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I'm not posh - I worked hard for this
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I'm not posh - I worked hard for this

Ophelia Lovibond, the star of Jez Butterworth’s new play, tells Nick Clark about on-set intimacy and why she doesn’t have imposter syndrome

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February 15, 2024
Keir Starmer is the perfect symbol for 2024: he can't win, even when he wins
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Keir Starmer is the perfect symbol for 2024: he can't win, even when he wins

WHAT exactly do you people want? Sir Keir Starmer has to contend with a progressive Left who call him a traitor and a Right who claim he is an insubstantial opportunist - but he'll still skip into the general election with a mighty 20-point lead in the polls.

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February 15, 2024
It's time to make the UK the home of a smokefree generation
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It's time to make the UK the home of a smokefree generation

‘Targeting all types of tobacco, the government's proposed legislation aims to stop young people from ever taking up the smoking addiction

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February 15, 2024
Why companies need to be transparent about pay (and what you can do about it)
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Why companies need to be transparent about pay (and what you can do about it)

“WHAT are your salary expectations?” Of all the questions on a job application, this is the one many of us find most difficult, to the point of being put off applying altogether.

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February 15, 2024
Meet the man who is ageing backwards
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Meet the man who is ageing backwards

The multi-millionaire tech entrepreneur Bryan Johnson has made himself a guinea pig for pioneering longevity research. He talks to Hamish MacBain about how he escaped a life of depression to lead the way in biohacking

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February 15, 2024
Swift boyfriend 'heartbroken' after shooting at Super Bowl celebration
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Swift boyfriend 'heartbroken' after shooting at Super Bowl celebration

TRAVIS KELCE said today he was “heartbroken” after a mother-of-two was killed and 21 people wounded in a mass shooting at the end of the Kansas City Chiefs’s Super Bowl victory parade.

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February 15, 2024
Rishi's recession: Labour blast as PM fails on pledge
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Rishi's recession: Labour blast as PM fails on pledge

Experts divided at Britain’s first proper slump since the financial crisis of 2008

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February 15, 2024
Harry and Meghan hit slopes with film crew after Sussex rebrand row
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Harry and Meghan hit slopes with film crew after Sussex rebrand row

THE Duke and Duchess of Sussex took to the slopes in Canada to promote the next Invictus Games as they presented a united front following a backlash over their “royal” rebrand.

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February 15, 2024
All change! Overground rebranded with a little help from the Lionesses)
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All change! Overground rebranded with a little help from the Lionesses)

THE London Overground is to be renamed and rebranded to make it easier for passengers to work out where their train goes.

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February 15, 2024
Son dislocated finger in ping pong ding-dong while on South Korea duty
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Son dislocated finger in ping pong ding-dong while on South Korea duty

TOTTENHAM's Heung-min Son dislocated his finger after a bust-up with a team-mate over table tennis while he was on South Korea duty at the Asian Cup.

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February 14, 2024
Fit-again Tuilagi can power his way back into contention
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Fit-again Tuilagi can power his way back into contention

MANU TUILAGI was today due to boost England's power-game options by joining up with their training camp.

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February 14, 2024
WOOD BACK AS ENGLAND SEEK A QUICK START
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WOOD BACK AS ENGLAND SEEK A QUICK START

TOURISTS NAME TWIN SEAM ATTACK FOR GREEN RAJKOT PITCH AS THEY BID TO RETAKE SERIES LEAD

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February 14, 2024
Arteta has a new trick after White proves he can step up
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Arteta has a new trick after White proves he can step up

FINDING a way to cope without Oleksandr Zinchenko has been a constant headache for Mikel Arteta.

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February 14, 2024
Coca-Cola HBC raises a glass as annual results beat forecasts
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Coca-Cola HBC raises a glass as annual results beat forecasts

THE refreshed shares of Coca-Cola HBC today topped the FTSE 100 index after annual results by the European bottling group beat City forecasts.

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February 14, 2024
‘Mortgage chaos put our shared home on hold’
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‘Mortgage chaos put our shared home on hold’

Interest rates kept them apart last year, but this couple hope easing inflation will make their dream real in 2024, finds Charlotte Duck

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February 14, 2024
Home counties house prices slashed as buyers boomerang back to city
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Home counties house prices slashed as buyers boomerang back to city

London house-price growth outperformed the home counties last year, where properties valued at more than £1 million have seen an average of £151,130 knocked off their asking prices since last summer.

