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TalkFuse morning briefing, 14 Sep 2026 10:39
The NSPCC has dropped its same-sex supervision guidance for children changing, sparking backlash, while Australia faces calls to ditch coal and petrol cars. A deadly North Carolina shooting ended in an Ohio manhunt, Google brings Gemini to Android Auto, Celine Dion returned to the stage, and punk guitarist Cheetah C…
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SNP and Plaid do deal with Sinn Fein to push break-up of the UK as leaders meet to demand independence votes after Trump backs united Ireland
The leaders of the Scottish National Party, Plaid Cymru and Sinn Féin have signed a “memorandum of understanding” pledging to work together towards breaking up the United Kingdom, in a move announced ahead of a “separatist summit” in Cardiff. First Minister John Swinney called the gathering a “pivotal moment” in the UK’s constitutional journey, arguing…
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The Route to Cappyness review – capybara boosterism is an ode to the internet’s favourite rodent
The Route to Cappyness is a homespun documentary by Midlands film-maker Sharon Walia that explores the global surge of enthusiasm for capybaras, the large, sociable rodents native to Latin America that have become social media favourites. The film follows Walia, accompanied by a basic camera, a drone and her five-year-old son, as she visits capybara-centric…
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Best friend of hero police officer killed in A66 crash takes his place in the Great North Run as he pays tribute to ‘happiest person you could ever meet’
Daragh Burke, the childhood best friend of PC Matthew Blades, one of two Cleveland Police officers killed in the fatal A66 crash last month, completed the Great North Run half marathon in his place. Burke, 37, ran the Newcastle to South Shields course as a tribute, ensuring the challenge his friend had signed up for…
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Businesses beg Burnham for help at No10 summit amid fears of more Budget tax hikes
Businesses are appealing directly to Andy Burnham for support as he hosts a Downing Street summit aimed at forging a new “partnership” with industry to boost economic growth. More than 800 leading pubs, hotels and restaurants have urged him to cut hospitality VAT to protect jobs, while banks have separately voiced alarm at the prospect…
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Olympians condemn Sydney Sweeney advert: “Kick in the face”
Sydney Sweeney has faced fresh backlash, this time from Olympic athletes, over an advertising campaign for the US sports prediction market company Novig, in which she is shown naked or scantily clad while imitating various sports. Critics say the advert sexualises and trivialises women’s athletic achievement, prompting a wave of condemnation from professional sportswomen and…
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Hyun Bin, Lee Min-ho, Jung Woo-sung, Isabelle Huppert Headline Busan Open Talk and Outdoor Stage Greeting Lineup
The 31st Busan International Film Festival has released the schedule for three of its audience-facing programmes — Open Talk, Outdoor Stage Greeting and Talk-to-Talk — which allow festival-goers to meet directors and cast members from a broad slate of Korean and international films. The sessions, held at the Busan Cinema Center Roof Theater and the…
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EU threatens to pull plug on Labour’s Brexit reset deal until after the next election as it pressures Burnham to allow thousands of EU citizens into Britain
Labour’s efforts to secure a Brexit “reset” deal with the European Union before the next general election are at risk of collapsing amid a dispute over trade. The two sides disagree over a “made in Europe” law progressing through the European Parliament, designed to shield the continent’s manufacturers from global competition, particularly China, by giving…
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Swedish hard-Right set to miss out on breakthrough role in government as centre-Left takes narrow lead in knife-edge election
Sweden’s centre-Left opposition, led by Magdalena Andersson, secured a narrow election victory, ending the four-year rule of Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson’s Right-wing coalition and blocking the hard-Right Sweden Democrats from a hoped-for first-ever place in government. The result marks a potential reversal of Sweden’s shift towards restrictive immigration policy pursued over the past term, and…
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Sisters who survived massacre of British family in the Alps may return to the scene for a reenactment, French cops reveal days after gun was found in nearby lake
French investigators say the two sisters who survived the 2012 massacre of their family in the French Alps may take part in a reenactment at the crime scene, as detectives try to extract fresh memories of the attack. Saad Al-Hilli, his wife Iqbal, her mother Suhaila and a local cyclist were shot dead near Lake…