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We Fifty-Plusers have by now got a pretty good handle on the specific clothes that add years to our appearance - though it has to be said there are still regular surprises

As we reach the middle of Sober October, I want to share the strategies you can use to drink less - even if going totally sober seems too much of a stretch.

Claire Foy commanded attention in an eye-catching black dress as she attended the H Is for Hawk premiere at the 69th BFI London Film Festival on Sunday.

The family from Corby, Northamptonshire, took part in the hit BBC show, hosted by Nick Knowles and his team, in October 2019.

The actor, 59, said that changes in attitudes towards more problematic or offensive jokes - like those that littered his biggest hits - has created 'landmines everywhere'.

A deadly mass shooting took place around 1am Sunday at Willie's Bar and Grill in St. Helena Island, South Carolina. A total of four people died and at least 20 customers were injured.

The actress wore an impressive, vintage-style ring on her engagement finger while attending a Miu Miu catwalk show in the French capital.

The Traitors is back - and it's not just the celebrity players who have us glued to our screens.

Our thoughts are with those who lost a loved one

Justin and Hailey Bieber looked more in love than ever as they enjoyed a cozy lakeside escape surrounded by snow-dusted peaks and turquoise water.

Tessa Thompson turned heads in a stylish white mini dress as she attended the Hedda premiere during 69th BFI London Film Festival on Sunday. 

Ahead of its wide release, the upcoming Netflix film, Train Dreams held its premiere screening at the 69th London Film Festival on Sunday evening.

Dramatic footage taken on the Balearic party island, shows luxury supercars submerged under the island's streets with torrential rain bringing the airport to a close and forcing clubs to shut down.

Coded messages written by Mary Queen of Scots have been deciphered after four centuries thanks to amateur codebreakers from Germany, Israel and Japan.

Competition is hotting up among Britain's upmarket holiday parks as families who have had enough of sky-high costs at the big-name resorts look elsewhere for a taste of the good life.

An anonymous reader shared this report from the Guardian: This month, indie musicians in San Francisco gathered for a series of talks called Death to Spotify, where attenders explored "what it means to decentralize music discovery, production and listening from capitalist economies". The events, held at Bathers library, featured speakers from indie station KEXP, labels Cherub Dream Records and Dandy Boy Records, and DJ collectives No Bias and Amor Digital. What began as a small run of talks quickly sold out and drew international interest. People as far away as Barcelona and Bengaluru emailed the organizers asking how to host similar events. The talks come as the global movement against Spotify edges into the mainstream. In January, music journalist Liz Pelly released Mood Machine, a critical history arguing the streaming company has ruined the industry and turned listeners into "passive, uninspired consumers". Spotify's model, she writes, depends on paying artists a pittance — less still if they agree to be "playlisted" on its Discovery mode, which rewards the kind of bland, coffee-shop muzak that fades neatly into the background... The Death to Spotify organizers say their goal is not necessarily to shut the app down. "We just want everyone to think a little bit harder about the ways they listen to music," says [event co-founder] Manasa Karthikeyan. "It just flattens culture at its core if we only stick to this algorithmically built comfort zone." So the goal was "down with algorithmic listening, down with royalty theft, down with AI-generated music," according to the event's other co-founder, Stephanie Dukich. Basically some artists "are questioning whether it's doing much for them," says a professor of music at the University of Texas at Austin. The article cites performers who are trying Spotify alternatives, like pop-rock songwriter Caroline Rose, who released her new album only on vinyl and Bandcamp. "I find it pretty lame that we put our heart and soul into something and then just put it online for free," Rose says.

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Kate and Gerry McCann were for a short while in 2007 made suspects by the Portuguese in the disappearance of their daughter which opened the floodgates for a barrage abuse.

Jost made a joke about RFK Jr's appearance in response to a contentious comment the Health Secretary made on Thursday that circumcised men were more likely to be autistic.

He was part of a huge children's TV show back in the noughties, where he graced the screen for four years.

Emma Raducanu has broken her silence after falling victim to the brutal Wuhan heat and retiring from her first-round match against Ann Li last week.