Labour wins Chester byelection with best result since 2010 | Labour

 Posted on May 10, 2024  |  5 minutes  |  924 words  |  Delta Gatti

Labour This article is more than 1 year oldLabour wins Chester byelection with ‘best result since 2010’This article is more than 1 year oldRishi Sunak’s first test ends brutally, with 14-point swing pollsters say would give Starmer comfortable majority at election UK politics live – latest news updates Labour was celebrating a commanding byelection victory on Friday after retaining the seat of Chester with a substantial 14-point swing that pollsters say would give the party a comfortable majority if repeated at a general election. [Read More]

Lawyer Steven Donziger gets six-month sentence for contempt in Chevron battle | New York

 Posted on May 10, 2024  |  3 minutes  |  573 words  |  Brenda Moya

New York This article is more than 2 years oldLawyer Steven Donziger gets six-month sentence for contempt in Chevron battleThis article is more than 2 years oldJudge orders prison for indigenous rights campaigner despite UN experts’ opinion that his treatment broke international law Steven Donziger, the US indigenous rights campaigner and lawyer who spent decades battling the energy firm Chevron over pollution in the Ecuadorian rainforest, was sentenced to six months’ imprisonment on Friday for criminal contempt charges arising from a lawsuit brought by the oil giant. [Read More]

Murderme | Arts | guardian.co.uk Arts

 Posted on May 10, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  230 words  |  Merlyn Hunt

 In the Darkest Hour There May be Light - Works from Damien Hirst's Murderme collection Some of the contents of Damien Hirst's personal art collection will go on show to the public for the first time at the Serpentine Gallery later this month. Valued in excess of £100m, it places works by Warhol, Bacon and Jeff Koons alongside younger artists such as Jim Lambie and Laurence Owen. 'A lot of the things that I collect deal with death,' says Hirst. [Read More]

Russell Crowe arrested after NY hotel fracas | Film

 Posted on May 10, 2024  |  4 minutes  |  648 words  |  Merlyn Hunt

Film This article is more than 18 years oldRussell Crowe arrested after NY hotel fracasThis article is more than 18 years oldHollywood star Russell Crowe was arrested in New York today and charged with assault after allegedly hurling a telephone at a hotel employee, a police spokeswoman said. Crowe got into an argument at the Mercer Street Hotel in the SoHo district of New York City shortly after 4am and threw the phone at the worker, according to police reports. [Read More]

Seal breaks into New Zealand home, traumatises cat and hangs out on couch | New Zealand

 Posted on May 10, 2024  |  4 minutes  |  661 words  |  Delta Gatti

New ZealandSeal breaks into New Zealand home, traumatises cat and hangs out on couchYoung fur seal slipped into marine biologist’s home through a catflap before spending more than two hours inside A curious young seal has been returned to the sea after breaking into a New Zealand home, harassing the resident cat, hanging about in the hallway for a couple of hours while the children slept upstairs, and miraculously ruining nothing. [Read More]

Spieth hits back at reports that Cantlay is calling shots in PGA-LIV negotiations | PGA Tour

 Posted on May 10, 2024  |  5 minutes  |  894 words  |  Merlyn Hunt

PGA Tour This article is more than 1 month oldSpieth hits back at reports that Cantlay is calling shots in PGA-LIV negotiationsThis article is more than 1 month oldSaudi backers of LIV lured Jon Rahm in blockbuster deal‘We’re looking for the best outcome for players as a whole’Jordan Spieth has dispelled the notion he is part of an alliance with Tiger Woods and Patrick Cantlay on the PGA Tour board as the deadline nears for the Tour to finalise its framework agreement with the Saudi backers of LIV Golf, who have lured away the Masters champion, Jon Rahm. [Read More]

Belgian cyclist Antoine Demoiti dies after being hit by motorbike at Gent-Wevelgem event | Cycling

 Posted on May 9, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  417 words  |  Christie Applegate

Cycling This article is more than 7 years oldBelgian cyclist Antoine Demoitié dies after being hit by motorbike at Gent-Wevelgem eventThis article is more than 7 years oldAntoine Demoitié dies after being hit by race motorcycle Police inquiry under way as worrying support vehicle trend continues Belgian cyclist Antoine Demoitié has died in hospital after being hit by a motorbike after a fall during the Gent-Wevelgem cycling classic on Sunday. Several riders had fallen in the crash as the race moved through Sainte-Marie-Cappel in northern France. [Read More]

If a woman can be raped in broad daylight on a train, there are tough questions for all of us | Gaby

 Posted on May 9, 2024  |  6 minutes  |  1103 words  |  Barrett Giampaolo

OpinionRape and sexual assault This article is more than 1 month oldIf a woman can be raped in broad daylight on a train, there are tough questions for all of usThis article is more than 1 month oldGaby HinsliffThis latest horrific crime shatters any illusions we may still have about when, where and how such things can happen It was broad daylight, and there were other people in the tube carriage. [Read More]

Mind the crack

 Posted on May 9, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  337 words  |  Delta Gatti

The ObserverBooksReviewPete Doherty's The Books of Albion is strangely affecting, says Caspar Llewellyn SmithThe Books of Albion: The Collected Writings of Peter Doherty Orion £20, pp336 Pete Doherty has never shirked the claims of modern-day celebrity. While his sometime girlfriend long since decided to take the Greta Garbo approach, the Babyshambles singer has acted more like a contestant on Big Brother. From his guerrilla gigs with the Libertines through to his TV appearances, our wayward rake has stumbled through every barrier that separates the private and public spheres. [Read More]

So beautiful it almost brought me to tears: the comedy and wonder of Joe Pera

 Posted on May 9, 2024  |  7 minutes  |  1468 words  |  Delta Gatti

TelevisionSince his first special in 2016, the comedian’s uniquely touching brand of gentle humour has won millions of fans. But how different is the real-life Pera to his onscreen persona? Joe Pera is strolling through New York, patiently enduring the sort of technical calamities that cause interviewers to wake up in a cold sweat. I apologise and apologise again, but he is unfazed. “It’s OK,” he reassures me in his familiar soft, halting voice. [Read More]