11 h. ago Quarter of drivers haven't had an eye test in two years amid danger warning

Plenty of drivers haven't had their eyes tested in a while amid calls to make eye tests compulsory for older drivers after four people were killed by drivers with failing eyesight

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13 h. ago North Korea says it refloated capsized warship after botched launch

North Korea says ‘perfect restoration of destroyer will be completed without fail’ before end of month

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19 h. ago Private Japanese lunar lander crashes while attempting Moon touchdown

Tokyo-based company ispace declares mission a failure several hours after communication lost with lander

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20 h. ago Families of children killed in Hillcrest jumping castle incident ‘shattered’ after not guilty verdict

Rosemary Gamble, owner of Taz-Zorb which set up the equipment in Tasmania, had pleaded not guilty to failing to comply with workplace safety lawsAustralia news live: latest politics updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe families of the six children killed in a primary school jumping castle incident are angry after the operator who set up the castle was found not guilty of a workplace safety charge.Chace Harrison, Jalailah Jayne-Maree Jones, Zane Mellor, Addison Stewart, Jye Sheehan and Peter Dodt died after the incident at Hillcrest primary school in Devonport in December 2021.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...

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26 h. ago Beyonce London concert fails to sell out as empty seats visible despite cut

The opening night of Beyonce's London leg of her tour failed to sell out with large chunks of empty seats visible of the songstress gave her all to those in attendance

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31 h. ago Luis Diaz puts pressure on Liverpool and confirms transfer talks with rival clubs

Luis Diaz has attracted the attention of Barcelona though the La Liga champions have seen a move for him fail, with the Liverpool star now speaking out on his future

Society

34 h. ago Sheffield police arrest man on suspicion of murder after teen boy killed in 'hit

A 16-year-old boy died after being hit by a car which failed to stop in Sheffield, with another teen injured. A man has now been arrested in Kent on suspicion of murder

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37 h. ago 'Lewis Hamilton has Michael Schumacher problem and Ferrari can't rely on him'

Lewis Hamilton has endured a tough start to life at Ferrari, with the British driver failing to finish on the podium in the first nine races of the 2025 F1 season

Politics

37 h. ago Trump is strongarming companies elsewhere into cutting DEI. Those that cave in now will regret it later | Miriam González Durántez

Spinelessly going along with the US’s perverse programme is not just a moral failure – it directly contravenes EU and British lawOrganising a women’s networking event in the US has become an act of defiance. Companies with equality-driven agendas risk losing government contracts. Some are receiving McCarthy-like letters asking them to confirm that they have no diversity policies. Activities designed to support women, including healthcare research, are being threatened, and companies are backtracking on former commitments. Women’s networking events, the gathering of diversity data and targeted training are being questioned. And some companies are requesting that charities focused on women and girls consider changes to their programmes in order to navigate the current climate. The one I founded, Inspiring Girls, has already been asked to “include men as role models”.This anti-diversity wave isn’t just a social backlash to the many excesses of wokeness – it is politically orchestrated ...

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37 h. ago Companies that spinelessly follow Trump's cuts to DEI will pay a heavy price | Miriam González Durántez

Going along with the US’s perverse programme is not just a moral failure – it directly contravenes EU and British lawOrganising a women’s networking event in the US has become an act of defiance. Companies with equality-driven agendas risk losing government contracts. Some are receiving McCarthy-like letters asking them to confirm that they have no diversity policies. Activities designed to support women, including healthcare research, are being threatened, and companies are backtracking on former commitments. Women’s networking events, the gathering of diversity data and targeted training are being questioned. And some companies are requesting that charities focused on women and girls consider changes to their programmes in order to navigate the current climate. The one I founded, Inspiring Girls, has already been asked to “include men as role models”.This anti-diversity wave isn’t just a social backlash to the many excesses of wokeness – it is politically orchestrated and driven. ...

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58 h. ago Premier League players who need a move to revitalise their careers

Manchester City, Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester United and Brighton all need to offload players this summerBy WhoScoredJust two years ago Grealish was at the centre of the celebrations as Manchester City won the treble. He now feels very peripheral. A combination of injuries and increased competition in the squad restricted the 29-year-old to just seven league starts this season. The FA Cup final will have been particularly frustrating for Grealish, who was left on the bench while City failed to create chances against Crystal Palace. With the game slipping away, Pep Guardiola sent on the teenager Claudio Echeverri for his debut rather than turning to Grealish. With City in the market another attacker – Rayan Cherki is a target – the former Aston Villa captain desperately needs to leave this summer to restart his stuttering career and reignite his hopes of playing at the World Cup next year. Continue reading...

