44 m. ago Creative industries are among the UK’s crown jewels – and AI is out to steal them | John Naughton

The tech firms’ efforts to change copyright laws and gain free access to intellectual property is patently wrongThere are decades when nothing happens (as Lenin is – wrongly – supposed to have said) and weeks when decades happen. We’ve just lived through a few weeks like that. We’ve known for decades that some American tech companies were problematic for democracy because they were fragmenting the public sphere and fostering polarisation. They were a worrying nuisance, to be sure, but not central to the polity.And then, suddenly, those corporations were inextricably bound into government, and their narrow sectional interests became the national interest of the US. Which means that any foreign government with ideas about regulating, say, hate speech on X, may have to deal with the intemperate wrath of Donald Trump or the more coherent abuse of JD Vance. Continue reading...

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54 m. ago Nearly 30,000 season ticket holders quit Premier League club and don't come back

West Ham have suffered a huge drop-off in season ticket sales since moving to the London Stadium, with more than half of the initial 50,000 season ticket holders not renewing

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74 m. ago Chappell Roan fans realise they've been saying her name wrong this whole time

Chappell Roan, who shot to fame with viral hits like Hot to Go and Good Luck, Babe, has shared the meaning behind her stage name as fans continue to debate the correct pronunciation

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94 m. ago E.L.V Denim Champions Upcycled Fashion at London Fashion Week

E.L.V Denim Champions Upcycled Fashion at London Fashion Week  Yahoo Lifestyle UK

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1 hour ago All episodes of 'dark and absorbing' gritty British crime drama now streaming on BBC

The critically acclaimed crime drama features a talented detective taking on some of London's most horrific murder cases

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1 hour ago Thousands of marchers take to the streets of London to show solidarity with Ukraine at anti

Demonstrators were chanting 'stop Russia, stop the war' and 'Russia is a terrorist state', after marching to the embassy in Notting Hill on Saturday.

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2 h. ago Thousands descend on London in protest against Trump’s Ukraine peace talks

The demonstration comes amid fears Ukraine is being frozen out of peace talks between Moscow and US President Donald Trump.

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2 h. ago Heathrow security staff confiscated my 100ml gift bottles of rare whisky worth £70 each for a bizarre reason

EXCLUSIVE: American holidaymaker Susan (pictured) said she would never return to Britain after her treatment from Heathrow security staff.

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2 h. ago Joy Crookes review – an enthralling, intimate set from this rising London soul star

Islington Assembly Hall, LondonThe twentysomething singer-songwriter brings classic Motown rhythms with a touch of hip-hop to a resounding set of anti-anxiety anthemsJoy Crookes is only 26, but the south Londoner’s music already feels omnipresent. One song in particular, at least: Feet Don’t Fail Me Now seems to be absolutely everywhere. I hear it in cafes and bars, trendy boutiques and grimy off-licences and, when I forget to turn it off, the autoplay function on my streaming app of choice. The song only came out in 2021, as a single from Crookes’s acclaimed debut album, Skin, and even if it doesn’t yet feel canonical, it has at least thoroughly saturated certain pockets of the city.Which makes it all the more remarkable that, when Crookes plays it at Islington Assembly Hall this evening – an “intimate”, or intimate for her, show at only 890 people – one of the Brits Week for War Child charity shows, it doesn’t even garner the biggest singalong of the evening. That honour might go ...

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2 h. ago Landlady who replaced the rotting windows of her listed pub with double glazing left with £70,000 bill after council demanded she rip them out

Owners of the Botanic Hotel in Hull, Kerry and Shaun Fitzgerald have been hit with a £70,000 bill for replacing the 172-year-old windows with modern double-glazing.

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2 h. ago Mikel Arteta makes decision on Arsenal's new striker as Raheem Sterling pays price

Arsenal take on London rivals West Ham on Saturday afternoon amid an ongoing injury crisis and the Gunners have now revealed the side that will take on the Hammers

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3 h. ago Rihanna 'tipped for Glastonbury 2025 as she plans major London residency'

The Umbrella singer, 37, has yet to perform at the famous music festival despite years of speculation

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3 h. ago New London gets grant to install solar panels on city buildings

New London gets grant to install solar panels on city buildings  willmarradio.com

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3 h. ago Man Utd trolled with brutal chant after conceding Everton goal Ally McCoist can't explain

Everton fans took their opportunity to rip into the travelling Manchester United away support following Beto's opening goal with a savage chant

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3 h. ago Brent Council pays out nearly £600,000 in pothole and pavement injury claims

A North London council has paid out nearly £600,000 in compensation for accident and injury claims caused by potholes and pavement defects since 2020, a Freedom of Information (FOI) request has revealed.

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3 h. ago Paint it black: London Fashion Week’s designers reflect dystopic doom with distinct lack of colour

As British designers showcase their latest collections, Olivia Petter examines what the dominant trend reveals about our current cultural climate

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3 h. ago London Fashion Week reflects political and social uncertainties

London Fashion Week reflects political and social uncertainties  The Independent

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4 h. ago London Weekend Travel Disruptions: What new updates for you?

London Weekend Travel Disruptions: What new updates for you?  Travel And Tour World

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4 h. ago The swanky London restaurants introducing minimum spends in crackdown on 'reservation

Luxury London restaurants are cracking down on no-shows and social media freeloaders by introducing hefty deposits and minimum spends, as the industry battles rising costs.

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4 h. ago Bong Joon Ho: ‘I wish I had Ken Loach’s energy, but I’m just thinking about nap time’

How do you follow up an Oscar winner like Parasite? If you’re the South Korean auteur, you make a sci-fi satire where Robert Pattinson dies over and over again. The director discusses the inspirational Loach and Mike Leigh and why it’s hard being a ‘middle-aged film-maker’We are in the run-up to the release of Bong Joon Ho’s latest, Mickey 17, and Warner Bros has got the Oscar-winning Korean director stashed away in what appears to be some kind of basement storage room, with grey-painted brickwork and exposed wiring. In fact, this room could pass for one of the “gritty and kind of nasty” cargo-container-packed cabins of his film’s spaceship setting.Not that anyone is complaining. Bong, who speaks good English but prefers to conduct interviews via his longtime interpreter Sharon Choi, appears cheerful throughout our conversation, taking occasional sips from a takeaway coffee cup, while dressed in his usual arthouse auteur uniform of a slate-grey blazer over a black T-shirt. He i...

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