1 hour ago B&M tells shoppers 'be quick' after restocking £22 light up diffuser

B&M has delighted shoppers after bringing back a viral £22 product that would make a beautiful addition to any home.

Economics

1 hour ago 'He was the best ever': Devastation as man, 23, dies in tragic circumstances

It is thought Guy Battersby suffered a seizure as he cycled to the gym and went into Rochdale Canal in Miles Platting

Events

2 h. ago We tried Five Guys latest addition and it's a taste of nostalgia

The burger chain has also launched a new kids menu for the first time

Politics

4 h. ago Glamorous new life of Millennium Dome raider immortalised on Netflix

Aldo Ciarrocchi, now 55, was part of the infamous Millennium Dome diamond heist that ended in complete failure and is now the subject of Guy Richie's Netflix hit "The Diamond Heist"

Politics

9 h. ago This is why we can’t have nice things: How your bougie taste in food is ruining the planet

The Dubai chocolate craze is sparking a pistachio shortage while the West’s obsession with matcha has put a Japanese town under strain. Helen Coffey asks why we’re incapable of enjoying things sustainably – and whether social media is to blame

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10 h. ago Dear Coleen: I feel threatened by my wife’s male pal from the past

She always got on very well with this guy and I’ve met him a couple of times and it was obvious he was fond of her, too. He got divorced around the same time she did and is currently single.

Events

16 h. ago 'Least we can do': Hearts' prized guy sets out stall after 'weird shouts' of last week

Left-back continues to excel and is due a Hampden return

Politics

24 h. ago Swedish punks Viagra Boys: ‘It’s freeing for people to see a dude let his gut hang out’

They’ve hauled themselves from the toilet circuit to arenas, as frontman Sebastian Murphy has got over drug addiction – but, he says, they’re still letting their freak flag flySlouched on a sofa in a former cement factory in Stockholm, Viagra Boys’ Swedish-American frontman and lyricist Sebastian Murphy is recalling a low point in his life, several years ago. He points to a tattoo on his heavily inked torso that sums it up. “It says ‘You need me’,” he explains in a tobacco-stained California burr. “When I did this tattoo, I was such a piece-of-shit drug addict who only cared about himself. I thought it was funny. I don’t need you guys – you need me.” It inspired You N33d Me, one of the best tracks on the sax-blasting post-punk band’s electrifying, sort-of-self-titled fourth album Viagr Aboys. Hooked on amphetamines, pills and Valium at various points in his past, Murphy has been, by his own admission, the last person anybody needed around.But the strongest thing Murphy is consuming ...

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26 h. ago Peaceful and pretty Welsh valleys walk tucked away in the mountain with waterside views and hidden ancient ruins

This beautiful river and reservoirs walk takes you past recent and ancient history and some more modern additions which all add to its charm

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28 h. ago From vast views to vineyards: Why a river cruise is the best way to get a true taste of Bordeaux

A new itinerary through the famous wine region in southwestern France promises chocolate, charm and chateaux – cruise writer Marc Shoffman sails down the Garonne and Dordogne to test it out

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30 h. ago Cloud review – bizarre internet action thriller descends into hail of bullets

Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s baffling crime farrago follows a cyber fraudster pursued by an angry gang of disappointed shoppersHere to prove once again that movies about internet crime can so easily unravel into implausible silliness is that otherwise estimable Japanese director Kiyoshi Kurosawa, who has written and directed a bizarre, baffling action thriller based on the (initially interesting) idea of an online retail entrepreneur ripping off his customers and suppliers – who then seek revenge.Masaki Suda plays Ryôsuke, a guy in the rackety business of buying in bulk and selling the items individually online at a retail markup. Some of the things he buys are fake designer items, which he markets as genuine. But some are perfectly legal: collectible action figures and the like which are advertised entirely honestly. At the beginning we see him ruthlessly buying “therapy devices” from a medical business that has gone bust and then exploitatively putting them up for sale. (But wait. Even if w...

Politics

31 h. ago Adventurer, horse photographer, killer: Eadweard Muybridge’s extraordinary life told in a comic book

He is famed for being a pioneer of the moving image – but there was so much more to Muybridge than that. The great graphic novelist Guy Delisle explains why he turned his life into a rollicking readIt was one of the biggest talking points of the 19th century: whether a galloping horse lifted all four hooves off the ground simultaneously. Painters struggled with the notion, often wrongly depicting the animals doing a sort of leap, their limbs outstretched front and back. Then, in the 1870s, the great British adventurer Eadweard Muybridge closed the debate, devising photography with quick enough exposure times to isolate the horses in motion – and airborne.“Lots of people didn’t accept it,” says Guy Delisle. “When they saw a photograph of the horse gathering its hooves, they said it looked like a dead spider. But when the photographs were projected in sequence, they said, ‘It’s true!’” Continue reading...

Events

32 h. ago Woman compares cheap Tesco teabags to PG Tips and Yorkshire Tea to find the best

A woman has shared a blind taste test of some of the UK's top tea brands and was left surprised when one came out on top, despite it being a little more expensive than she'd usually go for

Politics

33 h. ago Some British MPs spending equivalent of a day a week doing second jobs

Guardian analysis finds seven MPs have worked at least 300 hours since July in outside employmentA total of seven MPs have spent on average one working day a week on second jobs since the start of the 2024 parliament, with additional gigs as TV presenters, lawyers and consultants.A Guardian analysis of self-declared working hours found the seven had worked at least 300 hours since July – the equivalent of eight hours a week, in outside employment averaged across the parliament – totalling more than 3,000 hours between them. A further seven MPs had worked at least five hours a week on a second job. Continue reading...

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38 h. ago I was fined twice by a parking firm despite having a Blue Badge

Music lovers Guy Falkenau, 80, and his wife Lucille, from Forest Hall, North Tyneside, received fines when parking at the Glasshouse International Centre for Music in Gateshead.

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44 h. ago Vanished oasis for Greater Manchester kids from when summers 'lasted forever'

'Omg... what memories of happy times spent there!'

Politics

45 h. ago Test your knowledge of the city's famous but vanished nightclubs and bars

Were you a recluse or a reveller? See how many of our questions you can answer correctly to find out

Politics

47 h. ago Looking for the last human place on the internet? Try Google Maps

The navigation app might be built for function – but dig deeper and you’ll find a trove of inside jokes, neighbourhood quirks and charming errors• Read more in the Internet wormhole seriesThere is a certain kind of guy who looks at Google Maps for fun. I am that guy. As a kid I went through a cartography phase, drawing elaborate maps of fictional islands and poring over the family street directory in an effort to reconcile the lines and dots on the overcrowded pages with the streets, shops and friends’ houses in my mind’s eye. You could say that phase never really ended.In much the same way as some people will pull up a movie’s IMDb entry the second they start watching, any time I come across an interesting town, country or geographical oddity (which is often in the news business), I’m firing up Maps to see what topographical morsels I can uncover. I’m no GeoGuessr savant, but I’ve spent many pleasant hours puzzling over interesting enclaves and panhandles, or pootling around far-fl...

Technology

47 h. ago 16 lost chocolate bars we miss from the shelves and want back — one was named 'UK's favourite ever'

It's time we get at least something back

Politics

48 h. ago I went to Sugababes' arena show in Glasgow — it was overshadowed by one thing

It was a night of pure nostalgia at the Sugababes' concert at the OVO Hydro, but one thing just couldn't be ignored and made the whole experience rather disheartening

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