34 m. ago Andor season 2 release date, cast and plot as 'the best Star Wars series ever' returns

Disney+’s Andor is hailed as one of the best Star Wars spin-offs ever, but when does season two get started and what should fans expect?

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62 m. ago Taskmaster season 19: when does it start and what is Channel 4 release date?

Taskmaster season 19’s start date has been confirmed 👀

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96 m. ago Asian shares sell off as US curbs on Nvidia chip sales to China fuel trade fears; UK inflation slows to 2.6% – business live

Gold surges nearly 2% to new record high; UK food inflation slows and fuel prices fall while clothes prices riseFinancial markets are betting on an interest rate cut from the Bank of England meeting at its May meeting, estimating an 86% probability.They have fully priced in three quarter-point rate reductions this year.A sharp pickup in inflation from April is all but guaranteed. Ofgem’s 6.4% increase to its price cap, after a large fall last year, means we expect the energy component will add 0.7ppts to CPI inflation in April. A significant increase in water bills means the contribution from the core goods category is also set to rise. In addition, we expect businesses to pass on some of the increase in labour costs caused by the recent rises in employers’ National Insurance Contributions (NICs) and the National Living Wage onto consumers. Inflation is likely to peak in the autumn, before starting to cool as the contribution from the energy category fades.The MPC has lowered Bank R...

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97 m. ago Martin Odegaard only intent on making Arsenal history on Real Madrid return

No revenge mission as Gunners captain seeks to change narrative after difficult season

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1 hour ago Cate Blanchett’s retiring from acting? I’ll believe it when I see it | Michael Sun

When even Daniel Day-Lewis is out of retirement, you have to start wondering whether actors just like messing with peopleCate Blanchett is an actor’s actor. Cate Blanchett is the type of actor whose characters – flinty, steely, sly, sophisticated – are hardly distinguishable from the person herself. She speaks with the jarringly refined accent of an alien trained only on stage melodramas. She does not laugh; she titters. She does not walk; she glides. She does not debase herself with the prosaic concerns of you or I.This is why it is very hard to believe that she is “giving up”. In an interview with the Radio Times on Monday, Blanchett suggested she was no longer an actor. “My family roll their eyes every time I say it, but I mean it. I am serious about giving up acting,” she said. “[There are] a lot of things I want to do with my life.” Continue reading...

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2 h. ago Too much like Trump? Australia’s opposition leader Peter Dutton risks turning off voters

Dutton has taken the Liberal party further to the right, but his strategy of aping the US president could be unravelling as Trump tariffs cause chaosSee all our Australia 2025 election coveragePeter Dutton, the man who would be prime minister of Australia, is one of the hard men of the country’s politics.So, with Australia facing a federal election now set for 3 May, it was not a huge step for him to start road-testing some of the language and policies of Donald Trump after his win in the US last November. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago ‘I haven’t seen sunlight in 3 months’: American law firm trainees in London endure 13

‘I haven’t seen sunlight in 3 months’: American law firm trainees in London endure 13-hour days for eye-watering six-figure starting salaries  Fortune

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4 h. ago Liverpool boss Arne Slot makes incredible squad decision that shows what will happen in transfer window

Liverpool have had only 20 different starters in the Premier League this season - and just 10 players have taken up 76% of all those roles under Arne Slot

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5 h. ago Blue Origin space mission: Pointless celebrity joyride or 'Mother Earth' voyage

In case you missed it, a star-studded crew, including Katy Perry, flew into space on April 14, for just a matter of minutes and many people aren't happy about it

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5 h. ago Manchester United have a perfect alternative after controversial £7.5million transfer decision

Harry Amass has finally made the Man United breakthrough he has been waiting for after being given a first start by Ruben Amorim.

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6 h. ago EastEnders' Natalie Cassidy breaks silence with major announcement just days before soap exit

Natalie Cassidy has played Sonia Fowler on EastEnders since 1993, but she is set to take a break from the soap as her character leaves Walford to start a new life

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6 h. ago Trump’s deportation ‘mistake’: the man trapped in a prison in El Salvador

Kilmar Ábrego García was deported, detained and flown to a notorious prison – before officials admitted they had made an error. Why is he still there? Maanvi Singh reportsKilmar Ábrego García was 16 when he came to the US, after his family were targeted by criminal gangs in his home of El Salvador. He joined his brother in Maryland and started a new life.In 2019, he was arrested by immigration officials and accused of being a gang member, but his lawyers argued there was no evidence for this, pointed out he had no criminal convictions and insisted he should not be sent back to a country where he was himself at risk from criminal gangs. A judge agreed and gave him protected status so he could not be deported. Continue reading...

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7 h. ago Ukraine war briefing: Nato chief visits Odesa, declares ‘unwavering’ support for Kyiv

Nato’s Mark Rutte makes his pledge after Donald Trump blames Volodymyr Zelenskyy for starting the war. What we know on day 1,148See all our Ukraine-Russia war coverageNato secretary general Mark Rutte has visited the southern Ukrainian city of Odesa with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and declared “unwavering” support for Ukraine in the aftermath of a Russian attack on the northern city of Sumy that killed 35 people. Rutte said the military alliance was still strongly behind Kyiv, even as it also supported the ceasefire push by US president Donald Trump, who has issued fresh criticism of Zelenskyy, accusing him of starting the war. “Nato stands with Ukraine,” Rutte said at a press conference with Zelenskyy on Tuesday. “You and I know that this has been true all along. I also know that some have called Nato’s support into question in the last couple of months. But let there be no doubt: our support is unwavering.” Rutte also said: “Russia is the aggressor, Russia started this war. The...

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8 h. ago When does Andor season two start? Disney Plus release date explained

Andor will land on Disney Plus for a second season very soon 👀

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8 h. ago Gardeners urged to sprinkle £1.10 kitchen staple on plants prone to pest chaos

This kitchen staple is known for giving meals a strong kick of flavour, but gardening experts reveal it can also 'kick' pesky pests away from your plant beds too

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9 h. ago 'We will kill them all' Kremlin sends chilling nuclear threat to UK over 'coalition of the willing'

Vladimir Solovyov, one of the most prominent mouthpieces of Russian President Vladimir Putin, issued a chilling warning to the UK over its support for Ukraine and a coalition of the willing

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9 h. ago British hospitals introduce treatment for heart failure that cuts deaths by 62%

‘Gamechanger’ brought in after success of trial offering larger doses of drugs within first two weeks of treatment People in Britain with heart failure are being given larger doses of drugs at the start of their treatment after a global study found that this led to a huge fall in deaths.Experts say the new approach could mean those with the potentially fatal condition start receiving their ideal amount of medication within two weeks of diagnosis rather than after many months. Continue reading...

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11 h. ago Serial killer Robert Maudsley 'buried alive' in glass cage ends hunger strike

Maudsley has now ended the hunger strike and started eating again.

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11 h. ago Russia sends terrifying WW3 threat to UK warning 'we will kill all British people'

A Russian propagandist has taken to state TV to issue a direct threat of nuclear war against the UK, as well as Prime Minister Keir Starmer's coalition of the willing

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11 h. ago Birmingham locals fume over 'diabolical health hazard' that's 'making kids sick'

Fed-up Birmingham locals have demanded the council act straight away to end the rubbish crisis that has left locals fearing for their health as huge rats scurry among the debris

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