23 h. ago The ultimate New York City guide: Where to stay, eat, drink and shop in the Big Apple

NYC is the city you want to get right – whether that’s a hotel in the neighbourhood you most want to explore, the totally-worth-it dinner bill or the sightseeing shortlist, says Lucy Thackray

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24 h. ago Your ultimate guide to the biggest UK festivals coming in 2025

Put that 2025 calendar to good use and start marking down your options for the UK festival season

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31 h. ago Half of world’s CO2 emissions come from 36 fossil fuel firms, study shows

Researchers say data strengthens case for holding firms to account for their contribution to climate crisisHalf of the world’s climate-heating carbon emissions come from the fossil fuels produced by just 36 companies, analysis has revealed.The researchers said the 2023 data strengthened the case for holding fossil fuel companies to account for their contribution to global heating. Previous versions of the annual report have been used in legal cases against companies and investors. Continue reading...

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45 h. ago Your ultimate guide to Creamfields 2025: travel, banned Items, campsite opening times and current line

Take the sting out of potentially bringing something you shouldn’t with our guide to Creamfields 2025 🎵🎪⏺

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46 h. ago Juno Gemes’ book Until Justice Comes: 50 years of Aboriginal art and activism – in pictures

Photographer Juno Gemes has spent the last 50 years documenting Aboriginal Australian culture and the fight for justice, from the sands of the Tanami Desert to the carpeted corridors of Parliament House in CanberraHer book Until Justice Comes: Fifty Years of The Movement for Indigenous Rights. Photographs 1970-2024 is published by Upswell Publishing in Australia, $65Warning: this gallery has images of people who are now deceased Continue reading...

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68 h. ago AD FEATURE: Uncover Los Angeles with your ultimate guide to exploring the City of Angels

There is more to the beautiful city of Los Angeles than first meets the eye

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3 d. ago ‘We spent £100,000 doing a gig in a scout hut!’ The Beta Band on debt, disastrous decisions – and their defiant comeback

Fiercely original and stunning live, they should have been massive – but they imploded. As the Scots return, they relive disowning their debut album, blowing Top of the Pops – and getting shocks off their battery-powered illuminated suitsSteve Mason is remembering the day in 2004 he was told the Beta Band was over. “There was enough money in the bank account to pay each of us a month’s wages,” says the singer, seated in a busy London greasy spoon. “And by that point, we were only on a grand a month. Then that was it.”For the previous eight years, life in the band formed in the Scottish seaside town of St Andrews had been one of constant reinvention and innovation. They’d made fiercely original records and experimental films, while putting on visually stunning live extravaganzas. Their transatlantic fanbase included Oasis, Radiohead, Irvine Welsh and actor John Cusack, who’d recommended their song Dry the Rain for a now-famous scene in High Fidelity. Playing a record store assistant,...

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3 d. ago Fans slam Conan O'Brien's 'weird' Oscars skit with Demi Moore

Fans were not too pleased with comedian Conan O'Brien's Oscars 2025 entrance - as he crawled out of the back of Demi Moore .

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4 d. ago Brit Awards viewers baffled as 'horse' spotted in crowd during ITV show

The Brit Awards 2025 were hosted by comedian Jack Whitehall and were broadcast live on ITV from London's O2 Arena

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5 d. ago European football: Coman seals comeback win for Bayern at Stuttgart

Bayern now 11 points clear of second-placed Leverkusen Robin Gosens’ winner moves Fiorentina up to sixthBayern Munich fought back from a goal down to maintain their place at the top of the Bundesliga with a 3-1 victory at Stuttgart.The win keeps Bayern comfortably atop the Bundesliga with 61 points, 11 more than Bayer Leverkusen, though they have played one match more. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Ultimate guide to what fasting does to your body: As Ramadan begins, a top dietitian reveals the profound changes to your health

Today marks the start of Ramadan, a time of profound significance for Muslims worldwide. For the next 30 days worshippers will fast - not eating or drinking anything from dawn until sunset.

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6 d. ago Ultimate guide to which Greek islands are unspoiled paradises

The Greek islands, with their promise of sunshine, azure waters and intriguing archaeological sites, are one of the world's most popular holiday destinations. So where's best to go?

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6 d. ago Nostradamus' chilling 'plague' prediction for 2025 may be about to come true

Nostradamus prophesised that there will be the return of an old plague in England in 2025 - now, scientists have discovered a new strain living within bats that could be 10 times more deadly than Covid

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6 d. ago How to have an unforgettable Canadian adventure in Alberta’s lesser

Alberta’s beauty goes beyond Banff and Jasper. From wildlife spotting in Elk Island to hiking Waterton Lakes, road-tripping is the best way to explore. Soar over glaciers, discover dinosaur tracks, and experience Canada’s wild heart with our ultimate guide

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6 d. ago Welcome back Billy McFarland and a new Fyre festival. Shows you can’t keep a good fantasist down

Fresh out of jail, does it matter that his 2017 festival was one of the biggest social-media-driven deceptions of our time? Not a bit“Since 2016, Fyre has been the most talked about festival in the world,” organiser Billy McFarland told a US broadcaster when tickets for Fyre 2 went on sale this week. McFarland was sentenced to six years in prison for wire fraud in 2018, related to his organisation of the first Fyre (he served only four). Whatever you think about the first Fyre – with its limp cheese sandwiches, its disaster-relief-tent accommodation, the absence of advertised headliners, the $26m of unpaid debt, the rats (were the rats influencer hyperbole? Perhaps, but on the other hand the festival happened on the parking lot of an abandoned resort development, and where else is a rat supposed to live?), you have to admit it lived up to one promise: it was legendary.Wire fraud is any swindling that happens electronically, whether by text, email, phone or social media. It’s so easy...

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7 d. ago ‘I’m still dancing’: Derbyshire woman has 105th birthday rave at care home

Hilda Jackson and fellow residents partied with strobe lights, glowsticks and drum’n’bass from festival-headlinerIt was a birthday party that would do even the most seasoned raver proud, with strobe lighting, glow sticks and a headline act who has played some of the biggest festivals in the UK.The birthday girl sipped on champagne, while guests helped themselves to free-flowing cocktails from a pop-up bar run by Jägermeister. This was not an Instagram influencer’s Ibiza pool party, however – it was Hilda Jackson’s 105th-birthday rave in her Derbyshire care home. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago BP's radical shift from green energy to fossil fuels has stunned the market... but what does it mean for YOU? Read our ultimate guide on whether you should invest in the oil giant

The boss of BP insists investors will 'love' his radical plans to revive the struggling oil giant - but the jury remains very firmly out.

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7 d. ago UK's biggest tribute festival featuring more than 30 acts coming to Stockport

Tickets for the two-day music day event start from £15 for adults and £10 for children

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8 d. ago Comedy Rich List 2025: Here are the 17 wealthiest comedians on the planet

Being funny can lead to earning a lot of money - none of these performers will be overly concerned about the rate of inflation.

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8 d. ago Maya Jama's ultimate guide to cocktails: the Love Island presenter's 3 favourite recipes

The presenter of Love Island on why cocktails set the right tone for a party, and why she loves a boozy brunch

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