7 d. ago ‘If you don’t dance to Earth, Wind and Fire, there’s something wrong with you’: Himesh Patel’s honest playlist

The Yesterday and Station Eleven star was raised on Bollywood soundtracks and secretly admires Limp Bizkit. But which maligned indie rockers will he stand up for?The first single I boughtBefore I became an indie kid and got into Arctic Monkeys, Maxïmo Park and Bloc Party, there was this explosion of British/south Asian music in the early 00s, so I bought Dance With You (Nachna Tere Naal) by Rishi Rich Project featuring Jay Sean and Juggy D from Tesco Extra. It felt like a moment for south Asians in the UK.The first song I fell in love withI grew up in a village in Cambridge and we’d always have BBC Asian Network or CDs of the latest Bollywood soundtracks playing. I loved Taal Se Taal Mila from the movie Taal; AR Rahman did the soundtrack, who went on to win an Oscar for Slumdog Millionaire. Taal means rhythm – the film is a musical and it encouraged me to learn the dilruba [a type of bowed sitar]. I only saw the movie once, but the visuals of the songs have stayed with me. Cont...

Events

9 d. ago Spectacular new Welsh water park with inflatable assault course poised to open

An opening date has been confirmed and it's just weeks away

Events

1 week ago The Greater Manchester park with a fair, pedalos and animal centre to visit this half term

It was recently named one of the best parks in the UK

Politics

1 week ago The Greater Manchester park with a ‘lovely’ cafe and big play area to visit this half term

One visitor described the cafe as 'resonably priced'

Politics

1 week ago Rangers suffered Euro misery at hands of my manager and now I want to be a Premier League star under top boss

The former St Mirren kid moved to Selhurst Park despite talks with Bayern Munich and Benfica

Politics

2 w. ago Lines of disappointment etched into Spurs fans’ faces evaporate into the Bilbao air | Max Rushden

Emotion of Europa League final victory hits hard, particularly tangled in with homesickness watching from Australia at 5amI didn’t really cry until Son Heung-min was handed the trophy – the camera hadn’t cut to him enough at full time. Of all the players who look sad when they’re sad, Sonny really looks sad. Building up to the Europa League final all I could imagine was a disconsolate South Korean walking around the pitch applauding mournfully. The Harry Kane walk. His smile when shiny-shoed Aleksander Ceferin hands him the trophy broke me. Apparently the Uefa Cup weighs 15kg – the same as my three-year-old. That trophy certainly looked lighter than when young Ian demands to be carried home from the park.As a very sleep-deprived middle-aged dad of young kids, the emotion of football back home hits a lot harder than it used to. I found myself weeping at the videos of Crystal Palace fans after the FA Cup final. Someone focused from person to person, pausing for just enough time on eac...

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2 w. ago The agony and ecstasy of watching Spurs win a trophy from 10,000 miles away | Max Rushden

Emotion of Europa League final victory hits hard, particularly tangled in with homesickness watching from Australia at 5amI didn’t really cry until Son Heung-min was handed the trophy – the camera hadn’t cut to him enough at full time. Of all the players who look sad when they’re sad, Sonny really looks sad. Building up to the Europa League final all I could imagine was a disconsolate South Korean walking around the pitch applauding mournfully. The Harry Kane walk. His smile when shiny-shoed Aleksander Ceferin hands him the trophy broke me. Apparently the Uefa Cup weighs 15kg – the same as my three-year-old. That trophy certainly looked lighter than when young Ian demands to be carried home from the park.As a very sleep-deprived middle-aged dad of young kids, the emotion of football back home hits a lot harder than it used to. I found myself weeping at the videos of Crystal Palace fans after the FA Cup final. Someone focused from person to person, pausing for just enough time on eac...

Politics

2 w. ago Major UK theme park where adult tickets are reduced to the same price as kids

One of the UK's most iconic theme parks is rolling back ticket prices this summer as part of a heartwarming new campaign inspired by its founder's 129-year-old mission statement.

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2 w. ago The ‘beautiful’ Greater Manchester park with a boating lake, play area and nature walks

Make the most of the weather while it lasts with a visit to this gorgeous park

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3 w. ago The tiny Greater Manchester park with beautiful flowers where you can enjoy the sun

It's a beautiful spot for a stroll in the sunshine or a picnic

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3 w. ago Colin Harvey: ‘How do you go from being a kid watching Everton to having a statue?’

Elegant player and legendary coach looks back on some of his finest moments at ‘iconic’ Goodison ParkStanding outside a pawnbrokers on Goodison Road, waiting for his dad to emerge through the crowd after the match, a young Colin Harvey could not have imagined what lay in front of him. Standing in the same place today, the great Evertonian would face a statue of himself immortalised alongside fellow members of “The Holy Trinity”, Howard Kendall and Alan Ball. Time has not diminished the 80-year-old’s wonder at his life and legacy at Goodison Park.“How do you go from being a kid watching Everton from the Boys’ Pen to having a statue on Goodison Road?” he says, with genuine astonishment. “If someone had presented me back then with a history of my life in football I’d have said: ‘Don’t be silly, nothing like that is ever going to happen to me.’ But it did. When I was told the statue was going to be made it was one of my proudest moments. I’ve had a fantastic football life and it amazes ...

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3 w. ago We swapped Disneyland Paris for a cheaper Dutch theme park – and my kids preferred it

With reasonably priced accommodation, a whimsical fairytale theme and barely any queues, Efteling has a lot to offer British families, finds Zoe Griffin

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4 w. ago Awesome £4 Splash Park an hour from Manchester reopens for the summer

Families can just turn up on the day

Economics