89 m. ago Jumanji review – startling 90s game fantasy adventure with Robin Williams in winning form

Williams is exuberant but controlled as elephants trample the town and a waterfall crashes down the stairs in bizarre Kiplingesque fantasy that still holds upThe Jumanji franchise has been enjoyably revived in the last few years, but the new reboot films don’t have the purely startling quality of the original fantasy-surreal adventure from 1995, now rereleased for its 30th anniversary. Adapted from a 1981 children’s picture book by Chris Van Allsburg, it starred Robin Williams in an exuberant, winning but notably controlled lead performance. This is an entertainment in the broad Hollywood tradition of Capra and Spielberg, with a boisterous touch of Peter Pan in that the stern father figure and the scary villain are both played by the same actor. But there’s something else, too, a dash of something that, if it were played straight, would be genuinely creepy. And actually, even played just the way it is, it’s still pretty creepy.Williams plays Alan Parrish, a guy who in his childhood ...

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89 m. ago The creatine craze: Is the gym bros’ miracle powder worth the hype?

Flexing the benefits of increased gym performance, boosts in cognitive function, and increased longevity, could creatine be the supplement for you? Will Rogers-Coltman investigates

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89 m. ago A Very British Summer: Don’t miss these 10 charming cultural events

From the highbrow to the homespun, we round up 10 summer festivals, exhibitions and performances that capture that quintessentially British blend of creativity and charm

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1 hour ago FTSE 100 Live 04 September: Currys surges on strong trading, Jet2 shares slide

Currys shares today jumped by a fifth after the electricals retailer boosted confidence with another robust trading update.

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1 hour ago Full list of who can cancel their £174.50 BBC TV licence and get a refund

The annual fee for a TV licence, which legally permits you to watch live TV or any content on catch-up or BBC iPlayer, is now £174.50.

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2 h. ago The worst drought in decades is threatening Syria's fragile recovery from years of civil war

The eastern Mediterranean and Middle East are in the grips of one of their worst droughts in decades, which is drying rivers and lakes, shriveling crops and even leading to water cutoffs in major cities

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4 h. ago ‘The one thing it doesn’t have is actual sex’: the new Mary Whitehouse play that would have infuriated Mary Whitehouse

She was the morality crusader who became a figure of ridicule. Now Whitehouse is the subject of a new production starring Maxine Peake. We meet the gay feminist playwright who wrote itThe morality campaigner Mary Whitehouse was a trigger warning long before the term was used. From the 1960s onwards she pursued the BBC over sex and swearing on television and brought private prosecutions against the publisher of Gay News and the director of Howard Brenton’s play, The Romans in Britain, for what she viewed respectively as blasphemy and gross indecency.So, when Maxine Peake plays the Christian cultural vigilante in The Last Stand of Mrs Mary Whitehouse at the Nottingham Playhouse this week, will there be a warning about its content? Continue reading...

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4 h. ago Motherwell boss says people would need to be 'depressed' not to see progress

Jens Berthel Askou says performances are good this season

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5 h. ago US Open live: Sinner sets challenge to Djokovic and Alcaraz with ruthless thrashing of Musetti

Sinner returned to the US Open semi-finals with a dominant performance and joins Novak Djokovic, Carlos Alcaraz and Felix Auger-Aliassime in the last four

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6 h. ago Guyana’s president claims victory in election held amid newfound oil riches

Irfaan Ali will be tasked with turning the profits of Guyana’s 2019 oil boom into prosperity for its citizensGuyana’s president, Irfaan Ali, has proclaimed victory in this week’s general and regional elections after his party won more than 240,000 votes and seven of the country’s ten electoral districts.“The results are all out there, as published by the Guyana elections commission. The numbers are clear. The people have spoken in an overwhelming way. We have won these elections with a remarkable margin,” he told the Guardian on Wednesday. Continue reading...

