The Guardianadded this to TechnologyEast Midlands Flights delayed as drones fly near East Midlands airportThe Guardian - Press AssociationDetectives have launched an investigation after three drones disrupted flights at an airport during a nearby music festival. Leicestershire police said a pilot of one of the unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs)
The Guardianadded this to Top StoriesMatteo Salvini Matteo Salvini seeks closer Washington ties as EU tensions riseThe GuardianMatteo Salvini is striving for Italy to become “the main partner” of the US as he meets officials from Donald Trump’s government in Washington DC on Monday. The Italian deputy prime minister, who began
The Guardianadded this to Art & DesignArt Jarman award 2019 shortlist announcedThe GuardianIn one film, a mother talks about visions of turning her baby into a fried egg – and then eating it. In another, the traditional martial arts movie gets reimagined as an impressively choreographed African
The Guardianadded this to Top StoriesKatie Hopkins Hunt defends Trump quoting Katie Hopkins in attack on Sadiq KhanThe Guardian - Peter Walker Political correspondentJeremy Hunt has vigorously defended Donald Trump for quoting the far-right commentator Katie Hopkins in an attack on the London mayor, Sadiq Khan, as Downing Street declined to condemn the US president’s
The Guardianadded this to UK NewsCardiff Officer who hid fact she knew juror admits police standards breachThe Guardian - Steven Morris and agencyA police officer who hid the fact she knew a juror on a murder trial she was involved in and then lied about it to a senior officer has admitted breaching standards of professional behaviour. DC Rebecca
The Guardianadded this to BooksAnti-Semitism Penguin orders independent review of book over antisemitism claimsThe Guardian - Alison FloodPenguin Random House has asked Rabbi Baroness Julia Neuberger to independently review one of its books, Pedro Baños’s How They Rule the World, after allegations of antisemitism made against the author
The Guardianadded this to World NewsWorld News Belgian monks finally launch website to sell 'world's best beer'The Guardian - Daniel Boffey in BrusselsIt has been described as the world’s most sought-after beer. Just over 5,000 barrels are brewed annually by the 19 Trappist monks of Saint Sixtus abbey in Westvleteren, Flanders, and drinkers tempted the
The Guardianadded this to FootballArsène Wenger Arsenal coaching shake-up sees Ljungberg replace Bould as assistantThe GuardianFreddie Ljungberg is set to become Arsenal’s new assistant first-team coach, with Steve Bould taking charge of the under-23 team, the Premier League club have announced. Former midfielder Ljungberg steps
The Guardianadded this to World NewsWorld News China is harvesting organs from detainees, tribunal concludesThe Guardian - Owen BowcottAn independent tribunal sitting in London has concluded that the killing of detainees in China for organ transplants is continuing, and victims include imprisoned followers of the Falun Gong movement.
The Guardianadded this to US NewsPlay buttonProtest US briefing: Hong Kong protests, 'Trump Heights' and plastic investigationGuardian US - Mattha BusbyFollowing protests that attracted up to 2 million people, demonstrators in Hong Kong are calling on the government to withdraw the controversial extradition bill allowing people to be be sent to mainland
The Guardianadded this to MusicMusic (UK) Dur-Dur Band review – rapturous welcome for lost Somali funkThe GuardianDur-Dur Band are a time capsule, the sound of 80s Somalia fossilised in funk. Mogadishu musicians Abdillahi Ujeery and Mohammed Karama’s group was formed in the face of great upheaval: the nation’s former
The Guardianadded this to MediaMedia Industry Posh white men are the default on TV, says Countryfile’s Anita RaniThe Guardian - Helen Pidd North of England editorThe Countryfile presenter Anita Rani has accused TV executives of giving “posh white men” a free pass to make documentaries about trains in India while requiring her to justify why she should present not
The Guardianadded this to StageThe Theatre 'People think it's a nest of vipers!' Inside the illustrious Comédie-FrançaiseThe GuardianCompanies like nothing more than to refer to themselves, unironically, as families. The actors of Paris’s Comédie-Française have a better claim than most, however: for starters, directors keep casting
The Guardianadded this to TV & RadioPlay buttonDivorce Doctor Foster’s descent into divorced, middle-aged clicheThe Guardian - Diane ShipleyDoctor Foster was always a preposterous melodrama, but one that was well acted, brilliantly plotted and compellingly told – in series one, at least. Yes, it strained credulity that an otherwise stable
The Guardianadded this to Top StoriesIndia News India heatwave: rain brings respite for some but death toll risesThe Guardian - Amrit Dhillon in DelhiWeekend showers provided a much-needed but partial respite to parts of India sweltering in a brutal heatwave. In Bihar, however, one of the poorest areas of the country, 49 people died on Saturday in 24
