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Enzo Fernandez brutally mocks England with cheeky social media post after Argentina inflicted World Cup semi-final heartbreak on Three Lions
Argentina midfielder Enzo Fernández mocked England on social media after his side eliminated the Three Lions from the World Cup semi-finals, adding to a wave of Argentine gloating that included Lionel Messi’s claim that “England didn’t want it anymore.” The taunts have compounded a difficult period for England, whose exit has triggered intense scrutiny of…
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TV tonight: Diane Morgan and Sue Johnston’s great new sitcom
BBC One’s new sitcom Ann Droid, airing tonight, sees Diane Morgan add another memorable comic creation to her repertoire, following Philomena Cunk and Mandy. The show pairs Morgan’s deadpan humour with Sue Johnston’s performance as a grieving, sceptical widow, blending genuine warmth with themes of loneliness, and marks a notable new offering in the evening’s…
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Curlew chicks released to boost species numbers
Forty-eight young curlews have been released into the Shropshire Hills as part of a conservation effort to protect the species, which is on the UK’s Red List of highest conservation concern. The charity Curlew Country has been “headstarting” the birds—taking eggs from wild nests and raising the chicks in specially-built pens—after monitoring found that no…
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EU border chaos feared at Dover crossing as busiest summer weekend looms
Dover port is bracing for severe congestion this weekend as Britain’s busiest summer getaway coincides with ongoing technical problems in the EU’s new entry-exit border system (EES). A £40m automated facility built to speed up biometric checks in Dover remains unusable due to software faults in France, forcing French border police to manually register non-EU…
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The 85-year-old living in her own art installation
Sue Kreitzman, an 85-year-old self-taught artist from New York now living in Mile End, has turned her home into a densely decorated, colourful installation of her own paintings and sculptures. Her story matters as an example of someone beginning a new creative life later in adulthood after careers in teaching, cookery writing and television, despite…
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13 Greatest Sci-Fi Books of the Past 20 Years, Ranked
From The Martian to The Hunger Games, Project Hail Mary to Station Eleven, these sci-fi books have shaped the genre over the past two decades.
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NTP server that traveled back in time caused massive Aussie mobile outage
Telstra says a maintenance operation on a network time server triggered widespread disruption to its Australian mobile network, including problems reaching the 000 emergency line, electronic payments and transport systems. The incident matters because incorrect time data caused security checks across the network to reject connections, highlighting weaknesses in the telco’s maintenance controls and resilience…
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‘I used to do acid on a Wednesday. I don’t have time for that now’: alt-pop star Steve Lacy on his struggle to follow huge hit Bad Habit
A Grammy nom at 17, a US No 1 … then silence. With new album Oh Yeah? finally out after four years away, the genre-hopping artist explains the trauma and heartbreak that informed it Since Steve Lacy became a Grammy-winning artist with a No 1 hit in the US, little has changed for him. His…
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Hot Wheels Infinite Rush Races Onto Switch 2 This September With New Open World Gameplay
Update: It’s now arriving a little earlier than expected. : At the Summer Games Fest this year, Mattel and Milestone lifted the lid on a brand new open-world Hot Wheels game. Read the full article on nintendolife.com
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Sienna Spiro’s ‘Visitor’ Album Makes Top 10 Debut on Three Charts
It’s the singer-songwriter’s first full-length studio set.