Sport

58 h. ago Below Deck's new season kickstarts with chaos and 'major fail'

The new series kicked off with a bang

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63 h. ago The Seven Year Itch at 70: a comedy about infidelity ruined by the Hays code

Marilyn Monroe is incandescent in Billy Wilder’s comedy about a tempted married man, but it’s a film hampered by restrictions of the timeOne of the patterns that emerges in Conversations With Wilder, a delightfully candid 1999 interview book that the director Cameron Crowe did with his film-making hero, Billy Wilder, is that Wilder tends to look more fondly on his hits than his misses. To him, commercial flops were rarely the result of audiences misunderstanding his work, but a regrettable failure on his part to connect with them. So it’s notable that Wilder didn’t have kind things to say about the Marilyn Monroe comedy The Seven Year Itch, a box-office sensation that’s rightfully settled a few tiers below classics like Double Indemnity, Sunset Boulevard, The Apartment and Some Like It Hot, his brilliant second go-around with Monroe.A work-for-hire job for Darryl Zanuck at 20th Century Fox, The Seven Year Itch didn’t originate with Wilder, but George Axelrod’s 1952 Broadway comedy a...

Politics

67 h. ago 'I want someone to go round to that house': Coroner's demand after key witness fails to turn up

An inquest into the death of Barry Dillon had a false start when a key witness didn't turn up in court

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67 h. ago The spirit of Liz Truss, ridiculous but relentless, stalks British politics | Rafael Behr

Nigel Farage and Kemi Badenoch have much more in common with the failed Tory leader than either cares to admitWe need to talk about Liz Truss, although there are reasons not to bother. The prime minister who failed faster than any previous holder of the office has much to say about her dismal record, but nothing insightful. She cuts a pitiful spectacle padding out the schedule at rightwing conferences, chasing attention and relevance with an addict’s fervour.Last week, Truss was at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Budapest, sharing the big lesson she learned in government. It was that British institutions have been captured by a leftist doctrine and that they “hate western civilisation”. She couldn’t possibly counter this threat from No 10 because supposedly the real power was wielded by a well-financed “globalist network”, operating through such engines of anti-democratic subterfuge as the International Monetary Fund and the World Health Organization.Rafael Be...

Politics

67 h. ago The spirit of Liz Truss, ridiculous but relentless, still stalks British politics | Rafael Behr

Nigel Farage and Kemi Badenoch have much more in common with the failed Tory leader than either cares to admitWe need to talk about Liz Truss, although there are reasons not to bother. The prime minister who failed faster than any previous holder of the office has much to say about her dismal record, but nothing insightful. She cuts a pitiful spectacle padding out the schedule at rightwing conferences, chasing attention and relevance with an addict’s fervour.Last week, Truss was at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Budapest, sharing the big lesson she learned in government. It was that British institutions have been captured by a leftist doctrine and that they “hate western civilisation”. She couldn’t possibly counter this threat from No 10 because supposedly the real power was wielded by a well-financed “globalist network”, operating through such engines of anti-democratic subterfuge as the International Monetary Fund and the World Health Organization.Rafael Be...

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3 d. ago AI foot scanner could keep people with heart failure out of hospital – study

The device – roughly the size of a smart speaker – is installed at a patient’s bedside at home.

Events

3 d. ago Westminster DOES have a problem with leaks! Parliament's dodgy plumbing failed 1,460 times last year

Figures obtained via a Freedom of Information request showed there were 1,460 leaks reported in Parliament in 2024.

Politics

3 d. ago Heist film starring British acting royalty now streaming on Prime but fans all say the same thing

Although the movie’s cast is dotted with acting royalty as well as thrilling source material, the film failed to make an impact — both commercially and critically.

Sport

3 d. ago Coronation Street fans spot major update from the Platt house with unexpected 'return'

As those who follow the ITV soap know, No.8 Coronation Street was destroyed after Max Turner set fire to the property in a failed insurance job

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