79 m. ago Gardeners told to sprinkle coffee in gardens to banish unwanted invaders 

Garden experts say you should put the coffee granules on bird table or bird feeder

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1 hour ago Max Verstappen threatens boycott after being booed at F1 launch event in London

The four-time world champion received a frosty reception from British fans at F1 75 Live last week

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2 h. ago Foreign leaders arrive in Kyiv to mark anniversary of war as Zelenskyy hails ‘three years of resistance’ – Ukraine war live

Ukraine president pays tribute to ‘absolute heroism’ of Ukrainians as EU leaders arrive in Kyivthe She told reporters “I think it’s good that we have as many interactions with the new administration in US as possible. I’m also travelling tomorrow to the US to meet Marco Rubio and others there to discuss these issues, because it’s extremely important.” Continue reading...

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2 h. ago Jessica Gunning thanks Baby Reindeer creator for ‘making my dreams come true’

The British actress, 38, won the female actor in a television movie or limited series prize for her role in the Netflix dark comedy.

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2 h. ago Southport yoga teacher reveals desperate attempt to save children from knife attacker in emotional BBC interview

Speaking publicly for the first time, Leanne Lucas told BBC Panorama: ‘I just knew that if I didn’t get out, everyone was going to die’

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2 h. ago ‘It was shocking to me’: Black female designers still underrepresented at London fashion week

‘It was shocking to me’: Black female designers still underrepresented at London fashion week  The Guardian

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2 h. ago ‘Dead white person’s clothes’ mount up as Ghana’s Kantamanto market struggles to rebuild after fire

Six weeks after a devastating blaze in Accra ripped through one of the world’s biggest secondhand markets, many stalls remain unfinished and thousands still have no income It was a blaze that left two people dead and destroyed the fabric of one of the world’s largest secondhand clothes markets. It also wiped out the livelihoods of tens of thousands of people in a matter of hours.Six weeks on from the 1 January fire in Ghana’s capital, Accra, the aluminium roofing has been replaced and wooden frames have been erected, but many stalls remain unfinished and empty. In the heart of the market, the sound of hammering and building work fills the air. Vendors mill around with little to sell. The narrow passageways – once so rammed with customers there was a stampede two months ago – are easy to pass through. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago Psychiatrist reveals six reasons why female prison officers have sex with inmates

Forensic psychiatrist Dr Sohom Das, from London, has revealed six psychological reasons reasons female officers may have have sex with inmates in a video on YouTube.

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2 h. ago WASPI women urge DWP to reconsider State Pension compensation before legal action is taken

WASPI said members will not allow the DWP’s ‘gaslighting’ of WASPI women to go ‘unchallenged’.

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3 h. ago Women and investing case study: Tynah Matembe, CEO of Money MatiX

Tynah Matembe, CEO of Money MatiX, discusses why more women don’t put their money into shares and funds, and what can be done to close the investment gender gap

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3 h. ago ‘A dream come true’: Syrian twin actors return home after 14 years of exile in France

For the 41-year-old brothers, returning to their flat is bittersweet. Their apartment was more than just a home. It was once a stage, a space where they performed original theatre plays away from the watchful eye of the Bashar al-Assad regimeThick layers of dust shimmer in sunlight as Mohamad and Ahmad Malas sift through old belongings in their Damascus apartment, abandoned for 14 years.The air inside is heavy with a scent of old wood. With every step the brothers make, the floor creaks. Chairs, couches and chandeliers in the living room are cloaked in dust, and on one of the walls portraits of their father and one of their brothers, who have died, hang frozen in time. There’s no electricity so they use their phone torches to light their way as they collect personal artefacts they long forgot about.Mohamad goes through their belongings in Damascus in January, finding a box containing his love letters and memories collected from when he was young. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago Transfer news LIVE! Liverpool hijack Arsenal; Man Utd told Delap price

Transfer news LIVE! Liverpool hijack Arsenal; Man Utd told Delap price  Evening Standard

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3 h. ago Transfer news LIVE! Liverpool hijack Arsenal move for Nypan, Man Utd told Delap price; Wirtz to Man City

The window might be closed, but major deals are being lined up for the summer

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3 h. ago SAG Awards 2025 sees Demi Moore break down in tears during emotional speech

Demi Moore was named Best Actress at the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Awards and fought back tears as she accepted her prize and told her peers they had been her "greatest teachers"

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4 h. ago 2025 SAG Awards WINNERS: Demi Moore triumphs as Timothee Chalamet has shock win but Conclave takes top honor

Demi Moore, 62, cemented her comeback status when she won the award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role on Sunday at the 31st Screen Actors Guild Awards.  

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4 h. ago They told her women shouldn’t box. Now she’s Ghana’s first female world champion

When Abigail Kwartekaa Quartey decided as a teenager to become a professional boxer, her family begged her to stop training

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6 h. ago Scots jail chiefs 'turn a blind eye to drugs', new report claims

One remand prisoner told researchers: "There's a tacit approval of drug taking and drug dealing in SPS jails."

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6 h. ago 2025 SAG Awards WINNERS: Demi Moore triumphs as Timothee Chalamet has upset win but Conclave takes top honor

Demi Moore, 62, cemented her comeback status when she won the award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role on Sunday at the 31st Screen Actors Guild Awards.  

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6 h. ago Waspi campaigners threaten legal action over 'gaslighting' by Government

A watchdog recommended that compensation be paid to women born in the 1950s whose state pension age was raised to be equal with men

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6 h. ago ‘No more excuses’: Europe under pressure on defence spending three years after Russian invasion

Continent is being told to take more responsibility for its own defence in light of US president’s overtures to PutinA few days after Vladimir Putin sent Russia’s invading forces into Ukraine in February 2022, the EU’s then foreign policy chief, Josep Borrell, asked his staff for an urgent military aid plan. They came up with €50m (£41.4m) to help Ukraine.“And I said: ‘Are you crazy? We are talking about a war,’” Borrell recounted in late 2024, shortly before standing down. “Do you know what does it mean, a war? Put three zeros behind! And then we started taking things seriously.” Continue reading...

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