45 m. ago Birdwatchers rejoice! Exotic Glossy Ibis usually found in the Mediterranean starts breeding in the UK

Boasting a long, curved bill and iridescent feathers, these heron-like birds are most commonly spotted on the Mediterranean coast. But the Glossy Ibis is arriving into the UK in their hundreds, experts reveal.

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46 m. ago Busted star pulls out of McFly tour before first show for health reasons

‘There’s a lot of information I still don’t have about my condition,’ said the singer

Society

96 m. ago Maria Caulfield, former Tory health minister, defects to Reform — UK politics live

Caulfield says ‘the future is Reform’ as second Conservative MP in a week leaves for Nigel Farage’s partyVikram Dodd is the Guardian’s crime correspondent.Police expect to arrest 50 more people following Saturday’s large far-right-led march through London, the commissioner of the Metropolitan police said this morning.If you are Conservative right-minded, then the future is Reform. The country is going to change a lot. The same people who thought that Brexit would not happen think that Reform will not happen. They are in for a shock. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago Atletico Madrid: Liverpool receive boost as Champions League opponents reveal five injury absentees

Liverpool have been handed a big boost ahead of their Champions League opener as their opponents on Wednesday night, Atletico Madrid, revealed their travelling squad.

Sport

2 h. ago Coldwater viewers have A LOT of complaints as 'insufferable' Andrew Lincoln thriller kicks off on ITV

The six-part series, written by David Ireland, hit the channel on Sunday evening - and stars the likes of Andrew Lincoln, Eve Myles, Ewen Bremner and Indira Varma.

Politics

3 h. ago Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui: ‘Artists are liars who just make things up – but we reveal a lot’

The internationally feted choreographer has worked with pop megastars, a sculptor and the monks of the Shaolin Temple. Now he is tackling the cultural divisions and colonial legacy of his homelandSidi Larbi Cherkaoui is almost offended when I suggest he’s a busy man. “When people tell me, ‘You do so much,’ I cringe,” says the artistic director of the Grand Théâtre de Genève – the largest stage in Switzerland, with its ballet and opera companies – who runs his own company Eastman in his native city of Antwerp. He is also the creator of contemporary dance-theatre productions and a choreographer for film (Joe Wright’s Anna Karenina and Cyrano), musicals (Alanis Morissette’s Jagged Little Pill), pop (Beyoncé and Jay-Z, Madonna) and plenty more.This autumn alone, nine different works of Cherkaoui’s are being performed around the world, including An Accident/A Life, a collaboration with performer Marc Brew, about the car accident that left Brew paralysed from the neck down – “It’s maybe t...

Politics

3 h. ago Bukayo Saka: Mikel Arteta reveals Arsenal star has 'a lot of things' to do before injury return

Gunners travel to the Basque country in first European encounter of the season

Events

3 h. ago Diplo: The Mighty Dinosaur review – family dino animation goes meta as it rebels against ‘cute’

A strange, not entirely convincing attempt to add conceptual depth sees an animator forced to erase his own mildly annoying cartoon creationsWe’re in familiar children’s entertainment territory at the start of this family animation featuring a tiny little sincere dinosaur: mildly annoying lead character, mildly annoying would-be wizard sidekick delivering all the requisite snarky asides, plus mildly annoying assorted other critters. But in an unlikely swerve, this Czech/Polish/Slovakian production (dubbed into English for this release) turns out to honour the more formally and conceptually interesting heritage of east European animation. A couple of beats into the story, we suddenly find ourselves in a live-action environment, with a real human sitting in a dark basement studio, working away, drawing cartoons – the self-same cartoon, in fact, that we’ve just been watching.The artist is then interrupted by an extremely grating woman – think Joan Cusack’s deranged hyper-girly Debbie J...

Politics

4 h. ago ‘Trump is a defecating fly on a camel’s back’: Palestinian artist Samia Halaby on being banned, exiled – and now celebrated

At 88, she has won a Munch award for artistic freedom – despite her pioneering work being cancelled by the US university she studied at. She talks protest, polarisation and propagandaIt’s a miracle I get out of my interview with Palestinian artist Samia Halaby alive. Not just because the creaky wooden stairs to her second-floor Tribeca, New York live-work space are alarmingly steep, but because certain people view the 88-year-old acclaimed abstract artist, a pioneer of digital art, as a dangerous security threat.In December 2023, Indiana University, Halaby’s alma mater, cancelled what was due to be the first American retrospective exhibition of Halaby’s work at the university’s Eskenazi Museum of Art. The exhibition had been three years in the making but Halaby was informed she was no longer welcome in a terse two-sentence letter from the museum’s director, citing vague security concerns. The real reason, she suspects, was the museum’s wish to distance itself from anything supportiv...

Politics

8 h. ago Edinburgh drag queen 'targeted rival with vicious rumours of having sex with underage performers'

Lucy Grant, an artist in the capital scene, has issued a letter through her solicitor apologising to Andrew Donohoe, after he threatened to sue her for defamation.

