82 m. ago ‘It fully altered my taste in music’: bands reflect on the awesome power of the Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater soundtracks

The games’ runaway success introduced a whole generation to hopped up US punk and metal. Bands including Less Than Jake, the Ataris and AFI pay tribute to a gaming megastar who loves them backWhen millions of parents bought their kids a Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater game in the late 90s and early 00s, they couldn’t have understood the profound effect it would have on their children’s music taste. With bands from Bad Religion to Papa Roach and Millencolin accompanying every failed spin and grind, these trick-tastic games slyly doubled up as the ultimate compilation CD.While the Fifa games have an equally storied history with licensed music, those soundtracks feel impersonal – a who’s who of whichever artists EA’s associated record labels wanted to push at the time. Pro Skater’s soundtrack, by contrast, felt like being handed a grubby and slightly dog-eared handmade mixtape, still battered from its last tumble at the local skate park. Continue reading...

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94 m. ago Heatwave to now see Wales hit record high temperatures, but hot weather will then end with a bang

Temperatures are set to drop by a whopping 16°C next weekend

Society

1 hour ago Euromillions jackpot £74m tonight – grab 500 chances for £9.99 with Wowcher

After the £208m record jackpot, tonight’s Euromillions draw still offers a massive £74m prize – here’s how you can join a syndicate through Wowcher and boost your odds for under £10.

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2 h. ago London has had the Lena Dunham treatment. I’m relieved to say it’s a triumph | Barbara Speed

Once you get past the Mr Darcy fantasies, her new show Too Much is an affectionate sendup of the capital in all its variety and strangenessI have watched all six series of Girls at least four times. I watched it as it was castigated for its unlikable characters, lack of diversity, supposed misogyny and sex that wasn’t “fun” enough, and I’ve watched it during its recent gen Z-fuelled renaissance. I never thought Lena Dunham’s show was perfect, or a window on to all of humanity. But as an arch portrait of a handful of upper-middle-class twentysomething women in New York, thousands of miles away from my reality, I’ve always believed that it couldn’t be bettered.Then Dunham moved to London and released a new show, this time about me? Too Much’s protagonists are thirtysomethings living in London: Jessica (played by Megan Stalter) moves over from New York after a breakup; her love interest Felix (Will Sharpe) is a Londoner jaded by years of struggling as a session guitarist. The stakes fe...

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2 h. ago I loved Girls – but could I trust Lena Dunham to write about London? | Barbara Speed

The risk of cringe British stereotypes felt high. But Mr Darcy fantasies aside, her new series Too Much is an affectionate sendup of the capitalI have watched all six series of Girls at least four times. I watched it as it was castigated for its unlikable characters, lack of diversity, supposed misogyny and sex that wasn’t “fun” enough, and I’ve watched it during its recent gen Z-fuelled renaissance. I never thought Lena Dunham’s show was perfect, or a window on to all of humanity. But as an arch portrait of a handful of upper-middle-class twentysomething women in New York, thousands of miles away from my reality, I’ve always believed that it couldn’t be bettered.Then Dunham moved to London and released a new show, this time about me? Too Much’s protagonists are thirtysomethings living in London: Jessica (played by Megan Stalter) moves over from New York after a breakup; her love interest Felix (Will Sharpe) is a Londoner jaded by years of struggling as a session guitarist. The stak...

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3 h. ago Daily Mirror pub quiz: Test your mind with these 20 tough questions!

How many fiendishly-fun questions will you get right in this week's pub quiz? There’s only one way to find out!

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3 h. ago JOHN MURDOCH'S DRIVE TIME: We look at advice from road safety and breakdown organisation GEM and discover VW is adding more EV vans

Traffic jams, vehicle faults or even a wrong turn can turn fun into frustration.

Transport

3 h. ago Rachel Reeves say GDP figures ‘are disappointing’ after UK economy shrinks for second month running – business live

UK GDP falls by 0.1% in May, following 0.3% fall in April.US will impose 35% tariffs on Canadian imports, Trump says in letterFTSE 100 hit record high on ThursdayChancellor Rachel Reeves has described the latest GDP figures as “disappointing”.Following this morning’s news that the UK economy contracted by 0.1% in May, Reeves points to the government’s efforts to support households financially:“Getting more money in people’s pockets is my number one mission. While today’s figures are disappointing, I am determined to kickstart economic growth and deliver on that promise.“The choices we have made in our first year in government have seen us extend the £3 bus fare cap, fund Free School Meals for over half a million more children, press ahead with plans to deliver free breakfast clubs for every child in the country and increase the National Minimum and National Living Wage, giving a pay rise to 3 million workers.“Flatlining growth in May highlights the ongoing pressures facing the UK ec...

