49 m. ago Pop goes the budget: Roy Lichtenstein works expected to raise £26m at auction

Forty of the late pop artist’s distinctive works will go under the hammer at Sotheby’s in New York next monthForty works from the private collection of Roy Lichtenstein, one of the world’s best-known pop artists, will go on sale for the first time at auction next month.The works, comprising paintings, drawings, sculptures and prints, chart four decades of Lichtenstein’s career. They include his shift from abstract expressionism to pop art in the 1960s, his exploration of modern art in the 70s, his Reflections series of the 80s, and his interiors and nudes from the 90s. Continue reading...

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49 m. ago ‘This platform gave me everything’: street performers rue end of busking at Leicester Square

Westminster Council said it was ‘left with no choice’ but to bring in a controversial ban due to noise complaintsTommi has been a living statue for 20 years, endeavouring to stay rooted to the spot amid hailstones, loose dogs and teasing teenagers.But even he was moved by the news that Leicester Square would no longer host street performers, calling time on one of London’s most renowned tourist-friendly quirks. Continue reading...

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1 hour ago Three people dead and multiple injured following boat crash at fishing event in Alabama

The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency has identified one of the three people killed during the collision on Lewis Smith Lake on Wednesday as 58-year-old Joey M. Broom from Altoona

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1 hour ago Three people dead and multiple injured following boat crash at Alabama fishing event

The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency has identified one of the three people killed during the collision on Lewis Smith Lake on Wednesday as 58-year-old Joey M. Broom from Altoona

Events

1 hour ago ‘My heart broke’: director Ryan Coogler on mourning Chadwick Boseman, rebooting Black Panther and his new movie Sinners

The highest grossing Black film-maker of all time is known for his superhero movies and reinventing the Rocky franchise. Now he’s made his most personal film yet – and it’s a vampire thrillerWe’re supposed to be talking about movies, but Ryan Coogler has family on his mind when we have our video call – parents, siblings, twins, ancestors and, most of all, his two daughters. “It’s all good, kids not up yet,” the director says in his Oakland drawl. He’s speaking from a New York hotel room, the morning after the premiere of his new movie, Sinners. But, sure enough, 10 minutes into our conversation, his daughters, three and five, come into the room and bundle on to his lap. “Aw, here’s my little ones, bro.” A toy boomerang flies into and out of shot. “Daddy’s gotta work,” he patiently explains. Noises off-screen and doors closing.Anyway, where were we? Continue reading...

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1 hour ago Liverpool news: Mo Salah could miss 10 games as Arne Slot told to make four signings

Premier League champions-elect Liverpool have been tipped to be busy in the transfer market in the summer but they already have one key deal wrapped up ahead of time

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1 hour ago Critically acclaimed action film starring unlikely Breaking Bad star airing on TV tonight

The drama series is regarded as one of the best show's of all time

Culture

2 h. ago The SNP Government wasted an enormous amount of money on their gender crusade

Writing in the Daily Record, Labour MP Joani Reid says SNP ministers should be 'held accountable' after the Supreme Court's ruling on the definition of a woman.

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2 h. ago Woman's 'best spot' to keep peace lily in the home is not where you'd expect

A woman has shared the 'best spot' to keep a peace lily in your home, and it's not where you'd expect. The houseplant is known for its beautiful foliage and white blooms

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4 h. ago Gardeners urged to buy 24p supermarket vegetable and watch it multiply in soil

If you're planning to get out into your garden this spring, then try this incredibly easy TikTok hack which involves planting just one vegetable to grow an entire crop

Economics

4 h. ago Woman's 'game changing' fried egg hack uses microwave and takes just 40 seconds

A woman has shared a 'game changing' hack for cooking the perfect fried egg and it doesn't involve a frying pan. The trick uses a microwave and takes just 40 seconds

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5 h. ago Head Start funding lags by nearly $1 billion this year, causing some preschool closures

Federal databases show Head Start centers across the U.S. have received nearly $1 billion less in federal funding compared with this time last year

Economics

5 h. ago Demi Moore, 62, named as one of TIME's 100 Most Influential People after career resurgence and Oscar nod as she joins Serena Williams and Ed Sheeran on the star

The movie star, 62, has been named a 'titan' of 2025 alongside singer Ed Sheeran , tennis star Serena Williams.

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6 h. ago Trump’s pick to run the critical DC attorney’s office has appeared on Russian state media over 150 times: report

Ed Martin reportedly appeared on RT and Sputnik from August 2016 through April 2024

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6 h. ago How Starmer transitioned from saying 99.9% of women don't have a penis to wanting to protect women

Sir Keir Starmer has been on somewhat of a journey to define what a woman is in the five years since he became Labour leader.

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6 h. ago GPs paid £20 'bonus' each time they avoid referring a patient directly to hospital in bid to cut NHS waiting lists

Ministers say the cash incentives - totalling up to £80million - will 'stop masses of people' being sent to hospital for 'unnecessary appointments'.

Science

6 h. ago UK advertisers cut spending for the first time in four years on tariff turmoil

More companies are reducing ad budgets than increasing them, trade body finds

Economics

6 h. ago Life on other planets breakthrough as scientists 99.7% sure aliens exist outside solar system

"Decades from now, we may look back at this point in time and recognise it was when the living universe came within reach," said one of the scientists who worked on the ground-breaking discovery

Science

6 h. ago Scots hilariously react to woman naming baby girl after traditional dish

Many Scots are fond of this dish but are they patriotic enough to name their child after it?

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6 h. ago Items that reflect ‘elegance and artistry’ of Barbara Taylor Bradford go on sale

The British-American author found fame with her debut novel, A Woman Of Substance, and went on to write 40 novels.

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