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Tim Curry, star of The Rocky Horror Picture Show and Stephen King’s It, dies aged 80

By Andrew Pulver

A prolific performer across stage, screen and TV, the actor starred in Legend, Clue and It, but will always be associated with the flamboyantly camp rock’n’roll musical in which he made his breakthrough Tim Curry on sexuality, surviving a stroke – and 50 years of stardom Farewell, Dr Frank N Furter: why Tim Curry’s Rocky Horror Show will go on Clowns, corsets and kings: Tim Curry – a life in pictures Tim Curry, the v

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Two women accuse former Fat White Family member Saul Adamczewski of physical and emotional abuse

By Laura Snapes

Insecure Men singer has now been dropped by his record label and had tour dates cancelled after two women shared allegations about his behaviour Saul Adamczewski of Insecure Men and formerly of Fat White Family has been dropped by his record label and had tour dates cancelled after two women shared allegations of physical and emotional abuse against the musician. One woman said that the pair had a short relationship

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My mum has died – and there is one kind of response I can’t stand | Polly Hudson

By Polly Hudson

The platitudes, euphemisms and cliches are excruciating. But the people who say nothing at all are the worst Luckily, I already knew having a comic thought at a tragic moment is a natural stress response, or I might have worried. My mum has died, making me an orphan – and what first popped into my head was how annoyed Larry David would be. In Curb Your Enthusiasm, when Marty Funkhouser’s mother’s wheelchair was run o

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Iranian operatives plotted to kill Binyamin Netanyahu’s son in Miami – report

By Mark Weiss

US authorities alerted after Israeli intelligence learned of alleged assassination plan targeting Yair Netanyahu

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Stourbridge fires began in fields 'where machinery was used'

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Investigators say the fires started accidentally in fields where farming machinery was being used.

Second arrest after fire destroys Gatwick passengers' cars

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Two men are released on bail after the blaze at a site used by airport passengers in Rowfant.

With Nige still sulking, Honest Bob was left to unveil Reform’s latest ‘policies’ | John Crace

By John Crace

The sense of futility hanging over the room was almost overwhelming as Robert Jenrick took the stage It’s turning out to be one of the longer sulks in Nigel Farage’s already sulk-filled career. Few politicians are better at having a strop and holding a grudge than Nige. At least on this side of the Atlantic. Donald Trump could give Farage a run for his money, but skin doesn’t come much thinner than Nige’s. He’s the s

‘Women’s golf is so strong here’: Leona Maguire hopes an Ireland player wins Irish Open

By Philip Reid

Heightened expectations attached to domestic prospects for this €450,000 purse tournament at K Club

Prison attack on Sara Sharif's father was 'with tin lid'

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Two men are accused of attempting to murder Urfan Sharif, who killed his 10-year-old daughter.

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Rory McIlroy looking to finish PGA Tour season on a high as he targets a fourth Tour Championship crown

By David Gorman

World number two admits his light schedule in the US is likely to continue in the future

South African police arrest two Thai men for allegedly smuggling parrot eggs

By Rachel Savage in Johannesburg

Bird eggs intercepted in homemade incubators at Johannesburg airport as officials try to halt wildlife trafficking South African police have arrested two Thai nationals in separate incidents for allegedly attempting to smuggle endangered parrot eggs out of the country as authorities try to stem the tide of wildlife trafficking. A 50-year-old Thai national was arrested at OR Tambo international airport in Johannesburg

Manchester City sign 18-year-old Ayyoub Bouaddi in €100m deal as Omar Marmoush nears Spurs

By Jamie Jackson, David Hytner

Chelsea in talks with Emiliano Martínez’s camp after being offered goalkeeper

'Are you going to call her Dolly?' - Family recall icon's maternity ward visit

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Dolly Parton met baby Emma in Rotherham in 2007, with her family recalling the superstar's visit.

Former Antrim council chief convicted of deleting email subject to FOI Act

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Email to former first minister related to security concerns over operation of Northern Ireland Protocol

‘Pack of lies’: Robert Jenrick launches personal attack on Kemi Badenoch

By Ben Quinn and Amelia Casey-Rerhaye

Reform MP seeks to heap pressure on Tory leader amid confusion around details of meeting with Giorgia Meloni Robert Jenrick has accused Kemi Badenoch of telling “a pack of lies” about her meeting with the Italian prime minister, Giorgia Meloni, as he launched a deeply personal attack on his former boss. The Reform UK MP sought to heap pressure on the Conservative leader amid confusion about whether Meloni urged Baden

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Stuck bundts? You need ‘cake goop’: Natalie Paull’s lime and yoghurt bundt – recipe

By Natalie Paull

The cookbook author and owner of Melbourne’s Beatrix Bakes shares a her ‘100% reliable’ formula for freeing bundts from tins When all the layer cakes are baked and iced, I will always love a slice of pretty patterned bundt. Especially one that is lightened with the perfect amount of baking powder (overly dense bundts are stodgy sadness) and brightened with limes and yoghurt. Cake goop – a mix of flour, oil and butter

Andy Burnham should rip up our undemocratic first past the post system – even if some in Labour disagree | Neal Lawson

By Neal Lawson

Rearguard reactionaries may try to block the idea of a national commission into proportional representation, but we should want more not less democracy A poll in the Mail on Sunday at the end of June was remarkable. It had not just Reform as low as 21%, but also Labour and the Tories. It was remarkable because it starkly demonstrated the fragmented landscape of the UK’s electoral terrain, as well as the electoral wea

The Irish Times view on Dolly Parton: no better American life

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A hugely-loved entertainer, she also had an extraordinary record of philanthropy

Four charged over mosque replica placed on July bonfire in Co Tyrone

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Charges brought by PSNI relate to ‘hate display’ following incident

Ireland’s hoverfly, crucial to food production, faces significant threats

By Tim O'Brien

Queen’s University Belfast study underscores the role the insects play in supporting food security

Call with couple in Iran prison 'enormous relief'

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Joe Bennett says he has spoken to his mother properly for the first time in three months.

Trump claims CIA director’s surprise visit to Russia is ‘semi-routine’ despite mounting speculation – live

By Shrai Popat (now) and Tom Ambrose (earlier)

Trump administration had not formally announced John Ratcliffe’s trip, but various outlets captured the flight tracking data of the US jet and the Kremlin confirmed the meeting Darline Graham wins Republican primary for US Senate Sign up for the US Breaking News email A US military strike on an alleged drug trafficking boat in the Caribbean on Tuesday killed four people, officials said. US Southern Command (SOUTHCOM)

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Boy, 15, arrested over stabbing at Brent Council HQ

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The victim, believed to be a 17-year-old, was found fatally injured at Brent Council's headquarters.

Janie Bradford obituary

By Richard Williams

Songwriter who contributed to the first record made at Motown’s Detroit studio and co-wrote many of the label’s hits Janie Bradford was a poetry-loving receptionist, not yet out of her teens, when she provided her boss, Berry Gordy Jr, with the lines that helped him complete a song called Money (That’s What I Want). Gordy, then in the early stages of establishing Motown Records and searching for what would become the

Rupert Grint to reprise role of Ron Weasley in Harry Potter stage show

By Benjamin Lee

Like co-star Tom Felton, Grint will once again play the role that made him famous, in Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Rupert Grint is set to reprise the role of Ron Weasley in the Broadway hit Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. The actor will join the long-running stage show for 17 weeks starting in February 2027. Continue reading...