10 h. ago Scissor Sisters Glasgow Hydro Stage Times: Gig set times, support, tickets, setlist, age restrictions

The newly-reformed band are on their way to Scotland.

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10 h. ago Man Utd fans reveal plans for huge protest against Glazers at final home game of season

Manchester United fans have voiced their anger at the Glazers for decades and now supporters are set to stage yet another protest against the owners at the team's final home game of the season against Aston Villa on May 25

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11 h. ago Kylie Minogue Glasgow Hydro Stage Times: Gig set times, support, tickets, setlist, age restrictions

The Australian superstar is on her way to Scotland.

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11 h. ago Bryan Adams Glasgow Hydro Stage Times: Gig set times, support, tickets, setlist, age restrictions

The Canadian superstar is playing a huge Scottish gig this week.

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54 h. ago Mickey Callisto vows to 'bring the full Freddie experience' to Britain's Got Talent semi

EXCLUSIVE: The intergalactic-inspired singer is set to return to the Britain's Got Talent stage for the ITV show's third live semi-final this evening

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3 d. ago Texas Republicans pushing for death penalty in all 50 states for undocumented murderers

GOP lawmakers seek to close ‘dangerous loophole’ preventing local prosecutors from seeking capital punishment for most serious crimes

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3 d. ago US politics live updates: majority of Americans disapprove of Trump’s higher education approach, poll finds

Fifty-six percent of Americans said they disapprove of Trump’s approach to higher education, while about four in 10 express approval in new AP pollThe quote Trump is referring to from George HW Bush comes from the former president’s acceptance speech at the Republican National Convention on 18 August 1988.And my opponent won’t rule out raising taxes. But I will. And the Congress will push me to raise taxes, and I’ll say no, and they’ll push, and I’ll say no, and they’ll push again. And I’ll say to them: Read my lips. No new taxes.But Bush’s mistake was that he made that anti-tax pledge in the first place and stuck to it in the first part of his presidency. His courageous 1990 reversal on fiscal policy set the stage for a decade of economic growth that eventually achieved budget surpluses.The budget deal that Bush reached with congressional Democrats in 1990 may indeed have contributed to his failure to win re-election in 1992. There is no question that the timing was terrible. The m...

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3 d. ago Giro d’Italia LIVE: Stage one set for fierce fight to claim maglia rosa as race begins in Albania

Wout van Aert, Tom Pidcock and Mads Pedersen among the favourites on a hilly opening day to the year’s first Grand Tour

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3 d. ago Pope Leo XIV could bring big change to the Catholic Church – here’s how Francis set the stage

Francis had begun making several reforms during his papacy – Leo could take things even further

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4 d. ago Revealed: Autopsy suggests South Carolina botched firing squad execution

Records obtained by the Guardian indicate shooters did not hit Mikal Mahdi according to protocol, which lawyers say caused prolonged sufferingA South Carolina firing squad botched the execution of Mikal Mahdi last month, with shooters missing the target area on the man’s heart, causing him to suffer a prolonged death, according to autopsy records and his attorneys.Mahdi, 42, was shot dead by corrections employees last month in the second firing squad execution this year in South Carolina. The state has aggressively revived capital punishment over the last seven months and brought back the controversial firearm method that has rarely been used in the modern death penalty era. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago House of Oz returns to Edinburgh Fringe with a dazzling line

Australian excellence is once again set to take centre stage at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, as House of Oz makes a triumphant return with a vibrant 2025 season showcasing eight dynamic, genre-defying productions. This award-winning philanthropic powerhouse is back to celebrate the ingenuity, humour and boldness of Australian performance, bringing both returning favourites and fresh new voices to the world’s largest arts festival.

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4 d. ago India set for bid to stage World Test Championship final in 2027

Indian bid would have major implications for schedulingProposal complicated by India-Pakistan tensionsIndia want to stage the final of the World Test Championship in 2027 with a formal proposal to be made to the International Cricket Council this summer.An Indian bid for the WTC final would have major implications for England’s summer scheduling and could create logistical problems for the ICC given the country’s relations with Pakistan, which have deteriorated further following this week’s air strikes in Kashmir. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Europe after VE Day, Brexit, and one thing Churchill and Hitler agreed on

The Second World War left former colonial European powers decimated, setting the stage for two superpowers to emerge, writes Manchester University history lecturer Dr Louise Clare

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5 d. ago Eight migrants thought to be lost at sea after boat capsized are found alive in San Diego – but 10

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said she’d be seeking the death penalty against the alleged smugglers

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5 d. ago Luigi Mangione becomes a MILLIONAIRE as he turns 27 while behind bars and facing death penalty

Luigi Mangione's defense fund hit a million-dollar milestone as the alleged killer spent his 27th birthday behind bars.

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5 d. ago Brit, 32, 'caught with kilo of MDMA' in Bali where drug crimes can mean execution by firing squad is hauled into court as trial begins

A British man has been hauled into court in Bali for allegedly smuggling a kilo of MDMA to the party island where drug crimes can result in the death penalty. 

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5 d. ago Best Eurovision party decorations for 2025: Get ready for the big night

It’s nearly time for the weirdest and the wonderful show. Set the stage for your own 2025 Eurovision Song Contest party

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6 d. ago Nine injured in horror mass bar shooting as cops hunt two gunmen

This is a breaking news story and is constantly being updated as the story develops

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6 d. ago New poll shows 4 in 5 Brits think crime has worsened over past decade

Survey for TV channel also finds that more than half the population supports the return of the death penalty

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7 d. ago Bail is set at $2 million for a man charged with killing four people in Minneapolis

The father of one of four people killed in a mass shooting that shook the Native American community in Minneapolis says it will take a long time to heal

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