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February 14, 2024
West Ham face a question over Moyes that will reveal the club’s real ambitions
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West Ham face a question over Moyes that will reveal the club’s real ambitions

IF West Ham have learnt anything from last season, it is not to sack manager David Moyes in the midst of a European run.

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February 14, 2024
Paris and Idris are the exceptions to the rule that celebrity DJs are just a joke
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Paris and Idris are the exceptions to the rule that celebrity DJs are just a joke

I ’M not being funny but… there’s more to being a DJ than pressing play. I’ve been DJing for more than 35 years now and it all began when I blagged my way onto the decks of one of London’s biggest clubs when I was barely of legal age.

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February 14, 2024
If you thought the law would stop rump you thought wrong
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If you thought the law would stop rump you thought wrong

PLEASE don’t expect the law to save America from Donald Trump. Not for the first time, he is proving to be a talented escapologist.

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February 14, 2024
‘New visa rules mean love is only for the rich’
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‘New visa rules mean love is only for the rich’

A MOTHER of three has warned that the right to fall in love with a foreigner is something that only rich people can have as Home Office visa changes threaten to separate her family.

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February 14, 2024
The songs give you goosebumps, but Live Aid musical is cringey and hollow
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The songs give you goosebumps, but Live Aid musical is cringey and hollow

LIVE AID 1985 is one of those moments that will remain forever embedded in our collective cultural psyche. That moment when Bob Geldof and his mates took it upon themselves to “feed the world”, as is so famously quoted in the Christmas tune, or, specifically, feed Ethiopia, which at that time was experiencing its worst famine in a century.

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February 14, 2024
Sadig and the city: For me, romance Is surprising my wife
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Sadig and the city: For me, romance Is surprising my wife

In honour of Valentine’s Day, the Mayor gives Katie Strick the exclusive scoop on dates at McDonald's and his advice for singles

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February 14, 2024
A break from the Chinese restaurant orthodoxy
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A break from the Chinese restaurant orthodoxy

THE diversifying revolution in Britain's Chinese restaurants is complicated.

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February 14, 2024
Fresh blow for Putin as Ukrainian drones 'sink Russian landing ship in the Black Sea'
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Fresh blow for Putin as Ukrainian drones 'sink Russian landing ship in the Black Sea'

VLADIMIR PUTIN'S Black Sea navy suffered a fresh blow today with a large Russian landing ship sunk by Ukrainian sea drones, according to military reports.

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February 14, 2024
‘Our hearts soared when we listened’: radio DJs pay tribute to Steve Wright
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‘Our hearts soared when we listened’: radio DJs pay tribute to Steve Wright

STEVE WRIGHT was today remembered as a broadcaster whose \"heart soared when he was on the air\" as tributes to the BBC Radio DJ continued to pour in following his death.

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February 14, 2024
Prince Harry and Meghan fly to Canada amid row over royal’ digital rebrand
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Prince Harry and Meghan fly to Canada amid row over royal’ digital rebrand

THE Duke and Duchess of Sussex were today in Canada to promote the Invictus Games as controversy continued over their digital rebrand.

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February 14, 2024
'Central of chaos - it's line faces years imploded'
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'Central of chaos - it's line faces years imploded'

DIRE WARNINGS FROM TUBE WHISTLEBLOWERS OVER UNDERINVESTMENT

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February 14, 2024
Anger at closure of exclusive Soho House for kids’ founded by wife of William’s friend
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Anger at closure of exclusive Soho House for kids’ founded by wife of William’s friend

A WEST London private members' club for families described as a \"Soho House for kids\", co-founded by the wife of one of Prince William's closest friends, has abruptly shut down.

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February 14, 2024
Guilty-pleasure glamour as Kors fashions timeless tribute to NYC
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Guilty-pleasure glamour as Kors fashions timeless tribute to NYC

MICHAEL KORS and his cappuccino-cashmere army made for the most New York of catwalks shown this fashion week, which ends today.

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February 14, 2024
Soho Theatre bans unacceptable’ comedian
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Soho Theatre bans unacceptable’ comedian

SOHO Theatre has banned comedian Paul Currie from performing after he was accused of “hounding” Jewish members of the audience out of his show.

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February 14, 2024