1 hour ago DWP urged to review Winter Fuel Payment eligibility for Brits who miss out

Millions of Brits are due to receive the Winter Fuel Payment soon but there are two qualifying weeks to know about and not every eligible pensioner will automatically receive the support

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1 hour ago How Channel 4's Gogglebox is really filmed as five new families join series

Gogglebox is back for a new series on Channel 4 and here we've delved into how exactly the hit TV show is filmed

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2 h. ago Ganavya: Daughter of a Temple at the Barbican review — moved people to tears

The California-based singer’s biggest headline show to date included a reading from Ted Lasso’s Sarah Niles

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2 h. ago Experts warn of hidden danger in soft drinks millions enjoy every day

Commonly-used sweeteners including aspartame, found in drinks like Diet Coke and Sprite as sugar alternatives, have long been linked to certain cancers and heart issues.

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2 h. ago PALACE CONFIDENTIAL: How Prince Harry, like Meghan Markle, has become a 'toxic' brand and why he might have to step down from the Invictus Games

Prince Harry founded the Invictus Games Foundation in 2014 with the help of the Ministry of Defence and the Royal Foundation of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge.

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3 h. ago Netflix’s Monster: The Ed Gein Story from release date to cast and more

Netflix's new limited series Monster: The Ed Gein Story will delve into the mind of the killer

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3 h. ago Whoopi Goldberg: Live review – like reading a boomer relative’s Facebook

Hammersmith Apollo, LondonThe Egot-winning actor presents semi-formed thoughts on things from ageing to AI in an undemanding showBeginning an evening of amiable waffling, Whoopi Goldberg announces that she isn’t about to discuss all the terrible things happening in the world. From an audience not too shy to heckle (albeit mostly with variations on “We love you!”) comes an unsolicited plea to engage with one such inflammatory topic: the current US president. Goldberg doesn’t flinch. “It’s worse than that,” she says. “I’m turning 70.”So begins an undemanding set which often plays like a Grumpy Old Women spin-off and echoes the title of Goldberg’s 2010 book Is It Just Me? Or Is It Nuts Out There? The Egot-winning actor, host of The View and great-grandmother dispenses semi-formed thoughts on everything from ageing and AI (“Fuck Alexa”) to misbehaving children (she once threatened to eat one). She is sharp on the discomfort of being attracted to “some kid” of 60, her worry being that sh...

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3 h. ago Coronation Street fans 'figure out' Becky truth and she's 'not alive'

Fans of the ITV soap have been pulled in all kinds of directions over what really happened to Lisa Swain's late wife, Becky

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4 h. ago Hidden gem Welsh town could be 'straight out of Bavarian hills' with amazing attraction

Hiding in the hills of North Wales is this quaint town, hiding one of the UK's breath-taking sights, perfect for a weekend getaway

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4 h. ago Man City told Gianluigi Donnarumma truth after shock transfer

Gianluigi Donnarumma signed for Manchester City this week and there has been plenty of debate about whether he has what it takes to play in goal for Pep Guardiola.

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4 h. ago BBC Bargain Hunt secrets revealed from 'hidden rules' to whether contestants keep the iconic fleece

The BBC show has been a hit with viewers for years and many fans will be wondering what it's really like to don the blue or red fleece and take part in the daytime show

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5 h. ago Truth about shocking England rugby incident emerges after investigation

World Rugby confirmed this summer that there had been racial slurs shouted at England players but the perpetrators could not be identified

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5 h. ago Sacred Lodge: Ambam review | Safi Bugel's experimental album of the month

(Avon Terror Corps)Matthieu Ruben N’Dongo amps up the intensity on a second album that makes an uncanny atmosphere out of swarming electronics, grisly vocals and polyrhythmic percussionSacred Lodge is the side project of Paris-based producer and sound artist Matthieu Ruben N’Dongo. Rooted in his ethnomusicological research, which explores the role of music in ritual contexts and his own Equatoguinean heritage, the results are unsettling but compelling, characterised by heady percussion and swarming electronics. But while his 2019 debut Hijos Del Sol was made up of murky downtempo instrumentals, N’Dongo’s follow-up amps up the intensity almost beyond recognition, with a collection of sludgy, abrasive tracks.One of the starkest differences is the use of vocals, which have previously only featured as echoey background textures. On Ambam, N’Dongo makes full use of his voice. Inspired by the tradition of field hollers and ritual chants (specifically of the Fang people, from which his fat...