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4 h. ago UK economy shrinks for second month running in May – business live

UK GDP falls by 0.1% in May, following 0.3% fall in April.US will impose 35% tariffs on Canadian imports, Trump says in letterFTSE 100 hit record high on ThursdayThe pound has dropped against the US dollar, as investors react to this morning’s worse-than-expected GDP report.Sterling has lost a third of a cent to $1.354, a drop of 0.2%.“The economy contracted slightly in May with notable falls in production and construction, only partially offset by growth in services. However, across the latest three months as a whole, the economy still grew. This reflected strength earlier in the year that resulted, in part, from some activity being brought forward to February and March.“May’s fall in production was driven by oil and gas extraction, car manufacturing and the often-erratic pharmaceutical industry. Continue reading...

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5 h. ago Margot Robbie carries a $ 1,090 beach bag and looks glamorous in a sheer black dress as she celebrates her 35th birthday in party town Ibiza

Margot Robbie is celebrating her birthday with a hot Euro summer. 

Society

6 h. ago Asian shares are mixed after Wall Street closes higher and edges to more records

Asian shares are mixed in cautious trading Friday after Wall Street closed at an all-time high with Delta Air Lines kicking off earnings season with a solid outlook for the rest of 2025, spurring an airline stock rally

Politics

6 h. ago Son of ‘El Chapo’ expected to plead guilty in drug trafficking case in rescheduled hearing

A son of drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman is expected to plead guilty in a U.S. drug trafficking case

Events

7 h. ago It’s 12ft tall, covered in feathers and has been extinct for 600 years – can the giant moa bird really be resurrected?

Colossal Bioscience is adding the extinct animal to its revival wishlist, joining the woolly mammoth, dodo and thylacine. But scepticism is growingStanding more than three metres (10ft) high, the giant moa is the tallest bird known to have walked on Earth. For thousands of years, the wingless herbivore patrolled New Zealand, feasting on trees and shrubs, until the arrival of humans. Today, records of the enormous animal survive only in Māori oral histories, as well as thousands of discoveries of bone, mummified flesh and the odd feather.But this week, the US start-up Colossal Biosciences has announced that the giant moa has joined the woolly mammoth, dodo and thylacine, or Tasmanian tiger, on its list of animals that it is trying to bring back from the dead. The announcement has provoked public excitement – and deep scepticism from many experts about whether it is possible to resurrect the bird, which disappeared a century after the arrival of early Polynesian settlers in New Zealan...

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7 h. ago Scottish Government must acknowledge the urgency of Scotland's housing emergency

Record View says a plan needs to be in place, over a year after the SNP formally recognised the issue.

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7 h. ago 'Murderers must reveal where bodies are hidden to get parole' says ex

David Swindle tells our Criminal Record podcast that he backs proposals for a Suzanne’s Law where the killer must disclose their victim’s whereabouts if they are to be considered for parole.

Events

8 h. ago Britain's 'deadliest' hospitals: NHS Trusts where 'too many' patients are dying, official report shows

Worrying data show that some NHS trusts recorded over a quarter more patient deaths than expected between March 2024 and February this year.

Events

11 h. ago Love Island is rocked by mass dumping as SIX singletons bid farewell to the villa after explosive Casa Amor recoupling

After a record eight new pairings and a string of splits, it was revealed that all of the single Islanders had been dumped.

Events

13 h. ago Arsenal make statement and agree world record transfer deal with Liverpool for Olivia Smith

Arsenal are set to become the first club in women’s football history to spend £1m on a female star with Olivia Smith due to complete a move from Liverpool to North London

Economics

15 h. ago Arsenal to make Liverpool’s Olivia Smith first £1m transfer in women’s football

The European champions are set to break the women’s world-record transfer with the first £1m signing

Sport

16 h. ago Lula threatens 50% tariff on US goods in retaliation for Trump levy on Brazil

Brazilian president says ‘if he charges us 50%, we’ll charge him 50%’ after Trump cited trial of Bolsonaro to justify tariffBrazil threatened to hit back against Donald Trump’s plan to introduce 50% tariffs on its exports with its own 50% tariff on US goods, setting the stage for a precipitous trade war.“If he charges us 50%, we’ll charge him 50%,” Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, the Brazilian president, told local news outlet Record, a day after Trump threatened to impose steep duties on Brazilian goods and accused the country of conducting a “witch-hunt” against its former president Jair Bolsonaro, who is facing a trial over his attempt to overturn his 2022 election defeat. Continue reading...

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