Meghan Markle’s British friends warned her against marrying Prince Harry, telling her that tabloid newspapers “will destroy your life”. Speaking about her first year as a member of the royal family, the Duchess of Sussex said she had tried to put on a “stiff upper lip,” but was not prepared for the media interest she […]
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Image copyright John Lewis & Partners Image caption John Lewis said “fill your own” crackers now account for one in three packets sold Waitrose and John Lewis are to stop selling Christmas crackers containing plastic toys from 2020 as part of plans to cut down on single-use plastic. Instead crackers will be filled with toys
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It seemed a daunting challenge to follow in the footsteps of a secretive artist who destroyed all her correspondence more than a decade before her death in 1944. Someone who, between 1906 and 1915, had created an astonishing cache of nearly 200 novel paintings — bold abstract compositions as large as 10 by 8 feet
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The Washington Capitals admitted they weren’t at their best. Still good enough to pull out a win to start a five-game road trip. Tom Wilson broke a tie with 8:13 left and the Capitals rebounded after blowing a two-goal lead to beat the Chicago Blackhawks 5-3 on Sunday night for their third straight win. Wilson
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WASHINGTON — A July 25 call between President Trump and the president of Ukraine is the basis for an impeachment inquiry into whether Mr. Trump withheld American military aid until Ukrainian officials investigated former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. and his son, Hunter. Last week the acting White House chief of staff, Mick Mulvaney,
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BEIRUT (Reuters) ― Lebanese Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri agreed on Sunday to a package of reforms with government partners to ease an economic crisis that has sparked protests aimed at ousting a ruling elite seen as riddled with corruption and cronyism. Officials told Reuters the agreement was reached as hundreds of thousands of protesters flooded
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Image copyright BSIP/Getty Images Image caption The outbreak of Group A streptococcal infection began in Braintree The “most likely cause” of a bacterial outbreak that has seen 15 people die was district nursing teams, a document obtained by the BBC has revealed. At least 33 people in Essex have been infected by the strain of
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Image copyright Zakary Walters Image caption Ed Sheeran drew his world tour to a close with four homecoming gigs in Chantry Park, Ipswich in August Ed Sheeran fans can follow his path to global stardom on a walking tour of the streets where he began his career. The route around Ipswich, where he ended his
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The Latest on a group of deep-sea researchers looking for sunken World War II ships (all times local): 5:30 p.m. Researchers say a shipwreck from the World War II Battle of Midway that was spotted on the floor of the Pacific Ocean is the flagship Japanese aircraft carrier Akagi. Vulcan Inc.’s director of undersea operations
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NL MVP candidate Anthony Rendon surveyed his teammates scattered around the Nationals Park diamond, whoopin’ it up after clinching a World Series berth. There were starting pitchers Max Scherzer and Aníbal Sánchez, each 35 — and each responsible for taking a no-hit bid into at least the seventh inning as Washington won Games 1 and
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