3 h. ago The Gathered Leaves at the Park Theatre review: a slowly beguiling, elegant revival

The script is ponderous at times, but its careful handling of themes like autism and racism eventually exerts a cumulative power

Politics

3 h. ago Disadvantaged white pupils have ‘particularly poor’ education outcomes, review says

The Education Secretary said it was a “national disgrace” that so many white working-class children are being “written off”

Events

3 h. ago Budget cost hikes drive 79% of hospitality firms to raise prices – trade bodies

Industry bosses warned that firms across the UK are being squeezed by ‘unsustainable’ taxes.

Economics

4 h. ago Young vape users three times as likely to start smoking, study finds

Review warns e-cigarettes could act as gateway to smoking and are also linked to higher asthma and other health risksYoung people who vape are three times as likely to start smoking, develop asthma and have poor mental health as those who do not, according to a study that lays bare the health impacts of e-cigarettes.Vaping among young people is consistently linked to later smoking, according to the largest umbrella review of all the evidence on youth vaping, which warns that e-cigarettes could act as a gateway. Continue reading...

Politics

4 h. ago Vape warning as teens already show health issues from 'gateway to smoking' habit

According to the experts of a new review, children who take up vaping are not just storing up trouble for the future, but are showing signs of harm now

Events

5 h. ago Zainab Johnson: Toxically Optimistic review – US comic targets gun culture

Pleasance Courtyard, EdinburghThe slick standup’s fringe debut is full of searching questions about the right to keep and bear arms‘I’ve got a gun.” Nice to be pitched, with that opening line, straight into a show declaring itself different from the others. Zainab Johnson’s maiden fringe set – although she’s already a big noise in the US – gives an account of how she came to own a firearm. It’s not an explicitly political show – if a show about gun ownership by a black, Muslim, American female is allowed to be anything but. But Toxically Optimistic does invite engagement with some searching questions about guns, their use, and the safety they supposedly ensure – even if, so poised is Johnson’s delivery, you barely notice it doing so.Hers is that particularly American style of standup that can feel too polished for UK tastes: smiling, slick and a little bit frictionless. If a British comedian tells a dating story, you can bet they’ll be the butt of the joke; when Johnson does, it’s t...

Events

7 h. ago Review of North Lanarkshire community safety highlights increases in some crimes

The annual report from the council advises elected members of the progress made under the Community Safety Strategy 2020-2025, which sees North Lanarkshire Council work in partnership with emergency services and other organisations.

Events

7 h. ago Secret Epstein files will be made public for the first time EVER... with a mandatory condition that could drive Trump supporters mad

Lawmakers in Congress expect to begin receiving Department of Justice files on Jeffrey Epstein's sex trafficking case this week.

Politics

7 h. ago House Party review – home truths about gentrification in east London

House Party review – home truths about gentrification in east London  The Guardian

Society

8 h. ago Misper review – mystery, melancholy and murder in a faded seaside town

A crumbling hotel is the setting for a debut feature about the uneasy aftermath of a young woman’s death, which transcends the tired tropes of the crime dramaHere is a solid first feature debut from director Harry Sherriff, an atmospheric crime drama set in a gloomy, decaying seaside town, with an eerie depiction of grief experienced by those who exist within the margins of the life of a murdered girl.The film follows Leonard (Samuel Blenkin), a meek hotel concierge who has a boyish crush on his charming 25-year-old colleague Elle (Emily Carey). Dressed in a red raincoat with short dark hair and a wry smile, Elle’s character is very much reminiscent of Jordana Bevan in Richard Ayoade’s 2010 film Submarine, as is the dry sardonic humour peppered into the script. Leonard and Elle’s exchanges are awkward yet sweet, teetering on the edge of a true connection. That is, until Elle doesn’t show up to work one day and reports of a missing person trickle through the town. The hotel staff are...

Events

8 h. ago Ice used Marriott chain to detain immigrants, despite hotel’s 2019 pledge not to cooperate

Sheraton in Louisiana held father and teenage son this month in apparent contradiction of former positionA Sheraton hotel in Louisiana has been used by immigration officials to hold people who are being deported, in what appears to be a contradiction of a position Sheraton’s parent company, Marriott, took in 2019 when it said its properties would not be used in cooperation with Ice.The Intercept first reported that the hotel, located on MacArthur Drive in Alexandria, Louisiana, near a major deportation hub and airport used by Ice, had been used by immigration officials earlier this month to hold a father and his teenage son for four days after their arrest in New York. They were then deported to Ecuador. The Intercept cited phone-tracking evidence that had been shared with the publication and was later seen by the Guardian. Continue reading...

Events

10 h. ago The Map That Leads to You review – sugary Amazon romance works best as travelogue

Rising star Madelyn Cline is a charming lead in an unusually glossy streaming weepie that leads to overfamiliar territoryA book-loving American woman in her 20s decides to spend time in Europe before she settles into the safety of a finance job in New York City, but she ends up falling for a man who is harbouring a tragic secret about his future. She’s played by an in-house Netflix star, he’s played by a non-American actor known for his role in a hit TV show. The film is based on a novel and is premiering on a streaming platform this month. While this might not be dramatically similar enough to become a Dante’s Peak/Volcano situation, it’s hard not to watch Amazon’s The Map That Leads to You, out this week, and frequently think about Netflix’s loosely similar My Oxford Year, released at the start of August.What immediately separates the two, and often separates Netflix and Amazon movies in general, is the aesthetic. My Oxford Year is every bit a TV movie while The Map That Leads to ...

Politics

10 h. ago The Boston Celtics have a new owner. The drive to add to add more NBA championships won't change

The sale of the Boston Celtics has been finalized

Politics

11 h. ago The Vivienne documentary trailer prompts outpouring of emotion from Drag Race fans

New documentary will honour the former ‘Drag Race’ winner, who died in January 2025

Sport

12 h. ago The Vivienne fans break down in tears at first trailer for tragic star's documentary Dear Viv

The Vivienne, known out of drag as James Lee Williams , died on January 5, aged 32.

Events

12 h. ago Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander raises 'serious concerns' with Citroen boss over handling of stop

The Transport Secretary has written to Eurig Druce, UK group managing director of Citroen's parent company Stellantis, calling for 'immediate steps' to improve the recall procedure.

Politics

12 h. ago Gorillaz – House of Kong review: Damon Albarn's exhibition is magical, musical alchemy

A quarter of a century on, Albarn and Hewlett are still legions ahead of the pack

Politics

12 h. ago Two men admit stealing BMW during test drive before it crashed into dementia care home

A woman in her 80s and another in her 90s died the day after the incident when they were evacuated to another care home due to the amount of damage caused in the incident.

Events

12 h. ago I was attacked in drag at Fringe, but the real violence against me are the cancelled shows

Since the TikTok video of me being assaulted in drag at Fringe went viral, I’ve been fascinated by the comments. While some blame the Reform Party and JK Rowling, others ask, “Where are the parents?” But the most overwhelming sentiment expressed is, “This isn’t Scotland. I’m so sorry it happened.”

Events

13 h. ago Scottish golfer's HotelPlanner Tour season ended by three fractured bones in wrist

Graeme Robertson ‘gutted’ to miss out on Betfred British Masters appearance at The Belfry

Society