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Charity helps thousands of caged hens find new homes
A charity is giving ex-battery hens a second chance at life by finding new homes for thousands of birds that would otherwise be culled.
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Ilhan Omar plans to move out of her Washington DC home after federal raid
US federal agents raided the congresswoman’s home last week as part of an investigation into alleged immigration fraud.
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A flight leaving Sydney tomorrow was 80 years in the making
The first flight from Sydney to the Gold Coast may take an hour and 20 minutes, but passengers embarking on that voyage will be completing a journey that began 80 years ago.
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Swoon! London City Ballet are positively glowing in a night of dreams – and ghosts from dance history
Sadler’s Wells, London Alina Cojocaru astonishes in John Neumeier’s Ghost Light, an ethereal meditation on time, while Glen Tetley’s Firebird has much to cherish A ghost light is the name for a single lamp left on stage when a theatre is dark, and one glows throughout John Neumeier’s ballet Ghost Light. Also never not glowing is Alina Cojocaru, superlative ballerina and guest dancer with London City Ballet, who has a longtime working relationship with Neumeier and his Hamburg Ballet – with whom this work was originally created in 2020.
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The Sydney workshop where hundred-year-old sculptures are made new
Luke McDermott needs to recreate a 120-year-old lion head, but the old one has completely eroded with the passage of time.
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Airbnb host floats 'dishes and utensils fee' as guest chore ban sparks debate
A plan for a national Airbnb host blackout is on the cards as anger erupts over the company's crackdown on guest check-out chores.
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Fatai is third, not first, child, received four flats, other benefits — Okoya family
The family rejected Fatai’s account of his estrangement from the billionaire and denied that Shade Okoya prevented him from meeting his father.
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Which is really England’s oldest pub? Tree-ring dating helps settle debate
Which is really England’s oldest pub? Historic England archaeologist says some inns’ claims to date back 1,000 years are inaccurate and oldest is from 1430 With their low ceilings, timber beams and roaring fires, many of England’s inns lay claim to being the oldest in the land and to have been visited by Vikings and Saxons.
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Watch: 'It's part of the culture' - New York bans horse-drawn carriages after more than 160 years
The BBC's Madeline Halpert spoke to city tourists, residents and horse carriage workers about the industry and their opinion on the ban.
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How I Shop with Bill Bailey: ‘Could be a life-saver in an apocalypse’
The comedian and musician talks medieval instruments, hiking socks and coffee rituals with the Filter • Don’t get the Filter delivered to your inbox? After cutting his teeth on the 1980s standup circuit, Bailey went on to forge a successful career as a television regular and presenter on shows including Never Mind the Buzzcocks, QI and Bill Bailey’s Australian Adventure; in 2020 he won Strictly Come Dancing.
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Crowded nest? How parents and their adult kids can live together in peace
How parents and their adult kids can live together in peace. According to the Office for National Statistics (ONS), 35% of men and 22% of women aged between 20 and 34 were living with their parents in 2025.
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14 countries offering visa on arrival to Nigerians in 2026
2. Comoros Comoros, an island nation in the Indian Ocean off the eastern coast of Africa, is another destination Nigerians can access through a visa-on-arrival arrangement. 3. Djibouti Djibouti, located in the Horn of Africa, offers Nigerian passport holders visa-on-arrival and electronic visa options, according to Passport Index.
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Hammersmith Bridge is a symbol of our dysfunctional times. The money is there, the joined-up thinking isn’t
And the emblem of all that spans the River Thames London’s Hammersmith Bridge is a metaphor for all that is wrong with British government. The bridge sits today on a sublime bend in the Thames, guarded by what looks like Checkpoint Charlie in iron curtain Berlin.
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Stranger things turn an English village upside down in Max Porter’s rural noir Lanny
Bristol Old Vic A family are just getting used to their new home in this haunting drama when a parallel world emerges Overheard in the auditorium during the interval: it’s like Tales of the Unexpected meets Jackanory. But then, Max Porter’s novel, on which it is based, weaves so many seemingly incongruent parts together to create its own beautiful brand of rural noir.
