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Fightland review – 50 Cent’s farcical boxing show is featherweight at best
This boxing drama wants its sex, drugs, bling and violence – but isn’t willing or naughty enough to truly go f…
Blood Moon 2026: Will you have clear skies for the lunar eclipse
Brits can use our postcode checker to find out whether skies will be clear enough to see Friday morning's spec…
The surprise bonus benefits of four common vaccines
Jabs against shingles, MMR, TB and cervical cancer have turned out to have some unexpected but welcome impacts
‘Sad moments ahead’: Kew Gardens to fell rare trees in race to save Victorian greenhouse
Horticulturalists begin moving and propagating plants before the rusty and warped Palm House begins renovation…
‘Forever chemicals’ surge during pilot of Thames Water plan to combat drought
Exclusive: utility company wants to draw off tens of millions of litres of water a day from Thames and replace…
Ghent professors challenged expertise of Jason Arday’s plagiarism accuser
Allegations Nathan Cofnas was unqualified for Ghent role and would cause ‘negative impact’ made to senior lead…
Does Nigel Farage know what people really think of him? I do – and he won’t like it
An anti-Farage army of voters is there to be galvanised, as exclusive data shows. But getting them out will be…
Thursday news quiz: a PM’s nose, a pop star’s clothes, and a kitten with too many toes
Test yourself on topical news trivia, pop culture and general knowledge every Thursday. How will you fare? Eve…
Blood Moon 2026: Met Office names best two UK areas to see lunar eclipse this week
The striking phenomenon comes just days after Brits witnessed the partial solar eclipse.
Deirdre McSharry obituary
Editor of Cosmopolitan in its 1970s heyday when it was famous for addressing women’s careers, health and their…
ADHD is no myth – but we should interrogate it all the same
Readers respond to Gina Rippon’s criticism of a controversial TV documentary about attention deficit hyperacti…
Only sanctions imposed on Israel will work
The UK’s response to flagrant breaches of international law is pathetic, writes Bernie Evans , and sanctions a…
Birds have an eerie association with death
Responding to an article in which birds comforted Helen Harris during bereavement, Angela Smith describes her …
Trump’s deep-sea mining plan flouts international law
Britain and other signatories to the UN convention on the law of the sea should protest against US proposal to…
Tim Curry, star of The Rocky Horror Picture Show and Stephen King’s It, dies aged 80
A prolific performer across stage, screen and TV, the actor starred in Legend, Clue and It, but will always be…
Two women accuse former Fat White Family member Saul Adamczewski of physical and emotional abuse
Insecure Men singer has now been dropped by his record label and had tour dates cancelled after two women shar…
My mum has died – and there is one kind of response I can’t stand
The platitudes, euphemisms and cliches are excruciating. But the people who say nothing at all are the worst L…
With Nige still sulking, Honest Bob was left to unveil Reform’s latest ‘policies’
The sense of futility hanging over the room was almost overwhelming as Robert Jenrick took the stage It’s turn…
‘Pack of lies’: Robert Jenrick launches personal attack on Kemi Badenoch
Reform MP seeks to heap pressure on Tory leader amid confusion around details of meeting with Giorgia Meloni R…
Andy Burnham should rip up our undemocratic first past the post system – even if some in Labour disagree
Rearguard reactionaries may try to block the idea of a national commission into proportional representation, b…
Serena and Venus Williams will play doubles together at the US Open
Sisters to appear in New York for first time since 2022 Serena played mixed doubles with Alcaraz on Tuesday Se…
Blood Moon 2026: When and where to watch the lunar eclipse in the UK this week
The event comes two weeks after the striking partial solar eclipse on August 12.