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‘Female survival in a terrifying world’: Tilda Swinton’s return in Man to Man
Director Bruce Guthrie reflects on the return of Manfred Karge’s play Man to Man, starring Tilda Swinton, which is being revived following its groundbreaking run in the 1980s. The one-woman play depicts a working-class woman, Ella, who assumes the identity of her dead husband to survive Nazi rule and the subsequent division of Germany, and…
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Tourists in England face nightly levy on hotel and Airbnb stays under new plans
Ministers are set to give mayors in England the power to impose a nightly levy on hotel and Airbnb-style stays, dubbed a “tourist tax”, as part of a wider devolution push. Housing secretary Angela Rayner is meeting mayors on Thursday to outline plans that would let local leaders charge visitors a percentage of their accommodation…
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Debenhams Group offloads Sheffield distribution centre – fashionunited.uk
Debenhams Group, the online retailer formerly known as Boohoo, has sold its Sheffield distribution centre to Primark in a £90 million cash deal, reassigning the site’s lease and automation equipment to the fashion retailer. The move forms part of the company’s ongoing turnaround strategy, allowing it to reduce debt while shifting away from owning large-scale…
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Heat damage to barley harvest threatens UK beer supplies
Jeremy Clarkson’s partner Lisa Hogan has warned that Britain faces a potential beer shortage after a summer of heatwaves severely damaged the country’s barley harvest, threatening both the quantity and quality of beer produced. Ms Hogan, who runs Diddly Squat Farm in Oxfordshire with Clarkson, said suppliers may struggle to meet demand and warned that…
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Funeral will be held today for second police officer killed in A66 crash that sparked north-east mayhem
PC Tom Clough, 38, will be laid to rest today in Redcar with full police honours, a day after his colleague PC Matthew Blades was buried in Hartlepool. Both officers died last month when their armed response vehicle was hit head-on on the A66 near Middlesbrough by a Volkswagen Passat carrying youths fleeing police, a…
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Australian councils reverse Indigenous policies amid sustained public backlash
Two Australian councils have recently modified their positions on Indigenous recognition and Australia Day celebrations following intense community pressure. Strathfield Council in Sydney covered Indigenous acknowledgeme
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Crew Girl impresses with rowing drama but stumbles on love triangle
Netflix’s teen drama “Crew Girl” concludes its first season by resolving the love triangle at its centre, with creator Vivian Lin detailing to Deadline how the romance and rivalry plots wrap up and set up a potential second season. Coxswain Teagan Tao ends up with rower Josh Regis after his breakup with Britney Garner, while…
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Nats system fault forces cancellation of over two thousand flights
UK flight disruption caused by a fault in National Air Traffic Services (Nats) systems ran its course over two days before schedules returned to normal on Thursday, with no cancellations forecast for the day, according to aviation analytics firm Cirium. The episode, which began with a technical failure on Tuesday, ultimately led to more than…
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The Sidemen Rep Arcade Signs Max Fosh, Friends From Work & More Ahead Of Europe’s First Creator Upfront
Arcade, the management company behind YouTube collective The Sidemen, has relaunched as a broader entertainment business and signed a raft of new creators, including comedian Max Fosh, collective Friends From Work, and restaurant channel Fallow Chefs, ahead of hosting Europe’s first creator media “upfront” event in London. The move signals an industry shift towards treating…
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‘RuPaul’s Drag Race UK’ Canceled By BBC Amid “Financial Pressures”
The BBC has confirmed that RuPaul’s Drag Race UK will end on the channel after its current eighth series, with the show and its spin-offs moving to producer World of Wonder’s own streaming service, Wow Presents Plus. The broadcaster cited ongoing “financial pressures” and the need to find £500 million (about $677 million) in savings,…