1 hour ago Scots Just Stop Oil activist found guilty of criminal damage over jet paint stunt

Jennifer Kowalski, from Dumbarton, was one of two protestors planning to target Taylor Swift's private jet in an attempt to get the pop star to 'speak out'.

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3 h. ago Just Stop Oil activists who set out to spray Taylor Swift's private jet with orange paint found guilty of criminal damage to two other planes

Jennifer Kowalski, 29, and Cole Macdonald, 23, breached the perimeter fence at Stansted Airport in Essex with an angle grinder then took turns spraying two planes with paint and filming it.

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4 h. ago Taylor Swift to return to Graham Norton Show to discuss new album

It’ll be the first time the singer has appeared on the BBC show since 2022

Culture

6 h. ago ‘It makes you feel like a teenager again!’ Why The Summer I Turned Pretty is 2025’s surprise TV hit

This nostalgic tale of first love is an agonising masterclass in modern romance. No wonder it’s become such a sensation – and that a movie is on the wayIt’s often said that the romcom is dead. Kiss goodbye to the crisp charm of Nora Ephron’s freshly sharpened pencil bouquets in the fall, embrace the era of musings on love as nothing more than a maths equation. Then along comes gripping teen romance The Summer I Turned Pretty and it gets us at the first Taylor Swift track.Across its 26-episode run, the adaptation of Jenny Han’s trilogy of novels has won the hearts of millennials who have been desperately yearning for a nostalgic watch to fill the void of 00s romcoms. Reminiscent of rose-tinted love stories of their youth, before dating apps, catfishing and ghosting entered their vocabulary, the show’s potency has been such that Prime Video even issued a warning asking viewers not to use hate speech towards the cast. It isn’t real, no matter how visceral it feels, and the streamer did...

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7 h. ago Sarah McLachlan talks Lilith Fair, her first new album in 11 years and yes, that ASPCA commercial

Sarah McLachlan thought her forthcoming album, “Better Broken,” would be her last

Politics

21 h. ago Taylor Swift to make return to BBC The Graham Norton Show – very soon

Global megastar Taylor Swift is expected to make an appearance on BBC's The Graham Norton Show in just a matter of weeks to promote her new album

Politics

22 h. ago Scots Just Stop Oil activist hoped jet paint stunt would get Taylor Swift to 'speak out'

“I wanted to do a Taylor Swift protest,” said Just Stop Oil protestor Jennifer Kowalski, of Dumbarton.

Politics

23 h. ago Blake Lively reveals her 'coping mechanism' amid Taylor Swift fallout and Justin Baldoni lawsuit

Blake Lively is leaning on art as her escape amid her fallout with Taylor Swift and highly publicized lawsuit with her It Ends With Us co-star and director Justin Baldoni.

Society

26 h. ago Robbie Williams delays new album to avoid Taylor Swift chart battle

To avoid going head-to-head against global superstar Taylor Swift, Robbie Williams has pushed back the release of his album BRITPOP until 2026

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27 h. ago Robbie Williams delays release of album as team make surprise announcement

Robbie Williams' new album has been pushed back to next year as fans speculate he doesn't want a chart battle with Taylor Swift

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27 h. ago Robbie Williams delays release of new album Britpop to 2026 due to 'scheduling issues'

The album’s original release week coincided with Taylor Swift’s new album Life of a Showgirl dropping, though this has not been confirmed as a factor in the delay

Politics

27 h. ago Just Stop Oil activist hoped Taylor Swift would speak out about climate change if she sprayed her jet with orange paint, court hears

Jennifer Kowalski, 29, said she wanted to try and 'shake [the pop star] from this place of apathy that her and other celebrities are in'. But two other planes were sprayed instead.

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28 h. ago Southport killer was discharged from mental health services six days before attack, inquiry hears

Chronology of Axel Rudakubana’s engagement with Camhs published and inquiry hears statement from killer’s brotherAxel Rudakubana was discharged from mental health services six days before he murdered three young girls and stabbed several others at a Taylor Swift-themed holiday club in Southport, it has emerged.The inquiry into the atrocity was told on Wednesday that a risk assessment was undertaken on Rudakubana, then 17, a week before the attack in July last year. Its findings have not been disclosed. Continue reading...

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29 h. ago Activist ‘hoped jet paint stunt would get Taylor Swift to speak out on climate’

Two people deny causing criminal damage to gets at Stansted.

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30 h. ago Southport survivors experienced ‘vile abuse’ on social media, inquiry told

Pete Weatherby KC, representing Leanne Lucas, Heidi Liddle and Jonathan Hayes, addressed the Southport Inquiry on Wednesday.

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31 h. ago Before Swift and Kelce’s algorithmic fairytale there was Electra and Rodman’s neon fever dream

The NBA star and actor’s marriage didn’t even last a year. But their relationship catered for eccentrics, misfits, and outsidersThe internet is frothing. This time, over Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s engagement, a spectacle reminding us how celebrities function as wish machines. Us normies ride shotgun, living vicariously through the highest peaks and, at times, the lowest valleys, making up for our own grayscale lives.But, while Taylor and Travis are about as mainstream as you can get, in the 1990s there was a celebrity couple who catered for the eccentrics, misfits, and outsiders. Continue reading...

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32 h. ago Southport killer ‘could and should have been stopped’, inquiry hears

The public inquiry at Liverpool Town Hall raises questions about role of the killer’s parents and state agencies.

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48 h. ago Parents of Southport killer knew their son was ordering knives online before the attack, inquiry hears

Fingerprints belonging to Axel Rudakubana 's mother were discovered on packaging of the knife he used to murder three young girls at the Taylor Swift dance class.

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51 h. ago Just Stop Oil stunt could have had ‘catastrophic’ consequences, court told

Two activists appeared in court accused of criminal damage after a stunt targeting aircraft at Stansted Airport as Taylor Swift flew to UK.

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51 h. ago Parents of Southport killer thought he had ‘gone for a walk’, inquiry hears

Counsel to the inquiry Nicholas Moss KC said the killer’s family would be a ‘significant’ topic for the inquiry.

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