37 m. ago Cardiff Council spent more than £1m on major project that didn't happen

More than £1m was spent on planning for the project, but the council said the true cost to it was £625,000 because some of the spending remains relevant

Economics

62 m. ago Major update on plan for UK's first new coal mine in 30 years

There has been strong opposition and years of legal wrangling

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66 m. ago Liam Neeson as you've NEVER seen him before! Star, 72, flashes his pants while dressed as a lollipop shank

The Taken actor, 72, was dressed a schoolgirl in the clip, clad in a tartan skirt and cardigan, with the star flashing a pair of strawberry print knickers while attacking robbers.

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74 m. ago ‘An intellectual stuck in a Batman suit’: readers remember the genius of Val Kilmer

Guardian readers recall encounters with a brilliant actor who was kind, generous and much more than a heart-throb• Val Kilmer, star of Top Gun and The Doors, dies aged 65• An ethereally handsome actor who evolved into droll self-awareness• A life in picturesI worked as a dialogue coach on Oliver Stone’s Alexander in 2003. Val was playing Alexander’s father, Philip II of Macedon. Oliver wanted the Macedonians to have Celtic accents in contrast to the Greeks, who looked down on the Macedonians, as the English have only too frequently done to neighbours of the UK. We were prepping in Morocco and I had been working for a while with Val on his Irish accent when my 95-year-old mother died and I had to leave for a couple of days for her funeral. During my absence, Val had to go home for a short while. When I returned I opened my hotel room door to find it awash with beautiful white roses. Val had sent them before he left, leaving a note of condolence and both his personal phone numbers so ...

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77 m. ago ‘Oligarchy’: Trump exempts big oil donors from tariffs package

Trump’s new 10% universal tariffs will not apply to many fossil fuel products in sign of his fealty, advocates sayUS politics live – latest updatesThe sweeping package of tariffs unveiled by Donald Trump on Wednesday includes an exemption for the energy sector, which is a clear sign of the president’s fealty to his big oil donors over the American people, advocates say.Trump’s new 10% universal tariffs – which are higher for many major economies – are wreaking havoc on the global economy and are expected to increase consumer prices in the US. But the levies will not apply to many fossil fuel products, including liquefied natural gas imports, crude oil from Canada, and materials needed for making petrochemicals. Continue reading...

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1 hour ago Scott McTominay reveals Man Utd's big mistake and what Erik ten Hag finally changed

Scott McTominay became a key player under Erik ten Hag before Manchester United chiefs opted to sell him to Napoli last summer, where the midfielder has been a revelation

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2 h. ago Stacey Solomon 'sorry' before making major change to fans' favourite seasonal tradition that's 'work in progress'

The Sort Your Life Out host shared fresh updates after making her reality show debut this week

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2 h. ago Your next paycheck may be DELAYED as payroll system used by millions crashes

A leading payroll software company used by more than six million companies worldwide is down. Customers can't log into their accounts, suggesting paychecks could be delayed.

Events

2 h. ago Interstate 95 crash in Philadelphia resulted from driver's failure to slow down, investigators find

Federal officials say the driver of a tractor-trailer that overturned and sparked a blaze underneath a major Philadelphia interstate that resulted in a collapse had failed to slow down on the exit ramp

Events

2 h. ago ‘Get round table and drop opposition,’ No 10 tells Unite amid Birmingham strike

The council declared a major incident earlier this week in a bid to increase collections of bin sacks amid a huge pile-up of waste on the street.

Events

2 h. ago RFK Jr says 20% of Doge’s health agency job cuts were mistakes

Health secretary says roles will need to be reinstated amid Trump administration’s push to slash federal workforceUS politics live – latest updatesAround a fifth of the 10,000 jobs cut from the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) were done in error and will need to be corrected, the US health secretary, Robert F Kennedy Jr, has admitted.Mass layoffs from the health department began this week amid a push by Donald Trump’s administration to shrink the size of the federal government workforce. Union representatives were told around 10,000 people were to lose their jobs ahead of further reductions that could see the department’s 82,000-strong workforce slashed by nearly a quarter. Continue reading...

Society

2 h. ago UK airport major incident as runway swarmed by emergency services

A UK airport's runway was swarmed with emergency services on Friday afternoon following an incident in which a plane is believed to have crashed. It has now been dealt with

Events

2 h. ago What happened to the Top Gun cast? From Hollywood megastardom to the quiet life

Top Gun was released in 1986 and the cast have taken very different paths since appearing in the classic action film

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3 h. ago ‘Another nail in the coffin’: Germany’s car industry faces up to Trump’s tariffs

There are major concerns about the potentially ‘catastrophic’ impact US policy will have on vehicle makers Emerging into the springtime sun from gate 17 at Volkswagen’s main factory in Wolfsburg at the end of his shift on Thursday afternoon, Carsten, 63, pulled heavily on a cigarette and shook his head when asked about Donald Trump’s US tariff policies.“It’s just another nail in the coffin for the German car industry,” the assembly line worker said. He cited managers’ plans to slash jobs and close factories earlier this year, and a decade before that the ‘dieselgate’ scandal, costly both financially and reputationally, after Germany’s largest carmaker was found to have falsified CO2 emissions tests. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago News | Deloitte shortlists advisers for major London office review

News | Deloitte shortlists advisers for major London office review  CoStar

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3 h. ago Man City: Pep Guardiola calls for Kevin De Bruyne statue after midfield announces 'emotional' departure

De Bruyne leaves the club after 10 years with 16 major titles under his belt

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3 h. ago Huge update announced on new riverside route between city centre and Salford

The plans could bring major changes to how people get around the city

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3 h. ago DWP estimates 370,000 people could lose PIP claim under major changes

The DWP has published its latest PIP impact assessment, which includes the UK Government's controversial eligibility rule changes to the daily living component of the benefit

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3 h. ago Woman reveals how her routine to achieve the perfect body without Ozempic is ruining relationships

A model who trains in outfits that nearly bare it all claims her vigorous routine to achieve the perfect body is breaking up relationships.

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3 h. ago Raspberry scented weirdness: will Elio be Pixar’s wildest ride to date?

The Inside Out studio’s latest, long-awaited project is a neon-drenched star-straddling adventure featuring an orphan, a tardigrade and a wannabe astronautPixar’s film-makers are famously asked to pitch three unique ideas when proposing new projects. In terms of Elio, unique is very much the operative word. Presumably that pitch went somewhere along the lines of: “A lonely kid is mistaken for Earth’s ambassador by a UN-style council of sentient celestial bath bombs dipped in day-glow glitter and floating in a malfunctioning lava lamp.”If you thought Inside Out, with its candy-coloured Freudian crisis management team, was pushing it, the studio’s latest project may make you suspect Pixar has fully surrendered to the void, and is now making films for children who are made of sherbet and tie-dye, rather than flesh and bones. Continue reading...

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