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Green energy tycoon Dale Vince sports a ‘chips are vegan’ t-shirt after being invited to help welcome Andy Burnham to Downing St… but he warns new PM that naming Ed Miliband as Chancellor would be a ‘mistake’

  • Dale Vince joined Burnham's Downing Street welcome in a "chips are vegan" t-shirt
  • Vince warned against making Ed Miliband Chancellor, calling it a "mistake"
  • Comes as Burnham prepares his first Cabinet reshuffle as new PM

Green energy entrepreneur Dale Vince was invited to Downing Street to help welcome Andy Burnham as the new Prime Minister, marking Burnham's first day in office after Keir Starmer's resignation. Vince, known for his outspoken environmental and political views, used the occasion to publicly caution Burnham against appointing…

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UK games retailer Game entered administration owing £16m, thanks to fierce competition, consumer trends, and “uncertainty associated with Brexit”

  • Game entered administration owing roughly £15.8m in February 2026
  • Brexit uncertainty, digital shift and competition blamed for collapse
  • No major console launches since 2020 worsened trading conditions

UK high street video game retailer Game entered administration in February 2026, owing approximately £15.8m, according to a new report from administrators KR8 Advisory. The report, written by administrators James Saunders and Lauren Wentworth after their April appointment, attributes the collapse to shifting consumer habits, intense competition and…

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HERIOT, Catch Fire & More To Play Special Charity Show

  • MKF Fest honours Miles Kent in Nottingham on 15 August
  • HERIOT, Catch Fire and others headline two-stage charity show
  • Proceeds support The Christie Charity and a young musicians' initiative

A charity concert named MKF Fest (Miles Kent Forever Fest) will take place in Nottingham on 15 August in memory of Miles Kent, a well-known figure in the alternative music scene. The two-stage event, hosted at Rescue Rooms and Red Rooms, will feature Catch Fire, Miles's former band,…

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Is Robert Downey Jr’s Doctor Doom the Hero or Villain of Avengers: Doomsday?

  • New trailer reveals Robert Downey Jr's Doctor Doom look and voice
  • Costume closely follows classic comic design, with added armoured chest plate
  • Downey uses an Eastern European accent, not British or Stark-like

The first wide trailer for Avengers: Doomsday has given fans their first proper look and listen to Robert Downey Jr's Doctor Doom, prompting fresh debate over whether the character will act as hero or villain in the film. Previous teasers, including those attached to Avatar: Fire and Ash,…

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“I’m just not prepared for the criticism if it doesn’t sell 100 million copies in the first hour.” Liam Gallagher gives his tongue-in-cheeks reasons for not wanting to make a new Oasis album

  • Liam Gallagher jokingly rules out a new Oasis album for now
  • Says no record could meet fans' impossibly high expectations
  • Suggests the band focus on gigs instead, in a comment made on X

Liam Gallagher has dampened fan hopes of a new Oasis studio album, joking that no record could possibly meet the sky-high expectations that would come with it. He made the remarks on X in response to a fan who claimed a new Oasis album "will actually change lives",…

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Pulp Play “Wickerman” For The First Time In 15 Years

  • Pulp played "Wickerman" live for the first time since 2011
  • Show marked Rough Trade's 50th birthday at Royal Festival Hall
  • Band performed entire More album in full for the first time

Pulp played "Wickerman," a deep cut from their 2001 album We Love Life, for the first time since 2011 during a special performance at London's Royal Festival Hall this past Saturday. The show marked celebrations for Rough Trade's 50th birthday, and it was also notable for being the…

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Halo Formula One and Ninja Warrior are taking the community by storm

  • Halo's Forge mode has spawned an unofficial Formula One-style racing league.
  • HT Formula M has 35 drivers and a 1,200-member Discord community.
  • Halo Ninja Warrior, built by one fan, has 26,000+ Instagram followers.

Halo's Forge creation tool, long known for user-generated maps and modes, has quietly spawned two thriving community subcultures: a Formula One-style racing league and an obstacle-course competition modelled on Ninja Warrior. The racing league, run under the HaloTracks governing body via the "haloformula" Instagram account, recreates real-world circuits…

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“Any band that reaches into the darkness to push boundaries are by definition progressive. That certainly applies”: They were regarded as synth-pop or new wave, but we say they’re prog. So do members of Marillion, Porcupine Tree and No-Man

  • Louder revisits whether Talk Talk should be classed as progressive rock.
  • Members of Marillion, Porcupine Tree and No-Man back the case.
  • Steve Hogarth cites Talk Talk as one of the defining 1980s bands.

The music magazine Louder revisits a long-running debate over whether English band Talk Talk, often filed under synth-pop or new wave, actually belong within the progressive rock canon. The piece matters to fans of the genre because it reassesses the legacy of a band whose later work moved…

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The director who accused Martin Scorsese of making “terrible movies that nobody needs”

  • Nicolas Winding Refn criticised Martin Scorsese’s films as unnecessary.
  • He singled out Scorsese’s nostalgic return to gangster cinema.
  • The comments highlight debate over legacy filmmakers’ relevance.

Danish director Nicolas Winding Refn once criticised Martin Scorsese’s films as “terrible movies that nobody needs”, arguing that the celebrated filmmaker had become overly nostalgic and disconnected from contemporary cinema. The remark matters because it came from a prominent modern director challenging one of Hollywood’s most influential and…

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Brunello Cucinelli Docufilm ‘The Gracious Visionary’ Sells Internationally Ahead of North American Release (EXCLUSIVE)

  • Cucinelli documentary sold to numerous international territories before US release
  • Directed by Giuseppe Tornatore, out in North America on 24 July
  • Film traces Cucinelli's rise to lead a $7.8bn luxury brand

A documentary about Italian fashion designer Brunello Cucinelli, known as the "King of Cashmere," has been sold to a wide range of international territories, expanding its reach ahead of a North American release on 24 July. "Brunello: The Gracious Visionary," directed by Oscar winner Giuseppe Tornatore, follows its…

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