54 h. ago Lack of parks in part of Swansea 'a disgrace' but things are set to change

A councillor claimed money had been set aside for new parks years ago, but nothing had happened. Now it seems things are finally moving

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59 h. ago Badenoch claims ECHR being used ‘to attack democratic decisions’ – UK politics live

Tory leader says rulings by European court of human rights are ‘damaging our security and prosperity’As Jessica Elgot and Amelia Gentleman report, Downing Street is exploring new proposals for a digital ID card to crack down on illegal migration, rogue landlords and exploitative work, set out in a policy paper authored by a centre-left thinktank.Steve Reed, the environment secretary, was the government voice on the media this morning and he confirmed that the government is interested in this idea. He told Times Radio:It’s absolutely something that we are looking at, and that we should be looking at.We know we need to look at all the actions we can take to stop the levels of illegal migration that we were seeing particularly under the last government. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Save £100 off the Amazon Hair Dryer Ionic and get salon quality results at home

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5 d. ago You can oppose Israel’s policies without killing Jewish people | Jo

The majority of US Jews overwhelmingly oppose Netanyahu’s policies. But subtleties get lost and truly unleashed people reactIt happened again. The third time this year that Jewish people were attacked with murderous intent in a major US city under the guise of the assailant caring about the plight of the Palestinians in Gaza. It’s the second time that fires were set. The first happened when an attacker – a US citizen – broke into the official residence of Pennsylvania’s governor in Harrisburg, on the evening of Passover and set fire to the residence. The only thing that saved governor Josh Shapiro and his family was a quick response from security guards, leaving only some Passover Haggadahs, the text that charts Jewish hopes for freedom and liberation from one generation to the next, to burn on the tables still set from dinner.About two weeks ago, there was the murder of two innocent Jewish Israeli embassy workers who were attending an event hosted by the The American Jewish Committ...

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6 d. ago French Open: Bublik v Draper, Djokovic beats Norrie, Boisson stuns Pegula – live

World No 361 Boisson shocks Pegula in thrillerEmail Niall with your thoughts on the actionMagical stuff from Andreeva here, somehow chasing down a Kasatkina drop shot and sending a perfect lob beyond her opponent. That’s earned her a break in the opening game of the second set, and she’s threatening to run away with this now.On Chatrier, Alexandrova is making a better go of things in the second set, getting on the board with her first service holds. She leads 2-1, still on serve. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago French Open: Norrie v Djokovic, Bublik v Draper, Boisson stuns Pegula – live

World No 361 Boisson shocks Pegula in thrillerEmail Niall with your thoughts on the actionMagical stuff from Andreeva here, somehow chasing down a Kasatkina drop shot and sending a perfect lob beyond her opponent. That’s earned her a break in the opening game of the second set, and she’s threatening to run away with this now.On Chatrier, Alexandrova is making a better go of things in the second set, getting on the board with her first service holds. She leads 2-1, still on serve. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago French Open: Norrie v Djokovic, world No 361 Boisson stuns Pegula, Gauff through – live

Coco Gauff and Mirra Andreeva advance to last eightEmail Yara with your thoughts on the actionMagical stuff from Andreeva here, somehow chasing down a Kasatkina drop shot and sending a perfect lob beyond her opponent. That’s earned her a break in the opening game of the second set, and she’s threatening to run away with this now.On Chatrier, Alexandrova is making a better go of things in the second set, getting on the board with her first service holds. She leads 2-1, still on serve. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago French Open: Pegula and Keys in action, Zverev wins, Norrie v Djokovic to come – live

Coco Gauff and Mirra Andreeva advance to last eightEmail Niall with your thoughts on the actionMagical stuff from Andreeva here, somehow chasing down a Kasatkina drop shot and sending a perfect lob beyond her opponent. That’s earned her a break in the opening game of the second set, and she’s threatening to run away with this now.On Chatrier, Alexandrova is making a better go of things in the second set, getting on the board with her first service holds. She leads 2-1, still on serve. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago French Open: Zverev and Pegula in action, Gauff wins, Norrie v Djokovic to come – live

Fourth-round matches continue at Roland GarrosEmail Niall with your thoughts on the actionMagical stuff from Andreeva here, somehow chasing down a Kasatkina drop shot and sending a perfect lob beyond her opponent. That’s earned her a break in the opening game of the second set, and she’s threatening to run away with this now.On Chatrier, Alexandrova is making a better go of things in the second set, getting on the board with her first service holds. She leads 2-1, still on serve. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago What 18 elite golf stars think of Oakmont as brutal 125th US Open venue set to be nastier than ever

Commentary past and present offers insight into brutal test of the 125th US Open

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1 week ago Aftertaste by Daria Lavelle review – what exactly is ‘clairgustance’?

