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Olympics: how much should be spent on greatest show on earth?
Whilst the Games might be the greatest show on earth, there may be an unwanted conversation about whether nations should be spending this amount of money on an Olympics.
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‘Almost any Democrat with a pulse better than Biden’, says former George W Bush adviser
We spoke to Professor Sarah Churchwell, a writer and professor of American culture and humanities from the University of London, and from Blue River, Colorado, the broadcaster Mark McKinnon, who advised President George W Bush and Senator John McCain.
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Fans react to football clubs increasing season ticket prices
Many supporters are are being priced out of supporting the teams they love.
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‘Benin Bronzes should be returned’ to Nigeria, says artist Yinka Shonibare
From his famous recreation of HMS Victory inside a giant bottle, to a huge, multicoloured hibiscus erected in Leeds city centre, the British-Nigerian artist Yinka Shonibare has always sought to spark conversations with his work.
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Armistead Maupin on trans rights and growing up gay in a homophobic household
Author Armistead Maupin is a pioneer – writing about AIDS and HIV for a mass audience and daring to include gay, lesbian, trans and queer lives when few others were. His ‘Tales of the City’ series, which started as a newspaper column in 1974, became worldwide best-selling novels and a Netflix series. It chronicles the…
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Conservative divide: Lee Anderson suspended for Sadiq Khan comments
Lee Anderson, who said that Islamists were controlling the London mayor and the capital city, has been suspended by Rishi Sunak. Sadiq Khan described the comments as islamophobic and racist.
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Important for public to see people who were in Epstein’s ‘orbit’, says lawyer
We spoke to the lawyer Spencer Kuvin, in Florida – who’s represented several of Jeffrey Epstein’s victims. And to Anna Whitelock, who’s professor of history of modern monarchy at London’s City University.
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How an IKEA became one of the world’s biggest clubs
More than 30 per cent of UK clubs have closed since the pandemic, who knew a saviour of the club scene could lie in a former soft furnishings site.The IKEA in Tottenham (North London) has gone from DIY haven to dancefloor, and with a 15,000 person capacity DRUMSHEDS is now one of the UKs biggest cultural spaces.
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Debate: should Tories scrap HS2 northern leg?
The Tory Party Conference in Manchester has been dominated by the decision to shelve this city’s high speed rail connection to London, a choice Rishi Sunak has made, we understand, though not yet announced.
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Marina Abramovic: ‘warrior of performance art’ on Royal Academy exhibition
It’s the first time the Academy’s main galleries have been devoted solely to a female artist.
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Can Manchester’s ‘transformational’ public transport be a template for the UK?
50 yellow branded buses are taking to the streets of Manchester this weekend, the first area in England and Wales, outside London, to have its own regulated bus system since privatisation almost four decades ago.
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High court rules Ulez expansion legal
London’s Mayor Sadiq Khan has got the green light to extend his controversial ultra low emission zone, Ulez. The High Court has thrown out a challenge by five Conservative-led outer London councils to stop it expanding to cover the whole of the city.
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Why Manchester abandoned ULEZ-style approach
Now London’s attempt to hit motorists with more stringent anti pollution measures may have proved a liability at the polls – but British cities are still legally obliged to become greener.
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‘No one will be spared’: Nuclear expert on threat posed by Ukrainian nuclear plant
A five-star hotel next to London’s O2 Arena is a far cry from the trenches of eastern Ukraine, but for the political and business leaders gathered there today – it was another stage from which to shape the country’s future.
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Pay offers ‘not good enough’ to stop strikes, says ASLEF’s Andy Hourigan
Andy Hourigan is the ASLEF spokesperson for the North West of England and also a Manchester City fan.