Morrisons’ tasty new addition Harry Ramsden’s is heading to the supermarket, with Morrisons shoppers soon able to tuck into a chippy tea while doing the weekly shop after the two brands struck a new partnership. From 10 August, 32 Morrisons cafés across the UK will begin serving the “world famous” fish and chips under a […]

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FC 26 goes offline FC 26 is down for thousands of players after publisher EA was hit by a major global server outage on Friday afternoon, leaving gamers on PlayStation, Xbox and PC unable to get online. Reports of problems flooded in from across the world, including the US and UK, with tracking site DownDetector […]

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RIP William Orbit, the Grammy-winning musician and producer best known for his work with Madonna, All Saints and his work with Blur, has died at the age of 69. His family confirmed the news in a statement posted to his Instagram account on Friday. One of British pop’s most influential studio figures, Orbit passed away […]

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Arrests double under Labour Arrests for illegal working have more than doubled since Labour came to power, the Home Office has said, with more than 17,000 people detained in the two years since the July 2024 general election. According to the Home Office, the total is more than double the number recorded in the previous […]

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There’s still more House of the Dragon House of the Dragon is not quite done with 2026 since a surprise “mini arc” tied to the hit HBO series arrives on Monday 10 August, though not on the screen you might expect. The return comes in Game of Thrones: Conquest, the long-running mobile strategy game from […]

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A once-in-a-generation eclipse For up to one minute and 40 seconds next Wednesday, the middle of the day will slip into an eerie dusk across a narrow slice of Europe and a lucky few British holidaymakers will be standing right underneath it. The solar eclipse 2026 is Europe’s first mainland total eclipse since 1999, and […]

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Your holiday starts with a queue Brits heading to the continent this summer have been warned to brace for even longer waits at EU airports, with a key flexibility allowance due to expire on 6 September. Borders across the bloc have suffered lengthy delays since April, when the Entry/Exit System (EES) was fully rolled out. […]

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A costly blow for Meta A US judge in New Mexico has ordered Meta to pay a further $567m (£421m) for failing to warn the public about the dangers its platforms pose to children, which is the largest Meta fine yet handed down over child safety. The ruling, delivered on Thursday, comes on top of […]

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Fury vs Joshua heads stateside? After years of speculation, failed negotiations and constant back-and-forth, it finally looks like Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua are on track to face each other later this year. The fight has moved a huge step closer after both heavyweights came through their recent bouts. Joshua stopped Kristian Prenga, while Fury […]

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Leeds go all in Leeds United have signed England goalkeeper James Trafford from Manchester City in a club-record deal worth an initial £40m, rising to around £45m with add-ons. The 23-year-old leaves the Etihad just a year after rejoining from Burnley in a £27m switch last summer. It is comfortably the largest fee Leeds have […]

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Crowe and Priyanka team up Russell Crowe has signed on to star in Bluefly, a military sci-fi action film that will see the Oscar winner play opposite Priyanka Chopra Jonas. The casting brings together two of the biggest names attached to the project so far. The film will be directed by Nimród Antal, the filmmaker […]

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EasyJet is changing hands EasyJet has agreed to be taken over in a £5.7bn deal by US investment firm Apollo, after rival bidder Castlelake withdrew from a drawn-out battle for the no-frills airline. Apollo said it wants to help the carrier grow and does not intend to cut any jobs in the first 12 months […]

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Author denies AI claims An author has said she was “devastated” after National Eisteddfod judges accused her of using artificial intelligence to write the novel she submitted to one of the festival’s most prestigious writing competitions. Romy Wood, a Welsh learner from Cardiff, entered her novel Y Dderwen under the pseudonym Lithedora for the Daniel […]

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Vinicius isn’t going anywhere Vinicius Jr has signed a new six-year contract with Real Madrid that will keep the Brazil winger at the Bernabeu until 2032, ending months of speculation over his future. The 26-year-old had entered the final 12 months of his previous deal and, as the noise around him grew during the summer […]

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John David Washington’s creepy new project John David Washington is attached to star in Mime, a supernatural horror thriller that Sony’s Screen Gems has landed after a competitive bidding situation. As The Hollywood Reporter first detailed, the film will be directed by Nikyatu Jusu, who made her feature debut with the Sundance Grand Jury Prize […]

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Heathrow hit by fire disruption A Heathrow fire briefly shut one of the airport’s runways and delayed flights on Thursday evening, after a grass blaze broke out adjacent to the southern runway. London Fire Brigade said around one hectare of grassland was scorched, while a photograph shared from inside a terminal showed thick smoke billowing […]

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Ryan Murphy does it again When Ryan Murphy first read Bret Easton Ellis’ 2023 autofiction horror novel The Shards, it landed close to home. The prolific creator behind American Horror Story, Love Story and Glee had lived through the same early-1980s Los Angeles the book conjures and now his FX adaptation of The Shards has […]

