62 m. ago Leeds Festival 2025: Met Office weather forecast for full weekend

Leeds Fest is kicking off today! Will you need layers upon layers? Or cool summer clothes?

Society

67 m. ago Summer celebrations meet closed beaches and warnings on US East Coast due to Hurricane Erin

From Florida to New England, people trying to enjoy some of the last hurrahs of summer along the East Coast have been met with rip-current warnings, closed beaches and in some cases already treacherous waves as Hurricane Erin inches closer

Events

74 m. ago Photos of Pakistan honoring a Sufi saint with drumming, dancing, and bright lights

Drumming, dancing, and bright lights. Pakistan’s centuries-old tradition of honoring Sufi saints comes alive during annual festivals known as Urs.

Culture

76 m. ago ‘What the hell should I wear?’ The style challenges of a fortysomething man

The certainties of youth are slipping away and I find myself in something of clothing identity crisis. It doesn’t help that what’s ‘cool’ is increasingly hard to pin down. So where does that leave an average bloke just hoping for the best?In September I will turn 44, the supposed first iceberg of ageing. As my own personal A23a approaches, I find myself, when it comes to how to get dressed at least, not older and wiser but but more adrift than ever.It’s not necessarily for want of effort. A while ago I tried on a pair of wide trousers: the big blocky sort that have become increasingly fashionable. I hadn’t worn anything like them before and wasn’t convinced, but was feeling bored with my own wardrobe. When I modelled them in the shop for my wife, she reacted instantly. I couldn’t pull them off, she said. You’re not an art or fashion person, was the implication. She was right; her advice tends to be sound. Continue reading...

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76 m. ago Sabrina Ghayour’s recipes for lamb koftas with smoky aubergine salad

Popular across the eastern Mediterranean and Middle East, koftas are easy crowdpleasers, especially with a spicy, smoky salad on the sideGreat food doesn’t need to be complicated. These recipes are wonderful on their own, but even better with some flatbread on the side. Charred aubergine is such a classic way to cook this vegetable, and popular in so many countries across the eastern Mediterranean, Middle East and south-east Asia. The cooked flesh cooks beautifully and holds a wonderful smokiness that really imparts itself into the dip, adding extra depth. Koftas, meanwhile, are always crowd-pleasing for kids and adults alike, and the harissa yoghurt and burnt orange really complement the spice. Both are perfect as a main meal or as part of a bigger feast for sharing. Continue reading...

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76 m. ago Scottish oyster festival set for best year in decades thanks to marine heatwave bringing bumper season

Exceptional breeding conditions thanks to high summer temperatures

Politics

76 m. ago Festivals diary: How financial fairness is a reoccurring theme of this year's Fringe

Performers have raised issues over fairness in the Fringe

Politics

76 m. ago East Kilbride YM sell player back to rivals East Kilbride Thistle for undisclosed fee

Adam Edgar's spell at Kirktonholme has been short lived

Sport

4 h. ago Noel Gallagher opens up about his brother Liam on Oasis reunion tour: ‘He’s been amazing’

Noel says his long-estranged brother is ‘smashing it’ during the band’s stadium shows and that he’s ‘proud’ of himNoel Gallagher has opened up about his feelings towards his long-estranged brother Liam during Oasis’ sold-out global reunion tour for the first time, saying: “He’s been amazing it’s great being back in the band with Liam.”Oasis announced they would be reuniting in August 2024, 15 years after their split in 2009 when Noel quit the band after a backstage brawl at the Rock en Seine festival in Paris, saying he “simply could not go on working with Liam a day longer”. Continue reading...

Politics

4 h. ago Queen Elizabeth 'refused to open airport terminal' after cousin's gun mistake

Lord Ivar Mountbatten, a first cousin once removed of Prince Philip, was prevented from taking his shotguns on a flight from Bristol to Aberdeen to see the Queen

Politics

7 h. ago Coldplay's Chris Martin addresses keeping kiss cam on tour after previous 'debacle'

Coldplay performed in Hull earlier this week and whilst at Craven Park, singer Chris Martin spoke about using a 'kiss cam' on the tour after a scandal just weeks ago

Politics

7 h. ago Kneecap rapper to appear in court for alleged support of terrorist group

Liam Og O hAnnaidh, who performs under the stage name Mo Chara, is yet to enter a plea to the charge.

Events

8 h. ago Bret Baier got swept up in DC police crackdown as he was pulled over for distracted driving

The incident came before Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky canceled an interview with Baier Monday evening

Events

8 h. ago This was a train wreck. An absolute horror show of a performance from Rangers. The atmosphere at Ibrox turned toxic...

Given how unimpressive and unconvincing Rangers have been in these early weeks of the new season under Russell Martin, there was always a fear they might suffer a heavy beating at some point.

Events

9 h. ago Queen Elizabeth ‘snubbed airport terminal opening after relative stopped from taking guns on plane’, royal cousin claims

Queen Elizabeth II allegedly refused to open an airport terminal after her cousin was stopped from bringing his guns onto a plane.

Politics

9 h. ago Rangers collapse early against Club Brugge to leave Martin facing fans’ wrath

Russell Martin’s eighth match of a Rangers reign already riddled with doubts proved close to a living nightmare. Championship promotion races and playoffs, the ill winds of struggling in the Premier League have nothing on the fever-dream pressures of failing to turn around one of Glasgow’s giants.Martin may be a believer in his own processes but in an environment where snap decisions are often sustained, he does not have long to set them in place. The chances of Rangers playing Champions League football rather than the Europa League are an outside chance after a first-half performance of rank ineptitude, the tone and probably the two-legged tie set by a horrible opening 20 minutes in which three soft goals were conceded. So early in his stewardship, Martin is still in the experimental phase and until a revival in the second half the experiment looked likely to be abandoned some time soon. Continue reading...

Politics

9 h. ago EastEnders fans 'rumble' new owner of Walford East as legendary character returns

EastEnders fans are convinced that they have 'worked out' the new owner of Walford East as a beloved character is set to make a long-awaited comeback to the BBC soap

Politics

10 h. ago Late Queen ‘refused to open airport terminal’ after relative stopped with guns

Lord Ivar Mountbatten revealed what the monarch quipped when he was banned from taking his guns on a flight from Bristol as he travelled to Balmoral.

Politics

10 h. ago Vladimir Putin brought a 'super cool' motorbike to his summit with Trump and gave it to me: 'I'm dumbfounded'

As publicity stunts go it was perhaps the most bizarre Putin has ever performed

Politics

10 h. ago ICE adds two Mustang GT Fastbacks to its fleet – at Trump’s request – in latest move to entice recruits

Exclusive: The deportation agency believes the vehicles will serve “as a bold, high-performance symbol of innovation, strength and modern federal service,” according to federal procurement documents reviewed by The Independent

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