21 h. ago ‘We want people to get lost!’ Princeton’s new museum survives scandal to deliver a mazey art ambush

It is architect David Adjaye’s first major project since the allegations that rocked his firm – a bold museum for Princeton University with exhibits that sneak up on its students. But do the insides match the outsides?A cluster of serrated concrete bunkers has landed in the heart of Princeton University’s leafy campus in New Jersey, sending tremors through this twee Oxbridge fantasyland of gothic turrets and twiddly spires. The new addition’s brute, blank facade gives little away from the outside. Wrapped in rows of vertical grey ribs, contrasting with the arched windows of the surrounding stately stone halls, it has the look of a secure storage facility, keeping a beady eye out through a single cyclopean window.The vault-like quality is fitting. This bulky new bastion is a repository for the university’s astonishing collection of art and antiquities – a 117,000-strong haul spanning everything from Etruscan urns and medieval staircases to expressionist paintings and contemporary scu...

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34 h. ago Windrush commissioner: Black Britons asking if UK is ‘going backwards’

Rev Clive Foster says rhetoric targeting legal migrants makes some wonder if history is repeating itselfBlack Britons are asking if the UK is “going backwards”, the Windrush commissioner has warned in an interview marking his 100th day in office.The Rev Clive Foster said Windrush scandal survivors were questioning whether “history is repeating itself” as UK politicians target legal migrants. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Gerwyn Price becomes first darts star to back Reform: Welshman urges fans to vote for Nigel Farage's party at Caerphilly by

Price, 40, had urged people to vote for Llyr Powell but the upstart candidate lost out to Plaid Cymru's seasoned suit Lindsay Whittle.

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4 d. ago Jess Phillips will not resign over grooming gangs row, minister insists

Children’s Minister Josh MacAlister offered a strong defence of Ms Phillips, and insisted his colleague was 'properly engaging' with survivors of the grooming gang scandal

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2 w. ago Ukraine war briefing: Power restored to Kyiv after Russia drone attacks

Zelenskyy says attacks targeted energy infrastructure as winter looms; boy killed as drones and missiles hit Zaporizhzhia. What we know on day 1,326Power was restored to 270,000 consumers in Kyiv after attacks from Russia knocked it out, Ukraine’s energy minister Svitlana Hrynchuk wrote on Facebook on Friday. People in Kyiv heard blasts throughout Thursday night and many woke up without power on Friday after the huge air attack targeted Ukraine’s energy system. Images posted online showed firefighters working to tackle burning blocks of flats. Hrynchuk did not say how many people had lost power. Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, said the Russian strikes targeted civilian and energy infrastructure as Ukraine prepares for winter temperatures.Russian drones and missiles damaged 12 apartment buildings in the south-eastern Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia, killing a seven-year-old boy and injuring four people, according to the regional governor. The Kyiv mayor, Vitali Klitschko, sa...

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2 w. ago Trump wants a prize for the Gaza deal. But the real question is, why didn't he do it earlier? | Jonathan Freedland

The ceasefire in Gaza happened when the US president lost patience, but how much horror occurred, how many people were killed because he delayed?After so many images of death and devastation, what sweet relief to see pictures of joy. On the world’s TV news broadcasts, the screen was split on Thursday: celebrations in Gaza and celebrations in Israel, the scenes of cheering and clapping mirroring each other, as if to confirm that this was a war the peoples themselves wanted over long ago – and which most never wanted to begin.The images were not unfamiliar. We had seen a version of them in January, when a ceasefire was announced to great jubilation. That held only until mid-March, when Israel broke the agreement and resumed its bombardment of Gaza, an experience that should temper, and caveat, the current hope with the knowledge that things can unravel at any moment. Still, this time, even the region’s most seasoned pessimists concede, the deal looks more durable. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Kilmarnock woman opens heart on pain of losing child 36 years ago

Carol Greer spoke about how support has changed over the years for people who have lost a child.

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3 w. ago The Lost Bus real people: Meet the true heroes behind the 2018 Camp Fire tragedy

The Lost Bus is a harrowing survival drama based on real events.

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3 w. ago Royal Caribbean cruise ship rescues dozen of people lost at sea

A vessel, called Enchantment of the Seas, changed its scheduled courseon September 28, dodging hurricane Humberto and tropical storm Imelda.

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3 w. ago Four people in Renfrewshire are losing their lives to alcohol every month

A total of 49 people lost their lives to alcohol in 2024 - a number that has remained stubbornly high over the past five years.

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4 w. ago The swag gap: can love survive when one partner is cooler than the other?

Some people claim to have lost friends and lovers because they are so attractive and fabulous that everyone ends up envying them. But perhaps there is another reason they are driving people away ...Name: Swag gap.Age: Recent. Continue reading...

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