2 h. ago Our wine expert reveals the best bottles to pair with your chocolate this Easter, from just £8

Charlotte's Easter chocolate matches

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2 h. ago Onlookers say they ‘struck gold’ after seeing Ed Sheeran perform at King’s Cross

The singer performed outside the London station to promote his new single Azizam.

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5 h. ago Single sex homeless accommodation is needed in Scotland to keep women safe

Record View says no woman should feel it is better to return to an abusive husband than to stay in a dingy hotel or sleep on the street.

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11 h. ago Beauty fans snap up three Victoria Beckham perfumes for £30 in fragrance set

The perfumes usually retail at £170 for a 50ml bottle making this set a great way to try them

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15 h. ago A single Dacia car got 314 fines adding up to £19k in Manchester city centre last year

It was fined for breaking the rules of one road 138 times alone

Economics

16 h. ago What is Recession Pop? Why fans think the music subgenre is making a comeback

Wondering what “recession pop” is and why people are talking about it with the release of Kesha’s new single? We can explain.

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18 h. ago World’s richest billionaires lost $200bn in single day after Trump’s tariffs rocked markets

Carlos Slim was one of few to see his net worth rise - but Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg and others saw billions wiped off their wealth

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18 h. ago Ed Sheeran surprises fans with gigs from a London bus and outside King's Cross station

The singer has been busy promoting his new single Azizam

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19 h. ago US trade war with China is 'single stupidest thing you’ll ever see’ says expert

Political expert Ian Dunt has issued a scathing attack on Donald Trump after the US President announced a sweeping range of import tariffs on territories around the world

Events

20 h. ago US authors’ copyright lawsuits against OpenAI and Microsoft combined in New York with newspaper actions

California cases over AI trainers’ use of work by writers including Ta-Nehisi Coates and Michael Chabon transferred to consolidate with New York suits from John Grisham and Jonathan Franzen and moreTwelve US copyright cases against OpenAI and Microsoft have been consolidated in New York, despite most of the authors and news outlets suing the companies being opposed to centralisation.A transfer order made by the US judicial panel on multidistrict litigation on Thursday said that centralisation will “allow a single judge to coordinate discovery, streamline pretrial proceedings, and eliminate inconsistent rulings”. Continue reading...

Culture

20 h. ago ‘They didn’t call us for Live Aid’: the stars behind Black Britain’s forgotten charity record

In 1985, a star-studded lineup of Black UK musicians, including Aswad, Dennis Brown and Janet Kay, recorded a charity single to raise funds for famine-stricken Ethiopia. Why are their efforts so little known?The Ethiopian famine of the early 1980s was one of the defining news stories of the decade, an exposure of the stark divide between developed and developing nations, still referred to at the time as the Third World. It is a received wisdom that the general public in Britain learned about the crisis when shocking images of emaciated men, women and children were shown on BBC news reports. This is not entirely true. In fact, plenty of Rastafarians were already aware of the situation.The east African country was their spiritual home – many in the movement viewed its former emperor Haile Selassie as their messiah – and a place free from the iniquities of the west. “A lot of Rastafarians went to Ethiopia [before they] came to London,” says the musician and cam...

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21 h. ago Egypt's demon face 'genie in a bottle' discovered as 'potion' would get you high

Experts have revealed the contents inside an ancient Egyptian bottle which holds an elaborate mixture of hallucinogenic properties... ingesting the liquid would send you loopy

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21 h. ago Enzo Maresca singles out the player who makes Chelsea a "different team"

Chelsea striker Nicolas Jackson returned from two months out with a hamstring strain to lead the Blues forward line in the narrow win against Tottenham at Stamford Brudge

Sport

22 h. ago Concerts in Scotland 2025: The biggest gigs in Scotland this year, from Oasis to Catfish and the Bottlemen

Catfish and the Bottlemen, The Hives and more have recently announced huge shows in Scotland this year.

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22 h. ago Catfish and the Bottlemen Glasgow Green Ticket Presale and Prices: How to see the rockers, The Wombats and The Fratellis

The band will be playing the venue the day before the TRNSMT musical starts.

Economics

23 h. ago M&S fans go wild for new viral pistachio perfume as they race to buy 'stunning' sweet

M&S has managed to get the UK in an even tighter chokehold with the nut, which hails from Persia, thanks to the release of its new pistachio-scented perfume.

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26 h. ago RIP hoop earrings – fun, quirky, colourful styles are the way to go now | Jess Cartner

Minimalist modern is giving way to a more individualistic, vintage-inspired look. Time to layer bead-style necklaces and add some colourJermaine Stewart was right, you know. We don’t have to take our clothes off to have a good time. I’m talking about fashion, naturally. If you want to tap into the most fun update happening in style right now, you can do so without changing a single item of clothing. Because the party is happening in your jewellery box, not your wardrobe.Fun jewellery is back, and I am thrilled. I love a hoop earring as much as anyone, but I think it is time to admit to ourselves that the hoop has got a little tired at this point. For several months last year, the biggest thing that was happening in earrings was that the precise shape of the hoop had changed a tiny bit. Instead of being shaped like car tyres, they had a melted quality, heavier at the bottom. Before that, they had shrunk slightly, into huggie hoops that tightly clasped the lobes. T...

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26 h. ago Premier League Darts: Stephen Bunting breaks duck with Berlin win after Luke Littler falls to early exit

Bunting had not won a single match in the first eight weeks of the Premier League

Politics

28 h. ago 'I bottled it during wild Mexican swingers holiday and now my girlfriend hates me'

JUST JANE: One Daily Star reader has reached out to agony aunt Jane O'Gorman for advice. He went on a swingers holiday with his girlfriend but couldn't go through with it

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29 h. ago ‘This weird dream just keeps going!’ Wet Leg on overnight success, sexual epiphanies and facing fears

The UK indie-rockers won two Grammys for their debut album. Ahead of their second, they explain how they protected one another amid sudden fame – and how queer love and Davina McCall inspired themWet Leg’s Rhian Teasdale looks like a pop star from a different era. She walks into a bar in east London wearing a giant, floor-length pale-pink padded coat. She has bleached eyebrows, dip-dyed hair, drawn-on freckles and jewels stuck to her nails and teeth. For a moment, Top of the Pops could be on primetime TV and a copy of Smash Hits in my bag. But then Wet Leg’s story always did feel anachronistic. In 2021, they managed what indie bands don’t often manage any more and became an overnight success. That June, they released their first single, Chaise Longue, a deadpan, perfectly simple and cheerfully daft megahit; they conquered the US and Japan, toured arenas and topped the album charts with their scathing, self-titled debut, scoring two Brit awards and two Grammys.They were still touring...

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