34 m. ago Car and tram crash as services delayed with Fontaines D.C. fans heading to Wythenshawe Park gig

The smash happened on Metrolink's Manchester Airport line

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57 m. ago Major update on mass water outage as some face another 48 hours with no supply

Welsh Water has issued an update following a 'major incident' that saw thousands without water

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59 m. ago Pretty character cottage in stunning coastal location you won't ever want to leave

It's the perfect place for fabulous fishing and golfing too

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78 m. ago Labour moves to find successor to Diane Abbott for her north London seat

Exclusive: Contenders teed up for future contest, which MP says seems ‘to pre-empt results of investigation’Moves to find a successor to Diane Abbott in the parliamentary seat she has represented since 1987 are under way, prompting concern that her fate has been decided before an investigation into her latest suspension has concluded.Figures on Labour’s national executive committee (NEC) have spoken to potential contenders, teeing them up for a future contest in her constituency of Hackney North and Stoke Newington, and giving them informal advice on how to prepare, according to a party source. Continue reading...

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92 m. ago Writing on the wall for Diane Abbott as Labour moves to find successor

Exclusive: Contenders teed up for parliamentary seat, which MP says ‘seem to pre-empt results of investigation’Moves to find a successor to Diane Abbott in the parliamentary seat she has represented since 1987 are under way, prompting concern that her fate has been decided before an investigation into her latest suspension has concluded.Potential contenders have been spoken to by figures on the party’s National Executive Committee (NEC), teeing them up for a future contest in her constituency of Hackney North and Stoke Newington, and giving them informal advice on how to prepare, according to a party source. Continue reading...

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98 m. ago JK Rowling compares Nicola Sturgeon to Donald Trump in scathing book review

The Harry Potter author also compared the former first minister to Twilight character Bella Swan, saying both women are ‘monomaniacs’.

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2 h. ago Nuno raises Nottingham Forest transfer 'concern' despite closing on deals for two English stars

James McAtee is set to sign from Manchester City and Omari Hutchinson could arrive from Ipswich but Nuno wants new signings in every area bar one before transfer deadline

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3 h. ago Why I withdrew my book from an LGBTQ+ literary prize | Jason Okundaye

The Polari first book prize claims to promote trans rights and trans voices. But when I saw the longlist, I had to actLast week, I withdrew my nomination from the longlist for the Polari first book prize. The awards had become mired in controversy due to the nomination of the Irish author John Boyne, best known for The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas, for the main prize for his novel Earth. Four days before the longlist announcement, Boyne had written in the Irish Independent, celebrating JK Rowling “as a fellow terf” and saying of women who had “pilloried” her for her gender activism: “For every Commander Waterford, there’s a Serena Joy standing behind him, ready to pin a handmaiden down as her husband rapes her.”I think such a viewpoint is abhorrent, but Boyne is free to hold whatever views he wants. What was unacceptable was a statement from the Polari prize addressing the backlash, emphasising its commitment to “support trans rights and amplify trans voices”, but defending Boyne’s in...

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4 h. ago Oasis fan scatters best friend’s ashes during Edinburgh concert in viral video

The video has gone viral on TikTok with others inspired to do a similar thing

Sport

4 h. ago Startling pictures show how Welsh canal has dried up this summer

It comes after a drought was declared in the area on Thursday

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4 h. ago 20 new homes to be built at site of former Welsh secondary school

The school itself closed in 2016 following the development of Ysgol Bro Teifi to the north of Llandysul since which time a number of buildings within the site have been granted planning permission for use as office and business premises

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6 h. ago Scottish rivers: SEPA say several rivers close to having 'critically low' water levels

It is the third time this year that river levels in eastern Scotland have given Sepa cause for concern.

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6 h. ago UK inflation to rise as summer spending pushes up hotels and airfares

One economist said an ‘Oasis bump’ could have contributed to higher accommodation prices in July.

Economics

6 h. ago Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/Hisaishi review – frothing strings and quacking brass as Studio Ghibli’s composer debuts

Royal Albert Hall, LondonSwitching between podium and piano, Joe Hisaishi’s suite from The Boy and the Heron sparked joy, but Reich’s demanding Desert Music was vibrant and hypnoticOne of the pleasures of the BBC Proms is that they bring some of classical music’s biggest names from around the world to the Royal Albert Hall. But celebrity is always relative – and, for better or worse, most Proms artists don’t also headline stadium gigs.But Japanese composer and conductor Joe Hisaishi does and, at 74, is a Proms debut artist like no other. He came on stage to waves of screaming and phones brandished to capture the moment. Never heard of him? You’re probably not part of the vast fanbase of the “cultural phenomenon” Studio Ghibli. Hisaishi is the John Williams of anime, responsible for the music in global hits from My Neighbour Totoro to The Boy and the Heron. Continue reading...

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7 h. ago ‘Prolific’ tout lists over 300 tickets for Lewis Capaldi concert on StubHub at inflated prices

Tickets to see the Scottish singer-songwriter are in huge demand after he made an emotional comeback at Glastonbury in June

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7 h. ago Kneecap bring Welsh cafe owner on stage at Green Man as they attack BBC

It was Kneecap's first time performing at a festival in Wales and they referred to the crowd as their "Celtic brothers"

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7 h. ago Touching moment Edinburgh Oasis fan scatters best pal's ashes at Murrayfield gig

A video on TikTok has gone viral of the man making a touching tribute to his loved one at the Edinburgh Oasis show.

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7 h. ago Heading to Dublin for the Oasis weekender? The best places to eat, drink and stay

Grab a pint at Toner’s, get the Bad Sisters experience in Howth and sing along to Irish folk at O’Donoghues. Maddy Mussen has your guide to spending a weekend in Ireland’s largest city

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9 h. ago Lions coach and TV presenter's son named in Welsh team's squad for new season

Ffredi Easterby has enjoyed much success in rugby as a teenager.

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9 h. ago ‘The Black experience is more than just London’: Chiedu Oraka, the Hull rapper handpicked to support Coldplay

When Chris Martin called, the MC saw an opportunity to rep his city, pursue his goal of being rap’s next ‘king of the north’ – and expand perceptions of Black British identity‘When I say ‘Hull’, you say ‘City’! Hull  ” Chiedu Oraka grins, pointing his mic towards the middle of a near-empty recording studio. Silence – for now, at least. Next week, that pause will be filled by 20,000 voices at Craven Park stadium, where the local rapper will open Coldplay’s latest UK run of Music of the Spheres tour dates. And he is determined to make that crowd his own. “There’s going to be people there who haven’t seen me before, so I want to give them everything – new songs, old ones and a party,” he says. “I’m proper buzzing for it.”Last year, Oraka played Glastonbury, opened for Skepta at South by Southwest and supported the Brit-award-winning rapper Casisdead. But these Coldplay shows are the 37-year-old’s biggest gigs yet – and Hull’s most high-profile music events in years. The gigs ...

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