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Deal or no deal? How to know if the retail price is right
The government is planning to crack down on misleading discounts in shops and online, with Andy Burnham pledging to end “phoney bargains” such as fake “was” prices and endless closing-down sales. A consultation this autumn will consider whether false discount claims, invented reference prices and misleading recommended retail prices (RRPs) should be explicitly added to…
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Maggie Gyllenhaal Was Asked to Use AI to Recreate Marilyn Monroe. But it Flopped Compared to Dakota Johnson
Maggie Gyllenhaal has revealed that a fully AI-generated recreation of Marilyn Monroe was scrapped from her short film “Flesh Impact” after it proved far less compelling than Dakota Johnson’s live-action performance. Speaking at a Venice Film Festival creativity summit, she said producers had asked her to use licensable AI, trained on licensed Monroe footage, to…
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King Charles and Macron view historic Bayeux Tapestry as Canterbury pushes for local booking priority
The Bayeux Tapestry is on public display at the British Museum for the first time in the United Kingdom, marked by a visit from King Charles and French President Emmanuel Macron. The milestone marks a significant diploma
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Trump’s Pentagon shake-up revives a presidential power play with a long history
The resignation of Army Secretary Dan Driscoll has intensified scrutiny of the Trump administration’s overhaul of Pentagon leadership, with some Democrats and Republicans warning that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s approach is destabilising the military’s senior ranks. However, presidents removing top military figures is a longstanding practice rather than a new development, with precedents stretching from…
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Liverpool look for new sporting director after Richard Hughes formally leaves
Liverpool have confirmed that Richard Hughes has formally stepped down as sporting director, making him the fourth person to leave the role in four years, with FSG president Mike Gordon now leading the search for a successor. Hughes’s exit had long been expected: he told the club of his intention to leave earlier this year…
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Russia risk warnings, tragic Spain villa deaths, Bayeux Tapestry’s UK debut
Trump downplays Putin’s Nato threat as Europe logs a surge in Russian hybrid attacks, a Greenwich couple are found dead beside a Spanish villa hot tub, the Bayeux Tapestry arrives in Britain, and Diddy’s defamation suit advances while OpenAI faces a wiki-takeover safety row.
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Missouri AG files petition asking Supreme Court to revive Trump-backed redistricting map
Missouri’s Republican Attorney General, Catherine Hanaway, filed an emergency appeal with the US Supreme Court seeking to reinstate a Trump-backed congressional redistricting map, after the state’s Supreme Court blocked it and ordered a public referendum on the matter in November. The dispute became a key flashpoint in a wider nationwide battle over mid-decade redistricting pushed…
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Trump signs order to remove endangered species protection for grey wolves
Donald Trump has signed an executive order stripping federal endangered species protections from grey wolves and the Mexican wolf subspecies, a move that could eventually allow ranchers to kill the animals to protect livestock. The order describes ranchers as playing a “vital role” in the food supply chain and American cultural heritage, but conservation groups…
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Reform UK eyes a tax cut for nearly 40 million Brits as Robert Jenrick pledges to raise the personal allowance to £15,000 in his first Budget to end decade-long ‘stealth’ raid
Reform UK has pledged to raise the tax-free personal allowance from £12,570 to £15,000 within the first 100 days of a Reform government, should the party win the next general election. The commitment, to be announced by would-be Chancellor Robert Jenrick at Reform’s Birmingham conference, is aimed at reversing years of “stealth” tax rises caused…
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‘Bold, brilliant, thrilling’: leading authors on the novels every school should teach
A group of leading authors, including Kate Mosse, Ben Okri and Samantha Harvey, have been asked by the Guardian to nominate novels they believe should be taught in schools, as England and Wales enter a period of curriculum renewal for GCSE English. The exercise coincides with mounting concern about declining reading for pleasure among children…