8 h. ago Legal aid lawyers face chaos following cyber attack, says representative body

Chris Minnoch, of the Legal Aid Practitioners Group, said lawyers have called the representative body ‘in tears’ over the situation.

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6 d. ago SNP accused of burying heads in the sand over North Sea 'emergency'

A new report has warned tens of thousands of jobs are at risk by 2030

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7 d. ago Rugby's concussion lawsuit grows again as lawyers representing former players argue game's authorities have their 'heads in the sand'

The lawyers representing ex-players suing rugby's authorities for alleged negligence have accused the sport's authorities of putting the game at risk by 'burying their heads in the sand.'

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8 d. ago Brooklyn Beckham and Nicola Peltz hire Meghan Markle's lawyer amid family feud

Brooklyn Beckham and his wife Nicola Peltz have reportedly hired the lawyers who represent Meghan Markle and Prince Harry amid ongoing family feud with his family

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1 week ago Trump’s lawlessness is emboldening El Salvador’s brutal regime | Noah Bullock and Amrit Singh

The detention of a leading human rights lawyer is part of a wave of repression sweeping the country under Nayib BukeleThe Trump administration’s agreement with President Nayib Bukele to detain US migrants deported to El Salvador without due process seems to have emboldened Bukele’s autocratic regime. Last week, in a troubling sign of escalating repression, Salvadorian police detained Ruth López Alfaro, a prominent Salvadorian human rights lawyer at Cristosal, an organization fighting for human rights in Central America.Last year, the BBC recognized Ms López Alfaro as one of the 100 most inspiring and influential women in the world, describing her as “an outspoken critic of the country’s government and institutions” who “conducted a broad social media campaign to promote political transparency and public accountability overseen by the citizens themselves”. This year, on 18 May, Salvadorian security forces detained her at her residence on embezzlement charges and held her incommunicad...

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1 week ago PETER HITCHENS: How the OSTRICH class are ruining Britain. These self

Meet the Ostrich Class, that great swamp of silly, self-regarding people who decide how we shall live, suffer and quite possibly die.

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1 week ago Violent and lewd! Not Grand Theft Auto, Shakespeare’s Macbeth

If Shakespeare were around today, he’d be making open-world shooters with the same depth and diversion as his playsLast week, the Guardian spoke to the team behind Lili, a video game retelling of Macbeth, shown at the Cannes film festival. The headline quote from the piece was “Shakespeare would be writing for games today”, which I have heard many times, and does make a lot of sense. Shakespeare worked in the Elizabethan theatre, a period in which plays were considered popularist entertainment hardly worthy of analysis or preservation – just like video games today! The authorities were also concerned about the lewd and violent nature of plays and the effect they may have on the impressionable masses – ditto!But if we agree that a 21st-century Shakespeare would be making games, what sort would he be making? If our central thesis is that Shakespeare would be interested in mass, popular entertainment, then – if we’re talking pure revenue – he would be making casual smartphone games: Te...

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2 w. ago Alex Garland set to direct huge video game adaptation for A24

Game’s worldbuilding was written by Game of Thrones author George RR Martin

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2 w. ago Elden Ring film adaptation confirmed with Alex Garland set to direct

Game’s worldbuilding was written by Game of Thrones author George RR Martin

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3 w. ago Lawyer for Venezuelans deported to El Salvador prison arrested

Ruth López held without access to lawyers at secret location accused of ‘embezzlement’ a decade agoThe head lawyer of a human rights group representing the families of Venezuelan migrants imprisoned in El Salvador after being deported from the United States has been arrested.Ruth López, an outspoken critic of President Nayib Bukele, was detained late on Sunday under an order from the prosecutor’s office which accused her of “embezzlement” when she worked for an electoral court a decade ago, the human rights group Cristosal said in a statement. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Chelsea win Women’s FA Cup as Baltimore’s double sinks Manchester United

Unflustered, unrivalled and unbeaten. Sonia Bompastor’s Chelsea team were at their clinical best as they completed a 30-game unbeaten domestic treble with a 3-0 win against Manchester United in the FA Cup final.For the most part, United weren’t that bad, Chelsea were just better when it mattered most, again and again and again, two goals from Sandy Baltimore, arguably the Blues’ player of the season, sandwiching Catarina Macario’s headed effort. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Brian Glanville, journalist lauded as ‘the greatest football writer’, dies aged 93

Glanville was Sunday Times correspondent for 30 yearsInfluential author of The Story of the World CupBrian Glanville, whose insightful football writing had a profound influence on generations of reporters and readers alike, has died aged 93.A novelist and respected columnist, Glanville was a prolific commentator on his beloved game, a passionate chronicler of Italian football and author of some of football’s most influential books. Continue reading...

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