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Michael C Hall: ‘Dexter: Resurrection was kind of a crazy notion. But I like crazy notions’
The American actor speaks to Louis Chilton about his own ‘origin story’, why ‘Six Feet Under’ was the ‘black-sheep sibling’ ...
Racial disparities in criminal justice system ‘shameful’ – Met Police chief
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‘Critical’ need to close the UK’s self-employed pensions gap
Research for Scottish Widows has indicated 39% of self-employed people are not saving enough for retirement, and 23% are not ...
American shows are taking over the West End: should we applaud or riot?
Soaring costs back home mean US producers are flocking to the West End, with London emerging as a new testing ground for ...
‘Chains around my waist and feet’: Inside a Trump ICE detention centre
Despite having families and paying taxes, many hardworking immigrants in the US have been arrested in Trump-enforced raids, where officers are sometimes having to meet quotas of up to 3,000 people per ...
How heatwaves and soaring temperatures are changing tourism across Europe
Ditching Britain and Ireland every summer for a journey to sunnier climes across the pond has been a tradition for decades. However, with unbearable heat and a worsening climate crisis becoming the ...
US aid cuts halt HIV vaccine research in South Africa, with global impact
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Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ is estimated to leave millions without health care. He insists ‘it’s not going to cause death’
About 11.8 million people are at risk of losing their health insurance, according to the Congressional Budget Office ...
Hundreds turned out to protest JD Vance’s family vacation to Disneyland. The next day the park shut down rides for his visit
Vice President JD Vance and his family visited Disneyland on Saturday after protestors condemned his California vacation amid ...
Texas floods latest: Death toll rises to 129 as Trump suggests Texans got ‘a lot of warning’ in advance
Local officials were repeatedly denied state funding for emergency flood warning system at Camp Mystic site but didn’t deploy Amber Alert-style warning according to report ...
California farmworker who fell from greenhouse roof during chaotic ICE raid dies
A farmworker who fell from a greenhouse roof during a chaotic ICE raid this week at a California cannabis facility has died ...
Trump voters say president’s tariffs are major red flag for them: new poll
Trump has said that he may put in place yet another round of tariffs on August 1, threatening a 30 percent tariff on goods from Mexico and the European Union. The tariffs, which Trump has claimed will ...