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' I do...'

A.J. Higginson | Posted 15.05.2013 | UK Lifestyle
A.J. Higginson

As a little girl, I had always dreamed of a big white wedding. As an adult, it seemed out of the question. I never experienced a light-bulb moment when I decided I was gay. There are so many layers to sexuality, it took a while to peel them off one by one...

Healed By A Horse

A.J. Higginson | Posted 12.04.2013 | UK Lifestyle
A.J. Higginson

After a particularly bad beating it was Dusty who finally helped to put me back together like a broken jigsaw. I have been greatly strengthened by my profoundly insightful equine teacher, walking beside me in my times of need.

A Horse Walks Into A Bar...

PA | Posted 07.04.2013 | UK Sport

Grand National winner Auroras Encore has been welcomed at his local pub following his triumphant return home. The 66-1 outsider visited the Dick Hu...

Outsider Wins Grand National

Huffington Post UK | Posted 06.04.2013 | UK Sport

Outsider Auroras Encore has won the Grand National at odds of 66-1. Winning jockey Ryan Mania tweeted only yesterday he was "worth a bet" but added...

Horse Meat Found In Tesco 'Simply Roast' Meatloaf

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Posted 12.03.2013 | UK

Tesco has withdrawn its 'Simply Roast' frozen meatloaf after tests revealed it contained between 2% and 5% horsemeat, it said tonight. It said it h...

Horse Meat Found In Leicestershire School Dinners

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Posted 04.03.2013 | UK

Horse meat has been found in the minced beef served in school dinners in Leicestershire, a council has confirmed. The council, which supplies 224 s...

Horse Burger or Halal?

Julian Bond | Posted 27.04.2013 | UK Lifestyle
Julian Bond

So how could anything be labelled as 'halal', or the more pointed 'slaughtered without stunning', if we didn't know what was in it? We are right to be concerned: what else might be in our food if we can't trace (or criminals are circumventing) the supply chain? Once you ask that question, you won't look at the meat on your plate in the same way ever again.

Horse Meat Tainted With Bute Enters Food Chain In France

Huffington Post UK | Posted 23.02.2013 | UK

Horse meat contaminated with veterinary drug bute is believed to have entered the food chain in France, the French ministry confirmed. Six carcass...

Birds Eye Withdraws Beef Ready Meals

PA | Posted 22.02.2013 | UK

Birds Eye is withdrawing three beef ready meals from sale in the UK and Ireland. The move follows tests that found 2% of horse DNA in a chilli con ...

How Europeans Are Reacting To The Horse Meat Scandal

Huffington Post UK | Felicity Morse | Posted 19.02.2013 | UK

More than a month after equine DNA blighted burgers in British and Irish supermarkets, the horse meat scandal has now hit the continent. Nestlé h...

Horse Meat Scandal Conspiracy Theories

Huffington Post UK | Felicity Morse | Posted 19.02.2013 | UK

Environment Secretary Owen Paterson has already insisted there is an 'international criminal conspiracy' behind the horse meat scandal and as cases of...

What Does The Horsemeat Scandal Tell Us About Our Supply Chain?

PA | Posted 13.02.2013 | UK

The horse meat scandal has highlighted the tortuous supply chain of the ingredients used in some cheap British food products. Supermarket giant Tes...

Findus Horsemeat Lasagne Advertised For £70 On eBay

Huffington Post UK | Felicity Morse | Posted 13.02.2013 | UK

A few enterprising souls have decided to cash in on the horse meat scandal currently blighting the pasta-based ready meals of Britain, putting their '...

Environment Secretary To Fly To Brussels For Horsemeat Summit

PA/Huffington Post UK | Posted 13.02.2013 | UK

Environment Secretary Owen Paterson is to fly to Brussels on Wednesday for a horsemeat summit after two British processing plants were shut down as pa...

Saying 'Neigh' to Meat Should Go Beyond Horses

Mimi Bekhechi | Posted 14.04.2013 | UK Lifestyle
Mimi Bekhechi

Shock and outrage continue to grow, as every day seems to bring revelations of horsemeat being discovered in a new food product. And rightly so: Horses are smart, sensitive animals who deserve far better than to meet their end with a bolt gun.

BEAT THE WEEK: It's Neigh Laughing Matter

Huffington Post UK | Felicity Morse | Posted 08.02.2013 | UK

This has been an historic week, with both the 10 year anniversary of the protest against the Iraq war as well as a victory for gay rights, after MPs v...

Tesco: 'Horsemeat Burgers Did Not Come From UK'

PA/Huffington Post UK | Posted 30.01.2013 | UK

Tesco has vowed to DNA test its meat after the horsemeat scandal, saying the rogue burgers from supplier Silvercrest, "did not come from the list of a...

Tesco Apologises In Full Page Ad For Horse Meat Burgers

PA/ The Huffington Post UK | Posted 17.01.2013 | UK

Supermarket giant Tesco has placed full-page adverts in a number of national newspapers apologising to customers for selling beef burgers containing h...

Man And Three Horses Die In Road Crash

Posted 25.12.2012 | UK

One man and three horses have died following a road collision. The incident happened on the A14 near Sproughton in Suffolk at 10.20pm on Christmas ...

WATCH: Meet Arrrrr The Racehorse

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 18.12.2012 | UK Comedy

Celebrities often get a bum rap for landing their kids with unusual names - but we can't help thinking that racehorse owners are far worse offenders. ...

Half-Naked Horseman Takes Internet By Frankenstorm

Huffington Post UK | Felicity Morse | Posted 29.10.2012 | UK

As the east coast of America hunkered down in fear over the arrival of Hurricane Sandy, one man in Washington, DC dared to defy the trend. This hal...

Rebekah Brooks' £7m Pay Off

PA | Posted 16.10.2012 | UK

Former News International chief executive Rebekah Brooks received a pay-off totalling more than £7m after leaving the newspaper publisher last year, ...

Gisele In Pout-Off With Horse for David Yurman AW12 Campaign

Kate Lawson | Posted 13.10.2012 | UK Style
Kate Lawson

I don't really know anyone who wears bling on the beach apart from models in the pages of the fashion glossies - mainly because statement jewellery doesn't translate well from a magazine to real life

Kazakh Olympic Team Want Horse Meat At London 2012

Huffington Post UK | Alastair Plumb | Posted 16.07.2012 | UK Comedy

If you were asked to list performance-enhancing substances, horse meat probably wouldn't be at the top of your list - but this is the Kazakh Olympic T...

Of Colour and Cavalry: The Queen's Jubilee Celebrations Take to the hoof

Matthew Seed | Posted 12.08.2012 | UK
Matthew Seed

Like many people, as a boy I was repeatedly transfixed by a Saturday morning's viewing in which my parents' TV screen seemed like a window to a bygone age. Massed regiments of foot soldiers, brass bands and regimental standards provided magical scenes.