79 m. ago Real Betis stance on Antony transfer confirmed as Man United await final decision

Manchester United winger Antony has been a breath of fresh air for Real Betis this year after joining during the January transfer window

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2 h. ago It's Fenton all over again! Hilarious moment hapless dog owner chases her off

The owner is seen sprinting after her pet as dozens of deer dart away, many in the direction of nearby oncoming cars in Richmond Park in south west London

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2 h. ago Patwa is not ‘broken English’: the African ties that bind US and Caribbean languages

Centuries later, Jamaican Patwa and US Gullah Creole retain many Africanisms adopted from enslaved peopleIllustrations by Alexis Chivir-ter TsegbaIn 2000, I won a writing competition that awakened me to the depth and variety of Caribbean languages. As the Jamaica finalist for the My Caribbean essay competition, I joined more than 20 children from the region to form the youth delegation of the 24th Caribbean Tourism Conference in Bridgetown, Barbados.I spent days with peers from islands that, until then, I did not know existed, such as the small but brilliant Sint Eustatius and Saba in the Leeward Islands. What I remember most are the simple greetings and phrases the other children and I taught one another in our different Creoles. Every child had an official language they wrote in to win their national competition – English, French, Dutch etc – but as soon as we were comfortable enough, we ditched those and shared as much as we could in our everyday tongues. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago Rob Beckett looks back: ‘Where I was from, you got attention by being good at fighting or football. There were no class clowns’

The standup comedian and broadcaster on realising he was funny, Parenting Hell and avoiding the spotlightBorn in south London in 1986, Rob Beckett is a comedian and broadcaster. He started on the standup circuit in 2009, performing at the Edinburgh fringe in 2012 with his show Rob Beckett’s Summer Holiday. Television quickly beckoned – after hosting ITV2’s I’m a Celebrity spin-off series, he became a panel-show regular, appearing on programmes including 8 Out of 10 Cats and Taskmaster, as well as the travel series Rob & Romesh vs . In 2020, he launched the hit podcast Parenting Hell with comedian Josh Widdicombe. He is married and has two daughters. His current tour, Giraffe, continues until April 2026.That’s my dad in the background but, aside from that, I’ve got no other details. It might have been on holiday, possibly at my dad’s mate’s place in Spain. We always went there – he gave it t...

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2 h. ago Boy, 15, dies after lake tragedy at Beckenham Place Park in south

The death is not being treated as suspicious

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2 h. ago Boy, 15, dies after getting into difficulty in lake in London park

The Metropolitan Police said the search had been stopped after a boy was found on Friday night.

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2 h. ago Passengers on Virgin Atlantic flight stranded in Turkey for 40 hours finally reach India

Passengers decry ‘inhumane’ and ‘awful’ situation at remote military airport

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2 h. ago Beckenham Park lake search called off as body found in hunt for missing boy, 15

A body has been found in the search for a 15-year-old boy who went missing yesterday while swimming in a lake at Beckenham Place Park in Lewisham, London at around 3pm

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2 h. ago Enfield named least active borough in London as just 22% meet daily exercise target

TfL said inner London boroughs were more likely to achieve the exercise target than outer boroughs

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2 h. ago Revealed: The London borough where residents get the least exercise

TfL said inner London boroughs were more likely to achieve the exercise target than outer boroughs

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3 h. ago ‘The law is another form of storytelling’: Philippe Sands in conversation with Juan Gabriel Vásquez

When Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet was arrested in London in 1998, lawyer Philippe Sands was part of the prosecution. As his book about the case comes out, he talks to the Colombian novelist about literature and justiceWhat do law and literature have in common? Do they represent similar impulses towards understanding human motives and behaviour, or are they fundamentally different systems? In his new book, 38 Londres Street, lawyer and writer Philippe Sands revisits the attempts to extradite and prosecute former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet, beginning in 1998, in which he was involved. He also finds himself on the trail of Walther Rauff, a former SS officer featured in Sands’s award-winning book East West Street, who went on to seek refuge in Chile, later becoming involved in the Pinochet regime’s arrangements for the detention, torture and murder of its opponents. The Colombian novelist Juan Gabriel Vásquez, who trained as a lawyer but decided...

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4 h. ago Sydney Sweeney puts on a busty display in a satin mini dress as she joins glamorous Emily Ratajkowski at Kerastase campaign shoot

Sydney Sweeney and Emily Ratajkowski turned heads in New York City on Friday as they teamed up for a glamorous Kérastase campaign shoot.

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4 h. ago Meta and Pinterest understood to have made donations to Molly Russell charity

The 14-year-old girl took her life in 2017 after viewing harmful material about suicide on social media platforms.

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4 h. ago John Swinney to lead Tartan Day parade in New York amid charm offensive

The First Minister is in America on a charm offensive and will spend the day touting Scotland's cultural heritage in the US and join the parade's grand marshal, actor Alan Cumming

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4 h. ago EXC: Nineties pop legend sold millions of records... now she's now flipping burgers in a London pub

The star, now 50, has confounded showbiz expectations with her latest career move - MailOnline can reveal she has started working as a burger chef in a north London pub.

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4 h. ago I moved to London for my dream job—here’s why i’m moving back home after just six months

I moved to London for my dream job—here’s why i’m moving back home after just six months  DMNews

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5 h. ago Emmerdale Paula Lane's new TV role 'revealed' after Ella exit

Paula Lane, who played Ella Forster on EmEmrdale, could be set to join another soap following her character's dramatic exit from the ITV show

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6 h. ago 'It could be my dish of the year so far': TOM PARKER BOWLES reviews a London pub serving up Northern Spanish grub

In London's Belgravia, Tom delights in great Northern Spanish grub at a casual corner pub

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6 h. ago Onlookers say they ‘struck gold’ after seeing Ed Sheeran perform at King’s Cross

The singer performed outside the London station to promote his new single Azizam.

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6 h. ago Brendan Rodgers and Rangers insider join forces as 6 leading Premiership figures put 10 team league in the ground

The shortest lived Scottish football reconstruction plan in memory has been buried

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