23 m. ago Barry Keoghan's nose not big enough to play Ringo Starr in Beatles movie says drummer's son Zak Starkey

Actor Barry Keoghan will require some serious Hollywood special effects in order to play The Beatles legend. That's the cheeky view of Ringo's drummer son Zak Starkey who suggests he will need prosthetics in the nose department before shooting the upcoming Sam Mendes biopics on the Fab Four.

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39 m. ago People filmed leaving devices of 'hideous cruelty' in Welsh forest

Police have launched an investigation after undercover footage emerged

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39 m. ago Semaglutide cuts heart attack risk 20 pc regardless of weight loss

Drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy have been found to protect the heart

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46 m. ago New warning NOT to feed babies one food to cut heart disease risk

Data from more than 60,000 people shows a reduction of up to 31 per cent in the early death risk

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50 m. ago Australian politician identifies person of interest in missing British girl case

The body of the child, originally from Bristol, has never been discovered.

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50 m. ago Kate Middleton and Meghan Markle are making a case for camel trouser suits this autumn

The Princess of Wales and the Duchess of Sussex may have distinct personal styles, yet over the years, they have often found common ground in fashion.

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61 m. ago New coin enters circulation and one word will help you find one

The new coin is the first of its kind

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66 m. ago 'We tried Christmas food from M&S, Aldi, Lidl and Tesco and there's one winner'

The taste test includes starters, mains, desserts and treats from shops including Sainsbury's, Morrisons, Waitrose and Booths

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87 m. ago Benefit cap update as Rachel Reeves to announce major change

The change will cost up to £6.3billion and impact 630,000 people

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93 m. ago Storm Benjamin danger to life 70mph wind warnings come into force

The conditions may lead to flooding, power cuts and travel disruption

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1 hour ago UK surfer among two killed in rough weather in sea in Australia

A police helicopter assisted the men in the water and winched them back to shore

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1 hour ago Wales breaking news plus weather and traffic updates (Thursday, October 23)

All of the latest news from across Wales and further afield

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1 hour ago Nick Grimshaw & Angela Hartnett on the one dinner party guest they can't agree on

Broadcasting legend Nick Grimshaw and Michelin-starred chef Angela Hartnett, hosts of the Dish from Waitrose podcast, reveal what really makes a great night in

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2 h. ago ‘The thought of not being thin for my wedding makes me want to die’: the new mothers driven to weight

The NHS warns against using GLP-1s while breastfeeding – for the baby’s sake as well as the mother’s. But how much does that count when they’re so readily available and there’s so much pressure to ‘bounce back’?Lydia* first started thinking about weight-loss drugs during pregnancy. “Everyone was talking about them and the advertisements were everywhere,” she says, as her baby son naps upstairs. “I remember thinking: ‘That’s how I’ll lose weight for my wedding next year.’”When Lydia explains that most of her life before pregnancy was spent in a welter of yo-yo dieting and body dissatisfaction, I say to her that I think most of us can relate. Her pregnancy, however, brought a level of body acceptance and contentment that the 33-year-old from Wales had never had before. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago ‘The police weren’t interested’: what’s driving the rise in private prosecutions?

As the police and courts continue to struggle with the legacy of austerity, many people are seeking alternative routes to justice – but it could be making matters worseIn the summer of 2018, the private investigator Simon Davison got a call from a woman who said her ex-boyfriend had stolen £10,000 from her. Carol (not her real name), a traffic manager at a local council, was not a typical client for Davison. As the director of investigations at AnotherDay, a crisis consultancy in London, Davison usually works for wary companies and wealthy individuals. A former police detective, Davison has recovered stolen cryptocurrency, uncovered secret properties owned by bankrupt business people and tracked down fraudsters to Cyprus.Davison’s speciality is private prosecutions, a little-known area of law that allows victims to pay for justice. These cases are heard in the same courts used by the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), the public prosecutor for England and Wales, and they can carry the...

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2 h. ago ‘The pressure to get your old body back is immense’: the new mothers driven to weight

The NHS warns against using GLP-1s while breastfeeding – for the baby’s sake as well as the mother’s. But how much does that count when they’re so readily available and there’s so much pressure to ‘bounce back’?Lydia* first started thinking about weight-loss drugs during pregnancy. “Everyone was talking about them and the advertisements were everywhere,” she says, as her baby son naps upstairs. “I remember thinking: ‘That’s how I’ll lose weight for my wedding next year.’”When Lydia explains that most of her life before pregnancy was spent in a welter of yo-yo dieting and body dissatisfaction, I say to her that I think most of us can relate. Her pregnancy, however, brought a level of body acceptance and contentment that the 33-year-old from Wales had never had before. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago Flu season begins earlier than expected in Wales as warning issued

The latest data from Public Health Wales reveals the flu is circulating earlier than usual with a number of outbreaks confirmed in recent weeks

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4 h. ago Family of Cheryl Grimmer say ‘what we want now is the truth’ after NSW MP names suspect in parliament

Girl’s family had told the man, known by pseudonym ‘Mercury’, to meet with them by Wednesday midnight or they would make his identity publicFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe family of Cheryl Grimmer has said “what we want now is the truth” after a New South Wales MP used parliamentary privilege to reveal the identity of a man who police previously alleged murdered the UK-born toddler 55 years ago.Cheryl vanished from outside a shower block while with her mother and three older brothers at Fairy Meadow beach in the Illawarra region of NSW on 12 January 1970. Continue reading...

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5 h. ago Amazon pulls waterproof car seat covers over fears they could block airbags

Motorists were told to return products made by the Waterproof Seat Cover Co in a recall notice issued on October 14

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7 h. ago Name of suspect in Cheryl Grimmer cold case revealed in parliament by NSW MP

Suspect named in NSW parliament after Grimmer’s family told the man, known by pseudonym ‘Mercury’, to meet with them by Wednesday midnight or they would make his identity publicGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA New South Wales MP has used parliament to reveal the identity of a man who was previously charged by police over the alleged abduction and murder of UK-born toddler Cheryl Grimmer 55 years ago.Grimmer vanished from outside a shower block while with her mother and three older brothers at Fairy Meadow beach in the Illawarra region of New South Wales on 12 January 1970. Continue reading...

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