30 m. ago Pulp review – Jarvis Cocker’s captivating comeback turns a rapt crowd rapturous

OVO Hydro, GlasgowOn a kitschy 1970s chatshow set, the Sheffield band play hits from across their career – and fans welcome their just-released album tracks like old friendsA thick velvet curtain cocoons the stage as a cool disembodied voice projects over the audience: “This is an encore. An encore occurs because the audience wants more.” Since their initial breakup in 2002, Pulp have re-formed twice, for sold-out tours and festival sets played to loyal, rapturous audiences. Tonight, the stakes are higher: for the first time in 24 years, Pulp have a new album, More, released just one day before tonight’s opening show. The audience want more – but do they want More?Any anxiety about new material is quashed when set opener and comeback single Spike Island is received like an old friend. Jarvis Cocker rises from the back of the stage flanked by cardboard cutouts of his bandmates – recognisable from the cover of 1995’s Different Class – before joining their real-life counterparts, guita...

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35 m. ago Trump praises ‘great job’ by national guard in calming LA protests, as mayor says troops are not in the city – US politics live

Mayor Karen Bass disputes president’s claim as she thanks local law enforcement for dealing with unrest following immigration crackdownPresident Trump appears to have used federal law to order the national guard to go to Los Angeles, rather than the 18th century Insurrection Act.The national guard is a hybrid entity that serves both state and federal interests. Often, it operates under state command and control, using state funding. Sometimes national guard troops will be assigned by their state to serve federal missions, remaining under state command but using federal funding.Great job by the National Guard in Los Angeles after two days of violence, clashes and unrest. We have an incompetent Governor (Newscum) and Mayor (Bass) who were, as usual (just look at how they handled the fires, and now their VERY SLOW PERMITTING disaster. Federal permitting is complete!), unable to to handle the task.These Radical Left protests, by instigators and often paid troublemakers, will NOT BE TOLE...

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69 m. ago Ironman Bolton drama as police chase down suspect who ran onto course

'He wasn't quick enough to escape our officers'

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79 m. ago Chad to suspend visas for US citizens in response to Trump’s travel ban

Trump’s ban targets Afghanistan, Myanmar, Chad, the Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen

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80 m. ago Coronation Street's Rebecca Ryan welcomes her second child with husband Dan Acraman as she shares a sweet snap and name

The actress, 33, who played Lydia Chambers on the soap, welcomed the newborn after she and her husband Dan Acraman, who she married in 2022, welcomed their first in 2023.

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81 m. ago LA protests live: National Guard to arrive within 24 hours after being deployed by Trump over immigration demos

Demonstrators clash with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials in hours-long stand-off

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87 m. ago Elon Musk believes he has made Donald Trump 'mistake', dad Errol claims

Elon Musk's dad Errol claimed his son was prepared to admit he had 'made a mistake' after lashing out against US President Donald Trump during their public fallout

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87 m. ago Central Asia’s largest Lenin statue taken down to be replaced by flagpole

Officials said that the issue ‘should not be politicized’

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87 m. ago Michael Moritz: Musk vs Trump is a cautionary tale for Silicon Valley

The meeting of company builder and monarch was never going to end well

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89 m. ago Princess Royal unveils bronze figurehead of late Queen at Royal Scots Monument in Edinburgh's Princes Street Gardens

The late queen was the final monarch under whom the Regiment served

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1 hour ago Stop bending the knee to Trump: it’s time for anticipatory noncompliance | David Kirp

US institutions have been doing Trump’s bidding before he even comes after them. Here’s the counterstrategyDuring the first 100-plus days of his presidency, Donald Trump has done his damnedest to remake the US in his image. Fearing Hurricane Donald, a host of universities, law firms, newspapers, public schools and Fortune 500 companies have rushed to do his bidding, bowing before he even comes calling. Other institutions cower, in hopes that they will go unnoticed.But this behavior, which social scientists call “anticipatory compliance”, smoothes the way to autocracy because it gives the Trump regime unlimited power without his having to lift a finger. Halting autocracy in its tracks demands a counter-strategy – let’s call it anticipatory noncompliance. Continue reading...

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1 hour ago Minister refuses to rule out cuts to police and housing budgets in spending review

As the Treasury continues to lock horns with Angela Rayner and Yvette Cooper over housing and police force budgets, Cabinet minister Peter Kyle sends a strong signal of the government’s intent

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1 hour ago Trump’s immigration restrictions threaten restaurant labour shortage

Concern in the sector that crackdown is exacerbating long-standing hiring challenges

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1 hour ago UK will handle US security concerns over new Chinese embassy plan, says Kyle

Technology Secretary Peter Kyle indicated the UK would offer a ‘fulsome response’ to any concerns raised by allies.

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2 h. ago LA protesters 'smash police car windows' as Trump vows to send in National Guard

After protests broke out across a number of Los Angeles neighbourhoods over immigration enforcement, Donald Trump promised to take drastic measures to put an end to the demonstrations

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2 h. ago Coronation Street star gives birth to second child and reveals unique name

Coronation Street star Rebecca Ryan has welcomed her second child with husband Dan Acraman, as the actress revealed the beautiful name they have chosen for their baby girl

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2 h. ago Elon Musk has 'PTSD from the White House' and believes he's 'made a mistake' by helping Donald Trump get reelected, his father Errol claims

Errol Musk, 79, was speaking about his son's epic fallout with the US President after arriving in Moscow to speak at a forum organised by Vladimir Putin 's closest aides.

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2 h. ago Spending review: Schools to get more funding but police warned to ‘do their bit’

Technology Secretary Peter Kyle said the Government will commit to the biggest-ever spend per pupil next week.

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2 h. ago MSP says Elon Musk should ‘forget Trump and bring SpaceX to Scotland’

Calls are being made to create a bidding war for Scottish investment between the tech mogul and the US president.

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3 h. ago Chad announces suspension of visas to US citizens in response to Trump travel ban

Chad's President Mahamat Idriss Deby has announced that his country is suspending the issuing of visas to U.S. citizens in response to the Trump administration’s decision to ban Chadians from visiting the United States

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