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Afghan small boat migrant, 18, travelled 200 miles to stab shop worker to death near Westminster Abbey, court hears
An 18-year-old Afghan man who arrived in the UK on a small boat has gone on trial at the Old Bailey accused of travelling roughly 200 miles from Leeds to London to fatally stab a shop worker near Westminster Abbey. Prosecutors allege Suliaman Tajzai murdered 26-year-old Farmanullah Sherzad on 27 March this year in a…
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An alleged saboteur had a vandal kit at Boris Johnson’s wedding party venue
A man is on trial accused of planning to spray-paint the word “Palestine” across the lawn at Daylesford House, the Cotswold estate where Boris and Carrie Johnson held their wedding party, the day before the event took place. Tim Speers, 41, allegedly carried out the plot on behalf of Palestine Action, targeting the property because…
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Austria rolls out ban on Islamic headscarves in schools with hijabs and burkas barred from classrooms for girls under 14
Austria has begun enforcing a ban on Islamic headscarves for pupils under 14, with schools reopening in Vienna and other states on Monday testing the new rule for the first time. The country’s main Muslim body, the Islamic Religious Community in Austria (IGGO), has condemned the measure as discriminatory and unjustifiably restricting religious freedom, and…
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Five icons that could have been in the Traveling Wilburys
Far Out Magazine imagines which other musicians could plausibly have joined the Traveling Wilburys, the late-1980s supergroup formed almost by accident around George Harrison, Bob Dylan, Roy Orbison, Tom Petty and Jeff Lynne. The piece argues that membership was never really about star power but about chemistry, mutual respect and a willingness to set egos…
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High school sweethearts buy local honkey-tonk where they had first date amid fears it was on brink of closing
High school sweethearts Trinity and Trevor Thatcher have bought the Cowboy Saloon and Dance Hall in Laramie, Wyoming, the venue where they had their first date years earlier. The couple took over the bar despite having little experience in the hospitality trade, and their purchase comes at a time when several nearby venues have been…
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Mini Review: Sprawl Zero (PS5) – A Fun Blast of PS2 Shooter Nostalgia
Push Square’s mini review praises Sprawl Zero, a PS5 tactical shooter that deliberately apes late-1990s/early-2000s titles such as Halo and F.E.A.R, right down to a de-rezzed graphical style reminiscent of the PS2 era. The reviewer highlights the game’s straightforward, linear approach to level and story design, arguing that this focus, rather than bloated side content,…
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Can breath be art? Liz Larner on sculpting with hair, lashes, leather – and international group exhalation
Californian sculptor Liz Larner is staging her first major UK exhibition, A Hard Line to Bend, at Camden Arts Centre in London, showcasing decades of work made from unconventional materials including human hair, false eyelashes, leather, surgical gauze and even breath bacteria. The show highlights her enduring interest in transforming discarded or overlooked substances into…
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DHS chief announces changes to its seal to reflect that department is ‘at war every single day’
US Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin has announced that the department’s official seal will be altered so that its eagle faces towards a bundle of arrows rather than an olive/palm branch, a change he said symbolises the fact that DHS is now “at war every single day”. Speaking ahead of the 25th anniversary of the…
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Fitter, happier, more productive: Arsenal could hardly have started better | Jonathan Wilson
Arsenal have won all three of their opening Premier League fixtures this season, most recently beating Chelsea despite falling behind, and have looked comfortably the better side in each match while varying their approach. Manager Mikel Arteta’s team appear to be playing with a freshness and authority that was often missing last season, when they…
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Chris Langham, Thick of It actor, dies at 77
Chris Langham, the actor and writer best known for playing hapless government minister Hugh Abbot in the BBC political satire The Thick of It, has died of pancreatic cancer aged 77. His career was defined by both notable comic achievement and disgrace: after early success he was jailed in 2007 for downloading child pornography, an…