3 h. ago Joe and Jill Biden went on ‘The View’ to let us know they still don’t quite get it

The former president and first lady are perfectly likeable people. But their answers revealed that they’re also out-of-touch, writes Holly Baxter

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67 h. ago Mike Pence rebukes Trump over tariffs and ‘wavering’ support for Ukraine

Former vice-president says tariffs ‘not a win for the American people’ and predicts public pressure will growDonald Trump’s tariffs policy will trigger a “price shock” and possible shortages, and lead to public pressure on him to change his approach, the former vice-president Mike Pence has said.In one of his most wide-ranging critiques yet on the policies of the president he used to serve, Pence, speaking to CNN, derided the White House’s “wavering” support for Ukraine and declared – in direct contradiction of repeated assurances from Trump – that President Vladimir Putin of Russia “doesn’t want peace”. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Doctors pinpoint two 'vague' toilet symptoms that are a warning sign of liver cancer

This rare, but aggressive, form of cancer strikes about 3,100 people in the UK each year and is often only caught in its later, deadlier stages, with only a fraction of patients living longer than five years.

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7 d. ago People on PIP can request crucial DWP form before welfare reforms start next year

Adult Disability Payment claimants in Scotland may also be affected by welfare reforms and can take steps now to protect their award.

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8 d. ago Millions of voters issued photo ID warning ahead of local elections

People will get turned away from polling stations without the correct form of ID

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9 d. ago Tony Blair says Net Zero push has become 'irrational' and 'hysterical' and warns critics of green energy costs must not be dismissed as 'climate deniers'

The former Labour prime minister said that while most people in developed countries believe it is real they are turning away from the politics because of the sacrifices they are being asked to make.

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9 d. ago CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews The Honesty Box on E4: To be honest, the lie detector twist's wasted on this third

According to E4's new matchmaking format The Honesty Box, 90 per cent of people on dating apps are lying - about their age, their earnings, their intentions and practically everything else.

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1 week ago Boxing shines through unexpectedly once Eubank Jr and Benn step into ring | Alex Reid

If professional boxing is a test of will and skill, there was a so-so supply of the latter but a gigantic supply of the formerIn north London on Saturday night, people turned up for a soap opera and, of all things, a fight broke out. Chris Eubank Jr’s unanimous-decision victory over Conor Benn gradually developed into a contest so action-packed that it was tempting to completely overlook the tawdry buildup or the fact that it was only their famous surnames that had guaranteed both boxers career-high paydays.During a scrappy start, you could be forgiven for thinking the fight had perhaps peaked two hours and five minutes before the first bell. That was the moment when Chris Eubank Jr arrived at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium with a smirk and – perhaps more notably – his supposedly estranged father by his side in a suitably ostentatious sheepskin jacket, looking like a 1980s football commentator who had won the pools. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Detained Chinese immigrants carved their anguish into a wall a century ago. Those words inspired a ballet

Oakland Ballet Company takes on a harrowing chapter of US-Chinese history with a piece about Angel Island, ‘the Ellis Island of the west’One sunny March day on Angel Island, a hilly landmass in the middle of the San Francisco Bay, a dancer with a 40-ft braid attached to her head glided across a narrow concrete walkway. The audience sat on chairs in front of a long wooden building: a former detention center where – from 1910 to 1940 – half a million people, the majority Chinese, were held for months, even years, in prison-like conditions.Sometimes called “the Ellis Island of the west”, Angel Island’s immigration station is the unlikely setting, and inspiration, for an ambitious new work by the Oakland Ballet Company. It’s based on the people from 80 countries who were confined to the the island’s detention center, which was the result of the Chinese Exclusion Act and other racist laws designed to keep Asian people out of the United States. In response, the detainees carved over 200 p...

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2 w. ago The little Welsh deli run by a former MasterChef contestant which people absolutely adore

Christos Georgakis said the whole idea of his business is inspired by what he loved during his childhood in Athens

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2 w. ago Bill Clinton urges Americans to put aside ‘resentments’ 30 years after Oklahoma City bombing

Former president spoke at commemoration for the 168 people who died in the 1995 attack by far-right extremistBill Clinton called on Americans to put aside “whose resentments matter most” and issued a defense of government employees as he returned to Oklahoma City on Saturday for a remembrance service for the 30th anniversary of the deadliest homegrown terrorist attack in US history.“If our lives are going to be dominated by efforts to dominate people we disagree with, we’re going to put the 250-year-old march toward a more perfect union at risk,” he said. “None of us would ever get much done. Believe me, we’ve all got something to be mad about.” Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Big Lunch is great chance to share and inspire, says National Chef of Scotland

Former MasterChef: The Professionals champion Gary Maclean wants people to get involved in the campaign.

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3 w. ago ‘She helps cheer me up’: the people forming relationships with AI chatbots

From virtual ‘wives’ to mental health support, more than 100m people are using personified chatbotsMen who have virtual “wives” and neurodiverse people using chatbots to help them navigate relationships are among a growing range of ways in which artificial intelligence is transforming human connection and intimacy.Dozens of readers shared their experiences of using personified AI chatbot apps, engineered to simulate human-like interactions by adaptive learning and personalised responses, in response to a Guardian callout. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Former Tory MP among 15 charged over bets on timing of 2024 UK election

Charges follow investigation into alleged cheating related to bets placed on when general election would be heldThe former Conservative MP Craig Williams is among 15 people, including several other senior Tories, charged by the Gambling Commission for alleged cheating connected to bets based on the date of the 2024 UK general election.Williams was the MP for Montgomeryshire and Rishi Sunak’s parliamentary private secretary, but lost the support of the Conservative party after a Guardian story about alleged bets placed on a July election just days before the date was announced. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Rishi Sunak's former aide among 15 people charged with betting offences following 'cheat' probe into wagers placed on date of general election

Craig Williams, who was the ex-prime minister's parliamentary private secretary until last summer, has been charged with offences under the Gambling Act 2005.

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3 w. ago Ukraine war briefing: Zelenskyy to Trump – come and see Putin’s war for yourself

Impose ceasefire on Russia, says France’s Macron, as leaders condemn deadly Palm Sunday strike on Sumy. What we know on day 1,146Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the Ukrainian president, has urged Donald Trump to visit Ukraine to “understand what Putin did”. In a CBS interview broadcast on Sunday, Zelenskyy said: “Please, before any kind of decisions, any kind of forms of negotiations, come to see people, civilians, warriors, hospitals, churches, children destroyed or dead.”Russia’s missile strike on Sunday on the Ukrainian city of Sumy showed the urgent need to impose a ceasefire on Russia, declared the French president, Emmanuel Macron. “Everyone knows it is Russia alone that wants this war. Today it is clear that Russia alone wants to continue with it, showing its scorn for human life, international law and diplomatic efforts made by President [Donald] Trump,” said Macron. “Strong measures are needed to impose a ceasefire on Russia. France is working tirelessly toward this goal, alongside it...

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4 w. ago Who are the three 'close friends' in Michael Fabricant's polyamorous set

Michael Fabricant wasted no time in opening up about his varied love life as he discussed his polyamorous lifestyle during Tuesday's episode of Celebrity Big Brother. 

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