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6 h. ago Daniel Levy's huge net worth, marriage to former personal assistant, Tottenham statement

Daniel Levy has stepped down as chairman of Spurs, sending shockwaves through football, but how much do fans really know about the man who steered Tottenham for 25 years?

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6 h. ago Nielsen: Clarinet Concerto; Helios; Symphony No 5 album review – suavity and elegance from Gardner’s Bergen Phil

(Chandos)The teeming textures of Nielsen’s 5th symphony are controlled with care and refinement by Edward Gardner, with the Bergen Philharmonic – and soloist Alessandro Carbonare – outstandingEdward Gardner’s nine years as principal conductor of the Bergen Philharmonic came to an end in July 2024, but their recording projects together continue to appear. This is the third instalment of Gardner’s Nielsen series with the orchestra, after previous discs featuring the third and fourth symphonies. Like its predecessors, the latest release pairs a symphony with one of Nielsen’s concertos, in this case the Fifth Symphony, completed in 1922, with the work for clarinet composed six years later.Both works, as well as the early Helios Overture, receive outstanding performances from the Bergen players, and Gardner controls the teeming textures of the symphony with great refinement. Perhaps there’s just a little too much control towards the close of the magnificent opening movement, when the sna...

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7 h. ago Domination by Alice Roberts review – a brilliant but cynical history of Christianity

The humanist historian brings objects to life beautifully, but falters when it comes to people and their beliefsDomination tells the story of how a tiny local cult became one of the greatest cultural and political forces in history. Alice Roberts puts the case that the Roman empire lived on in a different form in the church.It is not an original idea – after all the foundation prayer of Christianity says “thy Kingdom come” – but Roberts tells the story from the point of view of individual parishes and even buildings. It’s a revelation, like watching those stop-motion films of how a plant grows and blooms. There’s a section about how a Roman villa might transform into a parish, the long barn providing the footprint, the web of relationships providing the social connection, the very tiles and columns providing the building materials. I can’t think of anyone who writes better about the way objects can speak to us. There’s a passage here describing her joy on grasping wha...

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7 h. ago Nature has a remarkable way of recovering from human catastrophe

We might picture nature as being better off without us. On the ground the story is more murky• Don’t get Down to Earth delivered to your inbox? Sign up here to get the newsletter in fullIf I ask you to conjure up a vision of “nature”, what comes to you? For most of us, I think our minds go to the pristine. Untouched rainforests, vast savanna grasslands, deep thickets, inaccessible mountains. Somewhere remote, somewhere uncontaminated, somewhere free of the touch of humans.But those visions only represent a tiny fragment of the world’s biomes. The vast majority of the natural world – including more than 90% of temperate forest – has now been occupied by humans for thousands of years. We’ve radically reshaped nature with our presence, often in catastrophic ways.In Ukraine’s bombed out reservoir a huge forest has grown – is it a return to life or a toxic timebomb?‘Landmines have become the greatest protectors’: how wildlife is thriving in the Korean DMZ Continue reading...

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7 h. ago US Open live: Anisimova defeats Osaka in thriller as Sabalenka awaits in final

Anisimova has returned to a grand slam final at the first opportunity after her 6-0 6-0 defeat at Wimbledon eight weeks ago

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8 h. ago Josh Barrie On the Sauce at Waltz: Tokyo mood isn’t lost in translation

Josh Barrie drops into this moody hotel-style bar for a Japanese whisky — and a little Coppola fantasy

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8 h. ago Big Thief: Double Infinity review – Band’s latest work is another instant classic

Despite the departure of their longtime bassist, the indie band manage to find positive answers to their intelligently posed questions

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