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Former neo-Nazi activist selected as Tory candidate for Somerset council election
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Former neo-Nazi activist selected as Tory candidate for Somerset council election

Joshua Bonehill-Paine, creator of satirical Crewkerne Gazette, has convictions including for harassing a Jewish MPA former neo-Nazi activist with convictions including for harassing a Jewish MP has be...

The Guardian - UK News3 months ago
Driver jailed for four years after faking brake failure on motorway
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Driver jailed for four years after faking brake failure on motorway

Nathan Owen drove his electric Jaguar at up to 86mph and lied to police it was malfunctioning and out of his controlA man who drove his electric Jaguar at up to 86mph on motorways falsely telling poli...

The Guardian - UK News3 months ago
'Frighteningly stupid': Man jailed after falsely claiming electric car was out of control on motorway
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'Frighteningly stupid': Man jailed after falsely claiming electric car was out of control on motorway

A motorist who drove at high speeds and falsely claimed his electric Jaguar would not brake in an attempt to avoid paying his car finance has been jailed.

Sky News - UK3 months ago
‘Sade wasn’t particularly friendly’: the stories behind music’s most iconic portraits – in pictures
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‘Sade wasn’t particularly friendly’: the stories behind music’s most iconic portraits – in pictures

In a career spanning six decades, photographer Gered Mankowitz has nurtured trusting relationships with many of the twentieth century’s defining artists. As he celebrates his 80th birthday, Mankowitz...

The Guardian Music3 months ago
Phil Collins details serious alcoholism: ‘People were coming to say goodbye’
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Phil Collins details serious alcoholism: ‘People were coming to say goodbye’

Pop and rock legend tells Sunday Times of drinking problem and ill health after final Genesis tour in 2021Phil Collins has said that he suffered life-threatening alcoholism in recent years.Speaking to...

The Guardian - UK News3 months ago
Almost £200,000 of fuel stolen from UK forecourts every day since start of Iran war
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Almost £200,000 of fuel stolen from UK forecourts every day since start of Iran war

Fans were inexplicably refunded and the Salt Lake City music festival’s online presence was erased

Sky News - UK3 months ago
Outside the Moscow restaurant where bomb killed three
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Outside the Moscow restaurant where bomb killed three

The BBC's Russia editor reports from Kudrinskaya Square, where the blast took place.

BBC News - UK3 months ago
‘I loved the Police from the get-go’: Elaine Paige’s honest playlist
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‘I loved the Police from the get-go’: Elaine Paige’s honest playlist

The singer and actor is partial to Mozart and once did Édith Piaf at karaoke, but to which musical showstopper does she owe everything?The first song I fell in love with I used to sing All I Have to...

The Guardian Music3 months ago
The five best cafés in Windermere, according to TripAdvisor
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The five best cafés in Windermere, according to TripAdvisor

From traditional fry-ups to speciality coffee and Italian classics, TripAdvisor reviewers have picked out a handful of places they say stand above the rest.

The Guardian - UK News3 months ago
Peaceful Lake District barn with cobbled floor and grazing land seeks offers
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Peaceful Lake District barn with cobbled floor and grazing land seeks offers

A traditional stone barn nestled in the Lake District National Park, with over five acres of land is on the market.

The Guardian Music3 months ago
How Australia combines modern tech and Indigenous knowledge to fight wildfires
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How Australia combines modern tech and Indigenous knowledge to fight wildfires

Two members given ‘stern warnings’ after concert and barred from returning, with band also excluded from performing in Singapore again, say authoritiesBritish trip-hop band Massive Attack has been bar...

BBC News - UK3 months ago
Sam Fender and Olivia Dean’s Rein Me In breaks 73-year record to become longest-running UK No 1 single
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Sam Fender and Olivia Dean’s Rein Me In breaks 73-year record to become longest-running UK No 1 single

Duetting stars surpass record set in 1953, when crooner Frankie Laine hit the top with I BelieveSam Fender and Olivia Dean have scored the longest running UK No 1 single in history with Rein Me In, be...

The Guardian - UK News3 months ago
‘He lived here a long time, so it feels poignant’: Nick Cave thrills Brighton passersby with secret rooftop gig
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‘He lived here a long time, so it feels poignant’: Nick Cave thrills Brighton passersby with secret rooftop gig

Prior to playing huge outdoor show in city’s Preston Park, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds set up on a record shop balcony – and play to fans visiting from across the worldNick Cave and the Bad Seeds’ onl...

The Guardian Music3 months ago
Ariana Grande: Petal review – calm, controlled anger at exes, fans and the media
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Ariana Grande: Petal review – calm, controlled anger at exes, fans and the media

(Republic) Casting herself as a flower trampled underfoot, the superstar’s eighth album swaps the ​glitz of her Wicked years ​f​or dark blooms of haunted electronics‘Tell me who’s to blame?” Ariana Gr...

The Guardian Music3 months ago
On tour with the Beastie Boys, Sonic Youth and Foo Fighters: raw music documentary captures Australia’s ‘best summer’
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On tour with the Beastie Boys, Sonic Youth and Foo Fighters: raw music documentary captures Australia’s ‘best summer’

In 1995, US film-maker Tamra Davis travelled to Australia to capture the one-off Summersault tour on her camcorder. Thirty years on she has made The Best Summer, an intimate snapshot of an era that ca...

The Guardian Music3 months ago
BTS are back: return of K-pop superstars sparks US economic boom
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BTS are back: return of K-pop superstars sparks US economic boom

Cities in North America hosting 14 concerts in August and September – and economic impact is set to be significantBTS’s “Army” fanbase is descending on New York this weekend as the K-pop supergroup co...

The Guardian Music3 months ago
Add to playlist: the art-pop showtunes of Luki and the week’s best new tracks
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Add to playlist: the art-pop showtunes of Luki and the week’s best new tracks

Combining grand melodrama with nuanced emotional character, Lucy Duncan and producer Niac’s collaboration sounds both timeless and trueFrom Hastings, UKRecommended if you like Mary Margaret O’Hara, To...

The Guardian Music3 months ago
Boy George pulls out of Jesus Christ Superstar after releasing pro-Israel song
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Boy George pulls out of Jesus Christ Superstar after releasing pro-Israel song

The 80s star will no longer appear in role of Herod in London Palladium run, with manager saying decision is ‘in the best interests of my artist’Boy George has pulled out of a forthcoming London produ...

The Guardian Music3 months ago
Arca: XXXXX review – a wild, brilliant album that taps into our bodies’ most feral frequencies
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Arca: XXXXX review – a wild, brilliant album that taps into our bodies’ most feral frequencies

(XL)In the follow-up to her Kick series, Arca jumbles the building blocks of electronic music to create a beautiful, disorienting sound worldXXXXX, the new album by Venezuelan producer-vocalist Arca,...

The Guardian Music3 months ago
Melodies International presents Ariwa Sounds review – head-spinning classics from dub legend Mad Professor
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Melodies International presents Ariwa Sounds review – head-spinning classics from dub legend Mad Professor

(Melodies International)With cuts from the producer’s Ariwa Sounds label between 1984 and the present day, this compilation hops from skulking proto-grime to dreamy lovers rockIn the late 1970s, Neil...

The Guardian Music3 months ago