42 h. ago ‘I watched Bob Dylan play tennis with three of the Beatles’: how we made the Isle of Wight festival

‘It’s a myth that Jimi Hendrix played while the stage was on fire. It was a firework’In 1968, when I was 22, my older brother Ronnie got a job as a fundraiser for a swimming pool on the island. I’d done a concert for CND [the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament], so we started talking about doing some sort of festival to raise the money. My younger brother Bill suggested it had to be pop. An agency in London gave Ronnie a list of acts including the Pretty Things, the Move, Fairport Convention, Tyrannosaurus Rex and an American act, Jefferson Airplane. We only had a £750 investment from the Isle of Wight Indoor Swimming Pool Association, but after a friend lent us his £1,000 army pay-off, we managed to book all those bands, sell 10,000 tickets and break even. In the interim, the pool association pulled out because it didn’t like the publicity about hippies, drugs and sex, but they allowed us to use their investment and we were able to pay them back. Continue reading...

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2 d. ago 'Entitled friend blocked me online after I didn't help her move home'

Moving home can be an incredibly stressful experience but, if you're lucky, friends and family are on hand to help. One man had a "brilliant" response to an old friend's "entitled" moving request

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4 d. ago Dakota Johnson confirms she sent a GALLON of gorilla poop to a friend's ex amid her own split from Chris Martin

Dakota Johnson revealed the savage revenge she took on the man who had 'broken her friend's heart' amid her own split from Coldplay frontman Chris Martin.

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4 d. ago Dakota Johnson reveals savage revenge on friend's ex amid her own split from Chris Martin

Dakota Johnson revealed the savage revenge she took on the man who had 'broken her friend's heart' amid her own split from Coldplay frontman Chris Martin.

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5 d. ago Woman captures moment brazen 'thief' tries to break into car while filming TikTok video

Madison Bush, 19, was cleaning her room and recording a video for a friend when she noticed a man and woman standing outside her home in what appeared to be a heated argument.

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6 d. ago Hidden cost of designer dogs the breeders won't tell you about: Pet owners say trendy breeds like cockapoos are costing them thousands in vet bills

Speaking to MailOnline, Brits have shared how they've spent thousands on the 'expensive' pets, only to be floored by extortionate vet bills as a result of recurring health issues.

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6 d. ago Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs dangled Cassie’s friend off balcony, jury hears

Bryana Bongolan tells Manhattan jurors that the hip-hop mogul held her off Cassie’s 17th-floor apartment in 2016Hip-hop mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs dangled a friend of his former girlfriend Casandra Ventura off the balcony of a 17th-floor apartment in September 2016, the friend testified on Wednesday at Combs’s sex-trafficking trial.Bryana Bongolan, Ventura’s friend, told jurors in Manhattan federal court that Combs then came up to her from behind on the balcony of Ventura’s Los Angeles apartment, lifted her up, and placed her on top of the balcony’s rail. Continue reading...

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1 week ago They ‘whistled’ at his friend, the next moment he was unconscious

Ethan Chisnall was jailed after pleading guilty to causing assault causing actual bodily harm

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1 week ago TOM UTLEY: Susie, the serene goddess of Countdown, has thrown in the towel

Just as Caesar thought his friend Brutus was the last man on Earth who would betray him, so I imagined Susie Dent would defend to her final breath the correct pronunciation of common English words.

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1 week ago American man VANISHES and Canadian friend washes up dead in popular Mexico beach

A Canadian man has been found dead and an American remains missing after the pair disappeared from a popular tourist beach.

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1 week ago Brooklyn Beckham's friend addresses 'family feud' after cryptic choosing wife post

EXCLUSIVE: With ongoing claims of Brooklyn and Nicola Peltz Beckham distancing themselves from his family, a friend of the budding chef has addressed the rumours

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1 week ago 'My friend ordered one too': Debenhams shoppers race to buy £2,000 watch reduced by 89%

"What a lovely watch, just quality, over the moon with my purchase. When my friend saw it, they ordered one too"

Economics

2 w. ago Dog owners who moan about a hard day at the office could be making their pets depressed 

US scientists who carried out the research insisted dog owners should avoid bringing home their problems in order to 'protect the well-being of man's best friend'.

Politics

2 w. ago We have a chance to prevent AI decimating Britain’s creative industries – but it’s slipping away | Beeban Kidron

The government has doubled down on a plans that would allow mass cultural theft, but we are fighting it at every stageBeeban Kidron is a film director and crossbench peer in the House of LordsFor months now, legends of music, literature, product design, the visual arts and more have been sounding the alarm about the British government’s plan to undermine copyright law. The fight kicked off when the government launched a consultation into regulating artificial intelligence with its own “preferred” outcome: letting AI companies steal copyrighted work by default unless the owners of that work “opt out”. But opting out is impossible to do without AI transparency. The plan is a charter for theft, since creatives would have no idea who is taking what, when and from whom.When the government stoops to a preferred outcome that undermines the moral right to your work and income, you might reasonably be angered. As Elton John said last weekend: “The government have no right to do this to my so...

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2 w. ago Friend pays moving tribute to 'ray of sunshine' dad at centre of murder probe as thousands raised

'No one ever prepares to bury their child'

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2 w. ago Kayden Moy's dad pays tribute to 'best friend' after tragic teen was 'stabbed to death'

"My first born son, my big boy, my best friend, my main man, my everything. Rest easy my boy"

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2 w. ago Man GUILTY of brutally murdering 'friend' in 'frenzied attack' at Blackpool hotel

Adam Saunders has been convicted of killing Kevin Price

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2 w. ago Tragic message friend sent to Jay Slater at 3am the morning he went missing

Court has heard how Jay's friend sent him a warning after the 19-year-old sent a concerning message

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3 w. ago Moment Chris Brown has KFC and clothes delivered to police station where he was remanded in custody charged with attacking nightclub man

In the footage his long time friend and manager Anthony Wilson can be seen approaching Pendleton Police Station in Manchester after Brown was charged and remanded to custody.

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3 w. ago Cheers actor George Wendt dead at 76 as tributes paid to 'doting family man and friend'

A legendary Cheers actor has died aged 76.

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