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The 59-year-old celebrity chef has been a judge on the reality TV show since it began in 2010

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1 week ago Teacher who groomed teen on Snapchat learns fate after begging judge not to name her

Myah Adams, 27, groomed and sexual assaulted a boy over Snapchat despite asking for her identity to be kept secret - but a judge decided it was in the public interest

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2 w. ago Why do family holidays turn me into a sulky teenager again? | Nell Frizzell

It is August, so therefore I find myself in the midst of an intergenerational trip – and somehow unearthing a personality I thought I’d shed decades agoI am not one for aphorisms. I grew up with a water-stained copy of a dictionary of quotations by the toilet and, for the most part, by the toilet is where these things belong. But there is one saying by the American philosopher and yoga teacher Ram Dass that has always cheered me: “If you think you’re enlightened, go and spend a week with your family.”I have no idea if Ram Dass really said this. Just as I’m not sure if the Dalai Lama ever said: “Don’t let the behaviour of others destroy your inner peace.” Or whether Oscar Wilde believed the words he put into the mouth of Lord Illingworth in A Woman of No Importance: “Children begin by loving their parents; after a time they judge them; rarely, if ever, do they forgive them.” But as someone in the middle of a family holiday, I can certainly attest that any delusions about maturity, le...

Politics

3 w. ago US judge hears if Trump team broke law during LA Ice protests

Federal judge began hearing evidence and arguments on deployment of national guard and marines to curb protestsUS politics live – latest updatesA federal judge in San Francisco on Monday began hearing evidence and arguments on whether the Trump administration violated federal law when it deployed national guard soldiers and US marines to Los Angeles after protests over immigration raids this summer.The Trump administration federalized California national guard members and sent them to the second-largest US city over the objections of the California governor, Gavin Newsom, and city leaders, after protests erupted on 7 June when Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) officers arrested people at multiple locations. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago BBC Breakfast star Charlie Stayt's behaviour is now also 'under review' as his co

The co-hosts are not under a formal investigation by the Beeb but a process has apparently begun to judge whether they should be.

Politics

4 w. ago Motorists could get up to £950 compensation for car finance but will have to wait until next year, watchdog reveals

Financial Conduct Agency said they 'hope to start getting people any money they are owed' but said Friday's Supreme Court judgement is complex and will begin consulting about the payout in October,

Economics

4 w. ago Up to £18bn compensation for drivers hit by motor finance scandal

Financial Conduct Agency said they 'hope to start getting people any money they are owed' but said Friday's Supreme Court judgement is complex and will begin consulting about the payout in October,

Economics