26 h. ago Studio Silué flaunts African craftsmanship and contemporary fashion artistry in new collection

The fashion house continues the story of knowledge, passed on through oral traditions, for Spring/Summer 2025

Culture

57 h. ago Ticket prices confirmed for Chappell Roan at Edinburgh Summer Sessions 2025

Tickets have gone on sale to see Chappell Roan in Scotland this summer

Economics

59 h. ago Summer 2025 air traffic control strike season is now under way

Plane Talk: Just when you thought flight delays and cancellations could get no worse

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3 d. ago Summer cruise deals have just dropped for 2025 – and these are the best

The best cruise deals as the busy summer sailing season approaches

Economics

3 d. ago Ruben Amorim's dream Man United XI after more than £200m spent this summer

Manchester United head into the summer transfer window looking to overhaul their squad for the 2025/26 Premier League season

Economics

6 d. ago Streaming: Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy and the best older women age

The recent Bridget Jones sequel, a big hit at the UK box office, celebrates the romance between its middle-aged star and her gen-Z lover, but from Babygirl to The Mother, how do women on screen with younger partners usually fare?At this admittedly early stage of 2025, with all the noisy blockbusters of summer still ahead of us, the UK’s box-office report tells a nostalgic story. The year’s highest-grossing new release, raking in more than double its nearest rival, Captain America, is Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy – a sequel in which its American distributors had so little confidence that they booted it straight to streaming. Brits who missed it in cinemas can finally access it on VOD this week. The film itself is something of a pleasant surprise too: a tender-hearted, flannel-cosy romcom – easily the best in the series since the first, 2001’s Bridget Jones’s Diary – now suffused with the gentle melancholy of middle age.Age, of course, is a critical concern of this instalment, whi...

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7 d. ago Live and work on a remote Scottish island with less than 20 residents this summer

A rare chance has opened up to spend summer 2025 working in one of the country's most special places

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7 d. ago New £199 flights to Turkey take off from Scotland for summer 2025

Airline SunExpress launched their route to Antalya on April 4 with Dalaman flights hot on its heels

Economics

7 d. ago Kevin De Bruyne confirms Manchester City exit in summer after starry decade

Belgian announces news via social media postGuardiola pays tribute to ‘one of the greatest’Pep Guardiola lauded Kevin De Bruyne as “one of the greatest” players in Premier League history and said it was a “sad day” after the Manchester City captain announced he would depart at the end of this contract in June. The Belgian is the club’s most-decorated player, winning 16 major trophies, but was not offered an extension.De Bruyne will be the final player to leave City who was in the first-team squad before Guardiola’s arrival. City signed him for €55m from Wolfsburg in 2015 and he has been an integral part of their success, winning six Premier League titles and helping the club lift the Champions League for the first time. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago ‘One of the greatest’: De Bruyne hailed by Guardiola after confirming exit

Belgian to leave Manchester City in summer after 10 yearsGuardiola certain De Bruyne will get Etihad statuePep Guardiola lauded Kevin De Bruyne as “one of the greatest” players in Premier League history and said it was a “sad day” after the Manchester City captain announced he would depart at the end of this contract in June. The Belgian is the club’s most-decorated player, winning 16 major trophies, but was not offered an extension.De Bruyne will be the final player to leave City who was in the first-team squad before Guardiola’s arrival. City signed him for €55m from Wolfsburg in 2015 and he has been an integral part of their success, winning six Premier League titles and helping the club lift the Champions League for the first time. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Manchester United summer trip to US holds more importance than ever before

Manchester United will head to the United States this summer as part of plans for the 2025/26 Premier League season

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9 d. ago Arsenal eye summer move for Athletic Bilbao’s Nico Williams after initial talks

Andrea Berta understood to have met Williams’s agentClub have heavily scouted forward for past two yearsArsenal are exploring a summer move for Athletic Bilbao’s Nico Williams. Andrea Berta has held talks with the Spain forward’s representatives in one of his first acts as the club’s sporting director.It is understood Berta, who was confirmed in his post last Sunday and attended Tuesday’s 2-1 win over Fulham, has met the 22-year-old’s agent, Félix Tainta. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Last summer was second worst for common UK butterflies since 1976

More than half of Britain’s 59 native species are in long-term decline, UK Butterfly Monitoring Scheme findsLast summer was the fifth worst in nearly half a century for butterflies in Britain, according to the biggest scientific survey of insect populations in the world.For the first time since scientific recording began in 1976, more than half of Britain’s 59 native species are in long-term decline. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Premier League release fixtures statement as Man United and Man City set to discover key dates

Manchester City and United now know when the release of all of the fixtures for the 2025/26 Premier League season will happen this summer ahead of next campaign

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1 week ago Mikel Arteta excited by ‘big summer’ after Andrea Berta’s arrival at Arsenal

Striker believed to be main transfer objective Arsenal hope to extend Saka and Saliba contracts Mikel Arteta is looking forward to “a big summer” working with Arsenal’s new sporting director, Andrea Berta, as the club attempt to strengthen their squad to sustain another Premier League title push next season.Arsenal go into Tuesday night’s meeting with Fulham trailing the leaders, Liverpool, by 12 points with nine games to play and look destined to finish as runners up for a third straight campaign. But after the arrival of Berta – the former Atlético Madrid sporting director who has replaced Edu – Arsenal are expected to step up their search for additions, with a striker believed to be the main objective. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Holidays in hell: summer camp with Russia’s forgotten children – podcast

At the rural orphanage where I volunteered, the place resembled a Dickensian workhouse. The staff’s main tools were antipsychotics and violence. The experience gave me a window into Putin’s RussiaBy Howard Amos. Read by Harry Lloyd Continue reading...

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1 week ago Gigi Hadid is the epitome of chic in a green tube top and brown leather skirt as she poses for striking portrait painting photoshoot for Miu Miu campaign

The model, 29, looked sensational in the images that were digitally altered to resemble a classic portrait painting, as she became the face of their Spring/Summer 2025 leather goods campaign.

Events

2 w. ago Sprint sensation Jeremiah Azu sets lofty target after incredible indoor success

Jeremiah Azu has already claimed European and World 60m indoor gold in 2025 but all eyes are now on the 100m in this summer’s outdoor World Championships in Tokyo

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2 w. ago Chelsea could throw spanner in the works with Liverpool's transfer 'priority'

Liverpool are expected to be far busier this summer than they were in Arne Slot's first window in charge but a Chelsea swoop could end up having a knock-on effect

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2 w. ago Premier League release statement as Man United and Man City transfer window change confirmed

The 2025 summer transfer window will open on Sunday, June 1 - one week after the Premier League season finishes

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