2 h. ago Christy review – Sydney Sweeney fights a losing battle in cliched boxing biopic

Toronto film festival: The rising star makes for a convincing boxer inside the ring in David Michôd’s by-the-numbers drama but flounders when outsideEven before Sydney Sweeney became better known for being in the centre of an increasingly absurd culture war, the unavoidable campaign to make her Hollywood’s Next Big Thing was showing signs of fatigue. The Euphoria grad, who gave a resonant performance in Reality, scored a sleeper hit with glossed up romcom Anyone But You but audiences were more impressed than critics, including myself (I found her performance strangely stilted). There was little interest from either side in her nun horror Immaculate, and earlier this summer her incredulously plotted Apple movie Echo Valley went the way of many Apple movies (no one knows it exists).Post-thinkpieces, two of her festival duds (Eden and Americana) disappeared at the box office and she now arrives at Toronto in need of a win. And what better way to achieve that by going for an old-fashion...

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3 h. ago The Choral review – Ralph Fiennes makes pleasant music in low

Toronto film festival: the actor is a reliably committed presence in this gentle Alan Bennett-scripted first world war tale which might have worked better on stageThere are simple Sunday afternoon pleasures to be had in the gentle comedy drama The Choral, the latest collaboration for Nicholas Hytner and Alan Bennett. Their last was 2015’s The Lady in the Van, a slight, mostly unmemorable film blessed by a spiky Maggie Smith performance but cursed with an uneven tone. Unlike that, and their previous two works together on screen, this wasn’t based on a play but it often feels like it and, at too many points, that it also maybe should have been one instead. There are moments of creaky comedy and some bluntly emotional dialogue that one can more easily picture in front of a specifically catered-to live audience.On a big screen, The Choral is a little out of place, its only moments of pure cinema courtesy of the spectacular Yorkshire scenery. Well, that and those when star Ralph Fiennes ...

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3 h. ago Resident pays for council to clean graffiti outside Angela Rayner’s flat

The word ‘bitch’ along with a much larger sign saying ‘tax evader!’ were pictured on a white wall on the outside of the home.

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4 h. ago Tesla set to offer Elon Musk new pay deal that could be worth $1TRILLION

The billionaire, already the world's richest man, will receive the equivalent of £740billion if the electric car giant hits certain targets over the next decade.

Economics

4 h. ago The queue for Dover? Pictures show large group of men idling by notorious French people smuggling port as UK little boat arrivals pass 50,000 since Labour swept to power last year 

The milestone underscores the failure of Sir Keir Starmer 's 'smash the gangs' strategy, which critics have long insisted will not work without an effective deterrent for the migrants themselves.

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4 h. ago Couple killed in Lisbon funicular crash posted pictures of trip before they died

A total of 16 people died when the popular tourist attraction derailed in the centre of the city on Wednesday night.

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5 h. ago Mystery of 70ft sea monster which washed up on Welsh beach finally solved

Beachgoers were left stunned after noticing the massive creature had washed up on Ceft Sidan Beach in Wales - with experts confirming it to be the second biggest animal on earth

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5 h. ago Mystery engulfs Barron Trump as he goes missing for NYU's first week back: Official gives cryptic explanation

Barron Trump (pictured at his father's inauguration in January) reportedly failed to show up for the first week of class at New York University.

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6 h. ago Chris Froome breaks silence after tearing open his HEART in horror crash which saw him fly into a road sign at 30mph

The four-time Tour de France winner was airlifted to hospital in France on Thursday after the incident, which saw him clip a kerb, hit a road sign at 30mph and resulted in a heart injury.

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6 h. ago British couple killed in Lisbon funicular pictured smiling together before tragedy

Kayleigh Gillian Smith, 36, and William Nelson, 44, were among 16 killed in the horror crash

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6 h. ago Gogglebox viewers divided as they give brutal verdict on huge cast shakeup

Channel 4's hit series Gogglebox has been given a major shakeup as it makes a return to screens but viewers have been brutal in their initial thoughts on the new stars

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6 h. ago Gogglebox fans say same thing minutes in to brand new series

The hit Channel 4 show returned to screens tonight

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6 h. ago UK weather maps reveal monster rainstorm will drench cities with one area spared

Brits are bracing for more unsettled weather this month as forecasters warn heavy showers will hit several towns and cities across the UK, with thunderstorms and hail also possible

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6 h. ago Gogglebox cast's real life tragedies from 'traumatic divorce' to sudden death

Gogglebox has been a hit with viewers since it first launched in 2013, but the show's cast have faced their fair share of heartbreak and tragedy over the years

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7 h. ago Ronan Keating rushes to Rick Astley's aid as The One Show halted

The Boyzone star rushed to the aid of his fellow hitmaker

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7 h. ago Gogglebox cast tragedies from heartbreaking deaths to couple’s ‘traumatic’ divorce

Gogglebox has been on our screens since 2013 and the cast of the hit Channel 4 show have been through a number of personal tragedies over the years

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7 h. ago Carney launches ‘Buy Canada’ push in response to Trump tariffs

Prime minister seeks to diversify the economy as US measures hit lumber and manufacturing sectors

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8 h. ago Pictured: British couple killed in horror Lisbon funicular crash

Portuguese police said three British citizens were among 16 people killed when a funicular tram derailed in Lisbon on Wednesday

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9 h. ago Lisbon funicular crash: Two Brits among 16 killed in tram smash horror pictured

Two British nationals who were among the 16 killed in the Lisbon funicular crash - which left 22 others injured - have been named

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9 h. ago EU fines Google nearly €3bn for ‘abusing’ dominant position in ad tech

Regulators ordered the tech giant to end ‘self-preferencing practices’ in advertising services but declined to force saleEuropean Union regulators on Friday hit Google with a €2.95bn ($3.5bn) fine for breaching the bloc’s competition rules by favoring its own digital advertising services, marking the fourth such antitrust penalty for the company as well as a retreat from previous threats to break up the tech giant.The European Commission, the 27-nation bloc’s executive branch and top antitrust enforcer, also ordered the US company to end its “self-preferencing practices” and take steps to stop “conflicts of interest” along the advertising technology supply chain. Continue reading...

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