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Hatsune Miku returns in Starry Party co-op game for Switch 2 and PC
Good Smile Company has announced Hatsune Miku: Starry Party, a new “party action” game featuring chibi-style designs of the virtual singer and her friends, due on Nintendo Switch 2 and PC via Steam. The announcement matters as the latest video game outing for Hatsune Miku, a long-running cultural phenomenon, and appears aimed at the growing…
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UK house prices edge up 0.2% in June as mortgage rates soften
UK house prices climbed 0.2% in June, ending a four-month period of consecutive monthly declines, with the typical property now valued at £299,330 according to the Lloyds house price index. However, current valuations re
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USA knocked out of home World Cup by Belgium amid Balogun row
The United States have been knocked out of the World Cup they co-hosted after a heavy 4-1 defeat to Belgium in the opening knockout round in Seattle, ending the campaign before the quarter-finals in what stands as the nation’s worst loss in more than thirty years. The result matters both for its sporting significance and…
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Charli XCX unveils listening events in 25 cities before new album
They will be staged in independent cinemas this week The post Charli XCX announces ‘Music, Fashion, Film’ album listening parties in 25 cities appeared first on NME.
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UK house prices edge up in June as Iran war ends
UK house prices rose in June for the first time since before the onset of the Iran war, according to the latest Lloyds house price index (previously the Halifax HPI). The typical property cost £299,330, a 0.2% monthly increase that reversed May’s 0.2% fall, though values remain narrowly below where they stood at the start…
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Andy Burnham plans to shift power north but Treasury will resist
Daily Mail City Editor Alex Brummer argues that Andy Burnham, who is set to become Prime Minister later this month, will struggle to loosen the Treasury’s grip on power despite his plans to shift some executive authority from London to Manchester. Burnham intends to create a “national growth unit” dubbed “No 10 North”, spending one…
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Trying returns for a fifth season with adoptive family facing new upheaval
Collider has published a review praising the return of the Apple TV+ comedy Trying for its fifth season, arriving after a two-year break and continuing to be described by the outlet as the streamer’s best sitcom. The review matters as a signal to fans that the well-liked British series, first launched in 2020, retains the…
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Lauren Bennett of LMFAO’s Party Rock Anthem dies at 37
Lauren Bennett, the singer who featured on LMFAO’s 2011 global hit ‘Party Rock Anthem’, has died at the age of 37. Her former girl group, G.R.L., announced her death in a statement on Instagram, describing her as “beloved” and paying tribute to her “beautiful spirit”. Her passing marks the loss of a performer whose voice…
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A pressing engagement becomes Audible drama among Jilly Cooper’s final projects
Audible has announced an audio drama adaptation of Jilly Cooper’s short story “A Pressing Engagement”, featuring a starry British voice cast including Rhea Norwood, Corey Mylchreest, Hannah Waddingham, Richard Ayoade, Vivian Oparah and Bessie Carter. The production is notable as one of the final projects Cooper was involved in before her death in October 2025,…