6 h. ago The Ninja gadget that 'takes all the hard work out' of cooking now 33% off

Ninja have dropped the price of this handy gadget by 33%

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3 d. ago Donald Trump says US may 'take a pass' on Ukraine peace talks if they are too hard

President Trump said the US could 'pass' on peace in Ukraine if it become too difficult

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7 d. ago The Thicket review – Peter Dinklage is a bounty hunter in harsh western with unusual chill

Peter Dinklage and Juliette Lewis star in a horse opera set in a snowbound world of bars, brothels and wide open spacesHere is a western starring Peter Dinklage, but forget hot sun-baked gullies and leather-skinned cowboys riding sweatily through rattlesnake country. The Thicket takes place in a hard, snowbound wilderness interspersed with equally hard, snowbound little townships consisting mainly of bars and brothels. You can see the breath in the air and the blood on the snow. The plot is staple horse opera: a kidnapped maiden must be rescued by a motley group of good-ish guys with mixed motives, headed up by Dinklage playing a bounty hunter character offering a similar vein of dry, world-weary cynicism as his breakthrough role as Tyrion in Game of Thrones, only much less aristocratic. He is joined by Gbenga Akinnagbe as his right hand man, with whom Dinklage has nice chemistry, and Levon Hawke, as a naive young Christian whose sister has been kidnapped by ruffians.The ruffians ar...

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1 week ago Germany is finally getting a new government – and it will be plunged straight into crisis mode | John Kampfner

With the country enveloped in gloom and facing mayhem from the US and Russia, it’s hard to imagine a more fraught time to take powerGermany is about to get a new fitness trainer. So declared Markus Söder, one of the political leaders who have just announced a coalition agreement. In one of the quirks of the country’s constitution, the Bavarian Christian Social Union (CSU) will play a significant role in the new administration, and Söder used his moment in the limelight to play the entertainer.It was a curious way to announce the arrival of a new government, expected to be sworn in during the first week of May. Since the elections of 23 February, Germany will have been in limbo for two and a half months, and all while Donald Trump rampages across the world.John Kampfner is the author of In Search of Berlin, Blair’s Wars and Why the Germans Do It Better Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Ninja shoppers race to buy £10 kitchen gadget that 'rivals ITV This Morning chefs'

"With a single press, this device chops things faster than a chef on This Morning."

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3 w. ago Tea and coffee drinkers race to buy £10 Ninja gadget that keeps drinks 'hot or cold for over 10 hours'

"Worth every penny. Couldn’t believe how good this was, held ice for over 24 hours and was still ice cubes in my apple juice. I also tried it with my morning brew, which was still red hot four hours after."

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4 w. ago Thomas Tuchel promises to take hard line in club vs country row over England players

Tuchel has laid his marker over possibly resting players when they are on England duty

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