67 m. ago Six babies with unvaccinated mothers born with measles in Canada

Ontario’s chief medical officer of health says infections could have been prevented through routine vaccinationSix babies with unvaccinated mothers have been born with congenital measles in the Canadian province of Ontario since the start of the largest outbreak of the disease in the western hemisphere late last year.Ontario’s chief medical officer of health, Kieran Moore said the infants, who were infected with measles in the womb, have all recovered. He said the infections could have been prevented through routine vaccination. Continue reading...

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87 m. ago ‘It makes me sick!’ How the likes of the French impressionists went from ‘lunatics’ to luminaries

The National Gallery of Victoria’s new show, French Impressionism, celebrates the likes of Monet, Renoir, Degas, Morisot and Pissarro, who painted in the face of public outrageGet our weekend culture and lifestyle email“Five or six lunatics deranged by ambition – one of them a woman – have chosen to exhibit their works,” French critic Albert Wolff wrote in a review of an art exhibition in Paris in 1876. The lunatics in question were a group of up-and-coming artists: Claude Monet, Alfred Sisley, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Berthe Morisot, Camille Pissarro and Edgar Degas.Almost 150 years later, we know now that those lunatics took over the asylum. The impressionists, who rebelled against the old masters by painting lighter, brighter, ephemeral scenes, are today’s old masters; what was so shocking then is now all over our calendars, coffee cups and phone cases. But back in 1876, those looking at their works “are content to laugh at such things,” Wolff wrote sniffily. “But it makes me sick ...

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91 m. ago Rachel Reeves must not fall short on giving Welsh rail a fair deal in this spending review

Business Editor Sion Barry makes the case for greater UK Government rail investment in Wales

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97 m. ago ‘A gift of a role for a mother’: Game of Thrones star Natalie Dormer on playing Tolstoy’s tortured Anna Karenina

From Anne Boleyn to Lady W to Game of Thrones, she has played tough women who kick against society’s constraints. What will the actor bring to the great Russian character who leaves her husband and son?It was back in 2019 that the role of Anna Karenina was first mentioned to Natalie Dormer. Six years, many screen roles, one pandemic and two children later, Dormer is finally set to take on the titular role of Leo Tolstoy’s epic as Phillip Breen’s adaptation comes to Chichester Festival theatre. The delay has ended up working out well, says Dormer, since Tolstoy’s characters are at the “cutting edge of technology”. The new railways were transforming Russia, and that wasn’t all. “Electric light!” exclaims Dormer. “We talk about it in the play, how that’s going to revolutionise their lifestyles. That trepidation about new technology is so adaptable to today: the terror of the AI train that’s coming our way. That generation of adults in the story – they’re on the precipice of a futuristi...

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1 hour ago Psycho AI robots to replace romantic lovers and mates – and they'll make us stupid

A poll of students show they reckon AI robots will soon replace lovers in romantic relationships, as well as our friends. And plenty also fear that the rise in tech will make us thick

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1 hour ago Sadiq Khan urges Rachel Reeves to give more cash to London in spending review

The London mayor is concerned the capital’s transport priorities have been ignored by Labour

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1 hour ago ‘I watched Bob Dylan play tennis with three of the Beatles’: how we made the Isle of Wight festival

‘It’s a myth that Jimi Hendrix played while the stage was on fire. It was a firework’In 1968, when I was 22, my older brother Ronnie got a job as a fundraiser for a swimming pool on the island. I’d done a concert for CND [the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament], so we started talking about doing some sort of festival to raise the money. My younger brother Bill suggested it had to be pop. An agency in London gave Ronnie a list of acts including the Pretty Things, the Move, Fairport Convention, Tyrannosaurus Rex and an American act, Jefferson Airplane. We only had a £750 investment from the Isle of Wight Indoor Swimming Pool Association, but after a friend lent us his £1,000 army pay-off, we managed to book all those bands, sell 10,000 tickets and break even. In the interim, the pool association pulled out because it didn’t like the publicity about hippies, drugs and sex, but they allowed us to use their investment and we were able to pay them back. Continue reading...

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1 hour ago GP issues warning over new Covid symptom amid fears Nimbus variant will sweep the UK this summer

Doctors are urging anyone who experiences a specific symptom to test for Covid, as a new highly contagious variant could trigger a wave of infections this summer.

