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The shortlist for 2024’s Turner Prize has been announced and includes a red sports car covered with an ornamental doily mat. Manilla-born Pio Abad, Manchester-born Claudette Johnson, Glasgow-born Jasleen Kaur and Worthing-born Delaine Le Bas have been nominated in the prize’s 40th anniversary as the prestigious art event returns to London’s Tate Britain for the first time in six years. The artists are competing for £25,000, while those shortlisted will […]

Liverpool are in talks with Feyenoord in their bid to appoint Arne Slot as their new manager. Slot, 45, has emerged as a leading candidate to succeed Jurgen Klopp at the end of the season and the Dutchman is ready to fulfil his dream move to a top Premier League club. But Feyenoord do not want to lose their manager and will demand significant compensation for the man who guided […]

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak promised an extra £75 billion in defence spending over the next six years. He says it will put the UK arms industry on a “war footing” in the face of threats from an “axis of authoritarian states” including Russia and China. He said the UK will spend 2.5% of gross domestic product (GDP) on defence by 2030 because the world was “the most dangerous it has been since […]

The bill passed the Senate on an overwhelming 79-18 vote The Senate has passed 95 billion dollars (£76.2 billion) in war aid to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, sending the legislation to President Joe Biden after months of delays and contentious debate over how involved the United States should be in foreign wars. The bill passed the Senate on an overwhelming 79-18 vote late on Tuesday after the House had approved […]

The bill passed the Senate on an overwhelming 79-18 vote The Senate has passed 95 billion dollars (£76.2 billion) in war aid to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, sending the legislation to President Joe Biden after months of delays and contentious debate over how involved the United States should be in foreign wars. The bill passed the Senate on an overwhelming 79-18 vote late on Tuesday after the House had approved […]

JD Sports Fashion has agreed a £878 million deal to buy American sportswear retailer Hibbett JD Sports said it would pay 87.5 US dollars (£70.90) a share for Hibbett in cash, with aims for the acquisition to give it a stronger foothold in the all-important American market. Headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama, Nasdaq-listed Hibbett has 1,169 stores in 36 states and trades under the main retail brands Hibbett and City Gear. […]

Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky has welcomed a record military package from the UK including long-range missiles, armoured vehicles and boats. Mr Zelensky, who spoke to Rishi Sunak on Tuesday morning, said “all of this is needed on the battlefield”. The Prime Minister announced the £500 million in military aid as he travelled to Warsaw and Berlin to meet the leaders of Poland, Germany and Nato. Mr Sunak warned Russian President Vladimir […]

Taylor Swift has offered fans more insight into her new album The Tortured Poets Department. She has come up with a new track-by-track commentary on Amazon Music. The US music superstar launched the 16-song album on Friday morning and just two hours later revealed it was a double album with 15 more songs available on The Anthology edition. Swift has since taken fans “behind-the-scenes” in pre-recorded messages about several of […]

Stuart Attwell will be one of the VARs at this summer’s European Championship in Germany. Anthony Taylor will also be among the on-field referees. The news comes two days on from the pair being on duty for Nottingham Forest’s 2-0 loss at Everton, after which the officiating was attacked in a social media post from the visitors that referenced Attwell being “a Luton fan”. The post said there had been […]