The Guardianadded this to Art & DesignArt The Paper Museum review – the pelican paintings that changed art foreverThe Guardian - Jonathan JonesOn 17 August 1603 – they chose the day for its excellent astrological alignments of Jupiter, Saturn and Mercury – a group of friends got together in Rome to found a society to study and record the natural
The Guardianadded this to Top StoriesViktor Orbán The EU's Islamophobia is getting worse – Britain must fight this from withinThe Guardian - Yasmin QureshiThe European elections last month were widely seen as a test of the EU’s resilience. Many were relieved that far-right parties did not do as well as feared. However, nationalism is still on the rise across
The Guardianadded this to PoliticsJeremy Hunt Does Jeremy Hunt actually want to kill old people?The GuardianI know the feeling. Yes, but you’re not trying to become prime minister. There are still a few of us left. This is Jeremy Hunt’s campaign for the Tory leadership, I take it? That’s right. Isn’t it all
The Guardianadded this to Top StoriesIran Iran to break uranium stockpile limit set by nuclear dealThe Guardian - Associated PressIran will break the uranium stockpile limit set by the nuclear deal with world powers in the next 10 days, the spokesman for the country’s atomic agency has said, warning that Tehran could enrich uranium
The Guardianadded this to Sport Top StoriesRugby Union Seattle defend Major League Rugby crown before season three expansionThe Guardian - Martin PengellyThe Seattle Seawolves retained their Major League Rugby title on Sunday, beating San Diego 26-23 on the Legion’s home turf. It took a last-minute try to do it, in front of more than 5,000 fans. The game
The Guardianadded this to MusicMusic (UK) Download festival review – fire, fury and hymns to the dark sideThe Guardian - Dom LawsonAll those joyless souls lamenting the death of rock really should give Download a try. Despite invariably being plagued by hideous weather, this year, enthusiasm for three days of big riffs and shouting
The Guardianadded this to Top StoriesDonatella Versace Donatella Versace pays homage to the Prodigy's Keith Flint in MilanThe Guardian - Scarlett ConlonFrom one 90s superstar to another … Donatella Versace dedicated her spring/summer 2020 menswear show to the Progidy’s Keith Flint in Milan at the weekend. The designer described the musician, who died
The Guardianadded this to Top StoriesBoris Johnson Hail to the oxymoron-in-chief, Boris JohnsonThe Guardian - Simon JenkinsBoris Johnson was right: group debates are awful. Last night was Love Island with one-liners, five rivals pouting and shouting at the same time. Since viewers have no voice or vote in the outcome, what
The Guardianadded this to MusicFleetwood Mac Fleetwood Mac review – latest lineup makes loving them funThe Guardian - Alexis Petridis‘Happy Father’s Day, London,” offers guitarist Mike Campbell, one of Fleetwood Mac’s two new recruits. “I know,” he adds meaningfully, “there are some fathers out there.” There certainly are, but perhaps
The Guardianadded this to Top StoriesIndia News Indian magician feared dead in Houdini-style river stuntThe Guardian - Amrit Dhillon in DelhiIndian divers in Kolkata are searching for the body of a magician who is feared to have drowned when a Houdini-like stunt in a river went wrong. Chanchal Lahiri, 42, known by his stage name of Mandrake,
The Guardianadded this to Horse RacingHorse Racing Talking Horses: silence over breath test details causes needless damageThe Guardian - Chris CookI found it frustrating, writing about Oisin Murphy’s failed breath test on Sunday, that I was unable to report the amount of alcohol recorded by his test. To me, this would seem essential context which
The Guardianadded this to CricketCricket County cricket talking points: Somerset keep swinging in the rainThe Guardian - Gary NaylorBall one: Are Somerset set for a summer of success? Somerset found a way to win – yet again. With two days rained off, wickets needed to be taken, so Tom Abell tossed the ball to the player of the (half)
The Guardianadded this to CricketJason Roy Jason Roy ruled out for minimum of two England games with hamstring tearThe Guardian - Guardian sportEngland have confirmed Jason Roy will miss at least the next two games of the Cricket World Cup with a hamstring injury. Roy was forced from the field against West Indies and did not bat. A subsequent
The Guardianadded this to PoliticsBoris Johnson David Gauke mocks Boris Johnson over spending promisesThe Guardian - Peter Walker Political correspondentThe justice secretary, David Gauke, has mocked Boris Johnson for making profligate spending promises during the ongoing Conservative leadership campaign, saying “good luck” to whoever became his chancellor.
The Guardianadded this to BooksBooks The best recent thrillers – review roundupThe Guardian - Alison Flood“People don’t kill over house prices, do they?” asks Tess, one of the mothers in Louise Candlish’s new novel, Those People. But it turns out they just might. Tess and her neighbours in the desirable Lowland
