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Siân Heder Brings Disability-Rights History to Screen in ‘Being Heumann’ TIFF Opener
“Being Heumann”, Siân Heder’s dramatisation of disability-rights activist Judy Heumann, opened the Toronto International Film Festival, marking Heder’s first feature since her Oscar-winning “CODA”. Following that film’s approach of casting deaf actors as deaf characters, Heder again casts actors with disabilities to portray the coalition Heumann led, giving the project both authenticity and topical resonance…
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What to know about Sunday’s election in Sweden, NATO’s newest member
Sweden goes to the polls on Sunday in an election that will decide whether Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson secures a second term or the centre-left, led by former PM Magdalena Andersson, returns to power. A notable feature this time is that the hard-right, anti-immigration Sweden Democrats could win Cabinet posts for the first time if…
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Vance strengthens 2028 frontrunner status at GOP’s first midterm convention in Dallas
Vice President JD Vance drew widespread praise from Republicans at the party’s first-ever midterm convention in Dallas after delivering a sharp retort to a protester who interrupted his primetime speech waving Palestinian Authority and Mexican flags. Commentators across conservative media hailed the moment, in which Vance told the heckler “if you love Mexico so much,…
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The ‘great grid upgrade’ is off track – ministers should spell out the risks for bills | Nils Pratley
A National Audit Office (NAO) report has found that the £70bn “great grid upgrade” – the programme to rewire Britain’s electricity transmission network to enable clean power by 2030 – is running behind schedule and over budget, with the watchdog demanding far greater transparency from the bodies overseeing it. Columnist Nils Pratley argues that the…
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Speed up electricity grid upgrade or else face higher bills, warns UK watchdog
The National Audit Office (NAO) has warned that UK consumers face higher energy bills unless the government accelerates a £70bn programme to modernise Great Britain’s electricity grid. The upgrades, which involve overhauling pylons, overhead lines and substations, are intended to allow more electricity from wind, solar and other renewable sources to reach homes, supporting Labour’s…
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Sian Heder Says “Collective Action Matters” as ‘Being Heumann’ Opens Toronto Film Festival
Director Sian Heder opened the 51st Toronto International Film Festival with the premiere of Being Heumann, her drama about disability-rights activist Judy Heumann, telling the Roy Thomson Hall audience that “collective action matters” at a time when “a lot of groups of people are getting left behind.” Heder, the Oscar-winning director of CODA, said rights…
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Motorist carjacked and baby abandoned on highway in Victoria
A seven-month-old baby was found abandoned by the side of a highway in rural Victoria, Australia, after police say a man carjacked the infant’s mother when she stopped to help him. The incident, which allegedly began when the woman was flagged down by a man appearing to need assistance, highlights the risks faced by motorists…
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Molly Ticehurst’s killer jailed after horrific stabbing of young mum in her bedroom
Daniel Billings has been jailed for at least 20 years for the murder of his ex-girlfriend Molly Ticehurst, a killing a New South Wales judge found was a calculated act of revenge after she reported him to police for alleged sexual assault. Ms Ticehurst, a 28-year-old childcare worker, was stabbed 15 times in her bedroom…
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Juror on Lindsay Clancy trial says ‘we let down Lindsay’ following mistrial
A juror who took part in Lindsay Clancy’s Massachusetts murder trial has spoken out following the case’s collapse into a mistrial, saying she believed the panel had “let down Lindsay” by failing to reach the unanimous verdict required. Clancy, from Massachusetts, was on trial for strangling her three young children in January 2023 while her…