1 hour ago The Beatles Anthology review – the incredible audio shows exactly why the world fell in love with this band

This update of the 1995 documentary series is utterly authoritative. And its tweak of the Fab Four’s songs is a thing of wonder – their music absolutely thumps! It would be wrong to go into The Beatles Anthology expecting another Get Back. Peter Jackson’s 2021 documentary did such a miraculous job of recontextualising the glum old footage from Let It Be, by setting it against an ingenious ticking clock device and expanding it out to become a maximalist feelgood avalanche, that it felt like you were watching something entirely new.But The Beatles Anthology is not new. If you saw the original series on television in 1995, or on YouTube at any point since, you’ll know what you’re in for. It is almost the exact same thing, only the images are sharper and the sound is better.The Beatles Anthology is on Disney+ now. Continue reading...

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9 h. ago Update: Authorities ID man in fatal skid steer accident in New London, Minnesota

Update: Authorities ID man in fatal skid steer accident in New London, Minnesota  West Central Tribune

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18 h. ago London councils cyber attack live updates as 'multiple local authorities targeted across capital'

London councils cyber attack live updates as 'multiple local authorities targeted across capital'  My London

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36 h. ago Man from New London, Minnesota, dies after skid steer accident

Man from New London, Minnesota, dies after skid steer accident  West Central Tribune

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37 h. ago Panorama edit ‘probably’ did not damage Trump, author of leaked BBC memo tells MPs – latest updates

US president has threatened to sue broadcaster but Michael Prescott does not agree with Trump’s assessment that programme tarnished his reputationCaroline Daniel is also asked about her views on editorial bias.“My experience was the BBC took issues of impartiality extremely seriously,” she said. Continue reading...

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66 h. ago Furious residents whose entire homes are falling into the sea call council 'pathetic' after erosion support group take time off for 'stress'... for dealing with THEIR complaints

In one dismal section of Britain staring out into the North Sea, every day is a blessing every storm is a nightmare and every update from the authorities they pay to protect their homes - a 'woke joke.'

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6 d. ago Missing elderly man dragged away by ‘bear or mountain lion’ after medical emergency, authorities say in grim update

Authorities had searched a four-mile stretch of the highway where the missing man was known to walk

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4 w. ago Trump demanded trans issues be excluded from sex education. 11 states complied

16 other states have sued the White House over the federal program, saying it’s trampling on authority of CongressUS politics live – latest updatesAt least 11 states and two territories are capitulating to a recent demand from the Trump administration to strip references to gender identity and the existence of transgender and non-binary people from a federal sex education program, officials confirmed to the Guardian.The administration set a Monday deadline to remove the references or risk losing millions of dollars of federal funding. Almost all of the states that are complying have Republican-controlled state legislatures and most have Republican governors. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago Lithuania says it will shoot down smuggling balloons from Russia’s ally Belarus

PM blames Alexander Lukashenko for not stopping ‘hybrid attacks’, which closed Vilnius airport four times last weekEurope live – latest updatesLithuania’s prime minister has authorised the shooting down of smuggling balloons that cross the border from Russia’s ally Belarus, calling them “hybrid attacks” in an echo of the term used to describe Moscow’s destabilisation efforts.Incursions by balloons carrying contraband cigarettes prompted the Nato and EU member state to close Vilnius airport four times last week and shut its border crossings with Belarus temporarily. Continue reading...

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