1 hour ago New Manchester restaurant has hidden location so secret you're only told on the night

The new venue is found behind an inconspicuous door on a backstreet of the trendy city centre district

Society

1 hour ago Bruce Loose brought his own unique blend of complexity and a menacing darkness to San Francisco punks Flipper | Stevie Chick

The singer, who died from a heart attack on 5 September, ripped up the two-minute hardcore song blueprint and won over a legion of fans including Kurt Cobain and Jane’s AddictionAs the blitzing tempo and mosh pit violence of hardcore swept the US in the early-80s, San Francisco punks Flipper – whose frontman, Bruce Loose, died this weekend of a heart attack – assumed a provocative stance, choosing sarcastic nihilism over dumb machismo and swapping high-velocity thrash for menacing, slow-as-sludge post-punk jams. In an era of 7in singles packed with 30-second screeds, Flipper would draw their tunes out to 20-or-more minutes of grind, fielding spiteful comparisons to hated hippies the Grateful Dead as bassist and founder Will Shatter warned audiences, “the more you heckle us, the longer this song gets”.But the true “culprit for any pissing off of audiences”, as drummer Steve DePace told Scene Point Blank in 2022, was Loose. Born Bruce Calderwood, in the late 70s Loose cashed in a life...

Politics

1 hour ago MPs demand Palestine Action terrorism ban rethink as controversial order defended

Security Minister Dan Jarvis told the Commons it was right to proscribe Palestine Action after nearly 900 people were arrested on Saturday, sparking a backlash from MPs

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2 h. ago UK households told to put one kitchen item on window sills during September

Condensation is a common problem in the colder months and can lead to damp patches and mould, but there's a simple hack to help tackle it and prevent this from happening

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2 h. ago Three victims of helicopter crash died of ‘multiple injuries’, inquest told

Simon Hewitt, Justyna Czoska and Wojciech Kowalkowski died when the Robinson helicopter came down in a field on the Isle of Wight in August.

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3 h. ago Coronation Street star Ryan Thomas gives update on pigeon he thinks is his dad

Actor and reality star, Ryan Thomas, believes a carrier pigeon - he's named Dougie James after his dad - is a reincarnation of his father, who sadly died in 2020

Politics

4 h. ago UK households told to leave table salt on window sills during autumn

It can help tackle a common household problem throughout autumn and winter

Politics

4 h. ago Parents collecting children saw ‘true horror’, Southport Inquiry told

The public inquiry at Liverpool Town Hall heard evidence from parents and a businessman who confronted the killer during the attacks last year.

Society

4 h. ago Katie Price plans 'lots more babies' as she makes bold admission

Katie Price, 47, may already have five kids - and be heading towards the menopause - but the reality TV star is determined to defy Mother Nature and welcome more babies into the world

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4 h. ago How Celtic target Louis Munteanu reacted to transfer collapse as Adam Idah fee sparks counter argument

Romania star Munteanu was heavily linked with Celts in the summer transfer window

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4 h. ago Ravens QB Lamar Jackson regrets shoving Bills fan who slapped him on helmet

Fan was ejected from stadium after incidentRavens lost thrilling contest in final secondsLamar Jackson has admitted he should have held his feelings in check after he shoved a fan who slapped him during his team’s loss to the Buffalo Bills on Sunday night.The Baltimore Ravens quarterback was celebrating a touchdown in front of the home crowd in Buffalo when a fan in a Bills jersey slapped Jackson and teammate DeAndre Hopkins on their helmets. Jackson shoved the fan, who was ejected from the stadium. Continue reading...

Politics

4 h. ago Reform UK hit by a defection... to UKIP! Nigel Farage suffers a blow in Kent as 'psychic' councillor quits for his old party

Amelia Randall, who was elected in May to Kent County Council, has quit Reform to join Mr Farage's old party, according to KentOnline .

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5 h. ago TikTok star Big John 'The Boshfather' joins England flags debate on Newsnight as he blasts 'upsetting' racist graffiti sprayed on Chinese restaurant

The Instagrammer told BBC Newsnight that 'nobody' should be targeted with hateful slogans after a Chinese takeaway was vandalised with slogans including 'Go Home' last month.

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5 h. ago Miriam Margolyes: Leonardo DiCaprio wore a dress on our shopping trip together I thought he was gay!

The actress told Bryony Gordon how she and the Hollywood star would spend hours shopping together in Mexico, where DiCaprio's choice to wear dresses led to an awkward misunderstanding.

Economics

5 h. ago Councillor who quit Labour joins rival polirical party in town hall

'Sir Keir Starmer's party has changed beyond all recognition'

Politics

6 h. ago Are smartphones eroding the experience of watching football?

Phones make everything easier but they have bred impatience and diluted the escapism of going to gamesBy Nutmeg magazineIn November 1980, I was 13 and making my way to Firhill from East Kilbride alone, arriving at the game to discover there was no manager in the dugout. It seemed very strange but, as I went on my own and was too shy to speak to anyone while I was there, it wasn’t until the next day that I found out via the Sunday Mail that Bertie Auld had resigned and gone to Hibs.The news was devastating. Bertie was my first manager, in charge for all the years I’d been a supporter, all of them in the Premier League. Now he’d gone and nobody had told me. Continue reading...

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6 h. ago The best Celtic XI Brendan Rodgers can muster as horror transfer window throws up more questions

Record Sport digs in to the Parkhead squad after the fallout from the transfer window

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7 h. ago Southport Inquiry hears of moment mother was told ‘the kids have been stabbed’

The mother-of-two, whose two daughters were present at the attack, described arriving ‘to a scene reserved for nightmares’.

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7 h. ago Trafficking victims rescued from brothels 'forced to have sex with 13 men per day'

The women, who were trafficked from their home country, also told how they were only given one day off per month.

Events

7 h. ago Boy, 17, stabbed nine times in fatal London group attack, court told

A 15-year-old boy appeared at the Old Bailey on Monday charged with murdering 17-year-old Yeray Sanchez-Morales.

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