83 m. ago The Lady from the Sea review – Andrew Lincoln and Alicia Vikander make waves in magnificent rewrite

Bridge theatre, LondonIbsen’s mysticism and mermaids are thrown out as director Simon Stone amps up the 1888 play’s psychological intensity with his eco-focused updateWriter-director Simon Stone is known for his rock’n’roll takes on the classics. This is a characteristically high-octane version of Ibsen’s play: loud, modern and led by screen stars Alicia Vikander and Andrew Lincoln. Yet his script, again created in the rehearsal process, retains all of Ibsen’s layers and adds some of its own in the updating.All mystical talk of the sea and mermaids is excised. The production brings a sharply lit realism to the privileged yet complex family at its heart that seems to be slowly drowning: Ellida (Vikander), as the young, second wife of neurologist Edward (Lincoln), is caught between life with her husband and a long lost, formative ex-lover, Finn (Brendan Cowell), who makes a reappearance. Ellida’s stepdaughters, Hilda (Isobel Akuwudike) and Asa (Gracie Oddie-James), are trying to stay ...

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2 h. ago Long Lost Family viewers 'in tears' as a man makes startling discovery

Long Lost Family viewers were left 'in tears' after one man made a startling discovery during Thursday night's episode as the latest series of the reality show kicked off on ITV

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2 h. ago Bayer Leverkusen snatch dramatic draw as Club Brugge demolish Monaco in Champions League

Leverkusen needed an injury-time goal to draw 2-2 with FC Copenhagen while Club Brugge beat Monaco 5-1 and Kairat Almaty lost heir first-ever Champions League group-stage match to Sporting CP

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3 h. ago Swiped review – breezy drama gives dating apps the origins treatment

Lily James plays former Tinder employee who became founder of Bumble in an illuminating yet corny rise-to-fame taleIn 2012, a plucky, headstrong young entrepreneur crashes a startup mixer in Los Angeles, desperately trying to get their big idea off the ground. Naive and ruthlessly ambitious, they brave the skeptics, the losers, the people too good to talk to them and the people who don’t take them seriously. Eventually, inevitably, their genius – obvious, unsinkable, perhaps diabolical – collides with opportunity. Voilà! An origin story is born.Swap out the date and the city, and this would describe a pivotal scene in any number of recent movies and TV shows that take cinematic interest in the self-mythology of entrepreneurs. The dramatic logic and iconography of the origin story, basically true but always highly glossed, is by now so recognizable it almost writes itself: initial rejection, dogged persistence, chance meeting, lightbulb moment, big break. We’ve seen it in a wave of b...

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4 h. ago Netflix fans haven't got long to watch 'unmissable' crime drama with The Crown icon

A Confession, starring Martin Freeman and Happy Valley's Siobhan Finneran, is leaving Netflix very soon.

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5 h. ago Jimmy Kimmel suspension: Trump suggests networks who cover him ‘negatively’ could lose licenses – live

US president tells reporters on Air Force One 97% of networks are ‘against me’ without evidence; Chuck Schumer says Trump is trying to ‘snuff out free speech’Trump gleeful as Jimmy Kimmel talkshow taken off airKimmel suspension sparks shock and fears for free speechIn reaction to the news that Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night show has been indefinitely suspended, the American Federation of Musicians (AFM) said that “Trump’s FCC identified speech it did not like and threatened ABC with extreme reprisals. This is state censorship.”On X, the president of the American Federation of Musicians of the United States and Canada, Tino Gagliardi, issued a statement in response to ABC taking Jimmy Kimmel Live!, which employs musicians from the American Federation of Musicians Local 47 in Los Angeles, off the air. In it he said:This is not complicated: Trump’s FCC identified speech it did not like and theatened ABC with extreme reprisals. This is state censorship. It’s now happening in the United State...

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6 h. ago 'Heartbreaking' Martin Freeman drama with Happy Valley star leaving Netflix really soon

A “flawless” crime drama that depicts a harrowing real-life murder investigation is going to be dropped from Netflix.

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6 h. ago Priscilla Presley reveals why Lisa Marie had already lost the will to live before she died at just 54

It was Priscilla, 80, who made the harrowing decision to take her daughter off life-support, as revealed in an excerpt of her upcoming memoir.

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6 h. ago The Guardian view on the Lib Dem conference: speaking for parts of England | Editorial

Sir Ed Davey’s party has plenty to look forward to, but also difficult choices to makeThe two largest parties in the House of Commons approach the 2025 autumn conference season with trepidation. Both Labour and the Conservatives are spooked by collapses in voter support and by the rise of Reform UK. Party anxiety, internal disagreements and even grassroots revolts seem possible at both of their conferences.The third-largest party, the Liberal Democrats, have no such worries at all. They start their conference in Bournemouth this weekend in resilient mood. Having won 72 Commons seats in 2024 – the best result by any third party for a century – Sir Ed Davey’s party cemented those gains in the 2025 English local elections. While Labour and the Tories lost both votes and seats to Reform UK, the Lib Dems did the reverse, gaining seats and capturing three county councils. As a result, Sir Ed claimed the Lib Dems were now “the party of middle England”. Continue reading...

