6 d. ago Spanish Grand Prix: Max Verstappen delivers spiky verdict on George Russell crash after disqualification claim

Nico Rosberg suggested Verstappen deserved to be disqualified for “very intentional retaliation”

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9 d. ago Nathan Fielder blasts ‘dumb’ FAA response to The Rehearsal plane crash claims

Fielder obtained his pilot’s license to fly a plane during the show’s season two finale

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1 week ago Nathan Fielder reveals he spent two years training to fly a 737 for jaw

The comedian confirmed he really did fly the plane with 150 passengers in show’s dramatic final episode

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1 week ago The Rehearsal season two review – TV so wild you will have no idea how they made it

Comedian Nathan Fielder’s utterly chaotic docuseries will have you watching with fingers over eyes. It’s a uniquely awkward, occasionally overwhelming show – whose finale has to be seen to be believedSeason two of the Rehearsal opens in a cockpit, where the atmosphere is almost unbearably strained. With the plane apparently on a collision course (“we have those hills to the right of the airport, remember?!”), the co-pilot begins to panic, but the captain haughtily dismisses his colleague’s concerns. Sure enough, the plane begins to plummet, before crashing into a fiery wreck. We zoom out to reveal a set, where Nathan Fielder stares and blinks into the camera gormlessly, having conducted this horrifying performance – one of many reconstructions of real-life disasters to come.This is, of course, the comedian’s totally wild docuseries, in which he prepares people for big life events via elaborate (and occasionally unethical) walk-throughs. The first season culminated in Fielder possibl...

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1 week ago Verona races to solo Giro stage win as favourite Roglic loses time on leader Del Toro

Lidl-Trek cyclist claims first Grand Tour stage winRoglic falls five places to 10th in overall standingsCarlos Verona raced to a solo victory on stage 15 of the Giro d’Italia as Primoz Roglic lost more time on the pink jersey held by Isaac del Toro.A day after Lidl-Trek lost their team leader, Giulio Ciccone, following a heavy crash, Verona delivered an outstanding response as he claimed his first career Grand Tour stage win – and only his second professional victory – at the age of 32. Continue reading...

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1 week ago David Coulthard plane crash that claimed two lives put the brakes on F1 playboy lifestyle

David Coulthard was involved in a plane crash in 2000, just five days before the Spanish Grand Prix, but the F1 star decided to race and finished second

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1 week ago Nathan Fielder’s The Rehearsal is truly uncomfortable – there should be more TV like this

Truth is a slippery concept in Fielder’s experimental TV show, writes Micha Frazer-Carroll. But whether what we are seeing on screen is real or not, the series makes for a bizarre and fascinating critique of so-called ‘reality television’

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2 w. ago Kasper Asgreen goes solo after peloton crash to claim stage 14 of Giro d’Italia

Danish rider broke away in the final kilometresIsaac del Toro extends his hold on the pink jerseyDenmark’s Kasper Asgreen took advantage of a crash in the chasing peloton and went alone to win stage 14 of the Giro d’Italia, while the Mexican Isaac del Toro extended his overall lead.Asgreen was part of an early breakaway trio but, after several riders were brought down in a crash which split up the peloton, the Dane went for broke in the final kilometres and held off the chasing group. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago The Rehearsal: Nathan Fielder makes genius appointment TV that may spoil you forever

In his twisted and often horrifying reality show, Fielder piles ethical grey areas on top of each other like problematic pancakes. Get stuck in!Schopenhauer defined genius as someone who aims at a target the rest of us can’t see. Which raises a philosophical paradox – how do we know they’ve hit it? I was moved to such musings while watching this week’s pick, a singular piece of art that functions unlike anything else on TV, and calls the medium itself into question. No, it’s not Police Interceptors.In The Rehearsal (Monday, 10pm, Sky Comedy), comedian Nathan Fielder blends documentary, social experiment, performance art and absurdist satire in a devised method all his own. He has ordinary people tackle emotionally fraught situations from their lives, by role-playing them with hired actors in meticulously recreated sets that mirror significant personal locations. It’s arch, but the stakes are real. The first series opened with a man who wanted to apologise to his pub quiz teamma...

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2 w. ago The Rehearsal: Nathan Fielder makes genius appointment TV that may spoil you for ever

In his twisted and often horrifying reality show, Fielder piles ethical grey areas on top of each other like problematic pancakes. Get stuck in!Schopenhauer defined genius as someone who aims at a target the rest of us can’t see. Which raises a philosophical paradox – how do we know they’ve hit it? I was moved to such musings while watching this week’s pick, a singular piece of art that functions unlike anything else on TV, and calls the medium itself into question. No, it’s not Police Interceptors.In The Rehearsal (Monday, 10pm, Sky Comedy), comedian Nathan Fielder blends documentary, social experiment, performance art and absurdist satire in a devised method all his own. He has ordinary people tackle emotionally fraught situations from their lives, by role-playing them with hired actors in meticulously recreated sets that mirror significant personal locations. It’s arch, but the stakes are real. The first series opened with a man who wanted to apologise to his pub quiz teamma...

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2 w. ago Music agent Dave Shapiro and drummer among six dead in San Diego plane crash as tributes pour in

Tributes pour in for Shapiro and his contributions to the industry, as he tragically dies in a San Diego plane crash, claiming six lives

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2 w. ago Princess Diana's bodyguard made chilling claim about car crash before his death

A former bodyguard of Princess Diana, Lee Sansum, has sadly died after suffering a fatal heart attack. He once a shocking claim about the night that she tragically died in 1997

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2 w. ago Tesla reveals ‘insane’ drop in value of used Cybertrucks as 10,000 go unsold

Value crash comes despite Elon Musk claiming they will be ‘appreciating assets’

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3 w. ago 'Dumbest of dumb politics' Nicola Sturgeon blasts Prime Minister's immigration speech

The former First Minister waded in after Sir Keir Starmer said the UK risked becoming an 'island of strangers' if immigration curbs were not implemented.

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3 w. ago Solar farm glare could cause Red Arrows jets to crash, Conservative MP claims

MP raises fears for historic display team, based at RAF Waddington, because of ‘glint and glare’ from solar panels on new farms.

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last month Inquiry hears claims ‘cameraman flew into back of activist’ in fatal crash

Trustee Steven Holland gave evidence and said that he signed off a risk assessment which he believed was based on previous expeditions.

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