2 h. ago American giant Chuck E. Cheese confirms where first UK location will be

The entertainment brand has been welcoming guests to its branches in America for nearly 50 years

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2 h. ago Robert Redford dies: Meryl Streep leads tributes to giant of American cinema, saying ‘one of the lions has passed’ – latest updates

Star of Hollywood classics including Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, The Sting and All the President’s Men, dies aged 89‘The star who changed Hollywood’: Peter Bradshaw on Robert RedfordRobert Redford – a life in picturesOne of Redford’s close friends and regular contributors, Jane Fonda, has released an emotional statement about him following his death.“It hit me hard this morning when I read that Bob was gone,” she wrote. “I can’t stop crying. He meant a lot to me and was a beautiful person in every way. He stood for an America we have to keep fighting for.” Continue reading...

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3 h. ago Robert Redford dies: tributes paid to giant of American cinema – latest updates

Star of Hollywood classics including Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, The Sting and All the President’s Men, dies aged 89‘The star who changed Hollywood’: Peter Bradshaw on Robert RedfordRobert Redford – a life in picturesBack in 2019, Ryan Gilbey set about ranking Redford’s top ten performances.As always with Ranked, positioning and omissions are supposed to spark debate (or ignite endless arguing. Should Indecent Proposal have been excluded from the top ten? Was All the President’s Men only worthy of fourth place? The debate continues. Here’s Ryan’s number one entry, the aforementioned Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid:Redford’s sole Oscar nomination for acting was, rather shockingly, for The Sting, a complacent 1973 con-man comedy. But it was his first pairing with Sting co-star Paul Newman that distils the performer’s essence. Although the movie is unable to fess up to its bromantic longings – did any woman in a buddy movie ever look more like a gooseberry than poor Katharin...

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5 h. ago Robert Redford: the incandescently handsome star who changed Hollywood forever

Robert Redford, who has died at the age of 89, began as a blond bombshell at a time when American cinema favoured grit, then turned into a supremely assured director and unlikely keeper of the indie flameRobert Redford, giant of American cinema, dies aged 89 – newsRobert Redford – a life in picturesTributes paid to Robert Redford – latest updatesAs the 1960s turned into the 1970s, it wasn’t cool for star actors to be good-looking. The style was more a scuffed, grizzled, bleary, sweaty, paunchy and shlubby realness. The fashion was for leading men like Gene Hackman, Jack Nicholson, Woody Allen. Even a very beautiful man like Paul Newman had a kind of rugged, daylit quality. But Robert Redford was very different. Here was a supremely beautiful movie star who went on to direct, produce and then be the guardian and gatekeeper of commercial-indie US cinema at his Sundance Institute. And he was always an outlier.When movie audiences thrilled to George Roy Hill’s western Butch Cassidy and ...

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34 h. ago Aldi opening 80 new stores with list of first locations confirmed

A total of 21 stores are set to open in the next 13 weeks, including Shoreditch in London, Durham in the North East, and Kirkintilloch in Scotland

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3 d. ago WrestleMania 43 location confirmed as fuming fans brand WWE 'sell outs'

Saudi Arabia has already hosted several WWE events, most notably Crown Jewel and now it looks set to be the location for Wrestlemania

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6 d. ago Cinnabon closes Stirling store less than a year after opening following failed UK expansion

The American bakery giant opened its Stirling store in November last year but has now announced the closure of its entire UK operation.

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7 d. ago Anglo American and Teck Resources to create $50bn mining giant

UK-listed group to combine with Canadian copper producer in one of the largest-ever mining deals

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1 week ago White Lotus season 4 gets major update as next location 'confirmed'

The White Lotus is heading to France for its fourth season with creators eyeing luxury resorts from Paris to the Riviera — but the exact setting is still under wraps

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1 week ago High street bank cuts opening hours at one Scottish branch and 40 in UK

The bank has confirmed big changes to walk-in branches while other locations will shut for an extra day each week.

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1 week ago Topshop returning to UK high street as full list of 32 locations confirmed

The British fashion company closed all its shops in 2021 after the brand was acquired by ASOS for £330million, following the collapse of Sir Philip Green's Arcadia Group

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1 week ago Moment Chuck E Cheese is put in handcuffs in front of kids ‘for stealing customer’s credit card’

Watch as a Chuck E Cheese mascot is placed in handcuffs in front of children at the popular restaurant chain for “stealing a customer’s credit card”.

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2 w. ago Dave’s Hot Chicken has confirmed the location of the brand’s second London restaurant

Dave’s Hot Chicken has confirmed the location of the brand’s second London restaurant  Time Out Worldwide

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2 w. ago Manchester Christmas Markets 2025 dates and locations confirmed with BIG Albert Square role

Time to start planning those Manchester Christmas Markets trips for 2025 - the dates and locations have today been confirmed with a BIG update about the return of Albert Square billed as an "early Christmas present for the city"

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3 w. ago High street fashion chain shutting another store as list of closures hits 39

The fashion retailer is shutting its branch in Scarborough, North Yorkshire, located in the Brunswick Centre, on September 17 with the new confirmed on social media

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3 w. ago Netflix finally confirms Emily in Paris season 5 release date with stunning new location

Emily in Paris season five has been given a release date by Netflix with a stunning first look

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3 w. ago Netflix's Emily in Paris season 5 release date confirmed along with iconic new location

Netflix has confirmed the release date for Emily in Paris season 5, with the new season continuing on the heels of the fourth season

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4 w. ago Britain drops demand for 'back door' access to Apple users' encrypted data following clash with Donald Trump

Tulsi Gabbard , the US director of national intelligence, said Britain had dropped a request for the American tech giant to enable access to 'protected encrypted data'.

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4 w. ago Shark’s big bite of surfer’s board forces beach to close on Australia’s east coast

US surfing legend Kelly Slater said on Instagram he was surprised the New South Wales surfer escaped without any injuriesFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA shark that bit a large chunk out of a surfer’s board on Monday has forced the temporary closure of a New South Wales beach and prompted surfing legend Kelly Slater to describe the man’s injury-free escape as “incredible”.The Tweed Shire council confirmed Cabarita beach, located about 35km north of Byron Bay, was currently closed. They said no one was injured in the incident. Continue reading...

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