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Vote Restore, get Greens: Split in Right vote sees Zack Polanski’s leftwing party pip Reform to first council seat
The Green Party won a Dover, Kent, council by-election by 34 votes over Reform UK, with Restore Britain’s candidate taking nearly 300 votes. The result highlights how a divided right-of-centre vote can affect closely contested local elections, while giving the Greens a seat in an area strongly associated with debate over Channel crossings. Green candidate…
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Sydney is rocked by an earthquake – as hundreds report feeling the ground shake
A magnitude 3.4 earthquake shook parts of south-west Sydney shortly after 1pm on Friday, with more than 500 people reporting that they felt the tremor. Although residents described shaking windows, furniture movement and loud rumbling, earthquakes of this size do not usually cause injuries or widespread damage. Geoscience Australia recorded the quake at a depth…
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Fairytales pending: the fringe musicals hoping to live happily ever after
Two established fairytale musicals, Bliss and Disenchanted!, have used the Edinburgh fringe to seek a larger future in UK theatre. Both challenge traditional princess stories by stressing independence and self-discovery, but the reviewer finds Bliss more convincingly ready to expand beyond its festival setting. Bliss arrives with an unusually large 17-person cast, an 80-minute running…
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‘It’s the story of what happens when the music stops’: bringing tormented jazz legend Bill Evans to life
Grant Gee’s new film, Everybody Digs Bill Evans, dramatises a few months in 1961 when the influential American jazz pianist was paralysed by grief following the death of his bassist, Scott LaFaro. Rather than offering a conventional cradle-to-career biopic, it focuses on Evans’s withdrawal from music, addiction and attempts by family members to care for…
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Apple’s Near-Perfect Sci-Fi Series Gets Even More Ambitious (and More Heartbreaking) in Season 2
Dark Matter’s second season expands beyond the first season’s adaptation of Blake Crouch’s novel, exploring the wider consequences of multiversal travel while continuing Jason Dessen’s attempt to rebuild his family life. The review finds this ambition uneven: the show is most powerful when examining identity, loss, love and regret, but less convincing when it shifts…
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DMA’S Score First No. 1 on ARIA Chart
Australian alternative rock trio DMA’S have achieved their first No. 1 album on the ARIA Albums Chart with their self-titled fifth studio record. The result marks a career breakthrough after previous albums narrowly missed the top spot, and makes it only the second Australian album to lead the chart this year. The album follows 2023’s…
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GB’s Fery beats Kovacevic to reach Winston-Salem semi-final
Britain’s Arthur Fery recovered from a set down to beat Aleksandar Kovacevic and reach the Winston-Salem Open semi-finals. The victory continues a strong summer for the 24-year-old and provides momentum immediately before his first US Open main-draw appearance. Fourth seed Fery won 3-6 7-5 6-3, taking five successive games from 5-5 in the second set…
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Donnacha Dennehy: Limina album review – joyously unfettered music is a thrill in motion
Donnacha Dennehy’s *Limina* is reviewed as an exhilarating, rhythmically driven work whose harmonic richness and restless momentum make for compelling listening. Paired with his 2020 Violin Concerto, the album showcases music that feels rigorously constructed yet vividly free-moving, with strong performances from pianist Eliza McCarthy, violinist Stephen Waarts, the National Symphony Orchestra Ireland and conductor…
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Fan Bingbing, Kim Jeewoon, Hong Kyung-pyo Curate Busan’s Carte Blanche as Festival’s Story Market Adds Thai Remake, Hong Kong Titles
The 31st Busan International Film Festival has announced its Carte Blanche programme, in which Fan Bingbing, Kim Jeewoon and Hong Kyung-pyo will present films that influenced them and discuss the choices with audiences. The festival has also expanded its Busan Story Market with new Hong Kong intellectual property selections and a Thai-focused remake rights section,…
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What is the aim for Kompany, Kane and Bayern?
Bayern Munich begin their Bundesliga title defence as strong favourites, with Vincent Kompany aiming to sustain domestic dominance while challenging more seriously in the Champions League. The club have already beaten Borussia Dortmund to win the German Super Cup, and their season will be judged largely on whether they can add European success to expected…