75 m. ago Voices: Why Rothermere’s £500m Telegraph takeover exposes a digital power play – and a dilemma for Starmer

The Mail-Telegraph merger is raising fears about monopolies and influence, but the motivations behind it lie in online subscriptions, says Chris Blackhurst – leaving the prime minister and the watchdogs struggling to keep up

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75 m. ago ‘The ad libs had us shaking behind the camera’: Corbyn and McKellen cameos raise panto’s profile

Star turns are boosting ticket sales this season, including Islington show featuring MP’s Wizard of Oz and Olivier winner’s TotoWe’re a third of the way through the fabulously camp production of Wicked Witches, a mashup of Wicked and The Wizard of Oz, at the Pleasance theatre in Islington, north London. Dor (formerly known as Dorothy) and Tin 2.0 need guidance on how to take down the Wicked Witch and save the borough of Oz-lington from a great blizzard.But wait! Who’s that Facetiming? It’s only Jeremy Corbyn, the wise Wizard of Oz-lington! The 200-person audience cheers and applauds the Islington North MP, who looks as if he’s beaming in from the allotment. Continue reading...

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76 m. ago Strictly's Gemma Atkinson and Gorka Marquez make separate rooms agreement as he fumes over issue

Strictly Come Dancing's Gemma Atkinson and Gorka Marquez had a disagreement about the temperature of their bedroom as Gemma's biohacking raised the temperature for the couple

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2 h. ago Woman says 'it's gone too far' after 'heartbreaking' KFC advert mocks her

Jessie Yendle, from Pontypridd, Wales, has more than 3.5million subscribers on TikTok after spending years raising awareness around speech impediments

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4 h. ago ‘I still get humiliated’: the perils of appearing on a celebrity gameshow

Agents claim it can increase their clients’ profile and show off their human side. Is that your final answer?For Monty Panesar, it was answering that Germany played their home football matches in Athens. For David Lammy, it was saying Henry VIII’s heir was Henry VII. And for actor Amanda Henderson it was responding with the name Sharon to a question about Greta Thunberg.Panesar’s disastrous appearance on Celebrity Mastermind six years ago was used to taunt him this week by Australia’s cricket captain Steve Smith. Continue reading...

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5 h. ago Rachel Reeves warned against Budget decision that could cost 'tens of thousands of jobs'

300 businesses and organisations, including Bosch, Mitsubishi, EDF, the End Fuel Poverty Coalition, and Citizen's Advice raised concerns about the future of the industry

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5 h. ago Zak Crawley’s awkward prod sends England down another terminal spiral | Simon Burnton

This team refuse on a point of principle to rein themselves in but latest batting collapse lays bare glaring weaknessesIt is the UK that is living through a cold snap, but in balmy Perth they were playing in a snow globe. The scenery was static, solid, but everything else was constantly getting shaken up, bits flying in unpredictable directions. The crowd roared, commentators gibbered, the glitter never settled.Unlike the first day England were not batting at the start, though they were not long delayed. At which point a pattern quickly emerged, one that almost perfectly repeated that established on the previous day, while also being completely different. The bowler who was useless was good, the marginal, unconvincing snickometer-based review that was not out was now given. Some things were both precisely the same (Australia’s tactics against England’s tail, how the tail reacted to Australia’s tactics) and also, at the same time, completely the opposite (the outcome). Continue readi...

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6 h. ago Christmas turkey shortage fears as UK farms hit by 'super strain' bird flu

A sharp rise in cases of bird flu across UK farms have raised fears of empty shelves in butchers and supermarkets across the country - just weeks before Christmas

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7 h. ago Number of children abducted in Nigerian school attack raised to more than 300

Gunmen abducted more than 300 schoolchildren and 12 teachers from St. Mary’s School in north-central Nigeria

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7 h. ago How to get bargain £8 panto tickets today – and help an amazing cause

FOR most of us, the thought of waking up on Christmas morning and finding nothing under the tree is horrifying. But for many youngsters in Scotland this is a tragic reality. Charity KidsOut has worked tirelessly for the last 35 years to make sure Santa reaches as many children as possible. Whether they are living...

