54 m. ago The Spin review – laughter and vinyl in wacky Irish road movie as pals try to save their record store

Bizarre dialogue riffs add flavour to this likable film about two friends on a road trip to track down some super rare recordsHere is a goofy road movie comedy with some cheeky borrowings from Nick Hornby’s High Fidelity; it’s a bit broad, and the ending doesn’t exactly gel, but it’s likable all the same. Dermot (Brenock O’Connor) and Elvis (Owen Colgan) are a couple of guys from Northern Ireland who run a record shop in Omagh, County Tyrone, dealing in old-school vinyl, but they are terrorised by their mean landlord, Sadie (Tara Lynne O’Neill), who owns the lease. They desperately need cash for rent arrears when Dermot discovers online that a farmer in Cork is offering what appear to be hugely valuable records by the blues legend Robert Johnson for just £30 – not realising their real value.Our two amigos go on a desperate southward journey to trick the poor guy with a paltry 30 quid – or the equivalent in euros – and then sell the precious discs on for what they figure will be a mo...

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1 hour ago The politics of despair have engulfed Britain. But Zack Polanski is offering a way out | Owen Jones

The leader of the Greens wants to focus on battles that unite – such as taxing wealth – without yielding an inch on minority rightsHas the grisly race to the bottom in British politics finally been halted by a Green surge? Since Zack Polanski secured the Green party leadership with an emphatic 85% vote share on an unashamedly leftwing platform, the political consensus has faced its biggest challenge since the defeat of Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour.When Polanksi launched his bid in May, the Greens counted 60,000 members. They’ve now hurtled past 130,000, eclipsing the number of Conservative members. One poll already puts them on 15%, more than double last year’s 6.2% and neck-and-neck with Labour. To call that a political phenomenon is not hyperbole.Owen Jones is a Guardian columnist Continue reading...

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1 hour ago Adults are assigning themselves homework in AI back to school trend

Watch out: TikTokers are making coursework fun again. An unlikely new trend sees adults using AI to make school curriculums in an attempt to achieve their dream lives

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1 hour ago Teacher let go after putting up 150 flags demands Union Jacks back after they are 'ripped down'

Shaun Remmer has been threatened with legal action over the flags

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2 h. ago Majority of Brits demand Prince Andrew be officially stripped of title over Epstein scandal

A new poll showed that four out of five Britons want Prince Andrew to be formally stripped of his dukedom, as pressure intensified on the King's brother to give up his Royal Lodge mansion

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2 h. ago 'I used to weigh 26 stone and felt judged, now people are kind and respectful'

Angelina says her weight was starting to cause issues for her son - as he was being bullied at school

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7 h. ago Boy who stabbed Harvey Willgoose to death in school lunch break to be sentenced

Harvey was murdered by another 15-year-old boy at All Saints Catholic High School, in Sheffield, in February.

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9 h. ago MP: Coal tip safety should be fully funded to prevent repeat of Aberfan disaster

In 1966, a spoil-heap landslide crushed Pantglas Primary School in the coal-mining village of Aberfan near Merthyr Tydfil, killing 144 people.

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10 h. ago Sick sex messages school teacher sent to girl, 14 – but then he learned the truth

WARNING - DISTRESSING CONTENT: The man contacted the girl on Snapchat, telling her he was 18, before asking to be her boyfriend and offering to buy her anything she wanted

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12 h. ago Sick teacher jailed after having sex with student 'in attic above classroom'

Michael Joseph Parra, 44, was sentenced to 180 days in jail and two years of probation after he was convicted of engaging in a sexual relationship with a 17-year-old

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13 h. ago Prince Andrew handed fresh blow as public makes feelings clear over Duke of York title

A bombshell new YouGov poll has shown that 80% of the British public want Andrew to be formally stripped of his Duke of York title - while calls are growing for him to leave the Royal Lodge

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14 h. ago Four out of five Britons want Andrew to be formally stripped of his dukedom

A YouGov poll showed 80% of people want Andrew to have his Duke of York title officially removed amid calls for him to quit his Windsor mansion.

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15 h. ago Southport killer Axel Rudakubana's teacher warned NHS of 'serious safeguarding concerns'

Axel Rudakubana's deputy headteacher had emailed the autism service warning them about her grave concerns including an incident where the teen was found searching school shootings online

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16 h. ago Fresh Reform UK surge puts Nigel Farage's party on course to win Welsh Senedd elections ahead of Labour and Plaid Cymru

The Beaufort Research survey found Nigel Farage's party were backed by 30 per cent of Welsh voters - up five percentage points from a previous poll in June.

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17 h. ago Boris Johnson admits his government’s Covid rules went ‘too far’ for children

The former prime minister said closing schools during the pandemic was a ‘nightmare’ scenario

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18 h. ago Swansea secondary school building to be demolished within months

The former school will be razed to the ground and a new one built in its place - but it won't be cheap

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18 h. ago Boris Johnson admits Covid rules went ‘too far’ for children

The former prime minister said closing schools during the pandemic was a ‘nightmare’ scenario

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19 h. ago Boris Johnson says DfE failed to plan for school closures during Covid crisis

Former PM tells inquiry that children ‘were paying a huge, huge price to protect the rest of society’Boris Johnson laid blame on the Department for Education (DfE) over its lack of preparation for school closures at the outbreak of the pandemic, telling the Covid-19 inquiry that he assumed detailed planning was going on behind the scenes.“We were focused on trying to delay the peak of the pandemic and we thought that the closure of schools, if it had to be used at all, would be a measure of last resort,” the former prime minister said. He added: “It was my impression that the work was being done. I certainly, let me put it this way, I certainly assumed that the work was being done.” Continue reading...

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19 h. ago Southport inquiry hears of delays in attacker’s autism diagnosis

Axel Rudakubana’s teacher contacted the autism service to say they needed help, the Southport Inquiry heard.

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19 h. ago British chess prodigy, 10, praised for 'perfect game' as she smashes grandmaster

Schoolgirl Bodhana Sivanandan took up the game aged five during lockdown because she wanted to play with the pieces of a set given to her by a family friend as toys

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