12 h. ago Black people in England four times as likely to face homelessness, study finds

Black people also less likely than white people to get social housing and can face ‘overt racism’ from private landlordsBlack people in England are almost four times as likely to face homelessness as white people and substantially less likely to get social housing, according to the first major study into homelessness and racism in more than two decades.A three-year research project by academics at Heriot-Watt University found that ethnicity affects a person’s risk of homelessness, even when controlling for factors such as geography, poverty and home ownership rates. Continue reading...

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17 h. ago Stanley cup 'perfect for summer heat' slashed by 25% for Amazon Prime Day

The cup comes in an array of colours, including purple, pink, green, light blue, black and white

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25 h. ago Stephen Salmieri’s Coney Island in black and white – in pictures

Between 1967 and 1972, Brooklyn-born photographer Stephen Salmieri captured life in Coney Island on film, now the subject of an online exhibition from Joseph Bellows Gallery. Salmieri’s vivid pictures, created with a variety of cameras and black and white film, show storefronts, games, the shoreline and the many characters who existed around them Continue reading...

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38 h. ago Naomi Watts' daughter Kai Schreiber, 16, towers over her in Paris... after model came out as transgender

Kai also showed off her slender legs in a white and black polka dot minidress while she wore her blonde hair down and added dark sunglasses. Her father is also an actor.

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43 h. ago Kendrick Lamar & SZA review – a pyrotechnic party of dark and light

Hampden Park, GlasgowHe’s icy, she’s all sunshine – but the rapper and R&B star’s talents prove perfectly complementary in a historic two-handerHe’s icy and controlled, she’s a beam of sunshine. Kendrick Lamar and SZA’s Grand National stadium tour has already broken records as the biggest co-headline tour in history, and they’ve still got five months left on the road. This yin-yang spectacle is a rare chance for fans to see the world’s most influential figures in rap and R&B in one night, and to bask in their chemistry as storied collaborators.Their sets weave together over three hours, welcoming us first into Lamar’s incisive (and enjoyably irritable) state-of-the-artform address, filmed austerely in black and white, before blossoming into full colour for SZA’s tactile songwriting about exes, bad habits and heart-leaping, interplanetary hope. The contrast is abrupt but high-energy, and when they overlap for duets, everything changes again: Lamar permits himself a broad grin...

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67 h. ago Shock moment 'kidnapper' grabs boy as screaming child’s parents chase him down

Jonathan Robalino, 36, was charged with assault and attempted kidnapping following the disturbing incident in Coney Island as the boy's mum feared he would kill her son

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3 d. ago Woke sexual harassment poster that shows a white woman groping a disabled black person sparks outcry

The sign was put up in an outdoor swimming pool in the western town of Büren with the caption: 'Stop! Grabbing is forbidden.'

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3 d. ago Jennifer Lopez, 55, sizzles in a string bikini in unfiltered photos that reveal bruises on her legs

Jennifer Lopez jetted off to Spain after her 4th of July party to enjoy some R&R. The Maid in Manhattan star, 55, looked gorgeous in a black and white bikini with bottoms that tied at her hips.

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3 d. ago Hidden Master: The Legacy of George Platt Lynes review – eye

Documentary celebrates the American photographer who lived, breathed and captured the shimmering fever dream of NYC’s gay culture in the 1940s and 50sGeorge Platt Lynes was an American photographer who lived in Paris in the 1920s and then mostly in New York City for the rest of his life; he died in 1955. A gay man who was very out by the standards of the times, he was right in the middle of the one of the most flamboyant bohemian queer scenes of the period. And, man, did he have fun, shagging up a storm and taking nude pictures of beautiful men and women (but mostly men) when he wasn’t earning work shooting fashion spreads for Vogue magazine. This documentary, directed by Sam Shahid, introduces his life and work in a deeply respectful, straightforward way, splicing in hundreds of examples of his mostly black-and-white pictures with curators, admirers and some surviving friends and acquaintances. Notable interviewees include portrait artist Don Bachardy, and the painter Bernard Perli...

