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Plans are underway for The Devil Wears Prada sequel film - ALISON BOSHOFF reveals everything we know so far

Plans are underway for The Devil Wears Prada sequel film - ALISON BOSHOFF reveals everything we know so far

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Local focus can change the big picture

Local focus can change the big picture

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The Jude Bellingham crisis is threatening to blow up the England camp - here's the drastic move Thomas Tuchel MUST now make, writes OLIVER HOLT

The Jude Bellingham crisis is threatening to blow up the England camp - here's the drastic move Thomas Tuchel MUST now make, writes OLIVER HOLT

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RICHARD EDEN: Prince Harry and Meghan have dropped their biggest hint yet about a return to royal life

RICHARD EDEN: Prince Harry and Meghan have dropped their biggest hint yet about a return to royal life

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Want to get kids away from screens? Put them inside one

Want to get kids away from screens? Put them inside one

Why spending £2m on a Gaelic primary is a dubious allocation of public funds

Why spending £2m on a Gaelic primary is a dubious allocation of public funds

Why we need safe baby courts in Scotland

Why we need safe baby courts in Scotland

Is new Winter Fuel Payment £35,000 threshold for an individual or a household? STEVE WEBB replies

Is new Winter Fuel Payment £35,000 threshold for an individual or a household? STEVE WEBB replies

The Queen Mum and a very chilly view of the Mitford Girls: EPHRAIM HARDCASTLE

The Queen Mum and a very chilly view of the Mitford Girls: EPHRAIM HARDCASTLE

If Starmer doesn't fix two crucial issues he can start writing his political obituary

If Starmer doesn't fix two crucial issues he can start writing his political obituary

The Scottish Tory who has perfected the art of 'vice-signalling'

The Scottish Tory who has perfected the art of 'vice-signalling'

Does Labour have the guts to ditch the trans activism, climatism and Gaza-ology?

Does Labour have the guts to ditch the trans activism, climatism and Gaza-ology?

When a Glasgow teacher gives a young scholar dietary advice...

When a Glasgow teacher gives a young scholar dietary advice...

I'm proof you can REVERSE your age: For decades BRYONY GORDON lived on a diet of cocaine, booze and cigarettes - but after getting sober, this is how she successfully lowered her biological age

I'm proof you can REVERSE your age: For decades BRYONY GORDON lived on a diet of cocaine, booze and cigarettes - but after getting sober, this is how she successfully lowered her biological age

Elon Musk's superpower

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Elon Musk's superpower

California gets a taste of what it's like when leftists mobs roam the streets

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California gets a taste of what it's like when leftists mobs roam the streets

Congressional appropriation reform to fund and sustain America's Golden Dome

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Congressional appropriation reform to fund and sustain America's Golden Dome

Enhancing the president's edge with an Office of National and Economic Security

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Enhancing the president's edge with an Office of National and Economic Security

The 'big, beautiful bill' comes due for teachers unions

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The 'big, beautiful bill' comes due for teachers unions

This is the way to save Social Security

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This is the way to save Social Security

U.S.-China competition hinges on energy

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U.S.-China competition hinges on energy

Simone Biles’ attack on Riley Gaines shows the hypocrisy of liberals’ supposed ‘be kind’ movement

Simone Biles’ attack on Riley Gaines shows the hypocrisy of liberals’ supposed ‘be kind’ movement

LA liberals’ anti-ICE riots: Letters to the Editor — June 10, 2025

LA liberals’ anti-ICE riots: Letters to the Editor — June 10, 2025

How Democrats defend the WORST migrants and blame Trump for riots ordered up by the left

How Democrats defend the WORST migrants and blame Trump for riots ordered up by the left

Amid the horrific rise in Jew-hatred, the US Holocaust Museum must reexamine its role

Amid the horrific rise in Jew-hatred, the US Holocaust Museum must reexamine its role

Americans are starting to learn who ‘Maryland father’ Abrego Garcia really is

Americans are starting to learn who ‘Maryland father’ Abrego Garcia really is

Looks like it’s up to Hochul to kill the monstrous ‘assisted suicide’ bill

Looks like it’s up to Hochul to kill the monstrous ‘assisted suicide’ bill

Column: Trump deploys, protesters respond. This will not end well

Column: Trump deploys, protesters respond. This will not end well

How Freddie Forsyth wrote The Day Of The Jackal in 35 days - and based his novels on his life as an MI6 spy. But after passing away eight months after the death of his wife of 30 years, did he die of a broken heart?

How Freddie Forsyth wrote The Day Of The Jackal in 35 days - and based his novels on his life as an MI6 spy. But after passing away eight months after the death of his wife of 30 years, did he die of a broken heart?

