79 m. ago Borderline review – Raymond Nicholson shines as a deranged fan in comedy thriller

It’s the 1990s and a famous pop star is taken hostage by a fan in Jimmy Warden’s stylish but confused film, loosely inspired by a real-life stalker case involving MadonnaPaul Duerson (Raymond Nicholson) has got it bad for world famous pop star and actor Sofia (Samara Weaving). It being the 1990s, he doesn’t have the option of simply being creepy on social media; instead, he takes her hostage and attempts to marry her, as you do, in a period-comedy-horror-thriller that is entertaining enough moment-to-moment, but doesn’t add up anything very substantial overall. Standing in the way of Paul’s deranged scheme is bodyguard Bell (a grounded and nicely judged performance by Eric Dane), and rounding out the men in Sofia’s life is her NBA player boyfriend Rhodes (Jimmie Fails).Screenwriter Jimmy Warden knows a grabby real-life premise when he sees one. In 1985, a bear ate a massive amount of cocaine and fatally overdosed, leading, in 2023, to the release of the Warden-scripted movie Cocaine...

Politics

6 h. ago Fresh appeal for information on murder of schoolboy, 10, who failed to return home for his dinner 53 years ago and was found burned in a sack

Brian McDermott disappeared from Ormeau Park on Sunday, September 2, 1973, and never made it home for his dinner.

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10 h. ago The Guest review – a gloriously ridiculous thriller that slips down a treat

When a cleaner starts working for a wealthy woman, she gets sucked in by a luxury mansion bursting with secrets. Get the popcorn ready for a preposterous world of locked rooms, creepy gardeners and bodiesThe writer Matthew Barry and director Ashley Way gave us one of the highlights of 2023’s television output in Men Up, a witty, moving, compassionate treat of a drama about the development of the drug that would become known as Viagra and the group of Welshmen who were among its first guinea pigs.Their new offering is a more straightforward one, and if it doesn’t achieve the same success Men Up did, they can hardly be condemned for having set their bar so high. Continue reading...

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10 h. ago New Samsung Galaxy phone drops to under £80 in major online tech sale

The Samsung Galaxy A05 launched in October 2023 as a budget smart phone, but brand new models are still being sold today despite its two-year anniversary coming up

Economics

13 h. ago Minister apologises for calling assisted dying Bill ‘major Government priority’

The Labour frontbencher moved to correct ‘inaccurate information’ as the administration is neutral on the contentious legislation.

Politics

13 h. ago Parents accuse school of changing uniform policy days before kids return to class

The school says it informed parents of the new guidelines before the summer holidays

Events

13 h. ago Luke Donald warns US team: Don’t expect ‘rinse and repeat’ from Europe at Ryder Cup

11 of 12 players who won in Rome will defend title in US‘It doesn’t mean we are going to roll out the same pairings’Luke Donald has warned the US team that it would be an error to anticipate “rinse and repeat” from Europe in the Ryder Cup this month despite ­confirming 11 of the 12 players who won in Rome two years ago will tee up at Bethpage.Donald named his six wildcards on Monday, all of whom played in 2023. Shane Lowry, Viktor Hovland, Ludvig Åberg, Matt Fitzpatrick, Jon Rahm and Sepp Straka received the captain’s call. Rory McIlroy, Robert ­MacIntyre, Justin Rose, Tommy Fleetwood, ­Rasmus Højgaard and Tyrrell Hatton qualified automatically. Continue reading...

Events

13 h. ago Former Tory MP David Warburton found dead in London flat aged 59

David Warburton represented the Somerton and Frome constituency in Somerset from 2015 until June 2023

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14 h. ago Luke Donald vows familiar Europe Ryder Cup team will take ‘different angle’

Eleven players return from 2023’s win in Rome, with Rasmus Hojgaard replacing twin brother Nicolai.

Society

14 h. ago Clanker! This slur against robots is all over the internet – but is it offensive?

The term is used to insult AI chatbots and platforms like ChatGPT for making up information and generating ‘slop’. Some believe we should stop using it, prontoName: Clanker.Age: 20 years old. Continue reading...

Technology

15 h. ago Police appeal for information following wilful vehicle fire in Shotts

Between 5am and 5.30am on Thursday, August 28, a white Ford Transit van was on fire outside a property on Brown Street.

Events

16 h. ago Young man shot dead over stolen motorbike told ‘that’s karma’, court hears

Rico Andrews was blasted in the chest by a pillion passenger on a moped in Battersea, south-west London, in October 2023.

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17 h. ago BREAKING: Luke Donald picks Europe's six Ryder Cup wildcards including LIV Golf rebel Jon Rahm

Europe won 16.5 to 11.5 in 2023 but Luke Donald’s team will be seeking the first away Ryder Cup win since the Miracle of Medinah in 2012

Politics

20 h. ago Why more and more people are tuning the news out: ‘Now I don’t have that anxiety’

Emotional toll of constant negative news and unlimited access to ‘doomscrolling’ has led to record-high news avoidanceNews has never been more accessible – but for some, that’s exactly the problem. Flooded with information and relentless updates, more and more people around the world are tuning out.The reasons vary: for some it’s the sheer volume of news, for others the emotional toll of negative headlines or a distrust of the media itself. In online forums devoted to mindfulness and mental health, people discuss how to step back, from setting limits to cutting the news out entirely. Continue reading...

Politics

22 h. ago The Labour 'civil war' fuelling Angela Rayner sleaze crisis amid bitter infighting over who should succeed Keir Starmer

Shadow Cabinet minister Alex Burghart said it was 'very likely' damaging information about Ms Rayner's (pictured) personal life and tax affairs is being leaked by Labour rivals.

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23 h. ago The Labour 'civil war' fueling Angela Rayner sleaze crisis amid bitter infighting over who should succeed Keir Starmer

Shadow Cabinet minister Alex Burghart said it was 'very likely' damaging information about Ms Rayner's (pictured) personal life and tax affairs is being leaked by Labour rivals.

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24 h. ago FIFA rule meant Tottenham had to cancel £15m star's contract on dramatic deadline day

Defender Matt Doherty joined Atletico Madrid from Tottenham in 2023, but the north London side didn't receive any fee for the Irishman, as a little-known FIFA rule saw his contract terminated

Events

26 h. ago English councils pay private landlords millions in incentives to house homeless families

Exclusive: Data gathered by Generation Rent shows 37 councils spent £31m in 2024-25 in one-off payments to individual landlordsCouncils across England are increasingly spending millions of pounds a year in incentive payments to private landlords to persuade them to house homeless families, with campaigners describing it as a “senseless waste of public money”.Data gathered by the campaign group Generation Rent via freedom of information requests showed that 37 councils spent more than £31m on one-off cash payments to private landlords on 10,792 occasions in 2024-25. Continue reading...

Society

27 h. ago Major investigation launched into 1.4 million Hondas after reports of engine failures

In November 2023, Honda recalled around 249,000 vehicles after identifying a manufacturing problem in certain crankshafts that could lead to the connecting rod bearing seizing

Events

27 h. ago Humza Yousaf calls on peaceful support of Palestine Action to be decriminalised by Lord Advocate

EXCLUSIVE: Yousaf, who was first minister between 2023 and 2024, made in the call for people getting arrested for wearing tee-shirts.

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