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Catch the latest Financial News EventsNigel Farage ‘doesn’t believe in Britain’, Starmer tells Labour conference
Prime minister says choice is between ‘decency or division, renewal or decline’, amid rise of Reform UKUK politics live – latest updatesBritain faces a “defining choice” between a patriotic Labour party promising national renewal or “division and decline” under the...
‘If you get it wrong, it’s sacrilegious!’ TV’s problem with Irish accents
From James Norton’s ‘terror’ at playing a Dubliner in House of Guinness to Helen Mirren doing an impersonation so atrocious it went viral – why do actors struggle to play people from Ireland?Putting on a good Irish accent is an art. In the same way that pouring...
‘He loves splashing around’: UK pools host doggy dips for pets and owners
Gourock outdoor pool in Inverclyde drops its humans-only policy on last day of the swim season – part of a trend at lidos around the countryThere is a moment of hesitation and she meets my eyes as though to check: is this really allowed? Then my dog dives – 24kg of...
US comedians defend decision to play in Saudi Arabia: ‘They’re paying me enough to look the other way’
Usual supporters of free speech are under fire for signing on to Riyadh festival despite the government’s human rights abusesBilled as “the biggest comedy festival in the world”, the inaugural Riyadh Comedy festival, which is running 26 September to 9 October,...