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Top chef on what Brexit has done for UK fishing and the question you should always ask when buying fish

Our Money team interview top chefs from around the UK every month, hearing about their cheap food hacks, views on the industry and more. Today, we speak to TV regular Mitch Tonks, founder and chief executive of the Rockfish restaurants. Tinned seafood is like a time capsule… perfectly preserved fish that are bursting with flavour.

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Snooker player and popular broadcaster and commentator John Virgo dies aged 79

Former player and broadcaster John Virgo has died at the age of 79, World Snooker has announced. He died at his home in Spain, World Seniors Snooker chairman Jason Francis said on social media. In a touching tribute, Mr Francis described the star on X as “an amazingly loyal friend to me, and someone you

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Starmer, Badenoch and McSweeney: Who are the winners and losers of the Mandelson-Epstein scandal?

Sir Keir Starmer and the Labour high command may be relieved that Peter Mandelson has quit the House of Lords. But for both the prime minister and the soon-to-be ex-peer, their humiliation and torment may be about to get even worse. Mr Mandelson faces a full-blown probe by the Met’s specialist crime team into allegations

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Andrew moves out of Royal Lodge – as police assess new allegation

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor has moved out of Royal Lodge, palace sources have said – as police assess claims that a woman was sent to the former duke by Jeffrey Epstein in 2010. The former duke’s move is part of a permanent move to Norfolk, which may take some time, according to Sky’s royal correspondent Rhiannon Mills.

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The UK’s new cancer strategy is bold and ambitious – it can’t afford to be anything else

A National Cancer Plan for England “that will revolutionise the way we treat cancer”. It is a bold and ambitious claim to make, but this strategy cannot afford to be anything else. Cancer destroys far too many lives. According to the charity Macmillan, someone in the UK is diagnosed with the disease at least every

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Albanian burglars chased by ex-Aston Villa and Brentford player jailed for break-in spree

Two Albanian burglars have been jailed for 56 months each after targeting seven properties, including the home of a footballer. Denis Puka, 28, Erisjan Laska, 29, and a third unidentified man equipped themselves with masks, tools and walkie-talkies to go on a string of break-ins last year. Their operation had been “sophisticated and well-planned”, Judge

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Criminal investigation launched into Peter Mandelson

A criminal investigation has been launched into allegations that Peter Mandelson leaked market sensitive information from Downing Street to Jeffrey Epstein. It comes after emails appeared to show conversations between the pair about political matters while Lord Mandelson was serving as business secretary and the de-facto deputy prime minister in 2009, in Gordon Brown’s government.

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