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From Colin Firth’s wet shirt in Pride and Prejudice to Meryl Streep’s safari gear in Out of Africa, Cosprop’s outfits achieved cinematic realism When the costume designer John Bright founded the period costume house Cosprop in 1965, it was out of a desire to give the clothes seen in film and TV “a greater realism” … Read more
President Maia Sandu had accused Russia of using underhand tactics in attempt to sway voters Former Moldovan prime minister Natalia Gavrilița is speaking at the Warsaw Security Forum this morning. Responding to last night’s election result, she says: “We all need good news, and I’m very, very happy that my people delivered the good news … Read more
Richard Hermer to aim criticism at Nigel Farage and Robert Jenrick at Labour conference event Rightwing populists threaten working-class people’s protections under the rule of law, the attorney general will say in his most political intervention yet. In a criticism directed squarely at Nigel Farage and Robert Jenrick, Richard Hermer will say that populist politicians … Read more
Two years after the tree was cut down, the National Trust says it wants to turn a sense of loss ‘into a sense of hope’ Artists are being asked for ideas to create a “nationally important” work from the wood of the illegally felled Sycamore Gap tree which, organisers hope, will be galvanising and inspiring. … Read more
Spokesperson says claims Harry felt like an ‘official visitor’ were fabricated as duke seeks reconciliation with father Prince Harry has suggested that people are seeking to sabotage his reconciliation with King Charles as he hit back at “invention fed” media reports on the pair’s recent meeting. Harry met the king for the first time in … Read more
Officials name Robert Eugene Brashers in brutal deaths of Amy Ayers, Eliza Thomas and Jennifer and Sarah Harbison After more than three decades, police have identified a dead suspect in an infamous 1991 murder case in which four girls were slain at a yogurt shop in Austin, Texas. Austin police revealed Friday that Robert Eugene … Read more
Flooding overwhelms town of Globe as North Carolina governor declares an emergency ahead of storm At least three people died and others were believed missing after flooding in a rural community in Arizona, officials said on Saturday. Meanwhile, in South Carolina, crews spent Saturday making preparations for an unnamed weather system that is forecast to … Read more
Suspect Joshua Cole allegedly used a Facebook account to threaten revenge for murder of Charlie Kirk Federal authorities in Texas have arrested a man for allegedly threatening to shoot people at a pro-LGBTQ+ parade, to avenge the murder of Charlie Kirk. According to court documents viewed by the Guardian, on 18 September, the FBI’s field … Read more
Apparently misled by hyperbolic reporting from conservative outlets on a single small protest, president described peaceful city as ‘war ravaged’ Donald Trump said on Saturday he is deploying troops to Portland, Oregon, “authorizing Full Force, if necessary”, ignoring pleas from local officials and the state’s congressional delegation, who suggested that the president was misinformed or … Read more
Ukrainian officials among those concerned Russia is manufacturing crisis to keep hold of frontline plant External power to the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant has been cut for more than three days, a record outage that has prompted safety concerns over the six-reactor site on the frontline of the Ukraine war. Emergency generators are being used … Read more