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Courtney Büchner: One of the Girls review – all aboard for a rollercoaster relationship
Courtney Büchner is here to tell us a love story. Not the type you’re thinking of – even though she has just married her partner, Maddy. This rollercoaster platonic...
Premier League buildup, transfers and Hull v Manchester United early news – matchday live
Key eventsThe reigning champions got the season started yesterday evening with a comfortable three-nil win at home to newly-promoted Coventry.Barney Ronay was on deck to cover a match where...
‘A brilliant initiative’: the Youth Sport Games goes from strength to strength
On a dais overlooking the Adriatic, 20 children are playing chess. Arranged in a circle, they are competing not against each other but against the grandmaster Nigel Short, who...
Battery fires at recycling centres are costing UK £1bn a year, figures show
Fires at recycling centres caused by wrongly discarded lithium batteries such as those found in vapes are occurring at the rate of more than 10 a week, according to...
Island hopping through stone-age history in Ireland, Wales and the Isle of Man
The guide was adamant. “I’ve picked human teeth out of there and I’m not doing it again.” The small group of tourists looked suitably aghast, except the boy. He...
Dog Park: a delightful sitcom that will fill the Colin from Accounts shaped hole in your life
Whenever I’m watching a programme that features an animal and I realise I’m expected to have a specific reaction to that animal, I run into a problem. I call...
TV tonight: The Voice gets a shake-up with new judge Kelly Rowland
The Voice UK7pm, ITV1A new series calls for a new judge! Kelly Rowland will take a seat in the swivelling chairs for this year’s talent show, alongside Tom Jones,...
‘It exists only for pleasure’: does ice-cream have a future in the age of wellness fads and weight-loss drugs?
Last month I stood in the biggest ice-cream factory in Britain and watched a 5-metre Viennetta mint-flavoured ice-cream cake get made. The factory – which is owned by the...
