28 m. ago Scotland trio leave Glasgow Warriors 'excited' as cult hero prepares to join special club

National team set to get big injury boost

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53 m. ago Thomas Tuchel insists England are delivering on ‘club football’ promise

Tuchel also addresses record-low number of English players in the Premier League

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54 m. ago Greece setback sparked 'showtime' for Scotland as fans urged to bring famous Hampden roar vs Belarus

Hampden was a scene of jubilation as the whistle sounded on Thursday night with World Cup dreams firmly alive

Sport

68 m. ago Met Police shoot man in north London after he 'made threats to kill'

Scotland Yard were called to an address in Walthamstow at 10am on Friday to reports of a man with a firearm

Events

69 m. ago Moss and Freud review – Kate meets Lucian and they get on brilliantly with absolutely no funny business at all

London film festival: The supermodel comes across as a dippy trustafarian and the artist like her soppy old grandpa in this bland, legacy-protecting depiction of their friendshipWhen Lucian Freud met Kate Moss turns out to be the encounter of a sweet, cuddly old gentleman and a guardedly opaque hedonist. Both look defanged.Freud’s sensational Naked Portrait 2002 is a nude study of the supermodel, to whom he had been introduced by his daughter, the fashion designer Bella Freud. Moss was pregnant when she sat for him – which lent a fierce, additional frisson to the painting’s candour and intimacy. Ellie Bamber plays Kate and carries off the unclothed moments with great directness and aplomb. Freud is played with Germanic R sounds by Derek Jacobi (who incidentally played Freud’s contemporary Francis Bacon in John Maybury’s Love Is the Devil in 1998) and he has Freud’s buzzard-like look but not quite the sharpness and severity. Continue reading...

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84 m. ago 6 highlights and takeaways from Broncos' final London practice

6 highlights and takeaways from Broncos' final London practice  Broncos Wire

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88 m. ago Amal Clooney steals the spotlight from her husband George in a shimmering pink gown as the dazzling couple arrive on the red carpet at the London premiere of his film Jay Kelly

Amal Clooney stole the spotlight from her husband George in a shimmering pink gown as the dazzling couple arrived at the London premiere of his film Jay Kelly.

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95 m. ago Winners of the Sixth Diverse Book Awards Celebrated in London

Winners of the Sixth Diverse Book Awards Celebrated in London  London Post

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1 hour ago Billie Eilish violently dragged into barricade by audience member during Miami show

Miami Police say the person involved was ‘ejected’ from the venue

Events

1 hour ago Photos: Rare calico lobster, London graduation and Coldplay drummer

Photos: Rare calico lobster, London graduation and Coldplay drummer  Northeastern Global News

Culture

1 hour ago The Guardian view on AC Milan playing a ‘home’ game in Perth: the clue should be in the name | Editorial

Famous European football clubs should not be shunted around the globe in search of sports promoters with deep pocketsFootball clubs are community assets, possessing a value, history and meaning which cannot be captured on a balance sheet. They belong to the cities and towns that have sustained them over the decades. For the vast majority of supporters, the sense of identity and matchgoing rituals associated with following their team are worth as much as the occasional trophy or glorious victory.That culture becomes harder to maintain, however, if your club’s next game is taking place 5,000 miles away. European football’s governing body, Uefa, this week announced that it will allow a Spanish league fixture between Villarreal and Barcelona to take place closer to Cuba than Catalonia, in Miami’s Hard Rock stadium. This will be followed, in February, by the relocation to Australia of an Italian Serie A match between Milan and Como. Global sports promoters, rubbing their hands ...

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2 h. ago John Lodge was a pioneering force of British rock’s most underrated band

The late musician helped steer the Moody Blues into an exciting and groundbreaking new era of psychedeliaMoody Blues singer and bassist John Lodge dies aged 82The moment everything changed for John Lodge and his bandmates in the Moody Blues came one night at the Fiesta club in Stockton. Lodge and Justin Hayward were new to the band, Lodge playing bass and Hayward guitar, who had been booked into a well-paid series of cabaret shows in northern England. The Moodies were playing a revue-style show, with bits of R&B punctuated by comedy numbers, dressed in blue suits. They’d had a big hit a couple of years earlier with Go Now, but by 1966 they looked and sounded passé.After the show, Hayward told me a few years ago, a man came to the dressing room to see the band. “Normally they would say something like, ‘Oh, you’re great.’ But he said, ‘I just thought I’d tell you, you’re the worst fucking band I’ve seen in my life. You’re rubbish. And somebody’s got to tell you.’” Hayward and sing...

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2 h. ago Inside glamorous life of Naomi Watts and Liev Schreiber's 'nepo baby' daughter Kai as she wows at fashion week

From her impressive career to her lavish upbringing in the Hamptons, here's everything we know about the 16-year-old.

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2 h. ago ‘We were the original punks’: the rebel women revitalising local music scenes

A thriving movement is reclaiming the genre and bringing more diverse audiences to live venuesAsk Cathy Loughead the most punk thing she’s ever done, and she doesn’t miss a beat: “I went on stage with my neck broken in two places. I couldn’t bounce around, so I blinged the brace up instead. That was a great gig.”Loughead is part of a growing movement of women redefining punk. When Riot Women, Sally Wainwright’s new BBC drama spotlighting female punk, airs this Sunday, it will reflect a scene that’s already thriving far beyond television. Continue reading...

Culture

2 h. ago Three women arrested after 'serious assault' near Sidcup woodland

Three women arrested after 'serious assault' near Sidcup woodland  This Is Local London

Events

2 h. ago Renck & File: Broncos will be embraced at Tottenham, but NFL remains niche sport in London

Renck & File: Broncos will be embraced at Tottenham, but NFL remains niche sport in London  The Denver Post

Sport

2 h. ago Four New Fashion, Menswear and Accessories CEOs to Watch in London

Four New Fashion, Menswear and Accessories CEOs to Watch in London  WWD

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2 h. ago Chelsea’s Royal Hospital lights the way for London’s cosy new Christmas Village

Chelsea’s Royal Hospital lights the way for London’s cosy new Christmas Village  London Post

Science

2 h. ago Man fighting for life after 'being shot' in Walthamstow armed police standoff

Man fighting for life after 'being shot' in Walthamstow armed police standoff  This Is Local London

Events

2 h. ago South London council to review all major works projects since 2015 after latest estate scandal

South London council to review all major works projects since 2015 after latest estate scandal  MyLondon

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