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Reform backer quits, Nats fault grounds flights, McLaren adds 1,000 jobs
Tim Montgomerie’s resignation piles pressure on Farage and Yusuf, while a Nats technical fault disrupts UK airports and McLaren unveils £450m Woking investment. Also: grooming survivors accuse police, Eiffel Tower row, AI extinction warning, Old Firm build-up and a BAFTA Fellowship for Duncan Kenworthy.
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‘A Good Little Soldier’ Review: A Tense French Workplace Drama About a Woman Caught Between Motherhood and Corporate Hell
Stéphane Brizé’s “A Good Little Soldier” continues the French director’s ongoing critique of corporate culture, this time following Carla (Alba Rohrwacher), an HR manager caught between her demanding boss and the impossible pressures of modern management. Where Brizé’s earlier films focused on blue-collar workers or a tormented factory boss, this one shifts to a woman…
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September Showdown! SCOTUS Orders Blue State AGs To Respond To ParaBros Merger Antitrust Suit Objection From Iowa & Montana
The US Supreme Court has ordered California and 11 other Democratic-led states to respond by 25 September 2026 to a challenge from Iowa and Montana over their attempt to block Paramount Skydance’s $111 billion (£87 billion) merger with Warner Bros Discovery. The order does not confirm that the Court will take up the Republican-led states’…
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Cabin on Delta flight fills with fumes as pilots make emergency landing in Chicago
A Delta Air Lines flight made an emergency landing at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport on Tuesday afternoon after fumes were detected in the cabin. The crew of Flight 1390, travelling from New York, declared an emergency to secure priority handling from air traffic control, and all passengers and crew disembarked safely once the aircraft landed.…
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‘Baggage reclaim was pandemonium’: passengers hit by airport IT chaos recount their ordeals
More than 2,000 UK flights were cancelled after a system failure at Nats, the national air traffic control provider, plunged airports into chaos over two days. Although Nats fixed the technical fault within hours on Tuesday, the knock-on effects left hundreds of thousands of passengers facing delays and cancellations into Wednesday, prompting Nats chief executive…
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Trump’s travel halted as emergency plane slide deployed on problematic new Air Force One
Donald Trump’s departure from Joint Base Andrews was delayed by around 20 minutes after an emergency evacuation slide unexpectedly deployed from the front door of his new Air Force One, ahead of his trip to the Republican Midterm Convention in Dallas. Trump waited inside Marine One with its door shut while staff inspected the slide,…
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‘Practical Magic 2’ Hopes To Weave Spell & Keep Box Office Alive; Global Outlook $58M-$63M – Box Office Preview
Warner Bros is releasing Practical Magic 2, a sequel to the 1998 witchy romantic comedy, as it looks to sustain momentum after a record-breaking $4.76 billion North American summer box office. Industry forecasts put the film’s global opening between $58M and $63M, with roughly $40M expected domestically and $18M–$23M from 77 international territories, though it…
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3 Folk Songs From 1978 That Should Be Studied in Songwriting Classes
This is a list-style feature highlighting three folk songs released in 1978 that the author argues deserve close study for their songwriting craft. The piece focuses on how each track uses simple, direct language to convey complex emotional and philosophical ideas, holding them up as models for anyone learning to write folk music. – “Fish…
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‘RuPaul’s Drag Race UK: All Stars’ Set to Premiere on WOW Presents Plus (EXCLUSIVE)
“RuPaul’s Drag Race UK” is leaving the BBC to move exclusively to World of Wonder’s own streaming service, WOW Presents Plus, with a first-ever spin-off, “RuPaul’s Drag Race UK: All Stars,” launching in autumn 2027. The shift follows reports that the BBC was dropping the show amid budget cuts, and it marks the first time…