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Ministers row back on council homes vow as Spurs cash in on Savinho sale to City
UK housing and water policy, Meloni’s Rome advice to Badenoch, Singapore’s baby bonus, Mexico’s deadly bull run and an OpenAI escape probe also feature, plus Tottenham’s £75m Savinho deal.
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Pandemonium as women spill out of skimpy leotards during massive brawl at taco restaurant
A brawl broke out early on Sunday morning outside Tacos el Gordo in downtown San Diego, California, involving several men and women, some of the women wearing revealing outfits. Police officers, who had been stationed nearby, moved in quickly, deploying pepper spray on those involved and using a taser on one woman before the fight…
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Preserving glow-in-the-dark art and fashion for future generations
Conservators and chemists are studying the unstable pigments used in glow-in-the-dark and fluorescent art and fashion, including works by punk-era designer Stephen Sprouse, to understand why the colours fade and how they might be preserved. The research, presented this week at an American Chemical Society meeting in Chicago, matters because these bright pigments have been…
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Trump breaks silence on death of Dolly Parton, 80, as he orders flags at half-mast ‘in her honor’
Country music icon Dolly Parton has died at the age of 80, prompting a public tribute from President Donald Trump, who ordered US flags to be flown at half-mast nationwide for one week from Tuesday evening. Writing on Truth Social, Trump described Parton as “one of the greatest Country singers, and far beyond, EVER” and…
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Caitriona Balfe found fame by ditching Milan and Paris for ‘a year in Scotland’ to film Outlander
Actress Caitriona Balfe has revealed that she did not realise how popular the Outlander book series was before signing on to play lead character Claire Randall, a decision that took her away from a decade-long modelling career in Europe and the US. The Irish star, now 46, spoke to Tatler magazine about swapping the catwalks…
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Dolly Parton used glamour to reshape country music’s feminist voice
This Guardian tribute by Alexis Petridis explores the artistry behind Dolly Parton, examining how the country star, actor and philanthropist, who has died aged 80, used her exaggerated “dumb blonde” image as a deliberate shield that allowed her to smuggle subversive, feminist and empathetic themes into mainstream country music. The piece argues that behind the…
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Sir Billy Boston dead aged 92: Rugby league legend – and the sport’s first knight – was a gentle giant and a breaker of barriers, writes OLIVER HOLT – he belongs in the same company as Jackie Robinson and Arthur Ashe
Sir Billy Boston, the rugby league legend and the sport’s first knight, has died aged 92. He was a pioneering figure who broke down racial and class barriers in British sport, and his death has prompted tributes from across the rugby world and beyond, including from Prime Minister Andy Burnham, who praised his kindness and…
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Family of Minnesota man gunned down by immigration agents found out son was killed while watching live TV footage after recognizing his jacket and glasses
The family of Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old US Department of Veterans Affairs nurse shot dead by federal immigration agents in Minneapolis on 24 January, has revealed they learned of his death by recognising his jacket and glasses on live television footage. Speaking publicly for the first time, seven months after the shooting, his parents Michael…
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Instagram’s ‘First Draft’ trims your Reels clips for you
Instagram has launched “First Draft”, a new Reels-editing feature that automatically trims raw clips down to their most interesting moments, giving users a ready-made starting point they can then refine before posting. The tool rolled out to Instagram’s iPhone app, and the company subsequently confirmed it does not use artificial intelligence, distinguishing it from similar…
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Xbox Celebrates 25th Anniversary with Translucent Green Accessories and Controller Design Evolution
Microsoft’s “Designed for Xbox 25th Anniversary” collection of limited edition accessories has launched for pre-order, marking the official release of the range after it was previewed at E3 in June. Almost every item is finished in translucent “OG Green”, a deliberate nod to the Halo special edition of the original Xbox and matching branding used…