98 m. ago Quiet reverence and a ripple of applause for ‘the people’s pope’

Presidents, prime ministers and princes alike gathered for the funeral mass of Pope Francis.

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2 h. ago Eubank Jr vs Benn offer: Bet £10 with William Hill get £60 free bets

Enjoy £60 in free bets with William Hill when you open a new account and bet £10 on any sports market using the code T60 when registering

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3 h. ago Revealed: What the most stereotypical British tourists look like, according to AI... so, do YOU think it's accurate?

Instagram account @reimagineuk asked AI to create videos of the most stereotypical British tourists - with hilarious results.

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5 h. ago Our wine expert reveals the best bank holidays toasts, including a £9 'revolutionary' white wine sold in a aluminium bottle

Charlotte's bank holiday toasts

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5 h. ago Eubank Jr v Benn feels like a mistake – bad TV pretending to be good sport | Barney Ronay

Without their fathers’ surnames there is zero chance the mixmatched catchweight contest would take placeBack in his pomp as an era-defining, generational dog-torturer, the great Russian scientist Ivan Pavlov did an interesting experiment with shapes. This involved showing a dog called Vampire a combination of circles and ovals. Circles meant he was about to be fed. Ovals meant no food and possibly, maybe, at a push, being electrocuted.Before long Vampire was showing the familiar conditioned response, salivating when he saw a circle, shying away from the oval. At which point Pavlov began to show him shapes that were weirdly pitched between the two, not quite an oval, not quite a circle, half a food promise, half something else, until eventually Vampire snapped, yelping and running around in circles, unable to interpret the truth of the thing in front of him. So, top work there everyone. Another dog successfully confused. Continue reading...

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7 h. ago Is filler over? The era of the ‘quiet’ facelift is definitely in

Stealthy, subtle facelifts are on the rise, and it’s not just celebrities who are going under the knife. Katie Rosseinsky explores why younger patients are being drawn to this intense procedure

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7 h. ago Inside boxing’s quiet struggle: Masculinity, mental health and the pressure on Conor Benn

Conor Benn’s grudge match with Chris Eubank Jr will be the pinnacle of his career so far – but arguably his toughest battle to date came outside the ring

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9 h. ago Government bank holiday update with eight more before end of 2025

The government has confirmed when and where the rest of this year's bank holidays will take place, but there are no plans to introduce any extra bank holidays in 2025

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15 h. ago Contender to succeed Jay Powell blames Fed for ‘systematic errors’

Donald Trump ally Kevin Warsh says US central bank failed to contain worst inflationary bout in a generation

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15 h. ago Air fryer expert claims beloved kitchen appliance can 'heighten arousal'

Air fryers have risen to become one of the most coveted kitchen items in recent years, and, according to one expert, it seems there could well be another reason behind their popularity

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16 h. ago Expert warns that your appliances could be making your allergies worse

As hayfever season gets into full swing, an expert has warned that one household appliance could be aggravating your allergies to no end, urging shoppers to do their research before purchasing

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17 h. ago Bank employee claims she was just ‘borrowing’ money from customers when she took more than $240K from accounts: report

The total amount of money stolen is reportedly in excess of $241,900, according to investigators

Economics

20 h. ago Kanye West lasts seven minutes on first Twitch livestream before being banned

Kanye West has shocked fans yet again after being banned from a new social media account soon after he created it and just seven minutes into his very first live stream on it

Events

21 h. ago Sammy Winward's daughter Mia Dunn, 19, leaves little to the imagination as she poses topless in racy snaps

The lookalike daughter of ex-Emmerdale actress, Sammy Winward, and former Blackburn Rovers footballer, David Dunn, captioned the steamy post: 'Open Wide'.

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21 h. ago Stunned resignation and foreboding: a week in Trump’s shadow at IMF

Few policymakers mention US president by name, but his tariffs dominate IMF-World Bank meetingBusiness live – latest updatesKristalina Georgieva’s favourite film, the International Monetary Fund boss told the audience at a packed panel event in Washington on Thursday, is Tom Hanks’s cold war romp Bridge of Spies.In one of the stranger digressions in a frequently strange week, Georgieva recalled the moment when Hanks’s character, a US lawyer, tells the Soviet spy he has been appointed to defend that he will probably be executed. “You don’t seem alarmed,” Hanks says to him; to which the spy – played by Mark Rylance – replies, “Would it help?” Continue reading...

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22 h. ago Bank Holiday changes in 2026 and 2027 with three 'substitute' days

There are another eight bank holidays in the UK in 2025 - but not all of them will fall on the same dates for the next two years. Here's what to expect in 2026 and 2027

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22 h. ago Marks & Spencer suspends online shopping after cyber attack that crippled contactless payments

The high street giant admitted on Tuesday that it was responding to an 'incident' after customers began reporting problems over the busy Easter bank holiday weekend.

Economics

23 h. ago The busy main Swansea road affected by road closure during bank holiday weekend

It comes as a major music festival is held in the city for the first time

Transport

25 h. ago LIV Golf star Lee Westwood reveals why he's 'gone quiet' with Alan Shearer

LIV Golf ace and Nottingham Forest fan Lee Westwood has come clean about the footballing reasons behind his ignoring of Newcastle icon and BBC pundit Alan Shearer

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25 h. ago When are the VE Day celebrations as Charles and Camilla plan tea party for veterans?

Festivities begin on the Monday May 5 bank holiday and street parties and parades are planned in London and across the UK

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