Placido Domingo Placido Domingo gets standing ovation in first performance since sexual harassment claimsThe Guardian - Staff and agenciesOpera singer Placido Domingo on Sunday received a standing ovation at the Salzburg festival, his first performance after being accused of sexually harassing women. “Triumph in Salzburg, standing ovation
Environment Great Australian Bight oil industry would need decades of subsidies, report warns Australia News - Katharine Murphy Political editorThe South Australian government needs to prepare itself for decades of subsidies if it wants to develop an offshore oil and gas industry in the Great Australian Bight, according to a new report. Analysis
Horse Racing Epsom victory the aim for jump jockey Jamie Codd, aka ‘The Coddfather’The Guardian - Chris CorriganJamie Codd and the Yorkshire trainer John Quinn are a formidable force when they team up – either over jumps or on the Flat. One of the highlights of this Bank Holiday Monday’s racing will be watching
Media Industry Boris Johnson says BBC should 'cough up' for TV licences of over-75sThe Guardian - Heather Stewart Political editorBoris Johnson has reignited the row over who should fund free TV licences for the over-75s, urging the BBC to “cough up”. The prime minister has signalled that his government will not reverse policy by
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The Theatre Rob Auton: The Time Show review – twinkling hour of clock-watchingThe Guardian - Brian Logan‘Did the people who set time going really think time would stand the test of time?” Rob Auton’s The Time Show is full of playful paradoxes such as this. With its multiple related meanings, time lends to
Airlines Airline punctuality at UK airports nosedives, finds Which?The Guardian - Patrick CollinsonAirline punctuality at Britain’s airports has plummeted, with the number of hour-long delays on Ryanair and Easyjet flights doubling in the last five years, according to research by Which?. It named Stansted
Schools England school places shortage 'made worse by academies'The Guardian - Richard Adams Education editorGovernment urged to restore powers to councils to open new schools to cope with demand Councils are warning that a looming shortage in the number of school places across England is being made worse by
Boeing Aircraft production down 24% globally after Boeing 737 Max crashesThe Guardian - Zoe WoodGlobal aircraft production has fallen by a quarter after the grounding of Boeing’s 737 Max jet following two fatal accidents. ADS, the British aerospace lobby group, said 88 aircraft were delivered in
Majorca Mallorca crash: seven killed in midair collision between plane and helicopterThe Guardian - Agence France-PresseSeven people including two children have been killed in a midair collision between a helicopter and a light aircraft over the Spanish island of Mallorca, authorities said. The two aircraft crashed over
Australia Australia must not be rattled – Steve Smith is back for fourth Ashes TestThe Guardian - Geoff Lemon at HeadingleyThe only worse cricketing humiliation than being bowled out for 67 must be losing to a team that you bowled out for 67. While all of England looked around in disbelief after that Ben Stokes heist at Headingley,
Rory McIlroy Rory McIlroy pockets £12m for winning Tour Championship and FedEx Cup titleThe Guardian - Ewan Murray at East LakeEast Lake on Sunday afternoon was witness to something even more notable than delivery of the richest prize in golf. Rory McIlroy’s bounce, Rory McIlroy’s swagger, is back. And with good reason; a season
Mauricio Pochettino Tottenham are lacking unity and desire, admits Mauricio PochettinoThe Guardian - David HytnerMauricio Pochettino admitted that Tottenham are “far, far away” from the creation of the required togetherness as he lamented the lack of desire in their 1-0 home defeat by Newcastle. The manager has plain
Amazon Johnson to burnish green credentials with G7 biodiversity pleaThe Guardian - Heather StewartBoris Johnson will call on his G7 colleagues to do more to combat mass extinctions as he seeks to strengthen his environmental credentials. Speaking in Biarritz, as discussion turns to the Amazon rainforest
Jürgen Klopp Jürgen Klopp’s creative chaos brings new meaning to the ‘Liverpool way’The Guardian - Richard Jolly at AnfieldTalk of the “Liverpool way” long preceded Jürgen Klopp’s appointment but, much as the club has been rejuvenated since his arrival, so has an ethos been reinvented. “Our identity is intensity,” said the
Roger Federer Novak Djokovic aims to defend US Open and close in on Federer’s major haulThe Guardian - Kevin Mitchell at Flushing MeadowsOnly a third-rate bookmaker or a dim-witted gambler would seriously imagine that Novak Djokovic is not a logical favourite to add a fourth US Open title to his collection of 16 majors this coming fortnight.
