16 h. ago Five ways to beat the heat as Brits experience 'hottest day of year so far'

Today marks the hottest day of the year so far as Brits will be sizzling in 22C heat. But, what should you do to try and 'beat the heat'? Well some experts have given their advice

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33 h. ago UK weather: Parts of Britain 'to be hotter than the Algarve' in April mini heatwave

Weather maps are turning red as a mini heatwave is due to hit the country on Friday, bringing sunshine and temperatures reaching a sweltering 23C in some parts of the country

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37 h. ago UK to sizzle in 22C heatwave as country gears up for first BBQ boom of 2025

With temperatures set to hit 22C this weekend, making the UK hotter than the Algarve, Brits are naturally gearing up for a big BBQ bonanza, with more than a million burgers and sausages set to be bought

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7 d. ago UK weather: Mini heatwave forecast as NINE day blast hits every inch of country

People can look forward to warming temperatures as weather maps suggest next month will begin with several days of heat in a row, with the mercury rising above 20C

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8 d. ago UK weather: Mini heatwave maps show date temperatures will peak in every county

Temperatures are set to soar across the UK in the coming days as advanced weather modelling maps suggest a mini-heatwave is on the cards, impacting every inch of the country

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9 d. ago Boom boom culture: fashion’s flashy, sleazy and sudden vibe shift

Trump is back in office, shame is seemingly out and greed is in – with conspicuous consumerism on the catwalks and beyond. Look around and you could be back in 1987 ...The first time I heard the phrase “boom boom” was at a fashion show in January: Prada in Milan. While I sat waiting for something incredibly tasteful to appear on the catwalk, out marched a bare-chested model with a pashmina-sized fur draped over his shoulders. Then came another, and another, and then one more in a huge fur hood. The fur was shearling – skin from a recently shorn sheep or lamb; usually, as in Prada’s case, a byproduct of the meat industry, so marginally less problematic – but still. You see some strange things on catwalks these days, but “fur” isn’t usually one of them.Except it didn’t stop there. Later, there was “fur” at Emporio Armani and yeti coats at Dolce & Gabbana. By the time the womenswear shows had finished in March, “fur” (mostly fake, occasionally real) had appeared in a...

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3 w. ago Are you fur real? Gone is the social stigma around wearing animal skins | Ellie Violet Bramley

From gen Z’s interest in ‘natural’ materials to the darker ‘boom boom’ aesthetic of the Trump era, the trend wheel has turned back to peltsI’ll admit it, Carrie Bradshaw in aviators and a fur coat, smoking and drinking beer while watching baseball, spoke to me. It was season two of Sex and the City, 1999. She was bruised from a recently ended relationship but on the brink of dating “the new Yankee” and I was a teenager, probably home from playing racketball and on the brink of Quorn sausages for dinner.While it wasn’t the whole equation, the fur coat was certainly part of it. The way she could shrink into it and appear nonchalantly, breezily beautiful despite unwashed hair and an aching heart. I’m not proud, but I was young, and this to me then looked like something I wanted a piece of.Ellie Violet Bramley is the Guardian’s acting fashion and lifestyle editor Continue reading...

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4 w. ago A growing appetite for jellyfish promised a boom for fishers in Honduras. But then the storms came

A decade after Chinese investment, La Mosquitia’s processing plant is sitting idle and jobs have been lost as the climate crisis takes its tollIn 2014, Chinese investors visited La Mosquitia, a remote region in eastern Honduras. Amazed by the abundant jellyfish, they eagerly installed a processing plant to export the product to China, where they are served as a delicacy.Encouraged by the new investments, local communities adopted jellyfish fishing, which quickly became a critical source of income. The trade provided economic benefits in an area with few jobs, increasing local incomes and building community resilience, despite concerns that large-scale jellyfish fishing can disturb marine ecosystems by disrupting food chains. Continue reading...

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