54 m. ago Billie Eilish review – pop’s sharpest commentator plays with fame’s power dynamics

OVO Hydro, GlasgowThere’s nowhere for Eilish to hide as she balances intimacy and spectacle, filming her screaming fans as she paces a stage akin to a boxing ringBillie Eilish’s face is blown up across a four-sided, NBA-style jumbotron. Below, tracked by camera crews, she prowls a bare stage akin to a boxing ring – a rectangle slapped in the middle of the arena, fans everywhere she turns. Such media-heavy, mega-watt staging is immediately at odds with ambiguous opener Chihiro: “You won’t forget my name, not today, not tomorrow, kinda strange, feelin’ sorrow,” she murmurs, featherlight, over distant, rumbling subwoofer and watery electric guitar.The challenge for Eilish’s arena tours has always been to balance her talent for intimacy with her clear interest in spectacle. It’s unfortunate but perhaps inevitable that the intricate production quirks of tracks such as Lunch and Wildflower get lost in the mix tonight, with just the drums pounding through, but she compensates with astute t...

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68 m. ago A baby born to a brain dead mother: this is the horror of abortion bans | Moira Donegan

Adriana Smith was legally dead for months, but kept on life support in Atlanta because she was pregnantOn Friday 13 June, a baby was born in an Atlanta hospital to a woman who had been dead for four months. Adriana Smith, a 30-year-old Black nurse and mother, was declared brain dead in February after blood clots formed in her brain. Legally, and by all meaningful measures, she was dead then: the woman who loved her family, laughed with her friends, comforted her son, helped her colleagues and cared for her patients was gone then, and was never coming back. But the state of Georgia, and the administrators of the hospital where she was declared dead, kept her corpse in a state of artificial animation for months. That’s because when Smith went to the hospital in February complaining of a headache, and later became unresponsive, she was about eight weeks pregnant. According to her family, doctors at Emory hospital, in Georgia, told the family that the state’s abortion ban required them ...

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89 m. ago How to watch Lionesses vs Netherlands FOR FREE: TV channel and live stream for Women's Euro 2025 today

Lionesses out to right wrongs of matchday one

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1 hour ago Horror on Milan Bergamo Airport runway as person dies being 'sucked into plane engine'

All flights have been suspended from one airport after an incident caused the death of one person, with all flights around the area diverted until further notice

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2 h. ago Pippa Middleton, 41, embraces chic new style at British Grand Prix

Pippa Middleton appeared to be channelling her mother, Carole, when she debuted a bold new look at the British Grand Prix on Sunday.

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2 h. ago Frankie Bridge's favourite IPL hair removal device that's 'so easy to use' is now £500 off

If you're looking for a way to reduce your hair growth, then a Braun IPL device could be the answer - and it's currently reduced by £500 in the Amazon Prime Day sale

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2 h. ago Watch the Skies review – see the lips move in alien abduction sci

This nicely put together Swedish UFO throwback is notable for its early use of ‘vlubbing’ – using tech to match lip movements to new English dialogue. What’s coming next?Here is a derivative but nicely put together sci-fi throwback, in which Inez Dahl Torhaug stars as Denise, a rebellious teenager in foster care whose father went missing in 1988. A dedicated ufologist for whom the truth was very much out there, Denise’s dad was trying to find aliens when he vanished. Alien abduction? Government cover up? Regular old disappeared-guy? When his old car falls from the sky into a local barn eight years later, Denise joins forces with her father’s friends at UFO-Sweden, including the likably nervous Lennart (Jesper Barkselius) plus assorted misfits, to investigate what leads they have, including the potential role of a shady-seeming organisation, the SMHI, AKA The Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute.You may gather from the names above that this is a Swedish film, and yet the...

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2 h. ago Netflix remake of iconic film sparks uproar as viewers slam 'disrespect to original'

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre was first released in 1974 and has since become one of the most iconic horror films of all time - but a recent remake has left Netflix viewers fuming

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2 h. ago What channel is Hibs v Essen on? TV, live stream and ticket details for pre

Full details ahead of Hibs v Essen pre-season friendly at Easter Road

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2 h. ago Fight against Wimbledon's £200million expansion reaches the High Court

Campaign group Save Wimbledon Park is challenging the Greater London Authority’s decision to approve plans to almost triple the size of Wimbledon

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3 h. ago World War II style kitchen selling meals for as little as £3 to open in the UK to help underprivileged areas

The taxpayer-funded project is set to be launched in Nottingham, with a second venue in Dundee, offering cheap and nutritious food.

