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The Strangers, a horror tale written during the playwright’s college days, appeared in the Strand magazine this week As one of the 20th century’s most successful playwrights, Tennessee Williams penned popular works at the very pinnacle of US theater, including A Streetcar Named Desire and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. Years before his almost … Read more
After speculation actor was actually underground MC, pair join on remix to EsDeeKid’s 4 Raws It’s been arguably the most popular musical meme of the year: is masked Liverpudlian rapper EsDeeKid actually Hollywood actor Timothée Chalamet in disguise? Now the speculation has been put to bed, with Chalamet jumping on an unexpected remix of EsDeeKid’s … Read more
Exclusive song for online retailer prevents a hat trick of Christmas No 1s for Wham!, as Kylie becomes first woman to secure UK No 1 singles in four different decades Kylie Minogue has scored her first UK Christmas No 1, and eighth No 1 single overall, with the song Xmas. She beat competition from Wham!’s … Read more
Blunt remarks indicate UK’s largest union may be on collision course with Wes Streeting and Labour more widely Andrea Egan: My warning as the new head of Unison The new general secretary of Unison has declared the trade union will end its support for the “destructive right wing of the Labour party” and said any … Read more
Suspect Claudio Manuel Neves Valente was found dead in New Hampshire storage facility after five-day manhunt Investigators turned on Friday to the search for a motive in the murders of two Brown University students and a physics professor in Massachusetts in separate but linked attacks, after the prime suspect was found dead from an apparently … Read more
Anthony Gilheaney, 31, targeted people with his Mercedes, killing Aiden Chapman, 25, and seriously injuring four others A man who turned his car into a weapon as he launched a series of hate-filled homophobic and racist attacks on Christmas Day last year in central London has been convicted of murder. Anthony Gilheaney, 31, was drunk … Read more
Inquiry into recent Avanti West Coast train derailment in Cumbria finds sensors may not work if landslips happen quickly Accident investigators have issued an urgent safety warning that the railway’s landslide monitoring equipment may not work when the earth moves suddenly, after discovering sensors did not transmit when a landslip derailed an intercity train. The … Read more
Retailer targets £7m in bonuses as FCA examines scandal in North American arm WH Smith will try to take back as much as £7m in bonuses from former executives after it said the UK’s financial watchdog had launched a formal investigation into a devastating accounting error linked to its US business. Almost £600m was wiped … Read more
Meetings in Gibraltar are the latest twist in worldwide campaign that is enriching the US president’s family One Friday in November, armed police blocked off the road that runs beside Gibraltar’s medieval city walls to clear the way for a convoy of blacked-out BMWs. The vehicles pulled up at the offices of Hassans, a law … Read more
ONS figures show public sector net borrowing was £11.7bn – £1.9bn less than in same month last year The UK government borrowed more than expected in November, official figures show, amid pressure on the economy before chancellor Rachel Reeves’s autumn budget. Figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) showed public sector net borrowing – … Read more