5 h. ago Keeping Up Appearances cast now from divorce, Damehood and cancer tragedy

Keeping Up Appearances was a global smash, with 992 channels in other countries buying the comedy, which was watched everywhere from the US to Australia.

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7 d. ago Climate change scepticism is rising. Will Starmer hold firm or buckle?

Attacks from Donald Trump and Reform UK – plus a cost of living crisis – have created a politically tricky conundrumWhat are the critical environmental decisions piling up in Labour’s inbox?This week, the world’s most powerful man claimed that climate change is a “con job”. Speaking at the UN general assembly, Donald Trump told global leaders – including Keir Starmer – that “all of these predictions made by the United Nations and many others, often for bad reasons, were wrong”.“They were made by stupid people that have cost their countries fortunes and given those same countries no chance for success,” the US president said. “If you don’t get away from this green scam, your country is going to fail.” Continue reading...

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7 d. ago High street heroes: how the humble charity shop is shifting clothes by getting creative

From fashion shows to secondhand socials, charity shops are now hubs of innovation when it comes to fashion waste – and even celebrities are jumping onboardThis was not your usual fashion show. First, I’ve rarely seen a more exuberant bunch of models – all unpaid volunteers living their best lives. Second, everything was secondhand, from a charity shop called Second Life in East Sussex. And third, half of it was sold that day, even the damaged pieces. Second Life’s annual fashion show, held over the summer, is just one of the creative ways the shop keeps its harder-to-sell clothing out of incinerators, landfill and developing countries’ illegal dumps.This “buy direct from the catwalk” concept is something charities are increasingly adopting. At London fashion week this month, Oxfam’s show, styled by thrift queen Bay Garnett, saw pop star Sam Ryder, activist Katie Piper and costume designer Sandy Powell take to the catwalk in preloved boiler suits, capes and wedding dresses, which we...

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9 d. ago Trump bashes ‘con job’ climate change during his UN speech and says ‘stupid people’ have cost countries by buying in

‘If you don’t get away from this green scam, your country is going to fail,’ he warned the UN General Assembly

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1 week ago Trump humiliates Starmer in UN speech as he slams UK's Net Zero push for windmills and solar panels

Donald Trump used a rambling speech at the UN to brand climate change 'the greatest con job ever'.

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2 w. ago Trump says he is ready for major sanctions on Moscow – when Nato gives up Russian oil

US president says he believes Russia-Ukraine war would end if all Nato countries stopped ‘shocking’ buying of oil from Moscow

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2 w. ago Donald Trump makes major threat to Russia as WW3 fears escalate

The US President said he is ready to impose "major sanctions" on Moscow if countries across NATO stopped buying Russian oil

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2 w. ago Donald Trump threatens to 'go' on Russia as he demands NATO 'do as I say'

The US President said he is ready to impose "major sanctions" on Moscow if countries across NATO stopped buying Russian oil

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3 w. ago Ukraine war briefing: Trump says ready for more Russia sanctions

US treasury secretary foreshadows oil tariffs in cooperation with Europe; Alaska meeting gave Putin the publicity he wanted, says Zelenskyy. What we know on day 1,293Asked by a reporter at the White House on Sunday if he was ready to move to “the second phase” of sanctions targeting Russia, Donald Trump responded: “Yeah, I am.” The US president stopped short of saying he was committed to such a decision or what a second phase might entail. The White House did not immediately respond to an email on Sunday asking what steps Trump was contemplating. Trump said on Sunday night that “certain European leaders are coming over to our country on Monday or Tuesday individually” and he would also speak to Vladimir Putin soon.The US treasury secretary, Scott Bessent, said on Sunday that the US and the EU could put “secondary tariffs on the countries that buy Russian oil”, pushing the Russian economy to the brink of collapse and bringing Vladimir Putin to the negotiating table. China is a major ...

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