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Heartbreak as suicide prevention campaigner, 22, dies four years after her brother took his own life
Poppy Reynolds, a 22-year-old suicide prevention campaigner from Bundaberg in Queensland, has died, four years after her older brother Harry took his own life in 2022. Her death matters because she had become a passionate advocate and fundraiser for mental health charities following her brother’s loss, making her passing a stark illustration of how grief…
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Hug: new trio from Devendra Banhart, Gyan Riley and Noah Georgeson
Devendra Banhart has formed a new trio called Hug alongside guitarist Gyan Riley and producer and multi-instrumentalist Noah Georgeson. The group will release their self-titled debut album on 11 September through David Byrne’s Luaka Bop label, led by the single “Cow With Half Moon Parasol”. The project brings together three long-connected musicians and marks a…
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Blue Origin reportedly raising $10B at $130B valuation
Jeff Bezos’ space company Blue Origin is reportedly raising $10 billion at a $130 billion pre-money valuation, according to The New York Times. The round would be the company’s first external fundraise, drawing in major backers including Coatue Asset Management, Bezos himself, and other large investors, and marking a significant vote of confidence in the…
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AMON AMARTH Releases First-Ever Acoustic Song ‘Upphaf’
Swedish melodic death metal band Amon Amarth have released “Upphaf”, the first acoustic song of their career. The track strips back the band’s usual heavy sound to present a sparse, Norse-inspired composition built around hypnotic melodies and choral vocals, evoking the atmosphere of a longhouse hearth. The single is presented as a quiet prelude to…
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Britain’s markets attracting generation of highly educated entrepreneurs
Britain’s street markets are drawing an unexpected wave of highly educated young entrepreneurs, according to exclusive research shared with the Guardian by the National Market Traders Federation (NMTF). One in five young traders now holds a master’s degree, PhD or medical doctorate, and separate figures from the street food collective Kerb show almost three-quarters of…
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Mother-of-three was unlawfully killed by convicted rapist who coerced her into taking sleeping tablets so he could have sex with her while she was unconscious, inquest rules
An inquest at Somerset Coroner’s Court has ruled that Kelly Faiers, a 61-year-old mother-of-three, was unlawfully killed by her partner Richard Scatchard, a convicted serial sex offender who coerced her into taking excessive quantities of sleeping tablets so he could have sex with her while she was unconscious. Ms Faiers was found by paramedics at…
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Asher White Announces New Album Love Aggregates: Hear “The Eagle Is No Omen”
Asher White doesn’t stay quiet for too long, and thank god for that. Last year she released her 16th album 8 Tips For Full Catastrophe Living, which was also her debut for Joyful Noise that earned her our Artist To Watch honor. Earlier this year the prolific indie artist covered Jessica Pratt’s entire debut LP,…
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Heartbreak as America’s last blueberry harvest toolmaker, 84, loses his Maine workshop to devastating fire
Ike Hubbard, an 84-year-old craftsman from Jonesport, Maine, has lost his workshop to a fire, destroying a business he had run for 40 years. Hubbard is described as one of the last makers of blueberry rakes in the United States — handheld tools swept through bushes to gather the fruit — so the loss carries…