47 m. ago Arne Slot drops three major hints on what Liverpool are looking for in transfer window

Liverpool are expected to be busy in the summer transfer window as manager Arne Slot looks to strengthen a squad which has won the Premier League with time to spare

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88 m. ago Grisey: Vortex Temporum album review – bold, assertive interpretation of a masterly score

Ukho Ensemble Kyiv/Gaggero(Kyiv Dispatch)Gérard Grisey’s extraordinary, performed here by Ukraine’s leading new-music group, is one of the finest compositions of the late 20th centuryUkho Ensemble Kyiv is Ukraine’s leading new-music group, founded in 2015 by the Italian conductor Luigi Gaggero. Since the Russian invasion of the country in 2022, its members have inevitably been dispersed and its activities curtailed, but it has continued to perform a wide range of 20th and 21st-century repertories outside Ukraine. This performance of what is one of Gérard Grisey’s most important achievements, and one of the finest scores of the final decades of the last century, is taken from concerts the group gave in Stuttgart in December 2022.Grisey completed Vortex Temporum, for two winds, three strings and piano, in 1996, two years before his shockingly sudden death. If the work that followed it, the extraordinary Quatre Chants pour Franchir le Seuil, suggested that Grisey’s music was about to e...

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1 hour ago DWP responds to calls to 'write off' historical Carer's Allowance debt over brutal rule

The cliff’s edge forces people to pay thousands for earning just £1 more

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1 hour ago UK could be hit by 'vigorous thunderstorms' in days as temperatures hit 27C

Met Office forecasters say the thunderstorms 'could affect just about anyone'

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1 hour ago Jennifer Aniston alleged stalker appears shirtless in court as he stares through window

Jimmy Wayne Carwyle, 48, was arrested for crashing into the front gates of Jennifer Aniston's £16million mansion while she was inside the building

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2 h. ago Plan for windfarm in German ‘fairytale forest’ stokes green energy culture war

Far right accused of misinformation over turbines at Reinhardswald, which has left local people dividedDeep in the woods that inspired the Brothers Grimm, past the tower from which Rapunzel threw down her hair and the castle in which Sleeping Beauty slumbered, lies a construction site that the far right has declared a crime against national soil and identity.In this quiet corner of Germany’s “fairytale forest”, workers are clearing land and building access roads to erect 18 wind turbines. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago Sign up for free Manchester United WhatsApp updates ahead of Europa League final and transfer window

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2 h. ago Emmerdale fans 'solve' who really pushed Joe Tate after one villager's comment

Emmerdale viewers think a repeated comment by one villager could give away they are the person who pushed Joe Tate out of a window, amid fears he could die on the ITV soap

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2 h. ago Wales international played under false name until club bosses got wind of it

The Wales international revealed how he used to get back fit by playing for a number of local clubs using a pseudonym

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3 h. ago Households urged to close windows and shut blinds on Sunday and Monday

Households in England are set to experience hotter weather this weekend

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3 h. ago ‘Totemic’ Sycamore Gap tree inspired countless photos until it was felled

The tree was planted in a pleasing fold in the landscape next to Hadrian’s Wall.

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4 h. ago Offshore wind farms to be expanded and power four million UK homes

Seven wind farm projects have grid connections and infrastructure that will enable swift deployment and expansion

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4 h. ago Inside Arsenal’s biggest transfer window in a generation and the missing pieces needed to become champions

The Gunners suffered a crushing defeat to PSG midweek to end their Champions League dreams, but Miguel Delaney details why Arteta remains so confident in his side and the names discussed behind the scenes to make the difference next season

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5 h. ago ‘Helpless’: Woman sees credit score plummet after falling victim to Monzo scam

Monzo’s response left her feeling ‘let down, alone and scared’

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6 h. ago Woman was kidnapped, raped, nearly decapitated and left with bowels hanging out

WARNING, GRAPHIC CONTENT Alison Botha was just 27-years-old when she was abducted and subjected to a brutal gang rape, during which she was also disemboweled, semi-decapitated and left for dead

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7 h. ago What Pope Leo XIV will be paid revealed – and new leader gets more than just cash

The previous leader, Pope Francis, actually refused a wage and accepted only the offers of expenses and insurance and the exact wage decision has not yet been revealed, however

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7 h. ago ‘There’s a battle going on for the soul of America’: actor Lennie James on political turmoil, zombie terrors and being a black Brit in the US

As part of a Bafta TV special, the nominated actor and Walking Dead regular on bringing Bernardine Evaristo’s hit novel Mr Loverman to the small screen, and splitting his time between London and LAHe is almost 40 years into his career, but Lennie James is still keeping things fresh. The 59-year-old south Londoner has run the gauntlet of high-octane TV dramas, playing Morgan Jones for more than 10 years in the wildly successful apocalypse drama The Walking Dead and its spinoff, Fear the Walking Dead; bent copper DCI Tony Gates in Line of Duty; and the down-and-out philanderer Nelly Rowe in Sky’s Save Me. In person, though, James is the polar opposite of the characters he is best known for – considered, introspective and disarmingly earnest.Last year, he took on a radically different role, as Barrington (below) in the BBC adaptation of Bernardine Evaristo’s novel Mr Loverman, a closeted Windrush-generation Caribbean man in a secret relationship with his best friend. Quietly moving, it...

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7 h. ago Man's death 'unexplained' after body found near offshore wind farm

Authorities are actively working to determine how the man died

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8 h. ago Football news: Arsenal line up four transfers as Liverpool learn release clause amid Rashford plan

There are just a few weeks remaining in the season as the likes of the Premier League reaches its finale and Arsenal, Manchester United and Liverpool prepare for the transfer window

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8 h. ago Real reason planes are so cold according to flight attendants

Frequent flyers know to bring an extra layer on board an airplane. But cooler cabin temperatures, while somewhat inconvenient, actually benefit passengers, ensuring they have a more pleasant journey.

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