4 h. ago Steve review – Cillian Murphy is outstanding in ferocious reform school drama

Toronto film festival: adapted by Max Porter from his novella Shy and co-starring Little Simz, Emily Watson and Tracey Ullman this brutal but ultimately hopeful story is fiercely affectingProducer-star Cillian Murphy and director Tim Mielants last collaborated on a superlative adaptation of Claire Keegan’s Small Things Like These, and their new project together could hardly be more different: a drama suffused with gonzo energy and the death-metal chaos of emotional pain, cut with slashes of bizarre black humour. Max Porter has adapted his own 2023 novella Shy for the screen and Murphy himself gives one of his most uninhibited and demonstrative performances.Murphy is Steve, a stressed, troubled but passionately committed headteacher with a secret alcohol and substance abuse problem, in charge of a residential reform school for delinquent teenage boys some time in the mid-90s. With his staff – deputy (Tracey Ullman), therapist-counsellor (Emily Watson) and a new teacher (Little Simz) ...

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5 h. ago Heartbreaking moment Mets fan snatches ball from an 'old' man in the stands in New York

There is another overzealous sports fan lurking in Queens, and this time his victim is an older gentleman, instead of the young boy at the center of the recent uproar at the US Open.

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5 h. ago Chaos outside Epping's migrant hotel as protest videos emerge of lit flares 'being thrown' from windows whilst 'terrified' residents claim 'fireworks were aimed at building' as police confirm arrest

Migrants living at The Bell Hotel in Epping, Essex, have spoken of their 'terror' after a crowd of protesters gathered outside and flares were allegedly thrown close to their accommodation.

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5 h. ago Resident pays for council to clean graffiti outside Angela Rayner’s flat

The word ‘bitch’ along with a much larger sign saying ‘tax evader!’ were pictured on a white wall on the outside of the home.

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5 h. ago Coronation Street's Betsy screams in terror as car speeds towards her in crash spoiler

Coronation Street teen Betsy Swain lets out a terrifying scream, as she fears for her life in a shocking car crash plot - as first look reveals the moment a car veers towards her

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5 h. ago Two Emmerdale residents desperately flee to cottage to stop John

Emmerdale spoilers have revealed the moment that concerns about John Sugden lead to two characters racing up to the cottage, amid him taking deadly revenge on Aaron Dingle

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5 h. ago Lisbon funicular crash: Kayleigh Smith's poignant final Instagram post before tragic death

Kayleigh Smith and her partner Will Nelson were two of three Brits killed in the Lisbon funicular crash, which saw the popular tourist attraction derailed in the centre of the city

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6 h. ago Couple killed in Lisbon funicular crash posted pictures of trip before they died

A total of 16 people died when the popular tourist attraction derailed in the centre of the city on Wednesday night.

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6 h. ago Chaos outside Epping's migrant hotel as protest videos emerge of lit flares 'being thrown' from windows whilst 'terrified' residents claim 'fireworks were aimed at building'

Migrants living at The Bell Hotel in Epping, Essex, have spoken of their 'terror' after a crowd of protesters gathered outside and flares were allegedly thrown close to their accommodation.

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7 h. ago California nudist resort sues its owner after residents are forced to wear clothes

Longtime resident Nancy Roeder said she and her neighbors are in ‘survival mode’

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7 h. ago Teacher accused of kissing a student now suspected of having a relationship with a teen she was nanny for

Abigail Faust is also accused of knowing about an inappropriate relationship between her friend and another underage boy

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7 h. ago Chris Froome breaks silence after tearing open his HEART in horror crash which saw him fly into a road sign at 30mph

The four-time Tour de France winner was airlifted to hospital in France on Thursday after the incident, which saw him clip a kerb, hit a road sign at 30mph and resulted in a heart injury.

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7 h. ago Warning new West Lothian banking hub in 'challenging' location for the elderly

Both Linlithgow and Bathgate will get new hubs to help residents - but there is disappointment in Bathgate that a campaign to retain the new hub in the town centre has failed.

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7 h. ago The Paper review – this spinoff of the US Office is dated, mediocre TV

Domhnall Gleeson stars as a clueless local newspaper editor in the mockumentary comedy’s latest creation. His talents can’t outdo the one-note dialogue and lack of hilarityTwo years after the British version concluded with a second brilliantly mortifying Christmas special in 2003, American viewers got their own take on The Office. Set at the Dunder Mifflin paper company in Scranton, Pennsylvania, it was very much in the spirit of the original, at least initially: a deadpan mockumentary centred on a megalomaniac manager (Steve Carrell’s Michael Scott), who like Ricky Gervais’s David Brent before him was “a friend first, and a boss second and probably an entertainer third”. The Office: An American Workplace ran for nine seasons, setting aside some of the original’s cringe comedy aspects in favour of something with a little more heart. By the time it ended in 2013, it was an award-winning sitcom juggernaut in its own right – hugely popular but bearing little resemblance to its Slough-b...

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7 h. ago Katie Price 'called the paparazzi' on herself at rehab as secret she wouldn't want you to know is revealed in new documentary

Katie Price 'called the paparazzi' on herself while she was admitted to the rehab clinic, The Priory, for depression in 2019 and after her drinking driving crash in 2021 for post-traumatic stress disorder.

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7 h. ago Harry Styles and Zoe Kravitz look cozier than ever in new photos as friends reveal their 'casual fling' has dramatically changed course: 'Something special is brewing'

Harry Styles and Zoe Kravitz may be downplaying their new romance as casual, but all signs point to something much deeper brewing between the superstar couple. 

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7 h. ago West Lothian villagers hoping to expand community food hub saved from closure

New links with food suppliers have been set up and the pantry welcomes around 40 visitors a week in Bridgend.

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7 h. ago British couple killed in Lisbon funicular pictured smiling together before tragedy

Kayleigh Gillian Smith, 36, and William Nelson, 44, were among 16 killed in the horror crash

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8 h. ago The secret Katie Price wouldn't want you to know in new documentary

Katie Price 'called the paparazzi' on herself while she was admitted to the rehab clinic, The Priory, for depression in 2019 and after her drinking driving crash in 2021 for post-traumatic stress disorder.

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8 h. ago ITV Coronation Street Ollie's true identity 'exposed' and it's bad news for Lisa

Coronation Street newcomer Ollie could be hiding a dark secret from the residents of Weatherfield

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