3 d. ago The Lion King beats Titanic and Saturday Night Fever to be named best movie soundtrack

The Lion King has been named the greatest movie soundtrack of all time, according to Brits - who also voted for their top 20 favourite movie soundtracks

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3 d. ago Brits crown The Lion King the greatest movie soundtrack of all time

The Lion King has been named the greatest movie soundtrack of all time, according to a poll of 2,000 Brits. The 1994 Disney classic roared into first place, beating the likes of Saturday Night Fever and Titanic to the top spot.

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4 d. ago Queen of the airwaves: Dua Lipa sensationally beats Taylor Swift and Ed Sheeran to become the UK's most played artist of 2024

The crown has changed hands in the battle for Britain's airwaves.

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9 d. ago British Airways fined £3.2m after luggage handlers hurt in similar accidents

Southwark Crown Court heard the two men fell from equipment while loading aircraft at Heathrow.

Economics

2 w. ago Manx Liberty’s wildcards deliver in style to regain British team chess crown

The Isle of Man team enlisted two young English stars to help regain the 4NCL title that they won in 2022 and 2023The Four Nations Chess League (4NCL) is a bedrock of British chess. Staged over 11 rounds and five weekends from October to May at ­Midlands hotels, with teams of eight in the top division and six in divisions two to four, it attracts players from club level to grandmaster, many of whom do not compete in any other national event. Its organisation, by the ­English Chess Federation chief executive, Mike Truran, and a ­hardworking team of arbiters, is consistently excellent.As expected, the 2024-25 season ended last Monday with a close 11th round match between the favourites and defending champions, Wood Green, and the winners for the two previous years, Manx Liberty. The outcome was a ­rarity. All eight games were drawn for a 4-4 scoreline, although most were hard fought and Manx missed a winning endgame chance. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago ‘Scale is so important’ – the fight to revive Britain’s vanishing rainforests

Conservationists are battling to secure the future of the ‘jewel in the crown’ of British habitats as climate change looms.

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3 w. ago Argos shoppers rush to buy £2.78 Lion King LEGO sets worth £18 each

"Lovely set for young and old. It looks great when it's finished."

Economics

3 w. ago Canada has long been seen as the cool cousin next door. Here's the truth | Noel Ransome

The country has exported a myth of progressivism. It’s time to confront who we really areCanada has been canonized – safely, predictably.It’s the great, grave story we’ve exported – retold in economic rankings, stitched into tourism ads, held up in classrooms and cable news panels. We’re the cooler, mellower cousin next door. The country that has it figured out. Where healthcare is universal, democracy is calm and diversity is politely managed.Whereas the Provinces of Canada, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick have expressed their desire to be federally united into One Dominion under the Crown of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Jill Sobule, I Kissed a Girl singer, dies in Minneapolis house fire aged 66

Musician whose hits also included the satirical anthem Supermodel from the Clueless soundtrack died early on ThursdayJill Sobule, the singer-songwriter whose hits included the satirical anthem Supermodel from the Clueless movie soundtrack and the groundbreaking single I Kissed a Girl, has died in a house fire at the age of 66.Sobule’s body was found in a home in Woodbury, Minnesota, on Thursday. Authorities are investigating the cause of the fire. Continue reading...

Events

4 w. ago Woman accusing BGT finalist of rape 'felt frozen' as she speaks for first time in court

Andrew Johnston, who was on Britain’s Got Talent in 2008, is on trial at Southwark Crown Court charged with raping and sexually assaulting one woman, and raping another woman

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