10 h. ago What happened when Bon Jovi shocked everyone with a surprise gig in Cardiff's Queen Street

Bon Jovi once sang I'll Sleep When I'm Dead and lived up to it by playing 3 UK shows in one day back in June, 1995, including one on a bandstand in Cardiff

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15 h. ago ‘A giant parenting group’: how online comedians are making a living by laughing about the chaos of kids

Comedians like the UK’s George Lewis, Farideh Olsen from Canada and Sean Szeps in Australia have huge audiences because ‘if we can’t laugh we’re going to sob uncontrollably’Many Instagram-frequenting parents of small children will have seen George Lewis’s sketch about two toddlers discussing their feelings of abandonment and relief wrapped in a game of peekaboo.“It was a normal day, I was just playing with Dad. And then he put his hands in front of his face and he was just gone,” the British comedian and father says in the widely shared video. “He was behaving so erratically.” Continue reading...

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42 h. ago US Open golf 2025: big names toiling at Oakmont during second round – live

Latest updates from day two’s play at OakmontOfficial live leaderboard | Drop Matt an emailBrooks Koepka finds the par-five 12th in two big bloots, then nearly makes the eagle putt from 26 feet. Not quite, but that’s back-to-back birdies for Brooks, a fine response to that opening bogey. He closes in on the lead at -3. But not such good news for his playing partner Justin Thomas, who three-putts from three feet and chalks up a double bogey. JT shot 76 yesterday, and surviving the cut is already looking like a pipe dream. He’s +9.Jordan Spieth can’t make his par putt on 2. He slips back to +1. Also heading in the wrong direction is his playing partner, the 2021 champion Jon Rahm. The 30-year-old Spaniard is busy rediscovering his major-championship form after some mixed experiences of late, and opened with a fine 69 yesterday. But his first shot this morning found a fairway bunker and led to bogey. He’s level par now, and has just hit another wild tee shot, this time so far left at 3...

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48 h. ago US Open golf 2025: players face another testing day in second round – live

Latest updates from day two’s play at OakmontOfficial live leaderboard | Drop Scott an emailDay one wasn’t exactly carnage – the course was relatively soft and receptive after rain earlier in the week, while there was little wind – but unless storms come at the weekend, something not yet certain, it’s not going to get any easier. And despite it all, there were only ten players in a field of 156 who finished the first round under par.-4: JJ Spaun -3: Thriston Lawrence -2: Kim Si-woo, Brooks Koepka, Im Sung-jae -1: Ben Griffin, Thomas Detry, Jon Rahm, Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen, James Nicholas Continue reading...

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49 h. ago Rory McIlroy risks wrath of Ryder Cup legend after what he did at the US Open

Masters champion Rory McIlroy was among the top players to struggle on the opening day of the US Open before again refusing to speak to the media about his round

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3 d. ago Poland manager Probierz quits after Lewandowski refuses to play under him

Striker was upset at way he had captaincy taken off himProbierz says his departure is ‘for the good of the team’Michal Probierz has resigned as Poland’s manager, days after Robert Lewandowski said he would no longer play for the national team under him.Lewandowski, Poland’s record goalscorer, said his trust had been betrayed and that he was very hurt by the way Probierz told him he was being replaced as the captain. The 36-year-old Barcelona striker said on Monday he received a short call from Probierz as he was putting his children to bed and that a statement about him losing the captaincy appeared soon after on the Polish football association’s website. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Wales international left heartbroken amid wild promotion celebrations

Sam Davies and Grenoble were hoping to make it third time lucky in the Pro D2 play-off final, but underdogs Montauban spoiled their day

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7 d. ago PlayStation 5 Pro slashed in price as Nintendo Switch 2 launches

You can save 7% on a PS5 Pro right now, with more savings available across more of Sony's hardware in the Days of Play sale.

