13 h. ago ‘You don’t have to be in London’: why Barbados is inviting people back to their homeland

Ever since the HMT Empire Windrush docked, Caribbean migrants have flowed to the UK. Now a younger generation are seeking a connection to their roots on the other side of the pond• Don’t already get The Long Wave in your inbox? Sign up hereHello and welcome to The Long Wave. I’m Natricia Duncan, the Guardian’s Caribbean correspondent, based in Jamaica. I’m taking over this week to focus on the sticky subject of migration between the UK and the Caribbean, how young people on both sides of the pond are connecting to heal old wounds, and why Barbados is inviting its diaspora to come home.Since the HMT Empire Windrush cruised into Tilbury Docks, Essex, in June 1948, laden with the dreams and aspirations of people in search of a better life, there has been a constant flow of migrants from the Caribbean to the UK. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Charlize Theron makes deadpan dig at Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez’s lavish wedding

‘I think we might be the only people who did not get an invite to the Bezos wedding,’ joked the Oscar winner

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9 d. ago Wimbledon 2025: Thousands of tennis fans swelter in queue as hottest

London is expected to be hotter than Barbados and Jamaica as thousands of tennis fans descend on SW19 for the start of Wimbledon

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9 d. ago Wimbledon 2025: Heat forces tennis fans to leave queue as temperatures to hit 34C on hottest

London is expected to be hotter than Barbados and Jamaica as thousands of tennis fans descend on SW19 for the start of Wimbledon

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9 d. ago Wimbledon 2025: Tennis fans queue through night as temperatures to hit 34C on hottest

London is expected to be hotter than Barbados and Jamaica as thousands of tennis fans descend on SW19 for the start of Wimbledon

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1 week ago Heatwave to serve hottest start to Wimbledon with temperatures to hit 35C

Parts of south-east England are due to be hotter than Barbados.

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1 week ago Heatwave to serve hottest ever start to Wimbledon with temperatures to hit 35C

Parts of south-east England are due to be hotter than Barbados.

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1 week ago How wedding guests are coping with rising costs: ‘the total will come to £3,000 this year’

As celebrations become more lavish, those invited face higher costs. Here’s how some people juggle spending and expectationsBy the time Layla had paid for flights, booked a hotel, bought a dress and contributed to the honeymoon fund, her friend’s wedding had cost her more than £1,600 – and it is just one of three she is attending this summer.With more couples planning bigger celebrations – often with multiple events, and with some away from home, guests are left footing ever bigger bills. Continue reading...

Economics

1 week ago Landscaper arrested after inviting hundreds to unauthorized party while homeowners away, cops say

Michael Brown is accused of inviting as many as 400 people to the house party in the Charlotte suburb of Weddington

Society

2 w. ago ‘We had therapists on standby’: Chris Tarrant on making Who Wants to Be a Millionnaire?

‘We knew the prize money had to go up fast. No one would say, “Better not put the kettle on in case somebody wins a quid”’I was responsible for the schedule. I’d listened to Chris Tarrant doing this game on the radio – Double or Quits – which was brilliant. I was intrigued by its TV version, called Cash Mountain, because it was well known in the industry that various people had turned it down. I invited the producer, Paul Smith, to pitch the full idea to me and Claudia Rosencrantz, ITV’s controller of entertainment. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Met Office calls on public to honour loved ones in search for new storm names

People are being invited to put forward names on the Met Office website

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