18 m. ago Dortmund director confirms Jamie Gittens stance after failed Chelsea transfer

Chelsea are hoping to sign Jamie Gittens this summer, but Borussia Dortmund have so far rejected their advances and sporting director Sebastien Kehl has given an update

Sport

34 m. ago A55 Conwy tunnel fire update after major incident shuts road

A major incident was declared after a large fire closed the A55 causing traffic chaos

Events

36 m. ago Arson, sex shops, livestreamed funerals: Wednesday’s Karly Hartzman on the wild stories in her southern gothic rock

Wednesday’s picaresque yarns have resulted in the alt-rock album of the year. At home in North Carolina, their leader explains why she likes things ‘a little bit scary’ – and what’s next after her split from bandmate MJ LendermanTo step into Karly Hartzman’s home is to see the contents of her brain shaken out. There is a fireplace mantel covered in dolls and figurines; a wooden rack filled with cassette tapes; an old doll’s house filled to the brim with fabric scraps; a few overflowing bookshelves. As the 28-year-old leader of the indie-rock band Wednesday greets me at the door, she realises a few new additions have just landed through the letterbox, some books about the history of hardcore and punk: she has been listening to both a lot and is eager to educate herself.Hartzman is a collector by nature, a habit that is also at the heart of her songwriting. Equally inspired by the southern rockers Drive-By Truckers and the shoegaze greats Swirlies, Wednesday’s sound combines heartfelt...

Politics

36 m. ago ‘No one is immune to grief’: the team turning A Single Man into a sexy, grimy, heartbreaking ballet

Musician John Grant was blown away by Christopher Isherwood’s 1964 novel, finding deep resonances in its tale of gay love and loss. Now, he’s put songs to choreographer Jonathan Watkins’s new dance adaptation“I can’t believe that somehow I was able to make it all the way to the age of 55 without having read that book!” says American singer-songwriter John Grant. “It’s a transformative book. I was just completely blown away by it; I’ve been trying to get everybody that I’ve ever met to read it.”The book Grant is telling me about, enthusing from his sofa at home in Reykjavík, is Christopher Isherwood’s A Single Man, published in 1964, turned into 2009’s most stylish film by first-time director Tom Ford, starring Colin Firth, and now about to be a ballet, premiering at this year’s Manchester international festival. Grant, the former Czars frontman and now an acclaimed solo artist (with albums including Pale Green Ghosts and his latest, The Art of...

Politics

76 m. ago Everything we know about A55 Conwy Tunnel fire as disruption could last 'for days'

A major incident was declared by the fire service and there was travel chaos across north Wales as a result of the fire and thick smoke

Events

1 hour ago Heatwave shoppers 'ditch' fans for 'more effective' air conditioning unit reduced to £39 from £150

One way of keeping your home cool during a heatwave is to invest in an air conditioning unit, but this can sometimes be an expensive solution

Economics

2 h. ago ‘I don’t want my brother to just be a number’: How Netflix’s powerful Grenfell film sheds new light on the tragedy

As Netflix releases a powerful new documentary about the blaze that took 72 lives at Grenfell Tower in 2017, Hannah J Davies speaks to a man who lost a close relative in the fire, as well as the film’s director and a journalist who’s spent years reporting on the failures that led to the catastrophe

Politics

2 h. ago Desperate mum in battle to keep her son safe after suffering unbearable tragedy

A desperate mother who has suffered unbearable tragedy is now in a battle to keep her son safe amid the chaos of mental health services and failures

Events

3 h. ago Director of Netflix's Grenfell: Uncovered's personal connection to devastating fire

72 people lost their lives in the tragedy that occured in 2017

Events

3 h. ago ‘You’d never make Slumdog today’: Danny Boyle on risks, regrets and returning to the undead

In 28 Years Later, zombies maraud over a Britain broken by more than Brexit. Its director discusses cultural baggage, catastrophising – and why his kids’ generation is an ‘upgrade’The UK is a wasteland in Danny Boyle’s new film. Towns lie in ruins, trains rot on the rails and the EU has severed all ties with the place. Some residents are stuck in the past and congregate under the tattered flag of St George. The others flail shirtless through the open countryside, raging about nothing, occasionally stopping to eat worms. You wouldn’t want to live in the land that Boyle and the writer Alex Garland show us. Teasingly, on some level, the film suggests that we do.Boyle and Garland first prowled zombie Britain with their 2002 hit 28 Days Later. It was an electrifying piece of speculative fiction, a guerilla-style thriller about an unimaginable world. Since then we’ve had Brexit and Covid, and the looming threat of martial law in the US The story’s extravagant flights of fancy don’t feel s...

