-
Paris Paloma tells crowd, “If you want to support artists, don’t use AI” on stage at Bilbao BBK Live 2026
Indie-folk singer-songwriter Paris Paloma used her set at Bilbao BBK Live 2026 to urge her audience to reject artificial intelligence and support human artists instead. Performing on the San Miguel stage on the festival’s opening day, she introduced her recent single ‘Miyazaki’ — named after Studio Ghibli director Hayao Miyazaki — with a pointed statement…
-
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…
-
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…
-
Moment angry passengers revolt on Wizz Air flight from Luton after being trapped in 37.7C heat without air con as delayed plane sits on runway
Passengers staged a revolt aboard a delayed Wizz Air flight departing London Luton, after being left for around two hours in temperatures of 37.7C without air conditioning while the aircraft sat on the runway. Footage shows travellers standing, shouting and fanning themselves with safety cards, with some removing their tops to cope with the heat,…
-
‘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…
-
‘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…
-
Travellers take over school playing fields with more than a dozen caravans and threaten staff – forcing them to cancel sports day and PE classes
A group of travellers with more than a dozen caravans has set up an unauthorised encampment on a playing field used by Caldicot Comprehensive School in Caldicot, south Wales, forcing the school to cancel its sports day and outdoor PE lessons. Staff and students at the 1,300-pupil school have allegedly been subjected to threats by…
-
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…