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7 h. ago Lady Gaga forced to cancel concert just MINUTES before showtime due to medical issue as she begs fans to forgive her

Lady Gaga made the tough decision to cancel her Mayhem Ball concert in Miami, Florida tonight, just minutes before showtime, due to a medical issue. 

Culture

10 h. ago Trump admin accused of ‘attack’ on immigrants after banning voter recruitment drives at naturalization events

A voter advocacy group said the Trump administration is ‘making it harder for new citizens to register to vote, which is yet another intimidation tactic and attack on the immigrant community’

Events

10 h. ago Anisimova gains revenge for Wimbledon by beating Swiatek to make US Open last four

American beats Polish rival 6-4, 6-3 to make semi-finalsMeeting with Karolina Muchova or Naomi Osaka up nextAmanda Anisimova conjured the performance of her career on Wednesday afternoon in New York, banishing the ghosts of her Wimbledon nightmare with a sensational 6-4, 6-3 quarter-final victory against Iga Swiatek in 1hr 36min. Less than eight weeks after she had been double-bagelled by the Polish star in the final at the All England Club, the 24-year-old American struck back with fearless ball-striking and nerveless resolve to reach her first US Open semi-final.Swiatek, a six-time major champion and the 2022 US Open winner, looked intent on reprising the script when she broke immediately to extend her personal run to 13 consecutive games in the rivalry. But Anisimova struck back on her third break point, finishing with a thumping forehand overhead that drew a roar from the Arthur Ashe crowd and ensured this would bear no resemblance to the rout in July. Continue reading...

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12 h. ago London Mayor joins Green party in calling for London arms fair to be scrapped

London Mayor joins Green party in calling for London arms fair to be scrapped  Hackney Citizen

Society

14 h. ago Wayne Brady And Lulu To Perform London Concerts Of New ‘To Sir, With Love’ Stage Musical

Wayne Brady And Lulu To Perform London Concerts Of New ‘To Sir, With Love’ Stage Musical  Deadline

Culture

15 h. ago Trump pledges to ‘stand with Warsaw’ in meeting with Polish president

US president praises Karol Nawrocki for election win and says he was not considering pulling troops from PolandEurope live – latest updatesThe US president, Donald Trump, has said he was not considering pulling US troops out of Poland and pledged to stand with Warsaw “all the way” during a meeting with the country’s conservative nationalist president, Karol Nawrocki, at the White House.Backed by the populist rightwing opposition Law and Justice party, which ruled Poland between 2015 and 2023, Karol Nawrocki unexpectedly won Poland’s presidential election after running a campaign under a Trumpesque slogan of “Poland first, Poles first”. Continue reading...

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16 h. ago Khadija Shaw: ‘Sometimes you have to take a step back and think about your mental health’

In an exclusive interview, the Manchester City striker talks about the horrific racist abuse she suffered last season, playing with Viv Miedema and her hopes for 2025-26“It’s difficult,” says Khadija ‘Bunny’ Shaw. “Sometimes you have to take a step back and think about you and your mental health because if you’re not in a good place you won’t be able to perform. I wasn’t in a good place. It was about more than what happened in that match. There’s a lot that people didn’t and don’t know about.”Shaw is speaking for the first time about her decision to withdraw from Manchester City’s League Cup semi-final against Arsenal in February, four days after she had suffered horrific racist abuse following a 4-3 loss against the same side in the Women’s Super League. Manchester City said they were “appalled” and reported the matter to the police. Continue reading...

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16 h. ago Unilever CEO plots senior management overhaul to tackle ‘pockets of mediocrity’

New chief Fernando Fernandez vows to end Unilever’s ‘inconsistent performance culture’

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16 h. ago Unilever CEO plans management overhaul to tackle ‘pockets of mediocrity’

New chief Fernando Fernandez vows to end Unilever’s ‘inconsistent performance culture’

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17 h. ago Man asked schoolgirl on bus to perform sex act then attacked girl in park

He was identified from bus CCTV using retrospective facial recognition technology and arrested

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