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Why Britain loved Jilly Cooper’s raunchy books

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Getty ImagesCooper's books have been bestsellers since the 1980s (Credit: Getty Images)Daisy Buchanan, author of books including Insatiable and Limelight, host of the You're Booked podcast and Jilly Cooper superfan, first discovered the writer as a teenager. "I think I was about 13 when I fell in love with Jilly's books," she tells BBC Culture. "Riders and Rivals were being passed around at school, almost 20 years after they were first published, which is a testament to her power. Her stories are dramatic, extravagant, escapist tales – but while she sets her books in glamorous worlds, her characters are so…

Fionn McLaughlin: British F4 champion says he is ‘ready’ to step up to Formula 3 in 2026

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Results are one thing in motorsport, but it was McLaughlin's rapid progress in his first season of car racing that really impressed Helmut Marko, a key figure in Red Bull's Junior programme.Less than 24 hours after taking the chequered flag in his final British F4 race, McLaughlin had arrived in Spain ready for the next step in his career, for testing with Hitech ahead of the 2026 Formula 3 season. The traditional motorsport ladder would have seen McLaughlin take a step up to the British GB3 Championship, or maybe a move to a European championship.Going straight to Formula 3 is…

Lewis Moody: Will Greenwood leads support for ‘wonderful human being’

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Former England captain Lewis Moody has been backed to tackle motor neurone disease with "every ounce of his strength" by former team-mate and fellow Rugby World Cup winner Will Greenwood.Moody, 47, learned he had the degenerative, muscle-wasting condition two weeks ago and has told BBC Breakfast he is struggling to confront the implications of his diagnosis.Rugby league legend Rob Burrow and Scotland and British and Irish Lions great Doddie Weir have both died from the disease in the past three years."He is the most wonderful human that we love to his very core," Greenwood, who played alongside Moody for both…

WATCH: FDA and HHS not endorsing generic abortion pill they just approved, White House says

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The White House said Friday that the Food and Drug Administration’s approval of a generic form of mifepristone was just following the law and not a sign of support for the abortion pill. Watch White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt’s remarks in the video player above. Press secretary Karoline Leavitt noted that the FDA and Health and Human Services was merely following the law. READ MORE: FDA approves another generic abortion pill, prompting conservative backlash The decision is “not an endorsement of this drug by any means,” Leavitt said. The approval has drawn fire from conservatives. Mike Pence, Trump’s vice…

News Wrap: Trump deploys 300 California National Guard troops to Oregon

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In our news wrap Sunday, Trump is sending California National Guard troops to Oregon after a federal judge blocked him from deploying Oregon’s National Guard to Portland, Russian strikes across Ukraine killed five people, Syria held its first election since the fall of Assad, and Speaker Johnson said the House won’t be back in session until the Senate passes a bill to end the government shutdown. source : viralpique.com

News Wrap: Trump deploys 300 California National Guard troops to Oregon

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In our news wrap Sunday, Trump is sending California National Guard troops to Oregon after a federal judge blocked him from deploying Oregon’s National Guard to Portland, Russian strikes across Ukraine killed five people, Syria held its first election since the fall of Assad, and Speaker Johnson said the House won’t be back in session until the Senate passes a bill to end the government shutdown. source : viralpique.com

Microsoft is about to launch free Xbox Cloud Gaming with ads

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Microsoft is getting ready to announce an ad-supported version of Xbox Cloud Gaming. Sources familiar with Microsoft’s plans tell The Verge that the software maker has started testing ad-supported games streaming internally, allowing employees to play select titles free without a Game Pass subscription.I understand that the free ad-supported version of Xbox Cloud Gaming will include the ability to stream some games you own, as well as eligible Free Play Days titles, which let Xbox players try games over a weekend. You’ll also be able to stream Xbox Retro Classics games.Sources tell me the internal testing includes around two minutes…

Launch HN: Grapevine (YC S19) – A company GPT that actually works

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Elon Musk calls for canceling Netflix. Here’s what’s happening

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Elon Musk stands in the Oval Office to attend a press event with U.S. President Donald Trump, at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., May 30, 2025. Nathan Howard | ReutersElon Musk this week urged his followers to cancel their Netflix subscriptions over a controversy surrounding an animated show and its creator.Musk on Wednesday posted on his X platform saying, "Cancel Netflix for the health of your kids." The post was in response to an image accusing Netflix of carrying out a "transgender woke agenda."The controversy seems to stem from conservative backlash over an animated Netflix show, "Dead End:…

Tesla, GM lead record U.S. EV sales as federal incentives end

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DETROIT – Tesla and General Motors are leading the U.S. automotive industry this year in record domestic sales of all-electric vehicles, as consumers hurried to buy EVs before up to $7,500 in federal incentives for each purchase ended in September.New data provided to CNBC from Motor Intelligence shows U.S. sales of EVs, excluding hybrids, topped 1 million units through the first nine months of the year and set a new quarterly record of more than 438,000 units sold during the third quarter — achieving market share of 10.5% for the period.That record market share is up from 7.4% during the…