14 m. ago Bookies reveal their Strictly Come Dancing favourite to win and and first one they predict will get the boot

So far, nine celebrities have confirmed their participation with trailblazing model Ellie Goldstein, Drag Race star La Voix and rugby player Chris Robshaw becoming the latest.

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2 h. ago Noughties rock band 'devastated' as they're forced to cancel UK tour just a day before it starts as they issue apology to fans

A noughties American rock band have issued an apology to fans after being forced to cancel their UK tour just a day before it starts.

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2 h. ago Man Utd transfers news: Wantaway star offered reunion as deal 'agreed' ahead of new season

Manchester United are still looking to complete several signings this summer ahead of the new season as the transfer window starts to come to a close

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4 h. ago Are you tying your shoelaces wrong? How experts have used an 'over

Hundreds have been left gobsmacked after discovering a 'secret way' runners tie your sneakers.

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4 h. ago How to get to Oasis at Dublin Croke Park by train, tram, walking and car for reunion tour 2025

Everything you need to know about getting to Croke Park for Oasis

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4 h. ago Nicola Sturgeon’s immense political talent is undeniable. The nationalism was the problem | Martin Kettle

Many of her admirers gloss over her desire to break up the UK as Scotland’s first minister. But in her open and touching memoir, it plays a starring roleNicola Sturgeon was – and still is – important, talented, personable and, to many, inspirational. She was also extremely lucky and often wrong, sometimes seriously so. There are examples of all these qualities in her newly published memoir, Frankly. Sturgeosceptics should concede at once that it contains much that is fascinating, especially about her relations with her charismatic mentor turned vengeful enemy Alex Salmond. Starry-eyed Sturgies should equally admit she made several deep and lasting errors that have left behind a divided nationalist party and movement.The book is more open and touching about private issues than most political memoirs, although Sturgeon deploys these qualities selectively. Many of the intimate reflections are about being a woman in politics. Other memoirs by female politicians – including those of Marg...

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4 h. ago Rachel Roddy’s recipe for almond and cherry biscuits | A kitchen in Rome

If a fig roll married a bakewell tart, their offspring might well end up looking like these rustic, fruity and nutty Puglian biscuitsSimilar in principle to fig rolls, biscotti di ceglie consist of pastry wrapped around a filling of jam, so they have an irregular and extremely rustic cube form. Known locally as u’ piscquett’l, these biscuits are typical of the town and commune of Ceglie Messapica in the province of Brindisi in Puglia. Ceglie Messapica is also part of the southern reaches of the Murgia, a karst topographic plateau sometimes called the backbone of Puglia, with remarkable agricultural biodiversity, including 40 local varieties of almonds, including tondino cegliese. Like many visitors to the area, we bought a packet of biscotti di ceglie from a bakery in Ceglie Messapica, although this was years ago, when the band my partner plays with toured in Puglia every summer and when we consumed every regional treat in a claustrophobic Fiat van.Unlike the great fig roll, however...

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4 h. ago Wildly incoherent, utterly flummoxing, blissful: how And Just Like That rewrote the rules of TV

The Sex and the City spinoff – which ends this week – is so bizarre it has barely made sense as a television show. Unless you think of it as an attempt to redefine the whole genre Sex and the City’s divisive spin-off And Just Like That is set to end after three bizarre seasons and a deluge of critical contempt, with bemused fans losing it on Reddit, and articles about how the programme became a hate watch. There has been little heartache in the discourse after the announcement of the show’s demise, the general consensus being: good. But to these people, I say – you’re wrong! But also, I understand. There is always an element of fear in contemplating change, in engaging with the rapid advancement of modernity, and I would like to make the case for And Just Like That being a product of exactly that.It feels analogous to a comment a friend of mine once made during a conversation about the best oven pizzas, when someone posited Dr Oetker pizzas as a contender: “It’s delicious, it’s some...

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4 h. ago Steve Buscemi as the letter Q? Tilda Swinton as toilet bowl water? Julio Torres pulls off the impossible in Hollywood

The leftfield comedian and actor is behind some of the best ‘Saturday Night Live’ skits in recent memory. Off the back of his surreal and spectacular HBO series, he speaks with Annabel Nugent about why he has zero interest in going mainstream, his latest colour-focused show – and why Ellen DeGeneres is red

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4 h. ago East Kilbride to face THREE former managers in Stranraer clash as trio aim to dish out dose of the Blues

Chris Aitken, Stevie Aitken and Martin Fellowes wil be in the away dugout this Saturday

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5 h. ago Pep Guardiola must do the one thing he's desperate not to for Man City vs Wolves

Manchester City kick off their Premier League campaign against Wolves on Saturday

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6 h. ago Kelly Clarkson cancels Texas concert appearance days after ex

Kelly Clarkson has canceled her upcoming appearance at the Band Together Texas fundraising concert following the death of her ex-husband Brandon Blackstock.

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7 h. ago Man Utd transfer news: Jadon Sancho can secure reunion as £5m loan deal agreed

Manchester United outcast Jadon Sancho could have a fresh route out on Old Trafford whilst Rasmus Hojlund is closing in on a loan move back to Italy with AC Milan

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9 h. ago Where it all went wrong for Jack Grealish: Star touted as new Beckham is now relegated to Everton

The 29-year-old's love of a night out is legendary, with a three-day bender marking Man City's third Premier League title win in 2024. But has Grealish's party boy image finally tarnished his career?

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11 h. ago Susan Boyle proves she's an Oasis superfan after unexpected Liam Gallagher shoutout

Oasis have picked up an unlikely fan in Britain's Got Talent singing icon Susan Boyle as they dedicated a huge track to her at the last of their Scottish reunion shows

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12 h. ago Trump reignites dementia fears after blunder with iconic rock band name

President Donald Trump made a gaffe as he stumbled over the name of the rock band Kiss during a speech at the Kennedy Center on Wednesday, sparking a flurry of social media jokes

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12 h. ago Rita Wrote a Letter: Paul Kelly’s sequel to How to Make Gravy is an affectionate goodbye to Joe

Almost 30 years after Kelly released his Christmas classic, we finally learn what became of his cast of characters Get our weekend culture and lifestyle email“She’s the one to save me,” errant protagonist Joe declares of Rita, his long-suffering partner and unpaid therapist, in the prison letter that forms the lyrics of Paul Kelly’s 1996 single How to Make Gravy.The perennial Christmas classic was recently voted the ninth-best Australian song of all time. Almost 30 years after he wrote it, Kelly has released a sequel, Rita Wrote a Letter, in which we finally learn what became of Rita while Joe was in jail: she wised up and moved on.Sign up for the fun stuff with our rundown of must-reads, pop culture and tips for the weekend, every Saturday morning Continue reading...

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12 h. ago Moses Itauma's trainer makes 'dog fight' admission ahead of Dillian Whyte fight

Itauma faces the toughest test of his career on Saturday night, but the Brit's coach is fully confident his star pupil can get the job done

Events

13 h. ago A male revenge app is currently #2 on the app charts — and the IDs of the men using it have been leaked

A widely downloaded new app invites men to review the women they’ve dated, and asks for photo ID to verify their identity. What could possibly go wrong?

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14 h. ago 'I glamped at Boomtown 2025 and realised I've done festivals wrong my whole life'

Boomtown 2025 was one for the history books but this year a huge change to our camping experience has permanently altered how we rave for the rest of our lives...

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