8 h. ago Gardeners urged to plant these 7 seeds in April according to expert

Want to flex your green fingers this April? An expert reveals it's the perfect time start planting a crop of delicious vegetables as well as a whole host of popular summer flowers

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48 h. ago A road trip to Lambeau Field: my search for the magic of the NFL draft | Emma John

Why are a quarter of a million people set to descend on Green Bay? I went to Wisconsin to find out I’ve just got back from a road trip in Wisconsin. The upper Midwest is not an obvious destination for a spring break, certainly not in early April. As my plane circled above Milwaukee, the brown and leafless landscape warned me I’d travelled back in time to midwinter.It was too cold to brave the beaches – the Lake Michigan shore was covered in snow and ice – but the bars at least were convivial. This is often the case in Wisconsin, the state with the highest alcohol consumption per capita. Many of my fellow drinkers were keen to point out that they were responsible for nearly all the brandy sold in the US (as a collective, not individually). Continue reading...

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69 h. ago UK Foreign Office gives new travel advice for Belgium due to nationwide strikes

Another strike is planned for late April, which could mean severe disruption to travel across the country

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4 d. ago North Wales beach to be enclosed by 3km of electric fencing for its famous occupants

The plan is to have it ready before the end of April

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4 d. ago Beat the PS5 price rise: The best deals available before cost increase

Grab Sony’s powerful gaming machine for as low as £329, with a free game, before the price rise kicks in

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5 d. ago PS5 price increase immediately hits the UK, Europe and beyond – and it's brutal for gamers

A new price hike has struck the PS5 on familiar shores, and it's going to make a significant difference in your consideration of buying the console.

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5 d. ago PS5 gets surprise price hike in UK and Europe, but there is good news

The PS5 is getting a second price jump in the UK and Europe, and while fans are railing against the decision there is a glimmer of good news as one peripheral sees a price drop

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6 d. ago Price hike on Shein? How Trump tariffs could shift the US’s love of fast fashion

Trump ended the ‘de-minimis’ rule while launching a trade war with China – which will make retail giants such as Temu more expensive, experts sayAfter a chaotic week of flip-flopping tariff policies, cheap clothes from China are nearly certain to face a steep price hike soon – prompting concern among fast fashion retailers and potentially pushing consumers to look for other alternatives.As part of a package of global tariff policies announced on “liberation day” last week, Donald Trump signed an executive order that ended a duty-free exemption for low-priced goods to enter the US from China and Hong Kong. Known as the “de-minimis” rule, packages under $800 do not qualify for any taxes or tariffs on the goods and are inspected minimally at the border. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Building earmarked for drug support and health services is sold

A planning inquiry is due to get under way on April 30

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8 d. ago How long does it take to renew a passport? Holidaymakers warned about 10

UK travellers used to be able to carry up to nine months from an old passport to a new one — with new regulations catching out one unlucky Brit

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8 d. ago Chippy owner apologises to customers after charging £15 for fish and chips

Brad-Lee Navruz, who runs The Nippy Chippy in Gloucestershire, 'feels bad' for customers, but explained that the rising cost of ingredients has left him with no alternative.

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9 d. ago Ayrshire explosion: Everything we know so far about recycling centre blaze

A significant fire and explosion occurred at the Fenix Battery Recycling Plant on Byrehill Place, Kilwinning on Wednesday, April 9.

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9 d. ago Price of Apple iPhone set for staggering hike amid Donald Trump's trade war

Apple's share price plunged to such an extent it lost the crown as the world's most valuable company to Microsoft in recent days following Donald Trump's trade war

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9 d. ago Passport renewal: Urgent warning to renew as price rise kicks in tomorrow

The cost of renewing a passport online will jump to £94.50

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9 d. ago VE Day parade to go ahead after councillor suggested it would be ‘elitist’

Dacorum Borough Council cabinet member Caroline Smith-Wright had told a meeting on April 2 that there were no plans for a parade.

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1 week ago Urgent warning to renew your UK passport as price rise kicks in tomorrow

Exclusive: If your passport expires (or becomes ineligible for travel to your planned destination) by 25 November 2025, renew by 9 April

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1 week ago MPs' next vote on assisted dying laws DELAYED until after the local elections amid backlash at dropping of safeguards

The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill will now return to the Commons on May 16 rather than April 25, as initially planned, for its next stage.

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1 week ago Monty Don says there's one vegetable that's 'easiest of all plants to grow'

Gardeners' World presenter Monty Don has shared his top vegetable planting suggestions for April - and says that one vegetable is the "easiest of all plants to grow"

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1 week ago Scots travellers warned over UK passport renewal cost as Brexit blamed for latest price hike

EXCLUSIVE: The SNP said a family in Ireland would now pay half the price a family in Scotland does for a set of new passports.

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1 week ago Rachel Reeves caught joking about government debt in ‘hot mic’ moment

Rachel Reeves was caught joking about government debt in a ‘hot mic’ moment during a visit with Keir Starmer to a Jaguar Land Rover plant in the West Midlands on Monday (7 April).

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