62 m. ago Inside the Hotspur Press building before blaze left it in ruins

The historic former mill in Manchester city centre was destroyed by fire just days ago

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2 h. ago Denise Welch heaps praise on The 1975 son Matty Healy after divisive Glastonbury set

Denise Welch has praised her son Matty Healy - frontman of rock band The 1975 - after his Friday night headline performance at Glastonbury divided fans

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3 h. ago New video game lets you steal back African artefacts from museums that took them

Relooted sees players infiltrate museums to retrieve real-world African artifacts taken during colonial era

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4 h. ago Modern marvel or concrete ‘blob’? Inside LA’s divisive $700m art gallery

Los Angeles County Museum of Art’s new building has been a decade in the making and has long vexed critics, but its CEO hopes to turn things aroundAs Los Angeles county’s new $720m art museum building nears completion, it’s still haunted by a single, vexing question: how do you hang art in a gallery where every single wall is made of massive slabs of concrete?Designed by Peter Zumthor, a prizewinning Swiss architect, the new building at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (Lacma) has sparked controversy in the art world since its initial designs were made public in 2013. Continue reading...

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5 h. ago Matty Healy's mother Denise Welch grins alongside pop megastar Charli XCX at Glastonbury ahead of her son's divisive headlining set with The 1975

The Loose Women star posted a selfie with Charli XCX to her Instagram story on Friday, just hours before her son Matty Healy was set to headline the Pyramid Stage.

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6 h. ago The 1975 face backlash after divisive Glastonbury headline set sparks crowd exodus

The band’s performance split opinion while angry viewers at home were hit by BBC iPlayer tech issues

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7 h. ago How will Israel’s war with Iran affect Benjamin Netanyahu’s future?

Loyalists hope for boost after apparent victory, but political divisions and 7 October security failures still loom largeWhen Benjamin Netanyahu described the opportunities for peace that Israel’s successes in its brief war with Iran might bring, supporters took him at his word.“This victory presents an opportunity for a dramatic widening of peace agreements. We are working on this with enthusiasm,” Israel’s longest-serving prime minister said on Thursday in a pre-recorded statement. Continue reading...

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7 h. ago ‘Everything is opportunistic’: Can Netanyahu expect more years in power after Israel’s war with Iran?

Loyalists hope for boost after apparent victory, but political divisions and 7 October security failures still loom largeWhen Benjamin Netanyahu described the opportunities for peace that Israel’s successes in its brief war with Iran might bring, supporters took him at his word.“This victory presents an opportunity for a dramatic widening of peace agreements. We are working on this with enthusiasm,” Israel’s longest-serving prime minister said on Thursday in a pre-recorded statement. Continue reading...

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7 h. ago 'The most important thing about art is freedom': AR Rahman at London forum

'The most important thing about art is freedom': AR Rahman at London forum  Times of India

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10 h. ago Knowing that Charles would be admitting to having an affair, Princess Diana broke royal protocol in a 'revenge dress' with a lasting legacy

On June 29, 1994, Princess Diana attended a dinner at the Serpentine Gallery, fully aware that Charles would be admitting to his affair with Camilla that same night.

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10 h. ago Footballer dies aged 23 after horror car crash left him in a coma for 15 days

La Palmas have confirmed the sad passing of Zeben Ramos after he was involved in a car crash earlier this month with a number of their Spanish colleagues having since offered their tributes

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10 h. ago 6 Rangers cult heroes the fans never really got to see enough of as Hamza Igamane sparks flashbacks

From Champions League and World Cup winners to a mercurial Argentinian, Rangers have had a whole host of cult icons

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10 h. ago How to watch UFC 317: TV channel and live stream for Topuria vs Oliveira today

Vacant UFC men’s lightweight title will be won on huge night in Las Vegas

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11 h. ago UFC 317: Topuria vs Oliveira start time, schedule, fight card, how to watch and latest odds today

Huge battle for vacant lightweight title headlines huge event in Las Vegas

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11 h. ago New video game lets you steal back African artifacts from museums that took them

Relooted sees players infiltrate museums to retrieve real-world African artifacts taken during colonial era

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11 h. ago Which archipelago is home to Norway’s polar bears? The Saturday quiz

From Summoner’s Rift to Scotland’s other national drink, test your knowledge with the Saturday quiz1 What is celebrated, mathematically, on 14 March and 22 July?2 Which form of Chinese originated in Guangzhou?3 Summoner’s Rift is the main battleground in what game?4 What is advertised as “Scotland’s other national drink”?5 Which archipelago is home to Norway’s polar bears?6 Which activist was arrested in Rochester, NY, in 1872 for voting?7 What was the first martial art to become an Olympic sport?8 Which organ produces insulin?What links: 9 Dominic McLaughlin; Jamie Parker; Daniel Radcliffe?10 Riviera’s second city; goddess of victory; Bill Bowerman and Phil Knight?11 Star patterns; time travel in Hill Valley; piano; neo-Nazi code?12 Lime Rickey; Arnold Palmer; Shirley Temple; Virgin Mary?13 Political Wife (Sarah Vine); Politician (Rory Stewart) Professional Footballer (Paul Merson); Boy (Robert Webb)?14 Ghost; Lordi; Pussy Riot; Sleep Token; Slipknot?15 Ancelotti; Enrique; Guardiol...

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11 h. ago ‘Everything is opportunistic’: how will Iran war affect Netanyahu’s polling?

Loyalists hope for boost after apparent victory, but political divisions and 7 October security failures still loom largeWhen Benjamin Netanyahu described the opportunities for peace that Israel’s successes in its brief war with Iran might bring, supporters took him at his word.“This victory presents an opportunity for a dramatic widening of peace agreements. We are working on this with enthusiasm,” Israel’s longest-serving prime minister said on Thursday in a pre-recorded statement. Continue reading...

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11 h. ago A snapshot of Manchester life in June captured through the years in brilliant photos

Looking back at special moments in Manchester in June from the '60s to the '90s

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12 h. ago UFC 317 full fight card and UK times including Ilia Topuria vs Charles Oliveira

Ilia Topuria and Charles Oliveira will go head-to-head later this evening for the vacant lightweight title following Islam Makhachev's decision to briefly ditch the division

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12 h. ago The global south needs more than tinkering at a conference: debt forgiveness is the only fair way | Kenneth Mohammed

Next week, a UN summit in Seville will discuss the future of financing the world’s poorer nations. It should first concede that the old methods have failedIt is 2025, and the architecture of economic power remains grossly tilted against the nations of the global south. Nowhere is this imbalance more acute – and more enduring – than in the debilitating impact of sovereign debt.From the vast countries of Africa to the scattered but strategically vital small island developing states (Sids) of the Caribbean and the Pacific, debt has become a modern form of bondage – the chains that restrict growth, sovereignty and the basic human dignity of nations struggling to define their own path to development. Continue reading...

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