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My phone thinks my boyfriend is my ‘best friend’. It’s not alone

My phone thinks my boyfriend is my ‘best friend’. Queer identity shouldn’t be treated as abnormal My boyfriend and I invented a game on our recent trip to Italy.

1,671 cases of ticketless travel detected in trains in Thiruvananthapuram division, ₹13 lakh penalty imposed

Capital FM, Kenya Airways ink deal covering travel, lifestyle and sustainability

Kenya Airways General Manager for Digital, Brand and Marketing Martin Gitonga and Capital FM Managing Director Symon Bargurei said the partnership would explore opportunities for joint marketing, events, audience engagement and storytelling. Kenya Airways General Manager for Digital, Brand and Marketing Martin Gitonga (left) and Capital FM Managing Director Symon Bargurei (right) said the partnership would explore opportunities for joint marketing, events, audience engagement and storytelling/CFM Bargurei noted Capital FM was entering a new phase focused on expanding its reach and…

Vanguard staff discovers expired NAFDAC certification on Custard Pie

By Efe Onodjae A Vanguard staff member has raised concerns over food safety after discovering that the NAFDAC certification of a WAO Custard Pie bought from a shop in Lagos had expired. The verification result identified the manufacturer as Dreamers Food Limited and listed December 11, 2024, as the certification’s expiry date.

The high drama of volcanic wines

Volcanic soils take many forms – ash, basalt, obsidian, pumice, tuff – and interact with climate, altitude, water availability, grape variety and farming to produce wines with a very particular sense of place. Often, they have little in common with each other; a deep, rich nerello mascalese from Mount Etna’s north side bears little comparison to a light, leathery listán negro from Tenerife, say.

The Sea review – Jennifer Saunders takes fussing over buying curtains to Shakespearean levels

Theatre Royal Bath Edward Bond’s play about consumerism and the strength of humans in dark times is hugely enlivened by Saunders and her tight-lipped pomposity When describing his own play, the late playwright Edward Bond said he wanted The Sea to deal with tragedy, be a comedy and end with people being as honest and open as they could. It’s jarring when, come the following scene, we’re flung into a draper’s shop, where Jennifer Saunders’ avaricious, egotistical Mrs Rafi is fussing over curtain material.

Africa urged to boost domestic funding for food security as climate risks mount

NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct 29 – African governments have been urged to increase domestic funding for food security and nutrition programmes, with policymakers and development partners warning that climate shocks, water mismanagement and underinvestment are threatening the continent’s food systems. George Esunge Fominyen, the World Food Programme (WFP) Representative to the African Union and the UN Economic Commission for Africa, said water, food security and nutrition should be addressed as interconnected challenges rather than separate policy priorities.

What an eight-hour power cut taught me about food stockpiling

What you need in an emergency is a deep pantry • Sign up here for our weekly food newsletter, Feast I’m writing this from the North Sea coast, where I’m in a semi-enforced lockdown at my in-laws’ house. Like most of the UK, storms Austen and Boelo hit us in quick succession, and we’ve been in and out of power cuts ever since.

‘Like Saddam opened a Cheesecake Factory’: how did the restaurant end up in a Maga fight over ‘elitism’?

Obama has been accused of ‘snobbery’ over his Trump diss, as people rush to defend the restaurant chain’s ‘affordable opulence’ Around lunchtime on Tuesday, a Rolls-Royce stopped at the intersection of Beverly Drive and Dayton Way in Beverly Hills, California. Local people in athleisure walked past Balenciaga, Dior and Prada boutiques, as visitors on Hollywood bus tours ogled nearby Rodeo Drive, where Burberry and Louis Vuitton shops meet at a celebrated street corner.

Night Plane review – join the jumbo jet to hell in this indie horror game

Together, these elements scream existential terror … which is perhaps why we are now seeing a new indie sub-genre of job sim horror games, including Home Safety Hotline, Dredge and more recently, Grease Trap ’99, a Lovecraftian mystery set in a Scottish chip shop. Now, we have Night Plane, in which you take on the role of a flight attendant on a jumbo jet to hell.

