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A tournament that crossed borders: crunching the numbers on the diaspora World Cup

  • Diaspora players made up 23.6% of World Cup squads, a record high
  • Michael Olise broke Pelé's assist record while playing for France
  • France was the top source of foreign-born players for rival nations

Diaspora players have never had a bigger impact on the World Cup than at this year's tournament, with nearly a quarter of all squad members representing a country different from the one they were born in. The trend, highlighted by France's Michael Olise, who broke Pelé's assist record…

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Jessica Morgan named new Tate director – with ‘big pay cut‘ to take job

  • Jessica Morgan named new Tate director, starting January, succeeding Maria Balshaw
  • She left a higher-paying role at New York's Dia Art Foundation
  • Must tackle Tate's finances, staff morale and visitor number challenges

Jessica Morgan has been confirmed as the new director of Tate, returning to the arts organisation where she previously spent more than a decade as a curator, at a critical time in its history. She replaces Maria Balshaw, who departed this spring after nine years in charge, and…

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DEELA Thrills With Double Single ‘Dey Play! / Gbona’

  • DEELA releases double single 'Dey Play! / Gbona'.
  • Follows collaborations with Amaarae, Little Simz and Vanco.
  • Tracks blend trance influences with introspective pidgin-English lyrics.

Nigerian-British artist DEELA has released a double single, 'Dey Play! / Gbona', marking a new phase after a busy run that has seen her support Amaarae's London and Paris shows and feature on Little Simz's EP 'SUGAR GIRL'. The release follows her 2025 EP 'WICKED' and a collaboration…

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Britain does not have enough water for more data centres: Industry says Labour’s AI growth plans do not ‘make a single mention’ of water and are ‘fatally flawed’

  • Water industry says UK lacks water for more data centres
  • Labour's AI growth plan omits water considerations entirely
  • Critics call the strategy "fatally flawed" amid supply strain

The UK's water industry has warned that Britain lacks sufficient water supplies to support the government's planned expansion of data centres, arguing that Labour's AI growth strategy is "fatally flawed" because it fails to account for water usage. Industry figures say the policy does not "make a single…

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Voices: It’s time to reset the UK’s ambition when it comes to aid – and show we can be a force for good

  • MP urges UK to use its G20 presidency to reset aid ambitions.
  • Aid cuts are harming disabled children's education and healthcare abroad.
  • Piece calls for debt relief reform for low-income African nations.

An MP writes ahead of the UK's 2026 G20 presidency to argue that successive cuts to the UK aid budget are causing real harm abroad and undermining Britain's role as a reliable global partner. Drawing on a visit to a refugee camp in Ethiopia, the author describes how…

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Oasis overtake The Beatles in all-time UK album chart

  • Oasis's Morning Glory overtakes The Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's on all-time UK chart
  • Reunion tour boosted streams, pushing it to number three
  • Queen's Greatest Hits still tops the all-time list overall

Oasis's 1995 album (What's The Story) Morning Glory? has overtaken The Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band to claim third place on the Official Charts Company's all-time UK albums list, driven by renewed interest following the band's 2025 reunion tour. The milestone, published to mark the 70th…

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BAFTA widens British film longlist and updates AI rules

  • BAFTA expands Outstanding British Film longlist from 15 to 20 films
  • Casting chapter members will now vote in acting categories
  • Rulebook updated to clarify human authorship amid rising AI use

BAFTA has confirmed a set of modest changes to its film awards eligibility and voting rules ahead of the 2027 ceremony, opting for a more cautious approach than the sweeping overhaul the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences recently made to the Oscars. The changes are designed…

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Could Tilly Norwood Ever Be Eligible for a BAFTA? New Film Awards Rules Are Firm — No

  • BAFTA rules AI performer Tilly Norwood can never win an award.
  • New rulebook lets BAFTA probe AI use and human creative input.
  • No AI actor will ever collect a BAFTA, says awards chief.

The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) has confirmed that Tilly Norwood, an AI-generated "actor" who caused controversy last year, will never be eligible for a BAFTA Film Award. The clarification comes as BAFTA updates its rulebook to address the growing use of artificial intelligence in…

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Count Binface Is Making A Campaign Promise That Every Sega Fan Can Get Behind

  • Count Binface promised Sega fans a Dreamcast revival.
  • The pledge fits his comic campaign style.
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Count Binface has made a humorous election pledge aimed at Sega fans, promising the return of the Dreamcast if elected. The promise is part of his deliberately absurd campaign style, but it has attracted attention because the Dreamcast remains a much-loved console despite Sega leaving the hardware market…

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See the shipwrecks of Shackleton and Scott like NEVER before: First ever full-sized scans reveal stunning details of ships from the Heroic Age of exploration

  • First full-sized scans made of Shackleton and Scott-era shipwrecks
  • Scans reveal new details from the Heroic Age of exploration
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Researchers have produced the first full-sized scans of shipwrecks linked to polar explorers Ernest Shackleton and Robert Falcon Scott, offering an unprecedented view of vessels from the so-called Heroic Age of Antarctic exploration. The scans are expected to reveal new details about the ships' construction and condition on…

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