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‘Adrenaline got us through New Forest wildfire’
Firefighters from Fordingbridge who were among the first crews to reach the New Forest wildfire on 9 August have described the “apocalyptic” scene as flames spread from a burning van on the A31 and tore through ancient woodland and heathland. The blaze, which destroyed more than 100 hectares of oak, beech and rare habitat, was…
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“Music you can see!”: Inside the world of the Scopitone music video jukeboxes
Long before MTV or even the pop promo clip, the Scopitone jukebox let bar patrons watch full-colour films of pop songs, effectively inventing the music video decades earlier. Developed in France and patented in 1958, the coin-operated machine spread across Western Europe and, later, the United States, offering a novel visual accompaniment to chart hits…
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Assisted dying bill row, borrowing costs surge, Scots schools slump in PISA
MPs warn of a “railroad” on the assisted dying bill ahead of Friday’s Commons vote, as thirty-year borrowing costs hit their highest since 1998. Scotland posts record-low PISA results, plus the Miami cargo crash, a Blackburn double murder probe, an OpenAI leak row, and pricier Glastonbury 2027 tickets.
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Travis Garland Delivers ‘Breathtaking’ Cover Of Ariana Grande’s ‘Dangerous Woman’ For ‘AGT’ Quarterfinals: Watch
Travis Garland delivered a well-received cover of Ariana Grande’s “Dangerous Woman” during the quarterfinal round of America’s Got Talent season 21, earning praise from all four judges and securing his place in the semi-finals. The performance came during a high-stakes live show in which seven of the ten remaining contestants were eliminated, underscoring how strong…
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Steam may have leaked achievements for countless forthcoming PC games via a third party site, including Persona 6, Ace Combat 8, and even some unannounced games
Steam appears to have inadvertently exposed achievement data for numerous unreleased and unannounced PC games through a third-party tracking site, with reports naming long-awaited titles such as Persona 6 and Ace Combat 8 among those affected. Several entirely unannounced projects were also reportedly included in the exposed data, raising the prospect that some publishers could…
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‘Miserable and impossible’: food scarce in Kyiv as Russia targets supply chains
Russian strikes on food warehouses and logistics hubs around Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities are leaving supermarket shelves half-empty and threatening to push up food prices, adding fresh strain to civilians already exhausted by more than four years of war. A truce meant to protect visiting US negotiators collapsed on Monday night when drones and…
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‘Would they fight or hug?’ The Oasis comeback film’s makers on shooting fans, vicars, police – and the Gallaghers
A documentary about Oasis’s 2025 reunion tour, Don’t Look Back In Anger, reveals the tense drama behind the comeback, including Liam Gallagher arriving just 20 minutes before the opening Cardiff show and leaving brother Noel pacing anxiously backstage. Directors Will Lovelace and Dylan Southern, longtime Oasis fans themselves, describe being overwhelmed by the intensity of…
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Jon Stewart Uses Nathan Fielder’s ‘You Can See Everything’ Trailer to Troll Donald Trump and His ‘Human Printer’ Aide
Jon Stewart used the trailer for Nathan Fielder’s upcoming Elizabeth Holmes documentary “You Can See Everything” as a comic device on “The Daily Show” to mock Donald Trump’s relationship with staffer Natalie Harp, who he framed as feeding the president a distorted version of reality. The segment played on Stewart’s broader riff about Trump living…
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Jeff Lowell Dies: ‘John Tucker Must Die’ Writer & ‘The Crew’ Creator Was 52
Jeff Lowell, the screenwriter behind “John Tucker Must Die” and creator of Netflix’s “The Crew,” has died aged 52 in Virginia on 24 August following a brief illness. He built a decades-long career in television and film comedy, starting as a sitcom writer in the mid-1990s before rising to executive producer and showrunner roles across…