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Lifeboat museum is forced to close after its volunteers were abused by anti-migrant protesters
Poole Old Lifeboat Museum in Dorset has closed after volunteers were verbally abused by anti-migrant protesters angry at the RNLI’s role in rescuing Channel migrants. The closure follows a demonstration outside the RNLI’s nearby headquarters on Wednesday night, part of wider unrest linked to a rescue operation earlier in the week in which the charity…
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Family’s utter despair as daughter, 13, dies in hospital days after bicycle crash that also killed 12-year-old son
A 13-year-old girl from Williamston, Michigan, has died in hospital days after a road crash that also killed her 12-year-old brother, leaving their family devastated. Karalee and Calvin Shepard were riding their bicycles along the shoulder of a road near Lansing on 5 September when a Ford Explorer, driven by a 64-year-old woman, struck them…
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Russia warns Lithuania will be ‘in the crosshairs of our nuclear weapons’ if it hosts Nato nukes in new WW3 threat
Russia has warned that Lithuania will become a target for its nuclear weapons if the Baltic state allows Nato allies to station nuclear arms on its territory. The warning, delivered by Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov, comes as Lithuania’s parliament considers lifting a constitutional ban on hosting nuclear weapons, a move backed by the president and…
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Dolly Parton Had a Simple One-Word Request Before Her Death, Sister Reveals
Dolly Parton’s sister, Stella Parton, has revealed that the country music icon’s final request before her death was simply for “prayers”, underlining the deep religious faith that sustained her as her health declined. Dolly died at the age of 80, and it later emerged that she had been privately battling cancer, a diagnosis she chose…
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Pedro Neto signs improved Chelsea contract after rejecting City
Chelsea have given Portugal winger Pedro Neto a new five-year contract (with the option of a further year) and a pay rise, rewarding his strong start to the season after he rebuffed summer interest from several Premier League clubs, including Manchester City, to stay and play under Xabi Alonso. The move comes as Chelsea contrast…
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Melbourne GP caught with meth and ketamine fled to Canada – where he was allowed to keep practising as explosive details emerge at tribunal
A Melbourne GP with a suspected history of drug use, Stewart Mawdsley, appeared before the Victoria Civil and Administrative Tribunal facing findings of professional misconduct after being caught with methamphetamine and ketamine, and later moving to Canada where he continued practising. The case has drawn scrutiny because Mawdsley failed to notify the Medical Board of…
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Moment Ryanair passengers scream as Boeing jet’s wing clips runway during aborted landing in Ireland
A Ryanair Boeing 737 clipped its wing tip on the runway during an aborted landing at Dublin Airport on Wednesday evening, prompting the pilots to abort and carry out a go-around as passengers screamed. Footage of the incident shows the aircraft tipping onto its right-hand side on touchdown before the crew powered it back into…
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Our pick of the exhibitions this month – Emily Redfearn’s. JOY @ Hop Hideout
Sheffield-based illustrator and animator Emily Redfearn is holding her debut solo exhibition, titled Joy, at Hop Hideout. The show, which coincides with Tramlines weekend, brings together older illustrations alongside previously unseen pieces, all built around Redfearn’s upbeat, colourful visual style and her instinct to find enjoyment in everyday life. The exhibition combines prints, posters, physical…
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Tartuffe (Remixed) review – Mark Rylance sinks his false teeth into Molière’s trickster comedy
Mark Rylance stars in Darren Raymond’s Tartuffe (Remixed), a modern update of Molière’s 1664 comedy about a religious fraudster who infiltrates a devout household, now transplanted to the eve of a Jamaican-Nigerian wedding at London’s Marylebone theatre. The production continues a trend of relocating the play’s central hypocrite figure to new cultural settings, following earlier…
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‘Everybody Wants to F— Me’ Director on Poking Satirical Fun at Performative, Arthouse-Loving Nice Guys and Casting Taron Egerton to Play One
Director Jonathan Schey has spoken about his feature debut “Everybody Wants to Fuck Me,” a London-set film blending romantic comedy with thriller, horror and satire, which premieres at the Toronto Film Festival. The film targets “performative nice guys” in modern dating culture and stars Taron Egerton as Adam, a man who presents as a thoughtful,…