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Podiums Signs Creator-Led Podcasts From Abbey Sharp, Lex P & More
Podium, the podcast company owned by Night that recently relaunched from The Roost, has signed four new creator-led shows: Bite Back with Abbey Sharp, Commander at Home, Stan Wars and Love, Lex P. The deal expands Podium’s roster of creator-driven programming, which already includes hits such as This Past Weekend with Theo Von and Just…
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Everton lose Balogun as Premier League spending nears £3.5bn
The Guardian’s Football Daily newsletter offers a wry, satirical recap of the Premier League’s summer transfer deadline day, mocking the hype-laden media circus around it while highlighting some of the window’s most notable late twists. Chief among these is Everton’s collapsed move for striker Folarin Balogun, who pulled out of a near-complete transfer from Monaco…
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Andy Burnham says he IS committed to spending 3% of GDP on defence by 2030 after Labour MP warns him ‘vibes’ are not enough
Andy Burnham has told MPs he remains “committed” to raising UK defence spending to 3 per cent of GDP by 2030, appearing to go further than the government’s previous careful avoidance of a firm deadline. The exchange came during Prime Minister’s Questions after Labour’s Tan Singh Dhesi, chairman of the Defence Select Committee, pressed him…
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Pervert who filmed couple having sex through bedroom window and spied on up to 90 women jailed
Jake Austin, 31, has been jailed for 31 months after admitting a four-year campaign of voyeurism in which he spied on and filmed as many as 90 women, including a couple having sex through their bedroom window. He was caught in Norwich when a woman having sex with her partner spotted his face pressed against…
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Tado’s new thermostat is designed as a Nest killer
Tado has launched the second generation of its Smart Thermostat X, positioning the device as a direct successor to Google’s Nest thermostats in Europe following Google’s withdrawal from the market last year. Google’s decision to shut down servers for its first- and second-generation Nest thermostats has already driven “significant” sales towards Tado, according to cofounder…
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Fall 2: Deadpoint review – silly seat-edge sequel can’t reach heights of the original
The Guardian has reviewed Fall 2: Deadpoint, the sequel to 2022’s surprise Netflix hit Fall, finding it a diminished but occasionally effective follow-up to the low-budget original. Where the first film’s blend of silliness and genuine suspense helped it stand out from typical streaming fare, this sequel largely repeats the formula with less success, though…
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Why Casey Affleck Cast His Family in His Gothic New Film ‘Company’ (First Look)
Casey Affleck’s third directorial feature, “Company,” will premiere at the Venice Film Festival, offering a Gothic mystery told across three interlinked timelines beginning on Christmas Day 1975. The low-budget film, co-written with novelist Ron Hansen over six years, unfolds as a story-within-a-story structure moving through 1975, 1953 and 1903, and centres on themes of loneliness,…
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Moment mountain guide ATTACKS climber on narrow ridge at 10,000ft after his victim criticised him for barging past his wife as she was lowering herself down a rope
Dramatic helmet-camera footage has captured a mountain guide allegedly attacking a climber on a narrow, exposed ridge roughly 10,000ft up Austria’s Grossglockner mountain, after being confronted for barging past the climber’s wife. The incident, which occurred on 22 August on the Mürztalersteig route leading to the Erzherzog-Johann-Hütte refuge, has prompted a police investigation, disciplinary action…
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UK government does not know what datacentres are being used for, FoI request shows
The UK government has admitted it does not know what the country’s largest datacentres are actually being used for, according to a freedom of information request, fuelling concerns about transparency as the AI-driven construction boom continues. The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (since dissolved) said it did not hold the requested information, prompting criticism…
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TalkFuse afternoon briefing, 2 Sep 2026 13:39
Andy Burnham’s first PMQs saw him dodge tax questions and face pension warnings, while US Democrats fended off left-wing challengers, a second Grand Canyon flood victim was named, and Coco Gauff triumphed at the US Open.