37 h. ago Russian forces break through Ukraine frontline days before Putin

Around 100,000 Russian troops are believed to have travelled at least 10km north of the Ukrainian frontline - days before upcoming peace talks between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin

Politics

2 d. ago The Adversary by Michael Crummey review – dark humour and depravity at the edge of the Earth

This prize-winning take on a biblical tale set in 1800s Newfoundland is grim, but has energy, empathy – and a wickedly colourful way with wordsSeveral years have passed since Michael Crummey’s last novel The Innocents was published in the UK in 2020. A pandemic has since occurred and, appropriately perhaps, The Adversary begins on a dark note of contagion. “There was a killing sickness on the shore that winter and the only services at the church were funerals,” runs the opening line, setting the tone for a book that plumbs the depths of depravity but – thanks to its energy, and its ripe and adventurous language – never loses a black sense of humour. Having now won the 30th annual Dublin Literary award, worth €100,000, The Adversary is proof that Crummey is beginning to garner the accolades he deserves beyond his native Canada.Crummey hails from Newfoundland; all six of his novels are set there. He understands the power of lashing sea, scouring wind, an eked-out existence far from wh...

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3 d. ago I thought we’d entered the age of body positivity. Then came ‘shrinking girl summer’ – is everyone getting smaller except me?

It’s been the year of weight-loss drugs, with celebrities seemingly disappearing before our eyes. For those of us left behind, it’s both a torment and a temptation. Spoiler alert: I tried the jabs, tooIt is a balmy evening in early July. I have finally managed to get both of my small children to sleep and I am engaging in what has become a new and unhealthy ritual: scrolling through Instagram and trying to work out which of the people behind accounts I once followed for their body positivity content are now taking weight-loss drugs. I take a break from scrolling to pinch layers of fat between my thumb and middle finger, willing them – as I have since I was a child – to disappear. My fingertips trace the folds of skin that have appeared between my hips and ribs since my youngest son was born last summer, then over the raised red zigzags that have emerged all over my tummy since I first began growing children in 2021.By the time my partner has made his way up to our room, I am sobbing...

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5 d. ago Mum trades her busy UK life to live in luxury in huge villa in Spain with a pool and private  gym

British mother Bridie has wowed thousands after giving a virtual tour of her huge new home in Spain. The lavish villa cost £100,000 less than her Essex home.

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6 d. ago Heartbreaking last picture of Oasis fan before he plunged to his death at Wembley gig

Landscape gardener Lee Claydon, 45, tumbled from the venue's upper tier during the concert for 100,000 spectators in North London on Saturday evening.

Events

6 d. ago Welsh council to hire new officer and pay them £100,000 salary

Pembrokeshire Council is to recruit for a new senior officer, a post which commands a salary of up to £101,000

Economics

6 d. ago Cannabis gardener returned to UK after deportation and was again caught working for criminal gang

Thin Trieu Nguyen, 37, has now been jailed for four years after plants worth £100,000 were found in a house in Coatbridge.

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6 d. ago Ad firm sheds 7,000 jobs as AI revolution rips through industry

FTSE 100 advertising firm WPP has slashed 7,000 jobs in the last year as the artificial intelligence revolution forces the sector though a tumultuous transition.

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6 d. ago Ad firm slashes 7,000 jobs as AI revolution rips through industry

FTSE 100 advertising firm WPP has slashed 7,000 jobs in the last year as the artificial intelligence revolution forces the sector though a tumultuous transition.

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7 d. ago 'Majority' of Brits demand a snap general election as Keir Starmer faces humiliation

A petition calling for an "immediate" general election to be held has reached more than 137,000 votes as it soared past the 100,000 needed for Parliament to consider it worthy of a debate by MPs

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7 d. ago Oasis death fall fan slipped on beer at Wembley in 'accident waiting to happen'

Lee Claydon, 45, plummeted from the upper tier during the sell-out gig in front of 100,000 people on Saturday and died at the scene, despite the best efforts of medics

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7 d. ago Oasis fan 'slipped on beer' before plunging to his death over balcony as family demand answers from Wembley over 'accident waiting to happen'

Lee Claydon, 45, from Bournemouth, plummeted from the upper tier during the ­sell-out gig in front of 100,000 people at Wembley Stadium in North London on Saturday.

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7 d. ago Emmerdale stars who played brothers on the ITV soap are set to tie the knot TODAY in '£100,000 ceremony at 5,000

Emmerdale stars Max Parker and Kris Mochrie are set to host the soap wedding of the year on Wednesday, as they tie the knot in a star-studded ceremony.

Economics

7 d. ago Bittersweet last post of lifelong Oasis fan hours before plunging to his death at Wembley gig

Lee Claydon plummeted from the upper tier balcony of the stadium in north London in front of 100,000 people on Saturday. The father-of-one, from Bournemouth, died at the scene.

Events

8 d. ago NS&I urged to join Tell Us Once scheme with more than £105m of Premium Bond prizes unclaimed

Last month we revealed more than 2.5 million Premium Bond prizes worth some £105m remain unclaimed, including 11 prizes of £100,000.

Economics

8 d. ago Fears for hiker missing for over a week after traveling along difficult Grand Canyon trail

A megafire continues to rage across the Grand Canyon North Rim where over 100,000 acres are on fire

Events

1 week ago Choir that drowned out Germany’s AfD leader happy to ‘bend the ear’ of country

Group ‘surprised’ when their song was used to disrupt an interview with Alice Weidel – but now they face a backlashIt was while Alice Weidel was being interviewed on the terrace of a parliament building overlooking the River Spree in Berlin that members of the Corner Chor’s mobile phones began to ping with alerts as their song in protest at her far-right party, Scheiß AfD Jodler (Shit AfD Yodellers), blasted out from a 100,000-watt sound system on the other bank.“We were hugely surprised and truly happy to hear at that moment that our song was receiving such a public airing,” one choir member told the Guardian. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Sydney’s huge Gaza protest shows there’s now no stopping the tide of public opinion | Sarah Malik

The Harbour Bridge march felt different. The whole city turned up, not just students and activists but grandmothers and parents with prams. I felt like I was in the majorityFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe rain couldn’t stop us. At least 100,000 people took over the CBD and marched across Sydney’s Harbour Bridge to protest Israel’s continued genocide in Gaza. And it felt like a collective wave of energy, hope and determination against institutional and governmental intransigence, denial, obfuscation and enabling that has so many of us feeling despairing, disgusted and disquieted.Why aren’t they listening? How is this horror continuing unabated with impunity? Why won’t Australia impose sanctions and call for arms embargos against Israel’s senseless murder of civilians, unleashed by some of the most methodical and lethal autonomous weaponry on Earth and AI machines directing bombs, as claimed by intell...

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1 week ago Gonorrhoea vaccine becomes available at sexual health clinics in England

The programme is targeted to those most at risk and could prevent up to 100,000 cases.

Science

1 week ago Manchester United new stadium plans explained as £4.2bn project stalls

Manchester United plan to build a 100,000-seater stadium next to Old Trafford, which the architects Foster and Partners have referred to as New Trafford Stadium

Economics