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Court staff accessed Southport victims’ sensitive data without authorisation
The Ministry of Justice has apologised after court staff accessed files relating to victims and survivors of the 2024 Southport murders without authorisation. For some individuals, the accessed material included sensitive personal data assessed as likely to pose a high risk to their rights and freedoms, though there is no evidence it was shared with…
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Rate rise, Gaza collapse and Leicester mum’s Malawi abduction lead the bulletin
State pension to rise 3.9% under the triple lock; at least 20 dead after a Gaza City building collapse; a British mother from Leicester remains missing after abduction in Malawi; plus an LA helicopter crash, Meta’s camera-free glasses and Sunderland’s European return.
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Senior officer acquitted of concealing gunner’s sexual assault allegation
Colonel Samantha Shepherd, regimental colonel of the Royal Artillery, has been cleared of trying to cover up a sexual assault on 19-year-old Gunner Jaysley Beck, who took her own life five months after the incident. The charge against Col Shepherd was formally withdrawn by the prosecution on the second day of her court martial at…
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Whisper of the Heart returns to inspire artistic commitment
This review looks at Whisper of the Heart, a 1995 Studio Ghibli film that Hayao Miyazaki scripted but did not direct, now receiving a UK and Irish cinema release. The reviewer frames it as an early exploration of themes Miyazaki would return to later in his career, though less polished than his acknowledged masterpieces, offering…
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Three Premier League teams show early troubles need not prove fatal
Coventry, Tottenham and Aston Villa have all endured troubled starts to the Premier League season, prompting fears of a difficult campaign ahead, but a look at historical precedent suggests such slumps do not necessarily doom a team’s fortunes. Coventry, back in the top flight for the first time since 2001, are the only side yet…
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Josh O’Connor returns to stage in rare Almeida revival of Golden Boy
The Almeida theatre in London is staging a rare UK revival of Clifford Odets’s 1937 drama Golden Boy, marking Josh O’Connor’s return to the stage after a decade focused on screen work. O’Connor plays Joe Bonaparte, a talented New York violinist who abandons music for boxing during the Great Depression, risking his hands for quick…
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Ladbrokes owner prepares to cut 400 jobs weeks after profit boost
Entain, the FTSE 100 owner of Ladbrokes, Coral and BetMGM, has begun consulting on cutting 400 jobs from its customer care division, weeks after reporting better-than-expected first-half profits. The move highlights the pressure gambling firms are under despite solid financial results, as the sector braces for a possible increase to machine games duty in the…
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Early Bowie recordings with Shel Talmy lack hidden brilliance
A new Parlophone compilation, The Shel Talmy Recordings, gathers David Bowie’s mid-1960s output from his pre-fame years as Davie Jones, when he recorded two commercially unsuccessful singles with the Mannish Boys and the Lower Third. The Guardian’s review argues the reissue is part of a broader posthumous tendency to treat almost everything Bowie ever recorded…
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The Voice of Holland victor found dead in Dutch lake
Ben Saunders, the British-born singer who won the first series of The Voice of Holland in 2011, has been found dead in a lake in Arnhem, the Netherlands. He was reported missing after a man was seen entering the water and failing to resurface; police recovered his body and ruled out foul play, although his…