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Boys arrested over wildfire at beauty spot

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Emergency services are dealing with a series of fires, during a prolonged spell of dry weather.

Rory McIlroy struggles with swing as he finishes 25 shots behind rival Scheffler

By Philip Reid

World number two says he is ‘so far away from where I need to be’ after PGA Tour tournament in Memphis

Douglas Gordon by Douglas Gordon review – a brave glimpse inside the mind of the Scottish artist

By Andrew Pulver

Director Finlay Pretsell captures Gordon setting things alight with a miniature blowtorch, smearing himself with silver paint and throwing shapes with a bullwhip Here is a brave and not entirely orthodox artist documentary; not so much a dates-and-shows-and-talking-heads profile, but resembling something of an act of art in itself. The subject is Douglas Gordon, the Scottish film and video-maker, possibly best known

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Ban disposable BBQs permanently, firefighter says

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A senior firefighter says he "wishes" a temporary disposable barbecue ban was made permanent.

NTMA increases State savings rates for first time in three years

By Stephen Conneely

Increased rates in prize bond fund will see top weekly prize double to €100,000

Irish Rail services between Dublin and Munster affected following incident

By Jack White

All services between Thurles and Limerick Junction were suspended for several hours, resulting in significant delays

Thom Yorke, Romy and Brian Eno among 200 musicians urging PM to reject new North Sea drilling

By Lauren Almeida

Robert Smith, Olly Alexander and Paris Paloma also among signatories to letter saying exploitation of Rosebank and Jackdaw fields defies climate reality Business live – latest updates More than 200 musicians including Massive Attack and Brian Eno have written to Andy Burnham urging him to reject plans for more oil and gas drilling in the North Sea. The letter, signed by 211 artists such as Bobby Gillespie, Olly Alexa

'Cheese and onion crisps topping wasn't on my bingo card': exploring British-style pizza

By Jess Gormley, Nicole Jackson, Tim Lusher, Jimi Otukoya Jimi Famurewa

Restaurant critic and award-winning food writer Jimi Famurewa travels from Belfast to Edinburgh and London to meet the inventive DIY chefs stretching US, Italian and British pizza styles to come up with delicious new flavour combos Continue reading...

Why Maga sees Europe as an ideological battleground

By Amy Mackinnon

From the vice-president down, US officials have cast themselves as being on a mission to save western civilisation from the Continent

Disabled creatives like me are behind many of your favourite shows – so why has our work support been withdrawn? | Annalisa Dinnella

By Annalisa Dinnella

Cuts to the Access to Work scheme will mean no more contributions to shows like Sex Education, Call the Midwife or The Hack. It will be devastating to lose such talent When Chris McCausland won Strictly Come Dancing in 2024, he held his trophy aloft and said: “It’s for everyone out there that thought and got told they couldn’t do something. It just shows with opportunity and support and determination, anything can ha

O'Carroll cancels Mrs Brown's Boys Christmas specials

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Brendan O'Carroll has announced the Mrs Brown's Boys Christmas and New Year's specials have been cancelled as he faces an "unexpected medical issue".

Lanterns review – Kyle Chandler and Aaron Pierre’s alien-hunting superhero caper is a bust

By Lucy Mangan

Sure, it’s got evil extraterrestrials trying to detonate whole towns … but not even the almighty Green Lantern and his mesmerising protege can save this show from feeling a whole lot of meh It is my personal belief that you are starting off on the back foot whenever you’re given a superhero who draws their powers from an extrinsic item. Captain America is nothing without his shield. Elon Musk could build a metal suit

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'We're over the Moon' after eclipse engagement

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The now-groom said he had been planning the proposal since the start of the year.

Blaze near football ground started 'deliberately'

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Suspected arson near Northampton Town's ground included 50 sqm of hedgerow, bushes and fly-tipped waste.

