9 h. ago The Greater Manchester ice cream parlour and café where kids can eat for £1 this summer

Throughout the summer kids can enjoy a £1 meal with an adult main

Economics

27 h. ago Transfer latest: Liverpool advance Guéhi talks as Manchester United eye Baleba

Liverpool also interested in Parma defender LeoniUnited may have to pay Brighton more than £72mLiverpool are advancing in talks with Crystal Palace over Marc Guéhi and are considering a move for Parma centre-half Giovanni Leoni as they attempt to increase Arne Slot’s defensive options.Guéhi has been Liverpool’s main defensive target all summer and the club were encouraged to make an approach by the Palace chair Steve Parish’s admission that it would be better to sell the England international than lose him on a free next summer. Continue reading...

Sport

59 h. ago The delicate balancing act Arne Slot must master to maintain Liverpool’s success

The Reds’ big spending this summer threatens to upset their stability with more emphasis on the forward areas despite growing defensive frailties

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3 d. ago Emmerdale fans shocked to discover top music star once appeared on ITV soap

Emmerdale fans have been shocked to find out that a famous singer once appeared on the ITV soap a decade ago, just before he found mainstream success in music

Events

3 d. ago Rangers fan tragically dies during Premiership game with Dundee as club pay tribute

The Ibrox club have paid tribute to the supporter who passed away in hospital after taking ill in the Main Stand

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3 d. ago Rangers fan tragically dies after Premiership game with Dundee as club pay tribute

The Ibrox club have paid tribute to the supporter who passed away in hospital after taking ill in the Main Stand

Events

3 d. ago Trump promised to be a dictator on day one. We’re now past day 200

Donald Trump’s second term has seen a sustained assault on democratic institutions – political, judicial, media, cultural, academic – that appears to be only accelerating The anger was raw and resolute. Speaking at the Republican congressman Mike Flood’s town hall in Lincoln, Nebraska, a woman pointed to the estimated $450m cost of “Alligator Alcatraz”, an immigration detention facility in Florida. “How much does it cost for fascism?” she demanded. “How much do the taxpayers have to pay for a fascist country?”The crowd erupted in applause and whoops. In the week that Donald Trump marked his 200th day in office, few mainstream political commentators are bandying around terms such as “fascist”. But many are warning of a societal march towards authoritarianism that, far from losing momentum, appears to be gathering pace. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago ‘Do I need to purchase camels?’ Australian preppers have found their voice since Covid, but tough questions remain

Once a secretive subculture, survivalism has edged into the mainstream. But what happens if you dedicate your life to preparing for civilisation to collapse and doomsday never comes?Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastShortly after Israel announced its attack on Iran in June, Trevor Andrei sent a message to some of his fellow Australian preppers telling them to stock up on petrol and buy a few hundred dollars’ worth of groceries.“I was like, OK, this is super significant, there’s going to be a response shit’s going to go down,” Andrei says. “Most years, [Australia is] lucky if we’ve got 28 days [of petrol reserve] so if anything hits the world’s oil supply, we can be out of petrol in a month.” Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Surrounded show takes Jubilee Media mainstream – but has it ‘succumbed to hateful vitriol’?

After Mehdi Hasan’s debate with far-right opponents went viral, some worry about the embrace of rage-fuelled contentMehdi Hasan knew he had gone viral. The broadcaster and author saw the views ticking up on YouTube; his phone was pinging incessantly. But the realisation that things had become, well, really quite surreal came when an older gentleman approached him at an event in Washington and, in Urdu, said: “I watched you with the 20 crazies.”The man was referring to the British-American commentator’s appearance on Surrounded, a gladiatorial one-v-many debate web series, hosted on YouTube by Jubilee Media. During the debate – billed as “1 Progressive vs 20 Far-Right Conservatives” – Hasan was asked about his “ethnic background”, by a man who the Guardian unmasked as the organiser of two violent far-right protests. Another debater laughed maniacally to applause while agreeing he was a fascist. He was later sacked and condemned – and then raised $30,000 (£22,300) from supporters on a...

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7 d. ago Forth Valley hospital support staff set for strike over planned pay changes

Staff employed in key support positions at the region's main hospital are set to head out on strike over proposals to move from weekly to monthly pay.

Events

8 d. ago First Blood: Rambo’s first outing is a surprisingly poignant comment on masculinity

Directed by Wake in Fright filmmaker Ted Kotcheff, the 1982 ‘vetsploitation’ flick is brutal, destructive and tragic – just like the world that men createdIt was the early 80s, and Sylvester Stallone was on a roll. After years of making ends meet with bit parts, background artist work and pornography, he wrote and starred in Rocky in 1976, breaking into mainstream success. Before long he had carved out a new niche, writing, directing, and acting himself into stardom with a string of tough-guy movies including two hugely successful Rocky sequels.Then came Rambo. The character is peak 80s Stallone, a byword for pure testosterone. An absurd, improbably muscular slab of ham with a headband and an M60 machine gun, spraying bullets at racial caricatures in a jungle or a desert somewhere. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Danny Dyer calls himself a complete tosser and says 'don't be mugged off'

Danny Dyer has teamed up with Deliveroo to call on the nation to embrace their inner tosser this summer and make side dishes the main attraction

