UK economic outlook has worsened, warns OECD
The UK’s economic outlook has worsened this year as high interest rates and the lingering effects of last year’s surge in inflation take a bigger
Reform UK backs candidates who promoted online conspiracy theories
Reform UK has chosen to stand by candidates who have promoted conspiracy theories online, called the climate emergency “make-believe” and expressed vaccine-sceptic views. Those fringe
Much Ado About Dying review – brave, loving record of an actor uncle’s last days
Films about film-makers and their kith and kin sometimes get dismissed as self-serving, self-indulgent or even – everyone’s favourite smear word these days – narcissistic.
Red Herring review – document of family soul-searching after terminal diagnosis
When he was 24, film-maker Kit Vincent was diagnosed with a brain tumour; doctors said that he could expect to live four to eight years.
Polls open in England’s local elections with Tories braced for heavy losses
Voting has begun in local elections in England, where the Conservatives are braced for heavy losses that could destabilise Rishi Sunak’s premiership. The elections, which
‘Ryan Reynolds never had to deal with this’: the slow death and (possible) rebirth of Southend United
The Bentley was not on the driveway. By now, after nine months of protests, the Southend United fans knew that meant Ron Martin wasn’t home.
Richard Tandy, ELO keyboardist who shaped band’s futuristic sound, dies aged 76
Richard Tandy, the keyboardist in Electric Light Orchestra who shaped much of the British rock band’s sound, has died aged 76. His death was announced
Olivia Rodrigo gigs called off as chaos continues at Manchester’s Co-op Live
The troubled Co-op Live arena has postponed Olivia Rodrigo’s concerts as part of her Guts world tour because of a “technical issue”, hours after the
Duane Eddy, pioneering rock’n’roll guitarist, dies at 86
Duane Eddy, the rock’n’roll guitarist who achieved solo stardom with a string of instrumental hits in the late 1950s and early 1960s, including Rebel Rouser
Emma Hayes says ‘title race is done’ after Chelsea lose thriller at Liverpool
No Continental League Cup, no FA Cup, no Champions League and, whisper it, possibly no trophy at all. Emma Hayes certainly thinks so, the Chelsea