60 m. ago Pets at Home announces ban across Scottish stores for key reason

The popular shop has made the decision ahead of the upcoming Easter break in a bid to stop 'impulsive' purchases

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62 m. ago Walnuts for breakfast could improve brain function throughout the day, study suggests

Walnuts are rich in fatty acids and polyphenols which may inmprove how the brain performs

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67 m. ago Tourists warned over £2k fine risk at popular European beach holiday destination

Tourists could face an unusual fine at a top European holiday destination this Easter. Officials in Cinque Terre in Italy have introduced several strict measures to control overtourism.

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68 m. ago Helen Flanagan selling family home is second blow after she had to kick new man out

Mum-of-three, Helen Flanagan, has admitted she's being forced to sell her family home shortly after revealing her boyfriend, Robbie Talbot, had moved out of the plush property

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73 m. ago At home Easter craft ideas that promise to keep your little ones entertained on a budget

Having fun during the Easter holidays doesn't have to be expensive.

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73 m. ago My parents were forced into a care home after a bogus workman left a gaping hole in their ceiling

Paul McArdle, 52, hired worker William Watt to fix a hole in his parents' roof. But after completing just half a job, the bogus worker never returned to finish the repair and instead kept the cash.

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78 m. ago Firebombed Daniel crime clan family homes captured in shocking images as turf war rages on

The latest attacks come amid an escalating gang war in Scotland's two largest cities.

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78 m. ago Pets at Home announces nationwide ban at all 460 UK stores this weekend

The temporary ban will prevent people from buying or adopting rabbits from shops in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland in order to stop hasty Easter decision-making

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84 m. ago A Place In The Sun host Lucy Alexander's vow for soap star daughter and Chelsea FC footballer son

Former Homes Under The Hammer star Lucy Alexander, who is now a host on A Place In The Sun, has a famous husband and children

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86 m. ago Home Alone 2 director says he fears he will be deported if he cuts Trump cameo

Chris Columbus calls cameo ‘an albatross’ but worries he’d ‘have to go back to Italy or something’Film-maker Chris Columbus says he has come to regard Donald Trump’s cameo in his movie Home Alone 2: Lost in New York as “an albatross” that he wishes to remove.But, Columbus added, he fears the president’s administration would deport him if he followed through with nixing the scene from more than 30 years ago. Continue reading...

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86 m. ago ‘The grief takes your breath away’: how death transformed a loving family – and shaped a remarkable film

Nik and Maria Payne were raising their ‘wild and free’ children in the Norwegian countryside when cancer turned their lives upside down. The reluctant stars of A New Kind of Wilderness talk about a world without MariaPeace hangs over a farm in rural Norway. The last of the melting snow lingers in hummocks and bikes are strewn outside the Payne family’s small rented cottage. Nik Payne materialises from behind the barn where he has been feeding the cows. One of his three children, Falk, 12, is lying on the sofa with a fever and a Biggles novel; later, Freja, 15, and Ulv, nine (known as Wolf or Wolfie), return from school. Their home is as warm and chaotic as any family’s – boots and coats strewn in the hallway, a fridge covered in photos, shelves of books – but with a few differences: there is no television and behind the living room door is an unobtrusive, very personal shrine.The Paynes find themselves the reluctant stars of a film, A New Kind of Wilderness, which has won awards at ...

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88 m. ago Housekeeper denies stealing jewellery from Princess of Jordan's London home

The Princess of Jordan says her jewellery was stolen when she left London in the pandemic

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1 hour ago UK government under fire from SNP for 'devastating' cut to refugee child benefits

The UK government has cut child benefits for refugee families, in a move branded “worrying” by the SNP.

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2 h. ago Trump lashes out at Zelenskyy as Witkoff signals Putin’s wider security demands – Europe live

US president questions Ukraine counterpart’s competency as his envoy outlines ‘detail attached’ to any peace dealDavid Shimer, the former director for eastern Europe and Ukraine on Joe Biden’s national security council, writes for the Guardian today, asking “two key questions for Ukraine’s European allies” as he worries about the US military aid ceasing soon.The war between Russia and Ukraine is approaching a historic turning point: unless the Trump administration adjusts course, US military aid for Ukraine is about to cease.Since taking office, Trump has not approved a single military aid package for Ukraine. Even if Trump were to reverse course and utilize this remaining drawdown authority, the amount available is insufficient to sustain US support for Ukraine over time. To do that, Congress would need to approve additional Ukraine funding, which will not happen while the Republican party controls both chambers and the White House. As a result, the era of US military aid to Ukrain...

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2 h. ago Tragic Gene Hackman update as mansion was 'breeding ground' for deadly virus

Gene Hackman and his wife Betsy Arakawa were found dead in their New Mexico home in February, with Arakawa dying from hantavirus pulmonary syndrome days before her husband passed

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2 h. ago Repel wasps with one smell they hate that will keep them out of your home

Having a wasp nest in or around your home can be a nightmare, but there's a cheap and easy way to keep them at bay that doesn't involve harsh chemicals.

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2 h. ago Urgent appeal issued to find missing teenage girl last seen carrying two large bags

Olivia is missing from home

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2 h. ago Helen Flanagan's devastation as she's forced to sell 'forever home' after 'losing all her money'

Helen Flanagan has shared that she's preparing to move house and 'downsize', with the former Coronation Street star set to leave her mansion in Bolton after living there for four years

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2 h. ago Chosen Family review – fluid directing by Heather Graham ballasts enjoyable romcom

Graham denounces her toxic family and begins a new relationship, before discovering her beau’s preteen daughter to be a tiny psychopath in a tutuFor younger readers not well versed in last-century cinema, Heather Graham was one of the hottest ingenues in Hollywood throughout the 1990s; her greatest performance was arguably as Rollergirl in Paul Thomas Anderson’s Boogie Nights. Recently, she’s taken up writer-director duties (she made her debut in 2018 with a comedy called Half Magic) while continuing to star as well, and this sophomore effort impresses with its mildly acidic observations of contemporary mores. There aren’t exactly belly laughs in this tale of single yoga instructor Ann (Graham), but quite a few of zingers and bits that stick the landing nicely thanks to fluent direction and good comic timing from Graham and her excellent supporting cast, which is filled out by cracking actors who might not often be given as much spotlight as they get here.That’s entirely fitting giv...

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2 h. ago AD FEATURE: Respite care offers peace of mind for you and your loved ones

Forefaulds Care Home near Glasgow provides a number of options giving carers the flexibility to take some time to recharge, while loved ones receive a break of their own

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