7 h. ago ‘Apparently, he had a fist fight with King Charles’: the jawdropping life of Luca Prodan, Argentina’s punk god

He was a gin-swilling Scottish-Italian heroin addict who set Argentina’s music scene ablaze – baffling the junta, who would arrest his audiences. As a biopic looms, we look at the fast life and early death of the frontman still worshipped todayIn 1980, a tall, thin man landed in Buenos Aires airport, at the height of Argentina’s military dictatorship. His name was Luca Prodan, a Scottish-Italian rocker, and he had just finished the last of his methadone on the flight over. His arrival would soon send shockwaves through Argentina when he started a band called Sumo, acquainted the country with post-punk, and became a national legend who lives on, his music still earning hundreds of millions of streams. “When I saw Sumo in 1982,” says Prodan’s younger brother Andrea, “I thought, ‘This is more than just a band. This is like the Velvet Underground.’”But, despite Prodan’s strong ties to Europe and his high esteem in Argentina, he is barely known outside of the country. That looks set to c...

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38 h. ago Labour minister refuses to rule out another Chinese company running British Steel

A Labour minister has refused to rule out another Chinese company taking over operations at British Steel.

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61 h. ago Labour confident it can keep British Steel furnaces burning after taking control

British Steel is in a race to secure raw materials for its blast furnace and keep operations going

Events

62 h. ago British Steel takeover shows Grangemouth refinery can be saved, claims Scottish Labour MP

Brian Leishman said his party's government "should do the same for Grangemouth as we’ve done for Scunthorpe" by "taking control and extending the life" of the refinery.

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62 h. ago Labour minister clashes with Sky News presenter over British Steel future: ‘Give us an answer’

Labour minister James Murray clashed with a Sky News presenter as he was grilled on the future of British Steel.

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63 h. ago Could British Steel's furnaces go out because Labour can't move coal 25 miles? Ministers refuse to guarantee Scunthorpe plant will be saved with crucial shipment still at dock

Treasury minister James Murray confirmed that a shipment of coal needed to maintain operations is at docks in Lincolnshire.

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3 d. ago Green Day at Coachella review – fun but muddled set pokes fun at American Idiots

Empire Polo Club, Indio, CaliforniaThe weekend’s legacy headliner offered some cathartic punk pop rebellion but the awkward setlist lacked coherence and thoughtCoachella, for the most part, presents a welcome escape from the world – 10-plus hours of live music a day in a corporate-lite fantasy land, time delineated only by set lists and tents. But if there was one band who could speak to our political moment, as they unfortunately but necessarily say – who could bring the feeling of resistance, if not actual change, to the desert – it would be Green Day, the American punk band whose seminal record American Idiot stuck a middle finger to the Bush administration in 2004. Though the album is in fact more rock opera of sweeping adolescent feeling than political commentary, the opportunity for concert catharsis, if not actual change, is high; it’s a historically excellent time to scream along to “don’t want to be an American Idiot.”Catharsis was intermittently on hand during Green Day’s ...

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3 d. ago Keir Starmer 'saved British Steel to stave off Reform challenge in Labour heartlands'

The government used a rare Saturday sitting of Parliament yesterday to push through emergency legislation effectively taking control of the industry.

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4 d. ago Labour MP calls for Grangemouth action amid British Steel control plan

“The PM recognises the strategic importance of Scunthorpe steel, he really should do the same for Grangemouth oil.”

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4 d. ago Labour faces calls to nationalise British Steel as MPs urged to pass emergency law today to save UK steelmaking and thousands of jobs

Both the Commons and the Lords have reconvened during Easter recess for a highly unusual Saturday sitting to debate a Bill aimed at blocking Jingye from closing the Scunthorpe site.

Society

4 d. ago British Steel debate begins in House of Commons as Labour says it needs to 'save thousands of jobs' after firm's Chinese owners announced blast furnace closures

Both the Commons and the Lords have reconvened during Easter recess for a highly unusual Saturday sitting to debate a Bill aimed at blocking Jingye from closing the Scunthorpe site.

Society

8 d. ago Respected youth rugby coach and Iceland boss secretly pilfered £15,000 to fund gambling debts

Richard Lewis even helped himself to cash from the shop's staff social fund and denied any wrongdoing initially, before becoming emotional and saying he was in a "lot of sh*t"

Economics

1 week ago British minister: UK Labour MPs barred from entering Israel are traveling back to London

British minister: UK Labour MPs barred from entering Israel are traveling back to London  The Times of Israel

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1 week ago Exact date households can apply for new £200 cost of living payments confirmed

The Household Support Fund sets aside a pot of cash for local councils, who then distribute the funding to residents on low incomes, or who are vulnerable, or in need of financial support

Economics

2 w. ago Which people do you serve again? Fury as Labour MP in British city piled high with rubbish requests new airport is built... in Kashmir

Tahir Ali, Labour MP for Birmingham which has been plagued with bin strikes and piled high with rubbish, has backed calls for a new airport to be built in Kashmir.

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3 w. ago The VERY middle class parents of punk girl band who sing 'Filthy Rich Nepo Baby', rant against the rich and are embarrased to be English

A British punk band given taxpayer cash despite saying it is 'embarrassing to be from England' also enjoyed leg-ups from their very middle class parents while railing against 'Nepo babies', it can be revealed.

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3 w. ago Members of British punk rock band UK Subs denied entry into the US

Three members of the pioneering band were detained and returned to the UK after flying to Los Angeles for a gigTell us: have you experienced any issues at the US border recently?Members of the punk rock band UK Subs have said they were denied entry and detained in the US, according to accounts from the band themselves.Bassist Alvin Gibbs shared details of the incident with local UK news website Dorset Eye on Thursday, which comes amid widespread reports of people being denied entry to the US, including a French scientist who said he was barred because of anti-Donald Trump comments he had made. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Labour gives British punk band a slice of £1.6m of taxpayer cash to fund their career

Critics said it 'beggars belief' that Labour agreed to hand two-piece Lambrini Girls a share of £1.6 million to go on tour around the world and promote their songs which 'denigrate' England.

Economics

3 w. ago So much for Labour's war on quangos! Boss of Ed Miliband's Great British Energy to scoop £525,000 pay packet (and WFH two days a week)

A job advert for the chief executive role at the publicly-owned company has revealed the eye-watering pay packet on offer for the successful candidate.

Economics

4 w. ago Former Labour MSP publishes 'lied' statement as he quits party over £5bn welfare benefits cut

Neil Findlay says the Labour Party ‘lied to the British public’ at last year’s general election.

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