24 m. ago CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews Joe Lycett's United States of Birmingham: Never mock America's gun laws when you're on a shooting range

Contrary to popular myth, Americans can do irony. They're quite capable of saying the opposite of what they mean, and doing it with a knowing twinkle.

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56 m. ago Herbert Gans, leading sociologist and media analyst, dies at 97

Herbert Gans, an eminent sociologist and media analyst, has died at age 97

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73 m. ago Kemi Badenoch tells Keir Starmer to apologise to women after PM finally broke his silence on Supreme Court ruling and admitted trans women aren't women

The Leader of the Opposition told the Mail that the Prime Minister should say sorry to those who lost jobs or were harassed in the row over equality law.

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75 m. ago MMA fighter known as 'The Italian Stallion' who was involved in a massive drug and firearms group is jailed

Pietro Menga had a lucrative side hustle as a middleman for an organised crime group where he sourced large quantities of the drug across the Greater Manchester region.

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78 m. ago Trump admits China’s tariffs will drop ‘but it won’t be zero’

Trump’s massive import taxes have roiled stock markets since he announced them on April 1

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89 m. ago Elon Musk to pull back in Doge role starting May amid 71% dip in Tesla profits

CEO to pare back White House work to one to two days weekly as analysts say role has caused branding crisisThe Tesla chief executive Elon Musk said he will start pulling back from his role at the so-called “department of government efficiency” starting in May. Musk’s remarks came as the company reported a massive dip in both profits and revenues in the first quarter of 2025 amid backlash against Musk’s role in the White House.On an investor call, Musk said the work necessary to get the government’s “financial house in order is mostly done”. Continue reading...

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1 hour ago Pep Guardiola makes telling Liverpool comment in damning verdict on Man City season

Manchester City scored a dramatic late winner against Aston Villa to boost their hopes of Champions League football next season, but Pep Guardiola says it's been a "bad" season for the club

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2 h. ago 'It would be massive...': Celtic man delivers defiant treble message to fans as he addresses 'lull' in form

The Celtic defender sent a message to supporters after the dominant weekend win over St Johnstone in the Scottish Cup.

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2 h. ago Tesla suffers massive revenue and profit plunge while Musk runs DOGE for Trump

The company just reported its lowest revenue since Q3 2021

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2 h. ago Chancellor vows to defend British interests ahead of meetings in Washington

Rachel Reeves will meet American counterpart Scott Bessant for talks on an economic deal between the US and UK.

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3 h. ago Costa Rica will give migrants deported from the US permits to stay in the country for 3 months

Costa Rica says it will allow some of the approximately 200 migrants deported from the United States and held in detention in the Central American country to stay and move about freely for three months

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4 h. ago Man City vs Aston Villa LIVE: Marcus Rashford equalises from penalty spot after Bernardo’s opening goal

Man City host Aston Villa with both sides looking to land a blow as they hunt Champions League qualification

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4 h. ago New Zealander to become Scotland qualified after Glasgow Warriors contract commitment

Player of Season locked in for another three years

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5 h. ago Ben Affleck drops biggest hint yet about why marriage to Jennifer Lopez failed even though he 'adores' her

While talking about The Accountant 2 with costar Jon Bernthal on Morning Joe, the Oscar-winning actor spit out some telling words. It seems to relate to his JLO marriage that lasted two years.

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5 h. ago Freddie Flintoff makes telling admission on TV career after terrifying Top Gear crash

Freddie Flintoff is working as the head coach of England Lions and is clear that cricket is the most important thing for him work-wise, having rediscovered the sport

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5 h. ago Secret shame drove me to drink until God intervened. JEROME FAGAN tells how he downed three bottles of wine a day and considered suicide. Then a miracle occurred

I'd only ever been a social drinker, but living alone for the first time, I discovered wine both switched off my low self-esteem and helped me unwind.

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5 h. ago Man City vs Aston Villa LIVE: Ollie Watkins benched as teams battle for final Champions League spots

Man City host Aston Villa with both sides looking to land a blow as they hunt Champions League qualification

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5 h. ago Keir Starmer reveals how breakfast clubs helped his family as 750 schools begin rollout

Keir Starmer said getting a proper breakfast makes 'a massive difference' to kids’ ability to learn and make friends - and offers extra childcare to parents in the morning

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5 h. ago Simone Biles unsure of competing at 2028 LA Olympics: ‘My body is aging’

American has won seven Olympics goldsBiles would be 31 at the start of next Summer GamesSimone Biles says she is unsure whether she will compete at the Los Angeles Olympics in 2028.The 28-year-old says she has other priorities, and is mindful of the demands her sport puts on her body at an age when most elite gymnasts have long since retired. Biles will be 31 when the LA Olympics start: the oldest all-around female gymnastics champion is Maria Gorokhovskaya, who won gold at the age of 30 at the 1952 Games. Continue reading...

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5 h. ago US markets rally as Treasury secretary says China trade war is ‘unsustainable’

Scott Bessent tells investors he expects two countries to reach a deal that would end restrictions on flow of goods

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