2 h. ago The real difficulty ministers face is that the Epping hotel judgment is a clean and fair application of the law: ANDREW TETTENBORN

The Government's immigration policy of putting asylum seekers in hotels in some of the less well-off parts of the country has received a major blow

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2 h. ago CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews Tommy: The Good, The Bad, The Fury... and asks why we need five hours of this spectacularly dense reality star

This 10-part documentary follows Tommy around his soulless Cheshire mansion, goes motoring with him in his flash cars, and hangs around at the gym while he trains for his next fight.

Politics

3 h. ago The Gathered Leaves at the Park Theatre review: a slowly beguiling, elegant revival

The script is ponderous at times, but its careful handling of themes like autism and racism eventually exerts a cumulative power

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3 h. ago Disadvantaged white pupils have ‘particularly poor’ education outcomes, review says

The Education Secretary said it was a “national disgrace” that so many white working-class children are being “written off”

Events

3 h. ago Worrying number of pubs and restaurants that have put prices up revealed

Tax increases announced by Labour to tackle a hole in the public finances have led to price increases and job cuts throughout the hospitality sector, say bosses, as they called for help from the Chancellor

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3 h. ago Saucy Brits pouring ketchup all over roast dinners as Aldi launches triple threat

Nothing is sacred, with manky Brits also putting ketchup on ice cream and ceral - things could even be about to get even more disturbing with Aldi's latest product

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4 h. ago Young vape users three times as likely to start smoking, study finds

Review warns e-cigarettes could act as gateway to smoking and are also linked to higher asthma and other health risksYoung people who vape are three times as likely to start smoking, develop asthma and have poor mental health as those who do not, according to a study that lays bare the health impacts of e-cigarettes.Vaping among young people is consistently linked to later smoking, according to the largest umbrella review of all the evidence on youth vaping, which warns that e-cigarettes could act as a gateway. Continue reading...

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4 h. ago Vape warning as teens already show health issues from 'gateway to smoking' habit

According to the experts of a new review, children who take up vaping are not just storing up trouble for the future, but are showing signs of harm now

Events

5 h. ago Zainab Johnson: Toxically Optimistic review – US comic targets gun culture

Pleasance Courtyard, EdinburghThe slick standup’s fringe debut is full of searching questions about the right to keep and bear arms‘I’ve got a gun.” Nice to be pitched, with that opening line, straight into a show declaring itself different from the others. Zainab Johnson’s maiden fringe set – although she’s already a big noise in the US – gives an account of how she came to own a firearm. It’s not an explicitly political show – if a show about gun ownership by a black, Muslim, American female is allowed to be anything but. But Toxically Optimistic does invite engagement with some searching questions about guns, their use, and the safety they supposedly ensure – even if, so poised is Johnson’s delivery, you barely notice it doing so.Hers is that particularly American style of standup that can feel too polished for UK tastes: smiling, slick and a little bit frictionless. If a British comedian tells a dating story, you can bet they’ll be the butt of the joke; when Johnson does, it’s t...

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5 h. ago Rangers collapse early against Club Brugge to leave Martin facing fans’ wrath

Russell Martin’s eighth match of a Rangers reign already riddled with doubts proved close to a living nightmare. Championship promotion races and playoffs, the ill winds of struggling in the Premier League have nothing on the fever-dream pressures of failing to turn around one of Glasgow’s giants.Martin may be a believer in his own processes but in an environment where snap decisions are often sustained, he does not have long to set them in place. The chances of Rangers playing Champions League football rather than the Europa League are an outside chance after a first-half performance of rank ineptitude, the tone and probably the two-legged tie set by a horrible opening 20 minutes in which three soft goals were conceded. So early in his stewardship, Martin is still in the experimental phase and until a revival in the second half the experiment looked likely to be abandoned some time soon. Continue reading...

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5 h. ago Paddy McGuinness calls out 'cowboy builders' over a 'job gone wrong' in furious rant

Paddy McGuinness has called out 'cowboy builders' after having work done on the garden of his Cheshire mansion.

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6 h. ago BREAKING: Emma Raducanu and Carlos Alcaraz 'dream team' lasts just 51 MINUTES in first

Emma Raducanu and Carlos Alcaraz have been knocked out of the US Open mixed doubles event in the first round, losing to the team of Jessica Pegula and Jack Draper

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6 h. ago Emma Raducanu and Carlos Alcaraz 'dream team' lasts just 51 MINUTES in first

Emma Raducanu and Carlos Alcaraz have been knocked out of the US Open mixed doubles event in the first round, losing to the team of Jessica Pegula and Jack Draper

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6 h. ago Paddy McGuinness fumes 'why is everyone out to shaft me?' in scathing video update

Former Top Gear and Take Me Out presenter Paddy McGuinness has shared a furious update about his home improvements or lack thereof after being left unimpressed by a professional gardening job

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6 h. ago ICE adds two Mustang GT Fastbacks to its fleet – at Trump’s request – in latest move to entice recruits

Exclusive: The deportation agency believes the vehicles will serve “as a bold, high-performance symbol of innovation, strength and modern federal service,” according to federal procurement documents reviewed by The Independent

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7 h. ago Woman who works as a crime scene investigator shares gruesome realities of the job

Amy Santoro has nearly two decades of experience under her belt, working in forensics and on crime scenes for some of the grisliest cases.

Events

7 h. ago Review of North Lanarkshire community safety highlights increases in some crimes

The annual report from the council advises elected members of the progress made under the Community Safety Strategy 2020-2025, which sees North Lanarkshire Council work in partnership with emergency services and other organisations.

Events

7 h. ago House Party review – home truths about gentrification in east London

House Party review – home truths about gentrification in east London  The Guardian

Society

8 h. ago Misper review – mystery, melancholy and murder in a faded seaside town

A crumbling hotel is the setting for a debut feature about the uneasy aftermath of a young woman’s death, which transcends the tired tropes of the crime dramaHere is a solid first feature debut from director Harry Sherriff, an atmospheric crime drama set in a gloomy, decaying seaside town, with an eerie depiction of grief experienced by those who exist within the margins of the life of a murdered girl.The film follows Leonard (Samuel Blenkin), a meek hotel concierge who has a boyish crush on his charming 25-year-old colleague Elle (Emily Carey). Dressed in a red raincoat with short dark hair and a wry smile, Elle’s character is very much reminiscent of Jordana Bevan in Richard Ayoade’s 2010 film Submarine, as is the dry sardonic humour peppered into the script. Leonard and Elle’s exchanges are awkward yet sweet, teetering on the edge of a true connection. That is, until Elle doesn’t show up to work one day and reports of a missing person trickle through the town. The hotel staff are...

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8 h. ago Tommy Fury's 'dream come true' in Manchester as footballers and VIPs join his family at documentary premiere

Tommy was joined by famous faces and family - and he was so proud to hold it all on home turf in Manchester

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