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1. Best Champagne brands to shop in 2026 for all your celebrations

   What better way to celebrate than with a drop of pure luxury?

2. Best frozen meals to fill your freezer with tasty and easy to heat classics

   Healthy eating doesn’t have to fall by the wayside when you’re busy. Enter balanced freezer heroes for rainy days and beyond

3. I’ve never lifted a weight in my life — this class converted me almost instantly

   It’s a sunny Saturday and I’m looking for excuses not to go to my first ever weight lifting class. Won’t it be full of pros who will scoff at my puny muscles? Is it suitable for complete beginners? And don’t I have a big load of washing I should be doing instead?

4. Best celebrity alcohol brands to try in 2026: Kylie, Kendall Jenner, Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson and more

   Fancy drinks are the new fragrances when it comes to celeb side-hustles - but how do they measure up? Abha Shah pulls up a seat

5. Killer bragged ‘I stabbed him fully’ after murdering student on railway tracks

   Dino Donaldson, 21, from Ealing, west London was found guilty of killing Anojan Gnaneswaran at Strawberry Hill train station in January 2024.

6. Toby Jones and Indira Varma among stars of International Booker Prize shorts

   The star-studded line-up will feature in the shorts to perform extracts from the shortlisted six novels.

7. From Berghain to Brandenburg: How to spend the perfect weekend in Berlin

   As winter starts turning to spring, it’s time to plan your next city break in the German capital. Here’s the lowdown on the hottest hotels, restaurants, and clubs

8. Tea, cakes and talking about mortality: Why we should all visit a London Death Café

   Located around London and the world, these spaces are offering people a safe way to unpack their feelings about the end of life

9. Killer nicknamed 'Nasty' jailed for life after punching deaf woman to death in north London

   Duane Owusu, 36, has been sentenced to a minimum of 16 years and six months in prison

10. Why this Londoner abandoned his dream of buying one holiday home — and snapped up shares in five others

    Meet one couple who swapped a flat in Spain for houses in the Cotswolds, French Alps, Tuscany, Mallorca and the south of France