4 h. ago ‘This weird dream just keeps going!’ Wet Leg on overnight success, sexual epiphanies and facing fears

The UK indie-rockers won two Grammys for their debut album. Ahead of their second, they explain how they protected one another amid sudden fame – and how queer love and Davina McCall inspired themWet Leg’s Rhian Teasdale looks like a pop star from a different era. She walks into a bar in east London wearing a giant, floor-length pale-pink padded coat. She has bleached eyebrows, dip-dyed hair, drawn-on freckles and jewels stuck to her nails and teeth. For a moment, Top of the Pops could be on primetime TV and a copy of Smash Hits in my bag. But then Wet Leg’s story always did feel anachronistic. In 2021, they managed what indie bands don’t often manage any more and became an overnight success. That June, they released their first single, Chaise Longue, a deadpan, perfectly simple and cheerfully daft megahit; they conquered the US and Japan, toured arenas and topped the album charts with their scathing, self-titled debut, scoring two Brit awards and two Grammys.They were still touring...

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19 h. ago XL Bully owner hits out at cops for 'executing' beloved dogs after they escaped garden

The XL Bully dogs had escaped through a hole in Callum Differ's garden in North Anston, Sheffield, and were killed when police were called to say the animals had attacked a horse

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3 d. ago Pensioner, 84, dies over a month after being mauled in XL Bully attack as CPS mulls further charges for owner

The horror incident took place while the pensioner was walking along Bardsley Avenue in Warrington at around 6.40pm on February 25.

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3 d. ago Hamilton man tried to stab XL bully owner during altercation

Andrew Falconer slashed repeatedly at his victim, but didn’t make contact, Hamilton Sheriff Court heard this week.

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4 d. ago Bank says it fears vice chair was killed in plane crash that set house on fire

Woman who lives in house set alight in crash was walking her dog at the time, while her husband managed to escape unscathed through kitchen

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5 d. ago XL Bully owner savaged in garden by dog hits out at breed ban after more than 20,000 attacks last year

Exclusive: Figures obtained show more than 23,000 dog attacks across England and Wales despite the ban on XL Bully dogs last year

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6 d. ago Erling Haaland ‘hit mascot on back of head’ as Man City and cops probed incident

Manchester City's furry alien mascot 'Moonbeam' claimed she was left with a concussion and whiplash after superstar striker Erling Haaland struck her on the back of the head

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6 d. ago The Orange and Other Poems by Wendy Cope audiobook review – an understated greatest hits collection

Read and contextualised by the poet herself, these gentle gems have an extra tang of immediacyA greatest hits collection from one of Britain’s best-loved poets, Wendy Cope’s The Orange contains themes of love, friendship, family and mortality. The 1992 title poem – which recently enjoyed a second life on TikTok, with users showing off their fruit-based tattoos – finds the author buying a large orange, sharing it with two friends and concluding: “I love you. I’m glad I exist.” After the Lunch is about falling in love on Waterloo Bridge while “high on the charm and the drink”, while Being Boring hails the virtues of a drama-free life (“No news is good news, and long may it last”).Cope is the reader, her delivery gently understated and frequently deadpan. In Loss, she reflects on the end of a relationship in which the woman “went through hell. His absence wasn’t a problem, but the corkscrew had gone as well.” Sometimes she breaks from the narration to share the context of a p...

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8 d. ago My teenage sons were mauled by the neighbour's hound after it escaped next door and attacked our sausage dog... now they're too scared to leave the house

The boys, aged 17 and 13, were set on by a dangerous hound as they walked their sausage dog, who was also badly hurt, near their house in Herne Bay, Kent.

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8 d. ago Copper prices have soared as the US threatens tariffs on the metal and China boosts its economy

Copper prices have hit record highs as an ongoing trade war between the U.S. and its key trading partners threatens to squeeze supplies of the vital metal

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1 week ago Owner of XL bully shot dead backs calls for cops to carry specialist 'survival' kit

Sammy Wilkinson's XL, Kilo, was gunned down in East Kilbride in February last year after a fight with another dog.

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1 week ago Sean Brady hits back at Belal Muhammad after 'copied my homework' jibe following UFC London win

Sean Brady hits back at Belal Muhammad after 'copied my homework' jibe following UFC London win  Bloody Elbow

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2 w. ago Judge dismisses copyright suit against Mariah Carey’s All I Want for Christmas is You

Country singer Vince Vance had alleged Carey copied his band’s 1988 Christmas tune of the same nameA federal judge has dismissed a copyright lawsuit against Mariah Carey and her smash holiday hit All I Want for Christmas Is You.Country singer Vince Vance of the band Vince Vance & the Valiants previously alleged that Carey had copied the group’s 1988 Christmas tune of the same name. Vance, whose real name is Adam Stone, accused Carey of exploiting his “popularity” and “style”. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago New York copper price hits record premium over London on tariff fears

New York copper price hits record premium over London on tariff fears  Financial Times

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2 w. ago XL Bully owner jailed as attack left barber with PTSD – and dog learns its fate

Stephen Clay, 44, was handling the XL Bully named Diesel when it attacked a barber - the victim has been left with PTSD as well as a serious wound on his left hand

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3 w. ago Travis Barker's ex hits back at troll accusing her of copying Kourtney Kardashian

Model Shanna Moakler, who was previously married to Travis Barker, hit back at a troll who claimed she was copying Kourtney Kardashian

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3 w. ago Art of a deal: how UK and France led dogged effort to repair US

Over 11 days of breakneck diplomacy, Kyiv was convinced of need to pacify Trump, but reconciliation may be all too briefRussia-Ukraine war – latest news updatesThe 11 days of whiplash-inducing talks British and French officials endured to repair shattered relations between Washington and Kyiv, and for the first time put Donald Trump’s trust in Vladimir Putin to the test, could go down as one of the great feats of diplomatic escapology.The dogged fence-mending may yet unravel as hurdles remain, principally the outstanding question of Ukraine’s security guarantees, but for the first time, in the words of Marco Rubio, the US secretary of state, the ball is in Russia’s court. Putin, by instinct cautious, has preferred watching from the sidelines, suppressing his delight as Trump denounced Volodymyr Zelenskyy to his face in the White House and wreaked subsequent vengeance by stopping all military aid and then pulling some US intelligence. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Disney wins $100m copyright trial against animator over Moana plagiarism claims

Animator Buck Woodall claimed Disney copied elements of hit film from his decades-old screenplay

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3 w. ago He’s in prison for trying to order a hit on his online crush. Cops say he’s still targeting women from behind bars

“Your body. My choice. Forever,” Christopher Thieme allegedly wrote, among other things, to an unnamed target

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