4 h. ago ‘We were all pretty privileged’: Allison Williams on Girls, nepo babies and toxic momfluencers

She made her name in Lena Dunham’s landmark series, then starred in Get Out. As she returns in M3gan 2.0, the sequel to the hit horror about a murderous AI doll, she talks about parenting in an age of smartphones, Botox and her famous fatherIf you had wandered the set of the film M3gan 2.0 last year, chances are you would have stumbled into M3gan, the terrifying humanoid doll, staring lifelessly while she waited to be called for her next scene. Sometimes she would stand in the corner of the soundstage, says Allison Williams with a nervy laugh. “The dilemma is: do you turn her around so she’s facing the wall, or do you let her face the room? Both answers are wrong.”In the sequel to the sci-fi horror M3gan, Williams resumes her role as Gemma, a roboticist who has become a crusader against rampant and reckless AI development after her creation – developed for her orphaned niece – became murderous. (She is also a producer on the second film.) Continue reading...

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4 h. ago ‘A timebomb’: could a French mine full of waste poison the drinking water of millions?

Scientists fear thousands of tonnes of chemicals dumped in mining tunnels in Alsace may seep into an aquifer, with devastating consequences for people and wildlifeEight police officers linger with their backs to the two-hectare (five-acre) site known as Stocamine. The place is nondescript in the morning drizzle: two mine shafts, some modern-looking office buildings, a staff car park, lines of landscaped trees. The reason for the police presence, however, is what lies beneath: 42,000 tonnes of toxic waste stored under our feet.Stocamine, which lies in the old industrial town of Wittelsheim, Alsace, once held an old potash mine. Now, the mine shafts are closed, storing poisonous waste from elsewhere. Above the mine shafts is one of Europe’s largest aquifers. Continue reading...

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7 h. ago I've helped hundreds of couples overcome their bedroom issues

We're led to believe that women of a certain age simply lose interest in sex. But a survey published last week has dramatically highlighted just how wrong these assumptions can be.

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12 h. ago US bombing of Iran’s nuclear facilities is Trump’s biggest gamble yet as president

Much could go wrong for the US and the Middle East as Trump and Netanyahu pursue the disempowerment of Iran Middle East crisis – latest updatesDonald Trump, a self-confessed risk-taker, has taken the greatest gamble – not just with his political reputation and the future of the Middle East, but arguably with the whole concept of military intervention as a way to solve intractable geopolitical problems.If the US president succeeds – and there will be many rival interpretations and metrics of success in the weeks ahead – it is possible he will have disempowered Iran, and diminished the global influence of a regime that has for 40 years sponsored threats against the west. In the process his personal authority will have been enhanced, and his next three years in office will be a triumph that may exacerbate some of his worst authoritarian and impulsive traits. Continue reading...

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16 h. ago Too hot to sleep? Try this 39p trick for a full eight hours... and 11 other expert tips that really will cool you down at night

Soaring temperatures spoiling your slumbers? We hear you! Don't sweat - try our expert-approved top 10 tips, tricks and genius buys!

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16 h. ago Tyra Banks reveals the incredible amount of ice cream she eats in a day

Tyra Banks has revealed that she loves frozen desserts so much that she visits three ice cream stores in a single day. 

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16 h. ago Enzo Maresca has midfield puzzle to solve while Chelsea sweat it out in US

Manager has to use Caicedo, Fernández and Lavia wisely with Club World Cup useful exercise for next seasonEnzo Maresca sometimes gives the impression he would love nothing more than to name an entire team of midfielders. A conundrum facing Chelsea’s head coach, though, is that he will struggle to find space in his starting XI for everyone next season.Chelsea are not short of options in the middle. They have the £100m buys, Enzo Fernández and Moisés Caicedo, and the elegant, deep-lying Roméo Lavia. Yet starting them all in a midfield three is not easy if Cole Palmer plays as a No 10. Continue reading...

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17 h. ago You're making your sandwiches WRONG! Scientists reveal why you should never use grated cheese

It's one of Britain's go-to lunches, dating back nearly 400 years. But according to experts, all these years we've been making the humble cheese sandwich wrong.