Rare love letters to French aristocrat shed light on Louis XVI maritime mystery

‘Miracle’ cache of letters written by French scientist who died in ill-fated La Pérouse mission give personal account of 1785 voyage As he prepared to climb the scaffolding to be publicly executed by guillotine on 21 January 1793, Louis XVI is reported to have asked: “Is there news of Monsieur de la Pérouse?” He was referring to Jean-François de Galaup, the count of Pérouse, a naval officer and navigator whom the French king had dispatched in 1785 on a round-the-world scientific mission to rival discoveries made by the English explorer Captain James Cook.

Nature is making a comeback, but the world must move faster to meet restoration targets – UN Report

A UN report published today finds that 252 million hectares (ha) across 149 countries are being restored, creating more than one million green jobs

Mother’s feeding practices may influence children’s reluctance to try new foods: NIN study

Food neophobia among children can limit dietary variety and potentially affect nutritional health during crucial years of growth

Upa Lokayukta finds expired food items in eateries in Belagavi bus stand

B. Veerappa expressed concern over the lack of cleanliness in the bus stand’s restrooms, and inefficient garbage collection in the bus stand premises

'I live with a ghost' - inside the haunted homes attracting bargain hunters

Properties where someone has died in tragic circumstances can have big reductions in price.

Ciku Muiruri recounts home raid amid court battle for the Gachoka land

Over 200 men stormed the home, ransacking rooms and threatening to dig up family graves.

Live: Australia looks to press home its advantage on day three in Cape Town

Australia has a first innings lead over South Africa, and will be looking to build on that on day three of the deciding Test in Cape Town.

Pastor opens up on voluntary resignation from RCCG UK leadership

Former Chairman of the Redeemed Christian Church of God’s UK parishes, Pastor Agu Irukwu, has explained his decision to voluntarily resign from his leadership positions in the church in April 2021. Irukwu reflected on his decision at a recent programme hosted by Pastor Poju Oyemade of The Covenant Nation, saying his departure from the positions

Are You With Me Now? by Hanif Kureishi review – back to basics

by Hanif Kureishi review – back to basics. After his catastrophic accident, the rebel writer’s musings on everything from sex chatbots to film stars have become gloriously unleashed Some months after returning home, after a grim year in hospitals in Rome and London, Hanif Kureishi begins to rebel.

‘Looming stone towers like Maya temples’: a hike through Snowdonia’s slate country

This is the Llwybr Llechi Eryri (Snowdonia Slate Trail), an 83-mile hike that follows a great loop around the national park, starting in Bangor and ending in Bethesda. I’m doing just three days, starting in Llanberis and heading to Betws-y-Coed via stops in Beddgelert and Llan Ffestiniog.

Toblerone owner sues British vegan chocolate brand over chunky shape

Catherine’s Originals denies Mondelēz claims in London high court of ‘passing off’ and trademark infringement The owner of Toblerone is taking legal action against a tiny British vegan chocolate brand which it claims has been copying the Swiss chocolate bar’s famous chunky shape. Mondelēz has filed papers at the high court in London accusing Catherine’s Original’s of “passing off” and trademark infringement with its O’bar – a length of chocolate divided into segments each with a rounded semi-oval hump.

Durga Puja 2026: All set for the beat of the dhak

All set for the beat of the dhak. As India gears up for Durga Puja 2026, the air will once again thrum with the beat of the dhak.

Rachel Roddy’s pasta with Senegalese-inspired ragu – recipe

A historical adventure deep in the very heart of pasta country in southern Italy unexpectedly unearths a sauce with roots in Senegal About 30 kilometres south of Naples, the town of Gragnano is surrounded by the Monti Lattari mountain range – the limestone backbone of the Sorrento peninsula. During a visit to Gragnano last month, local historian Giuseppe Di Massa explained how it all worked; how gravity drove the flow of water from one mill to the next, in order to power vertical millstones – a system created for the inconsistent flow.

Country diary: A new chapter for the farm – we’re going organic

A new chapter for the farm – we’re going organic. We have decided to become an organic farm and have started the two-year conversion process with the Soil Association.