Economics

9 h. ago Bro boost: women find LinkedIn traffic ‘drives’ if they pretend to be men

Collective experiment found switching profile to ‘male’ and ‘bro-coding’ text led to big increase in reach, though site denies favouring posts by menDo your LinkedIn followers consider you a “thought leader”? Do hordes of commenters applaud your tips on how to “scale” your startup? Do recruiters slide into your DMs to “explore potential synergies”?If not, it could be because you’re not a man. Continue reading...

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9 h. ago Chris McCausland: Seeing into the Future – an astonishing look at how tech is changing disabled people’s lives

Prepare to have your perspective shattered by the comedian’s visits to our US tech overlords. The upcoming advancements for those with disabilities are life-changingWashing machines liberated women to get soul-crushing jobs that ate up their free time. Social media gave the world one revolution – before it destabilised democracies everywhere else. Now AI is here, and its main job seems to be replacing screenwriters. It’s easy to fall into techno-pessimism, but new documentary Seeing into the Future (Sunday 23 November, 8pm, BBC Two) has a different angle. For disabled people, tech has already brought about life-changing advancements. And we haven’t seen anything yet.It is presented by comedian and Strictly winner Chris McCausland, who is blind. Some of the most casually astonishing scenes occur early on, showing how he uses his phone – essentially, an eye with a mouth. “What T-shirt is this?” he asks, holding up a garment. “A grey T-shirt with a graphic logo of Deftones,” his p...

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9 h. ago Bro boost: women say their LinkedIn traffic increases if they pretend to be men

Collective experiment found switching profile to ‘male’ and ‘bro-coding’ text led to big increase in reach, though site denies favouring posts by menDo your LinkedIn followers consider you a “thought leader”? Do hordes of commenters applaud your tips on how to “scale” your startup? Do recruiters slide into your DMs to “explore potential synergies”?If not, it could be because you’re not a man. Continue reading...

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10 h. ago Benedict Cumberbatch: ‘I’m nearly 50, so I’ve lived a bit – I’ve experienced grief’

The Oscar-nominated star had to go deep for his role as a grieving father in the adaptation of Max Porter’s emotional bestseller ‘Grief is the Thing with Feathers’. He and Porter speak to Ellie Harrison about masculinity, raising sons, and how Cumberbatch is using his Marvel cachet to get films made that ‘struggle to exist’

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11 h. ago Scots Come Dine With Me star to trek 50 miles in heels as Mrs Claus in memory of sister

Garry MacDonald hopes to raise cash for the young family of his sister Helen, who passed away aged 37 last year.

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14 h. ago Married CEO who welcomed the King on royal visit quits alongside female executive after 'being caught on camera in compromising situation in front of staff'

CEO Rupert Pleasant and his colleague were unaware they were being recorded on a computer screen as they got 'frisky'.

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15 h. ago Cheryl Tweedy fans furious her name is stripped from royal youth centre charity

Cheryl Tweedy, who was known as Cheryl Cole during the years she was married to England footballer Ashley, raised £1million for the Cheryl’s Trust Centre in Newcastle city centre

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17 h. ago EDEN CONFIDENTIAL: Cheryl Cole's name stripped from royal youth centre she raised £1million for

When the King visited the youth centre Cheryl Cole established in Newcastle in 2021, the star declared it a 'special' day. However, her name has now been dramatically stripped from the Cheryl's Trust Centre.

Economics

17 h. ago Voters could abandon centrist parties if budget fails, warns former cabinet secretary

Simon Case says voters will look elsewhere if chancellor cannot find solutions to tax, spending and debt problemsVoters will look elsewhere if Rachel Reeves does not use next week’s pivotal budget to show that “centre-ground” politicians can fix the UK’s entrenched economic problems, the former head of the civil service, Simon Case, has said.Case told the Guardian that at the time of last year’s general election, when he was still cabinet secretary, he believed Labour would be forced to break its manifesto promise to not raise taxes because of the state of the public finances. Continue reading...

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19 h. ago Jack Osbourne breaks his strict I'm A Celeb rule as bosses 'closely monitor' star

Jack Osbourne has had a wild ride so far on I'm A Celebrity...Get Me Out Of Here! But now concerns have been raised for his welfare after tears were shed and an awkward squabble unfolded

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