19 m. ago Lawrence Shankland new Hearts contract latest after missing pre

The free agent could still sign up for another year at Tynecastle despite numerous offers being put on the table

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27 m. ago Glastonbury 2025: Saturday with Kneecap, Charli xcx, secret act Patchwork and more – follow it live!

There’s a stacked bill on offer at Worthy Farm. We’ll be bringing reviews, news, pictures and more throughout the day, starting with sets from Kaiser Chiefs and Brandi CarlileWhen Ichiko Aoba was a child, experiencing loneliness and isolation, she lost herself in the fantasy worlds created by animation studios such as Studio Ghibli and Disney. The Japanese folk singer-songwriter further nurtured that interest in intricate world building as a form of escapism through creating her music – and despite its niche and experimental composition, she has found global popular appeal built up from a significant cult following.She sings entirely in Japanese so live I cannot dissect her lyrics, but you can parse her themes from the visuals and from her tone: the stage is draped with willows and Aoba’s airy vocals are atmospheric and expansive, bringing to mind the serene and tranquil ancient forests of Japan like Aokigahara or Yakushima. You half expect a deer to gallop on stage and be fed by he...

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83 m. ago Glastonbury 2025: How to watch the BBC’s coverage of Kneecap, Neil Young and Charli XCX

The BBC is offering over 90 hours of live-streamed coverage including performances from all the biggest stars

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3 h. ago Lotus reverses plan to pull out of UK after government offers fresh support

Business secretary Jonathan Reynolds to speak to sports-car maker after ‘everyone just panicked’

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3 h. ago Lotus reverses plan to shut factory after UK offers fresh support

Business secretary Jonathan Reynolds to speak to carmaker after ‘everyone just panicked’

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4 h. ago Glastonbury 2025: Saturday with Charli xcx, Kneecap, secret act Patchwork and more – follow it live!

There’s a stacked bill on offer at Worthy Farm. We’ll be bringing reviews, news, pictures and more throughout the day, starting with sets from Kaiser Chiefs and Brandi CarlileWe’re expecting reviews of Kaiser Chiefs, who I can faintly hear on the Pyramid stage from Guardian HQ – sounds loud!In the meantime, we’ve had a flurry of publishes overnight, including this intrepid report from my colleague Chris Godfrey, who spent all day Thursday (and a bit of Friday) trying the best fare at Glastonbury. Continue reading...

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4 h. ago Woman 'close to tears' as she 'can't board flight' due to 'little

A woman was left almost crying as she was told she may not be able to make her journey to Paris as there was something wrong with her passport - but she had no idea there was a problem

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4 h. ago Man Utd talks for Bryan Mbeumo continue after Brentford turn down latest offer

United are pushing to bring in the 25-year-old forward.

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4 h. ago I'm a solo traveller who has been to 60 countries. These are the places you MUST visit and the very popular destinations to skip

Boarding a flight to Bangkok in 2016 - the beginning of my first ever solo trip - I remember thinking: I don't think I can do this. Sixty countries later, I've never looked back.

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4 h. ago ‘I was living in Doodle Land and didn’t know how to get back’: the million

As Mr Doodle, Sam Cox found a global audience and made a fortune with his signature scrawls covering furniture, clothes – and eventually an entire house. But behind the scenes, he was unravelling into psychosis From the road, it’s barely visible; glimpsed, maybe, if peered at with cheeks pressed against the property’s imposing iron gates. There is otherwise little out of the ordinary in this quiet Kent corner of London’s affluent commuter belt – St Michael’s has a village hall, a country club, a farm shop. But at the end of a snaking, hedge-lined driveway is an incongruous home: a sprawling, six-bedroom neo-Georgian mansion, almost every inch, inside and out, covered in the trademark black-on-white line drawings of its owner, Mr Doodle, the 31-year-old artist Sam Cox.A car honks twice behind me. A woman in her 80s steps out. “It’s mindblowing, isn’t it?” Sam’s grandmother Sue says, eyebrows aloft. “And terribly different.” The gates ahead buzz open. “Take it slowly,” she offers, by ...

