66 m. 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...

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66 m. ago Points for pints: pubs roll out loyalty schemes to lure back drinkers

Greene King and other UK pub groups seek to combat declining alcohol consumption

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66 m. ago Liverpool transfer news: Reds enter talks for £43m star as deal 'approved' by forward

Liverpool are enjoying a busy summer transfer window and are set to finalise Florian Wirtz's move to Anfield with the German international expected to undergo his medical on Friday

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2 h. ago I'm a Celebrity's Scarlette Douglas was supposed to be on doomed plane which crashed

Scarlette Douglas, who was on I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! in 2022 and presented A Place in the Sun for seven years, spoke in the wake of the Air India plane crash

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3 h. ago Ava White's schoolboy murderer unmasked as teenager who stabbed girl turns 18

As Harry Gilbertson turns 18 today, he can now be named as the vicious killer of Ava White, who was stabbed outside Primark in Liverpool city centre moments after the Christmas lights switch-on

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4 h. ago Kostas Tsimikas reveals Arne Slot's golden rule that changed it all for Liverpool

Arne Slot led Liverpool to Premier League glory in his first season in the dugout and defender Kostas Tsimikas has opened up on what the Dutchman changed after succeeding Jurgen Klopp

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4 h. ago 'Queen of Burlesque' Drops Jaws in Risqué New Western Show: 'Flawless' at 52

'Queen of Burlesque' Drops Jaws in Risqué New Western Show: 'Flawless' at 52  parade.com

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4 h. ago I'm not ashamed of reading troll paradise Tattle. It exposes grifting influencers and their hypocrisy... I'll be bereft if it shuts down: CLAUDIA CONNELL

Given my experience of trolling, you might expect that the news the man behind gossip forum Tattle Life has been sued for defamation would bring a smile to my face. Not so. I, in fact, love Tattle.

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6 h. ago Love Island fans hail latest episode 'best in show's history' as villa erupts into mayhem

Love Island fans were treated to a night of non-stop drama and arguments in tonight's episode, with some hailing the episode one of the best in the ITV2 show's history

Culture

7 h. ago Death in Paradise star's forgotten sitcom now on Prime Video and you won't recognise him

A Channel 4 sitcom, starring a Death in Paradise favourite, is now trending on Prime Video despite having been released over a decade ago

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7 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'

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7 h. ago Fan climbs netting at Wrigley Field to retrieve Sal Frelick's bat

A fan was removed by security before returning to cheers after he climbed Wrigley Field’s protective netting near first base to retrieve a bat that slipped through Sal Frelick’s grasp and became lodged there

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8 h. ago Transfer news LIVE! Arsenal eye Madueke; Mbeumo picks next club; Liverpool want Guehi; Chelsea, Man Utd latest

Huge deals edging closer with summer transfer window open again

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8 h. ago Death in Paradise star's forgotten sitcom is available to stream and he looks so different

A much-loved sitcom, starring Death in Paradise favourite Ardal O'Hanlon, appears to have been rediscovered by TV fans after being added to Prime Video

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8 h. ago One dead and another rushed to hospital after small plane crashes on residential street outside Boston

Officials said a single-engine Mooney M20 aircraft hit the ground on Sam Fonzo Drive in Beverly, on the north-east outskirts of Boston, just before 9am on Thursday.

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8 h. ago Two more winners on Thursday – here's my Friday Royal Ascot tips

Daily Star Chief Tipster Jason Heavey continued his good form with two winners on Thursday and he fancies star Irish filly Babouche to steal the show on Friday

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8 h. ago Tributes paid to one of Stockport's most loved characters who's joyous, toothless pub dancing made him an international hit

Dennis Taylor - whose Tuesday night karaoke dancing put The Chestergate pub on the map - has died. He was 72.

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8 h. ago BBC EastEnders fans 'work out' how Kat Moon will reunite with Zoe after Alfie's abrupt exit

EastEnders fans are convinced that one resident will expose Alfie Moon's latest lie after he left the country to track down Kat Slater's estranged daughter Zoe Slater

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8 h. ago Oasis fans left 'so confused' over 'exclusive' latest announcement

The Oasis Fan Store will be popping up all over the United Kingdom and Ireland after the band's latest news, but not all fans are happy with the lack of venues that the stores are in

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8 h. ago Oasis fans see Liam and Noel Gallagher pictured together ahead of comeback gigs

Gallagher brothers were seen momentarily during a special advert break on Channel 4 but excited fans were left baffled at first when they tuned in and could only see quiz show Taskmasters

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