2 h. ago EastEnders fans point out 'glaring plot hole' with Alfie Moon's exit scenes

The first week of Ben Wadey's EastEnders era ended with a departure

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3 h. ago Arnold Schwarzenegger 'hated' rival Sly Stallone until this one thing happened

Hollywood legend Arnold Schwarzenegger has opened up about one of his most famous rivalries, and revealed that just one thing completely changed his opinion on Sly Stallone

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4 h. ago Rhetoric heats up and modern missiles evade defences as the conditions are set for yet more violence in the Middle East

Israel’s rhetoric has gone up into the use of the N (azi) word as the battlespace is being shaped for more bloodletting, World affairs editor Sam Kiley reports from Tel Aviv

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4 h. ago Where to buy stylish hardware: the best doorknobs, light switches and hinges for any style home

It’s the finishing touches that really take a room from meh to marvellous so choose the best you can

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4 h. ago Ed Sheeran's budgie smugglers sell at charity auction alongside custom painted guitar

Singer Ed Sheeran's red pants with butterflies on them fetched £55 while the custom painted Martin LX1E acoustic guitar brought in the highest bid, selling for £4,250

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5 h. ago Cutting edge virtual production at Belfast studio ‘most advanced in the world’

Ogres can be brought to life and close ups of Titanic made possible at Studio Ulster on the shores of Belfast Lough.

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6 h. ago Monk who brought shame on Catholic boarding school jailed for abusing pupils

Michael James Callaghan, known as Father James, has been jailed for seven years for preying on the vulnerable teenage boys at Ampleforth College.

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6 h. ago Time for Newcastle owners to make statement and put end to Alexander Isak saga

The Swedish striker is being increasingly linked to a big-money move to Liverpool while other star names at St James' Park are also said to be on the radar of rival Premier League clubs

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7 h. ago 'Queen of Football' swaps kit for bikini as Alisha Lehmann rival 'in and out of uniform'

Kiana Dufour, who has been dubbed as the 'Queen of Football', has turned up the heat in her rivalry with Alisha Lehmann with her latest set of Instagram snaps

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7 h. ago Abstract Erotic review – artworks as beguiling as they are compelling

The Courtauld, LondonWith works by Alice Adams, Eva Hesse and Louise Bourgeois, this exhibition revisits a 1966 show of pieces delving into the psychosexual and the human bodyPendulous, scuttling, slapstick, sinister and ribald, Abstract Erotic revisits a moment in 1966 when the young American critic and curator Lucy Lippard brought together the work of three women in New York in a larger show of eight artists at the Fischbach Gallery then on Madison Avenue. It was originally titled Eccentric Abstraction, but the eccentrically abstract isn’t nearly as sexy as the erotic – yet somehow neither title quite fits the strange and compelling sculptures and little objects, drawings and reliefs by Alice Adams, Eva Hesse and Louise Bourgeois that, even 60 years on, are as alive as ever they were.Eccentric Abstraction was the first exhibition Lippard had ever curated, and was, she said, “an attempt to blur boundaries, in this case between minimalism and something more sensuous and sensual – th...

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7 h. ago ‘True model of humility’: hundreds pay tribute to victims of Minnesota killings

Candlelight vigil honoring Melissa Hortman and husband at state capitol was attended by Tim Walz and couple’s sonHundreds gathered at the Minnesota capitol on Wednesday night to honor state Democratic representative Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, who were killed at their home on Saturday night in what authorities have described as a “political assassination”.Some mourners reportedly brought flowers to place in front of this memorial, while others held candles. Tim Walz, the Minnesota governor, grew teary at the vigil, and consoled attendees, as a brass band from the Minnesota Orchestra performed, according to the Associated Press. Continue reading...

