‘Christmas is all in the preparation!’ Chefs on eight easy things to do now – so you can relax on the big day

Luckily, there are plenty of ways to get ahead. "It's all in the preparation," says Tom Childs, the head chef at Kerridge's in London . "Get organised like a commercial kitchen and you'll be relaxed by the time the big…

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‘We can’t be at the bottom indefinitely’: Can Britain’s most maligned service station be turned around?

She was surrounded by journalists and leading lights from the transport industry: people from the AA, the RAC, motorway service area chief executives, officials from National Highways. The big dogs. And it was among…

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Famed ship SS United States sunk off coast of Florida

The SS United States spent nearly 30 years docked in Philadelphia before it was moved to Florida, where it will become a home for sealife and an underwater attraction for marine enthusiasts. Activists unsuccessfully…

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QUENTIN LETTS: Burnham's so passive, indecisive, bland. No wonder he's got Boston Consulting to write his Ten-Year Plan

Well before the end of the session the chamber started to empty. MPs no longer find him riveting. Perhaps they never did. Mr Burnham’s supporters say he is a people-pleaser, an ordinary Joe, empathetic, heart in the…

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Katy Perry looks jubilant at Lauren Sanchez's book launch just hours before ex-husband Russell Brand is jailed for rape and sexual assault

The 42-year-old pop star didn't let the impending sentencing stop her from supporting her friend fellow astronaut Lauren Sanchez , who launched a new book in Los Angeles on Sunday. Perry flashed a big smile while dressed…

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Oil slicks seen from space: the devastating impact of boat strikes on fragile Gulf ecosystems

The pollution has spread across the Gulf, contaminating coastlines and threatening to cause lasting damage to marine ecosystems that are home to dolphins, sea turtles and countless species of fish. Eight months into the…

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The (alleged) spy who loved me: the Nvidia scandal - podcast

Its chief executive, Jensen Huang, is worth around $150bn (£112bn). But the AI giant's stock is sliding – and Huang's position is under question – after it emerged on Sunday that he had been having an affair with a woman…

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World heading for ‘irrevocable overshoot’ of global temperature thresholds, analysis warns

Under current policies, the planet will heat up by 2.7C on average by the end of the century compared with preindustrial times, the report by Climate Action Tracker (CAT) found. This is up slightly from a prediction of…

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Fifty heads of state gather in Dublin for major European summit

Members of the Garda Armed Support Unit outside the National Gallery in Dublin (Niall Carson/PA) PA Wire Fifty heads of state are gathering in the Irish capital to discuss the war in Ukraine and other major issues. The…

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UK economic growth expected to have picked up amid AI and defence drive

Economists were expecting to see growth accelerate to 0.7% for the third quarter (Yui Mok/PA) PA Wire City Edition News from the City, market updates plus comment and analysis from our business desk I would like to be…

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