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2 h. ago Leading Scots UFO and paranormal expert set for talk on 'disappearing monsters'

Leading UFO and paranormal expert Ron Halliday is to deliver a talk on Scotland's 'disappearing monsters' this week. We take a look at some of Scotland's revered mythical creatures - including vampires, werewolves and the kelpies.

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2 h. ago England XI vs Senegal: Confirmed team news, predicted lineup and injury latest for friendly

Thomas Tuchel to make changes for Nottingham clash after lacklustre Three Lions win over Andorra

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2 h. ago 'I wore Chelsea’s No. 9 before Liam Delap – friends and family laughed when I got it'

Liam Delap is the latest Chelsea signing to take on the No. 9 shirt for the Blues and one former player has opened up on his strange stint with the iconic jersey while at Stamford Bridge

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2 h. ago Love Island 2025: When does it start, who will host the hit show and who are the contestants?

It’s the steamy romance reality TV drama set in a luxury villa in the heat - and it starts very soon

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2 h. ago The sad, lonely death of a $22million Powerball winner: Josh spent his last $19 on a lotto ticket that should've been his happy ending. It brought one unthinkable tragedy after another

Despite his good fortune, Josh's life would quickly unravel over the next five years, ending in unimaginable tragedy... Now, friends reveal his desperately sad story for the first time.

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2 h. ago 'He was a beautiful soul who had the most infectious smile': Heartbreaking tributes paid to boy, 14, stabbed to death

Ibrahima Seck tragically died in hospital following the incident on Sunday evening

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2 h. ago Nectar mattress review 2025: A comfy and versatile option for every type of sleeper

The brand’s eco-credentials and warranty impress, but can its mattresses rival the bed-in-a-box leaders?

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3 h. ago Yoshitomo Nara review: cutesy terrors swear, smoke, play guitar and burn down houses

Hayward Gallery, LondonThe Japanese artist’s instantly recognisable delinquent infants fill a huge show that also includes more sombre – and still angry – work made since the Fukushima disasterThere’s a video online of 100 kids playing football against three adult pros. The kids get absolutely annihilated. But they’d do a whole lot better if they were more like the menacing, knife-wielding little terrors who populate Japanese artist Yoshitomo Nara’s world. Try dribbling past a toddler when he’s just jabbed a shiv in your calf, Lionel Messi.For 40 years now Nara has been dealing in cutesy kitsch with a vicious edge. His paintings and drawings of adorably bug-eyed little nippers are singularly Nara: love it or hate it, he’s carved out his own instantly recognisable aesthetic path. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago How to watch Liechtenstein vs Scotland FOR FREE: TV channel and live stream for friendly today

Scotland are bidding for a return to winning ways after a recent slump in form

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3 h. ago Saul review – probing, dark and engrossing staging of Handel’s oratorio

Glyndebourne, SussexBarrie Kosky’s remarkable 2015 production returns to the summer festival with Christopher Purves and Iestyn Davies superb in the lead rolesThe Glyndebourne season continues with a revival by Donna Stirrup of Barrie Kosky’s 2015 staging of Handel’s Saul, widely regarded as one of the festival’s finest achievements and the production that cemented Kosky’s reputation in the UK as a director of remarkable originality. This is the first time I’ve seen it, having missed both its opening run and the 2018 revival, and it strikes me as an example of Kosky’s work at its finest: probing, insightful, sometimes witty, sometimes dark, always utterly engrossing.Premiered in 1739, Saul has often been compared to King Lear. There is much of Shakespeare in this portrait by Handel and his librettist, Charles Jennens, of the Old Testament king whose mind slowly disintegrates under the challenges presented to him politically and privately by David after the death of Goliath. Continue...

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4 h. ago Royal fans speculate they know who joined Meghan Markle and Prince Harry on their Disneyland trip

The Duchess of Sussex, 43, and her husband, 40, recently enjoyed a family trip to the 'Happiest Place On Earth' with their children Archie, seven, and Lilibet, four.

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4 h. ago Thomas Tuchel shares England players' dressing room talk post 'failure' Andorra win

England laboured to a 1-0 win in their World Cup qualifier against Andorra on Saturday evening

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