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Nationwide flight chaos, Wales teen tragedy and Burnham’s PMQs clash with Badenoch
Around 600 flights remain grounded into a second day after a NATS system fault, while the body of a 15-year-old swept out to sea at Marloes Sands has been found; Burnham refused to rule out defence-funding cuts to welfare as he faced Badenoch at PMQs.
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‘South Park’ Creators Apologize to Kendrick Lamar, Paramount for Movie’s Delay: “We Still Believe in the Project”
South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone have publicly apologised to Paramount Pictures and Kendrick Lamar’s pgLang for the repeated delays to their long-planned musical comedy film, previously known by the working title Whitney Springs. In a statement reported by The Ankler, the pair said they took “full responsibility” for the schedule slippage, citing…
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Trans-Siberian Orchestra Announce 30th Anniversary “The Ghosts of Christmas Eve” Winter Tour
Trans-Siberian Orchestra have announced a winter 2026 tour marking the 30th anniversary of their debut album, reviving “The Ghosts of Christmas Eve” with reimagined staging alongside a second set of holiday favourites. The symphonic metal group’s shows are known for elaborate production, including lasers and pyrotechnics, and the tour also celebrates 30 years since the…
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Milki Delivery Looks Cozy, But the Ghibli-Inspired Game Has a Dark Secret
Milki Delivery is an upcoming cozy game, out in November, in which players guide a young girl named Neha as she rides a red bike delivering milk across a Studio Ghibli-inspired rural landscape. Despite its cheerful, gentle presentation, the game quietly explores a darker undercurrent: her pet cow, Milki, may be one of the last…
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BBC podcast investigates American journalist detained in Syria for thirteen years
Josh Baker, the journalist behind the BBC podcast I’m Not a Monster, is releasing a third series investigating the disappearance of American journalist Austin Tice, who vanished in Syria in 2012 and may now be the second-longest detained journalist in the world. Baker explains that what began as a missing-person inquiry evolved into a sprawling…
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Michael Fassbender’s R-Rated Sci-Fi Epic Officially Premieres Today
Michael Fassbender’s new film “Hope”, a South Korean sci-fi thriller blending alien and monster elements, is released nationwide in US cinemas today, 9 September. The film marks Fassbender’s first return to alien sci-fi since Ridley Scott’s “Alien: Covenant” in 2017, ahead of his expected reprisal of the android David in a planned Covenant sequel. Hope’s…
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Unravelling the mystery of the Devil’s Arrows: Study reveals how prehistoric builders hauled 25-tonne rocks 11 miles across Yorkshire to build the landmark 5,000 years ago
Researchers from the University of York and Curtin University believe they have solved the centuries-old mystery of how the Devil’s Arrows, three enormous standing stones near Boroughbridge in Yorkshire, were transported to their site around 5,000 years ago. Mineral analysis of the 25-tonne stones indicates they were quarried at Brimham Rocks, some 11 miles (18km)…
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‘The Burning Giants’ Review: An Arcane, Multi-Pronged Mystery About Ethnic Cleansing in Thailand
Thai director Phuttiphong Aroonpheng returns to Venice’s Orizzonti sidebar, where he won a decade ago with “Manta Ray,” presenting “The Burning Giants,” a dystopian mystery inspired by the real-life forced eviction of Thailand’s indigenous Karen people. The film is a deliberately fragmented, elliptical work that dramatises state-sanctioned displacement and violence, but critics find its arcane…
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Police release e-fit of mystery woman at grave of ‘Baby April’ who was ‘murdered’ three decades ago
Kent Police have released a computer-generated image of a woman seen visiting the grave of “Baby April”, a newborn found dead near Singleton Lake in Ashford in April 1995, as part of a renewed effort to solve her decades-old case. Detectives believe the infant was smothered and her body left in a plastic bag, but…
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Trade war escalates, European jet plans collapse, US Navy clears Hormuz mines
Canada’s tariffs on US goods take effect amid Trump-Carney tensions, while France and Germany’s fighter jet pact lies in ruins; also: Russia-North Korea bridge opens, Robinson murder trial updates, and Callie Khouri brings Thelma and Louise to the stage.