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The singer-songwriter Sinéad O’Connor has died at the age of 56, prompting a flurry of tributes for both her music and her confrontational style.

Hiring a car when abroad can be a great way to see the sights at your own pace, but watch out for hidden fees. 

Phu Quoc is Vietnam’s largest island and sits off the Cambodian coast on the eastern edge of the Gulf of Thailand. It’s a much-loved destination among tourists, foreign and domestic, and caters to all budgets. 

An actor with dwarfism has said that people with the condition feel they “are being pushed out” of the film industry and criticised the casting of Hugh Grant as an Oompa-Loompa in the upcoming movie “Wonka”.

UK banks are being reminded of “their responsibilities” when it comes to sensitive information they hold on their customers.

A “masterpiece of forensic fury”, said Mark Lawson in The Guardian, this “verbatim” play is based on writer Gillian Slovo’s interviews with survivors of the 2017 Grenfell fire and the relatives of some of the 72 people who died in the tower block, excerpts from the public inquiry transcripts, and…

The race to become the next mayor of London has become significantly closer after Labour’s shock by-election defeat in Uxbridge put incumbent Sadiq Khan’s flagship green policy in doubt.

Hun Sen, Cambodia’s leader for almost four decades, has announced his resignation and said he will hand the reins of power over to his eldest son. 

“For 45 years, it has menaced our children, bringing unbridled horror and trauma into countless young lives,” said Robbie Collin in The Daily Telegraph. “But at last, good sense has prevailed” – and “Watership Down” has been regraded from a U to a PG. In its latest annual report, the…

Pre-release expectations were already “stratospheric”, but the unlikely pairing of “Barbie” and “Oppenheimer” around the world has “helped fuel the biggest collective weekend at the box office since the pandemic”, said Rebecca Rubin in Variety – music to the ears of their respective film studios, Warner Bros. Discovery and Universal,…

“Nigel Farage may be a lipless old populist with a face like a crapulent axolotl, but you can’t take away his bank account just because... Oi! Are you even listening? You’re not, are you? You’re playing with your damn phone like a teenager... There’s me trying to have an important…