2 h. ago Pretty seaside town that's like stepping back in time was brought back from the brink

Porthmadog is a charming harbour town on the edge of the Eryri National Park and the estuary of the Afon Glaslyn as it runs into Tremadog Bay. It has had a major reinvention after its industyr collapsed

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37 h. ago Dunelm brings back £25 radiator that 'warms rooms fast' and costs 14p an hour to run

Dunelm's 650W 5 Fin Oil Filled Radiator was a huge hit last year, and the homeware store has now brought it back just in time for the chilly weather

Economics

56 h. ago ‘My conscious is clear’, Harry says as he defends controversial memoir

Harry told the Guardian that he would like to spend more time in the UK and that the past week has ‘definitely brought that closer’.

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5 d. ago Pupils moan that their school is 'like a prison' and compared it to Squid Game after new rule was brought in to make sure they get to next lesson on time

Pupils returned to Cowes Enterprise College last week to find toilets now locked during lesson time, flavoured drinks banned and a 'drill sergeant' forcing pupils to stand outside in the rain.

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5 d. ago How the Glazers were involved in Antony's Manchester United exit

Antony's time in Manchester was finally brought to an end on transfer deadline day and the Glazers signed off his exit.

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9 d. ago How to spend 48 hours in Port Stephens, Australia’s town of the year for 2025

Sand dunes, dolphin spotting and crystal clear waters. It’s little surprise that Port Stephens was just crowned Best Town in Australia

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1 week ago Barrie McKay breaks down Hearts exit as he reveals 'key' to next transfer

The winger brought the curtain down on his time at Tynecastle at the end of last season and is still without a club

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1 week ago Pretty UK seaside town has golden sands and people travelling miles for fish and chips

It's been named as one of the North East's most 'magical' seaside destinations by travel experts, with people travelling miles for the famous chippy and golden sandy beaches

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1 week ago Three Days in June by Anne Tyler audiobook review – a masterclass in marital disharmony

A mother reflects on the breakdown of her marriage as she attends her daughter’s wedding, in a novella that brilliantly depicts family dynamicsAt the start of Three Days in June, Gail Baines, a 61-year-old teacher, has a meeting with her school head, who informs her she is about to retire. Gail assumes she is next in line for the job, but the head tells her she doesn’t have the people skills and asks if she has considered retirement herself. Affronted, she walks out of the school and from her job without collecting the photo on her desk of her daughter, Debbie, who is about to get married. After Gail gets home, her ex-husband, Max, arrives. He is staying with her for the wedding weekend and tells her he has forgotten to bring a suit – although he has brought a cat. Not for the first time, Gail wonders “why it was that I had so many irritating people in my life”.Set in Baltimore, Anne Tyler’s novella spans the before, during and after of Debbie’s wedding. Told through Gail’...

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1 week ago ‘You’re finally dressing your age, David!’ Mitchell and Webb on age, arguments and their big comeback

The TV comedy duo are back this week with their first new sketch show in 15 years, Mitchell and Webb Are Not Helping. Do newer comics think they’re old farts? They tell allDavid Mitchell and Robert Webb are back with their first new sketch show in 15 years. It’s a comedy smorgasbord that is as random as it is funny, and will feel like a glorious throwback for fans of their 00s series That Mitchell and Webb Look. And this time they have brought some friends, with guest appearances on Mitchell and Webb Are Not Helping including Ghosts’ Kiell Smith-Bynoe and podcaster and Taskmaster star Stevie Martin. We caught up with the pair to chat about Gogglebox, The Two Ronnies, Downton Abbey and snooker.A recurring joke in the show is that the younger comedians you feature think you are a couple of old farts. Are sketch shows a young person’s game? Continue reading...

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2 w. ago I’m obsessed with deep sea sharks: their bioluminescent spots are just visible in the pitch black environment they live in

Most of these little-known but already endangered fish have never been seen alive in their natural habitat, but are under threat from bottom trawling and deep-sea miningThree years ago I was running a research project from a bottom trawler off Namibia about deep-sea sharks – all of which live under enormous water pressure, close to the seafloor and are rarely seen by humans.These sharks were being brought up in the trawler’s nets. By the time they were brought to the surface, they had experienced such a dramatic change in pressure that they had undergone barotrauma, so they were internally damaged and unlikely to survive. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Is THIS what our ancestors really looked like three million years ago? Remains of 'Lucy' brought to life in hyper

Humanity's 'most famous ancestor' Lucy is visiting Europe for the first time ever, with her three-million-year-old remains being 'brought to life' in a hyperrealistic reconstruction.

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2 w. ago Beautiful UK seaside town from BBC Beyond Paradise where 'nearly every home is empty'

The pretty UK seaside town will be familiar to many as the fictional Devon town of Shipton Abbot in the BBC's Death in Paradise spin-off, Beyond Paradise

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2 w. ago Lazy Town star completely unrecognisable now – and you won't believe her age

Stephanie from Lazy Town, played by actress Shelby Young, was known as the pink-haired, energetic character on the show. However, she looks a lot different these days

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3 w. ago DAN HODGES: This is the appalling real reason Labour are evacuating 300 children from Gaza to be treated by the NHS. Do not fall for their cynical games

In a few weeks' time, sick children will be evacuated from Gaza and brought to the UK for NHS treatment, reportedly organised jointly by Health Secretary Wes Streeting and Home Secretary Yvette Cooper.

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