A chef can taste the favourite foods of the departed, in this debut mash-up of satire, ghost story and slushy romanceReading Aftertaste, I found myself wondering how readers visualised novels before the age of cinema. Now we all have a set of preformed mental images of things we might never have seen – or won’t ever see – in real life, from plane crashes to zombie apocalypses. Sometimes, a novel comes along with a climactic scene that’s so exact a fit for a particular movie’s aesthetic (Ghostbusters, in this case: we’re talking angry spooks! SFX! Manhattan!) that it’s practically an extension of the franchise. Daria Lavelle’s debut is an amalgamation of hypermodern satire, slushy romance and savvy cultural allusion that is as vigorously brought together as its lead character’s recipes.Konstantin “Kostya” Duhovny has been plagued since childhood with a strange affliction. Tastes he has never experienced invade his mouth. He seems to be having other people’s food memori...

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1 week ago World’s poorest nations facing ‘tidal wave’ of debt repayments to China, report warns

Debt service flows to Beijing, already at a historic high, are set to remain elevated for the rest of this decade, think tank says

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2 w. ago 'My new Hoover vacuum is £190 cheaper than Dyson with feature I can't live without'

The Hoover HF9 Cordless Vacuum Cleaner With Anti Hair Wrap is more than half price, beating rival deals from Amazon and Shark

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2 w. ago ‘Football is not complicated’: Andoni Iraola on Bournemouth, birdsong and playing better

The travel-loving manager is staying put for now on the south coast after a record-breaking season – ‘I’m going to enjoy the years ahead of me’At Bournemouth’s uber-cool Canford Magna training base, a 57-acre site on a former golf course, Andoni Iraola is surrounded by bells and whistles. There is a hydrotherapy pool and an altitude chamber. “For me, those are like the extras,” says a manager used to getting his hands dirty from his days at AEK Larnaca in Cyprus and Mirandés in northern Spain.“I come from clubs where everybody has to do their job – and something else. I’ve needed to cut videos, make things, set up; we didn’t have goals with wheels so four of us would move them.” At Rayo Vallecano, even after promotion to La Liga, he explains how they happily made do with “training on one pitch and a third”. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Does the Silk'n IPL device that removes hair in 7 weeks work better than £1k in

Shopping Writer Meghan has been using this Silk'n IPL device for the last ten weeks to see if it's worth the steep price tag, to see if it works better than in-clinic hair removal treatments for £1000 less

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3 w. ago Arne Slot eyes ‘extra weapons’ for Liverpool in transfers and tactical tweaks

Manager bemoans time-wasting tactics of opponentsLeague champions visit Brighton on MondayLiverpool will try to add “extra weapons” this summer to take the Premier League champions to the next level, Arne Slot has said. In addition to plans to strengthen the squad via the transfer market, the head coach is plotting tactical tweaks to keep the team evolving.The players were given four days off after the home draw with Arsenal but return to action on Monday night at Brighton. With top spot secured, thinking has turned to recruitment and Liverpool are set to invest this summer. Slot has been holding meetings with the sporting director, Richard Hughes, over plans to strengthen in certain areas. The Bayer Leverkusen defender Jeremie Frimpong is a key target and the club are set to trigger his €35m (£29.5m) release clause. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Erling Haaland makes feelings clear on 'ridiculous' problem about to hit Man City

Manchester City have endured a very difficult season having passed their Premier League title to Liverpool and things could be set to get worse for them with a huge issue on the horizon

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3 w. ago 'Volumising' shampoo, conditioner and serum set for thinning hair has £23 price drop

Champo's Pitta Volumising Travel System is a targeted routine for fine or thinning hair, and it's perfect to pack for a holiday

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3 w. ago Jamie Lee Curtis reveals she had plastic surgery at 25 after comment on set: ‘It was not a good thing’

Oscar-winner says that a cinematographer remarking on her ‘baggy’ eyes led to a procedure that she regrettedJamie Lee Curtis has revealed that she had plastic surgery at the age of 25 because of a comment made to her on the set of a movie.In a 60 Minutes interview, the Oscar-winning actor said that a cinematographer wouldn’t film her one day because, he said, “her eyes are baggy”. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Deaf President Now! review – stirring record of student protest

Documentary follows the 1988 anti-audism revolt in the US after the world’s first deaf university appointed a hearing person to head it‘It’s awfully difficult to talk above this loud noise,” says the chair of the board of trustees at a liberal arts university. It’s the late 1980s, protesting students have shut down the campus and now, midway through a tense meeting, someone has set off the fire alarm. But here’s the thing, Gallaudet University in Washington DC is the world’s first deaf university. The students can have a conversation just fine with the alarms blaring – in sign language. But trustee chair Jane Bassett Spilman does not sign. In fact, she appears to be completely ignorant about deaf culture – and, dressed like a Margaret Thatcher lookalike, all handbags and helmet hair, she is the easy-to-loathe villain of this fascinating documentary.Co-directed by actor and deaf activist Nyle DiMarco with Davis Guggenheim, this is the story of an eight-day student protest at Gallaude...

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