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The Guilty review – Russell Tovey is commanding in cop thriller that fills you with dread
Donmar Warehouse, LondonTovey plays a lone officer in a control room dragged into a mysterious case in this gripping drama directed by Punchdrunk’s Felix BarrettThe Donmar has had mixed results adapting leftfield films such as Force Majeure and The Fear of 13. But this production, based on the 2018 Danish movie Den Skyldige (by Gustav…
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‘Most spectacular own goal in history’: new EU rules threaten to shut out UK car manufacturers
EU urged to make UK exempt from rules that risk becoming the most damaging consequence of Brexit yetThe EU’s car industry has called for the UK to be fully included in new “Made in Europe” rules that threaten to shut out British manufacturers from their biggest export market.The European Automobile Manufacturers Association (Acea) on Wednesday…
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Short story accused of being AI-written wins overall Commonwealth prize
Jamir Nazir’s The Serpent in the Grove, which critics allege has ‘obvious markers’ of AI use, was described as ‘original, poetic and deeply moving’ by the judging chairA story widely accused on social media of being written using AI has gone on to win the overall Commonwealth short story prize.Jamir Nazir’s story The Serpent in…
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My Chemical Romance review – fire! Nuclear war! Killer pierrots! This is stadium rock at its most monumentally madcap
Anfield Stadium, Liverpool Adding eye-popping spectacle to this anniversary reprise of The Black Parade is fun, but what really stands out is the tremendous songcraftMy Chemical Romance take the stage to the strains of the Carpenters’ Yesterday Once More, its syrupy but heart-rending tones offering a reminder that MCR’s current tour is essentially about nostalgia:…
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Alaska state fair bars parental rights group due to ‘extremist’ group designation by far-left organization
Moms for Liberty's Fairbanks chapter says it was barred from a one-day booth at Alaska's oldest state fair after a former employee labeled the group an extremist hate organization.
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‘Would you say it to someone’s face?’ Ellen White on going from player to pundit
In this week’s newsletter we speak to the Lionesses’ record scorer, who has been inducted to the hall of fame at the National Football MuseumFor a generation of England fans she was the talismanic striker the nation could always rely on to find the net at a major tournament, scoring a record 52 goals for…
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PlayStation Plus Extra and Premium’s announcements of monthly new games are being changed in some territories, and players aren’t happy about it
PlayStation Plus Extra and Premium’s monthly games have been typically revealed and then delivered all at once – this was still true in May – but June’s selection of titles has introduced a major change with gradual rollouts stretched across a few weeks. Read more
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‘Oligarch’s mistress is woman who lost both legs in Monaco bomb blast’: She fights for life ‘as it emerges child also wounded is their son’
She is in a ‘serious condition’ fighting for her life, and Ermolaev and their son were also wounded.
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Sony is closing the PS3 and Vita digital stores
It’s the end of an era for the PlayStation store on PS3 and PS Vita, with Sony now planning to shut down its digital distribution service on both consoles. The PlayStation store on PS3 will close in select markets later this year, including Mexico, Honduras, and Nicaragua starting in August, with “additional Latin American and…
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Assassin ‘may have tried to blow up Ukrainian oligarch and his family over the tycoon’s alleged links to €100 million call centre scam, police believe’
A Ukrainian oligarch who was targeted in a bomb attack in Monaco may have been attacked over his alleged links to a €100 million call centre fraud scheme, according to Ukrainian police.