Politics

11 h. ago Made In Chelsea's Sam Vanderpump is expecting his first baby with fiancée Alice Yaxley, 24, as couple reveal the sex, unusual name and how his Real Housewives aunt reacted

Made In Chelsea star Sam Vanderpump and fiancée Alice Yaxley are expecting their first baby, the Daily Mail can reveal.

Politics

12 h. ago Coronation Street spoilers reveal shock Noah news, Carla warns Becky and couple split

Coronation Street spoilers for next week tease big scenes with revelations, familiar faces sparking drama and more Becky Swain chaos, while there's also a split for a couple

Events

12 h. ago EastEnders spoilers reveal Sharon Watts to feud with Zoe Slater over 'shocking admission' as Stacey exit revealed

It's set to be another manic week for the residents of Albert Square

Events

15 h. ago UK weather maps reveal shock SNOW could hit Brits as temperatures nosedive

The UK is set for more unsettled weather after blustery conditions before temperatures dip notably - and we could see snow in some regions this weekend as the mercury drops to 0C

Events

15 h. ago What do the circus and US politics have in common? Ask these Black and brown circus artists

International Black Indigenous Circus Week in Philadelphia brings together artists specializing in aerial, juggling clowning and more for various panels and showsIn an industrial building in north Philadelphia, teal and red fabric used for aerial tricks dangled from the high ceiling. Alyssa Bigbee, the co-founder of the Philadelphia-based International Black Indigenous Circus Week, called on five performers to circle around for the first rehearsal of their circus show titled The Rebellion: Anarchy. “Remember to breathe. Remember to pace yourself,” Bigbee told the group of mostly Black and brown artists. “Lean on each other and feed off of each other in terms of energy.”As the song Welcome to the Jungle by Guns N’ Roses blared through the space, Bigbee strided up to a lyra, a metal circle resembling a hula hoop suspended from the ceiling. Her body undulated as she looped her legs in and out of the hoop. Artists linked arms and spun each other around. Later, they leaped into the air a...

Politics

16 h. ago Jade Thirlwall vows Little Mix reunion will happen 'if it's the last thing she does'

Beloved Geordie singer Jade Thirlwall has vowed that a Little Mix reunion will happen 'if it's the last thing she does' as she continues to enjoy success as a solo artist

Politics

18 h. ago US and China reach deal to transfer TikTok ownership, trade officials say

Framework deal is breakthrough in long-running dispute over app’s ownership amid security concerns in WashingtonJamieson Greer, a US trade representative, said on Monday that Washington and Beijing have struck a framework agreement on transferring TikTok to US-controlled ownership.Speaking after emerging from negotiations with Chinese officials, Scott Bessent said the deal was coming but declined to reveal the commercial terms. Continue reading...

Politics

18 h. ago ‘Art became a means of survival’: the Gaza Biennale lands in New York City

Recess, BrooklynA traveling exhibition of work from Palestinian artists aims to provide visibility to those whose lives have been devastated by the ongoing warArtists will go on creating, even under the most extreme and inhumane of conditions. This truism is part of the message and the power of the Gaza Biennale, which is currently working to exhibit the art of dozens of Palestinians around the world – including in New York City, where the abolitionist arts non-profit Recess hosts an exhibition of work from more than 25 of these artists.“They are artists, they need to create art,” said the Biennale organizers, who are currently located in Gaza and requested to be identified as the Forbidden Museum. “We need to help artists stand up for themselves with their skills. Just because you are an artist in the middle of a genocide doesn’t mean you don’t have anything to do.” Continue reading...

Events

19 h. ago Is a memory palace actually useful? It helped me memorize the first 20 digits of pi

It felt like a gargantuan achievement – I’m someone who regularly forgets the most important item on a shopping listTell us about your colorful wedding dressThere’s a scene from the 2010s series Sherlock that I think about a lot. Sherlock Holmes (Benedict Cumberbatch) visits his “mind palace” to figure out how he and his friend/minion John Watson (Martin Freeman) got drugged. Words, phrases and images float around his head, and he moves them around with his hands.“It’s a memory technique,” Watson explains to a confused onlooker. “You plot a map of a location – it doesn’t have to be a real place – and then you deposit memories there.” Theoretically, he says, you can never forget anything, he says: “All you have to do is find your way back to it.” Continue reading...

Politics

19 h. ago ‘Tinder Swindler’ Shimon Hayut arrested in Georgia on Interpol request

Hayut, a convicted fraudster who was focus of a Netflix documentary, was detained on as-yet unknown groundsA convicted con artist who was the focus of the Netflix documentary The Tinder Swindler has been arrested in Georgia on Interpol’s request, officials have said.Shimon Yehuda Hayut, also known as Simon Leviev, was taken into custody on Sunday as he arrived at Batumi international airport in the south-west of the country. Continue reading...

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