10 h. ago Tory conference to be held in ‘smallest house in the world’, Welsh minister jokes

Welsh government minister Ken Skates joked the Tories will be able to fit ‘in the porchway’ of Conwy’s small house following Senedd election in May.

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42 h. ago Moonlight Peaks: your chance to live as a tiny vegan vampire

Dracula’s daughter seeks a more peaceful life making plant-based blood substitutes in this Stardew-Valley-inspired, gently creepy farming gameWhat if you were a tiny, vegan vampire? That’s the question posed by Moonlight Peaks, the gen Z-coded, achingly TikTok-ready supernatural life sim. Inspired by the popularity of “cosy games” such as Animal Crossing and Stardew Valley, Moonlight Peaks drapes you in the cape of Dracula’s daughter, who has fled her father’s corpse-ridden home to start a new, peaceful life.Soon, she settles among werewolves and witches in the supernatural farming town of Moonlight Peaks, where she grows crops and rears animals instead of subsisting on the blood of innocents. Both cosy and creepy, the game has you creating your own plant-based blood substitutes, befriending the town’s residents and fixing a whole host of problems left in daddy Dracula’s wake.Moonlight Peaks is out on PC in 2026 Continue reading...

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44 h. ago Meet Kerala’s ‘rainforest gardeners’ creating a Noah’s ark for endangered plants

In one of the world’s ‘hottest hotspots’ of biodiversity, an all-female team have turned a patch of forest into a haven for orchids, ferns, succulents and carnivorous plantsThe previous night’s heavy rainstorm had brought down several large trees in the forest and broken branches were strewn about the ground. Walking through the felled trees, Laly Joseph spotted an orchid clinging to one of the snapped boughs. She gently secured the plant and carefully transplanted it on to a standing tree.At the Gurukula botanical sanctuary, where Joseph, 56, is head of plant conservation and the most experienced “rainforest gardener”, every plant is considered precious and an all-female team strives to give them the best chance of surviving an increasingly harsh climate.Laly Joseph, the head of plant conservation at Gurukula Botanical Sanctuary, has spent most of her life learning about and caring for plants. Continue reading...

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54 h. ago Chelsea's 'next Eden Hazard' retires aged just 28 after being 'killed' by Blues exit

Former Chelsea wonderkid Charly Musonda left Stamford Bridge in 2022 and just three years down the line, has decided to hang up his boots in an emotional announcement

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59 h. ago Jurassic World Rebirth review – Scarlett Johansson runs show as near

The latest instalment marks a return to form after some recent duds, with all the expected Spielberg-style set pieces and excellent romantic chemistry between the leadsWhat a comeback. The Jurassic World film series had looked to be pretty much extinct after some increasingly dire dollops of franchise content: Fallen Kingdom in 2018 and Dominion in 2022. But now, against all odds, these dinosaurs have had a brand refresh: a brighter, breezier, funnier, incomparably better acted and better written film, with unashamed nods to the summer smashes of yesteryear, that makes sense of the dino-spectacle moments that earn their place.Screenwriter David Koepp and director Gareth Edwards have been drafted in to take us back to basics with a new story, all but retconning the drama with a “17 years previously” flashback at the start that entirely (and thankfully) ignores the tiresome convoluted dullness of what has recently happened. Then we’re in the present day, when the existence of dinosaur...

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6 d. ago Boffins' plans to build human DNA could lead to real life Frankensteins, experts warn

Medics plan to create life's building blocks in a lab to find treatments for incurable diseases - but in the wrong hands it could unleash horror, scientists warn

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6 d. ago I had the perfect life after buying a three bedroom townhouse with my partner in my 20s

Charlotte Bradman, 42, who currently resides in Cornwall, had to drastically downsize and uproot her life after two failed relationships scuppered her plans for a stable home.

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7 d. ago Old mattress warehouse in Greater Manchester town will be transformed into new apartment block

The plans will see the vacant warehouse brought back to life after more than 10 years of sitting empty

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8 d. ago Woman who plotted to kill her celebrity hairstylist husband in love triangle with porn star sentenced

Monica Sementelli, 53, got life without parole Monday for planning the 2017 fatal stabbing of her husband Fabio Sementelli, 49

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9 d. ago Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez’s wedding planners deny ‘taking over’ Venice as protests rage

The engaged couple are sailing into Venice later this week on Bezos’s $500 million superyacht

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1 week ago Carlos Alcaraz v Jiri Lehecka: Queen’s Club men’s singles final goes to deciding set – live

Game-by-game coverage from the HSBC ChampionshipsBig interview: Nick Kyrgios | And you can email DanielLehecka to serve, ready play.Our coverage has, finally, started, and our players are out. Lehecka will have to start well, but if he can he’s a live dog. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Carlos Alcaraz v Jiri Lehecka: Queen’s Club men’s singles tennis final – live

Game-by-game coverage from the HSBC ChampionshipsBig interview: Nick Kyrgios | And you can email DanielLehecka to serve, ready play.Our coverage has, finally, started, and our players are out. Lehecka will have to start well, but if he can he’s a live dog. Continue reading...

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1 week ago The rise of football's Sirs: David Beckham joins prestigious list featuring Alex Ferguson and Gareth Southgate but who are the other 13 greats to be knighted?

David Beckham claimed that he 'never could have imagined' receiving the 'truly humbling honour' of a knighthood after he was finally named among the recipients last week.

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1 week ago Ronnie O'Sullivan enjoying 'quieter life' as manager reveals snooker plans for season after quitting UK

Jason Francis, Ronnie O'Sullivan's long-serving manager, has explained the Rocket's plans for the new snooker season as he enjoys his new life in the Middle East

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1 week ago The Mozartists at the Wigmore Hall: a flirty, playful take on the composer's works

This plan to follow the life of Mozart through his works is ambitious and soulful

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1 week ago White House moves to keep costly, dirty, unneeded Michigan coal plants open

One plant produces more arsenic pollution than any other in US, and the other has been slated for closure since 2021The Trump administration is moving to keep open two Michigan coal plants that emit about 45% of the state’s greenhouse gas pollution, which opponents say is an indication of how the US president plans to wield his controversial national energy emergency executive order.Already, the US Department of Energy (DoE) has ordered the JH Campbell coal plant on Lake Michigan to remain open beyond its 31 May closure date, while the administration is expected to prolong the life of the Monroe power plant on Lake Erie, currently scheduled to begin closing in 2028. Continue reading...

Economics

1 week ago HMP Mars: Living on the Red Planet will be like life in PRISON, expert warns

Life for astronauts in a Martian colony will be extremely similar to the conditions inside today's prisons, according to a leading space scientist.

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1 week ago Lotto winning rocker planning easy ride into retirement after scooping millions

Rocker Jon Waring, 57, and wife, Lucy, 48, from Paignton in Devon, who also have a 15-year-old daughter, are planning to take life at a more relaxed pace thanks to a tidy £3.9m jackpot win

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1 week ago Gardeners urged to keep 7 houseplants that survive without water for weeks

While it's nice to have houseplants, it can be hard to look after them all, especially if you are going on holiday or lead a busy life - so here are some pretty low-maintenance and forgiving plants

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2 w. ago Presenter Gethin Jones named Wales’ chef de mission for Commonwealth Games

Jones also worked as an attache for the Welsh team at the Gold Coast Games in 2018.

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