43 m. ago How Hollywood took over Broadway and obliterated box office records

George Clooney, Denzel Washington and Kieran Culkin helped Broadway set new box office records this year thanks to sky-high ticket prices. ‘The Independent’s’ resident Broadway expert Caitlin Hornik examines what this could mean for the Great White Way

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1 hour ago Second child dies three weeks after minibus overturns on the M4

Othniel Adoma, aged 11, died on Thursday more than three weeks after the single-vehicle crash on the M4 which also took the life of a six-year-old boy, who has not been named.

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2 h. ago Legal age for children to be left at home alone as summer approaches

As the summer holidays approach, many parents will be wondering if their child is old enough to be left home alone. The NSPCC has shared some guidance to help parents

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3 h. ago Man admits causing death of pregnant woman's unborn child in horror crash

Ashir Shahid struck a pregnant woman whose baby later died in hospital

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6 h. ago Jack Reacher author Lee Child: ‘More sex is medically implausible and I’m as rich and famous as I need to be’

The thriller writer on being a fearless Brummie, how he came to own a Renoir and his six-decade love affair with smokingBorn in the West Midlands, Lee Child, 70, studied law before working in television. After losing his job following a corporate restructuring, he published Killing Floor, the first in the Jack Reacher series, in 1997. His novels have been adapted into two films, starring Tom Cruise, and an Amazon Prime series. He now writes with his brother Andrew and they headline Theakston Old Peculier crime writing festival in Harrogate next month. The 30th Reacher thriller, Exit Strategy, is out in November. He is married with a daughter, and lives in the north of England.When were you happiest? In 1993, making love on the beach of a deserted island in the Bahamas. Continue reading...

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7 h. ago Tourist, 12, slipped in puddle before falling off cliff to his death, inquest told

Chinese tourist Zhihan Zhao, 12, tragically slipped in a puddle and fell to his death at the Cliffs of Moher in Ireland, a witness told an inquest

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9 h. ago What happened to reality TV love rat Calum Best? Star turned fitness fanatic battled drug addiction, love child accusations and a struggle to escape his late father's shadow

A nepo-baby before the term was even coined, the star was the son of legendary late footballer George Best, who attempted to kickstart his own career on Celebrity Love Island.

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19 h. ago Beloved mum drowned after slipping and getting head stuck between sea boulders

"The world is so cruel to take you in this freak horrific way"

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19 h. ago Trump's new drone orders aim to counter threats while encouraging flying cars and supersonic flights

President Donald Trump has signed three executive orders dealing with drone regulations and encouraging the development of flying cars and supersonic flights

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20 h. ago Inside hunt for Grant Hardin escaped killer cop known as 'Devil of the Ozarks'

Cold-blooded Grant Hardin has outwitted America's top lawmen for over two weeks, slipping through the cracks while entire communities hold their breath - police admitted they don't know where he is

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21 h. ago Euromillions massive £208m jackpot draw time and ticket deadline

The winner will take the top spot on the National Lottery's biggest ever wins list

Economics

23 h. ago Musk and Trump are enemies made for each other – united in their ability to trash their own brands | Jonathan Freedland

What one did to Twitter and Tesla, the other is doing to the United States of America. Their feud is revealing a fatal flaw in the Maga projectThe scriptwriters of Trump: the Soap Opera are slipping. The latest plot development – the epic falling-out between the title character and his best buddy, Elon Musk – was so predictable, and indeed predicted, that it counts as the opposite of a twist. Still, surprise can be overrated. Watching the two men – one the richest in the world, the other the most powerful – turn on each other in a series of ever-more venomous posts on their respective social media platforms has been entertainment of the highest order. X v Truth: it could be a Marvel blockbuster.But this is more than mere popcorn fodder. Even if they eventually patch things up, the rift between the president and Musk has exposed a divide inside the contemporary right, in the US and beyond – and a fatal flaw of the Trump project.Jonathan Freedland is a Guardian columnistDo you have an...

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23 h. ago Donald Trump says Elon Musk has ‘lost his mind’ and dismisses peace offering

Trump says he’s ‘not particularly’ interested in reconciling with Musk, who reportedly wanted to speak to presidentUS politics live – latest updatesDonald Trump has accused Elon Musk of “losing his mind” as the dramatic breakdown between America’s most powerful person and the world’s richest person escalated into a full-blown feud that could have seismic political and economic consequences.In a series of phone calls to US media on Friday morning, Trump snapped back at Musk, after the tech mogul and Republican financier launched an extraordinary social media attack on the president the day before, which ended with him accusing Trump of being named in the so-called “Epstein files” – documents related to the convicted child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Continue reading...

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23 h. ago ‘Every parent’s nightmare’: after 18 years, was this the final search for Madeleine McCann?

As visitors pose for selfies in the Portuguese resort where the British child disappeared, a breakthrough seems further away than everThe police have packed up, the diggers and radar scanners gone from the Algarve scrubland. The latest search for Madeleine McCann, the British toddler who vanished from a Portuguese holiday apartment 2007, has ended quietly without any apparent breakthrough.After 18 years of intermittent searches, this one, led by German police, may well be the last. In Praia da Luz, a seaside town etched into the world’s memory by the tragedy, that realisation lands with a mix of relief and weariness. Locals barely speak about the case now, if at all. The McCann investigation brought an unrelenting glare of media attention that many here would prefer to forget. Continue reading...

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23 h. ago Top postcard print picks from New Look, Nobody's Child and more as it dominates summer trends

Minimalist fashion fans, look away now, this trend it all about dopamine dressing, playful prints and bold colourways

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23 h. ago One of the world's best rollercoasters is just a short train ride from the UK

The epic rollercoaster was even voted the 7th best steel roller coaster in the world in the Golden Ticket Awards.

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24 h. ago Bereaved families invited to join scenic Callander walk in memory of loved ones

Organised by charity volunteers, the event at the Bracklinn Falls is for The Compassionate Friends, the organisation which supports those who have lost a child.

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24 h. ago Shocking new Madeleine McCann claim that 'drunk' German wife of British man ran the child over before couple dumped the body at sea emerges in Portuguese media report

German prosecutors refused to probe a couple suspected of running over Madeleine McCann in a drink-drive accident, it was sensationally claimed today.

Events

25 h. ago 'Screaming' mum drowned in rising tide as daughter tried to free her from rocks

Mum-of-three Saffron Cole-Nottage tragically died after slipping and falling between the giant rocks beneath the Esplanade in Lowestoft, Suffolk in February while on a walk with her daughter

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25 h. ago Michelle Keegan shares baby daughter Palma's sweet nickname on first holiday abroad

The Our Girl actress and her husband, former TOWIE star Mark Wright, welcomed their first child together in March

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