67 m. 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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1 hour ago Coronation Street's green coat lady 'exposed' as real Tia Wardley's identity 'sealed'

Coronation Street fans think they know who the real Tia Wardley is after a decoy twist on the ITV soap, and she could be linked to the mystery 'green coat lady' at the hospital

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1 hour 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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3 h. ago Millions of UK iPhone and Android users at risk of emergency alert scam this weekend

The Government is set to blast an emergency alert through everyone's phones at 3pm on Sunday, 7 September - but cybersecurity experts are warning that hackers are planning to use the test to trick people

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5 h. ago Margaret Thatcher's 'affair' rumour exposed: Everyone always thought she was faithful to Denis. Now a new book reveals what the backbenches whispered about her and her dashing chief whip...

Margaret Thatcher liked people to believe her husband Denis was her first and only love.

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6 h. ago ‘Humanity is facing a reckoning’: Venice shrugs off the glamour to take aim at politics

Stars waved as usual from the city’s water taxis, but there was a repeated focus on films that help audiences interpret a chaotic worldFor most of its 82 years, Venice has been perceived as the world’s most glamorous film festival. This year was no exception: stars including Julia Roberts, Cate Blanchett, Jude Law and George Clooney dutifully waved from canals and trooped down red carpets (although Law tripped while on a water taxi and Clooney got ill).But the films themselves struck a different note. Jury president Alexander Payne may have rebutted questions about current affairs during his opening press conference, declaring himself concerned only with discussing cinema, but cinema at Venice this year was concerned largely, it turned out, with discussing current events. Continue reading...

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6 h. ago Voices: As Angela Rayner falls on her sword, Keir Starmer will also take a hit

The prime minister is not just losing someone he has learned to value, says John Rentoul – his holier-than-thou pitch has been destroyed and the deputy leadership election will tip Labour into a civil war

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6 h. ago Voices: Readers clash over digital ID cards – from ‘Big Brother state’ fears to ‘making life easier’

Readers are split over digital ID cards, with some fearing a ‘dystopian nightmare’ and others saying they would ‘close loopholes’ and reduce fraud

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7 h. ago Voices: Does firing your worst employees ever make business sense?

As Lloyds plans to cut its bottom 5 per cent of staff, James Moore asks if threatening thousands of ‘underperformers’ with the sack can have an energising effect on the workforce

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8 h. ago Rapist Tinder swindler who stole £214k from victims exposed in new Amazon documentary

Christopher Harkins was convicted of 19 offences committed between 2013 and 2019, including rape, assault, threatening and abusive behaviour.

Economics

8 h. ago Revealed: 'Corrupt' housing officers suspected of allocating hundreds of east London council homes for cash

Police make arrests amid investigation into four-year east London housing 'scam'

Society

9 h. ago Trump goes on a tear over ‘psychopathic nut job’ Jerry Nadler after veteran Democrat announces retirement

President calls New Yorker ‘most disgusting Congressmen in USA History’ days after 78-year-old said he would not seek reelection to make way for younger voices

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9 h. ago She was the authentic voice of the snarling Left, but as we now know, the Red Queen was a woman of gluttonous appetites with little between the ears: QUENTIN LETTS

Amid a Cabinet of dull mumblers, Angela Rayner was the eye-flashing exception. Sir Keir Starmer praised her 'working-class background' but actually that wasn't so rare, even in the modern Labour party.

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10 h. ago This is exactly why older women like me don't want to have sex with men our own age. Husbands take note, warns 63

It was a beautiful summer evening as I sat chatting to Fred in the garden of a Surrey restaurant. The wine did little to calm my nerves. I was so terrified he wouldn't find me attractive.

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10 h. ago Voices: Welcome, Nadine, to the Reform UK care home for deadbeat defectors

The recruitment of former Tory minister Nadine Dorries is being hailed as a coup for Nigel Farage. Really? Sean O’Grady argues her slavish devotion to Boris Johnson and her track record in government suggest she’ll soon become a liability

Events

11 h. ago 'Loads of lemons about': The message that exposed a pair of cowboys

'If there had been high winds, the roof would probably have blown off'

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11 h. ago Closing the equity gap: Groundbreaking programme aims to boost Scottish female founders and investors

“By connecting experienced voices with emerging talent, we want to ensure that female-led businesses across Scotland can thrive” – Elizabeth Pirrie, AccelerateHER

Economics

12 h. ago Voices: If a dream can explain the toilet, what does it say about me?

This week, poet and artist Frieda Hughes has visions of lavatories on street corners, and wonders what meaning lies beneath its lid

Politics

12 h. ago Rogue builder's £37K scam exposed by voice note about 'lemons'

The men targeted a pensioner in his mid-60s, charging him £37,000 for shoddy roof work, and have now been sentenced to more than two years each in prison for the fraud

Economics

12 h. ago FTSE 100 Live 05 September: House price record lifts builders, retail sales higher

The mood around the UK economy was today lifted by figures showing retail sales and house price growth.

Society