38 m. ago Tottenham chief says Lewis family still ‘firmly backing’ club despite Daniel Levy departure

Daniel Levy stepped down from his role as executive chairman last Thursday

Society

79 m. ago Shark attack victim's family break silence as sightings sparks new evacuation

Surf-scene icon Mercury Psillakis, 57, was praised for his heroic actions in helping others in keeping a pack of surfers safe in the moments before he was attacked by a shark

Events

89 m. ago Tottenham chief Vinai Venkatesham stresses Lewis family ‘firm backing’ for club

Daniel Levy stepped down from his role as executive chairman last Thursday.

Society

95 m. ago Police appeal as man who normally wears a tracksuit not seen in nearly three weeks

He was last spoken to by a family member on August 20

Events

1 hour ago Paramount names former Trump appointee as ombudsman to review ‘complaints of bias’ at CBS News

Kenneth Weinstein was nominated by Trump to serve as ambassador to Japan in 2020.

Politics

1 hour ago Man seriously ill in hospital after 'terrible accident' while in Turkey for dental work

The family is facing a huge bill to fly him back home

Events

2 h. ago Top engineer dropped dead on Microsoft campus. It's exposed a hidden dark side to the tech titan

The tragic death of a Microsoft engineer, 35, has shaken his family and the tech titan.

Events

2 h. ago Doomsday cult mum Lori Vallow sends son cryptic 'I love you' message after killing family

Lori Vallow Daybell was found guilty of the murders of her children Tylee Ryan and JJ Vallow, as well as her husband's first wife Tammy Daybell, and was sentenced to life without parole

Events

2 h. ago Nuremberg review – Russell Crowe’s Göring vs Rami Malek’s psychiatrist in swish yet glib courtroom showdown

Crowe and Malek are hugely watchable but this ultimately fails to deliver an authentic version of eventsIf the Nuremberg trials were political theatre, writer and director James Vanderbilt leans into the spectacle of it. His new movie Nuremberg, about the show put on for the rest of the world to indict Nazi war criminals, is packaged like old-fashioned entertainment. There are movie stars (chiefly Rami Malek and Russell Crowe) with slicked-back hair, trading snappy barbs and self-important monologues in smokey rooms, meanwhile the gravity of the moment tends to be kept at bay. All the bureaucratic and legal speak around fine-tuning an unprecedented process, where one country prosecutes the high command of another, goes down easy in an Aaron Sorkin sort of way. It is riveting when its urgency is defended by an actor as great as Michael Shannon. It is all so watchable, to a fault, especially when dealing with the unspeakable.There’s some rhyme and reason to the director’s approach. Va...

Events

2 h. ago Nuremberg review – Russell Crowe’s Göring v Rami Malek’s psychiatrist in swish yet glib courtroom showdown

Crowe and Malek are hugely watchable but this ultimately fails to deliver an authentic version of events If the Nuremberg trials were political theatre, writer and director James Vanderbilt leans into the spectacle of it. His new movie Nuremberg, about the show put on for the rest of the world to indict Nazi war criminals, is packaged like old-fashioned entertainment. There are movie stars (chiefly Rami Malek and Russell Crowe) with slicked-back hair, trading snappy barbs and self-important monologues in smoky rooms, meanwhile the gravity of the moment tends to be kept at bay. All the bureaucratic and legal speak around fine-tuning an unprecedented process, where one country prosecutes the high command of another, goes down easy in an Aaron Sorkin sort of way. It is riveting when its urgency is defended by an actor as great as Michael Shannon. It is all so watchable, to a fault, especially when dealing with the unspeakable.There’s some rhyme and reason to the director’s approach. Va...

Events

2 h. ago Rotten to the core: Ohio orchard goes viral after outing family that tried to steal $300 worth of apples

One family tried to steal $300 worth of apples from Lynd Fruit Farm in Ohio, the orchard reported on social media

Events

3 h. ago Private funeral service held for Italian designer Giorgio Armani in church near his birthplace

Close friends and family attended a funeral service for Giorgio Armani Monday in a 14th century church located within a medieval cluster near his native city of Piacenza

Politics

3 h. ago Ballad of a Small Player review – Colin Farrell wins us over in flashy, slight gambler tale

