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Acclaimed Chilean Filmmaker Valeria Sarmiento Bids Farewell to Directing With Affecting Childhood Sexual Abuse Drama ‘Behind the Rain’
Acclaimed Chilean director Valeria Sarmiento has announced that “Behind the Rain”, a drama about childhood sexual abuse, will be her final film as a director, drawing to a close a career spanning more than half a century. The film is receiving its world premiere in the prestigious Crystal Globe Competition at the Karlovy Vary Film…
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Harry Lawtey, Arsema Thomas, Timothy Spall & More Join Damson Idris In Netflix Series ‘The Lord’s Day’
EXCLUSIVE: Damson Idris-starring Netflix series The Lord’s Day is building out its cast. Harry Lawtey (Industry, Joker: Folie à Deux), Arsema Thomas (Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story, She Taught Love), Sophie Willan (Alma’s Not Normal, Small Prophets), Gemma Whelan (Game of Thrones, Killing Eve) and Timothy Spall (The Sixth Commandment, Goodbye June) have joined the…
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Great Britain’s grid operator issues another warning over power supplies in heatwave
Neso asks for extra supplies from electricity generators to cope with added demand on Thursday nightGreat Britain’s energy system operator has warned that “extreme temperatures” could hit power supplies on Thursday night, as the UK entered its third heatwave of the year.The National Energy System Operator (Neso) issued a notice overnight asking for extra supplies…
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‘SNL’ On ITV? Sky Already Plotting How To Megaphone Originals On Its New $2.1B Network
Sky is drawing up plans to broadcast its original series, including The Day of the Jackal and Saturday Night Live UK, on ITV following its £1.6 billion ($2.1 billion) acquisition of ITV’s network and streaming arm, Deadline reports. Although the Comcast-owned deal still faces lengthy regulatory scrutiny before completing next year, Sky has already held…
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Britain’s dysfunctional dynamic: the public wants change, but those in power always tell them it’s not possible | Andy Beckett
In this Guardian comment piece, Andy Beckett argues that Britain is trapped in a self-defeating political cycle: voters are desperate for change, yet whenever serious reform is proposed, the media, big business and Westminster swiftly brand it too costly, too vague or too disruptive, and it dies. He contends that the perception of risk is…
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UK housing market downturn eases but sentiment remains ‘fragile’, surveyors say – business live
The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors reports that the UK housing market downturn is easing, though sentiment among surveyors remains “fragile”, according to the day’s business coverage. The headline development, however, is a heavy fall in AstraZeneca shares, which dropped around 9%, after its heart disease drug Wainua failed a late-stage clinical trial, dragging the…
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Sizewell B wins 20-year reprieve as Starmer eyes World Cup bank holiday
Sizewell B nuclear plant gets a 20-year extension to 2055, while Starmer plans a bank holiday if England win the 2026 World Cup, amid James fitness fears, a US schools fraud probe, and a new Dune Part Three trailer.
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Awful surveillance video shows firework being thrown into window of apartment where it started fire that killed boy, 7
A seven-year-old boy has died in Dunn, North Carolina, after a neighbour set off an illegal firework that shot sideways through the window of his family’s apartment and started a fire. The incident, which happened just before 11pm on 4 July, has prompted local police to condemn the reckless use of fireworks and highlights the…
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Liberal senator Kerrynne Liddle doubles down on claim Aussie died during Telstra outage – as she blasts Police Minister for questioning her ‘integrity’
Liberal senator Kerrynne Liddle has reaffirmed her claim that an elderly South Australian woman died during Wednesday’s nationwide Telstra outage, while hitting back at the state’s Police Minister for questioning her credibility. The dispute matters because it feeds into wider concerns about whether the telecommunications failure disrupted access to emergency services, including the Triple Zero…