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Illicit deeds have just gotten a new Halloween video game banned in Australia – and it’s not because of the violence
The upcoming multiplayer game Halloween: The Game has been refused classification in Australia, meaning it cannot legally be sold in the country. The ban stems not from its graphic violence, which includes brutal killings inspired by the horror film franchise, but from a mechanic allowing players to smoke marijuana to reveal the location of villain…
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Brighton thrash Aston Villa as João Gomes sees red
Aston Villa’s turbulent summer culminated in a chastening 4-0 defeat to Brighton at the Amex Stadium, with new signing João Gomes sent off on his debut for a high boot on Georginio Rutter as Unai Emery’s side capitulated. Both clubs had been weakened by off-season upheaval, but only Fabian Hürzeler’s Brighton coped, easing to victory…
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Newcastle surf club stalwart groped local female surgeon while posing for a group photo – before volunteering to become the club’s ‘complaints officer’
A senior Newcastle lifesaver and former police detective has pleaded guilty to sexually touching a local surgeon at a community event in the NSW Hunter Valley last year. Scott Cook, 57, known as “Cookie”, had been honoured for long service to Newcastle Surf Life Saving Club and held roles including treasurer and lifesaving award assessor.…
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Onshore Windfarm Applications Hit Decade High Following Labour’s Renewable Energy Policy Shift
England’s onshore windfarm sector is experiencing a significant expansion, with applications reaching their highest levels in over a decade following the Labour government’s reversal of the Conservative-era de facto ban
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As You Like It review – French aristocratic trappings bring fresh comedy to Arden
A revival of As You Like It at Shakespeare’s Globe in London reimagines the play’s opening court scenes with the flamboyant costumes and gestures of Versailles under Louis XVI, before characters shed their finery for simpler disguises once they escape to the Forest of Arden. Directed by Sean Holmes and Charlie Josephine, the production prioritises…
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Chineke!/ Heyward/ Angel Blue review – belated premiere for forgotten Black composer
A Chineke! Prom at the Royal Albert Hall gave the belated premiere of Ballet, a 1918 three-movement work by Edmund Thornton Jenkins, a Black composer from Charleston, South Carolina, who died in Paris aged 32. The performance formed part of the orchestra’s ongoing effort to rediscover music by forgotten Black composers, reconstructed from incomplete manuscript…
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Onshore windfarms surge as North Sea oil woes and bus strikes hit Britain
Windfarm applications hit a ten-year high while North Sea decline tests the PM, Arriva bus drivers plan a strike, First Bus curbs under-16 travel, Nevada’s Hawk Fire prompts a state of emergency, and Lincoln City lose on their Championship return.
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West Brom surge back to floor Flemming-less Burnley amid transfer speculation
West Bromwich Albion came from behind to beat Championship promotion favourites Burnley 3-1 at the Hawthorns, with Isaac Price scoring twice in the second half after setting up Harry Whitwell’s equaliser. Burnley, missing injured striker Zian Flemming amid heavy transfer speculation, faded badly after the break, leaving Albion to maintain their unbeaten start to the…
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The PM is promising to fix our everyday annoyances – and I have a list to get him started | Emma Beddington
In this comment piece, Guardian writer Emma Beddington reflects on Andy Burnham’s push to tackle everyday “annoyances” – such as auto-renewed subscriptions, misleading sale prices, and capped bus fares – as a way of building public goodwill, drawing a parallel with New York mayor Zohran Mamdani’s popular online campaign against the “annoyance economy”. She argues…
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What to try when an Android app keeps crashing
The article offers troubleshooting advice for Android users whose apps repeatedly crash, drawing on the author’s long experience with the operating system. It notes that crashes are more often caused by buggy app updates than by hardware problems, so the first port of call should be the Google Play Store rather than the phone itself,…