42 m. ago No walls, no right angles, and smack in the middle of wildest northern Spain

No walls, no right angles, and smack in the middle of wildest northern Spain - this is truly an architect's playground. Plus you can stay here too, and there's a hotel opening in 2028

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43 m. ago A World Cup preying on Fomo: Fifa’s 2026 ticket scheme is a late

Dynamic pricing, crypto detritus and corporate doublespeak have made the task of buying 2026 World Cup tickets a grim case study in the monetization of emotionWhen the first tickets for the 2026 World Cup went on sale last week, millions of fans joined online queues only to discover what Gianni Infantino’s assurance that “the world will be welcome” really means. The cheapest face-value seat for next summer’s final, somewhere in the gods of New Jersey’s 82,500-seat MetLife Stadium where the players are specks and the football’s a rumor, comes at a cost of $2,030 (oxygen tank not included). Most upper-deck seats range from $2,790 to $4,210, according to customers who finally glimpsed the prices that had been closely guarded. The much-touted $60 tickets for group-stage games, propped up by Fifa as evidence of affordability, exist only as comically tiny green smudges on the edge of digital seating maps, little more than mirages of inclusivity.Fifa had kept the costs under wraps until th...

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43 m. ago Winter is coming: England’s cricketers fly out for long tour that will decide Ashes and World Cup

Four decades ago Mike Gatting lamented 30-game schedule and while improvements were made, players will be weary of gruelling season aheadA meteorologist would say that England’s winter will start this year at midnight on 1 December; an astronomer would point a few weeks later to the 21st, perhaps even the moment at precisely 3.03pm when the northern hemisphere is tilted furthest away from the sun, the least sun-kissed moment of its least sunny day. But a cricket fan might go a little earlier, perhaps as soon as next Saturday at about 7.15am. Leaves might still be clinging to trees as yet unbothered by frost, but that is when the national side is scheduled to play its first fixture of a hectic touring schedule, and by the time it all ends the Ashes will have been decided, a World Cup will have been won, and it will be spring.For the players involved in all formats, these moments will bring a combination of excitement and perhaps also a bit of dread. The T20 squad departed for New Zea...

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46 m. ago Angelina Jolie says she 'doesn't regret' having breasts and ovaries removed

Angelina Jolie has said she 'doesn't regret' undergoing a double mastectomy and having her ovaries removed after discovering she carried the BRCA gene mutation

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1 hour ago My cultural awakening: ‘Kate Bush helped me come out as a trans woman’

As a not-yet-out trans teen, The Sensual World – the singer’s rejection of masculine influence – felt like an invocation of everything I was feelingIt wasn’t safe for me to discover The Sensual World, the eponymous track on what Kate Bush described as her “most female album”. The song was intended to be a rejection of the masculine influence that had unwittingly shaped the artist’s previous work, and an ode to something taboo within the female experience. Based on Molly Bloom’s soliloquy in James Joyce’s Ulysses – a stream of consciousness in which the character reflects on her experiences of nature, sex and love – Bush wanted to celebrate the experience of life inside a woman’s body, and the ways it gives her spiritual and sexual pleasure. I knew that, for someone like me, who was already being bullied, to openly love a song like this could make me an even more obvious target to those who saw femininity as a sign of weakness. More daunting than that, it might force me to ...

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2 h. ago My son's condition means he could die at any time – he's been failed by the system

For 18 years the James family were given expert guidance for their son's diagnosis. Now that is gone

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3 h. ago 'I discovered the world's most remarkable landscapes with four seasons in a day'

We discovered some of the world's most remarkable landscapes during a trip to the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador’s western coast, with glacier-carved fjords and the Earth’s mantle

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6 h. ago Victoria Beckham reveals youngest son Cruz got booted out of McDonalds because 'he didn't have enough money on his card'

Victoria Beckham has revealed her youngest son Cruz recently got booted out of McDonalds because 'he didn't have enough money on his card'.

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8 h. ago Cruz Beckham couldn't afford Big Mac and was thrown out of McDonalds

Victoria Beckham has revealed that her youngest son didn't have enough money on his card to buy a Big Mac and was kicked out of a McDonalds as a result

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9 h. ago Victoria Beckham hits back at nepo baby claims and says she 'feels sorry' for kids

Victoria Beckham has hit back at claims her children at 'nepo-babies' and says she 'feels sorry' for son Cruz, who is trying to build a music career independently of his Spice Girls mother

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10 h. ago EastEnders legend died penniless and 'lost everything' after son's murder suicide

Beloved soap legend Mike Reid's life was marked by heartbreak and money troubles and he died with "nothing left"...

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11 h. ago Michael Jordan's troubled son Marcus celebrates six months sober after arrest for cocaine possession

Marcus Jordan, the son of NBA icon Michael Jordan, is celebrating six months of sobriety following a difficult number of years with substance abuse.

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11 h. ago Liam Payne’s girlfriend Kate Cassidy reveals undiscovered handwritten note singer left her

Liam Payne’s girlfriend Kate Cassidy has revealed that she has discovered a handwritten note that the singer wrote to her before he died.

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11 h. ago Ricky Hatton's manager wants 'truth out' over cause of death after discovering boxer's body

Boxing legend Ricky Hatton was laid to rest today after passing away last month at the age of 46, with his manager Paul Speak among the mourners in attendance

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12 h. ago Kourtney Kardashian sweetly holds hands with husband Travis Barker as they celebrate his son's 22nd birthday

Landon's mother is the rock star's ex wife, Shanna Moakler, who was a Playboy model and starred on the TV series Pacific Blue. The model is now 50-years-old.

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12 h. ago Angelina Jolie reflects on 'hard' decision to have double mastectomy and ovaries removed

Angelina Jolie has opened up about her decision to undergo a double mastectomy and have her ovaries removed after discovering she carried the BRCA gene mutation

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13 h. ago Mum's warning after son chokes on item that doesn't show on X

Holly Morrison went back to A&E again and again with her son, Michael, without getting answers - and now she is sharing their story to raise awareness about the risks of choking

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13 h. ago Robert Irwin sets record straight on stripper future after performing raunchy dance

Steve Irwin's son Robert sent fans into a frenzy after ripping his shirt open on Dancing With The Stars, but has now set the record straight on whether stripping is in his future

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13 h. ago Syringe discovered on steps of Welsh nursery in neighbourhood where residents have had enough

Residents in Cardiff's Riverside have repeatedly called for action on drug use and anti-social behaviour, which they say are getting worse

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13 h. ago Tight security and political tension hang over key Norway v Israel World Cup qualifier

The hosts in Oslo are closing in on qualification but the politics surrounding their visitors’ presence casts a shadow over the footballIt will be the most high-security sports event in Norway since the Winter Olympics in 1994. Anti-terror measures are in place throughout Oslo; a no-fly zone will be implemented in the skies above Ullevi Stadion and through all the tension it could be easy to forget that the national team are within touching distance of a first World Cup appearance for 27 years. Beating Israel would put them on the verge but the visitors’ presence has added multiple layers of complexity and controversy.That will be clear on Saturday afternoon, when a crowd of several thousand is expected to march peacefully from the centre of Oslo to a stage set up near the ground. It has been organised by the Palestine Committee in Norway under the slogan “Red card for Israel” and other bodies will be holding their own protests too. Outside Grønland metro station, posters of unclear...

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