47 m. ago Vernon Kay shares what fans must know about Oasis gig after concerns for Liam Gallagher

The Oasis brothers Liam and Noel Gallagher will be heading to Manchester's Heaton Park later this month, as part of their 41-date comeback tour following a 16-year break

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59 m. ago ‘We’re an antidote’: Boss of Legoland owner on the thrill of theme parks in a world of technology

Fiona Eastwood says real-life experiences that bring people together are vital amid a battle for attention in the digital eraArtificial intelligence is in the process of upending the business models of companies all over the world, but when it comes to the $100bn (£73bn) global theme park business the thrill of “big metal” rollercoasters is still the biggest draw.Fiona Eastwood, the boss of the sector’s second biggest operator, Merlin Entertainments, says that in a world dominated by battles over screen time it is real-life experiences that provide families with an “antidote to phones and digital technology”. Continue reading...

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65 m. ago Police 'increasingly concerned' for woman last seen one month ago

Greater Manchester Police have issued an appeal

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76 m. ago Gangland wake for two slain mobsters held at 'relaxing' UK restaurant attracting hundreds

Eddie Lyons Jnr and Ross Monaghan were gunned down in Spain last month and their funeral took place in Scotland yesterday, with a wake held at a 'relaxing' restaurant

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1 hour ago Vila Vita Parc: Hollywood’s favourite hideaway in the Algarve

Tucked away from the bustle of Albufeira’s tourist trails, this exceedingly chic hotel boasts excellent gastronomy, cinematic vistas, and is family-friendly too. No wonder the A-list love it, says Lucy Halfhead

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2 h. ago 'I noticed something was wrong with my body after posting TikTok videos every day'

EXCLUSIVE: Felipe Escobedo rewatched daily videos of himself late last month and was shocked to notice the left side of his neck appeared 'curvy' and immediately went to the doctors

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3 h. ago Grieving widow and Liverpool teammates gather for Diogo Jota's funeral in Portugal following tragic car crash

Rute Cardoso, who married the 28-year-old less than a month ago, was visibly emotional as she appeared outside the church in Gondomar

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3 h. ago Sex offender Stephen Bear marries Brazilian girlfriend, 18, after prison stint

Stephen Bear has married his 18-year-old girlfriend Miami, one year on from serving his 21-month sentence for sharing a sex tape of ex-girlfriend Georgia Harrison

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3 h. ago Rachel Reeves to announce review of workplace pensions contributions — here’s what it could mean

The chancellor will use her Mansion House speech to announce the overhaul

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3 h. ago ‘We don’t want contact because you are bad’: loggers close in on uncontacted people in Peruvian Amazon

Logging, drug trafficking and the climate crisis endanger the world’s largest isolated Indigenous group, on the border with BrazilIn 1999, Beatriz Huertas, then a young anthropologist, travelled deep into the Peruvian Amazon to investigate reports of uncontacted Indigenous peoples. Along the Las Piedras River, people in Monte Salvado, a Yine Indigenous village, described how every summer, “aislados” – those who avoid sustained contact with outsiders – would appear across the river.“They were coming into the fields and taking bananas,” says Huertas. Continue reading...

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4 h. ago Tour de France 2025: stage one sets battle for yellow jersey around Lille – live

Le Grand Départ, starting and ending at Lille MétropoleAny comments or thoughts? Feel free to email AmyMy colleague Jeremy Whittle has written about Tadej Pogačar and Jonas Vingegaard’s rivalry – sure to be a key theme again at this year’s TdF:The pair, whose rivalry is becoming one of the Tour’s most longstanding, will be locked in battle again this month with Pogačar widely expected to hammer home the supremacy of the past 18 months with another win.A lot can happen in such a long race, but I’m looking forward to racing against Jonas again. He’s in great shape. It will be a great month for people in front of the TV and beside the road.The climbs of Mont Cassel and Le Mont Noir won’t be enough to split the peloton, so this is almost guaranteed to be a bunch sprint, unless it gets windy. A strong westerly would make this a nightmare with more than 140km of crosswinds, but if it stays calm it’s a first big test for Jasper Philipsen, Tim Merlier and the other fast men. For the favouri...

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4 h. ago Oasis at Cardiff review: killer setlist, brotherly love, history made

Oasis are back, and this first show of the reunion tour was suitably biblical

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4 h. ago Lisa Nandy says she asked BBC why nobody was fired for airing Gaza documentary

A review looking into Gaza: How To Survive A Warzone is due to be published later this week.

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4 h. ago To Rest Our Minds and Bodies by Harriet Armstrong review – a singular new voice

This blackly comic debut is an astute and funny examination of the pain and pleasure of first loveThe heart is a peculiar organ. It wants what it wants, as Emily Dickinson wrote. Especially when you’re young and have no previous experience of love and desire, or the deleterious effects of time on both. This is the core subject of 24-year-old Harriet Armstrong’s debut novel, To Rest Our Minds and Bodies, published by the consistently adventurous independent press Les Fugitives.When the unnamed narrator, a third-year psychology student, meets fellow student Luke in their campus kitchen, she falls hard. They begin sharing meals and confidences in her room, which bears a “suicide beam” running the length of the ceiling. This memento mori is archly juxtaposed with the narrator’s breathless infatuation, which feels as if “some great transition was occurring inside me, something was aligning, I could actually feel it”. She finds herself “wide open and completely soft like a small trem...

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5 h. ago Grieving widow and Liverpool teammates gather as funeral of Diogo Jota gets under way in Portugal

Rute Cardoso, who married the 28-year-old less than a month ago, was visibly emotional as she appeared outside the church in Gondomar

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5 h. ago United in grief for Diogo: Jota's widow and teammates say farewell at heart

Family and friends of the footballer, who died less than a month before his tragic death alongside his brother Andre Silva, 25, were seen in tears as they carried their coffins into the church.

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5 h. ago DWP pays £749 a month in PIP for these 87 muscle and joint conditions

Personal Independence Payment is a benefit for people who need help with everyday tasks. Here are the 87 muscle and joint conditions that could let you claim it

Economics

5 h. ago Munroe Bergdorf: ‘The most expensive thing I’ve bought? Gender

The model and activist on grinding her teeth at night, cancel culture and the weird things hotel guests leave behindBorn in Essex, Munroe Bergdorf, 37, studied at the University of Brighton and worked in fashion PR. In 2022, she became the first trans model on the cover of UK Cosmopolitan and in 2023 she published her book Transitional. She hosts the podcast The Way We Are and presents MTV UK’s Queerpiphany. She is a UN Women UK Changemaker and a founding consultant of the UK Diversity and Inclusion Board of L’Oréal Paris. Her latest book is Talk to Me; her documentary, Love & Rage, launched in the UK last month and is available to stream from 14 July. She lives in London.Describe yourself in three words Passionate, loving, driven. Continue reading...

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6 h. ago What’s behind the global surge of new Covid variant XFG – and should you get vaccinated?

WHO data shows ‘Stratus’ was a fastest growing variant in May to June

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6 h. ago Dario Naamo given Dundee United rave review as Finland insider maps 'high level' talent's path to to the top

Stevie Grieve managed Naamo as SJK and gave the Tannadice club the lowdown on the Finnish Under 21 international

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