17 h. ago Football club just wants to build a storage shed but keeps being told it can't

Cardigan Town Football Club, established in 1870, have been refused planning permission for a wooden storage shed at the King George VI playing fields

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4 d. ago The British Royal Hitler named as the 'most dangerous woman in Europe'

She is often credited for holding up the monarchy through various crises, including the abdication of King Edward VIII and the bombing of Buckingham Palace during World War II.

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6 d. ago Royal Navy could bring four laser 'death ray' weapons that can destroy a £1 coin from a kilometre away into service in just two years under defence spending boost

The spaced-aged 'death ray', dubbed 'DragonFire', is used to blow up missiles, jets and swarms of explosive suicide drones - with a former head of the Royal Navy hailing them 'war-winners'.

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1 week ago Britain's Got Talent's Ant and Dec make heartbreaking announcement as Simon Cowell misses show

Britain’s Got Talent returned for another episode - but head judge Simon Cowell was missing for portions of the instalment

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1 week ago The Guardian view on modern masculinity: boys need mentors, not marketers | Editorial

Sir Gareth Southgate is right to warn that social media is trapping boys in toxic ideals. It’s a crisis demanding real-world solutionsBoys used to be raised by their parents. Now, as they grow up, an increasing number are coming under the influence of toxic online figures who push a hollow, misogynistic version of masculinity. This isn’t helping their character or their relationships. But it does work for a digital world where worth is measured in money, status and appearance. Girls have long seen their mental health suffer from social media comparisons and phone addiction. But that doesn’t make it any less troubling now that boys are being similarly affected.In his Richard Dimbleby lecture for the BBC, Sir Gareth Southgate made a cogent case that young men are being failed by modern society – not just by absent role models, but by a culture that doesn’t acknowledge failure and vulnerability while exposing them to damaging digital influences. Without re...

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2 w. ago Missing head of a King George V statue appears with Kneecap during Australia gig

‘Allegedly his head was cut off last year in the city,’ wrote the band on Instagram

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2 w. ago Irish rap group Kneecap face police probe as vandalised King George statue's 'missing head' appears on stage at Melbourne gig months after it was targeted in anti

The crowd at the gig in Melbourne booed the Royal Family and then cheered as one member declared: 'He's the first royal at a Kneecap gig, and will be the last'.

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2 w. ago Irish rap group Kneecap takes missing 'severed head of King George' on stage at Australian show after statue was beheaded during streak of anti

The King's Domain statue was beheaded and covered in red paint in June to coincide with the annual public holiday celebrating the monarch's birthday.

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2 w. ago Irish rap group Kneecap takes missing 'severed head of King George' on stage at Australian show after statue was beheaded during streak of anti

The King's Domain statue was beheaded and covered in red paint in June to coincide with the annual public holiday celebrating the monarch's birthday.

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2 w. ago Severed head of King George V statue may have resurfaced at Irish rappers’ Melbourne gig

Hip hop trio Kneecap appeared to show head of King’s Domain statue beheaded nine months ago Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe solid bronze severed head of Melbourne’s decapitated King George V statue appears to have briefly reappeared in public, gracing the stage during a performance by a visiting Northern Irish hip hop group.The statue in the King’s Domain parklands was beheaded during the King’s Birthday Weekend in June 2024 – one of a series of anti-colonial acts of sabotage targeting British memorials in Melbourne. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago David Warner gets Lord’s return in The Hundred but James Anderson goes unsold

Rocky Flintoff, the 16-year-old son of Northern Superchargers head coach Andrew, also missed out.

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2 w. ago Cheltenham festival day three tips: Il Est Francais can score for French

Ryanair runner has a big chance to become only the second winner at the festival from across the Channel since 2005While the Gold Cup on Friday revolves around the odds-on Galopin Des Champs and his bid for a third consecutive success, the Ryanair Chase over two and a half miles on Thursday is much more open, with live contenders from Britain, Ireland and France, and the prospect of seeing the bold front‑runner Il Est Francais tackling Cheltenham for the first time, with top-class opponents including Fact To File and Protektorat in hot pursuit, is one to savour.Il Est Francais (3.20) was a clear leader for much of the way in the King George VI Chase at Kempton at Christmas before Banbridge reeled him in on the run to the last, and his devastating front-running success in the Kauto Star Novices Chase at the same meeting in 2023 was one of the best performances by a novice in recent years. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Why you wouldn't catch a real royal at a debutante ball: Etiquette expert says soirees popular with nepo babies are actually for 'new money' and are 'a bit camp'

It was founded in 1780 by King George III - and yet, the Queen Charlotte's Ball in London, has lot its appeal to the upper echelons of society, an etiquette expert told The Times.

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4 w. ago Jeffrey Epstein used lobbyist to push for Jes Staley to be Barclays CEO, court told

‘Project Jes’ targeted high-level figures including George Osborne and Mervyn King, emails suggestJeffrey Epstein deployed a consultant to push for Jes Staley to become Barclays’ chief executive in 2012, a court was told on Tuesday, with the ultimately failed campaign – called “Project Jes” – having targeted high-profile figures including the chancellor George Osborne and the Bank of England governor Mervyn King.The campaign’s efforts were detailed as part of a landmark legal case launched by Staley against the UK regulator the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). Staley is trying to overturn its 2023 decision to ban him from taking senior roles in the UK’s financial sector for having allegedly misled the regulator over the depth of his relationship with the convicted sex offender Epstein. Continue reading...

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