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19 h. ago I know judging other parents is wrong. But when it comes to giving kids smartphones, I'm a lost cause | Polly Hudson

From feeding to bedtimes, toys to piercings, from the day your child is born, you’re monitored by other parents. And I’m as complicit as anyone else Not all heroes wear capes; some have a box in their bedroom instead. Dragons’ Den’s Sara Davies says she confiscates her kids’ friends’ phones when they come round, so instead of sitting glued to their devices, they talk to each other and play together.“I have a box at the front door they put their phones and iPads in the box and it stays in my bedroom,” she told the Daily Mail. “No one complains. They’re outside playing football, they merge so much better – and they communicate.” Continue reading...

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20 h. ago Former Reform MP Rupert Lowe admits getting staff member to put down his Labrador with a shotgun

Mr Lowe said taking the animal to the vet would have been ‘cruel’ as they can sense something is wrong

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20 h. ago How to make perfect cheese arepas – recipe | Felicity Cloake's How to make the perfect

Arepas are Latin American cornbreads of the most delicious kind. But there are so many variations, so let’s start with one that’s soft on the inside, crisp on the outside and oozing melted cheese When I first came across arepas, at a food market in Williamsburg, New York, almost a decade ago, I was attracted mainly by the fact that these stuffed South American corn breads were, as the stall proclaimed in big letters: “110% gluten-free!” which meant I could share one with a coeliac friend. One bite later, I regretted my generosity: crunchy, buttery and filled with sweetcorn and salty, stringy cheese, I could easily have polished off the whole thing without any help.These, I later learned, were Colombian arepas de choclo, but arepas – flat, unleavened maize patties that pre-date European settlement – are found in many forms and flavours in many other countries, too, most notably Venezuela, but also Bolivia, Ecuador and parts of Central America. As J Kenji López-Alt notes on Serious Ea...

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20 h. ago Not My Type by E Jean Carroll review – memoir takes a hatchet to Trump

The writer’s account of the Trump trials is packed with revenge and barbed wit. She has little to hideAt his wedding to Marla Maples in December 1993, two months after the birth of their daughter, Tiffany, Donald Trump got talking to Howard Stern. According to the shock jock, Trump allegedly opined, charmingly: “Vagina is expensive.” Trump and Maples split in 1997. Nearly 30 years later, E Jean Carroll, an adjudicated victim of Trump’s verbal and sexual abuse, might at least in one way concur with his crude and sexist analysis.Carroll was assaulted by Trump in a changing room at Bergdorf Goodman, the New York department store. Thanks to court cases arising from that encounter, Trump owes her “slightly over $100m”, Carroll writes.Not My Type: One Woman vs a President is published in the US by Macmillan Continue reading...

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20 h. ago I taste tested tinned tuna from Aldi, Asda, M&S, Sainsbury's and the best was the cheapest

Tinned tuna in spring water is a store cupboard staple, and can be used in a wide range of dishes from pasta bakes to salads. But how do the own-brand versions from UK supermarkets compare?

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21 h. ago Every time Starmer wants us to think the best of Trump, the US president proves him wrong

When Trump left the G7 Starmer told journalists that the US president wanted to de-escalate the Middle East crisis. Five days later Trump bombs Iran. The Independent’s David Maddox looks at why the prime minister keeps getting Trump wrong

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22 h. ago Martin Freeman, 53, shops for rings at a London jewellers amid romance with French actress girlfriend Rachel Benaissa, 30

The Sherlock star, 53, has been dating the French actress, 30, since 2020, and on Saturday, was seen perusing the pieces on offer at a Dinny Hall store in north London.

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22 h. ago Coronation Street fans 'work out' which two people are in danger as Aadi Alahan's party goes wrong

When things take a sinister turn, the group of friends wish they could forget the night ever happened

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27 h. ago You're storing cheese wrong and it can cause it to mould and sweat

If you're fed up of your cheese going mouldy just days after opening it, there's something you can do to help. A recipe developer has shared a simple trick to prevent it from spoiling too quickly

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30 h. ago Home Bargains shoppers 'running' to stores for 'gorgeous' £2 item

Fans say they are 'running' to stores to find the 'cute' new item that looks 'lush' in your home

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32 h. ago 'I went to the 'end of the world' where time grinds to a near halt'

Raclette it go - from mountain trails to cheese farms, Tom Cavilla finds a winning mix in Switzerland, where time seems to slow down as you make your way across the mountains

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32 h. ago Mistake after you shower 'creates perfect conditions for mould and structural damage'

An expert says the 'crucial minutes after showering can determine whether your bathroom stays healthy or becomes a breeding ground for problems'

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