I've spotted a hideous hidden detail in THOSE wedding pictures of Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce. It's breathtakingly savage: KENNEDY

I've spotted a hideous hidden detail in THOSE wedding pictures of Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce. It's breathtakingly savage: KENNEDY

Hooray! America is finally heading toward race and gender fairness

Hooray! America is finally heading toward race and gender fairness

Story of Vietnamese orphans who resettled here 50 years ago proves there are greater things than politics

Story of Vietnamese orphans who resettled here 50 years ago proves there are greater things than politics

EDEN CONFIDENTIAL: Cressida Bonas gives birth to 'miracle' baby and names her after tragic sister

EDEN CONFIDENTIAL: Cressida Bonas gives birth to 'miracle' baby and names her after tragic sister

CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews Jamie's Dyslexia Revolution on Ch4: All fired up like an angry Aga, chef Jamie gave the minister a roasting

CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews Jamie's Dyslexia Revolution on Ch4: All fired up like an angry Aga, chef Jamie gave the minister a roasting

Diplomacy as theater: China's obsession with Beijing-Washington summits

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Diplomacy as theater: China's obsession with Beijing-Washington summits

From Vietnamese street orphans to successful Americans: The untold rescue story

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From Vietnamese street orphans to successful Americans: The untold rescue story

Newsom-Bass’ ‘give up’ governance, FEMA is built to fail and other commentary

Newsom-Bass’ ‘give up’ governance, FEMA is built to fail and other commentary

QUENTIN LETTS: Criticising Red China is a moreish activity. You try some and before long hanker for another plateful

QUENTIN LETTS: Criticising Red China is a moreish activity. You try some and before long hanker for another plateful

Wigan legend Billy Boston will become rugby league's first knight. And not before time, writes OLIVER HOLT

Wigan legend Billy Boston will become rugby league's first knight. And not before time, writes OLIVER HOLT

Tech stampede to the exit: British brilliance born of our great universities is being plundered daily, says ALEX BRUMMER

Tech stampede to the exit: British brilliance born of our great universities is being plundered daily, says ALEX BRUMMER

Tinkering with smartphone rules won’t save our kids – the damage they do means we must BAN them now

Tinkering with smartphone rules won’t save our kids – the damage they do means we must BAN them now

Meghan’s theme park snap proves she is a cosplay Diana… the contrast between the two couldn’t be more different

Meghan’s theme park snap proves she is a cosplay Diana… the contrast between the two couldn’t be more different

Letter to the editor: Soft-on-crime policies lead to anarchy

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Letter to the editor: Soft-on-crime policies lead to anarchy

Letter to the editor: Being gay is not an indulgence

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Letter to the editor: Being gay is not an indulgence

Letter to the editor: When free speech becomes pure incitement

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Letter to the editor: When free speech becomes pure incitement

From gold medals to gender politics: Simone Biles should quit, again

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From gold medals to gender politics: Simone Biles should quit, again

DARREN LEWIS 'Let's honour Uriah Rennie and finally address glaring Premier League issue'

DARREN LEWIS 'Let's honour Uriah Rennie and finally address glaring Premier League issue'

Revealed: The new Reform chairman who used to be a TV presenter. ANDREW PIERCE lifts the lid

Revealed: The new Reform chairman who used to be a TV presenter. ANDREW PIERCE lifts the lid

Tory WAG Sasha Swire's attack on Sarah Vine is vindictive nonsense. Why didn't she write about the mink-lined snobbery of her own adulterous husband? NADINE DORRIES

Tory WAG Sasha Swire's attack on Sarah Vine is vindictive nonsense. Why didn't she write about the mink-lined snobbery of her own adulterous husband? NADINE DORRIES

Using an asthma inhaler in the wrong way could cause your TEETH to fall out - but this simple trick can protect you: DR MARTIN SCURR

Using an asthma inhaler in the wrong way could cause your TEETH to fall out - but this simple trick can protect you: DR MARTIN SCURR

Rachel Reeves' winter fuel U-turn has exposed depths of incompetence that are barely credible. This is why the political damage will be permanent, says STEPHEN GLOVER

Rachel Reeves' winter fuel U-turn has exposed depths of incompetence that are barely credible. This is why the political damage will be permanent, says STEPHEN GLOVER

RICHARD LITTLEJOHN: How dare the far-Left ideologues who run our health service visit their class-war bigotry on sick children

RICHARD LITTLEJOHN: How dare the far-Left ideologues who run our health service visit their class-war bigotry on sick children

Greta Thunberg, Gaza-bound Gilligan in pigtails, grasps for relevancy

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Greta Thunberg, Gaza-bound Gilligan in pigtails, grasps for relevancy

How Craigmillar’s rise will help transform Edinburgh’s success

How Craigmillar’s rise will help transform Edinburgh’s success

It’s ‘a small part of LA’ is latest media refrain to minimize violent mobs

It’s ‘a small part of LA’ is latest media refrain to minimize violent mobs

Scotland's best-loved charities may be just one financial knock away from collapse

Scotland's best-loved charities may be just one financial knock away from collapse

Now even the British cuppa is not safe from scams

Now even the British cuppa is not safe from scams

The show must go on - but let's make it fair

The show must go on - but let's make it fair

Family businesses: act now to avoid inheriting a new challenge

Family businesses: act now to avoid inheriting a new challenge