75 m. ago Coronation Street's Todd Grimshaw star leaves fans stunned as they say 'never knew'

Actor Gareht Pierce joined the ITV soap in 2020 as Todd Grimshaw after the show re-cast the already established role

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78 m. ago The BDS movement turns 20. It’s an essential pillar of Palestinian freedom | Omar Barghouti

The BDS movement is today a pillar in the struggle for Palestinian freedom, justice and equalityDo no harm, a principle that many associate with the medical practice, has become a fundamental ethical principle of global solidarity the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement has mainstreamed since its inception 20 years ago this week.In the midst of the most depraved phase of Israel’s livestreamed genocide against 2.3 million Palestinians in the illegally occupied Gaza Strip, our unbearable grief makes it impossible to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the BDS movement. The Israeli state, enabled and emboldened by the shameless and seemingly boundless military, financial, political and discourse complicity of the US, the European Union and the UK, is trying to normalize the fundamentally abnormal and to numb our consciences with its relentless savagery. Continue reading...

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86 m. ago What's first Reform UK pub like? Landlord says 'I'm not far right

EXCLUSIVE: Reform UK is the on the march, with Nigel Farage's new political project making waves up and down the country, perhpas nowhere moreso than in Blackpool, Lancashire

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95 m. ago EastEnders guest star reveals she was previously rejected by BBC soap

An actress has revealed she finally landed a role on BBC's EastEnders after being rejected by BBC bosses three decades prior

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2 h. ago Five reported dead in Gaza after Israeli strike on school sheltering displaced people – Middle East crisis live

Separately, the Al-Awda hospital in Nuseirat said it received several casualties after Israeli forces had opened fire at civilians near an aid distribution pointMilitant fighters of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) began handing over their weapons near the northern Iraqi city of Sulaymaniyah on Friday, marking a symbolic but significant step in the decades-long conflict between Turkey and the outlawed group.The disarmament ceremony marks a turning point in the transition of the PKK from armed insurgency to democratic politics, as part of a broader effort to draw a line under one of the region’s longest-running conflicts. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago Legendary EastEnders star confirms epic return to Walford 19 years on from soap debut

An EastEnders favourite has confirmed that he will be reprising his role later this year.

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2 h. ago Billy Davies ends eleven year football exile with stunning Morton role as he sees something special in Dougie Imrie

‘Ton boss Imrie is behind the stunning Cappielow move and has leaned on Davies in recent months

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2 h. ago Tom Felton continues to show his support for JK Rowling amid trans rights controversies as he attends Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 10 year theatre celebration

The actor, 37, who played Draco Malfoy in the original films from 2001 until 2011, recently revealed he will be reprising his role for the Broadway show.

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3 h. ago Max Verstappen considering quitting Red Bull 'more than ever' after Christian Horner exit

Red Bull sacked Christian Horner as chief executive and team principal on Wednesday and former F1 driver Ralf Schumacher believes that Max Verstappen could now quit the team

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3 h. ago Inside Michelle Keegan's secret filming project in Bulgaria as she returns to work with baby daughter Palma

Michelle Keegan has shared a glimpse of her secret filming project on Instagram on Thursday as she returned to work with her baby daughter Palma.

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3 h. ago Phase Space: Degrees of Freedom review | Safi Bugel's experimental album of the month

(Phase Space)Switching wonky techno for spacious abstraction, Gwenan Spearing debuts a new alias on an EP of uncanny generative electronicsAfter establishing herself as a techno DJ in some of the wonkiest corners of underground dance music, Gwenan Spearing has spent the last few years settling into slower, more abstract territory. Alongside her club sets, she co-organises an ambient deep listening series in Berlin and spends her spare time experimenting with modular synthesis. Phase Space is the latest expression of this interest, a project rooted in generative electronics and real-time responses.Degrees of Freedom is Spearing’s first outing under this new alias: an EP of meandering ambient tracks that blur the lines between electronic and acoustic as instruments are sampled, warped and overdubbed through her synthesiser. On the subaquatic opening track Sync, cowbells are stretched and delayed beyond recognition against a pulsing analogue rhythm. Towards the end of Some Pluck, a den...

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4 h. ago EastEnders confirms if Max Branning's return is permanent in first look at Jake Wood's comeback

Jake Wood has confirmed he is reprising his role in the BBC One soap, with Max set to make a drama-filled return to Walford

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4 h. ago Nicole Scherzinger makes 'selfish' admission about Liam Payne as final project released 9 months after death

The Pussycat Dolls singer features as a judge alongside the former One Direction star on the new Netflix show, Building the Band

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4 h. ago EastEnders' Jake Wood breaks silence as he confirms return to iconic role

EastEnders favourite Jake Wood has confirmed his return to the soap

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4 h. ago BBC EastEnders' Max Branning returns to Walford as Jake Wood teases 'plenty of chaos'

Max Branning is set to make a dramatic return to Walford as Jake Wood reprises his iconic role later this autumn with the actor teasing "plenty of chaos" and "unresolved drama'

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5 h. ago EastEnders Max Branning return confirmed as Jake Wood opens up on 'unresolved drama'

EastEnders have confirmed that Jake Wood will be reprising his role as Max Branning later this year with the actor "over the moon" to be returning to Walford after four years away

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5 h. ago Readers' Letters: Swinney grandstands on Gaza while Scottish patients wait

John Swinney should stop trying to prove himself a world leader, says reader

Science

5 h. ago Who is Francesca Albanese – Italian human rights lawyer sanctioned by US?

An independent investigator is being sanctioned by United States over her work scrutinising human rights abuses in Palestinian territory

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5 h. ago James O’Connor earns Wallabies recall as squad named for Lions Test series

35-year-old veteran selected after last playing for Australia in 2022James Slipper included in 36-player squad to face British & Irish LionsWallabies coach Joe Schmidt has made an eleventh-hour call to James O’Connor to include the forgotten fly-half in Australia’s 36-player squad for the Test series against the British & Irish Lions, which begins next week in Brisbane.The former Reds No 10 last played for the Wallabies in 2022, but helped the Crusaders to a Super Rugby Pacific title this year in a role coming off the bench. Continue reading...

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6 h. ago 15 times directors ditched major blockbusters: ‘I’m not going to be happy doing this’

Some disputes go far beyond the oft-given excuse of so-called creative differences. Tom Fordy on 15 times when a filmmaker has exited a project early

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