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3 h. ago Netflix comedy 'cinematic equivalent of comfort food' with feelgood true story

Netflix's newest comedy drama Nonnas has been praised by critics and audiences alike for its moving true story - with one audience member saying it had them 'bawling in the first 10 minutes'

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3 h. ago You’re mad not to stock up on these two household essentials in the Amazon sale

These everyday essentials are rarely this cheap — and you’ll kick yourself for paying full price later. Here’s what to grab while the Amazon sale lasts.

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3 h. ago Who needs kryptonite when the reviews are this bad? Woke Superman reboot is savaged in brutal early review as hard

The new film - directed by James Gunn and starring David Corenswet as the fictional superhero, with Rachel Brosnahan as precocious reporter Lois Lane - will go on general release from July 11.

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3 h. ago UK government backs French police immobilising small boats, minister says

Heidi Alexander says new tactics are ‘welcome’ and would prevent people leaving French shores to cross ChannelUK politics live – latest updatesFrench police slashing the boats of people smugglers was not “pleasant” but the right tactics, a UK cabinet minister has said, saying the government welcomed the new tactics from the authorities.It comes as Keir Starmer and Emmanuel Macron are expected to announce new plans for French police to do more to block small boats crossing the Channel when the French president arrives for his state visit in London this week. Continue reading...

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4 h. ago Life Cycle of a Moth by Rowe Irvin review – captivating story of maternal love and male violence

A daughter is brought up isolated from the world in this tender debut novel from an exciting talentIn the woodland, beyond the fence, inside the old forester’s hut, Maya and Daughter live in a world of rituals. The fence is secured with “Keep-Safes” – fingernails, Daughter’s first teeth, the umbilical cord that once joined them – to protect them from intruders. While their days are filled with chores, setting traps for rabbits and gathering firewood, every night they play a game they call “This-and-That”, in which they take it in turns to choose an activity – hair-brushing, dancing, copying – before saying their “sorrys and thank yous” in the bed they share.From the beginning of British author Rowe Irvin’s captivating debut novel, it is clear that Maya has created this life for herself and her daughter – who calls her mother “Myma” – as a refuge from the brutality of the world beyond the fence’s perimeter. Irvin’s tale switches between two narrative strands: present-day chapters nar...

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4 h. ago Salvable review – Shia LaBeouf unexpectedly on hand for gritty British boxing drama with melancholy feel

Toby Kebbell is excellent as an ageing fighter (and care-home worker) getting sucked into crime, with a vivid LaBeouf as his childhood friendBlue-collar chancer gets drawn into criminal underworld; it must be one of the most well-worn plots in cinema, and if debut directors Bjorn Franklin and Johnny Marchetta don’t exactly make it fresh in this character study, then they undeniably lend it a heartfelt vividness. That’s thanks in no small part to lead actor Toby Kebbell, who as ageing boxer and care-home worker Sal holds our attention with a loquacious naivety, despite having been around the block many times. Yakking his way in and out of various marital, family and felonious situations, Sal is a man fundamentally in negotiation with himself.Living in a trailer, Sal is first and foremost trying to salvage his relationship with his 14-year-old daughter Molly (Kíla Lord Cassidy), irritating his ex-wife Elaine (Elaine Cassidy) in the process. Despite his thickening waist, he’s still a f...

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4 h. ago Yoose Mini Shaver review: now just £56.99 in the Prime Day sale

The cult-favourite yoose Mini Shaver is down to just £56.99 in the Amazon Prime Day sale — here’s why it’s worth every penny.

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4 h. ago Emmie Silbery death: Gogglebox ‘legend’ dies after dementia diagnosis, aged 96

Silbery was a well-liked cast member on one of the Channel 4 show’s many international versions

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4 h. ago Macron 'to vow tougher approach' on Channel migrants as he kicks off State Visit TODAY but how much more will it cost the UK?

The French president is getting the red carpet treatment with three days of pomp and ceremony to 'reset' relations.

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