Lily Allen, Olivia Dean and Wolf Alice are among some of the musicians nominated for this year’s Ivor Novello Awards. Other acts in the running include Lola Young, Florence + The Machine, CMAT, Little Simz, Coldplay, Damon Albarn, Jacob Alon, Self Esteem, Jim Legxacy and Kae Tempest – who is nominated twice for best contemporary […]
The Democrats have won a Florida special election, flipping a state legislative district that is home to Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort. Emily Gregory, a first-time candidate, beat Republican Jon Maples, who had been endorsed by Mr Trump. A mother of three young boys and an army spouse, she runs a fitness community for pregnant and
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The 2026 Wildlife Photographer of the Year has named its People’s Choice winner, selected from more than 60,000 entries and voted for by the public. A young lynx tossing a rodent into the air before killing and eating it in Ciudad Real, Spain, was chosen as the winner from 24 shortlisted pictures. A panel of
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Nathan Newby stepped outside a hospital for a vape and some fresh air on a winter night – but ended up talking down a suicide bomber after a simple act of kindness. This “extraordinary, ordinary man”, as a judge called him, is today being honoured with a George Medal, the UK’s second-highest civilian award for
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Jay-Z has said he felt “uncontrollable anger” after a sexual assault lawsuit was filed against him. The rapper has broken his silence over allegations made against him and Sean “Diddy” Combs by an anonymous accuser in late 2024. Both men denied the accusations, which concerned an alleged incident at a party in 2000, and the
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Huge illegal waste dumps could remain an “out of control plague” if there isn’t more co-operation between the Environment Agency (EA) and police, according to the committee which oversees public spending. In a new report, the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) says the increasing problem of large-scale waste sites “surpasses” the EA’s powers. It also claims
The Football Association (FA) says it is “proud” of plans to ensure at least a quarter of the England men’s coaching staff is from Black, Asian, mixed or other ethnic backgrounds – responding to Reform UK complaints the strategy is “utter woke nonsense”. Former home secretary Suella Braverman, who defected from the Conservatives to Reform,
Hundreds of British teenagers are set to take part in a trial to find out how effective a ban or restrictions on social media would be. The six-week pilot will see 300 people aged 13 to 17 try out different restrictions – from time limits to curfews to an all-out ban. The Department for Science,
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Five NHS trusts with “deep-rooted challenges” will be the first to be placed in a new recovery programme, the health secretary has announced. Wes Streeting said “failure has been tolerated for too long”, and although there has been improvement across the NHS overall, some “challenged” trusts continue to struggle. The new NHS Intensive Recovery programme
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A former hedge fund manager claimed he groped a colleague’s breasts because he was under general anaesthetic, a tribunal has heard. Crispin Odey, 67, once one of the richest hedge fund managers in Britain, was previously accused of inappropriate conduct at least 46 times between 2003 and 2020. He was banned from the UK finance