29 h. ago ‘Our stage is a giant pair of open legs!’ Meet Glastonbury’s most obscure acts

It’s not all about the headliners. Away from the big stages, feminist punks are singing songs about UTIs and Elvis has been reborn as Kurt CobainWith 80 stages hosting more than 3,000 performers, there is a terrifying amount of things to see and do at Glastonbury. While the headline acts dominate the coverage, what of the lesser-known artists listed further down the bill? Is anyone stumbling to their strange shows?From an Elvis-fronted Nirvana tribute act to a feminist punk group singing songs about UTIs, via a taxidermy mouse circus and a singalong performance of school-assembly hymns, we went in search of Glastonbury 2025’s most obscure acts. Continue reading...

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48 h. ago Vogue Williams shows how to elevate a summer outfit with her 'lovely' barrel leg jeans

Vogue Williams has shared her go-to pair of barrel leg jeans, which are the perfect summer staple and flattering on all body types - here's where to shop them

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3 d. ago US supreme court rules key provision of Obamacare constitutional

Case challenged how members of an obscure but vital healthcare committee are appointedUS politics live – latest updatesThe US supreme court has ruled that a key provision of “Obamacare”, formally known as the Affordable Care Act, is constitutional. The case challenged how members of an obscure but vital healthcare committee are appointed.The committee, the US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF), is a panel of 16 volunteer health experts who determine which evidence-based preventive health services private insurance companies must cover without cost for patients. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Wife who attacked farmer husband of 44 years with lump hammer during venomous divorce is jailed for four years

Pamela Teasdale, 70, attacked Daniel Teasdale, 75, at Burne Farm in Todwick, near Rotherham, on 21 August 2023, while the pair were embroiled in protracted legal battles over their split.

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7 d. ago Giant statues to return to Notre Dame’s spire in latest stage of restoration

Copper-coated figures will be hoisted on to cathedral’s reconstructed spire after devastating blaze of 2019Sixteen giant statues are to be hoisted back on to the spire of Notre Dame in the latest step of the cathedral’s €700m (£600m) reconstruction after the devastating fire of 2019.The copper-coated figures, each weighing almost 150kg, escaped the blaze because they were removed from the Parisian landmark for renovation just four days before flames consumed the roof and destroyed the spire. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Hollyoaks star Jennifer Metcalfe wears fitted leggings as she heads out for a walk with her rarely seen boyfriend

The Hollyoaks actress, 41, who was first spotted with Josh in December 2023, wore a pair of brown fitted leggings.

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1 week ago Gang 'mastermind' cracked jokes after torturing Coleen Campbell's ex to death, trial hears

John Belfield denies murdering Thomas Campbell and conspiring to rob him - the victim's body was found dressed in only a pair of socks in his hallway while his legs and buttocks had been burned

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2 w. ago Coleen Rooney has something to smile about! WAG leaves the gym after rival Rebekah Vardy puts her £9.7million Portuguese villa up for sale to foot the bill for Wagatha Christie trial

The WAG, 39, opted for a laid back look for the outing as she sported a white T-shirt along with a pair of black leggings.

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3 w. ago Governors Ball 2025: Olivia Rodrigo and Hozier reign over New York festival

While there were less zeitgeisty moments in this edition, acts like Young Mikoand Benson Boone still brought energy to New York’s cheaper CoachellaFor the past year, I have dined out on the story of being in the Sunday crowd at last year’s Governor’s Ball. That sweltering afternoon in the sun, the largest crowd of New York’s premier music festival – more than could fit on the lawn of Flushing Meadows Corona Park in Queens – gathered at an unusual hour for a mid-bill set. If you’re lucky, there are a few times in the life of a regular concertgoer when it is not just another great show, when you can feel the gravity of the zeitgeist shift. Chappell Roan, dressed as the Statue of Liberty and ferried to the stage in a giant apple, belting Red Wine Supernova to a sea of pink cowboy hats in one of the loudest sing-backs I have ever heard, is one of those times, a clear sonic boom of a cultural rocket taking off.Roan’s star-making moment turned out to be a stake in the ground of a tentpole...

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3 w. ago Robbie Williams at the Emirates Stadium review: 'a grand scale This Is Your Life'

The showman does not disappoint on a night when he arrives on stage upside down from a giant gold rocket

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4 w. ago Freddy Brazier and grandmother Jackiey Budden smoke suspicious cigarettes before dancing together in foul

The influencer, 20, was seen puffing with his gran, 68, in front of tourists near Tower Bridge in South London.

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4 w. ago Freddy Brazier has been living with grandmother Jackiey Budden for a WEEK in setback for his dad Jeff's legal war as footage emerges of the pair 'smoking suspicious cigarettes'

The influencer, 20, lost his mother Jade when he was just four years old after she died from cervical cancer in 2009, and has since been raised by his dad Jeff.

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