Events

4 h. ago Arsenal transfer news: Negotiations stall as Benjamin Sesko's agent makes comment

Benjamin Sesko remains top of Arsenal's transfer agenda as the Gunners look to strengthen Mikel Arteta's options up front and Nico Williams has moved closer to a move from Athletic Bilbao

Sport

5 h. ago David Lynch’s belongings fetch $4.25m at auction, including scripts for unfinished film

Items ranged from video cameras and guitars to taxidermy deer heads, props from Twin Peaks and Mulholland Drive – and the director’s personal coffee machinePersonal effects belonging to the film-maker David Lynch, who died in January, have fetched more than $4m at auction in Los Angeles, with the highest bid of $195,000 going to scripts for his unrealised film project Ronnie Rocket.Wednesday’s auction of almost 450 items included props from Lynch’s films, personal items such as video cameras and music equipment, his director’s chair, two taxidermy deer heads, his 35mm print of his debut feature Eraserhead – and his beloved La Marzocco GS/3 home espresso machine, which fetched $45,500 and presumably produces a damn fine cup of coffee. Continue reading...

Economics

7 h. ago The hellhole London estate where film director was 'murdered for her Rolex': Families say area where 69

Jennifer Abbott, 69, was stabbed to death in her council flat in Camden on Friday just days after she was last seen by neighbours walking her pet corgi Prince.

Events

9 h. ago Two UK pennies worth more than £2,600 if they have this tiny mark

These coins are highly sought-after by collectors due to an initial found on one side

Economics

10 h. ago Man arrested after showing up at Memphis mayor’s house with Taser, duct tape and rope in car, police say

The arrest in Tennessee comes just days after the murders of a state lawmaker and her husband in Minnesota and the wounding of another and his wife.

Events

10 h. ago Love Island fans say 'this can't be real' and label 'new icon' after villa goes into meltdown

Social media fans were left excited after the Love Island villa broke down in chaos, with a card game revealing several truths about other islanders – with one singleton being branded an 'icon'

Politics

10 h. ago Love Island chaos as Toni's awkward nip slip leaves fellow Islanders stunned

The Love Island cast were left in hysterics after Islander Toni suffered an awkward nip slip while attempting to perform a cartwheel in front of the rest of the villa

Events

11 h. ago ‘Morbidly obese’ Samsung exec’s boss suggested he get chemotherapy to lose weight: lawsuit

Exclusive: Former sales director Joseph DeRosa, who has a Body Mass Index of 43, claims his manager relentlessly fat-shamed him in front of his colleagues

Politics

13 h. ago The Guardian view on assisted dying: a momentous bill that needs further attention | Editorial

Kim Leadbeater has led a strong campaign, but concerns about the likely impact on vulnerable people remainThe central issue before MPs, as they decide how to vote on the latest version of Kim Leadbeater’s assisted dying bill, is how to value individual autonomy relative to collective responsibility for vulnerable members of society when making regulations around the end of life. Should terminally ill people be allowed to end their lives with medical help? If so, under what safeguards? The question remains ethically, medically and legally complex.Technological and social changes enabling people to live much longer have created challenges around the resourcing of care and experiences of ageing and dying. There are profound questions about how we manage the final stages of life – and what we owe to those living through them. Continue reading...

Events

14 h. ago New Celtic signing 'checks in at Lennoxtown' as bargain £10m transfer frenzy ready to kick off

The first domino is set to fall with a string of signings set to be announced at Parkhead

Economics