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7 h. ago They planned to seek asylum. Trump’s policies have left them stranded at the US

Five months after the president closed the border, many who planned to enter US legally don’t know where to turnDonald Trump’s crackdown on immigration upended lives on inauguration day when he abruptly closed the border for many who were just on the Mexican side of the border planning to cross into the US legally. Five months on, some hold on to hope, others are giving up.A family from El Salvador seeking asylum was left stranded at the border within sight of Texas only three days into the second Trump administration. A grandfather, his daughter, his niece, her husband and two of his grandchildren had done things “the right way”, by requesting one of the highly limited appointments with US Border Patrol, from the Mexican side using the Biden-era mobile phone app called CBPOne. But on January 20, Trump signed an executive order cancelling all scheduled appointments, including theirs on 23 January at noon. Continue reading...

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8 h. ago Rodin’s rowdy rival: Medardo Rosso, the anarchist who brought sculpture into the modern era

A new retrospective shines a light on the turn-of-the-century Italian artist, one of the art world’s most obscure yet revered figures, whose legacy was eclipsed by his contemporariesIf you ask art dealers and auctioneers about the legacy of the turn-of-the-century sculptor Medardo Rosso, you are likely to be met with a uniform reply: “Medardo who?” There’s no judgment here. I’ve worked in and around the art world for 20 years, and until recently I hadn’t heard of Rosso either.In artists’ ateliers, however, Rosso has long been a familiar and revered name. Auguste Rodin, the father of modern sculpture, was his champion and friend until the pair’s fallout. Émile Zola was a fan. The playwright Edward Albee owned a version of his sculpture Enfant Juif; French poet Guillaume Apollinaire described him as “without a doubt the greatest living sculptor”. Continue reading...

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8 h. ago 'Rowdy' Brit knocked out by single punch after scuffle with bouncer in Benidorm

WARNING, GRAPHIC CONTENT: A British man was knocked out with a single punch at a bar in Benidorm after a scuffle with a bouncer, with a witness saying it left his leg dislocated

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8 h. ago How the US men’s national team values diversity, even in the Trump era

With World Cup 2026 on the horizon, the team has been reluctant to weigh in publicly as one of their pillars is politicizedLos Angeles will be in the spotlight during the 2026 World Cup. It’s where the US men’s national team will begin their World Cup campaign, and it’s where they’ll wrap up the group stage. It’s a city in the news lately due to the Trump administration’s deployment of Ice and the national guard, but it’s also a metro area synonymous with diversity. This US men’s national team, more than ever, reflects that diversity.“It’s not that there’s a record or anything of how many minorities have been on the national team before, but I feel like this has been the most diverse generation of national team,” said center back Chris Richards, who is poised to be a leader along the backline for the US next year. Continue reading...

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8 h. ago 'Please, do not read them' Scots author won't let her parents read her erotic novels

Sophie Gravia has built a career writing about the messy, complicated, and often hilarious reality of dating in the modern world.

Culture

9 h. ago Sailing towards Glastonbury: Rod Stewart’s greatest solo songs – ranked!

As the 80-year-old gears up for Worthy Farm, we pick the best of his post-Faces career, from moving ballads to silly, sleazy pop, and cover versions that became definitiveThis is essentially a lyrical update of (I’m Not Your) Steppin’ Stone or Where Do You Go to (My Lovely)? – in summary: peeved ex complains that former girlfriend now moves in lofty circles. But Baby Jane was as good as 80s-pop Rod got: very of-its-era arrangement, great melody, big old chorus, a UK No 1. Continue reading...

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9 h. ago James Wade caught in new darts 'fartgate' as he tells Peter Wright to 'give it one sec'

Serial trumper James Wade let rip on the oche again in yet another 'fartgate' during his match with Peter Wright, with the referee forced to intervene and his rival walking off the stage

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9 h. ago Andy Murray hints at frosty split with Novak Djokovic as tennis legend makes surprise admission about coaching role with former rival

He worked with Djokovic through the Australian Open, where the Serbian star reached the semi-finals, but the brief partnership came to an end in May amid a struggle for results.

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10 h. ago 'Choking porn' to be BANNED by Labour under new measures outlawing 'any act of strangulation' on sick sex sites

Laws will be brought in to criminalise 'pornography depicting any act of strangulation'.

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