87 m. ago Benjamina Ebuehi’s recipe for chocolate and malted buttercream cake | The sweet spot

Fudgy layers and a luscious filling makes this bake simply irresistible – whether it’s your birthday or notBeing a twin, I’ve always shared a birthday cake. Each year, I ask my sister what I should bake and the answer is almost never chocolate, despite it being one of my favourite cake flavours. However, this year, I’ll be changing that and making this lovely, fudgy two-layer chocolate cake filled and topped with a luscious, malty buttercream that I could eat by the spoonful. If you want to make it extra celebratory, swap the chocolate shavings for sprinkles. Continue reading...

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87 m. ago Brexit didn’t solve Britain’s woes, but no matter: leaving the ECHR definitely will. Sounds simple, doesn’t it? | Polly Toynbee

As Reform gathers for its conference, momentum builds for ditching the European convention on human rights. It would be a disasterSign up for our new weekly newsletter Matters of Opinion, where our columnists and writers will reflect on what they’ve been debating, thinking about, reading and moreThere will be fireworks and celebration at Nigel Farage’s party conference this weekend. Burgeoning membership and council seats as Reform UK tops 30% in the polls. Immigration is the boat that sailed him here: the more small boats arriving, the broader his wolfish grin. Prime inflamer of foreigner hatred that he is, black and brown people report what they call the Farage effect in a wave of attacks: Mothin Ali, new deputy head of the Greens and a Leeds councillor, was attacked with bottles while with his family last week on Cromer beach in Norfolk, and racist abuse was hurled at them. He said that Reform rhetoric was causing people to blame immigrants and non-white people for Britain’s prob...

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87 m. ago Josh Barrie On the Sauce at Waltz: Tokyo mood isn’t lost in translation

Josh Barrie drops into this moody hotel-style bar for a Japanese whisky — and a little Coppola fantasy

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87 m. ago Big Thief: Double Infinity review – Band’s latest work is another instant classic

Despite the departure of their longtime bassist, the indie band manage to find positive answers to their intelligently posed questions

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87 m. ago Haney, Shields: Boxing’s youngest undisputed champions as British teenager chases history

British teenager Tiah-Mai Ayton wants to be the youngest undisputed champion ever... Sam Brookes looks at the fighters she has in her sights

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87 m. ago Hamilton Accies Women 'exceptional' in Hearts defeat as boss prepares for Motherwell derby

Robert Watson's side gave the Jambos a run for their money in the SWPL1 clash

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87 m. ago Celtic are weaker but Rangers can concentrate on only one thing – Barry Ferguson

The team have three big home games coming up and it’s a run that could really propel Russell Martin’s men forward

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1 hour ago Game Night South Texas: Refugio runs all over London in dominant victory

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2 h. ago The cork in your wine bottle is one of very few products that dodged Trump's tariffs

U.S. winemakers have something to celebrate: the corks they’re popping aren’t subject to tariffs

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2 h. ago The cat mayoral race: meet 11 runners and riders in the US’s most furious – and furriest – election

It has been the talk of Somerville, Massachusetts this summer, with the winner announced later today. Will it be the candidate who promises free kibble or the one who speaks gnomically of ‘CRIME’?In Somerville, Massachusetts, a community bike path has, in recent months, become a hotly contested political constituency. A cat with a distinctive black smudge on her nose, Berry, had been sighted on the path by a number of concerned neighbours, who reported her missing. But she wasn’t actually anywhere she shouldn’t have been – Berry is an outdoor cat who lives in the area – so her family put up a poster dubbing her the bike path’s “mayor” to let neighbours know not to worry. It wasn’t long though before things got out of hand. How come Berry got to be mayor, asked other pet owners?A heated election is now under way. There have been dirty tactics (at one point, Berry’s campaign sign was stolen), scandal (candidates were outraged when a local vet claimed to be “sponsoring” the race), and ...

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2 h. ago Love Con Revenge review – the followup to The Tinder Swindler is deeply anticlimactic

This show catches up with one of the defrauded women in one of Netflix’s most-watched documentaries ever, in her new life battling scammers. Sadly, the results don’t make for great TVWell here’s a first, I think – a spin-off from a true-crime documentary starring the original victim as she goes about her new life as an avenging angel. Cecilie Fjellhøy fell victim to Simon Leviev, who would become known to the masses as the Tinder Swindler via a 2022 Netflix documentary of the same name. She lent $200,000 to a man she met online and considered her boyfriend, who appeared to be (and she did her due Google diligence) a billionaire member of the Leviev Israeli diamond dynasty. In fact, his real name was Shimon Hayut and his apparent wealth came from a string of women he had previously dated and defrauded. The film was nominated for five Emmys, is said to be Netflix’s most watched documentary, and the title has since become a byword for online scammers who practise manipulative and emoti...

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3 h. ago Jade Goody's widower Jack Tweed weighs in on her mystery 'missing money' riddle

Jade Goody married Jack Tweed on the banks of the River Thames weeks before she died in March 2009, and following the tragedy, the TV personality's finances took a huge hit

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3 h. ago Michelle Keegan's 'amazing' hair mask down to £7.49 in early Black Friday deal

Celebrity-loved brand Give Me Cosmetics has kicked of Black Friday shopping season early with huge discounts including one set with 78% off

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3 h. ago Colby Donovan ready for Celtic chance after 'thrilling' Brendan Rodgers talks

The teenager has been thrust into the limelight following injuries to Alistair Johnston and Tony Ralston

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3 h. ago Ultimate nepo baby Chelsea Clinton's plan to run for office has me running to Canada: KENNEDY

Don't look now, but American politics just took another turn around the stained porcelain pot.

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5 h. ago Jacob Bethell’s innings against South Africa offers silver lining amid England’s ODI gloom

A much-improved England came up five runs short at Lord’s as South Africa took an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match series

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5 h. ago Boy, 13, killed in cold blood in front of mum at Pico Rivera petrol station

Saith Mendez was killed as he waited for his mum to finish work at a petrol station, the suspect fled the scene but has since been arrested and charged with murder

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5 h. ago Eagles' Jalen Carter ejected for spitting on Cowboys' Dak Prescott

Philadelphia Eagles defensive tackle Jalen Carter was ejected moments after a pregame Super Bowl championship celebration for spitting on Dallas quarterback Dak Prescott

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5 h. ago David Tennant's wife opens up on navigating family life with neurodiverse children

David Tennant, who portrayed the tenth and fourteenth incarnations of Doctor Who, married Georgia in 2011 and they have five children together, including actor Ty

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6 h. ago CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews Educating Yorkshire on Ch4: Coffee and chocolate for breakfast? No wonder this boy's bouncing off walls

Bad behaviour and larking about in the classroom are no longer punished by a swift slap round the back of the head, thank goodness.

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