3 h. ago The world’s love for matcha is about to be tested: ‘It’s going to be a tough ride’

Retail sales of matcha have surged by 86 per cent over the last three years

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6 h. ago How much for matcha? Prices for the popular powdered tea soar due to global demand

The world’s fondness for matcha is about to be tested by steep price increases

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20 h. ago Gary Neville shares what Ricky Hatton was truly like when they met before his death

Boxing icon Ricky Hatton was found dead at his home on Sunday, and tributes have poured in for the former world champion, with Manchester United hero Gary Neville sharing his love

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43 h. ago Australian bird of the year 2025: nominate your favourite now

We want to hear which Australian birds you think should be shortlisted for the Guardian/Birdlife Australia bird of the year poll next monthGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastWhich of the 830 bird species that call Australia home (or at least one of their homes) should make it into the 2025 Australian bird of the year poll?Australia has the greatest diversity of avian life in the world, home to nearly one in 10 of the world’s 10,000 living bird species. And we love to celebrate it. Australians are renowned for admiring our beautiful, bountiful and boisterous birds. And nothing highlights that more than the Guardian/Birdlife Australia bird of the year poll, held every two years, when birdlovers around the country battle it out to see their favourite feathered friend take the crown as best bird. Continue reading...

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45 h. ago Ricky Hatton's huge boxing fortune and romance with Claire Sweeney as death rocks sport

Ricky Hatton was a former multi-time, multi-weight world champion boxer who the British public fell in love with. His death was announced on Sunday

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59 h. ago Strictly star Vicky Pattison 'scared' her crippling condition will 'let down viewers'

With the new series of Strictly Come Dancing just weeks away, Vicky Pattison has admitted she is gearing herself up for a tough mental ride whilst she is on the show

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4 d. ago Tennis's superstar love triangle: World No 1 and 2 Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner 'BOTH dating the same swimsuit model'

Following the victory, in was revealed that the Spanish tennis superstar is dating Sports Illustrated model Brooks Nader, who had been previously romantically linked to Sinner.

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6 d. ago I moved halfway across the world and there are 3 things I love about the UK

Vita moved from New Zealand to London a year ago and has noticed a few cultural differences.

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8 d. ago Emotional Luke Humphries feeling 'dangerous' again after sealing Czech hat

World No.1 feels the love of the Prague punters as he charges to an eighth Euro Tour win of his career

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1 week ago PAUL ROUTLEDGE: 'Trainspotting made me a lifelong railway fan

Self-confessed ‘Puffer Nutter’ and railwayman’s son Paul Routledge has enjoyed a lifelong passion for trains. Celebrating the bicentenary year of the world’s first public railway in his new book For The Love Of Trains, here the veteran Mirror journalist shares his enchanting memories of the boyhood trainspotting that launched his railway mania.

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1 week ago Daniel Levy was a loyal custodian of Spurs who knew his job was to protect the club | David Pleat

Many supporters regard winning as the only thing that matters but the fan on the street doesn’t understand the intricacies of running a clubWhen Daniel Levy took over as Tottenham’s chair in 2001 I was introduced to him by Alan Sugar and promised that, as director of football, I would help him get his feet under the table as quickly as possible. The club he leaves behind almost 25 years later is one many players from around the world would love to be part of.Daniel very swiftly understood the difficulties of running a big football organisation with so much emotion attached. He had to parry a great deal of hurtful and at times unfair criticism but he remained a sensible custodian and a workaholic who was astute and principled. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Will Smith’s career comeback has been a disaster – but does the punishment fit the crime?

The Fresh Prince wants the world to love him again, writes Fiona Sturges. But he’s going about it the wrong way, with the most tortured career resurrection in recent times

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2 w. ago Tainted love: how Ukrainians are ridding themselves of Russian

Putin’s invasion has seen Ukrainian book lovers recoil from Russian literary dominance, by a range of meansOne day this summer, the Ukrainian artist Stanislav Turina took two of his books to his garden near Kyiv. One was a volume of poems by Alexander Pushkin.But Turina – a voracious reader, never without a couple of books in his backpack – had no plans to pick it up again. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago ‘Love Island USA’ star Taylor Williams hospitalized after being trampled by horse during rodeo

The “Love Island USA” season 7 star is a self-described cowboy who has said he ‘was on a horse before I could walk’

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2 w. ago Cambodia 'love triangle' murdered Brit 'just wanted to help everyone'

Pals of Jessica Cariad Hopkins, allegedly murdered by her housemate in a love triangle in Cambodia said she was a teacher and described her as a 'beautiful soul'.

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2 w. ago Dear Coleen: I'm worried that my son's wife is too dull for him

"I know he’d love to travel and see the world but all she’s focused on is saving up for a house and planning for a family."

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2 w. ago British woman, 34, stabbed to death ‘by female attacker in love triangle row’ in Cambodia

Jessica Cariad Hopkins, 34, from Harpenden, found with throat slit in park close to capital Phnom Penh

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2 w. ago Brit stabbed to death in 'deadly love triangle row' after Cambodian holiday fling

Jessica Hopkins had fallen in love with a man while on holiday in the Cambodian capital – but with a third person involved, she ultimately lost out and paid with her life

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2 w. ago Coronation Street's Sue Devaney declares love for TV legend as co

The actress, who plays Debbie Webster in the ITV soap, declared her love to a legend of the TV world as her co-stars rushed to show her support

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2 w. ago ‘I turned down $20m to do Terminator 3. I can’t be bought, dude’: Ridley Scott on directing, Daleks and ... cherry jam

The Blade Runner and Alien film-maker on his run-ins with critics, the space suits he keeps in his cellar in France – and his love of swearingYou’ve explored worlds of dystopia, historical epics and perplexing moral aspects of the universe. What idea or question has haunted you the longest? RemyNaylorWho’s up there. He’d better show himself shortly, because we’re getting into a terrible mess down here. I mean, we are the fucking plague, 7.5 billion people, we can’t handle the planet. As you get older, you do wonder: is it going to be a guy with a long beard and long, flowing white robes, or is it just going to be a void? I don’t dwell on it. It’s weird. I feel like I’m still 21. It’s odd and strange.Did you score a lifetime’s supply of bread for directing the Hovis adverts back in the 70s? TeeDubyaBeeNo. But I ate enough Hovis as a kid in Stockton-on-Tees, with cherry jam and butter, toasted – holy shit. I did five Hovis commercials. They were all classics. The most famous is the bo...

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