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Like any cook, I love it when people enjoy my food, and I get even greater pleasure when it’s also easy for me to make (and with minimal washing-up). I often turn to these one-pot recipes, which empty the pantry and make something comforting – a hearty, vegetable-filled soup and a speedy, miso- and ginger-coated chicken.One-pot lemony spinach and farro soup (pictured top)The lemon and grated cheese stirred in at the end are the things that tie this up, so don’t be alarmed if the soup tastes a little underwhelming while it’s simmering. If you have a parmesan rind lingering…

Simona Halep has returned to professional tennis after ending a shortened doping ban, five hundred and sixty-eight days after she last hit the ball in a major match. In the first round of the Miami Open, the team lost to Spanish player Paola Badosa with a score of 1-6, 6-4, 6-3 and finally came back.Despite the defeat, the former world number one’s performance marked the first step in her attempt to return to the top level of the sport. Halep has not played since losing to Daria Snigur in the first round of the 2022 U.S. Open – a match…

An investigation has reportedly been launched at the London Clinic over claims staff tried to access the Princess of Wales’s private medical records while she was being treated there.At least one member of staff tried to access Kate’s notes while she was a patient at the private hospital in central London in January, according to the Mirror.It quoted a source who said senior hospital bosses had “contacted Kensington Palace immediately after the incident was brought to their attention and assured the palace there would be a full investigation”.The UK privacy and data protection watchdog said it had received a breach…

Hilton Head Island resident Josephine Wright died this year at the age of 94. Now, two months after her death, Wright’s fight is finally over: Bailey Point Investment, the construction company that fought for her land, has reached a settlement with Wright’s family after initially filing a ownership lawsuit early last year .According to South Carolina Public Radio, the settlement recognizes the Wright family’s ownership of the property in the center of the 29-acre Bailey Point planned community. The company has been unable to contact the Wright family about purchasing the land, and a privacy fence will be erected between…

Lawyers for Donald Trump urged the US supreme court to find that presidents have absolute immunity from criminal prosecution for official acts they take in office and, therefore, dismiss the federal criminal case against Trump over his efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election.The arguments from Trump came in a brief submitted to the court Tuesday before oral arguments on 25 April, when the justices will consider whether and to what extent a former president has absolute immunity from prosecution for conduct alleged to involve official acts.“The court should restore the tradition,” Trump’s brief said, “and neutralize one…

What are regulators doing there?In short: keep football clubs solvent. The Independent Football Regulator (IFR) will be able to check whether clubs have sufficient funds to operate sustainably and take action if it finds this is not the case. It will try to work with clubs and leagues to resolve issues, but will ultimately have the power to impose tough sanctions if needed, with the force of the law behind them.What about those dodgy owners?This is the second duty of the regulator: to assess the suitability of football club owners and directors. With access to HMRC data and consultation with…

Stefanie Lambert, a lawyer who has crusaded to try to prove Trump’s claims of voter fraud in Michigan, was arrested in federal court and released on bond after refusing to comply with court orders in a separate Michigan case alleging she tampered with voting machines after the 2020 election.During her arraignment on Tuesday, a judge released her on a $10,000 unsecured bond. Lambert has refused to submit fingerprints in the Michigan case accusing her and two other state Republicans of illegally breaching Michigan voting machines.Lambert is currently representing the former Overstock chief executive Patrick Byrne, who has been fighting a…

A A big weekend awaits John Mitchell. He turns 60 on Saturday, the day after taking charge of his first Women’s Six Nations as England manager. Can the well-informed New Zealanders take them to the next level? The marriage between the bespectacled former All Blacks manager and a group of ambitious red roses from different generations is certainly an interesting one.Because not everyone was happy when the Rugby Football Union chose not to use a Salina Wigman-esque figure for next year’s Women’s World Cup. Even Mitchell believes the days of male-dominated women’s schemes are numbered – “The future will definitely…

For Caroline Walker, 65, holiday fridge magnets aren’t merely practical souvenirs holding up the shopping list but “meaningful little reminders” that bring her back to a time or place in her life. The first in her collection was a little magnet from Dnipro, Ukraine. It was a gift from the leader of a group of Ukrainian students to whom she taught English. “I look at it now and I wonder where they all are, if they’re OK, how many of them died, how many of the boys are fighting,” she says.Walker is among dozens of people who contacted the Guardian…

A “secret” songwriter who has released music under hundreds of different names is believed to be the most listened to Swedish artist on Spotify, with more streams than Britney Spears or Abba.Stockholm musician Johan Röhr has been revealed to be behind more than 650 different artists on the streaming service, which have been streamed 15 billion times, making him Sweden’s most-streamed artist right now artist.According to Swedish newspaper Dagens Nyheter (DN), the 47-year-old Röhr has created more than 2,700 songs on the platform, with names including “Maya Åström,” “Minik Knudsen,” “Mingmei Hsueh” and “Csizmazia” Ettel ”.The newspaper said that even…