21 m. ago Donald Trump's next visit to the UK confirmed as King Charles set to host

The US President will make an unprecedented second state visit to the U.K. in September, when he will be hosted by King Charles II and Queen Camilla at Windsor Castle.

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40 m. ago Men in Love by Irvine Welsh review – the Trainspotting boys grow up

Three decades on from the author’s breakthrough debut, why are we still trapped in the Trainspotting moment?It has been more than 30 years since Irvine Welsh published Trainspotting. To put that in perspective, it’s as distant to readers today as Catch-22 or To Kill a Mockingbird would have been in 1993. If you are anything like me, that doesn’t feel quite right. Because even at such a historical remove, there remains something undeniably resonant, something curiously current, about Welsh’s wiry, demotic, scabrous debut.In part, this is explained by the sheer scale of Trainspotting’s success. It was one of those genuinely rare literary events, wherein a critically acclaimed, stylistically adventurous book catches the cultural zeitgeist to such a degree that it also becomes a commercial sensation, going on to sell over a million copies. Its cultural salience was further compounded by Danny Boyle’s cinematic adaptation, one of the highest-grossing UK films of all time, a visual interv...

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56 m. ago Jannik Sinner gifts Princess Charlotte and Prince George signed ball after Wimbledon win

Watch the moment Wimbledon champion Jannik Sinner gifted Princess Charlotte and Prince George a signed tennis ball after toppling Carlos Alcaraz.

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2 h. ago ‘I had a home, apartment, career’ the Guardian’s Gaza diarist on the life he lost – and his journey into exile

The anonymous writer has seen horror after horror in the 21 months since he was driven from his home in Gaza City. How has he kept going? And does he have any hope left?On the morning of 7 October 2023, the author of the Guardian’s Gaza diary woke up planning to play tennis. “This year I decided to take care of my mental and physical health,” he wrote in his first entry, published six days later. “This means no stress, no negative energy and definitely more tennis.”Instead, with the news full of how Hamas had broken out of the territory, killing 1,200 people, he found himself scrambling desperately for the documents showing he owned his apartment in Gaza City, in the north of the strip. “If our building gets bombed, I need evidence that this apartment belongs to me,” he wrote. Continue reading...

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4 h. ago Southend Airport: Dad plane spotting with daughter saw jet 'corkscrew upside down into the floor'

A dad out planespotting with his young daughter has recalled the horror moment they saw a small plane crash into a 'fireball' yards from the runway at Southend Airport

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5 h. ago STEPHEN GLOVER: Rather than sending flunkies to make peace, Harry should say sorry in person to his father for what he's done

Why don't the two men meet together, and have a heart-to-heart talk? There is a danger in relying on flunkies, who are likely to have their own agendas.

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6 h. ago KATIE HIND: Tony Blair grasped that working class families like mine want to work hard and get on. After Starmer's attacks on aspiration, I'll NEVER vote Labour again

My dad would ridicule Blair for being 'almost a Tory', but I quickly realised that Blair and his party were willing to allow - even push - people like me to find a way to do well.

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6 h. ago Southend Airport plane crash: Witnesses tell of moment jet 'violently' smashed to the ground and erupted into a ball of flames

Ben Guppy, 34, had taken his 15-month-old daughter to watch the planes take off and land - but did not expect for a fun day out to turn into a 'nightmare'.

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6 h. ago Middle classes will bear the brunt of new Rachel Reeves tax raid, Labour minister hints

Yesterday Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander again failed to deny that Labour is looking to hike taxes, but said the Government would be guided by 'fairness'.

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6 h. ago 'Woke' Netflix bosses axe iconic scene from Pride and Prejudice remake to 'avoid objectifying men'

Netflix bosses have axed an iconic moment from Pride and Prejudice in a new 'woke' move to avoid 'objectifying men'.

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7 h. ago Terrifying moment Jason Momoa races toward horrific car crash to help unconscious man treated at scene

Jason Momoa traveled to Milwaukee, Wisconsin with his son Nakoa-Wolf Momoa, 16, this weekend. Along the way, the Aquaman star, 45, witnessed a horrific motorcycle crash.

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7 h. ago King Charles to host Donald Trump and his wife Melania for state visit in September, Buckingham Palace confirms

The President will be accompanied by his wife, First Lady Melania, on his trip from September 17 to 19, Buckingham Palace said. He was previously feted by a state visit in 2019.

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7 h. ago King Charles schedules Trump state visit for when UK parliament is in recess

Buckingham Palace to host US president during party conferences removing chance of Commons addressKing Charles has invited Donald Trump for an unprecedented second state visit in September, scheduling the trip for three days when parliament is not sitting and removing the possibility of the US president addressing parliament.Buckingham Palace announced on Monday that Trump would come to the UK from 17-19 September, soon after the House of Commons rises for its traditional break for the annual party conferences. Continue reading...

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7 h. ago King Charles to host Trump at Windsor during second state visit

Buckingham Palace has confirmed the three-day visit to the UK is scheduled for September 17 to 19

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8 h. ago You can hardly blame the union for pushing at a door ministers unbolted: DANIEL HANNAN

Angela Rayner is scrapping the minimum turnout that a trade union needs before launching legal strike action - a threshold that the doctors barely cleared in their recent ballot.

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8 h. ago England call the Toone and now look serious contenders at Euro 2025 | Suzanne Wrack

Ella Toone has made a huge impact since returning to the side and her link-up with Bronze and James on the right in the 6-1 win against Wales was electricThe Greek inscription above the door to the stunning Abbey Library of Saint Gall in St Gallen translates as “healing place of the soul”. To the west, heart and soul was the talk of the city overrun with red and white shirts, Wales desperate for their heart, their Welsh spirit, to help them overcome a huge gap in quality and professional development over their neighbours England.There would be no healing of the soul for Wales, though there is plenty of heart to take from their first major tournament appearance drawn in the toughest of groups. Two goals, including one in St Gallen, set up by the mercurial Jess Fishlock and scored by Hannah Cain against England, were the reward for their labour against Europe’s elite. Continue reading...

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9 h. ago Lawrence Shankland admits horror Hearts moment reared it's head as No9 resumes Jambos penalty duty

The Tynecastle skipper opened his accouit for the new season with two perfect spot kicks to sink the Pars in Premier Sports Cup

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9 h. ago Jannik Sinner reveals what he asked Prince George and Princess Charlotte after Wimbledon win

Sinner became the first Italian to win a singles title at Wimbledon after his four-set win against Alcaraz, with the Prince of Wales and his family watching on from the Royal Box

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9 h. ago Prince Harry arranges 'peace summit' with King Charles in 'weeks' but William left out

Prince Harry and King Charles' relationship could be on the mend as plans for a peace summit were revealed after their top aides were spotted meeting in London

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9 h. ago Chelsea stun PSG to win Club World Cup after Cole Palmer’s cool double

Final: Chelsea 3-0 Paris Saint-GermainPalmer 22 30, João Pedro 43The boy from Wythenshawe who had sat on top of the Rockefeller on Friday took Chelsea to the top of the world on Sunday. It was 90F down on the pitch in New Jersey but, oh, this was cold all right.Two wonderful almost identical strikes, executed with an effortless ease, and a lovely soft-shoed assist from Cole Palmer made Chelsea the first winners of the 32-team Club World Cup, history made here. Continue reading...

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