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TV tonight: Paul C Brunson looks at dangerous red flags in relationships
Tonight’s TV highlights include a new relationship series on U&W and a National Television Awards ceremony celebrating standout shows of the past year. The Guardian’s TV guide also flags a range of other programmes across BBC, ITV and Channel 4/5, alongside two Champions League football fixtures. Paul C Brunson fronts a new U&W series examining…
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Plaque for scientist who helped saved millions
A plaque has been unveiled at the University of Sheffield honouring Cecil Paine, a scientist whose team was the first to successfully use penicillin as a therapeutic treatment, in 1930. The achievement came two years after Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin, and Paine’s work is credited with helping pave the way for a treatment that has…
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‘Quite appalling’: The UK’s WORST airport revealed – with two-hour queues, nowhere to sit and ‘excessive’ walking distances
Consumer group Which? has named Manchester Airport’s Terminal 3 the UK’s worst airport for 2026, based on a survey assessing factors including check-in queues, passport control, cancellations and food and drink options. The findings matter for the millions of holidaymakers who pass through Britain’s airports each year, highlighting a stark divide between struggling major hubs…
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UK retailers to create 100,000 placements for young people out of work
UK retailers have joined forces with the Department for Work and Pensions to create up to 100,000 short-term work placements over the next three years for young people who are not in employment, education or training (Neet). The scheme, called Opening Shift, aims to give 18- to 24-year-olds a foothold in the job market by…
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China Box Office: ‘Once Upon a Time in the Middle East’ Crosses $300 Million
“Once Upon a Time in the Middle East,” a war comedy-drama from Dirty Monkeys, has topped mainland China’s box office for a fourth straight weekend and passed $300 million in cumulative earnings. The film, directed by Wen Muye and starring Shen Teng, follows a debt-ridden Chinese chef in the Middle East whose restaurant becomes a…
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From match point to US Open exit – lucky loser denied history
France’s Arthur Gea came within a point of becoming the first lucky loser to reach a Grand Slam quarter-final, but lost a marathon five-hour fourth-round match at the US Open to Dutchman Botic van de Zandschulp. Gea, 22, held a match point in the third-set tie-break but could not convert it, then failed to serve…
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Swansea’s golden boot winner yet to kick start season
Swansea City’s leading scorer from last season, Zan Vipotnik, has yet to open his account this campaign despite the Championship leaders making an unbeaten start to the season. The Slovenian striker, who won last term’s second-tier golden boot with 23 league goals, has largely been left out of the starting XI, raising questions about his…
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‘It’s not good to walk through the world feeling like prey’: Thelma & Louise’s writer on turning a movie classic into a musical
Callie Khouri, who won an Oscar for writing the 1991 film Thelma & Louise, has adapted the story into a stage musical premiering at London’s Young Vic. The project marks another creative first for Khouri, 68, who had previously turned down offers to musicalise the film but was eventually persuaded, despite the source material’s dark…