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Pro-Palestine protests are planned outside the US stadium where Ed Sheeran is due to play today This week all of the support acts for the singer’s current The Loop tour announced they were dropping out of the remaining dates after Macklemore, real name Benjamin Haggerty, was removed from the line-up over comments he made about Gaza. Sheeran’s own backing band Beoga also announced they were stepping down, writing in a […]

Fresh claims made by Earl Spencer have been published as he doubled down on his allegation the King said “we’ll forget her soon enough” after Diana, Princess of Wales died. The earl has made a series of damning claims about the King in a new memoir chronicling the life of his sister Diana that prompted an “unprecedented” response from Buckingham Palace who said “the pain of fraternal grief can cloud […]

President Donald Trump said he has a deal with Denmark to bolster the US military presence in Greenland after months of threatening to take the island by force from the Nato ally. In a social media post announcing the deal, the president said the agreement “gives the United States permanent control over security, and all other needs, in Greenland, completely addressing all of our many US concerns”. He added that […]

Andy Burnham has used a meeting with Irish counterpart Micheál Martin to push for deeper ties between the UK and the European Union. He said the relationship with Ireland “matters so much on every single level” as the Taoiseach became the first international leader to visit No 10 North. The Prime Minister said it was “very fitting” for Mr Martin to be the first head of government to visit the […]

Trent Alexander-Arnold and Cole Palmer made headline-grabbing England returns as Thomas Tuchel included Rio Ngumoha, Alex Scott and Jarrad Branthwaite in his first squad since the World Cup. The German coach named a 27-man group for the three-week, four-game Nations League camp, which comes just nine weeks after they returned home from the United States with bronze. Alexander-Arnold and Palmer were the standout inclusions, with the former included for the […]

The UK’s “dismal record” in the Eurovision Song Contest will be scrutinised by MPs after years of lacklustre results. Look Mum No Computer came in last place at this year’s contest with just one point. In both 2024 and 2025, acts Olly Alexander and Remember Monday received points from the jury but no points from the public. Mae Muller finished second from bottom in 2023 and James Newman finished in […]

Twenty women have undergone unnecessary mastectomies at an NHS trust, while others suffered “excessive surgery” and were harmed. A review of cases has found hundreds of patients have come to harm during treatment in the breast unit at the County Durham and Darlington Foundation Trust (CDDFT). The trust, which has been the subject of a BBC investigation into its care, said it was currently reviewing breast cancer cases between January […]

Patients died while others deteriorated in “suffocating atmospheres” because of the summer heat on NHS wards, a survey of nurses has found. The poll, for the Royal College of Nursing (RCN), also found descriptions of cancer patients dripping with sweat during chemotherapy, and one nurse reported seeing maggots in wounds. The record-breaking heat meant patients came to harm, the RCN said, as it called for more Government investment so hospitals […]

Johnny Depp’s first sculpture, The Bunnyman, will be unveiled by the Sigg Art Foundation at the Contemporary Istanbul art fair from September 22-27. The two-metre white bronze will be presented outdoors at Tersane Istanbul, the historic Ottoman shipyard, as one of the fair’s special projects. Described as a half-human, half-rabbit guardian carrying a “sword of truth”, The Bunnyman began with a drawing by Depp’s 24-year-old son Jack when he was […]