12 h. ago Dad, 34, who saw council seize his home and end business lease took his own life

Blackpool Council had uprooted dad of four Alistair Taylor, 34, from his business and the home he had specially adapted for his disabled children

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31 h. ago ‘I hate the term hybrid’: How Ben Earl is embracing the future with England

The Lions star returns to England duty with ‘a new lease of life’ after featuring for the Lions and tells Harry Latham-Coyle about his new mindset heading into the Autumn Internationals

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4 d. ago Luke Wood determined to enjoy his latest lease of life with England

Wood was an ever-present in England’s rain-affected T20 series win in New Zealand.

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5 d. ago Museums after dark: London’s historic halls get a new lease on life

Museums after dark: London’s historic halls get a new lease on life  CNN

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5 d. ago Stiller & Meara: Nothing Is Lost review – Ben Stiller’s moving study on the price his family paid for showbiz

Stiller’s documentary about his parents, comedy duo Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara, is a tender reflection on marriage and what it costs to keep smiling in the entertainment businessBen Stiller has created a sweet, affectionate, unexpectedly poignant portrait of his parents Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara – and, perhaps without quite realising it, of himself as well. His mum and dad were two hard-working actor-comedians who had a very successful TV double act in the 60s and 70s and a long marriage. This has been the source of so much material, based on the quarrels and tensions to which Ben and his sister Amy were intimate witnesses.Both parents’ backgrounds were hard. Anne’s mother had taken her own life; Jerry’s dad was tough and unsupportive. Perhaps they never experienced the full status of stardom that their son has enjoyed, although Jerry had a new lease of late-life TV fame in the 90s with his superb portrayal of George Costanza’s dad in Seinfeld. The film is centred on Ben and Am...

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7 d. ago Bend It Like Beckham was a classic soccer movie – with one very worrying relationship

The celebrated film largely still holds up and inspires, But, with a sequel in the works, its handling of a player/coach dynamic shows how times have changed In the proposed upcoming sequel to the “feel good”, “uplifting” film Bend It Like Beckham (one of the Guardian’s best movies about football), a leading character has been banned from the game for life. At least that’s what could, and probably should be revealed, preferably as early as possible.Seem dramatic? It isn’t. Though Bend It Like Beckham brilliantly tackles issues around racism, gender norms, homophobia, culture, immigration, and feminism with an endearing comedic twist, a core point of the plot rests on an adult coach pursuing a romantic relationship with a teenage player. In 2025, after multiple high-profile instances of inappropriate player/coach relationships have been reported in women’s soccer, and after the harm inherent in those relationships has been exposed, the normalization of one in a celebrated film is har...

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8 d. ago Judge orders a path to release for immigrant with leukemia facing deportation

A Michigan man facing possible deportation while dealing with life-threatening leukemia must be released from custody or at least be given a bond hearing in immigration court

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8 d. ago Abandoned Greater Manchester church could be turned into restaurant in new lease of life

The church has a history spanning over 150 years

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9 d. ago Thug who knifed Harry Potter actor to death as he defended his younger brother set for hearing that could pave his way to freedom

Karl Bishop was given four life sentences and told he must serve at least 20 years for the knife rampage that saw him kill rising star Rob Knox (right) in 2008.

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1 week ago The moment I knew: she made the life I’d overcomplicated suddenly straightforward

As Air’s Moon Safari played in background, Andrew Stafford watched himself falling in love, in a new way• Find more stories from The moment I knew seriesAlthough it’s now long deleted, my old X account served at least one useful purpose in life. My profile image had me looking up quizzically at a ragdoll kitten on my shoulder. That cat (once mistaken for a parrot by a bone-headed rightwing pundit) is no longer with me – but my other ragdoll, Priscilla, became a minor social media celebrity.In April 2021 I was eight months post open heart surgery, seven months single, about to turn 50, and not about to die wondering. So, I hit Bumble. She didn’t fess up until later but the first woman to message me was one of my X followers – really, one of Priscilla’s. “Oh,” she said to herself, “it’s the man with the cat on Twitter.” And swiped right. Continue reading...

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1 week ago 'I just killed my girlfriend in a hot tub in the garage': Murderer's chilling 999 call is released as he is jailed for life for stabbing partner at least 26 times

Aren Pearson, 41, carried out the frenzied attack on Claire Leveque, 24, while drunk at his mother's home in Shetland, Scotland.

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1 week ago The 'ghost' of the Titanic given stunning new lease of life in Greater Manchester

People have already been travelling from far afield to view it

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1 week ago Killer who murdered girlfriend by stabbing her in hot tub at least 26 times is jailed for life

Aren Pearson, 41, carried out the frenzied attack on Claire Leveque, 24, while drunk at his mother's home in Shetland, Scotland.

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2 w. ago Iconic BBC sitcom set to be given new lease of life in London stage show

Co-writer and director, Doug Naylor has shared some exciting news surrounding the future of the show, but fans may have to wait three more years for it to come to fruition

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2 w. ago The Guardian view on gen Z protests: these movements share more than an interest in anime | Editorial

A new global wave of unrest is unfolding, driven by generational discontents and taking cues from each otherAfter a quarter-century of existence, the global triumph of Monkey D Luffy – a fresh-faced and rubber-bodied pirate captain – had seemed almost complete. The One Piece manga series, of which he is the freedom-fighting hero, had become the bestselling of all time, with more than 500m copies bought. The anime was a similar hit, with viewers immersing themselves in over a thousand episodes following his struggle against the World Government, a corrupt and tyrannical oligarchy.Yet Luffy has now found a new lease of life as inspiration to protesters in a wave of youthful unrest across continents. His crew’s flag – a skull and crossbones crowned with his jaunty straw hat – has appeared from Morocco to Madagascar in recent days. Indonesians enthusiastically adopted it this summer, in a riposte to the president’s urging to fly the national standard. Officials were so alarmed that...

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2 w. ago Gatehouse Music Society's fundraising campaign gives piano new lease of life

The group has been able to carry out work on the Steinway Model D piano it was gifted by Pollok House Arts Society.

Economics

2 w. ago Revealed: Manchester synagogue terrorist's 'Muzmatch' dating profile and vile messages sent to secret wife 

The Syria-born knifeman - who it was today revealed rang 999 during his deadly attack pledging allegiance to Islamic State - had a tangled love life and was married to at least three women simultaneously.

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2 w. ago Champion jockey brutally attacked with rock beating trauma as competitive bodybuilder

Sonja Logan, who slumped into depression and turned to drink after she was the victim of a violent car-jacking outside her home two years ago, has found a new lease of life in the gym

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2 w. ago Selena Gomez's kidney donor Francia Raisa breaks her silence after brutal wedding snub

Francia Raisa, the actress who gave Selena Gomez a new lease on life by donating a kidney to her, is speaking out about rumors of a feud between the two.

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3 w. ago There are good guys and then there is Lewis Moody – MND has cruelly singled out the bravest of men | Robert Kitson

Moody’s diagnosis with the incurable disease MND at the age of 47 is desperate news for all those who know and love himBack when he was captaining England at the 2011 Rugby World Cup, Lewis Moody went canyon swinging near Queenstown in New Zealand. Despite being utterly fearless on the pitch he was not brilliant with heights. That day, he wrote in his autobiography, was “the most terrifying experience of my life”. Or at least it was. A fortnight ago, he and his family were plunged into something infinitely scarier.Moody’s diagnosis with the incurable disease MND at the age of 47 is, first and foremost, desperate news for all those who know and love him. There are good guys and then there is “Moodos”, about whom nobody in rugby has a bad word. Cruel doesn’t come close to describing it. Continue reading...

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