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6 d. ago Listen to Joey, sport is always trying to tell you something, even by the medium of hot dogs | Barney Ronay

As Joey Chestnut, the Ronaldo of speed eating, regains his world hotdog crown, he’s holding up a mirror to our worldThe Big Dog is back. And the Big Dog is hungry. Hungry, above all, for dogs. Joey Chestnut has fulfilled his sporting destiny by reclaiming his world champion crown at the legendary 4 July hotdog eating contest in Coney Island, New York. Chestnut, AKA The Silent Warrior, is basically the Messi of elite eating. Or rather he’s the Ronaldo, relentless in his perfectionism, possessed of an alluring competitive arrogance, and with the GOAT-level numbers to back it up: winner of the Mustard Belt now 17 times and the world record-holder as of 2021, when he ate 76 hotdogs in 10 minutes, a huge uplift on his debut in 2005 when he ate a frankly pathetic 32 hotdogs.Above all, Chestnut had a point to prove. He was banned from competing last year over a controversial sponsor deal with a plant-based hotdog alternative. Losing the title was a kind of Icarus moment. No one is bigger t...

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6 d. ago Amanda Holden left fans stunned by £225 swimsuit but you can get similar at £41

Fans were shocked when they found out the price of the timeless black and white swimsuit but for those who like the classic style, Boux Avenue has a similar one for less

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6 d. ago Nuno Borges dons black ribbon as Jota tribute after football top request denied

The player’s team tried to source a white national jersey before settling for a black ribbon gesture.

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6 d. ago Nuno Borges says Wimbledon blocked Portugal shirt as tribute to Diogo Jota

The player’s team tried to source a white national jersey before settling for a black ribbon gesture.

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6 d. ago Photos show revelers and competitors alike savoring a July Fourth hot dog eating contest

Competitive eater Joey “Jaws” Chestnut reclaimed his title Friday at the Nathan’s Famous Fourth of July hot dog eating contest, and defending champion in the women’s division, Miki Sudo of Tampa, Florida, won her 11th title, downing 33 dogs. The annual eat-a-thon has been held outside the original Nathan’s Famous restaurant in Coney Island, Brooklyn, since 1972.

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6 d. ago Hot diggity dog: Joey Chestnut regains title in New York hotdog eating contest

Leviathan of competitive eating fires up Nathan’s Fourth of July event after yearlong ban for promoting rival wienersJoey “Jaws” Chestnut reclaimed his title at the annual Nathan’s Fourth of July hotdog eating contest on Friday, cementing his status as the undisputed all-time champion of hotdog consumption.A rerun of Jaws was the blockbuster attraction in Coney Island this Fourth of July holiday, but not the classic Steven Spielberg movie enjoying a new lease of life on the 50th anniversary of its release. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Moment thief disguised as Foot Locker worker drags wheelie bin packed with £3,000 of stolen clothes and trainers away

Reece Wheat, 28, disguised himself in the Footlocker's distinctive black and white striped uniform before he rushed away with thousands of pounds worth of goods from the Nottingham store.

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7 d. ago Joey Chestnut to make Coney Island’s summer as hotdog champion returns

The leviathan of competitive eating returns for Nathan’s Fourth of July hotdog eating contest after year’s ban for promoting rival plant-based wienersA rerun of Jaws will be the blockbuster attraction in Coney Island this Fourth of July holiday, but not the classic Steven Spielberg movie enjoying a new lease of life on the 50th anniversary of its release.The jaws here belong to Joey Chestnut, the undisputed all-time champion of hotdog consumption, and a leviathan in the world of competitive eating that has grown as a sporting spectacle to the point where it is a regular fixture on ESPN. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Joey 'Jaws' Chestnut hopes for a comeback victory in annual Nathan's Famous hot dog eating contest

Nathan’s Famous Fourth of July hot dog eating contest is back, and famed competitive eater Joey “Jaws” Chestnut is hoping for a comeback 17th win

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8 d. ago ‘Our sense of safety was violated’: a Black suburb in Ohio confronts repeated threats from white supremacists

Residents formed a safety watch after a neo-Nazi march in Lincoln Heights, but racist incidents still cause turmoilDespite its proximity to a busy highway, Lincoln Heights’ rolling hills, parks and well-kept lawns are pictures of calm suburban life north of Cincinnati.Today it’s home to about 3,000 mostly African American people a few miles from Kentucky and the Ohio River, which divided free northern states from the slave-owning south. In the 1920s, Lincoln Heights became one of the first self-governing Black communities north of the Mason-Dixon line. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Amanda Holden's very flattering plunge swimsuit sold out immediately

Amanda Holden's latest beach look could perhaps be her most flattering yet as she slipped into a chic black and white Cannes one-piece by luxury swimwear brand Away That Day.

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