18 h. ago ‘Wet drought’ conditions could last until winter as Brit’s Indian summer comes to an end

The Met Office and Environment Agency said the current outlook for September, October and November shows a higher likelihood for wetter and windier conditions compared to the 30-year-average

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40 h. ago Revealed: Britain's favourite foreign cuisine... and it's NOT Indian

This foreign food has been crowned Britain's favourite international cuisine - knocking out Indian as the nation's most loved.

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5 d. ago Brits to bask in Indian Summer scorcher but 29 England counties set to miss out

There are still some warmer days ahead and as many as 26C is still on the cards, but a large number of UK counties are set to miss out on the potential mini-heatwave.

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5 d. ago ‘I thought I had a winter bug, but deadly condition left me with all my limbs amputated’

Medical student Lily McGarry, 23, said she nearly died after her condition worsened rapidly - and is now warning others

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1 week ago UK weather maps show when 30C scorcher will hit Brits in September Indian Summer

Weather maps are turning red again in September with the mercury set to hit 30C in parts of the country as a high pressure system could bring more settled conditions

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2 w. ago First ever British Indian Restaurant Week to be held at Greater Manchester venues

It's being hailed as a 'celebration of contribution, culture, and community'

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2 w. ago Two month Indian summer will see Brits basking in 23C heat until Halloween

Forecasters reckon it will be a wonderfully sunny Autumn with temperatures reaching 30C in September and then staying as high as 23C in October for a massively extended summer

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3 w. ago London museum tells forgotten story of African and Indian troops in second world war

National Army Museum’s Beyond Burma exhibition examines stories of soldiers from Britain’s coloniesThe forgotten story of African and Indian troops who fought in south Asia against Japanese forces during the second world war and who have largely been omitted from the official history is to be brought to life in a London exhibition.The National Army Museum’s Beyond Burma: Forgotten Armies show includes rare items from Indian and African soldiers who toiled in some of the harshest conditions seen anywhere during the conflict. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Scrooge to be portrayed as a 'British Indian who hates refugees' in new version of A Christmas Carol

The musical, which is directed by Gurinder Chadha and based on the 1843 novella by Charles Dickens, will feature a 'British-Indian' man named Sood as the lead character.

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last month ‘This is big blissful entertainment’: global film critics on the one movie that defines their country

What single film best represents a nation? Here, 12 writers choose the one work they believe most captures their home’s culture and cinema – from a bold cricket musical to a nine-hour documentary, gritty crime dramas to frothy tales of revengeIt is often said that there are two religions in India: cinema and cricket. Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India blends the two with such panache that, upon its release, movie theatres became stadiums, with audiences cheering and dancing in their seats when the underdogs (a ragtag team of Indian villagers) defeat their masters (a far superior British team led by a tyrannical racist captain who wants to inflict a ruinous land tax on them). Continue reading...

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