28 minutes ago Pride of Britain Awards celebrities unite to urge young artists are protected after Liam Payne death

The Pride of Britain Awards saw celebs come out in force and many musician shared the same message in the tragic aftermath of One Direction star Liam Payne's death aged 31

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59 minutes ago Queen of the South boss brands Cove Rangers display as "not good enough"

Peter Murphy tore into the team after their latest League One away day defeat

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1 hour ago Kylian Mbappe sent clear Real Madrid demand as Jude Bellingham issue addressed

Real Madrid manager Carlo Ancelotti has been forced to defend star players Kylian Mbappe and Jude Bellingham ahead of his side's meeting with Borussia Dortmund in the Champions League

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1 hour ago M25 latest LIVE: Motorway reopens after lorry fire but crash causes new Dartford Tunnel closure

Dartford Crossing hit with fresh disruption after a crash which closed one of the tunnels

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2 hours ago Battered but bizarrely upbeat: why even utter defeat hasn’t shaken the Tory party’s confidence | Andy Beckett

The Conservatives believe that they uniquely represent British values – so what need is there to admit the UK is changing? Why exactly are the Conservatives so upbeat, barely three months after their worst-ever election defeat? At their party conference, in their leadership contest and in the Tory press, the mood has been unexpectedly positive, even unrepentant, with relatively few recriminations and little deep reflection. During the conference, I lost count of how often people told me the party would be back in power within a few years.There are some straightforward explanations: Labour’s troubles trying to run the country; Tory relief that they have been given a break from that difficult task; the displacement activity of the leadership contest; and the fact that the grind of opposit...

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3 hours ago Jude Bellingham brutally slammed by Spanish media amid Real Madrid struggles

Jude Bellingham is yet to score for Real Madrid this season and the England star has been criticised for his latest display as Carlo Ancelotti's men laboured to a 2-1 win away to Celta Vigo

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3 hours ago How the asteroid that killed the dinosaurs made ants into farmers – podcast

Madeleine Finlay hears from Ted Schultz, curator of ants at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, about his recent study into the origins of fungi farming in ants. He tells Madeleine about the incredibly complex way that ants cultivate and protect their fungi gardens, and how the asteroid that hit Earth 66 million years ago could have kickstarted it all Continue reading...

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3 hours ago Horniness, hedonism and hope: why Rivals makes me surprisingly nostalgic

The TV drama doesn’t shy away from the worst aspects of the Thatcher era. But this version of Jilly Cooper’s bonkbuster also captures the lust, laughter and late-night partiesThere is no watching Rivals, the Disney+ adaptation of the Jilly Cooper classic, and pretending the 80s weren’t like that. The poisonous, unabashed homophobia of Tory politics; the hushed-up rapes, the sexual exploitation, the abuse of power, the objectification. Not to mention the inequality, the snobbery, the vulgar excess, the truly nauseating deference to aristocracy – a craven surrender to their innate superiority – and the racism and misogynoir. There is a highly plausible depiction of just how hard a black woman had to fight to exist and to be seen, even by the characters who are meant to be right-on. There ...

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3 hours ago ‘We were banging our heads against a wall – the wall won’: the genius pop and tragic demise of Boys Wonder

They swaggered into the late 1980s, a potent brew of punk, glam and classic rock. But they went nowhere, then had to watch as their recipe conquered the charts. Now they’ve returned – so are they looking back in anger?The song begins with a barrage of power chords, brazenly stolen from the Who’s Won’t Get Fooled Again. The opening lyrics are mewled out in an estuary accent: “I get bored so easily – that’s why I only say hello.” And the list of influences from here includes the Sex Pistols and Ziggy Stardust-era Bowie – before it ends with a brazen lift of the coda from the Beatles’ version of Twist and Shout. When it gets to the chorus, everything becomes clear: this is a ferocious, wonderfully camp blast against the stifling cultural dominance of classic Americana: “Goodbye Jimmy Dean,...

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