3 h. ago Five things to do in Manchester this weekend with big milestone and return of popular music festival

There's lots to keep busy with this week

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8 h. ago Pitbull announces huge headline festival performance near Greater Manchester

Tickets go on sale very soon

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8 h. ago ‘We called ourselves the lifeboat crew’: how fired USAID workers launched a rescue project ‘to save as many babies as we can’

After the Trump administration closed the organisation down, a group of former staff secured new funding for almost 80 programmes, benefiting an estimated 40 million peopleThey call themselves the “lifeboat crew”. After losing their jobs abruptly when the Trump administration slashed US overseas aid earlier this year, a group of dedicated workers decided to launch their own rescue package.Refusing to “wallow in misery”, Rob Rosenbaum, a former USAID economist, and a group of like-minded former agency staff began efforts to save some of the vital programmes that faced closure after the cuts. Continue reading...

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28 h. ago Popular Scottish jazz and blues music festival returns for 20th year this weekend

The Callander Jazz and Blues Festival will see music lovers flock to the Scottish town this weekend for four days of live music.

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29 h. ago People in the US: share your views on the US government shutdown

We’re interested to hear what people make of the Democrats’ refusal to vote for the Republican spending bill, and what people think the party should demand to end the shutdownThe US federal government has shut down after Democrats refused to vote for a Republican plan to keep the government open through mid-November, instead laying out a series of demands centered around healthcare that amounted to the undoing some of what the GOP has accomplished over the past year.Do you agree with Democrats’ refusal to vote for the Republican spending bill, even though it risked a shutdown? Why or why not? Continue reading...

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36 h. ago There were two paths for America and Lilith Fair was one of them. Sadly it chose the other | Emma Brockes

The all-female tour was a counterpoint to the era’s misogyny. We could do with some of that promise todayThere’s an argument to be made that the first person in the US to spot the oncoming freight train of the Maga movement – fully 17 years before the first election of Trump – wasn’t a political forecaster or a bearded contrarian but the rock star Sheryl Crow. In 1999, Crow appeared at a press conference backstage at Lilith Fair, the all-women music festival, during which she was asked about a disastrous appearance she had recently made at Woodstock ‘99. This was the Woodstock reboot in upstate New York marred by violence, sexual assault and an angry male crowd that heckled the few female artists present with, “show us your tits.” Crowe, smiling bleakly, said, “I’m hoping it doesn’t represent our future as a nation or the youth of America.”Well, as they say: ha. Crow’s comments feature in Lilith Fair: Building a Mystery, a new documentary by Ally Pankiw on Disney+ and a mind-blowing...

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58 h. ago No one comes to watch the referees. But in the WNBA, they’re the story | Bryan Armen Graham

As the WNBA finals tip off on Friday amid another year of explosive growth, inconsistent refereeing fueled by systemic shortcomings threatens to hijack the occasionThe WNBA has never been more visible. The best-of-seven-games finals between the Phoenix Mercury and Las Vegas Aces will tip off Friday night before what are expected to be the largest TV audiences that women’s basketball has ever drawn. Crowds have swelled, viewership milestones have toppled, franchise valuations are soaring and formerly niche stars have broken into the mainstream. Yet as the league celebrates a second straight year of explosive growth, an old and thorny problem has risen to the surface: officiating.Complaints about referees have always been louder and more persistent in professional basketball relative to other sports due to the subjectivity of calls and sheer number of decisions. But in the WNBA’s 2025 season, the volume and intensity of the criticism from all sides has reached new heights. Coaches hav...

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60 h. ago New on Netflix in October 2025, including chilling bodycam film called ‘best of the year’

You need to immediately move the documentary to the top of your watchlist

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67 h. ago Lola Young cancels all upcoming gigs to ‘go away for a while’ after collapsing on stage

Singer of Messy says she needs ‘time to work on myself’ as she cancels all her upcoming shows days after she collapsed during a New York concertSinger Lola Young has cancelled all of her upcoming appearances and said she will be “going away for a while” days after she collapsed on stage during a New York concert.On Saturday, the 24-year-old singer of the hit Messy could be seen swaying and falling backwards during her slot at the All Things Go music festival at Forest Hills Stadium. Continue reading...

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68 h. ago Australian film producers and experts call Trump tariff proposal ‘bizarre’ and impossible to enforce

US president threatens levy on all foreign-made films, but experts point out that the industry is global and Australia is intertwined with HollywoodFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe federal government has vowed to fight a proposed 100% tariff on Australian-made films after the US president, Donald Trump, posted on his social media platform that he planned to go ahead with the huge levy “on any and all movies made outside the United States”.Industry experts have described the proposal as bizarre and virtually impossible to enforce, given the global nature of film, with production, financing and post-production often spread across several countries. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago London music festival cancels Israeli DJ despite his public pro

London music festival cancels Israeli DJ despite his public pro-Palestinian advocacy  The Times of Israel

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3 d. ago London music festival cancels Israeli DJ after outcry from Ravers for Palestine group

London music festival cancels Israeli DJ after outcry from Ravers for Palestine group  The Times of Israel

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3 d. ago Shabana Mahmood calls Nigel Farage ‘worse than racist’ over ‘dog

Home secretary also tells Labour conference fringe event of the abuse her family have been subjected to recently Warning: this article contains language that some may find offensiveThe home secretary, Shabana Mahmood, has accused Nigel Farage of “worse than racist” dog-whistle politics as she described how members of her family had been racially abused near their home in recent weeks.After a speech calling on Labour and the UK to “fight for our belief in a greater Britain, not a littler England”, she said the Reform leader has “blown a very, very loud dog whistle to every racist in the country” with policies that would reassess the immigration status of people who have been granted a right to settle in the UK. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago London music festival cancels Israeli DJ following outcry from Ravers for Palestine group

London music festival cancels Israeli DJ following outcry from Ravers for Palestine group  The Forward

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4 d. ago IDF eliminates Hamas commander who led the October 7 killing and kidnapping from 'shelter of death'

Hassan Mahmoud Hassan Hussein orchestrated the massacre of 16 Israelis from a roadside bomb shelter, where partygoers fled after terrorists descended on the Nova music festival.

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4 d. ago TRNSMT 2026 Headliners: Here are 13 acts rumoured to be playing Glasgow Green next year

It’s the biggest music festival in Scotland and fans will be hoping for some big names for TRNSMT 2026...if it returns.

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4 d. ago 'Culture Is Political': London Electronic Music Festival Cancels Israeli DJ's Set

'Culture Is Political': London Electronic Music Festival Cancels Israeli DJ's Set  Haaretz

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4 d. ago Glastonbury 2027 Headliners: Here are 13 acts rumoured to be topping the bill at Worthy Farm

The world’s most famous music festival is taking a break in 2026 but will be coming back bigger than ever in 2027.

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4 d. ago Lola Young cancels show in Washington DC one day after collapsing onstage at New York music festival

The singer, 24, collapsed and was 'carried off stage' by medical staff at the All Things Go Music Festival on Saturday, but she later reassured fans she was fine.

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4 d. ago Lola Young cancels show in Washington DC one day after collapsing onstage at New York music festival

The singer, 24, collapsed and was 'carried off stage' by medical staff at the All Things Go Music Festival on Saturday , but she later reassured fans she was fine.

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