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End-of-term chaos at Cornwall holiday hotspot: Police ban gatherings after hundreds of private school pupils swarm beach for boozy parties
The Cornish coastal village of Polzeath has been overwhelmed by disorder after hundreds of teenagers, said by residents to be pupils from nearby private schools, gathered on its beach this week for end-of-term parties. The youngsters reportedly drank heavily, smashed glasses and engaged in sexual activity, prompting Devon and Cornwall Police to issue a dispersal…
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3 Whitney Houston Songs That Will Make You Feel Like Anything Is Possible
This is a light music feature from American Songwriter highlighting three Whitney Houston songs chosen for their uplifting, confidence-boosting feel. – “Higher Love” — Originally a 1986 Steve Winwood track, covered by Houston in 1990; producer Seth Faber told Music Week how Kygo’s acclaimed 2020 remix chopped up her vocal to create the record’s drop…
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‘Learning to Breathe Under Water’ Review: A Shark in the Roof Covers a Hole in the Heart in an Empathetic Crowdpleaser
Variety’s Guy Lodge reviews “Learning to Breathe Under Water,” the second feature from British director Rebekah Fortune, which premiered warmly in the Special Screenings sidebar at the Karlovy Vary festival. The film takes real-life inspiration from Oxford’s Headington Shark — a fibreglass sculpture installed in 1986 as protest art against nuclear warfare — and reimagines…
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‘Sony Knows a $1,000 PS6 Won’t Sell as Much’: Analyst on Manufacturer’s Plan to Maximise Revenue
Niko Partners director Daniel Ahmad has published a fact-based analysis explaining the reasoning behind Sony’s decision to stop manufacturing physical PlayStation game discs, cutting through the emotional backlash from fans. He compares the move to Apple removing the CD drive from its laptops in 2008, arguing that although complaints were loud at the time, the…
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Time marches on: what the next three years will bring for the USMNT
The Guardian looks ahead to the next three years for the US men’s national team following a 2026 World Cup that began strongly but ended disappointingly, as the programme now enters the 2030 cycle with several ways to rebuild the squad. The piece matters because major uncertainties hang over the setup: manager Mauricio Pochettino’s contract…
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Hidden underground chamber revealed beneath home of legendary Roman emperor
Archaeologists have uncovered a hidden underground chamber beneath Hadrian’s Villa in Tivoli, Italy, which researchers say could be the oldest structure ever identified at the famous imperial site. The discovery, announced by Pablo de Olavide University in Seville, Spain, matters because it points to an earlier villa that predated Emperor Hadrian’s residence and was partially…
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Ex-Town loanee finally departs Premier League side after NINE loans spells away – East Anglian Daily Times
The East Anglian Daily Times reports that a player who previously had a loan spell at Ipswich Town has now left his Premier League parent club permanently, having spent time out on loan on nine separate occasions. The story is of interest to Ipswich supporters given the player’s past association with the club, and it…
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Palworld Finally Launches in Full Today on PS5, and the Patch Notes are Colossal
Palworld, the survival, crafting and monster-collecting game from developer Pocketpair, has left early access and reached its full 1.0 release on PS5 today, 10th July 2026. Having been playable on the console since September 2024, the title has now received an enormous update that overhauls large portions of the game, to the extent that commentators…
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Record industry proposes AI labeling system for streaming platforms
The RIAA and IFPI are leading a coalition of music industry bodies in a push to have AI-made tracks labelled across the world’s streaming services, according to a Wall Street Journal report published on Friday (10 July). The group plans to work with platforms such as Spotify and Apple Music to attach two distinct tags,…