39 h. ago Andrew’s terrified to face US Congress – it’s another embarrassment & royals are desperate for him to leave, expert says

ANDREW is "terrified" to face US Congress and embarrassed royals are desperate for him to leave, an expert has claimed. Shamed Andrew Mountbatten Windsor has been ordered to appear before the US Congress over his links to paedophile Jeffrey Epstein. Members of Congress sent the ex-prince a letter summoning him to explain his “long-standing friendship”...

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3 d. ago ‘Everybody comes from a place of mundanity’: northern gothic, the strange music scene rooted in small

Lurking at the fringes of electronic music, artists such as Richie Culver, Rainy Miller and Iceboy Violet are confronting the alienation and deprivation of the UK’s north‘What kind of god builds a world on this forgotten town?” Richie Culver seethes on Curse, closing out his dark, cinematic album I Trust Pain. He’s referring to Withernsea, a faded seaside resort near Hull, where he grew up and then desperately wanted to leave. “I remember feeling so resentful,” he says. “I heard Tracey Chapman’s Fast Car and thought: is this song about me?” He duly got out aged 17, eventually settling in London and finding success as a visual artist and musician.But in recent years, the 46-year-old began hearing younger avant garde musicians “talking about their satellite towns” in other often forgotten corners of the north. “I’d never looked at the north like that, in the way these artists are unravelling these narratives.” Having dabbled in music for decades, he was inspired by these acts to embar...

Culture

3 d. ago ‘At the mercy of nature’: How the Caribbean is dealing with the unprecedented Hurricane Melissa

The category 5 storm has wreaked havoc in the region, as those affected now reckon with damaged livelihoods and the cost of rebuilding• Don’t get The Long Wave delivered to your inbox? Sign up hereIt has been one week since Hurricane Melissa made landfall. The storm’s strength has been record-breaking. To better understand the situation on the ground, I called up Natricia Duncan, the Guardian’s Caribbean correspondent, who is based in Jamaica, the country most affected. We spoke about the impact of the hurricane, and how people navigate living under constant climate precariousness. Continue reading...

Economics

6 d. ago He told the world what was happening in El Fasher. Then they sought him out. How Sudan lost ‘a true hero of the war’

For months, Mohamed Khamis Douda shared accounts of what life was like under siege. He was killed when RSF fighters finally took the Darfur city, raising fears activists and civil society figures are being hunted downFor months, militiamen on the perimeters of El Fasher have asked those few who managed to escape the besieged Sudanese city whether Mohamed Khamis Douda was still inside. They shared videos threatening to kill him, which, as they hoped, made their way to the activist.Even as the hunger and fear of living under siege and bombardment made him desperate to leave, Douda remained inside El Fasher, constantly working to let the outside world know what was happening to the people there. Then, on Sunday 26 October, Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces overran the city and it was too late. His friends and family have confirmed to the Guardian that Douda has been killed.Monday 4 AugustI awake each morning tired from the efforts of the previous day. Our first struggle is the ...

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7 d. ago Families invaded by rats after 25,000 tonne mountain of stinking rubbish is dumped by 'Liverpool gang' outside their homes as council say it will cost £4.5MILLION to clear up

The 30ft mountain of 25,000 tonnes of waste in Wigan, Gtr Manchester, is made of of soiled nappies as well as chemicals and plastic.

Economics

8 d. ago 'I had to leave football club after going bust – now I'm desperate to bring success back'

It's been 16 years since Chester City fell into extinction, and Kevin Roberts was one of those forced to leave the club during their dire circumstances, joining FA Cup opponents Cambridge United

Sport

8 d. ago Every match Liverpool’s injured players could miss in tough spell for Arne Slot

Liverpool have been left counting the cost of their injury crisis with more set to miss games over the coming weeks and months with Arne Slot not ruling any of them out from the Premier League table

Sport

8 d. ago British couple moved across the globe to escape 'burnt out' life in the UK

The couple, who previously lived in Rye, East Sussex, worked 11-hour days and sought a 'slower pace of life', leading them to move to Chiang Mai, Thailand, in September.

