2 h. ago MGD1 Wins 2025 FIDE World Rapid Teams Championship in London

MGD1 Wins 2025 FIDE World Rapid Teams Championship in London  Chess News | ChessBase

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17 h. ago All the headliners for BST Hyde Park 2025 as Olivia Rodrigo prepares to kick off summer festival

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22 h. ago The grand tour: one playwright’s quest to set foot in every African country before turning 60

Worried that he didn’t understand the continent of his heritage, Femi Elufowoju Jr challenged himself to visit all 54 of its nations. His trip took him from bustling Ghana to the tranquility of Tanzania – and sparked the idea for a playAt 53, I made myself a promise. Having built a reputation as the go-to authority on African culture in UK theatre, I realised with uncomfortable clarity that my knowledge barely scratched the surface of the continent’s vast complexity. What followed was an extraordinary seven-year quest to visit all 54 African nations before my 60th birthday – a journey that would ultimately transform into my ambitious new theatrical project, 54.60 Africa.The catalyst came during a 2015 world tour with theatre company Complicité that took me to Cape Town. Standing in the shadow of Table Mountain, I confronted a paradox that had long troubled me: despite my Nigerian ancestry and theatrical expertise, my understanding of Africa remained frustratingly...

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36 h. ago Briton is sole passenger to survive Air India crash that killed more than 260

Flight AI171 was bound for London when it crashed into residential area of Ahmedabad shortly after takeoffAir India plane crash – latest updatesMore than 260 people have been killed after a London-bound Air India flight crashed in a residential area of Ahmedabad, with a British man being the sole survivor.The Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner heading for Gatwick was carrying 242 people when it crashed minutes after taking off at 1.38pm local time from Ahmedabad, the main city in the north-western state of Gujarat. Continue reading...

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36 h. ago British man is sole survivor of Air India plane crash that left more than 260 dead

Flight AI171 was bound for London when it crashed into residential area of Ahmedabad shortly after takeoffAir India plane crash – latest updatesMore than 260 people have been killed after a London-bound Air India flight crashed in a residential area of Ahmedabad, with a British man being the sole survivor.The Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner heading for Gatwick was carrying 242 people when it crashed minutes after taking off at 1.38pm local time from Ahmedabad, the main city in the north-western state of Gujarat. Continue reading...

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40 h. ago Briton is ‘sole survivor’ of Air India plane crash that killed more than 290, police say

Flight AI171 was carrying 242 people bound for London when it crashed into residential area of Ahmedabad shortly after takeoffAir India plane crash – latest updatesMore than 290 people have been killed after a London-bound Air India flight crashed in a residential area in the city of Ahmedabad, with a British man believed to be the sole survivor, according to police and local reports.The Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner was carrying 242 people when it crashed minutes after taking off at 1.38pm local time from Ahmedabad, the main city in the north-western Indian state of Gujarat. Continue reading...

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40 h. ago Briton is sole survivor of Air India plane crash that killed more than 290

Flight AI171 was carrying 242 people bound for London when it crashed into residential area of Ahmedabad shortly after takeoffAir India plane crash – latest updatesMore than 290 people have been killed after a London-bound Air India flight crashed in a residential area in the city of Ahmedabad, with a British man the sole survivor, according to police.The Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner heading for Gatwick was carrying 242 people when it crashed minutes after taking off at 1.38pm local time from Ahmedabad, the main city in the north-western Indian state of Gujarat. Continue reading...

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40 h. ago Briton is sole survivor of Air India plane crash that killed more than 260

Flight AI171 was carrying 242 people bound for London when it crashed into residential area of Ahmedabad after takeoffAir India plane crash – latest updatesMore than 260 people have been killed after a London-bound Air India flight crashed in a residential area of Ahmedabad, with a British man being the sole survivor, according to police.The Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner heading for Gatwick was carrying 242 people when it crashed minutes after taking off at 1.38pm local time from Ahmedabad, the main city in the north-western state of Gujarat. Continue reading...

