When Jamie’s Italian crashed and burned in 2019, with the company in £83m of debt and causing 1,000 job losses, no one imagined the celebrity chef would try again. But seven years later, Jamie Oliver

In pictures: Metrocentre turns 40 1 hour ago Share Save Add as preferred on Google Metrocentre Metrocentre's very own indoor theme park, Metroland, operated until 2008 Once Europe's largest shopping c

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The US secretary of state, Marco Rubio, is to travel to Rome this week for a visit reportedly aimed at thawing frosty relations with the Italian government and the Vatican. Rubio is scheduled to be i

Leslie Simon and Marc Bender had arrived in Havana for a 10-day holiday, despite their president’s repeated threats of military action against Cuba. The two retired union lawyers from Los Angeles fle

Since Donald Trump’s first term, they have been viewed comfortingly as the “adults in the room,” a last line of defense against the impulsive whims of a president with access to the nuclear codes. No

Whatever the ins and outs of Westminster politics, Keir Starmer can take small comfort in the fact that there is one place where he is consistently popular. It just happens to be 5,000 miles away. In

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Why a parish council is raising tax by 180% 5 hours ago Share Save Add as preferred on Google Anna Whittaker Nottingham political reporter BBC Joe Pope, executive officer of Radcliffe-on-Trent Parish

Police escort for Paddington statue dumped in park 2 hours ago Share Save Add as preferred on Google Hampshire Constabulary Paddington was "given a police escort" after he was found in the park, said

'I was born without a womb - now I'm on my IVF journey' 2 hours ago Share Save Add as preferred on Google Emily Johnson Yorkshire Betty Mukherjee Betty Mukherjee was diagnosed with MRKH when she was 1

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Until recently, we humans have been able to be smug about our abilities. No other animals play boardgames, write essays or prove mathematical theorems. But lately, progress in AI seems as though it mi

Callum, 19, Southend Occupation Pre-trade surveyor Voting record He’d give the Conservatives a chance to unruin everything, or maybe give Reform a go Amuse bouche Callum has raced motorcycles and c

‘You’re special needs’: Matt Haig When I was 14, I had to start a new school. I wasn’t great at starting new schools, even though I had done so quite a few times – once for my dad’s work, once becaus

On a stretch of Manchester road known for kebabs, shisha smoke and restless energy, three young men drive towards a night that already feels like it’s slipping out of control. The premise of Wimmy Roa

Two people have died following a “suspicious” explosion at a house in Bristol. Avon and Somerset police have declared a major incident after the explosion, which happened at about 6.30am on Sunday. T

Estate attracted Rihanna and Justin Bieber - but area's Grade II-listed gem was forgotten 21 minutes ago Share Save Add as preferred on Google Amelia Shone-Adams BBC Wales Matt Kent/Getty Images Singe

Team sports offer us a simple life: we pick one or one picks us, the end. Individual sports, though, are different: on the one hand, who we enjoy doesn’t describe us in the same way but, on the other,

Six supreme court justices handed down a ruling built, ostensibly, on the belief that the US has changed so much as to render the protections of the Voting Rights Act unnecessary. No one should be tha

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Zack Polanaski has expressed regret after he reshared a critical post of the Metropolitan Police following the Golders Green knife attack. The Green Party leader shared a social media post which alle

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Operation Epic Fury has thus far achieved none of Donald Trump’s war aims, but it may well accelerate the global transition towards the clean energy he loves to hate. Last week brought the latest exc

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Watford have sacked head coach Ed Still, just three months into a two-and-a-half year contract, following the Championship club’s dismal end to the season. Still was Watford’s 11th permanent head coac

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Woman seriously injured in alleged hit and run 21 minutes ago Share Save Add as preferred on Google Nicholas Bourne BBC Wales Google The woman was hit while near The Swan pub in Rhyl, police say A wom

The 2025-26 season will surely be remembered for the clubs that have lurched from one crisis to another, chopping and changing managers and head coaches at the drop of a hat. Four different bosses at