34 m. ago Glasgow 2014 mascot Clyde the thistle 'rules himself out' 2026 Commonwealth Games role

“Something magical is coming your way and I know you’re going to love it.”

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44 m. ago ‘It’s my creative outlet’ – Ed Sheeran turns to art in time off from touring

Singer puts his collection of Cosmic Carpark Paintings on sale at £900 each to help his music foundationJonathan Jones review: Ed Sheeran’s Pollock homage has energy but no feeling or truthHe has dominated the past decade of UK music with his ability to craft earworm melodies that can become mass sing-alongs but Ed Sheeran has been swapping the recording booth for the artist’s studio.The singer, who grew up in a household with two parents who worked in art, is teaming up with Damien Hirst’s company Heni to sell prints of his Jackson Pollock-esque paintings in order to raise money for his foundation. Continue reading...

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44 m. ago Ed Sheeran’s Pollock homage has energy but no feeling or truth

Abstract art like this gives all abstract art a bad name, just meaningless concoctions that avoid proper scrutinyOne thing is obvious about Ed Sheeran the painter: he doesn’t want to ruin his clothes. He paints in a white protective suit, photos reveal, as if paint was radioactive material or sewage. It’s a telling contrast with a real artist like Jenny Saville, who gets completely covered with paint like a naughty three-year-old, let alone Van Gogh, who ate the stuff.Sheeran isn’t claiming to be one of those artists – is he? He’s in it for fun and charity. And his paintings have more energy than you’d think from the prissy hazmat suit. He must have moved about a bit, flicking and pouring the fizzy greenish blues, hot orange, lime, mixing them as if making cocktails. Continue reading...

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55 m. ago SMILE charity's bid to transform vacant Stonehouse care home

The good cause aims to turn the former Canderavon building into a tranquil centre for respite breaks and a new community hub

Society

1 hour ago Swiss 'super fan' who shot to fame at Euro 2020 ready for women's team to step up

Football fans who watched the Euro 2020 match between Switzerland and France may well remember the sight of Luca Loutenbach's emotional reactions to the Swiss comback

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2 h. ago A ruling this week in the Caster Semenya case could reignite the issue of sex eligibility in sports

A ruling expected this week by the highest chamber of the European Court of Human Rights could reignite champion runner Caster Semenya’s yearslong legal battle against sports authorities over sex eligibility rules

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2 h. ago IBS sufferers claim to have 'banished discomfort' with 'game changing' supplement

The Gut Wealth liquid supplement is designed to improve bowel regularity, reduce urgency and improve overall gut health

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2 h. ago Video game performers vote on contract that could end nearly three

Union members have until July 9 at 5 p.m. Pacific to vote on a tentative contract between video game performers and their employers

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2 h. ago NHS pharmacies to pilot ‘sponge on a string’ test to spot cancer precursor

Scheme in England to identify signs of oesophageal cancer forms part of government’s 10-year health planHundreds of people in England are to be offered a “sponge on a string” test to identify a precursor to one of the deadliest cancers in high-street pharmacies for the first time.Patients with persistent heartburn or acid reflux can take the “game-changer” tablet-sized capsule that when washed down with a glass of water expands in the stomach. Continue reading...

Sport

2 h. ago Futurist Adam Dorr on how robots will take our jobs: ‘We don’t have long to get ready – it’s going to be tumultuous’

Researcher says tech could replace nearly all human labour within 20 years and societies urgently need to prepareIf Adam Dorr is correct, robots and artificial intelligence will dominate the global economy within a generation and put virtually the entire human race out of a job. The social scientist doubles up as a futurist and has a stark vision of the scale, speed and unstoppability of a technological transformation that he says will replace virtually all human labour within 20 years.Dorr heads a team of researchers who have studied patterns of technological change over millennia and concluded that the current wave will not just convulse but obliterate the labour market by 2045. What cars did to horses and carts, and electricity to gas lamps, and digital cameras to Kodak, are templates for the coming shock, he says. “Technology has a new target in its crosshairs – and that’s us. That’s our labour.” Continue reading...

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2 h. ago Building the Band review – Liam Payne’s controversial final show is the kind of reality TV that made him

Is it ghoulish to posthumously release this singing contest featuring Payne as a judge? Or a moving tribute? Netflix’s mashup of Love is Blind, The Circle and The Voice certainly claims the latterNetflix’s new series is the latest in a long line of TV shows attempting to talent-spot the next big pop phenomenon. It feels as if the format has been dormant for a while, its role as A&R taken over by social media aeons ago. The glory days of American Idol and The X Factor have passed, and while The Voice trundles steadily on, it has been many years since those on-screen machines churned out the stars they were once capable of creating.Building the Band aims to modernise the format by bolting on parts of other reality TV shows. Its wannabe singers perform to other singers, sight-unseen, who then decide whether they’d like to be in a band with each other, by pressing a button, and collecting “likes”. It is Love Is Blind meets The Circle meets The Voice, though mostly, it is The Voice, ...

Culture

2 h. ago Heavy metal icon dies age 68 as devastated fans pay tribute to 'true legend'

Kevin Riddles, the original bass player of Angel Witch, has died at the age of 68, it has been announced by his former bandmate Kevin Heybourne on Instagram

Events

3 h. ago Dear Coleen: Back in the dating game...but it’s all feeling too serious

The woman told Coleen her new partner: "texts all the time but I’m not used to the attention."

Politics

7 h. ago Women's Euro 2025: Fixtures, results, latest table standings as Sweden and Germany qualify for quarter

Group phase is underway and four teams have qualified for the knockout phase

Politics

7 h. ago Arne Slot leaves 'raw' message for Diogo Jota and tells family 'you will never walk alone'

Diogo Jota and his brother, Andre, were both killed in a car crash last week and tributes have continued to flood in, including from Liverpool boss Arne Slot

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7 h. ago Grok raises alarms with antisemitic statements after latest AI update from Elon Musk’s team

Musk’s AI chatbot was updated over the weekend to ‘not shy away from making claims which are politically incorrect’

Events

7 h. ago Sophie Turner jokes she got her sex education as a teen from the 'crazy' scenes on Game Of Thrones and reveals she's NEVER watched it back

The actress, 29, first auditioned for the role of Sansa Stark at the age of 12 and began filming aged 14, with the show's eighth season finishing when she was 23.

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8 h. ago Golden girl Keely Hodgkinson shows off abs in ice bath as she cools off in scorching heat

Team GB's Parisian golden girl Keely Hodgkinson showed off her toned abs in a serious of snaps on social media as she cooled off from the scorching heat in an ice bath

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9 h. ago Former hockey player punches rival golfer and throws him into a lake during brutal on

A former professional hockey player and NHL enforcer got into a brutal golf-course fight with another patron on July 4 in Canada after accusing him of playing too slow and delaying their game.

Sport

9 h. ago Enzo Maresca's key decision that leaves Chelsea one game from Club World Cup glory

Chelsea are one game away from winning the inaugural Club World Cup as they advanced to the final thanks to a dominate performance from new signing Joao Pedro

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