Musical giants including Diana Ross and Paul McCartney helped audiences put uncertainties of past two years behind them It was the song Glastonbury attenders wanted to hear the most. And Motown classic I’m Coming Out seemed a fitting soundtrack to this year’s Glastonbury after the Covid-19 pandemic, which forced the […]
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Avon and Somerset police say victim died at scene in Charfield after being found badly injured A man has died after an assault in a village in south Gloucestershire on Friday night, police said. Officers from Avon and Somerset police attended an address on Thames Close, Charfield, just before 11pm […]
Vladimir Putin again raises nuclear threat during Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine, as Olaf Scholz hosts G7 leaders to discuss energy and food crisis Russia will deliver missiles capable of carrying nuclear warheads to Belarus in the coming months, President Vladimir Putin has said as he received Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko. […]
Playing well over two hours at the age of 80, McCartney visits some curious corners of his back catalogue – but the big hits are about as thrilling as live pop music gets ‘When we do a Beatles song, all your phones light up and it’s like a galaxy of […]
Money was passed immediately to one of the prince’s charities, says Clarence House The Prince of Wales accepted bags containing millions of euros in cash during meetings with a senior Qatari politician, according to a report. Prince Charles was said to have been given a total of €3m (£2.6m) during […]
Prime minister under fire after insisting he will not change his behaviour in office Senior Conservatives accused Boris Johnson of increasingly “delusional” behaviour on Saturday night after he said he was already planning for his third term as prime minister, just two days after the Tories suffered a catastrophic double […]
Biden calls ruling in pivotal case Dobbs v Jackson Women’s Health Organization ‘a tragic error’ The supreme court has ruled there is no constitutional right to abortion in the United States, upending the landmark Roe v Wade case from nearly 50 years ago in a rare reversal of long-settled law […]
Atalaia do Norte chief says ‘very important testimony’ heard after starting new line of inquiry Police investigating the murders of journalist Dom Phillips and Indigenous advocate Bruno Pereira said they have opened a new line of inquiry examining whether the deaths were the result of an ordered killing. The pair […]
Ex-leader Michael Howard among Conservatives to call for resignation after byelection catastrophes Conservative grandees are urging Boris Johnson to quit after a historic double byelection defeat, as rebellious MPs began plotting new ways to oust him. The former Conservative leader Michael Howard was among those who demanded the prime minister […]
Those in more progressive states assured people that abortion is still legal while Republicans framed it as a celebratory occasion The US supreme court has ruled that the constitution does not protect the right to an abortion, opening the door for states to ban or severely restrict abortion access. In […]