Five highlights of an innovative, and very wet, Olympic opening ceremony in Paris The opening ceremony of the Paris Olympic Games – the first ever to be organised outside a stadium – has unfurled on the Seine River against a spectacular backdrop of the capital’s most celebrated monuments. Here are […]
Olympics opening ceremony creates sporting armada of world’s top athletes but locals bemoan lack of access “C’est Zizou!” went the cry as one of France’s most beloved sons appeared on the screen next to the Seine – and with a blaze of red white and blue, they were off. As […]
Singer, who cancelled tour dates as a result of stiff person syndrome, makes comeback with Edith Piaf rendition Céline Dion made a triumphant return to the stage at the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics. The star, who has been diagnosed with the neurological disorder stiff person syndrome, sang Edith […]
An armada of boats carrying athletes along the Seine, dangling dancers and parading drag queens – all under torrential rain The Paris Olympic Games opened on Friday night with a high-kitsch, riverside spectacle, as an armada of boats carried athletes along the Seine, dancers dangled from high poles, drag queens […]
Arsonists used crude methods but disruption to opening of the Olympic Games in Paris was severe It was about 1.15am when the SNCF maintenance workers, carrying out repairs by moonlight, spotted the group of people a little further down the railway line near a signal box outside the sleepy village […]
Triage ‘did not uncover full extent’ of Inga Rublite’s symptoms as she waited under coat for hours in Nottingham • Timeline of events leading up to Inga Rublite’s death Staff at a hospital in Nottingham missed two opportunities to treat a woman found dying under a coat in a crowded […]
Ross Davidson, who was in band between 2017 and 2019 as Ross Wild, also guilty of sexual assault against two women A “sadistic and manipulative” former Spandau Ballet singer has been found guilty of rape and sexual assault. Ross Davidson, 36, was convicted of assaults against three women at Wood […]
Chancellor may raise some taxes in the autumn due to what Labour describes as its ‘shocking inheritance’ from Tories Rachel Reeves is expected to reveal a £20bn hole in government spending for essential public services on Monday, paving the way for potential tax rises in the autumn budget. Labour sources […]
Health secretary’s comments follow finding that Care Quality Commission struggling to identify performance issues in hospitals and care homes Wes Streeting has called England’s healthcare watchdog “not fit for purpose” after an interim report found significant failings were hampering its ability to identify poor performance at hospitals, care homes and […]
Democratic presidential contender strikes tough tone in public remarks following meeting with Israeli prime minister on US visit See all our Israel-Gaza war coverage Kamala Harris, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, has pressed Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu on the “dire” humanitarian situation in Gaza in talks that she described as frank, […]