2 h. ago Man guilty of murdering stepdaughter and husband in their home

Josh Bashford and Chloe Bashford were found dead at their home in Newhaven, East Sussex, on June 9 2023.

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2 h. ago Celebrity Traitors: How Alan Carr went from a sweating bag of nerves to a cunning mastermind

The good-natured funny man has transformed into the show’s deadliest killer

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2 h. ago DWP urges state pensioners awaiting triple lock boost to claim possible extra £4,000

State pensioners are set to receive a 4.8 per cent pay rise next year, but the DWP has warned that people should review their finances now

Economics

2 h. ago Driver jokes about 'hack to avoid speeding tickets' but people don't see funny side

Speeding is incredibly dangerous and can lead to serious consequences including accidents, fines or arrests. One woman has shared a 'hack' for avoiding a speeding ticket and people pointed out the same thing

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2 h. ago THE GREYHOUND DIARY by Judy Montagu Edited by Anna Mathias: Rip

- and then turned down a suitor worth $100 million

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2 h. ago Hotel review: Mallory Court Country House Hotel & Spa, Leamington Spa

Mallory Court is the perfect example of a cute, wholesome hotel in the English countryside.

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3 h. ago Lily Allen’s West End Girl is funny, sexy, jawdropping – and forged in the fires of tabloid Britain | Jennifer Jasmine White

The singer learned early how to navigate pop feminism and the public’s insatiable appetites. Her new album bumps up against the limits of bothHeaven has no rage like love to hatred turned, nor hell a fury like a woman scorned. Though it probably wouldn’t have occurred to the 17th-century playwright who wrote those words, scorned women write absolute bangers, too.We have been reminded as much this week by Lily Allen’s new album, West End Girl, an explicit dissection of the singer’s recent divorce from the actor David Harbour, amid already swirling rumours of his infidelity. Allen here is high priestess of W1, sucking on a Lost Mary vape as she weaves us a tragedy of loss, betrayal and butt plugs. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago Hooded thief steals 21 manhole covers from London street in early morning heist

Watch as a hooded thief is caught on camera stealing 21 manhole covers from a residential street.

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3 h. ago ‘I hate that they show my bum in the first scene!’ David Duchovny on poems, podcasts – and his TV comeback

Playing Fox Mulder made him a global phenomenon then he walked away to save himself. As he stars in killer-nanny thriller Malice, David Duchovny talks art, his beef with Gillian Anderson – and being murdered by Jack WhitehallHalfway through our hour-long conversation, David Duchovny slumps in his seat a little then gently chastises me. “I got tired while you were talking,” he groans. In fairness, I had been talking a lot, but only because I was trying to list everything he’s managed to do in the past year.There’s his podcast, Fail Better, in which he’s wrung incredibly candid interviews from notoriously reticent stars like Alec Baldwin and Robert Downey Jr, more on which later. There’s his book of poetry, About Time, which came out last month. There’s his History Channel show Secrets Declassified With David Duchovny. As we speak, he’s just finished an eight-date tour, where he performed songs from the three folk-rock albums he’s released over the last decade. We are ostensibly here ...

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4 h. ago West End Girl by Lily Allen: A masterpiece album of betrayal

Lily Allen’s first album in seven years is a searing takedown of a dying relationship that reminds us all how confessional pop is done best: with actual confessions

Politics

5 h. ago A House of Dynamite star Rebecca Ferguson’s life from Hollywood feud to ABBA link

Rebecca Ferguson's new Netflix thriller A House of Dynamite is now streaming, but what do we know about her life away from the screen?

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5 h. ago The Ordinary’s foaming cleanser left our skin ‘feeling soft and smooth’ for less than £10

It has been made with oilier skin types in mind

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5 h. ago THE SURGEON, THE MIDWIFE, THE QUACK by Alanna Skuse: Think you're having a baby? Bite your husband's bottom

Kathryn Hughes dives into the farcical and dangerous world of early modern medicine.

Politics

6 h. ago Watch: Shameless shoplifter steals from London supermarket before fleeing on a bike during 'one

Mark Stavrou, 32, has been jailed after admitting more than 100 shoplifting offences in the space of six months

Economics

6 h. ago Bizarre moment man steals 21 manhole covers from a single street in one night

Footage captured by a neighbour showed the thief in Orpington, Greater London , on Edgewood Drive swiping two of the covers in the middle of the night.

Events

6 h. ago Dazzling debut fiction: Flat Earth by Anika Jade Levy, Boy from the North Country by Sam Sussman, Our Precious Wars by Perrine Tripier

Sara Lawrence reviews the best debut fiction out this month

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6 h. ago Shockingly good literary fiction: MONA'S EYES by Thomas Schlesser, LOVE DIVINE by Ysenda Maxtone Graham, VAIM by Jon Fosse

Stephanie Cross reviews some of the best literary fiction out this month

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6 h. ago Keira Knightley takes on Kid's Fiction: BEAR'S NAP by Emily Gravett, I LOVE YOU JUST THE SAME by Keira Knightley, THE LONE HUSKY by Hannah Gold

Sally Morris reviews the best children's books out this month

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6 h. ago Criminally good Classic Crime: Scandalize my Name by Fiona Sinclair, Beattie Cavendish and the White Pearl Club by Mary

Barry Turner reviews Classic Crime

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6 h. ago Fury as thief steals 21 manhole covers from single street in one night

Residents of Edgewood Drive in Orpington woke up to see that manhole covers had been stolen overnight

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