47 m. ago Prince Phillip’s cousin shares late duke’s kind words when he revealed he was gay

Prince Phillip's cousin has shared the kind words he offered after he came out as gay.

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64 m. ago Notting Hill Carnival 2025: Food, travel, sound systems and everything you need to know for the festival

The world’s second-largest street festival returns this bank holiday weekend as London welcomes the 58th edition of Notting Hill Carnival. Its happening comes as a relief: there had been murmurs of cancellation; rumours of ticketing when it has always been free to attend. Organisers warned about the carnival’s future. In a letter leaked to the BBC, chair Ian Comfort requested “urgent funding” from the Government. He said it was “essential to safeguarding the future and public safety of this iconic event”. A response is said to be on its way.

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70 m. ago Epping hotel controversy: 13 councils to jump on ruling to remove asylum seekers

A wave of local authorities are vowing to block asylum seekers being housed in hotels after Epping Forest District council won a shock victory in the High Court following weeks of protests

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89 m. ago Top gigs in London this weekend: Raye, Coldplay and Basement Jaxx

Maddy Mussen rounds up the hottest music nights in London this week

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1 hour ago Ronnie O'Sullivan, 49, pulls OUT of snooker tournament due to medical reasons

Ronnie O'Sullivan's decision to withdraw from the tournament comes days after he dramatically missed out on the Saudi Arabia Masters title with a 10-9 defeat against Australian Neil Robertson.

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2 h. ago How to tell the difference between real and fake Labubus and where to get in the UK

The plush dolls that have become this year's must-have accessory have also caused a bit of controversy

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2 h. ago Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk review – shattering memorial to Palestinian photojournalist Fatima Hassouna

Sepideh Farsi’s devastating documentary follows the Hassouna through a year of video calls before a fate that, though well known, is too bitter to bearThe rule is this: don’t spoil movies by giving away the ending, even if the events depicted are part of the historical record. But in the case of this devastating documentary, knowing what’s coming at the end is a radical enhancement, a chilling message from the movie’s future that makes you read everything differently.So here’s the big reveal: Fatima Hassouna, the young Palestinian woman in this film, to whom director Sepideh Farsi talks to via video calls over nearly a year, is now dead, killed on 16 April by an Israeli airstrike along with several members of her family. In fact, the last we see of Hassouna is her being told by Farsi that the film we’ve just been watching will be shown at the Cannes film festival. This prompts a conversation about whether Hassouna will attend the premiere (“Of course!” she says, optimistically) and ...

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2 h. ago Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk review – shattering memorial to Palestinian photojournalist Fatma Hassona

Sepideh Farsi’s devastating documentary follows Hassona through a year of video calls before a fate that, though well known, is too bitter to bearThe rule is this: don’t spoil movies by giving away the ending, even if the events depicted are part of the historical record. But in the case of this devastating documentary, knowing what’s coming at the end is a radical enhancement, a chilling message from the movie’s future that makes you read everything differently.So here’s the big reveal: Fatma Hassona, the young Palestinian woman in this film, to whom director Sepideh Farsi talks to via video calls over nearly a year, is now dead, killed on 16 April by an Israeli airstrike along with several members of her family. In fact, the last we see of Hassona is her being told by Farsi that the film we’ve just been watching will be shown at the Cannes film festival. This prompts a conversation about whether Hassona will attend the premiere (“Of course!” she says, optimistically) and perhaps u...

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2 h. ago Jeremy Clarkson's 'weird' rule that caused controversy at his Farmer's Dog pub is finally solved

The former Top Gear presenter opened a country pub alongside his farm, Diddly Squat, last year and announced he would only be using products that were 100 percent British.

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2 h. ago Can a Netflix documentary explain what really happened to Jussie Smollett?

An eye-opening new look at the controversial, confusing story of the Empire actor whose violent attack was then disputed provides complicated new evidence Few had it made at the beginning of 2019 quite like Jussie Smollett, an actor and singer who successfully navigated child stardom on the way to becoming a fixture on the hit TV series Empire. That was until late January of that same year, when news broke that Smollett had been attacked outside his downtown Chicago apartment in a possible hate crime. (Smollett is Black and gay.) The breakout details that Smollett shared early on – specifically, that he had been jumped by two Maga foot soldiers who doused him in bleach before placing a noose around his neck – both galvanized public supporters and made them cynical. (Really? They shouted: “This is Maga country?” In Streeterville?) What’s more, the police didn’t do themselves many favors by registering their skepticism early and loudly.Ultimately, Smollett, who was suspected of stagin...

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3 h. ago Alex Reid's friends confirm 'final straw' that made him expose Katie Price in bombshell video

Katie Price has found herself embroiled in her latest controversy after her ex-husband Alex Reid shared footage of her waving around a wad of cash while bankrupt.

