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Starmer blames Brexit for surge in numbers of small boat crossings but defends UK’s membership of ECHRKeir Starmer has said he will look at how international law is being interpreted by British courts in an effort to tackle small boats, which he branded “Farage boats”...
Scottish parliament votes in favour of allowing councils to cap rent increases
Legislation hailed as ‘historic step for fixing rigged housing market’ but campaigners say bolder action neededThe Scottish parliament has voted overwhelmingly for “historic” long-term rent controls – a first across the UK – as part of a wide-ranging housing bill that...
‘A steampunk Mr Tayto’: why Irish critics hate Netflix’s House of Guinness
While US and UK reviewers have praised the series, in Ireland it has faced a barrage of withering put-downs‘If you get it wrong, it’s sacrilegious!’ TV’s problem with Irish accentsThe new Netflix show House of Guinness appears to have everything: a top-notch cast,...
Julie Andrews at 90: the magical nanny with a sideline in the sly, sexy and subversive
Britain’s practically perfect star enters her 10th decade today. To celebrate we look back over the remarkably rich, radical – and sometimes risqué – career of an actor best known for tucking up children in the mid 1960sDame Julie Andrews, so crisply accented, sweetly...