84 m. ago Glastonbury 2025: the 1975, Neil Young and Olivia Rodrigo to headline

Charli xcx, the Prodigy and Loyle Carner will headline the Other stage, with first-time sets from Alanis Morissette, Doechii and En VogueThis year’s Glastonbury set will feature two first-time headliners in the British pop-rock group the 1975 and the US pop-punk songwriter Olivia Rodrigo.The band, led by Matty Healy, will top the Friday night billing on the Pyramid stage. Rodrigo will perform on Sunday. In 2022, the Drivers License singer performed on the Other stage, a set that boasted a guest spot from Lily Allen and an excoriation of the US supreme court following the overturning of Roe v Wade a day earlier. Continue reading...

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7 h. ago Met Office divulges exact date Northern Lights set to illuminate UK skies this week

The month of March is set to be a spectacular time to look up, with a "Blood Moon", a partial solar eclipse, and now, a potential Northern Lights display illuminating the sky

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11 h. ago Amazon slashes 'great quality' suitcase set to £60 just in time for holiday season

"Super lightweight and moves smoothly. I got a lot of clothing inside"

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17 h. ago Save 52% on 'most supportive' Skechers trainers that 'don't need broken in'

Amazon has slashed the cost of these podiatrist-designed Skechers that provide "instant relief" from pain when walking.

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20 h. ago EastEnders' Cindy Beale says 'I can't bear it' as she shares husband's important task

Michelle Collins has opened up on her time on the EastEnders set as she admitted that she 'can't bear' to watch herself back on the popular BBC soap

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20 h. ago Amazon slashes price of 'fast and quick' Breville kettle with key feature that can prevent burns

The Breville kettle is proving to be a hit with shoppers who have given it a 4.6 out of 5 star rating

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20 h. ago Six cyclones spin around the Southern Hemisphere simultaneously in rare meteorological event

One of the cyclones - Alfred - is set to hit Australia in the coming days. The last time the Pacific Ocean had six named storms at once was 1974

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50 h. ago Memories of a Catholic Girlhood by Mary McCarthy review – incurable sadness if bravely borne

Colm Tóibín introduces this welcome reprint of the US author and critic’s poignant account of orphanhood, first published in 1957Mary McCarthy was a formidable, not to say frightening, figure in the literary landscape of mid-20th-century America, one of a cohort of remarkable left-leaning intellectuals that included Elizabeth Hardwick, Dwight Macdonald, Randall Jarrell and McCarthy’s lifelong friend Hannah Arendt. The famous feud between McCarthy and the playwright Lillian Hellman – “every word Hellman writes is a lie, including ‘and’ and ‘the’” – led to a $2.5m libel suit brought by Hellman but which in the end damaged her own reputation beyond repair.McCarthy was already an established critic and fiction writer when, in 1963, she published The Group, the novel that was to bring her huge popular success. It is an account of the lives of a set of young women in postwar New York and, for its time, was frank to the point of being scandalous. Anyone reading it now will wonder what the ...

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60 h. ago Amazon slashes 'excellent' headphones to only £32 leaving shoppers 'pleasantly surprised'

"Fantastic! These truly are noise cancelling."

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64 h. ago Amazon's 'astonishing' single malt whisky slashed by 31% to just £23

The Tamnavulin Speyside Single Malt Scotch is currently available at a knockdown price

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65 h. ago 'Strongest' Fairy dishwasher tablets that leave dishes 'sparkling' down to 18p each on Amazon

The leading Fairy Platinum Plus All-in-1 Dishwasher Tablets have had their price slashed on Amazon

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66 h. ago Next shoppers race to buy 'unusual' £38 linen dress that is 'perfect for holidays'

Get ready for holiday season with Next's popular linen dress that is both breathable and stylish.

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3 d. ago The bloom is off the Gervonta Davis rose after a referee’s critical blunder | Thomas Hauser

An egregious non-call in the ninth round allowed Tank Davis to avoid a knockdown, altering the course of his title fight against Lamont Roach Jr on Saturday nightAn egregious non-call by referee Steve Willis allowed Gervonta Davis to salvage a draw on the judges’ scorecards in Davis’s WBA 135lb title defense against Lamont Roach at Barclays Center on Saturday night.Davis (now 30-0-1, 28 KOs), has been fighting professionally for 12 years. At age 30, he’s an elite fighter with a fervent fanbase that includes 7.6m followers on Instagram. He has yet to permeate the consciousness of mainstream sports fans. But for his admirers, every Gervonta Davis fight is a happening. Davis v Roach set the all-time event attendance record in the history of Barclays Center. The sold-out crowd of 19,250 engendered the arena’s second-largest gross ever, eclipsed only by the Rolling Stones. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago A referee’s blunder spared Gervonta Davis, but the bloom is off the rose | Thomas Hauser

An egregious non-call in the ninth round allowed Tank Davis to avoid a knockdown, altering the course of his title fight against Lamont Roach Jr on Saturday nightAn egregious non-call by referee Steve Willis allowed Gervonta Davis to salvage a draw on the judges’ scorecards in Davis’s WBA 135lb title defense against Lamont Roach at Barclays Center on Saturday night.Davis (now 30-0-1, 28 KOs), has been fighting professionally for 12 years. At age 30, he’s an elite fighter with a fervent fanbase that includes 7.6m followers on Instagram. He has yet to permeate the consciousness of mainstream sports fans. But for his admirers, every Gervonta Davis fight is a happening. Davis v Roach set the all-time event attendance record in the history of Barclays Center. The sold-out crowd of 19,250 engendered the arena’s second-largest gross ever, eclipsed only by the Rolling Stones. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Celtic don't wear a watch, they decide the time – Scottish football's dominators are so good they set their OWN rules

Celtic play by their own rules and that's a testament to their utter dominance of the Scottish game

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5 d. ago Pep Guardiola drops Ilkay Gundogan bombshell ahead of FA Cup clash

Ilkay Gundogan returned to Manchester City in the summer and, despite a difficult year for those at the Etihad, the German's time at the club looks set to be extended

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5 d. ago Man City star Rodri returns to individual training after serious knee injury

It was expected Rodri would miss the rest of the season, but the Spain international has set his sights on returning in time for the Club World Cup.

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5 d. ago Amazon's 'incredibly powerful' vacuum 'makes deep cleaning easy' slashed to £84

This cordless hoover may be a rising rival to the likes of Dyson and Shark vacuums

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5 d. ago Amazon offers rare £100 discount on Samsung cordless vacuum cleaner 'perfect for pet owners'

Amazon has slashed the price of a top rated vacuum cleaner, making it an irresistible purchase for those on the hunt

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5 d. ago Luke Littler, 18, set to clash with Phil Taylor, 64, in a 'first time ever' match

Darts fans have been sent into a frenzy after a cryptic post appeared to suggest that Luke Littler and Phil Taylor would face off in a historic match of darts

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