Antoine Griezmann Griezmann nets double in Barcelona’s comeback win over Real BetisThe Guardian - PA MediaAntoine Griezmann responded to the challenge laid down by Ernesto Valverde with a brilliant display as Barcelona came from behind to thrash Real Betis 5-2. The coach Valverde called for Griezmann to be
Tommy Shelby Peaky Blinders recap: series five, episode one – truly worth the waitThe Guardian - Sarah HughesHello everyone and welcome back. I think it’s fair to say that a Bafta, a move to BBC One and an absence of almost two years hasn’t made Tommy Shelby’s heart grow any less cold, his brain any less busy
The Handmaid's Tale The Handmaid's Tale recap: season 3, episode 12 – has June gone too far?The Guardian - Abigail ChandlerSpoiler alert: this recap is for people watching The Handmaid’s Tale, series three, on Channel 4 in the UK. Please do not add spoilers for later episodes in the series. How many lives does it cost to 52
Rugby Union England’s chariot running like a dream heading into the World CupThe Guardian - Robert Kitson at TwickenhamThey love a bit of karaoke in Japan and England’s supporters were in full advance cry in the West Stand on a warm Saturday evening. Bon Jovi’s Living on a Prayer was particularly popular – “Ohhh, we’re
Tommy Shelby Peaky Blinders series five review – business as usual for the behatted Brummie gangstersThe Guardian - Stuart JeffriesThe year is 1929. A time for Americans to stand knee-deep in spooling ticker tape and wail “What gives?” A time for Helen McCrory as Aunt Polly to untangle herself from her lover in a Monte Carlo hotel
Jane Austen Sanditon review – every period drama box is tickedThe Guardian - Chitra RamaswamyIt is a truth recently acknowledged that Andrew Davies, grandfather of the sexed-up British period drama, used all the existing material from Jane Austen’s final novel in the first half hour of his adaptation
Billy Vunipola Billy Vunipola adamant England must improve away to contend for World CupThe Guardian - Gerard Meagher at TwickenhamBilly Vunipola has warned that England must learn how to produce their Twickenham form away from home to be considered genuine World Cup contenders in Japan. England’s record-breaking victory over Ireland
Play buttonTim Paine Tim Paine insists Australia will put Headingley hurt behind themThe Guardian - Ali MartinTim Paine urged his Australia players to move on from the crushing nature of their defeat in the third Test. Having been flayed to all parts of Headingley by Ben Stokes amid one of the most astonishing
Play buttonBen Stokes Ben Stokes’s best England innings since Botham puts all else in shadeThe Guardian - Andy Bull at HeadingleyThe game isn’t supposed to work this way, outside of the daydreams we have when we’re kids first falling in love with it Oh hell, just call it all off now. Forget the Premier League, cancel the Rugby Cup,
Andromeda Starwatch: the furthest thing you can see with the naked eyeThe Guardian - Stuart ClarkThis week, try spotting the furthest thing are you will see with the unaided eye. The Andromeda galaxy is a collection of a trillion stars lying 2.5m light years distant. Also known as M31, it is the large
Poldark Poldark series five, episode seven recap – well, that was exhausting!The Guardian - Viv GroskopEggs, ham, partridge, quail and a healthy side order of revenge. Hang on, this wasn’t what we ordered! This episode started with Ross at the bottom of a mine with a very bad headache and, unfortunately,
Boris Johnson Britain can 'easily cope' with no-deal Brexit, claims Boris JohnsonThe Guardian - Heather Stewart and Julian Borger in BiarritzBritain could “easily cope” with a no-deal Brexit, which would be the fault of EU leaders’ “obduracy”, Boris Johnson claimed at the summit of G7 countries in France, as he continued to resist mounting
Play buttonBen Stokes Ben Stokes says ‘he never gave up’ in batting heroics to keep Ashes aliveThe Guardian - Ali Martin at HeadingleyThere are jaw-dropping performances in sport and then there is the one that Ben Stokes served up at Headingley on Sunday. When all hope seemed lost, and with it the Ashes, England’s talismanic all-rounder
Spiders Venomous brown recluse spider removed from woman’s left earThe Guardian - Martin PengellyA Kansas City woman woke one morning this week thinking she had water in her left ear. It turned out to be a highly venomous brown recluse spider. Susie Torres told local TV station Fox 4 she “woke up