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5 h. ago M&S shoppers fury as many of their favourite products including Colin the Caterpillar are STILL unavailable on the website after cyber attack

Although the retailer has recently brought back a limited selection of third-party brands like Adidas, Columbia, and Lilybod, many ranges are still missing or offering only limited stock.

Events

6 h. ago Trump denies US plan to offer Iran $30bn civilian nuclear deal

US president lashes out at media for reporting his administration discussed possible deal involving release of billions of dollars in frozen assets to support Iran’s non-military nuclear development

Economics

6 h. ago Free upgrades are more likely to be given out at a specific time BEFORE boarding, reveals travel expert

A random upgrade to a swankier flight class may be the stuff of idle daydreams but it does happen - and, experts say, there's a few things you can do to help make it happen.

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6 h. ago The dark side of Glastonbury: Drug dealers prowling village lanes, pub staff flogging tickets for sexual favours and drunk yobs trying to break in

EXCLUSIVE: In order to maintain order, Glastonbury employs an army of security guards over the course of the event who patrol the huge perimeter.

Economics

6 h. ago Friends scoop huge £24,000 jackpot at airport before boarding party flight to Ibiza

The group of four lads were waiting to board their plane as their holiday tradition bagged them £24,000 just moments before they jetted off to the party island of Ibiza

Society

7 h. ago Can I tame my 4am terrors? Arifa Akbar on a lifetime of insomnia – and a possible cure

From Van Gogh’s starry skies to the nocturnal workings of Louise Bourgeois and Patricia Highsmith, sleepless nights have long inspired heightened creativity. Could those artistic impulses actually help us to sleep?I can’t remember when I first stopped sleeping soundly. Maybe as a child, in the bedroom I initially shared with my brother, Tariq. I would wait for his breathing to quieten, then strain to listen beyond our room in the hope of being the last one awake, and feel myself expanding into the liberating space and solitude. By my early 20s, that childhood game of holding on to wakefulness while others slept began playing out against my will. Sound seemed to be the trigger. It was as if the silence I had tuned into as a child was now a requirement for sleep. Any sound was noise: the burr of the TV from next door, the ticking of a clock in another room. When one layer of sound reduced its volume, another rose from beneath it, each intrusive and underscored by my own unending thoug...

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8 h. ago Footballer dies aged 23 after horror car crash left him in a coma for 15 days

La Palmas have confirmed the sad passing of Zeben Ramos after he was involved in a car crash earlier this month with a number of their Spanish colleagues having since offered their tributes

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8 h. ago Less death, more social media: Formula One films decades apart reveal a changed world | Emma John

The new Brad Pitt F1 movie offers a glossy exhilarating ride but its 1960s predecessor Grand Prix goes beneath the bonnet‘Let’s try to get the season off to a good start, shall we? Drive the car. Don’t try to stand it on its bloody ear.”Have you watched the movie? It’s about a rule-breaking American Formula One driver, the kind who blows past blue flags and crashes into his own teammate. You must have heard of it. They shot it in real race cars, across some of the most prestigious circuits in the world. It even had contemporary world championship drivers making notable cameos on the track. Continue reading...

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9 h. ago ‘We are privileged’: liberal Afrikaners reject Trump’s ‘white genocide’ claims

As white South Africans arrive in US to escape ‘unjust racial discrimination’, many progressives feel angry at Trump’s portrayal of them as victimsFor some white Afrikaner South Africans, Donald Trump’s offer of refugee status in the US has been seen as a godsend. For others, it has provoked anger and frustration that they are being falsely portrayed as victims of a “white genocide”, 31 years after their community’s own oppressive minority rule ended.In February, Trump signed an executive order claiming Afrikaners, who make up about 4% of South Africa’s population, or about 2.5 million people, were victims of “unjust racial discrimination”. The order cut aid to the country and established a refugee programme for white South Africans. The first group arrived in May. Continue reading...

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9 h. ago Arsenal transfer news: Gunners 'to trigger £68m release clause' for star who cried for a week

Arsenal are interested in bringing Crystal Palace star Eberechi Eze back to the club, with the Gunners able to offer the playmaker the chance to fulfill his childhood dream

Economics