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1 week ago Millionaire shaman on the run after convincing victims they were cursed with 'black magic'

A fugitive “shaman” swindled desperate victims out of over £10m by claiming they were cursed, leaving behind safes stuffed with cash, gold, and luxury cars after her jaw-dropping scam was exposed

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2 w. ago Secret mining studies and private deals: is a new gold rush quietly starting in El Salvador?

As the country’s metal mining ban is lifted, rural communities fear a return of the contamination, violence and water shortages that cost so many lives and livelihoods in the pastSet off the main road through San Isidro, El Salvador, an old gate sits locked by a chain. Across its rusted metal wire mesh are emblazoned the words: “Private property, entry forbidden.” A bus stop outside is covered with faded black and yellow posters. Though peeling with age, their message can still be read: “No to mining – yes to life.”This is the site of what was once the El Dorado gold mining project. After the suspension of operations in 2009 amid community backlash, OceanaGold formally closed the project in 2017 following El Salvador’s historic prohibition of metal mining. Continue reading...

Economics

2 w. ago The Immortalists by Aleks Krotoski review – the downsides of cheating death

Life extensionists like Bryan Johnson want to live forever. But at what cost?If the name Bryan Johnson isn’t familiar, a picture of him might be. He is the somewhat alien-looking, strangely ageless 48-year-old Californian battling to defy death itself.His efforts to do so have involved receiving a transfusion of blood plasma from his then 17-year-old son, an act that attracted headlines around the world, while Johnson’s own plasma was in turn transfused into his father. What was largely missed, but is documented in Alex Krotoski’s book, is that the procedure was deemed to be a failure. The tech entrepreneur will have to find another way to live for ever. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago FTSE 100 Live 22 October: Inflation surprise lifts stocks, Barclays rallies despite car loans redress

Rachel Reeves was handed a pre-Budget boost today as the rate of inflation unexpectedly remained unchanged at 3.8% in September.

Economics

2 w. ago FTSE 100 Live 22 October: Inflation surprise lifts index, Barclays rallies despite car loans impact

Rachel Reeves was handed a pre-Budget boost today as the rate of inflation unexpectedly remained unchanged at 3.8% in September.

Economics

2 w. ago NORMAN BAKER: Why should British families, struggling with the cost of living crisis, subsidise a self

Heaped in ignominy, banned from using those treasured royal titles, his world of murky secrets unravelling faster than a ball of string, there can be precious little comfort for Prince Andrew.

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2 w. ago Man United transfer interest revealed in 'next Ronaldo' who is 'increasingly desperate to leave'

Manchester United are one of several Premier League clubs credited with an interest in signing a forward on loan this winter who has been 'hailed as the next Ronaldo'

Politics

2 w. ago 'I asked three people who retired before 40 how they did it – they said the same thing'

EXCLUSIVE: Early retirement may feel to us like an unachievable dream, but for Eric Hughes, Andrew Hulbert and Naz Avo, it's turned out to be a reality

Politics

3 w. ago Charity which supported Jay Slater's family in Tenerife forced to 'leave people stranded' as it issues desperate plea

LBT Global was once the UK's only charity helping families find missing Brits abroad

Politics

3 w. ago Our dream retirement turned into a nightmare: British expats Christine and Eric Thompson were lured to Bulgaria by a slower pace of life and cheap cost of living....now they are desperate to leave

But nine years later the couple say they are desperate to leave after Christine, 58, was nearly killed twice by bungling doctors at the former Eastern Bloc country's public hospitals.

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3 w. ago Man Utd's 'lazy' star targeted again as he's told he could cost them at Liverpool

Manchester United head to Liverpool this weekend and Luke Shaw has been told his work rate could cost the team as criticism continues to come his way from former players

Economics

3 w. ago Jay Slater family supported by 'absolute angels' at charity now forced to shut services

LBT Global was the UK's only charity helping to find missing Brits abroad, like Jay Slater, and now they've had to let go of so many services after a desperate plea for funding, leaving families are stranded in silence

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