41 m. ago Viktor Gyokeres latest action speaks volumes after huge Man United transfer claim

The latest Manchester United transfer news and gossip, including an update on Viktor Gyokeres and Sporting CP

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4 h. ago The Taming of the Shrew, Shakespeare in the Squares (Cleveland Square, London) Review

The Taming of the Shrew, Shakespeare in the Squares (Cleveland Square, London) Review  Theatre & Tonic

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9 h. ago London theatre takes legal action as it faces huge rent hike by council

Local authority claims community theatre has been ‘shielded’ from rising costs for ‘many years’

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22 h. ago London theatre takes legal action as it is faces huge rent hike by council

Local authority claims community theatre has been ‘shielded’ from rising costs for ‘many years’

Society

23 h. ago Gregg Wallace 'to sue BBC's MasterChef over alleged autism discrimination' after axe

Former Masterchef host Gregg Wallace is reportedly set to take legal action against the BBC and MasterChef’s producers after being fired amid allegations of inappropriate behaviour - which he denies

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48 h. ago Bristol Airport launches court bid to stop Cardiff Airport getting more money

The Welsh Government has admitted it has no idea how long the legal challenge will take to resolve

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58 h. ago Thousands meet their MPs to show huge demand for climate action

Mass lobby in Westminster is kicked off with giant image on cliffs of Dover stating ‘89% of people want climate action’More than 5,000 people from across the UK arrived in Westminster on Wednesday to meet their MPs and demand urgent climate action to protect their communities.The mass lobby is one of the largest to date. The constituents, including parents and pensioners, doctors, teachers, farmers and youth campaigners, have arranged to lobby at least 500 MPs, about 80% of the total. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Birkenstock targets fakes amid growing pressure on India’s counterfeit trade

Birkenstock takes legal action in India against multiple manufacturers allegedly involved in producing and exporting dupes

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3 d. ago Dita Von Teese, 52, admits she WANTS to feel 'objectified and sexualised' and says the subject still feels 'taboo' after stunning fans with her racy Diamonds and Dust burlesque show

The burlesque star, 52, has been taking to the stage in her Diamonds And Dust show , which features 'high glamour, bold women, and dangerous games' at the Emerald Theatre in London.

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4 d. ago The young Oscar Wilde’s Russian revolutionary drama reveals a playwright divided

Vera; or, The Nihilists concerns a plot to kill a tsar but after Alexander II was assassinated, its London premiere was cancelled. Now receiving a rare production, it captures his conflict between ethics and aestheticsWho wrote the following: “When private property is abolished, there will be no necessity for crime”? In one of his plays the same writer has a female revolutionary cry: “How easy is it for a king to kill his people by thousands but we cannot rid ourselves of one crowned man in Europe.” If I reveal that the writer was a London-based Irishman, most people would assume it was Bernard Shaw. In fact, it was Oscar Wilde and, while the first quote comes from his essay The Soul of Man Under Socialism, the last is from his play Vera; or, The Nihilists which is to get a rare professional production at the Brockley Jack Studio theatre, south-east London, in September.The play itself is virtually unknown even to Wildean devotees. It was written in 1879 and loosely based on the sto...

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4 d. ago John Cameron Mitchell: ‘Maybe Maga kids are having sex – I doubt it’

The creator and star of ‘Hedwig and the Angry Inch’ arrives in London for a one-off performance on the West End. He speaks to Louis Chilton about sex, David Bowie, and directing Nicole Kidman

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7 d. ago ‘Legal bullying’: global protest rights on line in Dutch court case, say activists

After US jury said it should pay oil pipeline firm $660m, Greenpeace is hoping to reclaim funds via EU anti-Slapp lawThe outcome of a court case in the Netherlands could shape the right to protest around the globe for decades to come, campaigners have warned, as figures show a dramatic rise in legal action taken by fossil fuel companies against activists and journalists.Greenpeace International is using a recently introduced EU directive to try to reclaim costs and damages it incurred when a US jury decided it should pay the oil pipeline corporation Energy Transfer more than $660m in damages earlier this year. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Dita Von Teese, 52, steals the show in a glitzy silver bejewelled gown for the world premiere of her Diamonds and Dust burlesque show

The burlesque star, 52, is bringing a new theatrical experience featuring 'high glamour, bold women, and dangerous games' to the Emerald Theatre in London.

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9 d. ago Ignore the haters, Rachel Zegler is an absolute smash in Jamie Lloyd's Evita at London Palladium

The balcony scene is a bravura piece of social commentary from Jamie Lloyd, while Fabian Aloise’s muscular choreography reeks of sex

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1 week ago Wimbledon 2025 day one: Alcaraz survives huge scare, Raducanu in action, and more – live

British hopefuls Kartal, Tarvet and Fery advanceEmail John | Raducanu faces Xu in openerAnswers to my game. Thank you all for playing. 1) Wimbledon! The Southfields sign in the background and Waitrose plastic bag in the foreground were a bit of a giveaway. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Palestine Action documentary makers fear being criminalised under anti

Exclusive: Directors of To Kill a War Machine take legal advice as Home Office plans to proscribe protest groupThe makers of an award-winning documentary about Palestine Action say they fear they will be criminalised if they continue distributing the work after the group is banned under anti-terror laws.The online release of To Kill a War Machine was brought forward to this week after it emerged that the Home Office was going to proscribe the protest group, which takes direct action against Israeli arms companies in the UK. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Budapest Pride expected to be a rallying cry against Orbán’s rollback of rights

Record numbers expected at march despite Hungary’s leader saying those attending will face ‘legal consequences’Record numbers of people are expected to take part in Budapest Pride on Saturday, with Hungarians joining forces with campaigners and politicians from across Europe in a march that has become a potent symbol of pushback against the Hungarian government’s steady rollback of rights.“This weekend, all eyes are on Budapest,” Hadja Lahbib, the European commissioner for equality, told reporters in the Hungarian capital on Friday. “This is bigger than one Pride celebration, one Pride march. It is about the right to be who you are, to love who you want, whether it is in Budapest, in Brussels or anywhere else.” Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Leeds school drama group performs at London's National Theatre

Leeds school drama group performs at London's National Theatre  BBC

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2 w. ago A Moon for the Misbegotten review – even Ruth Wilson can’t redeem this long night

Almeida theatre, LondonRebecca Frecknall’s usually bold directorial hand seems stilled in a glacially paced revival co-starring Michael Shannon and David ThrelfallRebecca Frecknall has given some surprising spins to the American canon with her refreshing and untraditional revivals. The surprise in the director’s production of Eugene O’Neill’s final play is that it is served up straight.Frecknall has stepped back to let the play do the speaking but this faithfulness lays bare the datedness of the drama, which creaks with age at times. The production itself seems imbalanced too: glacial in pace, it stretches across three hours, not gathering enough intensity and chugging anti-climactically to its end. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Huge summer of women's cricket sees England Women hosting India and the return of The Hundred

Cricket fans across England and Wales are set for a huge summer of sporting action, starting later this month with a refreshed England Women side, following a whitewash of the West Indies, taking on India in a series destined for unlimited drama. New Head Coach Charlotte Edwards and new Captain Nat Sciver-Brunt will lead their team in three Metro Bank ODIs and five Vitality IT20s across June and July, with the rivalry between the two nations running deeper than ever before as – for the first time – England Men and England Men’s Mixed Disability sides will also host India.

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