14 h. ago Gary Neville responds to Nottingham Forest ban as Jamie Carragher makes feelings clear

Gary Neville has released a statement criticising Nottingham Forest after the club banned him from entering the City Ground to commentate on their upcoming game against Chelsea for Sky Sports

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3 d. ago China ‘seriously concerned’ over Trump’s Golden Dome defense system – live

Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson said Trump’s project carries ‘strong offensive implications’ and heightens risks of space militarization and arms raceA small southern California school district must immediately pause its ban on critical race theory (CRT), a California appeals court ruled on Thursday morning.The 4th district court of appeals ruling put a halt to the Temecula Valley unified school district ban until its litigation is settled in the California legal system. The decision is the latest in a long-running legal battle over the CRT ban, which was first adopted as a resolution by the Temecula Valley Board of Education in December 2022 as they attempted to purge elementary school textbooks that reference gay rights icon Harvey Milk. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago TRNSMT act Kneecap 'threaten legal action over bid to ban them from Glastonbury'

The Belfast-based band sparked fury when footage emerged of them telling fans to "kill your local MP" and chanting “The only good Tory is a dead Tory” during gigs.

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3 d. ago U.K. suspends free trade talks with Israel and announces sanctions over West Bank settlers

The British government says it is suspending free trade negotiations with Israel and has leveled new sanctions targeting West Bank settlements as it criticizes Israel’s military actions in Gaza

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4 d. ago Now Kneecap threaten to sue industry critics who want them banned from Glastonbury

A controversial Irish republican rap trio have threatened to sue leading music industry figures after they allegedly called for them to be ditched from this year's Glastonbury Festival lineup.

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8 d. ago Polish election: Tusk party urged to show it is not ‘deceiving women’ on abortion

Five years after near-total ban on abortion, campaigners say Sunday’s elections will be critical to see if promised change happensPoland’s presidential elections are a “historic, groundbreaking” chance for Donald Tusk’s centrist party to show it was not trying to “deceive women” when it promised to change some of Europe’s most restrictive abortion laws, campaigners have said.Voters across Poland will head to the polls on Sunday in the first round of the elections to replace Andrzej Duda, the current president who is aligned with the former rightwing government and has veto power over legislation. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago ‘This is the moment’: Poland elections chance for Tusk centrists to relax abortion laws

Five years after near-total ban on abortion, campaigners say Sunday’s elections will be critical to see if promised change happensPoland’s presidential elections are a “historic, groundbreaking” chance for Donald Tusk’s centrist party to show it was not trying to “deceive women” when it promised to change some of Europe’s most restrictive abortion laws, campaigners have said.Voters across Poland will head to the polls on Sunday in the first round of the elections to replace Andrzej Duda, the current president who is aligned with the former rightwing government and has veto power over legislation. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Britain’s biggest pawnbroker H&T snapped up by US firm for £297m; Goldman Sachs lifts UK and eurozone growth forecasts – business live

China issues warning to UK over terms of US trade deal, saying it is a ‘basic principle’ that bilateral agreements should not target other nationsHere’s our full story on the Co-op saying that that stock availability in its stores will not improve until this weekend, as it struggles to recover from a cyber-attack two weeks ago.And our full take on Burberry’s planned 1,700 job cuts. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Rangers chiefs 'at crossroads' with fans after Graeme Souness tifo as summit sees banner approval process floated

The controversial banner displayed during the derby clash with Celtic has received criticism

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2 w. ago Bebe Rexha reveals pregnancy loss after Azealia Banks criticized her body at the Met Gala

Banks’s commentary on Met Gala attendees’ outfits has landed her in hot water on X

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2 w. ago ScotRail alcohol ban to be axed by SNP Government after mounting criticism

EXCLUSIVE: The ban will be lifted after being slammed by passengers who say it is unworkable.

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3 w. ago German spy agency labels AfD as ‘confirmed rightwing extremist’ force

Upgrade from ‘suspected’ threat will mean greater surveillance of party that came second in last electionGermany’s domestic intelligence service has designated the far-right Alternative für Deutschland (AfD), the biggest opposition party, as a “confirmed rightwing extremist” force, meaning authorities can step up their surveillance as critics call for it to be legally banned.The Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (BfV) had since 2021 considered the anti-immigrant, pro-Kremlin party a “suspected” threat to Germany’s democratic order, with regional chapters in three eastern states classed as confirmed extremist. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago India Willoughby and Stonewall FC lead critics denouncing 'unjustified and unfair' English FA ruling on trans players' ban from women's football

The FA said it had updated its policy in light of last month's Supreme Court ruling that the words 'woman' and 'sex' in the Equality Act refer to a biological woman and biological sex.

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3 w. ago Listen closely to the Kneecap furore. You’ll hear hypocrisy from all sides | Dorian Lynskey

The band’s rightwing critics are now cancel culture advocates, while defenders demand limitless free speechDorian Lynskey is the author of 33 Revolutions Per MinuteEarlier this year, the Northern Irish hip-hop trio Kneecap appeared to be entering their respectable phase. Their self-titled film, a raucous semi-fictionalised biopic directed by Rich Peppiatt, won a Bafta for outstanding British debut, while Kemi Badenoch’s attempt to block a grant awarded by the British Phonographic Industry was overturned in court. As the film illustrates, Kneecap were accustomed to being denounced by unionist MPs but both sides reaped useful publicity. “We have a very dysfunctional, symbiotic relationship,” admitted rapper Naoise Ó Cairealláin.This process was dramatically derailed last week when Kneecap touched the third rail of Gaza and accused Israel of genocide on stage at Coachella festival in California. Cue fury from Fox News, calls for their visas to be revoked and, according to their manager...

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3 w. ago Want to run a marathon? One UK university might have the answer

Exclusive: ‘A lot of degrees in the UK are criticised for being theoretical,’ says Professor Parkinson of Bangor University, who teaches students how to run 26.2 miles

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4 w. ago Kneecap call out ‘coordinated smear campaign’ after denouncing Israel at Coachella

Band said criticism of their stance on Israel and Palestine is ‘based on deliberate distortions and falsehoods’

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