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A major boost for British motorsport The British Grand Prix will remain on the MotoGP World Championship calendar until at least 2028 after the series extended its partnership with Silverstone to cover the 2027 and 2028 seasons. The race, which fans can still win British Grand Prix tickets to attend, returned to Silverstone in 2010 […]

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A scandal too big to stay A Cambridge professor at the centre of a plagiarism row has resigned “with immediate effect”. Prof Jason Arday said he had “concluded that the only way to bring this chapter to an end is to step away”, days after the University of Cambridge launched an investigation into his “academic […]

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A bin rule many ignore A binman has shared a warning that could leave some households with uncollected bins, after revealing two common items that should never be thrown away with general rubbish. Ashley, who regularly posts videos from his waste collection rounds on TikTok, recently filmed himself refusing to empty a wheelie bin after […]

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Reform shifts focus to employers Reform UK will fine firms 10% of their global revenues and imprison bosses who employ illegal migrant workers under a new policy dubbed the ‘Deliveroo Law’. Nigel Farage’s party says employers would be held responsible even if they were unaware of a worker’s immigration status, in a policy set out […]

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A major shift in the Hormuz crisis Iran has said an agreement with Oman on a shipping route through the Strait of Hormuz is “in the final stages”, a potential breakthrough for a waterway that carries about a fifth of the world’s oil and liquefied natural gas. Foreign ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei said the “geographical […]

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Another big name picks a side The boss of Regal Cinemas has become the latest exhibitor to endorse the Paramount merger with Warner Bros. Discovery, throwing weight behind David Ellison’s $111 billion bid to combine the two studios. Regal chief Eduardo Acuna went public with his blessing on Wednesday, joining AMC’s Adam Aron in backing […]

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Brighton mean Business Defender Gabby George has completed a move from Manchester United to Brighton, the WSL club has confirmed, strengthening Dario Vidosic’s squad before the start of the new Women’s Super League season. The 29-year-old joins for an undisclosed fee understood to be in six figures. George, who joined United in 2023 and made […]

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The new T20 GOAT Jos Buttler has become the all-time leading run scorer in Twenty20 cricket, smashing an explosive 51 from just 20 balls to fire Manchester Super Giants to a nine-wicket win over Welsh Fire in the Men’s Hundred on Wednesday evening. The England wicketkeeper-batter’s blistering cameo carried him past every other player in […]

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The women Henry left behind HBO and the BBC have greenlit 1536, a darkly comedic new series set in the turbulent aftermath of Anne Boleyn’s execution, and the 1536 drama comes from acclaimed playwright and showrunner Ava Pickett. The six-episode series is based on Pickett’s stage play of the same name, which only finished its […]

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LIV Golf isn’t going anywhere LIV Golf has secured a new lead investor to keep the breakaway tour running in 2027, easing fears over its future after Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund confirmed it would end its multibillion-pound backing at the close of this season. The Saudi withdrawal, revealed in April, had plunged the series […]

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Your guide to August’s solar eclipse People across the UK will have the chance to witness one of the year’s most striking astronomical events on 12 August, when a partial solar eclipse sweeps across the country. Although the eclipse’s narrow path of totality will miss the UK, much of Britain will still see the Moon […]

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A brand new record for Spidey Spider-Man: Brand New Day has swung to the biggest domestic opening weekend in cinema history, taking a staggering $360 million and knocking Avengers: Endgame off the top of the all-time list. The Marvel sequel, starring Tom Holland and Zendaya, is now only the second film ever to open above […]

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They’re back! Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May are preparing to reunite on screen once again, but this time in a very different role. The trio became household names during their long-running stint on Top Gear, where they worked together from 2002 until 2015, before launching The Grand Tour on Prime Video in 2016. […]

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Britain’s most crowded ballot On 13 August, the Clacton by-election will hand voters what is understood to be the longest ballot paper in British electoral history. Thirty-four names will be crammed onto it, among them a man dressed as a bin, an actor-turned-politician and three candidates from the Official Monster Raving Loony Party. At the […]

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‘This has to change’ Prime Minister Andy Burnham has invited Scottish swimmer Archie Goodburn to a personal meeting after the 25-year-old’s emotional plea for more brain cancer research funding. Speaking to BBC Breakfast through tears, Goodburn had implored the government to “give us a chance to fight for our lives”. Goodburn was diagnosed with inoperable […]

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Juno says ‘I do’ Ted Lasso star Juno Temple has revealed that she has married her long-term partner Michal Szymanski, after the couple’s relationship began in a rather unexpected way on the set of the hit Apple TV+ series. Temple shared the news during an appearance on TFI Unplugged with Chris Evans, where she was […]

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Families warn of a justice gap Families of crime victims have condemned the government’s prisoner early release scheme, warning that some offenders could serve less time than the sentences their loved ones fought for. The early release plans, designed to ease prison overcrowding, have become one of the first major tests of public opinion for […]