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43 h. ago Apparently no survivors after Air India plane crash in Ahmedabad, police say

Flight AI171 was carrying 242 people bound for London when it crashed into a residential area shortly after takeoffAir India plane crash – latest updatesThere appear to be no survivors from a London-bound Air India flight carrying 242 people which crashed shortly after takeoff in the north-western city of Ahmedabad, a police commissioner has said.The Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner was engulfed in a huge fireball after crashing into the Meghaninagar residential area minutes after taking off at 1.38pm local time. Continue reading...

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50 h. ago New Chelsea away kit for 2025/26 – it’s a London masterpiece! | News | Official Site

New Chelsea away kit for 2025/26 – it’s a London masterpiece! | News | Official Site  Chelsea Football Club

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61 h. ago Wimbledon 2025: Centre Court, London – Inside the Minds of Champions and the Pressure to Win

Wimbledon 2025: Centre Court, London – Inside the Minds of Champions and the Pressure to Win  Travel And Tour World

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62 h. ago ‘Dad strikes’ in London and Edinburgh demand better paternity leave

Hundreds of fathers protest with children to call for two weeks’ statutory paternity leave to be increasedHundreds of fathers took to the streets of London and Edinburgh on Wednesday to demand better paternity leave, in a protest that was billed as the world’s first dad strike.They came with babies in papooses and pushchairs, as they brandished placards and dad jokes to call for an overhaul of the meanest paternity leave system in Europe. Continue reading...

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65 h. ago Reeves pledges funds for northern rail but London left short | Spending review 2025

Reeves pledges funds for northern rail but London left short | Spending review 2025  The Guardian

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68 h. ago Gran Turismo World Series 2025 Round 1 recap – great racing in London

Gran Turismo World Series 2025 Round 1 recap – great racing in London  PlayStation.Blog

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2 d. ago Magdalena, Woman of Joy review – sex, sin and saintliness with a tour de force host

Playhouse East, LondonLily Sinko rages, writhes, provokes and teases her way through the horrifying life story of her storyteller with cartoonish abandonMagdalena appears from the dark, perched on a bar stool, cigarettes and liquor by her side, an array of hanging lamps casting a sultry glow. Her first words set the tone – “You want to fuck me,” she says – and lead us into an uncompromising introduction, littered with sex, violence and sideways jokes.She is the creation of French-English actor and writer Lily Sinko, and as her character’s name suggests, we’re hurled through a life of saintliness and sin, despair and redemption, as Magdalena does the best with the hand she’s dealt. We travel to her childhood in Marseille with a hostile “Papa”, an airport abduction that sees her deposited at the Virgin Mary School for Bad Bad Girls (Cash Only), and a wild escape through the streets of France, finding fleeting refuge in a cathedral.At Playhouse East, London, until 28 June Continue read...

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2 d. ago Live Review: Jamie xx and others at LIDO Festival, London, 7 June 2025

Live Review: Jamie xx and others at LIDO Festival, London, 7 June 2025  beatsperminute.com

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3 d. ago Source Fashion unveils seminar agenda for July 2025 London show

Source Fashion unveils seminar agenda for July 2025 London show  Fibre2Fashion

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3 d. ago Live Review: I’m With Her + Keenan O’Meara, Barbican, London – 29th May 2025

Live Review: I’m With Her + Keenan O’Meara, Barbican, London – 29th May 2025  Americana UK

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4 d. ago Gran Turismo World Series London: Subaru and Serrano Get 2025 Off to a Winning Start

Gran Turismo World Series London: Subaru and Serrano Get 2025 Off to a Winning Start  GTPlanet

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4 d. ago 2025 Gran Turismo World Series kicks off with Manufacturers' Cup in London

2025 Gran Turismo World Series kicks off with Manufacturers' Cup in London  RACER | Racing News

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