5 h. ago Joseph Beuys review – the grotesque bathtub containing all the horrors of modern history

Thaddaeus Ropac Gallery, LondonThere’s no escape from the torments of the past in this show, which celebrates the German artist at his most Wagnerian, enchanting and sickening you simultaneouslyBorn in 1921, Joseph Beuys was the “perfect” age to fight for Hitler and he did, with the wounds to prove it. The Andy Warhol portraits that complement this exhibition, without actually being part of it, brutally catch his gaunt, ravaged face in the glare of a photo flash under the hat he wore to hide burns sustained in a plane crash while serving in the Luftwaffe. The most haunting portrait turns Beuys into a spectral negative image, all darkness and shadow, his eyes wounded, guilty, lost. This was in the 1970s when Beuys was a charismatic one-man artistic revolution, inspiring young Germans to plant trees, lecturing about flows of ecological and human energy – and, in breathtaking performances, speaking to a dead hare or spending a week locked in a cage with a coyote.All that remains today ...

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5 h. ago Heathrow third runway: Government admits it may miss sustainable aviation fuel target key to airport expansion

The Government has backed a bigger Heathrow and is now deciding how tests on economic growth, air quality, noise and climate change should be set

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11 h. ago We can’t keep getting it wrong first time, Streeting admits after series of government U

Health secretary says the government’s ‘new year’s resolution’ should be to ‘get it right first time’

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24 h. ago New footage shows scale of destruction after UPS plane crash in Kentucky

Police have released new footage of the UPS plane crash in Kentucky in November, which killed 15.

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31 h. ago Figure skater who lost his parents in Reagan airport plane crash qualifies for Olympics

Maxim Naumov earned his spot at the Winter Olympics with a third-place finish last week

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33 h. ago Maxim Naumov makes US Winter Olympics team year after parents’ death in DC plane crash

US Figure Skating names team for Milan-CortinaNaumov’s parents were also OlympiansUS Figure Skating has confirmed the 16 athletes who will represent Team USA at the Milan-Cortina Games next month in Italy, including Maxim Naumov, who fulfilled the hopes of his late parents by making the Olympic team.Vadim Naumov and Evgenia Shishkova, who were world champions in pairs figure skating in 1994, became coaches at the Skating Club of Boston. Last January, they were returning from Wichita, Kansas, host of the 2025 US championships, along with 26 others connected to figure skating, when their plane collided with a military helicopter, killing everyone on board both aircraft. Continue reading...

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38 h. ago Pilot's chilling last words before fatal plane crash on UK flight to Tenerife

Dan-Air Flight 1008 was en route from Manchester to Tenerife when it crashed into the mountains of the island, killing all 146 people on board

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57 h. ago Video shows Columbian singer Yeison Jimenez on plane before fatal crash

Columbian singer Yeison Jiménez can be seen on board a plane in a video shared hours before he was killed in a crash.

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58 h. ago Plane crash kills Colombian star Yeison Jiménez and five others just hours before scheduled concert as heartbroken fans pay tribute

Yeison Jimenez had written in a last Instagrampost before boarding: 'Always humble, because what God gives you he can also take away.'

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60 h. ago Colombian singer Yeison Jiménez among six killed in plane crash after tragic final post

All six people on board died when private aircraft crashed in Colombia, authorities say

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61 h. ago Singer killed in fireball plane crash predicted horror death after 'recurring nightmares'

Yeison Jimenez chillingly said he had a recurring dream that he would die in an air accident, just before he was tragically killed in a horror plane crash on his way to a concert

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62 h. ago Horror plane crash kills singer and five others as jet bursts into flames on way to concert

Yeison Jimenez, a top Colombian pop star, and his musicians were killed in a horror plane crash as they headed for a concert due to take place on Saturday night

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3 d. ago Ready to serve in dad's Army? Brits warned to be ready for WW3

The UK Government has admitted it is in the process of “developing plans” to implement “civilian assistance” to the military given the Trump chaos around the world this week

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3 d. ago Six injured after private aircraft makes crash landing in eastern India

Nine-seater private aircraft crashes near city of Rourkela, leaving at least six people with minor injuries

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5 d. ago Bishops and Spanish government agree on a plan to compensate sexual abuse victims

Spain’s government and the country’s Catholic bishops have agreed to a joint plan to compensate victims of sexual abuse by clergy members who have died or whose possible crimes have been proscribed

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7 d. ago New Year... same old Keir: Robotic PM reads out 'rousing' note to grim

Gathering his senior team for the first time in 2026, Keir Starmer talked up his action to ease pressure - admitting that will be what the government is judged on come the election.

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7 d. ago Does anyone believe you, Keir? Starmer tells Cabinet he IS tackling cost of living crisis despite Brits struggling with debt and food bills

Gathering his senior team for the first time in 2026, Keir Starmer talked up his action to ease pressure - admitting that will be what the government is judged on come the election.

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8 d. ago Windrush victim ‘hospitalised’ over stress of compensation battle with Home Office

Seven years after the Windrush scandal broke, survivors are still awaiting compensation and answers for how the government poorly treated its Commonwealth citizens

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8 d. ago Anas Sarwar: I know Scots are angry with unpopular Keir Starmer

The Scottish Labour leader admitted the UK Labour government had made mistakes

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8 d. ago Anas Sarwar: I'm running to be First Minister 'in defiance' of Starmer's unpopularity

The Scottish Labour leader admitted the UK Government had made mistakes

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