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Brits warned over malaria risk in popular travel destinations New health warnings have been issued for UK travellers heading to 13 countries where malaria remains a risk, after officials revealed that British visitors continue to die from the disease after returning home. Travel Health Pro, a service supported by the Foreign Office, has recently reviewed […]

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Blumhouse’s risk doesn’t pay off Blumhouse’s latest experiment has set a record, just not the kind the studio wanted. Soulm8te, the R-rated spinoff from the M3GAN universe, has debuted with the lowest Rotten Tomatoes score in the franchise’s history. Released straight to streaming on 1 August 2026, the erotic thriller opened on 55% on Rotten […]

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Squid Game has a rival A Netflix K-drama has pulled off a feat only Squid Game had managed before it. Teach You a Lesson, the action series released on 5 June 2026, has blitzed its way into the streamer’s all-time Top 10 chart for non-English TV in under two months. Teach You a Lesson has […]

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The West End has spoken From the shower to the school run, the nation cannot stop singing and now it has picked a champion. Disney’s The Lion King, which has run in the West End since 1999, has been named Britain’s favourite musical, roaring past a clutch of long-running rivals to top a new national […]

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Deadly night for Kyiv A Russian ballistic Kyiv missile strike overnight has killed at least two people and injured more than 20 others, officials in the Ukrainian capital say. The barrage began after midnight on Wednesday, with air raid alerts sounding for more than an hour as waves of ballistic missiles hit the city and […]

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The royal family grows Princess Eugenie has given birth to a baby girl, her third child with husband Jack Brooksbank. The daughter was born on Monday 3 August at a hospital in Lisbon, Portugal, weighing 6lbs 9oz, Buckingham Palace confirmed. Eugenie, 36, announced the news on Instagram alongside a photograph of the newborn, the BBC […]

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Gotham’s new favourite Batman: Caped Crusader has returned in style, with the animated Prime Video series landing an 82% audience score on Rotten Tomatoes for its second season. The DC show released its new episodes on Friday, 31 July, marking one of the year’s biggest wins for the Dark Knight. The 82% audience rating is […]

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Nightmare crossing ends in rescue More than 170 migrants have been rescued after their boat caught fire in the middle of a Channel crossing on Tuesday morning, with the UK government insisting that “all will be returned” to France. The boat was attempting to reach the UK when its engine caught fire, according to the […]

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Reusser races into yellow Switzerland’s Marlen Reusser claimed the first yellow jersey of her career by winning a 21km time trial from Gevrey-Chambertin to Dijon on stage four of the Tour de France Femmes. The time trial world champion, 34, completed the course in 27 minutes and 30 seconds. Reusser finished the day with a […]

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Tory leader under fire Kemi Badenoch has defended the Conservatives’ decision to select as a local election candidate a man once jailed for harassing a former MP. The party leader faced awkward questions from reporters on Tuesday over the selection of Joshua Bonehill-Paine, insisting the Conservatives “believe in second chances”. The controversy behind the candidate […]

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Good news for Scotland’s pupils Scottish exam results 2026 have brought good news for pupils across the country, with pass rates rising at every level. More than 148,000 learners received their Nationals, Highers, Advanced Highers and Skills for Work Awards on Tuesday, as Qualifications Scotland reported a record number of vocational and technical qualifications awarded. […]

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21-year-old makes WTA history Alexandra Eala has become the first Filipina to win a WTA singles title, defeating world number three Jessica Pegula in the Washington Open final. The 21-year-old collapsed to the ground in tears as the umpire called the winning point on Monday, having overcome weather delays and the loss of the first […]

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Farage reveals Reform talks Nigel Farage has admitted he discussed returning to lead Reform UK in the spring of 2024, months before that year’s general election, in remarks that have reopened questions over a £5m gift he received from a crypto billionaire. The Reform leader confirmed on Monday he had spoken to then-leader Richard Tice […]

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Amazon bets big on Cavill Henry Cavill is expanding his Warhammer empire. The former Superman star will executive produce a new Warhammer 40,000 animated event series, in development at Amazon MGM Studios, Blur Studios and Games Workshop, Variety has revealed. The animated project is a spinoff of the Prime Video anthology Secret Level and is […]

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MLS probes Casemiro move Casemiro told Los Angeles Galaxy he “only wanted to play for them” just two months before joining Inter Miami, the MLS club’s general manager Will Kuntz has claimed, as the league investigates the Brazilian’s switch to Lionel Messi‘s side. The 34-year-old midfielder joined Messi at Inter Miami on a free transfer […]

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The great white warning When lifeguards ordered swimmers out of the water at St Ouen’s Bay in Jersey on 1 August, after a reported sighting of a shark thought to be between 10 and 12ft long, it sounded like a scene from a summer blockbuster. But according to scientists, the reality is less dramatic and […]

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