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Why Jimothy the raccoon has become a mega meme online

Jimothy the Seattle raccoon has become a viral meme after an Instagram video spread widely, drawing millions of views, brand posts, a mural and even a White House meme.

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A stock image of a raccoon, sitting in a street. It is gripping a biscuit in its front paws.

Your pictures of Scotland

A selection of reader photographs from across Scotland, including wildlife, landscapes and a blaze at Arthur's Seat in Edinburgh, sent in between 17 and 24 July.

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A wire fox terrier with a stick in his mouth stands on a sandy beach. He is surrounded by beachgrass.

The Devil Wears Prada 2 and six more films to watch on TV this week

Miranda Priestly returns in The Devil Wears Prada 2, while Lurker, Monster, Eleanor the Great, The New Boy, Primate and Normal also air this week.

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Fashion face-off … Meryl Streep as Miranda and Anne Hathaway as Andy in The Devil Wears Prada 2.

Furious to Heartstopper: seven of the best shows to stream this week

Seven new streams to watch this week include Furious, Snoopy Presents: There’s No Place Like Home, Heartstopper: Ending on a Hi and more.

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Emmy Rossum and Quincy Tyler Bernstine in Furious.

Helen Goh’s pineapple and mango paletas for summer

Helen Goh’s paletas combine pineapple, mango, lime, ginger, salt and Tajín for a bright summer treat. The recipe makes 10-12 and can be made with moulds or paper cups.

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Helen Goh's pineapple and mango paletas.

Timber holiday home transformed into Wales' Home of the Year

The Davies family won 2026 Wales' Home of the Year with their 1960s stilted home in Carmarthenshire, transformed over nearly 30 years from a timber holiday home.

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An older couple, a man and a woman, stood outside their home with their son. The couple are wearing navy outfits, and the young lad is in a light blue shirt, top and jeans. The wooden house is on stilts, with a large glass balcony seen on the first floor.

Love Island: All Stars winners Molly Smith and Tom Clare marry

Love Island: All Stars winners Molly Smith and Tom Clare have married, announcing on Instagram that they were “just married” after getting engaged in Dubai last year.

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Molly Smith and Tom Clare pose together. Molly is wearing a silver necklace and off-the-shoulder dress and Tom is wearing a black suit over a black shirt.

Musicians compete for place at All-Ireland Fleadh in Belfast

Traditional musicians and dancers across Ulster are competing in Warrenpoint for places at the All-Ireland Fleadh finals in Belfast, with the top two in each division advancing.

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A young woman is holding an accordion. She's sitting in an empty restaurant.

Pompeii: Out of Time With Tom Hiddleston review – cringe, but entertaining

Tom Hiddleston fronts a National Geographic docudrama on Pompeii’s eruption, blending facts and emotional re-enactment in a way that is awkward, exhausting and oddly entertaining.

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Tom Hiddleston in a blue denim shirt gestures with his hand while speaking, facing slightly to the right

Millie Bobby Brown leads tributes after Kaylee Hottle dies aged 18

Millie Bobby Brown and other stars have paid tribute to Kaylee Hottle, the deaf actress known for Godzilla vs Kong and Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire, after she died in a car crash aged 18.

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Kaylee Hottle sits on a wooden chair and looks into the camera. She wears a blue jumper and has long dark hair.

Dior to make Irish debut with Dublin show

Jonathan Anderson will present Dior's Fall 2027 collection in Dublin on 4 December, marking the first Dior show in Ireland and his first on the island of Ireland.

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