7 h. ago Kanye West and Bianca Censori bombshell: 'Leaked track claims to tell rapper's story of how he was dumped and she had panic attacks over his tweets'

The controversial rapper, 47, who recently denied 'absurd' rumours he was 'battering his wife', has now dedicated a song to Bianca, 30, which will be on his new album WW3.

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33 h. ago Secrets of Success: the church that served a plantation remains a monument of resistance

Amid the site in rural Jamaica that once belonged to a Guardian financier may lie a treasure trove of artefacts that tell the story of Britain’s history of colonisation and enslavementStanding amid the ruins of Success, a former sugar plantation in Hanover, rural Jamaica, there is a muted silence, interrupted by the occasional rumble of a vehicle passing, overripe cocoa pods falling to the ground and green iguanas scuttling across dying leaves on the estate floor.Hidden from the lively community just outside its boundaries, the overgrown site today is a stark contrast to what would have existed there more than a century ago. One of more than 800 sugar plantations across the island, Success was once co-owned by Sir George Philips, one of the 11 men who financed the launch of the Manchester Guardian in 1821.A brick likely to have been used in the construction of a building on the sprawling estate Continue reading...

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52 h. ago Trump will not stop until every American relic reflects his imaginary world view | Kellie Carter Jackson

The US president’s attack on the Smithsonian isn’t about truth. It’s about erasure, and ‘erasure is violence’Last week, Donald Trump issued another executive order, this one aimed directly at the Smithsonian Institution, and called for “Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History”. He contended that the Smithsonian had “come under the influence of a divisive, race-centered ideology” and that it advocates “narratives that portray American and Western values as inherently harmful and oppressive”. Specifically, the order targeted American history and art that focused on stories of race and racism.Being responsible for the distillation of the nation’s narrative is no small thing. The Smithsonian oversees 21 museums, libraries, research centers and the National zoo. Every year millions of people visit various sites that are free to the public. The collection of museums represents the pinnacle of public history and the story America tells the world about itself. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Dundee point to expected goals superiority over Rangers and the damning statistic that 'tells its own story'

Tony Docherty reacts to 4-3 defeat to Rangers

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4 d. ago Stay in Captain Birdseye's lighthouse home near Lowestoft in Norfolk

The famous fisherman's 'house' is a lovely coastal retreat filled with personal touches that tell the story of his life at sea and now, you could be in for a chance to stay there for free

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6 d. ago Six heartbreaking discoveries from tragic Brianna Ghey documentary

Brianna: A Mother's Story tells the heartbreaking tale of the murder of the teen who was stabbed to death in Culcheth Linear Park, Warrington

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7 d. ago Netflix adds 'fantastically disturbing' drama about two notorious serial killers

Netflix has just added two-part drama See No Evil: The Moors Murders, which tells the story of two of Britain's most prolific serial killers

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8 d. ago Lost manuscript telling the story of King Arthur and Merlin the Magician is read for the first time in 700 YEARS

A rare 13th-century manuscript fragment containing medieval stories of Merlin and King Arthur has been 'virtually unrolled' after 700 years.

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9 d. ago Netflix Adolescence writer admits they’re not the ‘right people to tell victim’s story’

The Stephen Graham series broke Netflix records in its first week

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9 d. ago Adolescence writer: We are not the right people to tell victim Katie’s story

Jack Thorne said he does not imagine there will be a second series of the hit drama as ‘Jamie’s story is finished’.

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9 d. ago Outrage after White House accidentally texts journalist war plans: ‘Huge screw

Security leak triggers bipartisan anger after Atlantic reveals officials inadvertently broadcast highly sensitive military plansWhite House inadvertently texted top-secret Yemen war plans to journalistA catastrophic security leak is triggering bipartisan outrage after the Atlantic revealed that senior Trump administration officials accidentally broadcast highly sensitive military plans through a Signal group chat with a journalist reading along.On the Senate floor on Monday, the minority leader, Chuck Schumer, called it “one of the most stunning breaches of military intelligence I have read about in a very, very long time” and urged Republicans to seek a “full investigation into how this happened, the damage it created and how we can avoid it in the future”. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Snow White’s Rachel Zegler to tell story of ‘powerful princess’ on CBeebies

The US actress will read from the storybook Never Mess With A Pirate Princess.

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1 week ago Care at Home team are a story worth telling for sports journalist Dixon

After a career as a renowned sports journalist, Dixon Blackstock and his wife Jean receive support from the Rutherglen and Cambuslang Care at Home team.

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1 week ago Inside story of Casualty star Amanda Mealing's cocaine crash: Friends tell what really led up to her downfall

Her character, consultant Connie Beauchamp, suffered trials including a helicopter crash and drug dependency - and it seems Amanda Mealing's off-screen tribulations have been just as tragic.

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1 week ago Adolescence writer Jack Thorne reveals how a 'dark' discovery during work on the Netflix hit series left him worrying about his family

The miniseries was released ten days ago, and tells the story of a 13-year-old boy who murders a female classmate after being influenced by online misogyny.

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1 week ago ‘It was chaotic but beautiful’: Warda Mohamed and Kosar Ali on filming the British

As the award-winning short is released on BBC iPlayer, the director and star talk about grief, breaking Somali stereotypes and a career-changing social media postWhen Warda Mohamed posted a message on social media that she had completed her feature film script, she never expected it to change her career. “I genuinely thought it was just going to be a few people saying, ‘Oh my God, well done’,” she says. “I posted it at nine o’clock at night and thought nothing of it.” By morning, a commissioner at BBC Film had reached out, setting the wheels in motion for what would become Muna – an 18-minute short film that screened at more than 60 international film festivals, won multiple awards, and has now made its way to BBC iPlayer.Muna tells the story of a British-Somali teenager, played by Kosar Ali (Bafta-nominated for Rocks), who navigates a complex mother-daughter relationship while mourning a grandfather she never met. Her grief mirrors Mohamed’s own experience growing up. “There isn’t ...

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1 week ago Adolescence writer Jack Thorne calls for social media ban for children to protect them from online harm

Jack Thorne’s hit Netflix drama tells the story of 13-year-old Jamie, who is accused of murdering a girl at his school

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1 week ago West End musical tells story of Briton who fell in love with an American during 9/11 atrocity

Brit Nick and his American wife Diane Marson met when their plane was grounded in Newfoundland on 9/11. They fell in love and their story has inspired a West End romantic musical.

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1 week ago Apprentice star 'cried all night' after online abuse but doesn't regret doing BBC series

Two more hopefuls have been fired on The Apprentice and one both agreed the edit of BBC show does not tell the full story

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2 w. ago My secret life as a model: ‘High fashion loved me most when I was visibly bony’

It is a world of 13-hour days, stressful castings and size 6 figures. Here is what it is like to navigate the big opportunities – and impossible demands‘She was sitting at the kitchen table, eating raw cauliflower. For dinner.” It’s September 2024 in London and my friend is reflecting on her time sharing an apartment with fellow models in Paris the previous year. I am grimly amused, but unsurprised. This is the type of story models are always telling.I would know, because I became a model at 21 – quite late, by industry standards – and have walked in several London shows, as well as fittings, showrooms, campaigns, editorials, lookbooks and e-commerce for brands such as Moncler, Lacoste and Toni & Guy. Since I started, I have tried to build a thick skin to protect myself against rejections from castings and call-backs, as well as the ubiquitous skinny body standard. But when I get selected for a show, there is always the underlying fear that perhaps I took it too far – that I los...

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