75 m. ago ALEX BRUMMER: Donald Trump's Liberation Day leaves its scars

The Wall Street Journal compares 'Liberation Day' to Richard Nixon's decision to blow up the Bretton Woods system of fixed exchange rates in 1971. The Economist calls it 'Ruination Day'.

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75 m. ago Teen footballer given 'weeks to live' after cancer heartbreak but vows 'I will win this fight'

Charlie Watson, from Lochmaben, Dumfries and Galloway, was diagnosed with nodular malignant melanoma after a mole appeared on his abdomen last summer

Sport

1 hour ago The One Show guest issues unexpected apology after 'racy' confession live on air

The One Show presenters Vernon Kay and Clara Amfo were joined by Richard E. Grant, but things took an unexpected turn

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2 h. ago Richard E. Grant reveals racy reason he refuses to watch his own movies

Richard E. Grant appeared on BBC's The One Show on Friday and revealed why he refuses to watch himself back on screens in some of his biggest movies

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2 h. ago Richard E Grant says Barry Keoghan will be ‘fantastic Ringo Starr’ in biopics

Sony Pictures announced a collection of four films about The Beatles with Keoghan set to play drummer Ringo Starr.

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3 h. ago Richard Branson pleads for Donald Trump to realise ‘mistake’ of his tariff chaos

‘Courage and self-awareness are cornerstones of true leadership – that includes acknowledging errors and making corrections,’ Virgin boss tells US president

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4 h. ago 23andMe’s demise is a warning: the US needs to overhaul genetic data protection | Dalton Conley

We’re moving toward a society where genetic information is a part of everyday life – and we don’t want it in the wrong handsWith a heavy heart, I clicked on my 23andMe account on a recent morning, confirming that I wanted to delete my data. The genetic testing company filed for bankruptcy late last month and the California attorney general and others have recommended that users delete their data lest it be acquired by less scrupulous companies as the company is stripped for parts during bankruptcy proceedings.I was one of the company’s earliest customers and had used their service to genotype not just myself but my entire extended family. I even got my kids’ babysitter a kit.Dalton Conley is Henry Putnam university professor of sociology at Princeton University and author of The Social Genome: The New Science of Nature and Nurture Continue reading...

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5 h. ago Welsh villagers lose four year long fight to stop farmer building barns near their homes

The farmer who applied to build the barns said he lost livestock in the years he waited for a decision on his plans

Society

6 h. ago Timeline of Rupert Lowe’s fallout with Reform UK and Nigel Farage

The party suspended Mr Lowe and reported him to the police on March 7.

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7 h. ago As Orbán quits the ICC, other nations have a choice to make: do we back the rule of law or not? | Steve Crawshaw

There is a principle that even the most powerful leaders must be accountable. Increasingly, that is under threat, but it must be defendedIt was unsurprising that Benjamin Netanyahu praised Viktor Orbán’s “bold and principled” stand, in response to Hungary’s announcement yesterday that it will leave the international criminal court (ICC). More dismaying is that too few governments seem ready to stand up against impunity at a time when, because of Donald Trump, the very existence of the Hague court is under threat.Hungary’s leader described the ICC as “a political forum”; the Israeli prime minister, during his defiant visit to Budapest this week, complained of a “corrupt organisation”. That is all logical enough. Four months ago, the court confirmed an arrest warrant for Netanyahu for alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity. He could hardly be expected to praise his own indictment.Steve Crawshaw is the author of Prosecuting the Powerful: War Crimes and the Battle for Justice. H...

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9 h. ago US authors’ copyright lawsuits against OpenAI and Microsoft combined in New York with newspaper actions

California cases over AI trainers’ use of work by writers including Ta-Nehisi Coates and Michael Chabon transferred to consolidate with New York suits from John Grisham and Jonathan Franzen and moreTwelve US copyright cases against OpenAI and Microsoft have been consolidated in New York, despite most of the authors and news outlets suing the companies being opposed to centralisation.A transfer order made by the US judicial panel on multidistrict litigation on Thursday said that centralisation will “allow a single judge to coordinate discovery, streamline pretrial proceedings, and eliminate inconsistent rulings”. Continue reading...

Culture

9 h. ago Dead man's coffin set on fire by 'rivals' in front of grieving mourners at wake

Gang members set fire to a dead rival's coffin as mourners paid their last respects to the deceased man, who was killed in a gun fight with police as he and others tried to ambush rivals

Events

11 h. ago America's next great heavyweight boxing star needs to change things up ahead of Vegas debut

Richard Torrez Jr is set to make his Las Vegas debut this weekend after an eye-catching start to his boxing career but the heavyweight hopeful still has work to do

Politics

11 h. ago Elton John and Brandi Carlile: Who Believes in Angels? review – a true meeting of minds

(Island EMI)The British star and the US country artist spur each other on in this tuneful, swinging set with poignant momentsIn the twilight years of his career, Elton John has been anointing the next generation with a keener ear than most, championing new stars from Chappell Roan to Wet Leg via his Rocket Hour radio show and collaborating with artists as genre-diverse as Britney Spears, Gorillaz and Young Thug. Who Believes in Angels?, however, feels like a genuine meeting of minds. Created alongside American country rock royalty Brandi Carlile, an 11-times Grammy winner, there is the audible sense of two artists pushing each other and raising the other’s game; on the rollicking rock’n’roll romp of Little Richard’s Bible, or the full-blooded country duet Swing for the Fences, 78-year-old John sounds like a man half his age.Where many of his recent collaborations have seen him enter the sonic palettes of modern pop, Someone to Belong To’s interweaving harmonies, or the rousing piano...

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11 h. ago Richard E Grant wanted to be Nessa's lover in Gavin and Stacey

The Withnail and I star shared his feelings on BBC Radio 1 talking to Scott Mills

Politics

11 h. ago Lebanon's new central bank chief vows to fight money launduring and terrorism funding

Lebanon’s new central bank governor has vowed that the institution will fight money laundering and the financing of terrorism and will work independently away from political intervention

Economics

12 h. ago Where is our Tiananmen square ‘Tank Man’ who can stand up to Trump? | Corey Robin

The reason we don’t see that person is because we’re asking the wrong questionEveryone’s waiting for that one person to stand up to Donald Trump. Not just that one person. There are a lot of such people. You can read about them in every newspaper. But that one person with real power who’s willing to risk something costly in defiance. That one university president who’ll say, fuck you and your money. That one Democrat who’ll say, fuck you and your threat to my re-election or that of my party. Everyone’s looking for our Tank Man, staring down a column of tanks, all by himself, in Tiananmen Square.Why don’t we see that person? Where is our Tank Man? (And, no, I don’t think Cory Booker doing a marathon-length filibuster counts.)When you’re thinking of becoming a hero, you feel like a slob. You feel, do you really have a right to do that?Corey Robin is the author of The Reactionary Mind: Conservatism from Edmund Burke to Donald Trump and a contributing editor at Jacobin. This piece origi...

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12 h. ago Ed Sheeran says proposals have become a ‘trend’ during his concerts

He said people tend to pop the question when he plays Perfect or Thinking Out Loud.

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13 h. ago Grand National icon dated royalty and now has new job after horse racing retirement

This jockey will go down as one of National Hunt's greatest, steering home thousands of winners and racking up millions in prize money over decades at the top of the sport

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13 h. ago 'David and Golliath' moment as writers union protest at Meta HQ over 'theft' of work

In March 2025, reports alleged that over 7.5 millions were pirated to train Meta's new AI system. Now writers are fighting back for compensation and to protect the future of the arts

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