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Priti Patel’s blueprint to take on Farage with democratisation of Tory party leadership pitch
Dame Priti Patel is promising a revolution in the Conservative Party by offering to hand back some control of policy to ordinary party members and allow them to elect key officials. The leadership pitch by the former home secretary is an overt attempt to stop the flow of Tory membersContinue Reading
Cineworld announces plans to close six branches as part of restructure
Cineworld has announced plans to shut six cinemas across the UK as part of major restructuring plans. The business, which is part of the world’s second-largest cinema chain, has struggled since the Covid pandemic as audiences have failed to return to previous levels. Against this backdrop, the organisation said itContinue Reading
Lammy urged to drop ‘ludicrous’ financial aid to Cuba over concerns troops are fighting for Russia in Ukraine
A senior US congressman has asked the new Labour government to rethink financial aid to Cuba due to concerns that the regime is supplying troops to Vladimir Putin to fight in Ukraine. Republican congressman Mario Díaz-Balart, who represents the 26th district in Florida and is the son of Cuban exiles,Continue Reading
Elon Musk’s transgender daughter radically influenced his shift to the right. A lot of trans people have family members like him
This week, the world’s richest person launched an unseemly public attack on his estranged transgender daughter. In an interview released on Monday, Elon Musk – electric car entrepreneur, US government rocket contractor, and outright owner of the social media service X (formerly Twitter) – claimed that his daughter Vivian Wilson’sContinue Reading
Ian McKellen watches final day of Players Kings from audience as he recovers from fall
Sir Ian McKellen has watched his understudy perform in the final matinee of Player Kings, the play he was starring in before he sustained wrist and neck injuries in a dramatic fall while performing in the show. The Lord of the Rings actor, 85, had been playing the William ShakespeareContinue Reading
Max Verstappen summoned to stewards immediately after Belgian GP pole taken away
Max Verstappen was summoned to visit the FIA stewards just minutes after posting the quickest time in qualifying at the Belgian Grand Prix on Saturday. The Red Bull star clinched pole position ahead of Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc in a rain-soaked session at Spa-Francorchamps, but the Dutchman already knew he wouldContinue Reading
12 awful performances in brilliant movies, from Hugh Grant to Jake Gyllenhaal
It’s far easier to be the saving grace of a bad film than the worst part of a great one. The latter rarely makes sense – surely if a film is firing on all cylinders and has a competent director behind it, every element will work just as well? IfContinue Reading
Olympics medal table LIVE: China lead as Team GB secure first medal
The 2024 Paris Olympic Games are well underway and Express Sport brings you live updates of the medal table. Team GB won 64 medals at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games; 22 gold, 20 silver and 22 bronze. The most medals Team GB has won at a recent Olympic Games wasContinue Reading
Chancellor could delay major infrastructure schemes to plug spending shortfall
The Chancellor could officially delay some major capital projects on Monday, when she is expected to tell Parliament that the Conservatives left Labour with a dire spending inheritance, including a £20 billion black hole in the accounts. Rachel Reeves could delay a string of key hospital and road schemes sheContinue Reading
F1 LIVE: Driver gets huge penalty as Hamilton stirs the pot with Verstappen
Daniel Ricciardo says he feels comfortable in the chaos at Red Bull. The Aussie could be axed after the Belgian Grand Prix – or promoted to a senior Red Bull seat. “I kinda just laugh at it,” he told the Mirror. “I do take it seriously and I am fightingContinue Reading