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Goodbye Dandelion review – ode to a fabulous friendship with a 50-year age gap
This Guardian review covers Goodbye Dandelion, a storytelling show at Underbelly during the Edinburgh fringe, performed by sibling duo Maddie and Marcus Rice. The semi-fictional piece recounts Maddie’s friendship with 87-year-old artist and piano teacher Darcy O’Shea, nicknamed “Dandelion”, and touches on the theme of assisted dying that recurs across several shows at this year’s…
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911 audio reveals distressing moment doctor’s husband who left daughter, 2, to die in hot car was found by nanny after killing himself just hours before he was due to be jailed
Christopher Scholtes, the husband of a doctor, took his own life in the garage of the family’s Phoenix home on 5 November 2025, just hours before he was due to begin a 20 to 30-year prison sentence. He had pleaded guilty to second-degree murder over the death of his two-year-old daughter, Parker, who died of…
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Windows NT 4 went on sale 30 years ago today
Today marks 30 years since Microsoft released Windows NT 4.0 for retail sale on 24 August 1996, the version that finally merged the stable but old-fashioned NT operating system with the modern Explorer desktop interface introduced by Windows 95. Coincidentally, this is also the 31st anniversary of Windows 95 itself, which launched on 24 August…
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Reform would evict social housing tenants over unkempt gardens
Reform UK has said that, under a Reform government, social housing tenants who fail to keep their gardens tidy and properties decorated would face eviction. Party chair Lee Anderson made the announcement at a press conference on Monday, framing it as a return to standards he associates with older council housing practice and arguing it…
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Sussex couple set for UK return with Spencer family backing
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are reportedly preparing an imminent return to the United Kingdom, with plans advancing for their arrival within the coming days. While Prince Harry remains distant from key members of the
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Zillow and Redfin settle FTC antitrust case over their rental listings partnership
The US Federal Trade Commission has settled its antitrust case against Zillow and Redfin over a 2025 “partnership” it alleged unlawfully restricted competition in the rental listings market. Under the original arrangement, Zillow paid Redfin to syndicate its listings while Redfin wound down its own rental advertising business and agreed not to compete with Zillow…
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Graduate jobs slump, Burnham escalates Russia tensions in Kyiv, Harry and Meghan mull UK return
Adzuna data shows graduate vacancies at a ten-year low; Andy Burnham’s Kyiv trip and Ukraine’s Scalp missile deal have deepened the Russia rift, plus Malaga drone chaos, China’s aborted Moon launch and Maradona’s Hand of God ball fetching £2.5m.
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Green Man festival review – Wolf Alice, Shame and secret sets keep the Welsh festival’s flame burning
This review of the Green Man festival in Bannau Brycheiniog, Wales, describes how Wolf Alice’s headline set and a surprise late-night DJ session ultimately compensated for the loss of the event’s traditional closing fire ceremony, which organisers cancelled after 20 wildfires scorched the surrounding hillsides in the preceding week. With burning the wish-covered Green Man…
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Get ready for the ‘Spussex squad’! How Harry and Meghan will join forces with the Spencer family – including 12 young cousins for Archie and Lili to play with
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are reportedly preparing to return to the UK within days, and while Prince Harry remains estranged from his brother the Prince of Wales and has drifted from allies such as Princess Eugenie, the Spencer family are said to be far more welcoming. Earl Spencer hosted Harry and Meghan at…
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Southwest flight attendant, 50, plunges to her death from 24th floor of Hawaii hotel – as mom-of-one’s family refute suggestions it was suicide
The family of Southwest Airlines flight attendant Jenny Lupton, 50, has rejected suggestions that her death in Hawaii was a suicide, insisting instead that it was an accident or the result of foul play. They said they were not told of her death until 24 hours after her body was found, and that Lupton had…