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8 Movies To Watch If You Loved Widow’s Bay
Widow’s Bay has become one of the year’s biggest streaming successes, a horror comedy set on a cursed New England island that earned a 98% Rotten Tomatoes score and nineteen Emmy nominations. Its appeal lies in the difficult tonal balance it strikes, blending genuine unease with deadpan comedy without letting either undercut the other, a…
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Remnants of Henry VIII’s long-lost castle found in unexpected location, researcher reveals
A researcher from the University of Kent has traced stonework from Henry VIII’s long-vanished Sandown Castle to a Victorian extension at Dover Castle, overturning the popular belief that Sandown simply crumbled into the sea. Christopher Moore, a specialist in hidden and lost heritage, found that the coastal Tudor fortress was instead dismantled and its stone…
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Content creators drop the ball
A crowd of content creators disrupted play at the US Open this week, with an umpire forced to pause Naomi Osaka’s match against Anastasia Zakharova after influencers in a luxury suite became too loud, while others reportedly asked staff to take flash photographs during matches. The incident has reignited debate about whether influencers belong at…
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Ramsey caps Newcastle fightback for draw as Bournemouth concede late again
Newcastle United came from two goals down to draw 2-2 with Bournemouth in the Premier League, substitute Jacob Ramsey netting a superb 88th-minute equaliser to deny Marco Rose’s side a first win as manager. It was the third consecutive league game in which Rose’s Bournemouth surrendered a lead, overshadowing an outstanding individual display from midfielder…
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Junta calls in Russian troops to crush Niger mutiny as Williams sisters bow out at US Open
Also tonight: a Venice documentary exposes Putin’s war on press freedom, a Florida woman avoids charges after a fatal Walmart car-park shooting, the Muppets mark fifty UK years, and two children hurt in a bouncy-castle accident in Australia.
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Families’ fury at ‘comedy’ ketamine T-shirts: Grieving mothers demand sites including Amazon, eBay and Etsy stop selling merchandise that glamourises killer drug
Grieving mothers who lost children to ketamine addiction have criticised Amazon, eBay and Etsy for continuing to sell T-shirts that they say glamorise the drug, after similar items were pulled from Temu and Shein following complaints. The campaigners, who connected through a Daily Mail WhatsApp group, argue that designs featuring cartoon horses, unicorns and jokey…
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Forget ‘Downton Abbey,’ HBO’s 10/10 Replacement Has Already Surpassed It in the One Way That Matters
The Gilded Age, HBO’s period drama from Downton Abbey creator Julian Fellowes, is being praised for going further than its predecessor by consistently spotlighting the social issues of its 1880s setting rather than staying confined to the concerns of its wealthy central families. Where historical dramas often risk becoming insular studies of the upper classes,…
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Tragedy at Burning Man as partygoer suddenly dies amid festival lockdown over severe deluge
A man believed to be in his 50s has died at the Burning Man festival in Nevada, with the event now on lockdown after heavy rainfall turned the site into a mire. The death, reported late on Friday, comes as festival organisers closed the gates as a precaution and urged attendees who had not yet…
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My widowed mother is spending thousands on her new boyfriend. She says I’m only worried about my inheritance: VANESSA STOYKOV
A woman writes to a personal finance columnist expressing concern that her 72-year-old widowed mother is spending large sums on her new boyfriend, including an overseas holiday, an expensive watch and now a proposed contribution towards renovating his house. When she raised the issue, her mother accused her of only caring about her inheritance, leaving…
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Pattinson remains hopeful despite Hansen’s Primetime boycott at Venice
Robert Pattinson, who plays Chris Hansen in the A24 film “Primetime” and joined the project as a producer, told reporters at the Venice Film Festival that he hopes Hansen will ultimately like the film, despite Hansen having objected to it and reportedly buying pre-show advertising for his own streaming platform to compete with it. Pattinson…