1 hour ago Claire Foy looks effortlessly chic in a red blouse and black satin blazer as she steps out in NYC

Claire Foy looked effortlessly chic as she headed to ABC Studios in New York City on Wednesday. 

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2 h. ago In operatic dispute, Met Opera director and designers order names stripped from 'Carmen'

The production team of Bizet’s “Carmen” at the Metropolitan Opera demanded their names be removed from programs due to a restaging decision

Culture

2 h. ago Oldham’s council tax set to rise despite ‘change of direction’ in finances

The rise has been confirmed by Oldham's finance bosses.

Economics

2 h. ago The World Cup is out of reach for many. The hope lies outside the stadiums | Leander Schaerlaeckens

The opportunity for this tournament’s legacy is in the fan fests, camps and tune-ups accessible to more than the lucky fewIn Germany, fans watched the games on screens in crowded town squares, their roars careening off ancient buildings, or from the banks of rivers, peering at floating, double-sided big screens on barges. At the next World Cup, in South Africa in 2010, people gathered in parks and open-air markets and hotel lobbies and unlicensed, makeshift bars in people’s garages. In Brazil, four years later, fans spilled from the bars on the Copacabana or watched in restaurants or in streets closed for the occasion – not as if anybody was driving during the Seleção’s games anyway.During the 2018 World Cup, Russia surprised visitors – and its own citizens – with its friendliness as spontaneous parties broke out all over the country. The reason the 2022 World Cup in Qatar didn’t entirely feel like a real World Cup is that those sorts of spontaneous soccer gatherings just didn’t see...

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2 h. ago Row continues over future of O2 ABC building after objections to student accommodation plan

The views of the Glasgow School of Art’s Mackintosh building are “of international significance,” a hearing into the future of the O2 ABC site has heard.

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3 h. ago Beloved video game seller is closing 30 New York stores as nationwide purge mounts due to failing sales

GameStop’s New York closures cover the whole state, from NYC to upstate, hitting malls and standalone stores

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3 h. ago Huddersfield mum posted final video before setting fire to house killing daughter

Danielle Parkinson recorded a harrowing 19-minute video and uploaded it to YouTube before taking her and her daughter's life in Huddersfield, Yorkshire in a house fire

Events

3 h. ago Martin Lewis website advice for mortgage owners on when to fix rate as inflation rises

Many people will be coming to the end of an existing deal or preparing to take out a first mortgage - so should they fix or not, and for how long?

Economics

3 h. ago How much the cost of flights has increased by as inflation rises for first time in months

It comes as headline rates of inflation have risen for the first time in five months

Economics

3 h. ago Olympics chief admits she has not spoken to US president Trump about LA 2028 Games

Kirsty Coventry steers clear of global politics in buildupOrganisers will meet with vice-president JD VanceThe International Olympic Committee has yet to establish formal communications with the US president Donald Trump on preparations for the Los Angeles Games in 2028, the IOC president, Kirsty Coventry, has confirmed.Trump has been speaking in Davos in Switzerland after a turbulent start to 2026 during which he has suggested he will invade Greenland, threatened a trade war with Europe and ousted the Venezuela president Nicolás Maduro. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago Sally Tallant, director of New York's Queens Museum, to lead London's Hayward Gallery

Sally Tallant, director of New York's Queens Museum, to lead London's Hayward Gallery  The Art Newspaper

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3 h. ago ‘The most dangerous man in America’: how Paul Robeson went from Hollywood to blacklist

The groundbreaking singer, actor and athlete became a victim of McCarthyism and saw his shining career destroyed and his legacy tarnishedIn August 1972, the front page of the New York Times arts section published a story titled, Time to Break the Silence on Paul Robeson? The legendary bass-baritone spent the first half of the 20th century as one of the greatest talents the US had ever produced, and its second, both in life and in death as an outcast, the greatest casualty of the second Red Scare period to which today’s current attacks on liberal and progressive politics draw comparison.This week marks 50 years since Robeson’s death and the silence remains. His erasure from the lineage over the decades shows that what Robeson’s political opponents did not take from him, the years have most certainly. Robeson’s decoupling from the story of African American culture has been so complete that in the half-century since his death, even generations of Black Americans have never heard of him...

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4 h. ago Man saved by pal after suffering cardiac arrest during walking football game

John McGee, 62, collapsed during a game at Toryglen and has recalled the moment "everything went black".

Sport

4 h. ago Man United injury news latest as double update drops for Michael Carrick before Arsenal clash

Manchester United are back in Premier League action on Sunday, facing Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium and will look to build on the Manchester derby win

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4 h. ago Brits believe children’s vocabularies are shrinking and we're 'lost for words'

Many parents believe they are responsible for building vocabulary at home, only a small minority are confident about how to help their child do it according to a new study

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4 h. ago Taylor Swift to get inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame this summer

The induction ceremony is scheduled for June 11 in New York City.

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4 h. ago Dana White makes stunning comparison between Paddy Pimblett and Conor McGregor

UFC boss Dana White has likened Paddy Pimblett's rise to Conor McGregor's as the Liverpool fighter prepares to face Justin Gaethje for the interim lightweight title at UFC 324

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4 h. ago Moment Amazon delivery driver 'brazenly steals pet cat from doorstep'

Doorbell footage shows a man wearing a high-vis jacket bending down close to the front door of a property in Elland, near Halifax, West Yorkshire, on Sunday afternoon.

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4 h. ago Geri Halliwell and Christian Horner accused of ‘trolling’ neighbours with fairy lights on ‘illegal’ pergola at mansion

GERI Halliwell and Chrisian Horner have been accused of trolling their neighbours with fairy lights on an allegedly illegal pergola at their mansion. The celebrity pair have infuriated local residents after building a pergola and gazebo at the back of their Grade II listed home in Northamptonshire. Both developments have been described as spoiling the view...

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5 h. ago 3 authors win $10,000 prizes for blending science and literature

Three authors have been awarded $10,000 prizes for blending scientific research with literary grace

Culture