46 m. ago Five celebrities you didn't know were dyslexic from 90s icon to famous actress

Approximately 10% of the population has dyslexia, so to mark Dyslexia Awareness Week, we've highlighted five big names you may not have realised are affected by the condition

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65 m. ago Scary season: Performers at Michigan haunted house learn tricks of the terrifying trade

A suburban Detroit haunted house prepares its scare actors for the Halloween season by sending them to school

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68 m. ago Canada’s former climate minister on making a change, ‘aloof’ Trudeau and sexism

Catherine McKenna’s memoir delves into thorny parts of being in office including death threats and being referred to as ‘climate Barbie’Imagine there was a truck heading directly for your children. What would you do? Surely everything in your power to save them, including jumping in its way? Catherine McKenna, formerly the Canadian minister for environment and climate change, borrows this analogy for the climate crisis from a colleague to argue that we need to use “all the tools at our disposal” to tackle devastating danger that is already with us.McKenna has recently published Run Like a Girl, which documents her time in government, among other things. Peppered with inspirational quotes, personal photos and campaign memorabilia, Run Like a Girl isn’t a straightforward memoir. She wrote it for “women and young people who want to make change”. Continue reading...

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68 m. ago Butter bean and mushroom soup and squid toasts: Emily Roux’s autumn starters

Colourful autumnal starter-snacks of butter bean veloute with mixed mushrooms and pickled onions, and squid with padrón peppers, lemon zest and toasted almondsI have vivid memories of picking up fallen chestnuts with my mum, which was such a clear signal of autumn for me as a child. We’d kick through piles of leaves to find them, then bring them home to score and roast on the fire. I remember always burning my fingers as I tried to peel them, yet still I went back for more. To me, autumn is all about earthy flavours and a comforting sense of nostalgia. It also marks a new chapter in the kitchen, because the start of any new season is the most exciting time in a restaurant, when we get a whole new set of ingredients to work with. Today’s two first courses draw on those earthy, autumnal qualities, and work just as well for a light lunch as they do for a relaxed starter, with plenty of room for manoeuvre depending on how hungry you and your guests are. Continue reading...

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68 m. ago Canning Town's tragic school disaster remembered 85 years on

Canning Town's tragic school disaster remembered 85 years on  This Is Local London

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2 h. ago Unity is desperately needed, but the EU prefers turf wars to facing down Russia | Paul Taylor

Failure to agree a common defence strategy risks emboldening Vladimir Putin. The squabbles have to stopThe closer Russia’s hybrid war comes to European capitals, the less EU leaders seem able to agree on how to respond. That, at least, was the worrying impression left by a dissonant EU summit in Copenhagen. Summoned last week to build consensus on the top priorities for European rearmament, the meeting was an embarrassing display of the turf wars, political squabbles and hidden agendas that are plaguing attempts to build a coherent European defence. Leaders quarrelled not only about who should be in charge of Europe’s military buildup but also about how to fund Ukraine’s continued resistance against Russian aggression, and how to advance Kyiv’s bid for EU membership.They voiced alarm at repeated breaches of their airspace by drones buzzing European airports and military bases, and Russian fighter jets violating their borders but appeared unsure how to react. Shoot them down? Escort ...

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2 h. ago ‘Stay true to yourself – and fly closer to the sun’: what I’ve learned from 50 years of rejection

As a writer, I have been rejected thousands of times, and it initially led to shock, denial and anger. Then I accepted it. Here’s what you can gain from doing so tooGetting rejected, especially if it happens repeatedly, is not a great experience. Someone is turning you down cold, taking a hard pass, telling you: “Nope.” I work as a writer, so I am no stranger to rejection. I started pitching story ideas and submitting manuscripts 50 years ago, when I graduated from college. In that time, I have had two novels rejected, as well as proposals for nonfiction books, short stories and numerous pitches for articles. Over the last 20 years, since turning my hand largely to personal essays and op-eds, I have been rejected even more. In a typical week, I get a rejection every few days – more than 100 times a year. Rejections accumulated over the course of my career run in the thousands. By now, I should have a PhD in rejection.So is this feature to be a woe-is-me rant? Far from it. Because, f...

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2 h. ago Dodgy electrician faked £20,000 of time sheets to fund cocaine habit

Mark Robertson said he can make £3,000 a month doing overtime to pay back the cash.

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2 h. ago Chelsea news: Enzo Maresca decision slammed as private claim made about Alejandro Garnacho

Chelsea sealed back-to-back victories over Liverpool for the first time in over decade on Saturday after beating the champions 2-1 under the lights at Stamford Bridge

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3 h. ago Major airports struggle with flight delays and staff shortages as government shutdown enters second week

More than 3,000 flight delays were reported Tuesday with Nashville and Chicago airports being hit hard

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4 h. ago UK households urged to throw extra towel in washing machine from October

Laundry drying times can be significantly longer during the autumn and winter months but there is a simple method to speed up the process - it involves adding an extra towel to the washing machine

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4 h. ago Residents at city suburb hit back as Robert Jenrick compares area to a 'slum'

People in Handsworth, Birmingham, challenged comments made by Shadow Justice Secretary Robert Jenrick at a Conservative Association dinner, and on a podcast this week

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4 h. ago From London To China: One Stolen iPhone Unravels UK's Biggest Theft Ring, 40,000 Phones Smuggled

From London To China: One Stolen iPhone Unravels UK's Biggest Theft Ring, 40,000 Phones Smuggled  Times Now

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4 h. ago Dad accused of murdering girlfriend had sex with another woman hours earlier, court hears

Rebekah Campbell, 32, was stabbed 18 times during a 'sustained and violent assault' inside her own home on April 15 this year

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5 h. ago Minor detained over bomb threat to Utah high school which forced an evacuation: ‘beyond the scale of a hoax’

The detained boy was not a student at the school but rather was located out of state

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5 h. ago Family Guy officially kills off iconic mainstay character after 23 seasons

Family Guy killed off one of the show's iconic characters and confirmed this week that the mainstay character's 23-season run has finally come to an end.

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5 h. ago Dolly Parton's sister's plea in FULL as health concerns grow for iconic singer

Dolly Parton, the country legend, announced she was postponing her highly anticipated Las Vegas residency at Caesars Palace due to "health challenges" last week

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5 h. ago Truth about the synagogue attacker called Jihad: He was a skunk

Jihad Al-Shamie's reign of terror at the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue lasted eight minutes. But the roots of last week's frenzied attack almost certainly stretch back years.

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6 h. ago EDEN CONFIDENTIAL: Slur on Kate's family friend as name is cut from school

He's been garlanded with an OBE and a knighthood - not to mention an invitation to Prince William and Kate Middleton 's wedding.

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6 h. ago Notorious ‘Tinder Swindler’ Simon Leviev claims in jail he doesn’t remember ‘conning women out of hundreds of thousands’

THE NOTORIOUS "Tinder Swindler" has claimed from his jail cell that he doesn't remember "conning women out of hundreds of thousands." Simon Leviev, 35, has spoken out for the first time since his arrest in Georgia for alleged fraud. Talking from his prison cell, the Israeli scammer admitted to a local celebrity lawyer Mariam Kublashvili...

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