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BLACK STAR RIDERS Pull Out Of Fall 2026 European Tour With TYKETTO: ‘Ticket Figures Were Not At The Place They Needed To Be’
Black Star Riders have withdrawn from their planned autumn 2026 European “Rock ‘N’ Roll Salvation Tour” with Tyketto, citing disappointing ticket sales. The band confirmed the decision in a social media statement on Wednesday 8 July, apologising for the inconvenience and noting that refunds are available from the point of purchase. Tyketto will nonetheless proceed…
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Slade back in England XV for must-win game with Fiji
Centre Henry Slade has been recalled to England’s starting line-up for Saturday’s Nations Championship match against Fiji in Liverpool, as head coach Steve Borthwick seeks to end a run of five straight Test defeats. Slade, 33, was overlooked for the entire Six Nations campaign earlier this year but returns after strong domestic form in which…
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‘The Pitt’s’ Brittany Allen On Self-Submitting For The Emmys: “You Reach A Point Where You Go, I Don’t Want To Get Overlooked Anymore”
Brittany Allen, an actress in the second season of HBO’s medical drama The Pitt, has secured an Emmy nomination for outstanding guest actress in a drama series after choosing to submit herself for contention when HBO declined to put her forward. Her performance as Roxie Hamler, a terminally ill cancer patient, drew a strong fan…
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Franky Rizardo cancels Pete Tong remix collaboration following John Summit theft claim
Dutch DJ Franky Rizardo has withdrawn his remix of Everything But The Girl’s ‘Missing’, made with veteran broadcaster and producer Pete Tong, after John Summit publicly claimed that elements of the track had been taken from work he had originally created with Tong. The dispute matters because it involves three prominent dance-music figures and centres…
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Labour’s benefits reviewer says current cost of health and disability handouts is ‘not a great concern’ – despite fears ministers are ‘in denial’
Sir Stephen Timms, the minister leading Labour’s review of health and disability benefits, has said the current cost of such payments is “not a great concern”, playing down the case for outright cuts even as the Conservatives accuse the Government of being “in denial” about the spiralling welfare bill. Timms argued the priority should be…
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EU’s ‘unpleasant and dangerous’ border checks need overhaul, says Greek airports boss
The chief executive of Fraport Greece, Alexander Zinell, who runs 14 Greek airports including Corfu, Rhodes, Mykonos and Crete, has called for a major overhaul of the EU’s new entry-exit system (EES), describing the border checks as “unpleasant and dangerous” for passengers. His airports have had to erect gazebos to shield travellers queuing in the…
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BROADCAST BIAS: Graham Platner scandal shows how media’s #MeToo movement collapsed
This Fox News opinion piece argues that the sexual misconduct allegations against Graham Platner, a Democratic candidate in Maine’s US Senate race against Republican incumbent Susan Collins, expose what the author sees as inconsistency in the media’s handling of #MeToo cases. Platner suspended his campaign on 8 July after the allegations, and the article contends…
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Nigel Farage to trigger Clacton by-election with Count Binface as main rival
The Daily Mail’s “Poll of the Day” invites readers to vote on whether Nigel Farage will beat the novelty candidate Count Binface in a forthcoming Clacton by-election, framing the contest as a light-hearted test of the Reform UK leader’s standing in his own constituency. The article suggests the by-election is set to be triggered and…
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Data Centers Are Quietly Taking Over Texas. The Pollution Could Be Catastrophic
A Floodlight investigation has found that data centres are rapidly proliferating across Texas, often building large fossil-fuel power plants with minimal public scrutiny. The report centres on OpenAI’s flagship “Stargate” data centre in Abilene, whose 360-megawatt on-site gas plant sits just 500 yards from the home of resident Omaira Garcia, who says she learned of…
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Dragon Age’s former lead writer thinks the series is probably dead, but he’d be happy to take it off EA’s hands and ‘go somewhere dark and dangerous’ with it
Rescue mission.