-
Two men plead guilty to stealing over £71,000 worth of Pokémon TCG in a string of burglaries targeting small card stores
Two men have pleaded guilty to a series of burglaries in which they stole more than £71,000 worth of Pokémon Trading Card Game (TCG) products, targeting small, independent card shops. The case highlights the soaring real-world value of collectible trading cards, which has made specialist retailers an increasingly attractive target for organised theft. The pair…
-
Dalic leaves as Croatia coach after nine years
Zlatko Dalic has stepped down as Croatia’s head coach after nearly nine years in charge, following the team’s elimination from the 2026 World Cup by Portugal. The 59-year-old was the country’s most successful manager, having led Croatia to the 2018 World Cup final and third place in 2022, making his departure a significant moment as…
-
“It went pretty well – meltdown aside!” Blaze Bayley remembers the notorious gig where Iron Maiden were pelted with spit
Blaze Bayley, who fronted Iron Maiden from 1994 to 1999, has revisited the infamous 1996 concert in Chile at which the band were spat on by members of the crowd. Speaking in the new issue of Metal Hammer, the singer recalled the show at the Teatro Monumental in Santiago on 29 August 1996 — the…
-
Tony Rayns, British Critic and Champion of East Asian Cinema, Dies at 78
Tony Rayns, the British critic, festival programmer and screenwriter who spent decades bringing East Asian cinema to Western audiences, has died at the age of 78. He was found dead at his home on 7 July after an accidental fall down his stairs, according to his sister, Stephanie Gowman, who said his death was unexpected…
-
Interpol confront artificial intelligence on new single Iron City
Interpol have released ‘Iron City’, the third single from their forthcoming ninth album ‘This Mirror Weighs A Ton’, due out on 28 August via Partisan Records. The atmospheric track engages directly with the subject of artificial intelligence, framed by frontman Paul Banks as a conversation between a human narrator and a future AI that is…
-
‘Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed’ Star Charlie Hall Breaks Down That Explosive Episode 9 Moment
Collider has published a spoiler-filled interview with actors Charlie Hall and Kiarra Hamagami Goldberg, who play coworkers Rudy and Geri in David J. Rosen’s Apple TV comedic thriller “Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed”. The piece centres on Episode 9, the penultimate instalment of Season 1, in which the two characters shift from being antagonists to Tatiana Maslany’s…
-
‘The Rookie’ Keeps Solving One of TV’s Biggest Problems
This article from Collider praises the ABC police procedural The Rookie for its handling of police racial discrimination and corruption, an issue it argues television often struggles to portray well. The piece highlights the show’s Season 7 storyline for Detective Nyla Harper (Mekia Cox), who takes on these themes more directly than before, and argues…
-
Rotherham Council urged to crackdown on illegal vapes
The article at the supplied URL could not be summarised because its content was not accessible. Instead of the news report, the retrieved page returned only a browser verification message (“Just a moment… Enable JavaScript and cookies to continue”), which indicates the site was behind an anti-bot or JavaScript check rather than serving the article…
-
Housebuilder Vistry warns of losses amid heavy discounting on unsold homes
Vistry Group, one of Britain’s largest housebuilders, has warned it expects to make a pre-tax loss of £30m in the first half of the year after resorting to heavy discounting to clear a backlog of unsold homes. The warning, which coincided with news that the company’s finance director is departing, sent Vistry’s shares down 8%,…