58 m. ago How to Save the Internet by Nick Clegg review – spinning Silicon Valley

Instead of recognising that social media harms mental health and democracy, the former deputy PM and Meta executive repeats company talking pointsNick Clegg chooses difficult jobs. He was the UK’s deputy prime minister from 2010 to 2015, a position from which he was surely pulled in multiple directions as he attempted to bridge the divide between David Cameron’s Conservatives and his own Liberal Democrats. A few years later he chose another challenging role, serving as Meta’s vice-president and then president of global affairs from 2018 until January 2025, where he was responsible for bridging the very different worlds of Silicon Valley and Washington DC (as well as other governments). How to Save the Internet is Clegg’s report on how he handled that Herculean task, along with his ideas for how to make the relationships between tech companies and regulators more cooperative and effective in the future.The main threat that Clegg addresses in the book is not one caused by the int...

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64 m. ago A moment that changed me: I’m a chef who joined the Ukrainian army – and it transformed how I live and cook

When I opened my first restaurant, just before the war began, I was a perfectionist. My time in an army unit taught me about discipline and what’s really importantEvery chef longs to open their own restaurant so, when I did, it felt like a dream. I had been away working in some of the best restaurants in Europe. My business partner had a great spot for a restaurant in the centre of Dnipro, my home city in Ukraine, and we opened to rave reviews. My team and I were all a similar age and we had a shared vision: to create modern Ukrainian food.But by February 2022, just three months later, we knew war with Russia was likely. I was already in touch with friends in the army and, if Russia invaded, I knew I would fight. When the war started, all the team gathered in the restaurant and I said I would understand if anybody wanted to leave Dnipro and move west, where it was safer, which lots of people were doing. Nobody wanted to. We decided that anyone who wasn’t going to join the army would...

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94 m. ago The North West woodland named one of the UK’s best for conker picking

Embrace this autumn tradition with a day out to this beautiful woodland and country estate

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1 hour ago Pineapple pudding cake, chocolate ginger beer cake, Portuguese napkins: Helen Goh’s cake recipes

Three treats from her new book, Baking and the Meaning of LifeThe combination of pineapple, salt and tamarind was part of my childhood in Malaysia. In fruit salads and the famous Penang laksa, the mix of sweet, tangy, salty and acidic is so vibrant and distinctive that, for me, it is almost synonymous with the country of my birth and, more importantly, its incredible range of foods and flavours. Naturally, then, I wanted to recreate that in a cake. The choice of an upside-down cake was obvious when thinking about pineapple, and adding tamarind to the caramel felt an exciting addition to the flaky sea salt we all know and love. I have always been intrigued by the fact that small children, my own included, who seem so sensitive to spice in anything else, love gingerbread cookies, which have such a robust flavour profile and warm spiciness. When my boys were going for a birthday sleepover, I had the idea of translating Nigella Lawson’s chocolate Guinness cake into a ginger version, rep...

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2 h. ago Trump live: White House supports ‘forensic’ analysis of ‘Donald’ signature on ‘bawdy’ birthday letter to Epstein

An infamous sexually suggestive letter in Epstein’s 50th birthday book sparks uproar as White House maintains it is a hoax

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2 h. ago Rise in energy prices leaves 1m UK households behind on bills

Energy debts have more than doubled in last 12 years, finds report, as Ofgem signals it will raise cap on billsAbout 1m households are behind on their gas and electricity bills with no repayment plan amid a rise in energy debt over the past decade, according to a new report.The Resolution Foundation thinktank found that the number of customers in energy debt has increased and the size of their debts has risen. It found that between 2012 and 2024 the average gas and electricity debts more than doubled to £1,400 and £1,600, respectively, from an average of approximately £500. Continue reading...