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6 h. ago Conor McGregor seeks Supreme Court appeal in bid to overturn sexual assault case

McGregor is set to go to the Supreme Court after he lost his appeal following a civil ruling that the UFC star sexually assaulted Nikita Hand after a night out in 2018

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6 h. ago Humiliating state of Joe Biden finances revealed: Unwanted president can't get a paid job and will likely die in debt

As he struggles to find his post-presidential feet there seems little prospect of Joe Biden, 82, getting help from some of his Democratic friends.

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7 h. ago Brendan Rodgers deserves Celtic board who will bend over backwards as Hoops hero makes all in demand

Stiliyan Petrov reckons his old club should be doing everything possible to keep boss Brendan Rodgers happy

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7 h. ago Alison Hammond fans 'hardly recognised' star as she shows off weight loss

Fan-favourite This Morning presenter Alison Hammond, who lost 11 stone, wowed fans with her flawless summery look in recent snaps shared on her social media page

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8 h. ago ‘If you don’t make a stand now, when would you?’: inside the Together for Palestine concert

Palestinian musicians were joined by stars including Neneh Cherry and Louis Theroux for a massive four-hour fundraising concert in London. Their artistry revealed the strength and breadth of a culture under siegeIt’s a muggy midweek afternoon when a trail of people draped in black and white keffiyeh scarves, Palestine flags and Free Palestine slogan T-shirts begin to trickle into Wembley Arena. In the foyer of the venue, 56-year-old Kiran has just arrived from her home in Milton Keynes.“I’d never protested in my life before October 2023,” she says. “It’s been so horrific to see what’s happening in Gaza, I felt I had to do something since if you don’t make a stand now, when would you ever? Things might feel futile but this is a way to show the world we care and that we stand together more than we are torn apart.”Neneh Cherry performs with Greentea Peng Continue reading...

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8 h. ago Piastri and Norris ‘in control of own destiny’ in F1 world championship battle

Piastri says drivers not team will decide outcome of titleComments follow controversial swap imposed by teamOscar Piastri has insisted that he and his McLaren teammate, Lando Norris, are in control of their own destiny as they fight for the Formula One world championship after the pair were involved in a highly controversial swap imposed by the team at the Italian Grand Prix.Given the pair are in a two-horse race for the title, the question of team orders playing a potentially decisive role loomed large after Monza. Max Verstappen won the race but McLaren’s decision to have Piastri return second place to Norris, after the British driver lost the position due to a slow pit stop caused by a faulty wheel gun, was contentious. Continue reading...

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8 h. ago Broadcasters seek Government protection from ‘profit, not purpose’ streamers

They warned that global online platforms, rather than distinctly British broadcasters, will come to ‘dominate our cultural landscape’.

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8 h. ago Lewis Hamilton says prospect of 2025 F1 win for Ferrari is ‘far

Ferrari are second in the constructors’ championship but have not won a race so far in 2025

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9 h. ago Trump claims Jimmy Kimmel suspension not a free speech issue as Democrats call for FCC chair to quit over ‘abuse of power’ – live

US president says comedian ‘fired for lack of talent’; Democratic House leadership say Trump’s media official Brendan Carr should resign Full report: Jimmy Kimmel Live! suspended over Charlie Kirk comments after US government pressure‘Censoring you in real time’: Kimmel suspension sparks shock and fears for free speechIn reaction to the news that Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night show has been indefinitely suspended, the American Federation of Musicians (AFM) said that “Trump’s FCC identified speech it did not like and threatened ABC with extreme reprisals. This is state censorship.”On X, the president of the American Federation of Musicians of the United States and Canada, Tino Gagliardi, issued a statement in response to ABC taking Jimmy Kimmel Live!, which employs musicians from the American Federation of Musicians Local 47 in Los Angeles, off the air. In it he said:This is not complicated: Trump’s FCC identified speech it did not like and theatened ABC with extreme reprisals. This is st...

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9 h. ago Actress Anna Friel tells court stalker made her feel ‘threatened and shocked’

Phil Appleton, 71, was handed a restraining order of 15 years and a community order of 24 months on Thursday after he stalked the actress.

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10 h. ago Top Democrats call for FCC chair to resign, claiming Jimmy Kimmel suspension is ‘corrupt abuse of power’ – US politics live

Democratic House leadership say Trump’s media official Brendan Carr should go, adding that cancellation of show is ‘an act of cowardice’Full report: Jimmy Kimmel Live! suspended over Charlie Kirk comments after US government pressure‘Censoring you in real time’: Kimmel suspension sparks shock and fears for free speechIn reaction to the news that Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night show has been indefinitely suspended, the American Federation of Musicians (AFM) said that “Trump’s FCC identified speech it did not like and threatened ABC with extreme reprisals. This is state censorship.”On X, the president of the American Federation of Musicians of the United States and Canada, Tino Gagliardi, issued a statement in response to ABC taking Jimmy Kimmel Live!, which employs musicians from the American Federation of Musicians Local 47 in Los Angeles, off the air. In it he said:This is not complicated: Trump’s FCC identified speech it did not like and theatened ABC with extreme reprisals. This is sta...

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