21 h. ago 'Was born, lived, told a few jokes, knackered a few bras in the tumble dryer, died': Victoria Wood was a master of her art... but was tormented by feelings of inadequacy

Life, as Victoria Wood remarked, is not fair: 'Some of us drink champagne in the fast lane, and some of us eat our sandwiches by the loose chippings on the A597.'

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57 h. ago Tesco product dries clothes 'for around 3p' without tumble dryer

Tesco has slashed the price of the gadget

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4 d. ago ‘I’d never told the same joke twice!’: the explosive rise of Ayoade Bamgboye, Edinburgh’s best new comedian

The Londoner from Lagos wowed the fringe with a show about language, family and cross-cultural identity. She talks about dread, dreams and her bid for ‘controlled chaos’Before her first Edinburgh fringe run last summer, Ayoade Bamgboye put a question to her comedy friends: “How do you debut?” She recalls their advice: “You introduce yourself, and there’s a point of view. There should also be a narrative arc. And you need to establish who you are as a comedian.” This was a lot to hear. “It filled me with dread,” says the 31-year-old. “There’s this recurring thought that you can only debut once. If it falls flat, then you’re just a shit debutante, forever.”Reader, Bamgboye avoided this fate, and then some. A fringe first-timer with a very slender comedy CV behind her, the Londoner-via-Lagos arrived at the festival with a fresh-minted show, Swings and Roundabouts, and left clutching the prestigious best newcomer award, as formerly won by Harry Hill, Sarah Millican and Tim Minchin. (She...

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5 d. ago Emmerdale reveals how Victoria killed John Sugden as two more exits sealed

Emmerdale's latest episode confirmed who killed John Sugden and how he died, as his sister Victoria Sugden dropped a bombshell confession, teasing two more exits

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5 d. ago Greta Thunberg came to stay – and my kid may have inadvertently helped her get arrested | Arwa Mahdawi

The activist had held a sign written with my daughter’s crayon. Try explaining that to a four-year-oldIt was 6am. London. A few days before Christmas. My four-year-old is singing at the top of her lungs and charging around my parents’ house on a hunt for the perfect crayon. There is nothing particularly unusual about this scene except for the fact that the crayon in question was for Greta Thunberg. The world’s most well-known activist needed a writing tool and my daughter, O, was on the case. (Remember this crayon: it’s going to be important later on.)O, I should note, had absolutely no idea who Greta was. We’re not longtime chums or anything like that. Rather Greta was in London to support the Palestine Action-linked hunger strikers. She needed somewhere to stay and my dad, who is a Palestinian refugee, and appreciative of anyone speaking up about the place where he was born but can’t return to live in, keeps an open house for activists who need a bed or a meal. When the visit had ...

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5 d. ago Emmerdale serial killer shot dead ‘by his own sister’ in explosive Corriedale

Emmerdale serial killer John Sugden was shot dead as the ITV soap joined forces with Coronation Street in the explosive first-ever Corriedale episode.

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6 d. ago Bed sheets will dry in just 1 hour without a tumble dryer if you use 1 simple 8p method

Drying bedding indoors during winter can be challenging, but this method dries sheets in just one hour for 8p, helping you save money on heating and tumble dryer costs.

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7 d. ago ‘This is where it all started’: Nina Simone’s childhood home gets long

North Carolina home preserved to commemorate legendary musician and civil rights activist, and to serve as arts hubIt was a surreal experience for Dr Samuel Waymon, Nina Simone’s youngest sibling, to walk back into the renovated childhood home that he once shared with the singer and civil rights activist. On that day in the fall of 2025, Waymon, an 81-year-old award-winning composer, said that memories flooded back of him playing organ in the house and cooking on the potbelly stove with his mother as a child in Tryon, North Carolina. He was overjoyed to see the large tree from his youth still standing in the yard. Simone, born Eunice Waymon, lived in the 650 sq ft, three-room home with her family from 1933 to 1937.After sitting vacant and severely decayed for more than two decades, the recently restored home is now painted white, with elements of its former self sprinkled throughout the interior. On the freshly painted mint-blue wall hangs a shadow box that encases the rust brown va...

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9 d. ago How did Tommy Lee Jones' daughter die? Victoria Jones found unresponsive in hotel

Victoria Jones, known for her roles in Men in Black II, The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada and One Tree Hill, is said to have discovered dead in an upmarket hotel

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9 d. ago Tommy Lee Jones' daughter Victoria, 34, found dead in hotel on New Year's Day

Tommy Lee Jones’ daughter has died, according to reports. Victoria Jones, 34, was reportedly found dead in a San Francisco hotel room, on New Year’s Day

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1 week ago The £16 Dunelm bargain that helps wet ‘clothes dry a lot quicker’ inside this winter and is ‘definitely worth buying’

WITH temperatures continuing to drop and rain on and off, chances of you being able to dry your wet laundry outside are slim. So, if you're looking for a way to speed up the drying process inside without forking out a small fortune on electricity bills courtesy of your tumble dryer, then look no further....

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2 w. ago The entirely FREE way you can get your sheets dry inside this winter, without using an airer or a tumble dryer

RUNNING your tumble dryer during the winter can be a quick way to rack up your energy bills. Instead, opt for this entirely free hack that will have your bed sheets dry in no time. While air drying is a popular technique during the summer months, the savvy step often isn't possible throughout the winter....

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2 w. ago Dry bed sheets without tumble dryer or airer using expert's 'best' tip

Expert shares how to dry bedding indoors during winter when you don't have an airer or tumble dryer

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2 w. ago 'I tried a heated airer to dry clothes over winter and ditched my tumble dryer'

The heated airer costs from 9p per hour to run so is significantly cheaper than a tumble dryer

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2 w. ago ‘When no one laughs, your soul leaves your body’: have you heard the one about the Bradley Cooper film inspired by John Bishop ?

Is This Thing On? is Cooper’s third film as writer/director – and his third to wonder whether performing saves or destroys your love life. He and stars Will Arnett, Laura Dern and Andra Day talk gags, growth and relationship goalsLast Christmas, the audience at an open-mic night in New York welcomed to the stage a new standup. Alex Novak, he said his name was. Mildly funny, bit depressed. Mostly told jokes about getting divorced. Weirdest thing though: he looked exactly like that guy from Arrested Development.“I was so naively unaware of what to expect,” says Will Arnett, almost a year later. “I’ve been comedy-adjacent for a lot of my life, but not a comedian. I had no idea what I was in for.” Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Family will wake up homeless on Christmas after tumble dryer fire devastation

Claire Sayonas, 39, was at home with her youngest daughter when she heard a "little pop" from the kitchen before the devastating blaze ripped through her Anfield home

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4 w. ago Royal princess accused of affair with courtier in horror scandal

They are two royal women born more than 150 years apart, yet they lived almost parallel lives. Now a new book reveals how they even shared the same tragedy, scandals and secrets

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last month How much it actually costs to run a dehumidifier, according to experts

These versatile machines can also dry laundry at a lower cost than a tumble dryer

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