60 m. ago MasterChef star suffers blow to Welsh deli plans due to noise concerns

Christos Georgakis who opened the Gower Deli last year has termed the rejection as "discrimination"

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1 hour ago BREAKING Major £96 cocaine haul seized at UK port in one of biggest drugs busts in years

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2 h. ago Man United dream transfer swap scenario can solve two major Ruben Amorim issues

Manchester United may need to be creative in the transfer market this summer and an opportunity to swap Rasmus Hojlund and Ollie Watkins may suit both parties

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3 h. ago Can I tame my 4am terrors? Arifa Akbar on a lifetime of insomnia – and a possible cure

From Van Gogh’s starry skies to the nocturnal workings of Louise Bourgeois and Patricia Highsmith, sleepless nights have long inspired heightened creativity. Could those artistic impulses actually help us to sleep?I can’t remember when I first stopped sleeping soundly. Maybe as a child, in the bedroom I initially shared with my brother, Tariq. I would wait for his breathing to quieten, then strain to listen beyond our room in the hope of being the last one awake, and feel myself expanding into the liberating space and solitude. By my early 20s, that childhood game of holding on to wakefulness while others slept began playing out against my will. Sound seemed to be the trigger. It was as if the silence I had tuned into as a child was now a requirement for sleep. Any sound was noise: the burr of the TV from next door, the ticking of a clock in another room. When one layer of sound reduced its volume, another rose from beneath it, each intrusive and underscored by my own unending thoug...

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3 h. ago Bryan Mbeumo to Man United transfer latest after new £62.5m bid 'rejected'

Manchester United are looking to make Brentford forward Bryan Mbeumo their second signing of the 2025 summer transfer window but have reportedly had an improved bid rejected

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5 h. ago ‘We are privileged’: liberal Afrikaners reject Trump’s ‘white genocide’ claims

As white South Africans arrive in US to escape ‘unjust racial discrimination’, many progressives feel angry at Trump’s portrayal of them as victimsFor some white Afrikaner South Africans, Donald Trump’s offer of refugee status in the US has been seen as a godsend. For others, it has provoked anger and frustration that they are being falsely portrayed as victims of a “white genocide”, 31 years after their community’s own oppressive minority rule ended.In February, Trump signed an executive order claiming Afrikaners, who make up about 4% of South Africa’s population, or about 2.5 million people, were victims of “unjust racial discrimination”. The order cut aid to the country and established a refugee programme for white South Africans. The first group arrived in May. Continue reading...

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6 h. ago An entire village in Dorset is facing eviction – proof that private money holds all the power in rural England | George Monbiot

This scandalous story gives lie to the claim that the biggest threat to country life comes from city dwellersPower hides by setting us against each other. This is never more true than in the countryside, where the impacts of an extreme concentration of ownership and control are blamed on those who have nothing to do with it. Rural people are endlessly instructed that they’re oppressed not by the lords of the land, but by vicious and ignorant townies – the “urban jackboot” as the Countryside Alliance used to call it – stamping on their traditions.Near Bridport in Dorset right now, an entire village is facing eviction, following the sale of the Bridehead Estate for about £30m. The official new owner, Bridehead Estate Ltd, is registered to the same address, with the same officers, as a company called Belport. The Telegraph reports that the estate “was bought by Belport, a private equity firm, on behalf of a wealthy client last autumn”, but no one knows who the client is. So far I’ve re...