Toronto film festival: Conclave director Edward Berger makes a less cohesive follow-up with an over-stylised adaptation of Lawrence Osborne’s novel sold by a killer central performanceIt was easy to understand why Edward Berger’s name was being bandied around in relation to the reinvention of 007, the director having shown himself to be more than capable of both extravagantly staged action (his Oscar-winning breakout All Quiet on the Western Front) and knife-edge intrigue (his Oscar-winning follow-up Conclave). He dismissed speculation at the time (with some mild annoyance) and the job has since landed at the feet of Denis Villeneuve – but his latest, China-set gambling drama Ballad of a Small Player, adds flashy bombast to his résumé and helps to explain why he even though he might have passed on Bond (and recently Ocean’s too), he’s in development on a Bourne.Berger is a canny commercial director, confidently switching between genre, language and location, the kind of able film-ma...

Sport

3 h. ago Hamnet review – stately Shakespeare drama with emotionally overwhelming finale

Toronto film festival: Jessie Buckley and Paul Mescal are knockouts in Chloé Zhao’s poignant adaptation of Maggie O’Farrell’s 2020 novel with a stirring tearjerker endingMaggie O’Farrell’s lauded 2020 novel Hamnet is a dense and lyrical imagining of the lives of William Shakespeare’s family, full of interior thought and lush descriptions of the physical world. It would seem, upon reading, near impossible to adapt into a film. Or, at least, a film worthy of O’Farrell’s so finely woven sensory spell. Film-maker Chloé Zhao has attempted to do so anyway, and the result is a stately, occasionally lugubrious drama whose closing minutes are among the most poignant in recent memory.Zhao is a good fit for the material. She, too, is a close observer of nature and of the many aching, yearning people passing through it. But she has previously not made anything as traditionally tailored and refined as this. The humbler dimensions of her films The Rider and Nomadland are missed here; Hamnet too o...

Events

3 h. ago Hamnet review – Jessie Buckley and Paul Mescal excel in stately Shakespeare drama with overwhelming finale

Toronto film festival: The two stars are knockouts in Chloé Zhao’s poignant adaptation of Maggie O’Farrell’s 2020 novel with a stirring tearjerker endingMaggie O’Farrell’s lauded 2020 novel Hamnet is a dense and lyrical imagining of the lives of William Shakespeare’s family, full of interior thought and lush descriptions of the physical world. It would seem, upon reading, near impossible to adapt into a film. Or, at least, a film worthy of O’Farrell’s so finely woven sensory spell. Film-maker Chloé Zhao has attempted to do so anyway, and the result is a stately, occasionally lugubrious drama whose closing minutes are among the most poignant in recent memory.Zhao is a good fit for the material. She, too, is a close observer of nature and of the many aching, yearning people passing through it. But she has previously not made anything as traditionally tailored and refined as this. The humbler dimensions of her films The Rider and Nomadland are missed here; Hamnet too often gives off th...

Events

3 h. ago Trump cheers West Point for ‘smartly’ cancelling awards ceremony for ‘WOKE’ Tom Hanks

‘Hopefully the Academy Awards, and other Fake Award Shows, will review their Standards and Practices in the name of Fairness and Justice,’ the president exclaimed on social media.

Politics

3 h. ago Wales manager Craig Bellamy likens Premier League players to ‘cyborgs’

Bellamy says game is becoming increasingly physicalWales play Canada in Swansea on TuesdayCraig Bellamy compared Premier League players to “cyborgs” as he discussed the growing physicality in the game after Thomas Tuchel said long throws and direct tactics were in vogue.The Wales manager said he handpicked friendlies against Canada on Tuesday and England next month – two higher-ranked nations – to provide a barometer of his team’s progress and believes facing the latter at Wembley will be the perfect warm-up for hosting Belgium in a crunch World Cup qualifier four days later. Continue reading...

Sport

3 h. ago Prince Harry attends WellChild awards in London after paying tribute to the late Queen: Live updates 

LIVE UPDATES: Follow the latest developments on Prince Harry as he arrives in London for the WellChild awards in London after paying tribute to the late Queen earlier today.

Politics

3 h. ago Tottenham: Lewis family to continue financial backing after boardroom reshuffle, says Vinai Venkatesham

Danie Levy’s departure has seen Venkatesham become a key character at the club

Politics

3 h. ago Woman who murdered family lunch guests by poisoning beef wellington with mushrooms jailed for life

Erin Patterson’s non-parole period of 33 years is the longest ever for a woman convicted of murder in Victoria, Australia

Events