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“Our popularity has gone up massively over the last six or seven years.” With a summer of European festivals ahead, Saxon are happy to fly the flag for British metal
Saxon frontman Biff Byford has spoken to Louder about the veteran British metal band’s busy 2026 summer of European festival appearances, giving an update on his recovery from the colon cancer that forced date cancellations the previous year. He says he is “doing okay” and taking things day by day, as the band press on…
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‘Being a billionaire is so tacky!’ Musical firebrand Lido Pimienta on exploitation, class struggle – and going ‘Enya mode’
Colombian-Canadian musician Lido Pimienta, the genre-defying artist who won Canada’s Polaris prize with 2016’s La Papessa, speaks to the Guardian about her outspoken political stance as Colombia elects a new right-wing president. The winning candidate, Abelardo de la Espriella, has favoured fracking and closer ties to the US, once spoke of wanting to “disembowel” the…
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Here’s how Andy Burnham can finance a reindustrialised Britain – without doing a Liz Truss | Larry Elliott
In this Guardian comment piece, economics writer Larry Elliott argues that Andy Burnham, whom he characterises as Britain’s “prime minister-in-waiting”, is correct in his diagnosis that 40 years of neoliberalism have failed the country, particularly its former industrial heartlands in Scotland, Wales and northern England. Elliott draws a pointed comparison with Liz Truss — both…
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Apollo gatecrashes easyJet sale with surprise £5.7bn takeover offer – business live
The US private equity firm Apollo has agreed a surprise £5.7bn deal to buy the budget airline easyJet, gatecrashing an existing sale process and beating a rival bid from the US private credit group Castlelake. EasyJet’s board has said it is inclined to recommend Apollo’s cash offer of £7.15 per share to shareholders, marking a…
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Robot Dogs, Teslas, and Rescue Helicopters: The UN AI Summit Was a Lot
The tenth annual “AI for Good” summit, organised by the United Nations’ International Telecommunication Union (ITU), gathered public- and private-sector representatives in Geneva to debate how artificial intelligence might be steered towards benefiting humanity rather than harming it. Held against a backdrop of Washington testimony on superintelligence risks and shifting US export controls on chips,…
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MP launches survey over how £20m of Government cash should be spent in Jordanthorpe, Batemoor and Lowedges
The article’s full text could not be retrieved, as the page returned only a browser verification prompt (“Enable JavaScript and cookies to continue”) rather than the story itself. Based on the headline alone, a Member of Parliament has launched a survey asking residents how £20 million of Government funding should be spent across the Sheffield…
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Police Debunk Fatal Outage Claim as Telstra CEO Faces Executive Scrutiny
A nationwide Telstra network outage on Wednesday disrupted critical Australian infrastructure, affecting train services, payment systems, and emergency triple-zero call capabilities. The incident highlighted serious publ
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Fever Extend Winning Streak to 4-0 Without Clark Amid Political Debate Over Her WNBA Treatment
The Indiana Fever recorded their fourth consecutive victory in Caitlin Clark’s absence, defeating Phoenix 92-89 on Thursday night. Kelsey Mitchell drove the offensive effort with 29 points, including the go-ahead layup t
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Warning over fading tradition of sending postcards
English Heritage has warned that the tradition of sending postcards “could become a distant nostalgic memory”, after a survey found that more than half of Britons never send them. In response, the charity is giving free limited-edition postcards to children visiting 18 of its sites over the summer, in an effort to revive what it…