33 m. ago Betis hero Antony breaks down in tears before Man Utd loanee opens up on 'very tough times'

Antony opened up about the "very tough times" and tears he shed with his family at Manchester United after his sensational performance in the Conference League semi-finals for Real Betis

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46 m. ago Woman left 'scared' and 'sobbing' after answering unknown number thinking it was a job offer

Kelle Cowell, 25, said the caller eventually hung up but by that time the damage was done

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57 m. ago Tom Pidcock reborn at Q36.5 and raring to unleash his talent on the Giro d’Italia

Pidcock’s bold move to leave Ineos Grenadiers now gives him the chance to be a team leader at a grand tour when the Giro d’Italia begins on Friday

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66 m. ago BBC VE Day concert viewers divided by 'random' act as Zoe Ball hosts emotional event

The BBC marked the 80th anniversary of VE Day with a special concert that was hosted by Zoe Ball, and featured performances from the likes of Fleur East and The Darkness

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75 m. ago Amy Dowden makes Strictly Come Dancing return for special BBC VE Day performance

Amy Dowden reunited with her fellow Strictly Come Dancing professionals for a special performance during the BBC’s VE Day 80 celebrations on Thursday, 8 May at London's Horse Guards Parade.

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81 m. ago Pakistan Super League matches moved to UAE amid tensions with India

Thursday’s match between Karachi Kings and Peshawar Zalmi – that involved James Vince, Tom Kohler-Cadmore and Luke Wood – was postponed.

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84 m. ago Roméo Lavia is the ideal cog in Enzo Maresca’s machine – when he is fit

Chelsea are far better with Lavia – as they showed against Liverpool – but he is yet to complete a full game for the clubBy WhoScored“When he is fit, he is one of the best midfielders,” enthused Enzo Maresca after Chelsea’s 1-0 win over Everton a few weeks ago. His team had laboured to a narrow home win but the manager was full of praise for his young midfielder. Chelsea have paid huge transfer fees for midfielders in recent years, breaking the British transfer record to sign Enzo Fernández from Benfica for £107m and then upping the record to bring in Moisés Caicedo from Brighton, but Maresca knows his team is at its best when Roméo Lavia is available.Fernández and Caicedo have performed superbly in recent weeks as Chelsea have chased down a place in the Champions League. The Ecuadorian has done particularly well at right-back, having been moved out of midfield to accommodate Lavia in the starting XI. Caicedo has dropped into defence and operated as an inverted right-back, doing so ...

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84 m. ago Lido Pimienta: La Belleza review – Gregorian chant meets dembow rhythm in a work of remarkable depth

(Anti-)Inspired by the music of Luboš Fiser and Catholic requiem mass, the instrumentals are deft and surprising, but Pimienta’s captivating, flawless vocals steal the showFive years since her Grammy-nominated breakthrough record Miss Colombia, singer and producer Lido Pimienta has taken a radical shift in direction. On Miss Colombia, Pimienta combined sprightly electro pop with cumbia rhythms and soaring vocals to critique racism and misogyny – now, her fourth album La Belleza (The Beauty) is a nine-track orchestral suite touching on everything from Gregorian chant to strings-laden love songs and dembow rhythms.Inspired by Catholic requiem mass music and the luscious harpsichord folk of Czech composer Luboš Fiser’s score to 1970 film Valerie and Her Week of Wonders, Pimienta and producer Owen Pallett began writing and arranging for the 60-piece Medellín Philharmonic Orchestra during the Covid lockdowns. The result is a moving work of remarkable depth. Continue reading...

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90 m. ago Lizzo releases music video filmed after stunning Met Gala appearance in black and white mermaid gown

The video shows footage of the singer arriving at the event before cutting to clips of her running through the streets of New York City

Culture

1 hour ago ‘There’s a battle going on for the soul of America’: actor Lennie James on political turmoil, zombie terrors and being a black Brit in the US

As part of a Bafta TV special, the nominated actor and Walking Dead regular on bringing Bernardine Evaristo’s hit novel Mr Loverman to the small screen, and splitting his time between London and LAHe is almost 40 years into his career, but Lennie James is still keeping things fresh. The 59-year-old south Londoner has run the gauntlet of high-octane TV dramas, playing Morgan Jones for more than 10 years in the wildly successful apocalypse drama The Walking Dead and its spinoff, Fear the Walking Dead; bent copper DCI Tony Gates in Line of Duty; and the down-and-out philanderer Nelly Rowe in Sky’s Save Me. In person, though, James is the polar opposite of the characters he is best known for – considered, introspective and disarmingly earnest.Last year, he took on a radically different role, as Barrington (below) in the BBC adaptation of Bernardine Evaristo’s novel Mr Loverman, a closeted Windrush-generation Caribbean man in a secret relationship with his best friend. Quietly moving, it...

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1 hour ago 'Must see' Netflix disaster movie based on harrowing real events

This overlooked film has an A-list cast that re-tells the 'heart-breaking' real-life story

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2 h. ago Woman left with £6k debt and ruined credit score after one phone call

Kelle, 25, knew she was being scammed and contacted the bank, but the damage had been done

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2 h. ago Hollywood smash hit branded 'masterpiece' by fans to air on TV this weekend

The 2016 film has since become a beloved classic that fans are still raving about today.

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2 h. ago A divisive Sean Connery action film he made one year before Oscar win is airing on TV tonight

Connery is best known for playing James Bond across seven films

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2 h. ago ‘Bond villa’ on the French Riviera owned by Sean Connery goes back on the market for £20m

The glamourous property has plenty to attract both design lovers and film buffs

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2 h. ago Brendan Rodgers will naturally watch Rangers this summer because he knows transfer truth about Celtic – Chris Sutton

The Hoops have cruised to the Premiership title but Record Sport columnist Chris reckons it's going to be a busy window

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2 h. ago What time does Ed Sheeran general sale start for Portman Road concerts

Ed Sheeran is performing three nights at Portman Road, Ipswich, in July

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3 h. ago Ban this foreign filth! Can cinema really threaten national security?

The US president’s plan for Hollywood is full of plot holes. But when it comes to the hidden propaganda baked into movies, he may have a pointAs always with pronouncements by President Trump, once you had peeled away the xenophobia, removed the stew of resentment, ignored the sheer idiocy and asterisked the possible illegality, there was a small kernel of truth to his posting on Truth Social last Sunday. “The Movie Industry in America is DYING a very fast death,” he wrote, pointing to the nefarious tax breaks other countries gave film-makers as “a National Security threat” and proposing an 100% tariff on films made oversees. “It is, in addition to everything else, messaging and propaganda! WE WANT MOVIES MADE IN AMERICA AGAIN!”How would a 100% tariff on films made oversees work? Just movies shot overseas? What about movies set overseas? And who would pay? How do you impose tariffs on goods without a port of entry? “Commerce is figuring it out,” said a White House official. In fact, ...

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3 h. ago Mason Mount shows Man Utd fans what they have been missing as he saves abysmal performance

Manchester United came from behind at Old Trafford to win 4-1 against Athletic Bilbao, inspired by Mason Mount and earned their place comfortably in the Europa League final against Tottenham

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4 h. ago Body language expert reveals what 'anxious' Trump really said during trade deal announcement

EXCLUSIVE: A body language expert has spoken to the Daily Star about what Trump was really saying when he announced the US-UK trade deal on a joint call with Keir Starmer

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