4 h. ago Iconic 90s MTV star dies aged 52 after long battle with breast cancer

Ananda Lewis, who was a popular host on MTV during the network's "veejay" era in the late 1990s, has died after battling breast cancer, her sister Lakshmi announced

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7 h. ago Judge 'not impressed' after seeing what paedophile, 74, wore to court

A judge slammed a paedophile's attempts to curry favour in court as he sentenced him to more than six years behind bars for disgusting crimes that he committed in the 1990s

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11 h. ago Best celebrity whisky: Top names shaking up the spirits scene

As Beyoncé’s Cowboy Carter show storms the capital, we take a look at her whiskey brand and other famous names with a hand in the dram

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11 h. ago Tuchel searching for England’s missing joy after failing to spark listless players

While there are mitigating circumstances, England showed an ominous lack of dynamism and control during friendlyIt was 11pm on Tuesday and it sounded as if there was some kind of road rage incident on the forecourt of the City Ground in Nottingham. All that could be heard was the deep blare of a horn from a large vehicle, which went on for an uncomfortably long time. Then the realisation dawned. It was the Senegal team bus and the driver was geeing up the gaggle of fans draped in the country’s colours, still ecstatic at how they had beaten England 3-1.The celebrations had got into full swing when Cheikh Sabaly, on as a substitute, swept home the clinching goal in stoppage time, the Senegal bench emptying, everybody wanting in on it. No team from Africa had beaten England before and it did not matter it was a friendly. The scene in the visiting dressing room was probably best described – as heard – by Thomas Tuchel. Continue reading...

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11 h. ago Llanelli homes evacuated as bomb squad rush to scene and man arrested over 'explosives'

Explosives experts rushed to a home in Llanelli, Wales, today

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11 h. ago Jo Malone's 'juicy' summer perfume with rave reviews now comes in £24 travel size

The scent was a 2005 release by the brand's founder and namesake.

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11 h. ago Police issue statement over 'categorically incorrect' rumours after mayhem on Salford street

Video from the scene shows a car in flames as a large group of youths gather on a grass embankment

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14 h. ago Teenager flown to hospital with serious injuries after being hit by bus

The road was closed for several hours while emergency services attended the scene

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14 h. ago Salford riots LIVE: Serious disorder as '60 youths block road' and car burns

Witnesses described as many as 60 youths blocking a road in Salford, Greater Manchester, with riot police responding and images showing a car on fire at the scene

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15 h. ago Retro pictures show what this Scottish city looked like back in the 1990s

A 1994 photo of Leith Walk offers a nostalgic glimpse of this city before trams were introduced

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16 h. ago Protesters have a right to wear masks – despite Trump’s double standard | Jan

Standing by one’s identity makes sense in certain contexts. But there is a host of valid reasons for lawful demonstrators to remain anonymousDo protesters have a right to hide their faces? Donald Trump, who likes to show and see his own face as often as possible, clearly does not think so. One demand to universities has been that they outlaw masking at demonstrations; in response to protests in California, the US president demanded on social media that anyone wearing a mask be arrested immediately.Never mind the apparent double standard, as Ice agents refuse to take off face coverings and hide their name tags, defying any accountability; there is a widespread sense that standing by one’s identity is a crucial part of standing up to unjust power. In fact, that intuition is at the core of civil disobedience. But it is not plausible in our present moment; what’s more, there is a long countervailing tradition of validating citizens’ right to anonymity. As recently as the mid-1990s, it w...

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19 h. ago Two Scottish restaurants named among Europe's best for authentic Neapolitan pizza

Scotland’s pizza scene has earned global praise, with two favourites named among Europe’s best in a top guide

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19 h. ago The Spin | Chipboard and carpet: refugee cricket tournament brings a moment of happiness

In the current wild and fragmented landscape, there is comfort in the sport’s ability to bring hope and communityNext week in Caen, at a baseball practice ground, on a pitch made out of two pieces of chipboard with some carpet stapled on top, a cricket tournament will unroll. Nine teams of refugees, mostly based in Normandy, will fight it out over two days in a series of round-robin T5 tape-ballgames.The battles will be fierce, the bowling often fast, with added jeopardy if the ball hits the not-very-well-disguised join between the two bits of chipboard. Chris Drew, a Guardian reader who lives locally, will umpire. “You watch county cricket and there is time,” he says via video call from France. “Time is one thing that you don’t have here. It is hit, it is whack, it is run, it is bowl – it is quite something. When they whack the ball, it stays whacked. There are no defensive shots. Continue reading...

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19 h. ago Tragedy as person found dead near Greater Manchester railway station

Emergency services were called out to the scene

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20 h. ago Nashville at 50: Robert Altman’s defining masterpiece of the 1970s

The director’s immersive look at the Nashville music scene remains an audacious narrative experiment that continues to influence film-makersReleased smack-dab in the middle of the 70s, like some gravitational mass at the center of the galaxy, Robert Altman’s Nashville is the defining work of a decade when iconoclasts upended Hollywood and took stock of the country during a turbulent stretch.For Altman, it was the culmination of a film-making style he had been refining since M*A*S*H in 1970, one built on spontaneity, a rich evocation of time and place, and actors empowered to create characters who seem to simply exist in their worlds, rather than impose themselves on it. The offhand magic of Nashville is that it feels modest, despite a who’s who of two dozen stars convening for an epic that offers Music City as a microcosm for America herself. Rarely are great films this casually profound. Continue reading...

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20 h. ago BBC Top of the Pops presenter who was as famous as Zoe Ball on 'what went wrong'

Sarah Cawood was a regular face on our TV screens in the 1990s, but now she's living a very different life away from the cameras

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26 h. ago In 'Youth Group' comic, evangelical kids sing silly songs about Jesus, fight demons

When he was a teenager in the 1990s, Jordan Morris was always up for a bit of mischief — as long as it didn’t involve sex or drugs, two things he was sure would kill him

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28 h. ago Rioter in Ballymena accidentally sets himself on fire with Molotov cocktail

The town in Co Antrim, Northern Ireland, has been the scene of riots for two nights now, as thousands of people have gathered to protest for the release of two 14-year-olds

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32 h. ago Love Island fans threaten Ofcom complaint after 'uncomfortable' scene

One Love Island couple has shocked viewers by getting down to business and locking lips on their first day as a pair on the ITV2 reality show after fears that a bombshell would split them up

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34 h. ago Amazon shoppers rave over beloved perfume they've been buying for 20 years

"I've loved this perfume for over 20 years! An old favourite that I love to still be able to buy! Would highly recommend! Its a very distinctive scent, not flowery or sweet, its name rings true to the scent!"

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