in South Wales. He paid the fine promptly, but a letter months later turned his life upside down.

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15 h. ago Top Swansea City player ratings as star a constant threat and forward turns in one of his finest displays

Here's how Swansea City's players rated in the

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15 h. ago Brennan Johnson at the double as Tottenham’s winning run continues

Djed Spence continued his fine form to help Spurs to a third consecutive Premier League victory.

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15 h. 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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16 h. ago The intimate getaway where Elon Musk and 'baby mama' Ashley St. Clair 'conceived their child'

Elon Musk and his 'baby mama' Ashley St. Clair rang in the New Year in St. Barts, where they allegedly conceived their child, court documents said.

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17 h. ago Trump administration shuts down national database documenting police misconduct

Database, first proposed by Trump in 2020 and created by Biden administration in 2023, is now offlineDonald Trump’s second presidential administration shut down a national database that tracked misconduct by federal police, a resource that policing reform advocates hailed as essential to prevent officers with misconduct records from being able to move undetected between agencies.The National Law Enforcement Accountability Database (NLEAD), which stored police records documenting misconduct, is now unavailable, the Washington Post first reported. Continue reading...

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17 h. ago 2 police officers killed during traffic stop in Virginia Beach

Law enforcement officials say two police officers in Virginia have been shot and killed during a traffic stop

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18 h. ago Specialist drones used on fourth day of search for missing runner Jenny Hall

The 23-year-old was last seen leaving her home in Tow Law, County Durham, just after 3pm on Tuesday.

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20 h. ago Liverpool must conquer profligacy if they are to lay down a title marker

Arne Slot’s side have spurned chances and need to restore scoring touch in time for Manchester City on Sunday The path to Munich suddenly looks more complicated for Liverpool, with Paris Saint-Germain and potentially Real Madrid standing in the way of a Champions League final appearance. Scant reward for finishing top of the 36-team group stage. Sunday is an opportunity to make the road to a record-equalling 20th league title run smooth in comparison, as perhaps it already should be.Liverpool encounters with Manchester City have been often decisive in Premier League title races and the latest could be no different, although only where Arne Slot’s team are concerned. There is an end-of-an-era feel to Pep Guardiola’s side, wounded by an early exit from the Champions League on Wednesday and desperate to react against adversaries intent on taking their Premier League crown. Deepening City’s malaise, however, would be secondary to rediscovering title-winning form for Slot and deflating A...

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20 h. ago This is how we do it: ‘At 78, I’m having multiple orgasms, thanks to erection injections – and marijuana’

When Dean started having erectile problems, his wife Gaby insisted he get some help. Now they both have pleasure galore in bedHow do you do it? Share the story of your sex life, anonymouslyWe can have sex for an hour or two and I can have multiple orgasms without ejaculating. Then I read erotic literature and ejaculate, and that’s that Continue reading...

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