67 m. ago Rick Stein’s expert tips for cooking the perfect roast potatoes

The beloved chef offers his tips for cooking everything from turkey to the sprouts

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67 m. ago Office party hangover from hell: Reveller left fighting for his life after drinking liquid nitrogen cocktail served by celebrity chef

The incident happened at a bash held at the Igra Stolov 'Game of Tables' cooking studio, where guests were being entertained with a theatrical 'cryo-show' by an unidentified 'celebrity chef'.

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82 m. ago Hundreds brave Christmas Day swim at Welsh beach despite yellow weather warning

While it's a sunny affair for many the cutting winds are making for bitterly cold conditions with temperatures feeling like near freezing

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2 h. ago My weirdest Christmas: the oven was broken, the turkey was raw and all the crisps had been eaten

It wasn’t until 7pm that anyone noticed the unfolding crisis. As our hunger grew, my Mum came up with an unlikely and audacious planThe first sign that something was amiss was the smell – or rather, the lack of it. The roasted turkey aroma that usually wafted throughout the house on Christmas Day was conspicuous by its absence. My mum had spent the morning meticulously plucking fresh herbs and seasoning our plump bird but, so far, no scent.It was 2010 and the entire family, including aunts and cousins, had come to our house for dinner. After a morning gorging on chocolate and an afternoon snacking on picky bits (mainly crisps), appetites were peaking. The much-anticipated Christmas roast had been in the oven for about four hours and it was nearing 7pm. My mum, who had been busy keeping everybody happy by handing out snacks and managing the festive playlist, had taken only a scant look through the oven doors and assumed the meal was progressing nicely. As dinner time approached, she ...

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3 h. ago How to save burnt turkey and make Christmas dinner edible with last minute hack

If your turkey has ended up burnt, there are a few ways to save the Christmas centrepiece

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4 h. ago Swap turkey and chips for easy and tastier meal on Boxing Day

If you're bored of the same old meals, or are trying to think of something new to make to use up your Christmas leftovers, you may want to give a new recipe a whirl on Boxing Day

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4 h. ago When Emmerdale is on TV on Christmas Day and Boxing Day with concern as villager 'disappears'

The ITV soap is ready for a Christmas filled with drama

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5 h. ago Don't make turkey curry as Christmas leftovers can be made even tastier on Boxing Day

There are lots of ways to use up your Christmas leftovers, and it's not always necessary to make curry or turkey and chips on Boxing Day. In fact, a recipe expert said there's a tastier recipe you can try

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5 h. ago Test your Scottish football knowledge with our 2025 festive quiz

Put down the turkey, it's time to test your knowledge against the Record Sport's bigwigs

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5 h. ago Wind and cold weather warnings due but no white Christmas for UK

Low temperatures are likely to have minor impacts on health and social care services.

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6 h. ago Wild animals are great gift givers – and there’s one present in particular I’d love to receive for Christmas | Helen Pilcher

Penguins hand over pebbles; scorpionflies give spitballs. But I’m hankering after a sea sponge presented by a dolphinThis Christmas morning, are you worried you didn’t choose quite the right gift for that someone special? I always try my hardest, but everywhere I turn I’m bombarded with unhelpful suggestions. No, I don’t want a candle that smells like turkey, because, well, we’ll be cooking turkey. Nor do I want a sunrise alarm clock that mimics natural light, because I can leave the curtains open. And I definitely don’t want a salmon DNA pink collagen jelly mask (Good Housekeeping’s Best for Beauty Lovers), because said DNA comes from milt. AKA semen. If I wanted fish sperm on my face, I would tickle some pollocks.So if, like me, you’re always looking for inspiration, my advice is: learn from the animal kingdom. Humans didn’t invent gifting. The practice has been around for at least 100m years, long before our species evolved. With a little help from natural selection, this has giv...

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6 h. ago World's hottest city where seahorses boil in sea and people have to be buried at night

The city has become a sobering reminder of the devastating effects of climate change, with birds dying from the heat and fish being cooked alive in the sea

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6 h. ago Horror in world's hottest city as fish boil in sea and birds fall from sky

Kuwait City, once a blissful 'Marseilles of the Gulf', is now witnessing heat so extreme that animals are being cooked alive in scorching temperatures

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7 h. ago Sir Andy Murray and five other sport stars who snub Christmas dinner

Sir Andy Murray, Max Verstappen and Gary Neville are amongst the sports stars to have snubbed a traditional Christmas turkey dinner for some bizarre - albeit healthier - options...

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7 h. ago How long does cooked turkey last in the fridge or freezer and can you reheat it?

Christmas dinner leftovers are a Boxing Day staple - but you need to be careful when it comes to the turkey

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7 h. ago What temperature cooked turkey should be and how to tell if it is ready

No one wants to serve a raw turkey at Christmas dinner, so here's how to make sure it's perfectly cooked - even without a meat thermometer

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8 h. ago The hill I will die on: Fruit with meat? What kind of pervert are you? | Katy Guest

Please don’t ever offer me cranberry sauce with my roast turkey – that’s just jam on your Christmas dinner, and who wants that?As a grumpy old woman in the prime of my pedantry, I have already died on many hills, and I have the scars to prove it. I have sacrificed myself on the battlefield of patriarchy chicken, by walking square into people who stride down the centre of the pavement staring at their phones and expecting everyone else to jump out of their way. I have risked life and limb in a pub full of football fans by declaring my belief that the only “real sports” are running fast, jumping high and throwing or swimming far – the rest are just “games”. And I have driven myself to tears by consistently walking into the same branch of Pret a Manger and ordering the same coffee, please, “and nothing else”, and then standing there blankly when I’m invariably asked, “And anything else?” When it comes to defending arbitrary red lines, my belligerence knows no bounds.And yet, with Chris...

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9 h. ago My weirdest Christmas: I was 11 and braced for tension. Then I found my parents and step

It was our first joint family Christmas, and I watched fearfully as my mum walked into the kitchen she had once called hers. The next 48 hours were full of surprisesThere are still moments I pinch myself: when, over the remnants of turkey and red wine, my divorced parents regale us all with an in-joke from their previous life. When, on the pre-lunch walk, my dad and stepdad stroll in lockstep and talk about finance and even feelings, occasionally. When we’ve all exchanged gifts, and the most thoughtful gifts are not between husband and wife or parent and child, but ones the divorced and remarried couples have given each other.We’ve been doing this for 25 years now, this joint family Christmas, complete with step-parents, parents and siblings. But every so often, I remember how weird it all once felt. The first time, when I was 11 years old, I watched fearfully as, on Christmas Eve, my mum walked into the kitchen she once called hers. Despite her initial efforts to pretend otherwise,...

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9 h. ago Are petrol stations open on Christmas Day and Boxing Day? Where to get fuel and diesel over the festive period 

CHRISTMASTIME is often the setting for some vital vehicular voyages to reach festive family feasts in time for the turkey. The last thing you want to do is get marooned on the motorway because you've run out of fuel, so here's everything you need to know to plan your journey accordingly. Tesco Petrol Stations Tesco...

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10 h. ago Brussels sprouts will taste 'amazing' if one ingredient is sprayed over them

Often overlooked at festive meals, chef James Martin believes that the right cooking technique and perfect seasoning can transform Brussels sprouts’ reputation

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