58 m. ago A level results 2025 grade boundaries for AQA, OCR and Edexcel exam boards

A-Level, T level and BTEC results are being released today across the country

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1 hour ago Everything Taylor Swift has revealed about The Life of a Showgirl: ‘The record I’ve wanted to make for a long time’

Pop superstar confirmed the 12 songs named on the tracklist are the only ones she will release for the album: ‘There’s no other songs coming’

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1 hour ago Arsenal transfer news: Mikel Arteta faces £68m deal deadline as Gunners boss takes new role

Mikel Arteta has strengthened his Arsenal squad over the summer but last season's Premier League runners-up could have a bit more business to come between now and September 1

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2 h. ago Everything Taylor Swift has revealed about The Life of a Showgirl

The pop superstar said of her 12th album: ‘This is the record I've been wanting to make for a very long time.’

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2 h. ago Father of New Zealand woman held in US by Ice along with six

Rod Price recounts ‘frantic’ call he received from Sarah Shaw after her detention at US border while returning from CanadaThe father of a New Zealand woman who has been held in a US immigration detention centre for three weeks with her six-year-old son is hopeful the pair will be released by the end of the week.US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) detained Sarah Shaw and her youngest son after they attempted to re-enter the US from Canada on 24 July. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago Taylor Swift describes the art of the easter egg: ‘If you know you know then you know’

Swift recently announced the release of her 12th studio album, which will come out on October 3

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4 h. ago Sabrina Carpenter features in title song of Taylor Swift’s ‘The Life of a Showgirl’ album as track list revealed

The new album will be released on October 3

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4 h. ago Taylor Swift is releasing her new album The Life of a Showgirl. Here’s what you need to know

The pop superstar said of her 12th album: ‘This is the record I've been wanting to make for a very long time.’

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4 h. ago Taylor Swift confirms October album release for The Life of A Showgirl

The 35-year-old appeared on boyfriend Travis Kelce’s podcast to discuss her 12th studio album.

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5 h. ago Taylor Swift reveals details of The Life of a Showgirl ahead of October release: ‘Infectiously joyful and wild’

Swift appears on her boyfriend Travis Kelce’s New Heights podcast to discuss the new album, which features Sabrina Carpenter and will come out on 3 OctoberTaylor Swift has revealed more details about her upcoming album, The Life of a Showgirl, which includes a collaboration with Sabrina Carpenter on the title track and will be released 3 October.The singer shared the cover and track listing for The Life of a Showgirl on Wednesday night, timed for her appearance on her boyfriend Travis Kelce’s podcast New Heights, which he hosts with his brother, the former fellow professional footballer Jason.The Fate of OpheliaElizabeth TaylorOpaliteFather FigureEldest DaughterRuin the FriendshipActually RomanticWi$h Li$tWoodCancelled!HoneyThe Life of a Showgirl featuring Sabrina Carpenter Continue reading...

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5 h. ago Jimmy Lai trial: closing arguments begin in Hong Kong trial of pro

Lai has been detained since December 2020, with western nations and rights groups calling for his releaseJailed Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai’s national security trial, which began in late 2023, will enter its final stages on Thursday as lawyers present closing arguments.The 77-year-old founder of the Apple Daily newspaper is charged with foreign collusion under Hong Kong’s national security law, which Beijing imposed following huge and sometimes violent pro-democracy protests in 2019. Continue reading...

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5 h. ago Jimmy Lai trial: closing arguments in Hong Kong delayed by aftermath of Typhoon Podul

Lai has been detained since December 2020, with western nations and rights groups calling for his releaseThe closing arguments in the national security trial against jailed Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai were postponed on Thursday after the Asian financial hub issued its highest-level “black” weather warning, stemming from ex-typhoon Podul.Queues had formed outside the court for the public gallery, but torrential rain saw the closing arguments in the trial, which began in late 2023, delayed. Proceedings are expected to resume on Friday. Continue reading...

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5 h. ago Taylor Swift unveils the VERY sexy cover for new album The Life Of A Showgirl... and reveals release date

Taylor Swift has officially revealed the release date for her highly-anticipated new album The Life Of A Showgirl as she unveiled the ultra sexy cover on Wednesday.

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5 h. ago Taylor Swift announces Sabrina Carpenter duet and The Life of a Showgirl release date

Ahead of the Life of a Showgirl's release, Taylor Swift appeared on the New Neights podcast, hosted by the Kansas City Chiefs' Travis Kelce and his brother Jason Kelce, this week

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5 h. ago Deadly Oropouche virus found in UK for first time after sweeping through Europe

The latest statistics, released today by the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA), disclose three cases of Oropouche virus among travellers returning to the UK from Brazil

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6 h. ago Barriers prevent severe flooding in Alaska capital after glacier outburst

Officials say temporary barriers helped Juneau avoid hundreds of flooded homes from Mendenhall Glacier meltNewly installed river barriers held back record levels of flooding and prevented widespread damage in Alaska’s capital city on Wednesday, after an ice dam at the nearby Mendenhall Glacier released a huge surge of rainwater and snowmelt, officials said.Water pooled on several streets and in some yards in Juneau after the Mendenhall River crested earlier in the day, and high water was expected to persist for hours. But many residents in the flood zone had evacuated before peak water levels, and there were no damage reports similar to the past two summers, when about 300 homes were flooded. Continue reading...

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7 h. ago Judge orders ICE to release mom who came to the US as an unaccompanied minor a decade ago

‘In the court's view, the irreparable harm to separating a nursing mother and her child is self-evident,’ judge says

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7 h. ago Rita Wrote a Letter: Paul Kelly’s sequel to How to Make Gravy is an affectionate goodbye to Joe

Almost 30 years after Kelly released his Christmas classic, we finally learn what became of his cast of characters Get our weekend culture and lifestyle email“She’s the one to save me,” errant protagonist Joe declares of Rita, his long-suffering partner and unpaid therapist, in the prison letter that forms the lyrics of Paul Kelly’s 1996 single How to Make Gravy.The perennial Christmas classic was recently voted the ninth-best Australian song of all time. Almost 30 years after he wrote it, Kelly has released a sequel, Rita Wrote a Letter, in which we finally learn what became of Rita while Joe was in jail: she wised up and moved on.Sign up for the fun stuff with our rundown of must-reads, pop culture and tips for the weekend, every Saturday morning Continue reading...

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8 h. ago Christian Pulisic, his father and Tim Weah rail against ‘evil’ US soccer critics

Trio made comments in new docuseries episodePulisic: Critics ‘disrespected me in a lot of ways’Tim Weah, Christian Pulisic, and Mark Pulisic (Christian’s father) all delivered searing takes on ex-US men’s national team players who criticized the team during their recent run of bad form, with Weah deeming the pundits to be “evil.”The trio made the comments in the latest epsiode of the Pulsic docuseries on Paramount+, the final episodes of which were released this week. The new episodes cover the national team from the 2024 Copa América, in which the US underperformed by exiting at the group stage, up through the 2025 Nations League final, where the US lost against Panama and Canada en route to a disappointing fourth-place finish in a competition they had won in each of the previous three editions. Following that tournament, Pulisic kicked off a media firestorm when he announced that he would skip the 2025 Gold Cup, the team’s last competitive tournament before next year’s World Cup o...

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10 h. ago The Royal Family share surprising facts about Princess Anne in the countdown to her 75th birthday

The Princess Royal will celebrate her birthday on Friday, and to mark the occasion, her family has shared fun insights about her that the UK public might not have known previously.

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