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6 h. ago Six great reads: Trump Island, Albania; DB Cooper revisited; and Alanis oughta know

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7 h. ago Layla was raped at a house party by the 'joker' from school. This is her story, in her own words, and it will break your heart

Layla Sahami-Devon was just 19 when she was raped by Daniel Gravell. She has waived her anonymity to speak about the night that changed her life

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8 h. ago I read every day — these are the best 10 books I've read this year that I would recommend to anyone

We might only be six months into 2025, but it's already been a good year for book lovers - here are 10 of the very best new releases I've read this year

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10 h. ago 'I pray my mother burns in hell': These words seem unthinkable from a son. But read the unfathomable things 'abusive monster' Kate did to his beautiful cancer

Just days before she lost her young life to cancer , 23-year-old Paloma Shemirani turned to social media to showcase the healthy foods and sweat therapies she believed were curing her

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10 h. ago Travis Kelce and George Kittle belt out 'Love Story' with Taylor Swift in fresh clip that sends fans into meltdown

Taylor Swift stole the headlines from her boyfriend Travis Kelce's 'Tight End University' event in Nashville this week, but the singer also shared a cool moment with another tight end.

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15 h. ago Sean 'Diddy' Combs trial's closing arguments as plea made to jury in sex trafficking trial

Disgraced rapper and music mogul Sean 'Diddy' Combs' trial has come to an end as the prosecution and defence read out their closing statements as the jury deliberates

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15 h. ago Brentford REJECT second Man Utd bid for Bryan Mbeumo as star makes preference clear

Manchester United submitted a second improved offer of £55million plus a further £7.5m in add-ons on Monday for Bryan Mbeumo, but have seen the offer for the forward rejected

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16 h. ago An oral history of England’s Euro 2022 triumph: ‘It was an out

Those who played and witnessed firsthand the Lionesses’ success at a rapturous Wembley share their memoriesOn 31 July 2022 the Lionesses made history, Chloe Kelly’s goal in extra time earning a 2-1 win over Germany to secure a first major title at Euro 2022. The home Euros had swung the nation behind the team and women’s football has not looked back. What did the day of the final look like? Ahead of the Lionesses beginning their title defence, this is the inside story of English women’s football’s greatest day.Waking up on the morning of the final, there was an eerie air of calm and confidence in the England camp. Continue reading...

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16 h. ago Mylo Capilla: Tragedy as police searching for missing boy, 13, find body in water

Police have found a body in the search for missing 13-year-old Mylo Capilla - we'll be bringing you the very latest updates, pictures and video on this breaking news story.

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17 h. ago Karla Sofía Gascón snubbed from joining the Academy after Oscar campaign controversy

‘Emilia Pérez’ star came under fire ahead of 2025 ceremony over resurfaced tweets expressing controversial views about ‘Muslims, George Floyd and diversity at the Oscars’

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17 h. ago A rundown of recent Trump administration vaccine policy changes

The Trump administration is continuing to make its imprint on U.S. vaccine policy in recent days

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18 h. ago Dior Paris show is sweet relief for anyone wanting to flex a cooler muscle

Jonathan Anderson makes his sharp-eyed debut as creative director for the fashion houseEven Anna Wintour can only be in one place at a time. And rather than Paris, where Jonathan Anderson made his Dior debut on Friday, the most powerful person in fashion was in Venice for the Bezos/Sánchez wedding shortly after relinquishing her role as editor-in-chief at American Vogue.And unlike the wedding of the year, Anderson’s show proved to be sweet relief for anyone wanting to flex a cooler, chicer muscle. Perched on wooden cubes within the Cour du Dôme des Invalides sat plenty of VIP clout: Daniel Craig, Donatella Versace and Roger Federer. Most of the Arnault family, who own Dior and routinely joust with Jeff Bezos over who has more money, were present. Even Rihanna, pregnant in a Dior pastel waistcoat, was relatively punctual. Continue reading...

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20 h. ago US supreme court rules schools must let kids opt out of hearing LGBTQ+ books

Court sides with parents in Maryland who protested exposure to storybooks they found objectionableThe US supreme court has ruled that schools must give children the chance to opt out on faith grounds from listening to storybooks being read out loud that feature gay and transgender characters, in a landmark decision that will be seen as striking a blow for religious rights in education.In a case that exposed the passions surrounding the US’s religious-secular divide, the court sided with parents in Maryland who protested that they were left with no means of shielding their children from the contents of six storybooks they found objectionable. Continue reading...

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