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8 d. ago Ryan Thomas reveals wife Lucy Mecklenburgh sweet involvement in Sue Cleaver's exit scenes

Ryan Thomas spent 16 years on the Corrie set with his mum Eileen, played by Sue Cleaver - so when she finally called it a day on the ITV soap, he was there to send her off

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9 d. ago Aston Villa icon looks unrecognisable as Jack Grealish posts message on Instagram

Jack Grealish admitted he was left starstruck after bumping into Aston Villa legend Olof Mellberg, who is now unrecognisable from his playing days

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9 d. ago Germany captain who turned down nude photoshoot with Playboy reveals she is sent 'unsolicited penis pictures' every day

Giulia Gwinn has stunned fans by revealing that she receives unsolicited naked pictures of men every day. The 25-year-old Bayern Munich star makes the admission in her new autobiography.

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9 d. ago Where Liverpool's 10 forwards stand with Florian Wirtz to become club record transfer

Florian Wirtz is still expected to complete his transfer to Liverpool in the coming days, but where does that leave the attacking players currently at the club?

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1 week ago Chelsea: Liam Delap arrives from Ipswich in £30m deal as Blues eye more strikers

The 22-year-old played under Enzo Maresca in his academy days at Manchester City

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1 week ago 'I get sent naked pics of men every day' says Bayern Munich women's star who snubbed Playboy

Bayern Munich star Giulia Gwinn, who has turned down Playboy on multiple occasions, has admitted she receives unsolicited "naked pics of men" on a daily basis

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1 week ago Nintendo’s Switch 2 is the upgrade of my dreams – but it’s not as ‘new’ as some might hope

The long-trailed console offers sturdier hardware, improved graphics and seamless online functionality. But it’s more of an update than a revolutionLaunch week is finally here, and though I would love to be bringing you a proper review of the Nintendo Switch 2 in this week’s newsletter, I still don’t have one at the time of writing. In its wisdom, Nintendo has decided not to send review units out until the day before release, so as you read this I will be standing impatiently by the door like a dog anxiously awaiting its owner.I have played the console, though, for a whole day at Nintendo’s offices, so I can give you some first impressions. Hardware-wise, it is the upgrade of my dreams: sturdier JoyCons, a beautiful screen, the graphical muscle to make games look as good as I want them to in 2025 (though still not comparable to the high-end PlayStation 5 Pro or a modern gaming PC). I like the understated pops of colour on the controllers, the refined menu with its soothing chimes an...

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1 week ago Sir Rod Stewart says 'I wish they wouldn't' as he makes Glastonbury complaint ahead of set

The Scottish musician is playing on the same day as Olivia Rodrigo

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1 week ago Shigeo Nagashima, known in Japan as 'Mr. Pro Baseball,' dies at 89

Shigeo Nagashima, who was known in Japan as “Mr. Pro Baseball” and was one of the most famous people in the country during his playing days, has died

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1 week ago Crime scene catharsis: how a darkly comic video game and TV show turned me into a murder clean

Slinging bodies into a pickup as Kovalsky in Crime Scene Cleaner reminded me of Greg Davies in The Cleaner – there is something grimly satisfying about death’s aftermathLately I’ve been playing a new job sim game, Crime Scene Cleaner, while also watching BBC’s comedy series The Cleaner, both of which focus on the aftermath of gruesome murders – sometimes you just need some cosy viewing to take the edge off the day. In the TV show, Greg Davies plays Wicky, the acerbic employee of a government-endorsed clean-up company, while Crime Scene Cleaner’s lead character Kovalsky is a lowly janitor, mopping up blood and disposing of trash to cover up for a mob boss named Big Jim.The crime scenes in both are laughably over the top. Or are they? I’ve never actually seen a real-life murder scene, so perhaps copious blood sprayed over walls and ceilings and the masses of broken furniture is completely normal. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Liverpool transfer news: Two Prem stars eyed after Florian Wirtz as Arne Slot revamps Reds

Liverpool are expected to make a formal bid for a Premier League star in the coming days after the player agreed to join the Reds following talks with the club

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1 week ago On the day transgender women football players face a ban in England, they play on

For soccer-loving transgender women in England, it’s been a tough day, as the ban on them playing in women’s teams came into force

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