Politics

8 d. ago The European Cup winner bringing women’s football dream to Monaco

Former Italy striker Marco Simone has big hopes for new club Monaco United, even though they will start in the fifth tierWomen’s football in France has always been an important marker point in Europe, mainly through Lyon’s record-breaking Champions League success. The club have been pushed along domestically by Paris Saint-Germain but a shift is taking place, with Paris FC continuing to develop and Lens and Marseille promoted to the top division for the 2025-26 season.One place lacking a professional team in the women’s pyramid is Monaco but that could change before long, and not necessarily through AS Monaco. Monaco United launch this season and although they will begin in the fifth tier, they are founded and coached by Marco Simone, a four-time Serie A winner and two-time Champions League winner as a player with Milan. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Vote in our Independent Money poll: Which supermarket do you use for your main shopping needs?

Each week, we invite readers to share their views on the financial stories making headlines – and impacting your bank balance

Economics

8 d. ago Lust and anger drive the Bonnie Blue saga, but moral outrage misses the point: this is hardcore economics | Gaby Hinsliff

A commercial instinct created her brand, a market sustains it and mainstream businesses profit. It’s a tale of very capitalist timesBonnie Blue has sex with men on camera for money. Lots of men one after the other, to be precise, for lots and lots of money: the commercial niche she invented to distinguish herself from countless other amateur porn stars jostling desperately for attention on OnlyFans was inviting “barely legal” ordinary teenage boys (which in porn means 18-plus) to have sex with her on film, and flogging the results to paying subscribers for a fortune. Unusually, her model involves a woman making millions out of men generating content for free, which makes it slightly harder than usual to work out exactly who is exploiting whom if she turns up (as she did in Nottingham) at a university freshers’ week with a sign saying “bonk me and let me film it”.But debating whether getting rich this way makes Bonnie personally “empowered” seems tired and pointless. It was with this...

Economics

8 d. ago Moral outrage over Bonnie Blue’s porn empire misses the point: this is hardcore economics | Gaby Hinsliff

A commercial instinct created her brand, a market sustains it and mainstream businesses profit. It’s a tale of very capitalist timesBonnie Blue has sex with men on camera for money. Lots of men one after the other, to be precise, for lots and lots of money: the commercial niche she invented to distinguish herself from countless other amateur porn stars jostling desperately for attention on OnlyFans was inviting “barely legal” ordinary teenage boys (which in porn means 18-plus) to have sex with her on film, and flogging the results to paying subscribers for a fortune. Unusually, her model involves a woman making millions out of men generating content for free, which makes it slightly harder than usual to work out exactly who is exploiting whom if she turns up (as she did in Nottingham) at a university freshers’ week with a sign saying “bonk me and let me film it”.But debating whether getting rich this way makes Bonnie personally “empowered” seems tired and pointless. It was with this...

Economics

8 d. ago Democrats just got their dream candidate in North Carolina. Here are four other Senate seats likely to flip

Can anyone step up in Maine against Susan Collins? A blood feud risks Republicans losing Texas and Michigan’s Senate race becomes a referendum on Gaza, Eric Garcia writes

Politics

1 week ago Prince George's 'specific dietary request' sees Royal superyacht tender return to mainland

Young Prince George reportedly requested a 'specific dietary item' while sailing with his family between Greek islands

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1 week ago ‘They ate my ex’s furniture!’: people on their drastic divorce decisions, from training huskies to getting plastic surgery

Whether it’s quitting a job and hitting the road, selling precious gems or jumping out of a plane, the agony of a breakup can spark huge changes – for better or worse She had green eyes that “could see through walls”, Chris remembers, not unruefully. When he and his Russian girlfriend broke up, Chris, originally from Sussex and now living in Maine in the US, admits he had Siberia (Elena came from the city of Novosibirsk) on the mind. He did the obvious thing: went and got a pair of three-month-old Siberian husky puppies: Loki and Freja, brother and sister – also with piercing eyes, but icy blue, especially Loki’s. “People would just stop on the street as he walked by.”Chris had owned dogs before– labradors. “I figured that huskies were labradors with fur coats on,” he says, talking to me from his pickup truck after an early morning paddle in his kayak. “They absolutely are not.” Continue reading...

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1 week ago After 17 years at the top, a tough job is taking a toll on Pep Guardiola | Jonathan Wilson

Manchester City manager may still relish a title chase but, as the declines of Mourinho and Wenger prove, nothing lasts for everPerhaps the most revealing aspect of the interview Pep Guardiola gave to GQ was how tired he sounded. The headlines that he was contemplating a 15-year break from the game didn’t entirely reflect what he said – “I don’t know how long I’ll stop for: a year, two years, three years, five, 10, 15, I don’t know. But I will leave after this spell with City because I need to stop and focus on myself, on my body” – but his weariness was clear.To an extent it is not a surprise. Jürgen Klopp was exhausted (and self-aware) enough after almost 15 seasons at Dortmund and Liverpool (plus seven at Mainz) to quit last summer. There were times last season, particularly in that four-month spell either side of Christmas when City’s form dipped alarmingly, that Guardiola seemed shattered. By his own admission, his decision last November to sign a contract extension to summer 2...

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