‘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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Chris Watts' gay prison sex revealed: Guards catch killer dad and fellow inmate... sordid scene is discovered in cell... and insiders leak his letters to harem of young men who 'will do anything'

Hours before he strangled his pregnant wife Shanann to death in 2018, he slept with her one last time. He then smothered his daughters – Bella, 4, and Celeste, 3 – and dumped their little bodies in crude oil tanks. By…

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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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Media industry could be forced to improve safeguards after Walliams allegations

Participation in the Creative Industries Independent Standards Authority (CIISA) is currently voluntary. It comes after an investigation by the Guardian and ITV News alleged that entertainer David Walliams had been…

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Democrat Scott Colom seals historic win in Mississippi Senate race

Colom's victory makes him the first black person from Mississippi to be elected to the US Senate in more than 140 years. Fewer than five thousand votes out of nearly a million counted separated him from his Republican…

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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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Ed Miliband FINALLY says he 'deeply regrets' appearing on Russell Brand's web show

The Foreign Secretary , 56, recorded an interview in the now-disgraced comedian's flat as he tried to win over younger voters prior to the 2015 general election . It was posted online as part of Brand's show The Trews, a…

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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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