The one change that worked: I sent myself a letter – and realised what’s missing in this world of WhatsApp

By Mabel Banfield-Nwachi

I’ve started writing to my sister, my mum, my friends … Not everyone writes back, but when we connect it’s on a deeper level than any group chat Last January, I received a letter. Most of my post was predictably boring – a statement from the water company, my credit card bill, the occasional update about my pension contributions – but this letter was different. The envelope felt heavier than the run-of-the-mill ones

Every year, humans speak less and less. That’s bad news, even if you hate mindless chit-chat

By Emma Beddington

Silent retreats are all the rage; hotel guests are embracing ‘hushpitatility’. But won’t this leave us more isolated? Are we becoming too quiet? As a joyless, intolerant shrew, my kneejerk answer is a predictable “if only” (writing this on a train full of happy holidaymakers isn’t helping). But am I wrong? I find myself confronted with evidence that people are taking the expression “ say less ” literally. A study rec

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‘Can we accept what we have done or not done?’: harrowing film follows doctors in Gaza

By David Smith in Washington

American Doctor follows three volunteer doctors as they try to save lives on the frontline and then return to the US to become advocates in congress When she wanted to confront Americans about the consequences of their actions – or inactions – in Gaza, Poh Si Teng reached for a genre with mass popular appeal: the medical drama. “Whether it’s The Pitt, Grey’s Anatomy, House, ER, even a comedy like Scrubs, you name it,

‘I had to learn how to be a feminist’: Greg Dulli on surviving grunge, shunning misogyny, and Afghan Whigs’ glorious return

By Stevie Chick

With a soulful sound and soul-baring lyrics, the Afghan Whigs rode the post-Nirvana boom to the big leagues. Their frontman explains his exploration of the male ego – and how Usher got the band back together The Afghan Whigs were always heavier than their grunge-era brethren. Not musically – their turbulent, sophisticated rock was rooted in soul and funk, and frontman Greg Dulli says the group only embraced distortio

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The Jason Arday media storm was partly of his own making. But he deserved better

By Hugh Linehan

Was the coverage excessive? Yes. Was it driven by racial animus? Undoubtedly, in some cases

Govt 'sleepwalking into major problem' over excise cuts

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The industry body representing the liquid fuel sector has expressed concern that the Government is "sleepwalking into a major problem" with the unwinding of fuel price subsidies.

TikTok monitoring content relating to M9 crash

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Tiktok has said that it is closely monitoring content related to the deaths of five teenage boys in a head-on collision on Sunday morning.

Swedish Chamber Orchestra/Fröst review – dance, dynamism and a wild rumpus as maverick clarinettist-conductor takes charge

By Alexandra Coghlan

Royal Albert Hall, London The ferociously dynamic SCO help Fröst drill down to the rhythmic essence of Beethoven’s Seventh Symphony as well as works by contemporary composers It’s a Sunday morning, and as the Royal Albert Hall darkens and the stage is suddenly back-lit, spotlighting a charismatic figure speaking sibilantly at its centre, you’d almost swear you’d wandered into an American megachurch. But the gospel pr

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Irish medal winners hoping to ride wave of positivity

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European Aquatics Championship medal-winning duo Ellen Walshe and Mona McSharry are hoping to ride the wave of positivity into October's World Cup series with the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles also quickly coming into view.

‘Fated to become a cult classic’: why Barcelona is my feelgood movie

By Ryan Chapman

The latest in our series of writers detailing their most pleasurable comfort films is a trip to 1980s Spain courtesy of Whit Stillman An hour into Whit Stillman’s 1994 film, Barcelona, the protagonist, Ted Boynton (Taylor Nichols), considers using “maneuver x” in his stalled romantic life. He’s an American working in the Spanish branch of an auto conglomerate, looking for love in the titular city’s post-Franco, sexua

‘Our new normal’: how marine heatwaves affect life in British seas

By Melissa Hobson

As warming seas push native species to cooler waters farther north, once-rare visitors have become more common ‘It sounds silly but I thought it was a person in the water waving,” says Kurt Lander, skipper of the Yellowfin charter boat, based out of Brighton. But when he grabbed his binoculars, he realised the fluttering movement he had noticed in the middle of the Channel shipping lane was a pair of sunfish. The hug