Economics

2 h. ago People gathered for great meat feasts at end of British bronze age, study shows

Evidence of millions of animal bones at sites in West Country and Surrey points to ‘age of feasting’These days, revellers converge on the West Country from all parts of the UK and beyond to take part in the wonderful craziness of the Glastonbury festival.It turns out that at the end of the bronze age – also a time of climatic and economic crisis – the same sort of impulse gripped people. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago Asian shares mostly rise, cheered by Wall Street rally to more records

Asian shares are mostly higher, echoing the record rally on Wall Street after the latest update on the job market bolstered hopes the U.S. Federal Reserve will cut interest rates

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4 h. ago Hollywood bidding war over David Bowie biopic which promises to lift lid on his private life

The film about David Bowie, who died aged 69 in 2016, is expected to shed light on the music legend's raunchy private life during his swift rise to fame in the 1970s

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6 h. ago Ukraine war briefing: Russian drone alert in Poland before Belarus border closure

Warplanes scrambled after warning from Ukraine; Poland to seal border over Russian and Belarus’s ‘very aggressive’ Zapad war games. What we know on day 1,295Warplanes were scrambled early on Wednesday after Ukraine’s air force warned that Russian drones had entered Nato-member Poland’s airspace. “Polish and allied aircraft are operating in our airspace, while ground-based air defence and radar reconnaissance systems have been brought to the highest state of readiness,” Poland’s operational command said. The Ukrainian air force said drones were heading west and threatening the city of Zamosc in Poland. Ukrainian media reported that one was heading towards the western Polish city of Rzeszow, and said airports were being temporarily closed.Poland will close its border with Belarus on Thursday as a result of the “very aggressive” Zapad military exercises taking place in Belarus involving Russia, Donald Tusk has announced. The Polish prime minister said it was also a response to a growin...

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6 h. ago Fighter jets are scrambled as Russian suicide drones enter Nato airspace over Poland: Commercial planes are diverted as Allies tackle threat

Earlier, the Ukrainian Air Force said on the Telegram messaging app that drones were heading west and threatening the city of Zamosc in Poland.

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7 h. ago Inflation ate away any financial gains in most households, census finds

Richest households still saw their income rise, data from the Census Bureau shows

Economics

7 h. ago Junk food leads to more children being obese than underweight for first time

Cheap ultra-processed food behind rise in overweight children, with one in 10 now obese globally, says UnicefMore children around the world are obese than underweight for the first time, according to a UN report that warns ultra-processed junk food is overwhelming childhood diets.There are 188 million teenagers and school-age children with obesity – one in 10 – Unicef said, affecting health and development and bringing a risk of life-threatening diseases. Continue reading...

Society

7 h. ago Dramatic rise in number of households in energy debt as winter bills loom

A report has revealed a huge increase in energy debt among UK household, along with a big rise in council tax arrears, as more than a million UK households owe money to suppliers

Economics

8 h. ago Charlie Sheen was once a leading man in Hollywood. His new book reveals how it unraveled

Charlie Sheen was once Hollywood’s leading man, starring in culture-shaping films like “Wall Street” and “Platoon.”

Culture

8 h. ago Cheeky duty free bag trick to boost your hand luggage allowance (and get around Ryanair's harsh new £75 penalty!)

Airline passengers who fall foul of hand luggage rules have always risked fines and having to put their bags in the hold once they reach the gate.

Economics

8 h. ago The subpoenaed Epstein files: Everything we know about latest release, including 50th birthday book with ‘Trump sketch’

Lawmakers released a trove of Epstein-related documents including a book that celebrated his 50th birthday in 2003 with contributions from Ghislaine Maxwell, Bill Clinton - and allegedly Donald Trump

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10 h. ago Thomas Tuchel's England FINALLY arrive as Serbia thrashing has fans dreaming again

England put on the style in Belgrade to thrash Serbia 5-0 and effectively book their place at next summer's World Cup, with Thomas Tuchel enjoying his best night as Three Lions boss

Sport

10 h. ago Everything we learned about Bruce Willis’ struggle with dementia from his wife’s new memoir

Emma Heming Willis’s new book details her experience being her husband’s caregiver

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10 h. ago Trump White House supports ‘forensic’ analysis of ‘Donald’ signature on ‘bawdy’ birthday letter to Epstein: Live updates

Infamous ‘bawdy’ letter in Epstein’s 50th birthday book sparks uproar as White House maintains it is a hoax

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