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15 minutes ago Grand Prix and Wimbledon drive Travelodge bookings but cost pressures linger

The budget chain said bookings were boosting by major sporting events as well as concerts by Kings of Leon and Justin Timberlake.

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15 minutes ago Grand Prix and Wimbledon drive Travelodge bookings but cost pressures linger

The budget chain said bookings were boosting by major sporting events as well as concerts by Kings of Leon and Justin Timberlake.

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16 minutes ago 'People within Peckham community are protecting Jesse's killers from justice'

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16 minutes ago Esther Rantzen’s daughter urges MPs voting religiously on Assisted Dying Bill to rethink choice

Dame Esther Rantzen's daughter has urged MPs who may vote on the assisted dying bill on religious lines to rethink their choice.

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19 minutes ago December 2024 dates for benefit and pensions as PIP and DLA payments increase revealed

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23 minutes ago Bashir strikes late to keep sluggish England in hunt against New Zealand

First Test day one: New Zealand 319-8 v EnglandKane Williamson falls just short of ton on return to sideThe night before this series opener saw a reunion for the New Zealand side that first beat England back in 1978, with David Gower, though not in that touring team, providing an English voice on the panel. When the subject of Geoffrey Boycott’s seven-hour 70 came up, Gower joked that that was “seriously fucking rapid” by his old mucker’s standards – before apologising for his use of the word rapid.What followed from England on the opening day at Hagley Oval was not exactly breakneck either; Ben Stokes winning the toss, elected to bowl and his side labouring through just 83 overs. And yet the cricket itself was packed with incident for the 8,000 or so lucky souls who lined the grass ban...

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23 minutes ago Middle East crisis live: Hezbollah says its hands are still ‘on the trigger’ amid uneasy ceasefire

Iran-backed Lebanese militia says it remains ‘fully equipped’ and will monitor Israel’s withdrawalIsraeli tank fire hit three towns along Lebanon’s south-east border with Israel on Thursday, Lebanese security sources and state media said, a day after a ceasefire barring “offensive military operations” came into force.Reuters reports that tank fire struck Markaba, Wazzani and Kfarchouba, all of which lie within two kilometres of the blue line demarcating the border between Lebanon and Israel. According to the news agency, one of the security sources said two people were injured in Markaba. Continue reading...

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51 minutes ago Poor Artists by The White Pube review – how to make it in the art world

An aspiring young artist’s journey makes for a critique of the art world, in novel formThe White Pube, the collaborative identity of critics Gabrielle de la Puente and Zarina Muhammad, have always pushed hard at the idea of art criticism. The name is a sardonic twist on both the “white cube” method of presenting art and the eponymous blue-chip gallery. The pair set up a website in 2015 and have become remarkable essayists and critics, refusing to conform to the expectations of the art world establishment. Each time they write, they seem to be asking themselves and the reader: what is criticism?Poor Artists is their first book, and although they tell us directly in the introduction that we “are reading a piece of art criticism”, they also ask us to “let go o...

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51 minutes ago Poor Artists by The White Pube review – how to make it in the art world

An aspiring young artist’s journey makes for a critique of the art world, in novel formThe White Pube, the collaborative identity of critics Gabrielle de la Puente and Zarina Muhammad, have always pushed hard at the idea of art criticism. The name is a sardonic twist on both the “white cube” method of presenting art and the eponymous blue-chip gallery. The pair set up a website in 2015 and have become remarkable essayists and critics, refusing to conform to the expectations of the art world establishment. Each time they write, they seem to be asking themselves and the reader: what is criticism?Poor Artists is their first book, and although they tell us directly in the introduction that we “are reading a piece of art criticism”, they also ask us to “let go o...

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