35 m. ago BBC Strictly Come Dancing's Tom Skinner hits back at 'hate' after backlash over signing

The Apprentice star Tom Skinner has hit back at the 'hate' he has received after being announced as a contestant on the upcoming series of Strictly Come Dancing

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47 m. ago Hit horror Weapons doesn’t have a deeper meaning but that’s OK | Jesse Hassenger

A frenzied search for answers in the wake of the box office smash has some assuming there’s a weightier allegory but its power is in something simpler and more primalMajor spoilers aheadFor years now, horror fans and critics have grown increasingly and understandably impatient with the tendency of genre films to orient their scares toward a clearly conveyed central metaphor.The real monster in these movies is parenthood, personal trauma or that old horror-movie standby, grief. Writer-director Zach Cregger is no stranger to this line of thinking; his 2022 horror movie Barbarian is very much a spooky-creature-in-the-basement movie for the #MeToo era. Now Cregger has returned with a movie that may well stymie anyone who has been trained by the last decade to search for an easy-to-track allegory within their viscerally depicted fears. His new movie Weapons has received mostly rave reviews and positive audience response. But at least a few critics and fans are pivoting from complaining a...

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48 m. ago Over 100,000 Drinkmate carbonation bottles recalled due to risk of explosion

More than 100,000 Drinkmate-branded bottles are being recalled across the U.S. and Canada

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73 m. ago Strictly Come Dancing's Tom Skinner responds to fierce backlash after BBC announcement

The decision by BBC to announce Tom Skinner as a Strictly Come Dancing contestant has been fiercely criticised, but the former Apprentice star has now hit back at his haters

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93 m. ago South Carolina trooper dies days after being hit by a truck on an interstate

A South Carolina trooper has died three days after being struck on the side of an interstate by a box truck

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94 m. ago Strictly Come Dancing stars face abuse from fans after welcoming contestant to show

Strictly Come Dancing fans were unimpressed after stars of the hit BBC show shared their support for the latest contestant announcement

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95 m. ago Grandma and breast cancer survivor decided to play the lottery on her phone. Then she hit it big

Nicole Walter won over $2 million for playing the Pennsylvania Lottery’s Monopoly game on her phone

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1 hour ago Chelsea fans rip into Jamie Carragher as Sky Sports pundit reveals 'hot take' for new season

Jamie Carragher has made a prediction that does not sit well with Chelsea's fans ahead of the new season as the Blues prepare for Champions League action after a spell out of the competition

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1 hour ago Canada is boycotting US alcohol over Trump’s policies. It will leave American companies’ bottom lines dry

Distilled Spirits Council estimates American liquor sales to northern neighbor have plummeted 62 percent year-on-year in the first six months of 2025

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2 h. ago Female rugby chief quits after owner suggested she 'sleep with league boss' to help 'smooth over' club's financial woes amid mounting bills

The crisis-hit Super League outfit were taken over by a consortium led by businessman Dario Berta on the eve of the season.

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2 h. ago Trump’s space order risks environmental disaster while rewarding Musk and Bezos, experts say

US president is pushing an ‘end run around’ on safeguards, risking harm to wildlife, air and water, attorney saysA draft executive order from Donald Trump that aims to largely exempt space launches from environmental review is viewed as a gift to commercial space industry players such as Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and others who have long targeted the regulations.But its central components may be illegal and the US president “is trying to do an end run around” on the law, said Jared Margolis, an attorney with the Center for Biological Diversity, which has litigated environmental issues around launches. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago Oasis star Liam Gallagher had 'every right' to be angry as fans branded 'fat and drunk'

Liam Gallagher hit out after reports council leaders said their supporters were "drunk", "fat" and "old" ahead of their Scottish shows this week. But Edinburgh’s Council leader Jane Meagher said “at no point” did council leaders “use any of the language quoted”.

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2 h. ago 'I was first on world's biggest cruise ship that's giant city with epic waterpark'

The world's biggest cruise ship has set sail on its maiden voyage - and I was lucky enough be on board the mega-ship with 20 decks jam-packed with family attractions

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2 h. ago Drought triggered in four parts of Wales after exceptionally dry weather

Natural Resources Wales say Wales has recorded the driest six-month period since the drought of 1976

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3 h. ago Volkswagen now charges some EV owners a monthly fee to unlock full power from their electric cars

If you thought paying an extra monthly subscription to Netflix and Amazon Prime Video to go ad free was bad, VW is now charging a recurring fee to unlock the full power of customers' electric cars.

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3 h. ago Best tennis rackets to hit the court with for beginners to advanced players 2025

For beginners to advanced players, and affordable to top-tier

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3 h. ago Brits travelling to Spain urged to take 'extreme precautions' on holiday

Spain has been hit by a heatwave with the mercury hitting 32C in Seville this week and highs of 35C in Madrid and 31C in Barcelona. The UK has also been issued a yellow heat health warning

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3 h. ago Wednesday part two trailer sees Gwendoline Christie return as spirit guide

The Netflix show, directed by Tim Burton, has been a hit for the streaming company.

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3 h. ago Putin a 'sensitive autocrat' who calls himself 'historic figure' over 'narcissist' Trump

Putin has been branded a 'sensitive autocrat' by the brains behind the book 'The Silent Language of Power' – as an expert believes Trump might 'manifest submissively' during their meeting on Friday

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3 h. ago Petrassi: Concertos for Orchestra Nos 7 & 8 album review – dramatic power from rarely heard Italian master

Tonda/Rome SO/La Vecchia(Naxos)Francesco La Vecchia draws out the fierce contrasts of Goffredo Petrassi’s later music in this new recording of his final two concertos.Though his music is rarely heard in the UK these days, Goffredo Petrassi was one of the most significant and influential Italian composers of the mid 20th century. Born in 1904, just a few months after Luigi Dallapiccola, Petrassi’s early works were firmly neoclassical, but after 1945 he began to incorporate elements from his younger contemporaries in the European avant garde. He was also a distinguished teacher; among the many who studied with him were Ennio Morricone, Peter Maxwell Davies and Cornelius Cardew.Petrassi’s eight concertos for orchestra are at the core of his orchestral output, and Naxos has now released recordings of all of them. The pairing of the last two, composed in 1964 and 1972, are typical of his later music, trenchantly argued, with fierce contrasts between strings and wind. It’s music of great ...

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