2 h. ago Jane’s Addiction call it quits after a tumultuous 15 months: ‘The legacy will remain’

US alt-rock band announce they are finally parting ways, following fisticuffs, accusations and lawsuitsUS alt-rock band Jane’s Addiction has announced they are parting ways after a tumultuous 15 months of fisticuffs, accusations and lawsuits.The veteran Californian group, who have a history of drama, dust-ups and bust-ups, prematurely terminated the US leg of their reunion tour in September last year after an onstage altercation in Boston between frontman Perry Farrell and guitarist Dave Navarro led to blows and, ultimately, a $10m lawsuit. Continue reading...

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7 h. ago Biggest clampdown on violence against women in history to include major school plan

Labour will unveil its long-awaited violence against women and girls (VAWG) strategy on Thursday, with measures to tackle toxic misogyny in schools among the key measures

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8 h. ago Judi Dench feared sack for fluffing Shakespeare lines and blurting out rude word

Oscar winner Dame Judi Dench goes on a festive journey into her family history to discover whether one of her ancestors ever crossed paths with her hero, William Shakespeare.

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8 h. ago Trump attacks Democratic foes in White House presidential portraits

New plaques on ‘Presidential Walk of Fame’ scorn ‘divisive’ Obama and ‘by far the worst’ Biden – but Reagan is praisedWhite House officials on Wednesday revised what they call the “Presidential Walk of Fame,” installing plaques beneath portraits of former presidents that reflect Donald Trump’s own views, including branding former president Joe Biden as “the worst president in American history”.The changes are part of Trump’s broader effort to reshape the White House environment to match his preferences. Along the colonnade, portraits of past presidents now feature expanded text that permanently records Trump’s assessments of their records. Continue reading...

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9 h. ago Chaos in courtroom as man found guilty of manslaughter – ‘smelly b*****d’

Patrick Murphy was found guilty of the manslaughter of Jordan Ronan, 20, in Dublin, but not of his murder - and the verdict provoked an outburst in court

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9 h. ago Tyson Fury sends threat to Anthony Joshua over ‘classless’ Jake Paul comments

Joshua declared at this week’s open workouts that “if I can kill you, I will kill you” as he prepares to take on Paul on Friday night.

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10 h. ago White House adds plaques below Biden and Obama portraits, calling them ‘the worst President in American history’ and ‘divisive’

Newest additions appear to be part of the administration’s ongoing ‘troll’ campaign against former presidents and Trump’s opponents

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12 h. ago Fallon Sherrock can be Queen of the Palace again and atone for Luke Littler miss

The iconic women's ace broke the glass celing six years and now wants to grab another famous win on the biggest stage

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12 h. ago Christian students' fury as university allows nativity play A Gay In A Manger to go ahead

In the production, put on by York St John University's LGBTQ network, baby Jesus and his parents Mary and 'Jo' are depicted as homosexual and the three wise men as drag queens.

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12 h. ago Best luxury hotels in Venice, from grand palaces to island resorts

Venice and luxury go hand in hand, so check into one of these many lavish palazzos for a taste of la dolce vita

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12 h. ago "We are heartbroken" Tributes pour in for 'history making' footballer tragically killed in M1 crash

Ethan McLeod, 21, died in the crash on the M1 when travelling back from an away game

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12 h. ago Retired salesman found dead along with his 'ill' wife at their £800k seaside home in Huntington's 'mercy killing' and suicide

The bodies of Heather and Michael Newton were found at their £800,000 home near Poole Harbour, Dorset, on New Year's Eve last year.

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13 h. ago Even Happy Birthday has a dark side: my quest to tell the history of the world in 50 pieces of music

The Nazis adopted Beethoven’s Ode to Joy. Happy Birthday hides a tale of corporate greed. And Putin uses Shostakovich’s Leningrad symphony as a call to arms. That’s why I put them in my soundtrack to the complexities of human existenceThe idea was always a ludicrous one: to reduce millennia of human musical history – not to mention billennia of the Earth’s sonic geology – into a book of 50 pieces of music. And yet that’s the challenge I decided to take on. The most pressing question was: why? To which my answer was: the inevitable failures and gaps of the project are precisely where its interest lies.The next concern was how. Called A History of the World in 50 Pieces, the book is not a digested history of music, nor a list of my favourite songs, performances or recordings. Instead, it’s centred on the definition of a “piece of music”. This is a democratic principle – a belief that works don’t belong only to their creators but are shared and reinterpreted by generations of musicians...

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13 h. ago David Dimbleby uncovers Palace ban on Queen's funeral footage in BBC series

The veteran broadcaster uncovered how the Palace issues 'perpetuity edits' - permanent instructions to remove certain moments from the Queen's funeral coverage that can never be broadcast again

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13 h. ago It's regularly used as a film set but listed building needs buckets to catch the leaks

The Guildhall really is a gem and you'll have seen it in loads of films, but behind the glamour is a serious problem

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13 h. ago Kneecap’s Moglai Bap greeted by Irish president during charity run

More than 200 runners held Palestine flags and shouted ‘Free Palestine’ as they ran through the rain in the Phoenix Park.

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14 h. ago Retired salesman found dead along with his 'ill' wife at their £800k seaside home in Huntingdon's 'mercy killing' and suicide

The bodies of Heather and Michael Newton were found at their £800,000 home near Poole Harbour, Dorset, on New Year's Eve last year.

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14 h. ago All you need to know as hackers demand ransom after Pornhub data breach

Cyber crooks are demanding a ransom from Pornhub after stealing data and search history belonging to over 200 million Premium users in a third-party hack

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14 h. ago People living with one condition 'uniquely vulnerable' to super flu, scientist warns

A H3N2 virus - dubbed 'super flu' - is sweeping hospitals in England - and people with one health condition may be more at risk

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16 h. ago Hackers access Pornhub’s premium users’ viewing habits and search history

ShinyHunters group reportedly behind the hack affecting data of 200m users thought to be from before 2021Hackers have accessed the search history and viewing habits of premium users of Pornhub, one of the world’s most popular pornography websites.A gang has reportedly accessed more than 200m data records, including Pornhub premium members’ email addresses, search and viewing activities and locations. Pornhub is a heavily used site and says it has more than 100m daily visits globally. Continue reading...

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