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Breaking: Shooter opens fire at church in Jordan
A shooter has opened fire inside a church in Jordan with at least seven people killed.
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‘I always think my head will fall off when Traitors turn on each other’: the inside story of the world’s biggest TV show
Celia’s guffs, Richard’s gaffes, Claudia’s glorious knitwear – The Traitors has become the most successful show on the planet. When the Batavia set sail from Amsterdam, it crashed and the shipwrecked survivors were left stranded on a tiny island off the coast of Western Australia.
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Cocktail of the week: Kokum’s spiced tamarind and apple sour – recipe
A lively tequila sour shaken up with an injection of tamarind and star anise Rich tamarind chutney gives this vibrant tequila sour a sweet-sour depth that pairs brilliantly with crisp apple juice. Dhononjoy Roy Dip, mixologist, Kokum, London SE22 Continue reading...
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Thousands of homes without power as Storm Austen hits south-west England
Dozens of schools in Cornwall also affected by conditions as another storm heads for Scotland, Northern Ireland and the north of England Thousands of homes are without power and schools have been closed as the first named storm of the year hits UK shores. Storm Austen brought severe conditions to parts of the south-west, with a gust of 76mph recorded at St Mary’s Airport on the Isles of Scilly on Friday morning.
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When the economy decides what is on your plate
By Josephine Agbonkhese THERE was a time when eating healthily was a conversation many Nigerians could relate to. Read Also: Why food prices remain high despite FG’s interventions, ongoing harvest As food prices continue to soar, putting a balanced meal on the table has become a daily struggle for many households, with eggs, milk, fish, meat, chicken, vegetables and even fruits now competing with rent, transport fares, school fees and other household expenses.
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TV tonight: Robson Green stars in a rural culture-clash cosy crime drama
Robson Green stars in a rural culture-clash cosy crime drama. Robson Green plays ex-con and gambler Joe Ruby, who finds himself solving crimes on the Northumberland coast with Liz White’s Oxford-educated DI Rose O’Connell.
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Mysuru among 17 cities selected for street food hub as part of PM SVANidhi
The initiative of the Union Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) seeks to provide organised spaces for street food vendors, improve food safety and hygiene, and offer better facilities to customers
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Children’s and teens roundup – the best new picture books and novels
A sumptuous collection of fairytales; a dreamy Minotaur retelling; the explosive finale of the YA Torch Trilogy and more Dogs, Dogs, Dogs by John Devolle, Pushkin, £12.99 “Old dogs, young dogs, dogs on wheels, dogs that want to eat your meals” – this “very silly book about dogs” is a polychromatic picture-book treat for little canine fans, full of bold graphic artwork and audacious rhymes. by Ged Adamson, Moon and Bird, £12.99 Best friends Squirrel and Mouse are on a blissful walk together, but Squirrel keeps wanting more – a hat, a tie, a boingy stick!
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Add to playlist: the gloriously boisterous grime-metal of Native James and the week’s best new tracks
Filtering alt influences and eskibeats through a distinctly Black British point of view, the Ipswich rapper’s scorched-earth rage sounds like a lot of fun From Ipswich, UK Recommended if you like Linkin Park, Kano, Bob Vylan Up next New single Dumb Bruddah released via SharpTone Records on 30 October “Laaa!” growls Native James on his 2025 track Fallen, stretching a wicked fried scream over more traditionally poppy “la-la-la” chants like a hair-raising metal frontman.
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Lowry kicks off, pop goes kinky and the wild man of Florence is tamed – the week in art
The painter of the industrial north heads south, the Hockney of Soho displays all and debauched artist Filippo Lippi lays his sins at the altar – all in your weekly dispatch LS Lowry The strangest and perhaps most truthful painter of modern Britain gets a thorough looking at. • MK Gallery, Milton Keynes, 24 October to 28 February Continue reading...