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4 h. ago Alan Brazil reports a Rangers murder as flabbergasted Ally McCoist slaps flops with a cutting nickname

It would have been open and shut for Poirot as Club Brugge left Russell Martin's team for dead at Ibrox

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4 h. ago Coronation Street's Alan Halsall says 'apparently' as he poses with 'naked' co

It comes after his character Tyrone Dobbs got much more than he bargained for as seen in recent ITV soap scenes

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4 h. ago Row between Israel and Australia descends into personal insults as Netanyahu calls Albanese ‘weak’

Australian home minister tells Israel’s PM that ‘strength is not measured by how many people you can blow up’

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5 h. ago World Cup provides launchpad as women’s rugby prepares for liftoff | Robert Kitson

The next few weeks have the potential to refresh rugby in all its guises – this tournament is going to hit differentlyBack in the day there was a low-profile sport called women’s rugby union. Few people went to watch, the media seldom took an interest and the world’s top players were enthusiastic amateurs. Anyone predicting Twickenham would one day be packed to the rafters for a standalone women’s fixture would have been dismissed as crazy. And now? There is a different sport in town. It is simply known as rugby and now more than ever it belongs to both sexes.Next month’s World Cup final, accordingly, has attracted a full house in excess of 80,000 and a huge global television audience. And if all goes to plan the Lionesses will not be the only female sporting queens adorning teenage bedroom walls in England. The Red Roses may or may not be crowned world champions at the end of September but public interest in them is about to soar. The organisers report that 375,000 tickets have bee...

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5 h. ago Netanyahu brands Australia's Albanese 'weak' over Palestinian state recognition

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has dismissed accusations from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who called the Australian leader a "weak politician" for recognizing a Palestinian state

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6 h. ago The Regulars review – charming and funny workplace comedy at a the Prince Charles cinema

Fil Freitas’s at times hilarious black-and-white film follows staff and punters at London’s film landmark through a day on shift‘More than just a cheap ticket,” it says on the marquee above the Prince Charles in London’s Leicester Square – a cinema beloved for showing cult films, sing-alongs and all-night movie marathons. The Prince Charles is a favourite of Christopher Nolan and Quentin Tarantino, and when news emerged it was threatened with closure earlier this year, more than 165,000 people signed a petition. Now comes a black-and-white movie, a work-based comedy following a fictionalised day in the life of the Prince Charles, shot by Fil Freitas, whose day job is duty manager at the cinema.On paper, that sounds annoyingly smug and self-conscious. But The Regulars turns out to be sweet and charming, and absolutely hilarious in places, with the easygoing, natural feel of a Richard Linklater film. Freitas shot the whole thing for £6,000, filming at night, when the cinema was closed...

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6 h. ago ‘Our boys were forced into the enemy army to save loved ones’: the second world war exhibition dividing Poland

The Museum of Gdańsk’s project about the 450,000 Polish soldiers made to fight for the Third Reich has attracted rightwing protests, but others insist the country needs to reckon with its painful pastTwo old family photos show the same group: a short-haired woman, a girl in a striped dress, and a man in uniform. But there is one difference between these well-preserved, sepia pictures: in one, the man wears a Wehrmacht uniform; in the other his military dress has been altered to conceal his wartime service.Donated to the Museum of Gdańsk by the son of the girl in the striped dress, these images feature in a new exhibition about the mass forced conscriptions of Pomeranians into the German army. Consisting of photo albums, family heirlooms and oral testimonies of Poles who served in the Wehrmacht, the show asks whether someone can be both a victim of and a soldier for an aggressor, and suggests that confronting these complexities is vital to the national identity. Unsurprisingly, the e...

Events

8 h. ago Australian novel attracts controversy over fictionalised depiction of gay codebreaker Alan Turing

Nick Croydon, the CEO of QBD Books, has faced criticism for his thriller The Turing ProtocolA novel written by a prominent book industry figure in which persecuted gay man Alan Turing has sex with a woman and fathers a child has been criticised online for its portrayal of the codebreaker.The Turing Protocol was released in July and was written by Nick Croydon, the CEO of QBD Books, the largest Australian-owned bookshop chain, where the book is being heavily promoted. Continue reading...

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9 h. ago Australian minister says ‘strength not measured by how many people you can blow up’ as row with Netanyahu escalates

Australian home affairs minister’s criticism comes after Israeli prime minister calls Anthony Albanese a ‘weak politician who betrayed Israel’Netanyahu lashes out at AlbaneseFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAustralia’s government has rejected Benjamin Netanyahu’s incendiary criticism and accused some Israeli politicians of “bigoted” views about Palestinians as the extraordinary political fight between the two nations turns uglier.The home affairs minister, Tony Burke – whose refusal of a travel visa for the far-right Knesset member Simcha Rothman stoked criticism from Jerusalem – backed in his decision and criticised the Israeli prime minister over the war in Gaza, where tens of thousands of Palestinian civilians have been killed in Israel’s military and bombing campaign. Continue reading...

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