79 m. ago BMW worker was fired after bosses authorised secret filming over back pain

Mohamed Kerita, who worked in the firm’s manufacturing factory, suffered with back pain from 2017, the tribunal in Reading heard

Culture

86 m. ago Modi: Three Days on the Wing of Madness review – Johnny Depp’s Modigliani as bohemian badass

A lineup including Stephen Graham and Al Pacino seem wasted on this lavish, but hackneyed drama about the Italian artist Some very cliched roistering, life-affirming wine-drinking, bourgeois-defying artistic shenanigans here from the veteran screenwriting couple Jerzy and Mary Olson-Kromolowski who have adapted a 1980 stage play, Modigliani by Dennis McIntyre, about the Italian sculptor and painter Amedeo Modigliani, known as Modi. Johnny Depp directs and perhaps sees his subject as a bohemian badass not unlike Hunter S Thompson, whom he played in Terry Gilliam’s 1998 movie Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas – and perhaps not altogether unlike how he sees himself.It is 1916 in Paris and the brutality of war is destroying the belle époque; Riccardo Scamarcio plays Modigliani, a brilliant, sensual but penniless artist facing poverty and casual antisemitism. Having got into a chaotic affray at a pompous posh restaurant – filmed like a deleted scene from Richard Lester’s The Three Musketeer...

Politics

1 hour ago A thrilling Disney+ action film that revived beloved franchise is airing on TV tonight

A new entry of the series is hitting cinemas around the world later in the year

Culture

2 h. ago Secret Service suspends six agents over 'failures' during Trump's assassination attempt in Butler

Six Secret Service agents have been punished for their alleged failures during President Donald Trump 's assassination attempt in Pennsylvania last year.

Politics

2 h. ago How does the right tear down progressive societies? It starts with a joke | George Monbiot

Whether it’s bloodshed at Glastonbury or starving people on benefits, their ‘irony poisoning’ seeps obscene ideas into the range of the possibleImagine the furore if a Guardian columnist suggested bombing, say, the Conservative party conference and the Tory stronghold of Arundel in Sussex. It would dominate public discussion for weeks. Despite protesting they were “only joking”, that person would never work in journalism again. Their editor would certainly be sacked. The police would probably come knocking. But when the Spectator columnist Rod Liddle speculates about bombing Glastonbury festival and Brighton, complaints are met with, “Calm down dear, can’t you take a joke?” The journalist keeps his job, as does his editor, the former justice secretary Michael Gove. There’s one rule for the left and another for the right.The same applies to the recent comments on GB News by its regular guest Lewis Schaffer. He proposed that, to reduce the number of disabled people claiming benefits, ...

Politics

2 h. ago Rob Rinder uncovers secret plague burials and strange cures in new series airing tonight

TV presenter Rob Rinder and historian Ruth Goodman team up to look at The Plague, the Great Fire of London and the Blitz in a fascinating new series

Society

3 h. ago ‘You are living with a difficult person who is waiting to die’: my harrowing time as Patricia Highsmith’s assistant

I worked for the author of The Talented Mr Ripley in her final months. She was so mean and secretive, I imagined she wanted to kill meI first read Patricia Highsmith’s novels in the autumn of 1994. I was 20 and living in a room in her house in Tegna, Switzerland, that was plastered with bookshelves full of her first editions, organised in chronological order. Pat was 73 and knew she was about to die; she had been, it was rumoured, diagnosed with cancer or some other terminal disease. I was trapped in her world with her, trembling. She had weeks left to live and had spent so much time writing about how to get away with murder. I fantasised that she might try to kill me.The story of how I ended up in that house begins a few months earlier, in Zurich, with me on a blue tram, on my way to dinner at the house of Anna and Daniel Keel, a couple I’d grown friendly with. Anna was a brilliant painter for whom I had been modelling since I was 17. Her studio smelled like oil paint, instant coff...

Events

3 h. ago ‘One too many’: rapper’s arrest sparks protests against Togo’s ruling dynasty

At least 10 people killed and 100 young people arrested since protests began in west African country in JuneOn the night last month that he and 34 other young people were arrested in the Togolese capital, Lomé, for coordinating an anti-government demonstration, Bertin Bandiangou said gendarmes beat him with ropes and slapped him. The next morning he was tortured while a commanding officer filmed proceedings.He was lucky to get out alive: at least 10 people have been killed by security officials since protests began in June calling for the resignation of the small west African country’s president, Faure Gnassingbé. Continue reading...

Events

3 h. ago Michael Jackson Estate sues 'second family' member in £157m civil extortion claim

The estate of Michael Jackson is suing the pop star's former manager, Frank Cascio, accusing him of a $213 million civil extortion scheme in violation of a prior confidentiality agreement

Economics

3 h. ago Child care worker allowed to keep job after throttling woman and breaking into her home

Elliot Cooney, who works with children in Dumfries, was allowed to keep his job despite his abuse convictions.

Society

3 h. ago Attendance Allowance claim form tips to help older people boost income by up to £441 each month

The charity Independent Age is helping pensioners with health issues claim the tax-free benefit.

Economics

4 h. ago Brad Pitt's daughter Shiloh is a dead ringer for mom Angelina Jolie in one of her biggest film roles

Shiloh Jolie looked shockingly like her mother Angelina Jolie from one of her highest-grossing films when she was spotted in Los Angeles on Wednesday.

Events

4 h. ago The Secret Service suspended six staffers without pay or benefits after Trump assassination attempt

The Secret Service deputy director admitted President Donald Trump’s first assassination attempt was an “operational failure” and detailed the consequences some agents have faced

Politics

4 h. ago Geri Horner makes 'big decision' on Red Bull husband Christian's future after sacking

Christian Horner has been axed from his role as Red Bull Team Principal, with a source close to the family now revealing that his wife Geri has made a 'big decision' about their future

Politics

6 h. ago 'I visited a magical underwater river and one thing caught me completely off guard'

Rio Secreto in Cancun was discovered almost two decades ago by complete chance. Now the underground oasis has become a major tourist attraction in the Mexican seaside town

Events

6 h. ago Why the Wimbledon Royal Box is the new red carpet... and the secret pecking order of who sits where: SHANE WATSON

Wimbledon has leapfrogged other social events in the summer calendar and, before we've even got to the semi-finals, Centre Court ranks as the new No1 place to see and be seen.

Politics

7 h. ago Gregg Wallace faces another blow as 'entire final MasterChef series could be scrapped' as sacked BBC presenter faces 50 new misconduct claims

This week he hit out at bosses in a scathing post as he insisted he was still being fired despite being cleared of 'the most serious and sensational accusations'.

Politics

8 h. ago Wes Streeting's plans for NHS recovery 'hanging by a thread' after junior doctors announce five day walkout over pay

The Health Secretary accused the BMA of being 'completely unreasonable' after it announced the five-day walkout, which could see 200,000 appointments and operations cancelled.

Politics

8 h. ago Archaeologists uncover rare Egyptian rock carving that reveals secrets of ancient kings

Researchers believe the carved scene dates back to the fourth millennium BC - centuries before the first pyramids.

Transport

8 h. ago Bridget Phillipson’s fury that a vulnerable child was placed in a caravan at cost of £75,000

Exclusive: Education secretary Bridget Phillipson has told The Independent that she wants to end the practice of putting vulnerable children in care into illegal squalid homes

Economics