70 m. ago Maura Higgins pens emotional tribute to friend after blaming herself for his death

Love Island star Maura Higgins paid an emotional tribute to her late best friend, Andrew Rowan, on social media after revealing she blamed herself for his death

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95 m. ago Kate Middleton dazzles as she receives wink from President Macron during state banquet

The Princess of Wales was seen sharing a toast with French President Emmanuel Macron at the glittering Windsor Castle banquet, which was also attended by music legends Sir Elton John and Mick Jagger

Politics

1 hour ago Rangers 'monitor' 23 y/o international deemed 'prodigious talent' as bid rejected for winger

Rangers are continuing to be active in the transfer window and have been linked with a talented young winger

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1 hour ago Fiona Phillips' husband Martin Frizell says 'glittering star', 64, will be 'wiped away' by Alzheimer's and he and their sons are 'enduring a living grief and a slow goodbye to the woman they love'

Fiona Phillips' husband Martin Frizell gave a heartbreaking confession on his wife's condition as she battles Alzheimer's disease.

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2 h. ago Trump threatened to bomb Moscow if Putin attacked Ukraine, new book claims

Earlier this week, Trump said the U.S. would be sending more weapons to Ukraine as his resentment swells towards Putin

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2 h. ago The five holiday accessories that are a complete waste of money, according to a travel expert

Every time I book a holiday, the day before I jet off, I find myself standing in Boots.

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3 h. ago Scrap jury trials for fraud and sex assault cases to stop ‘total collapse’ of system, report suggests

The government is considering sweeping court reforms proposed in a review by Sir Brian Leveson

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3 h. ago The Other Way Around review – witty uncoupling comedy is meta breakup movie for grownups

This Spanish marital drama finds Itsaso Arana and Vito Sanz planning a party to mark their separation. But not everyone thinks it’s a good ideaA little bit like Woody Allen, or an episode of Seinfeld minus the stream of gags, this talky Spanish comedy tells the story of a couple planning a break-up party. It follows film director Ale (Itsaso Arana) and her soon to be ex, actor Alex (Vito Sanz), as they call it quits after 14 years together. The decision is mutual, and as reasonable people who still like each other, they think they can split without the pain and heartache. “We’ve separated, but we’re OK!” says Alex, so many times it starts to sound hollow.So, alongside the breakup admin (deciding who gets to stay in their amazingly cheap rented flat in Madrid and dividing the DVDs), they organise a party to mark their uncoupling. The idea originally comes from Ale’s dad (played by director Jonás Trueba’s father, veteran film-maker Fernando), who has a theory that people should celebr...

Culture

3 h. ago The Salt Path publishers issue statement about ‘due diligence’ after allegations of factual inaccuracies

Penguin publishing house said they had ‘not received any concerns’ about the book prior to it being published

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4 h. ago Building the Band on Netflix: this X Factor successor is a fitting tribute to Liam Payne

Nicole Scherzinger and Liam Payne reunite in this fascinating cross between X Factor and Love Is Blind

Culture

4 h. ago 17 awful performances by great actors, from Tom Hanks to Robert De Niro

Robert De Niro, Meryl Streep and Tom Hardy feature on this list by Louis Chilton, of brilliant acting talents who at one point in their careers bit off more than they could chew...

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5 h. ago NSW woman on emotional ‘rollercoaster’ after losing arm in zoo lion attack, family says

Darling Downs zoo owner Steve Robinson says his sister-in-law Joanne Cabban, who remains in a stable condition in hospital, has not yet provided details of the attackFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe NSW school teacher maimed in a lion attack at a Queensland zoo at the weekend is struggling to come to terms with losing her arm, her family says.The woman, in her 50s, has been identified as Parkes school teacher Joanne Cabban.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...

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5 h. ago What Trump said to Obama during intimate moment at Jimmy Carter's funeral that stunned onlookers

A new book has revealed precisely what President Donald Trump told former President Barack Obama during their spirited conversation at Jimmy Carter's funeral in January.

Politics

5 h. ago Limit jury trials to save justice system from total collapse, government told

Sir Brian Leveson said his reforms are necessary to avoid the collapse of the criminal justice system

Politics

5 h. ago Havoc by Rebecca Wait review – a Saint Trinian’s tragicomedy

A mysterious illness sweeps through an isolated girls’ boarding school, in a work brimming with horror, humour and hysteriaEven if it wasn’t perched on a cliff on the south coast, the position of St Anne’s, Eastbourne – the decaying girls’ school that is the setting for Rebecca Wait’s gleefully macabre new novel, Havoc – might reasonably be described as precarious. Deeply eccentric, staffed by the barely employable, and permanently teetering on the brink of bankruptcy, St Anne’s hangs on, against all the odds. And then, in 1984, Ida Campbell turns up on the doorstep, in possession of a full scholarship and rather a lot of baggage.Sixteen years old and already an outcast, Ida is in flight from her hapless mother, her foul-tempered sister, the small community in the Western Isles to which they have been transplanted, and the nameless scandal that has ruined their lives. St Anne’s is to be Ida’s salvation, but it soon dawns on her that the school migh...

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5 h. ago Pavements review – US indie rockers and their dream director run four ideas at once

Alex Ross Perry’s intriguing documentary about 90s band Pavement offers a kind of cine-quadriptych, whose effect is to obscure clarityIf ever a film-maker and a band were a match in indie heaven it is lo-fi writer-director Alex Ross Perry and 90s band Pavement, from Stockton, California (described here as “the Cleveland of California”); the latter made critically adored albums throughout the 1990s with comparisons to the Fall and Lou Reed, while never signing to a major label. Now Perry has made a film about Pavement and it seems to be his intention here to avoid, strenuously and at all costs, obviousness – and perhaps the most clunkingly obvious thing for any newbie to ask about is the name. Pavement as opposed to Sidewalk because of a Brit affectation? No: just a functional name chosen almost at random and one that sounded right.Intriguingly, but finally a bit frustratingly, Perry is running four ideas at once, a kind of cine-quadriptych with the plurality signalled by the title. ...

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5 h. 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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5 h. 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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5 h. ago Experts on how Liverpool squad will deal with Jota death – stress and zero joking

EXCLUSIVE: Livrpool is in mourning following the loss of Diogo Jota and inside the squad emotions are likley to be running high, according to experts speaking to the Daily Star

Economics

6 h. ago Chelsea new boy Joao Pedro says sorry for brace that lands Blues Club World Cup final spot

Chelsea's new signing Joao Pedro made an instant impact as his two goals downed Fluminense to book the Blues a spot in the Club World Cup final, but the Brazilian was in an apologetic mood

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