32 m. ago Cheapest supermarkets to buy Prosecco for £10 or less that still taste 'really good'

During the festive season, many people drink Prosecco, and there are some supermarkets that offer cheaper options that still taste really good. Award winning wine influencer Andy Pincott has shared his best picks

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37 m. ago Industry experts share the best supermarket whiskies from Aldi, Tesco and more

From American bourbon to single malt scotch, these are the handpicked bottles to buy

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48 m. ago Scottish brewery urgently recalls Christmas beer over possible 'health risk'

Find out below what drink has been recalled and what to do if you have bought it.

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50 m. ago All the travel vaccines you should consider before heading overseas

Although infectious diseases exist everywhere, in some destinations there is a higher risk of becoming sick

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52 m. ago Trans rights should be a private affair. A toxic debate does no one any favours | Simon Jenkins

The courts are a clumsy means to negotiate social relationships. Let organisations make up their own minds about inclusionTowards the end of her life, I was a friend of the writer Jan Morris. I had known her for many years and, much to my regret, had declined an offer to do her “tell all” interview when she transitioned. Jan presented herself as a woman and had undergone an operation. To me she was simply a remarkable woman. She touched, sometimes humorously, on embarrassing incidents in her life. But it never occurred to me that a legal ruling might hover over our restaurant table and block her from going to the ladies.Last April, the supreme court issued a ruling confirming that the word “sex” in the Equality Act 2010 refers to biological sex, not a person’s legal gender. This has a wide-reaching impact on how equality law is applied in practice, particularly in providing sex-based rights such as single-sex spaces. Six months later, a draft code on the ruling’s implementation was ...

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70 m. ago Police issue update after woman injured in shooting on Salford street

Three people had been arrested

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77 m. ago People warned 'do not drink' this Christmas alcohol as urgent health alert issued

A food recall alert has been issued as this drink poses a risk to some people.

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83 m. ago Grate lemons easily with no waste using 1 additional common kitchen item

A mum's 'brilliant life hack' has gone viral on social media after she demonstrated how to grate lemon zest using an additional item placed on top of her grater's surface

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1 hour ago Woman, 22, collapsed and died for seven minutes due to work stress

Courtney was at home in the garden when her heart stopped - her dad had to save her life

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2 h. ago Nearly one in four working parents turning to food banks as cost of living crisis shows no signs of easing

A rising trend of in-work poverty means many earners are struggling to get by

Economics

2 h. ago You're chopping onions wrong – chef's simple method for perfectly even pieces

Onions are a common and popular vegetable added to a variety of dishes to add extra flavour but they can be very tricky to cut properly. A chef has shared the “correct” way to chop them

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3 h. ago I tried M&S, Sainsbury's, Tesco, Aldi and Lidl mulled wines – this was the best

Mulled wine is one of the most iconic festive drinks, but which supermarket's own-brand version is best? I taste-tested five of them to find a clear winner

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3 h. ago How to 'reclaim Christmas dinner conversation' as it's 'a struggle'

There are conversation topics you should raise for deeper connection

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3 h. ago 'I tried Wetherspoons' Christmas dinner and can sum it up in two words'

Food reviewer Gary Eats says he makes an 'annual pilgrimage' to Wetherspoon to try the pub chain's festive menu, sampling a turkey dinner, a festive pizza, and a giant profiterole during his recent visit

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4 h. ago Cops release CCTV in hunt for missing woman, 53, who was last seen five days ago travelling in a car to Stonehenge

COPS have released CCTV in the hunt for a missing woman last seen five days ago travelling in a car to Stonehenge. Gail, 53, from Calne, Wiltshire, was last spotted on December 5 with police "very concerned" for her welfare. Wiltshire Police said Gail had travelled to the Amesbury and Stonehenge area in a silver...

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4 h. ago I tried Sainsbury's, M&S, Aldi, Tesco, and Lidl mulled wine – there was obvious winner

It's mulled wine season but, when the likes of Sainsbury's, M&S, Aldi, Tesco and Lidl all have their own versions, which one should you go for? I decided to find out

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4 h. ago Illegal pangolin meat and cane rats seized by police in Deptford

Officers from the Food Standards Agency and the Metropolitan police found the bushmeat at a site in south-east London on December 5

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4 h. ago Police launch murder probe after receiving fresh information over death of woman electrocuted in her bath 25 years ago

An inquest in October 2000 heard Rhonda Anderson, 29, was found in the bath with the radio still switched on and floating beside her at her Northampton home.

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4 h. ago The facts are stark: Europe must open the door to migrants, or face its own extinction | George Monbiot

Plummeting birth rates mean that without attracting immigration, many countries are sliding towards collapseI know what “civilisational erasure” looks like: I’ve seen the graph. The European Commission published it in March. It’s a chart of total fertility rate: the average number of children born per woman. After a minor bump over the past 20 years, the EU rate appears to be declining once more, and now stands at 1.38. The UK’s is 1.44. A population’s replacement rate is 2.1. You may or may not see this as a disaster, but the maths doesn’t care what you think. We are gliding, as if by gravitational force, towards the ground.Civilisational erasure is the term the Trump administration used in its new national security strategy, published last week. It claimed that immigration, among other factors, will result in the destruction of European civilisation. In reality, without immigration there will be no Europe, no civilisation and no one left to argue about it.George Monbiot is a Guard...

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4 h. ago ‘Men explicitly loving men is so threatening to the status quo’: why are gay male pop stars being shut out of the music industry?

Not long ago, artists such as Lil Nas X and Olly Alexander were ruling pop. But success has stalled as acts face industry obstacles and rising homophobia. What now?At the turn of the decade, gay male and non-binary pop stars seemed poised to take pop music by storm. Lil Nas X broke out with Old Town Road – which blew up on TikTok, sold about 18.5m copies and remains tied with Shaboozey’s A Bar Song (Tipsy) and Mariah Carey’s All I Want for Christmas Is You as the longest-running No 1 single in US history – and artists such as Sam Smith, Troye Sivan and Olly Alexander from Years & Years were all singing about gay love and sex.But the initial promise has stalled. Lil Nas X’s attempts to build on his smash debut album have fizzled, and he is publicly dealing with mental health issues. In October, Khalid released his first album since being outed by his ex last year but only sold 10,000 copies in the first week in the US. A previous album, 2019’s Free Spirit, sold some 200,000 copie...

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