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‘Illegal’ among words most often linked to migrants in UK politics, report finds
The word “illegal” has been one of the terms most strongly associated with migrants in UK parliamentary debates over the past 25 years, research has found.
Findings from the Runnymede Trust, published on Friday, examine how politicians and the media have portrayed migrants, refugees and Muslims in their discourse.
The …
Melancholy, morphine and the Baader-Meinhof group: Marianne Faithfull’s 10 best recordings
Morning Sun (1965)
Marianne Faithfull’s 60s releases were wildly variable, perhaps because she seems to have been beholden to the whims of producers who didn’t really know what to do with her: one minute she was recording rounded-edged folk – Cockleshells, What Have They Done to the Rain – the …
Back to the future for Scotland and Italy in rerun of 2000 Six Nations opener
And so we head back to where it all began. The Six Nations is a quarter of a century old. Wednesday will mark 25 years since its opening fixture on 5 February 2000, but of more visceral significance will be this weekend’s encounter at Murrayfield between Scotland and Italy, a …
Sutherland century turns screw on wretched England in women’s Ashes
After a mere 90-year wait, a second woman will finally join Peggy Antonio up on the Melbourne Cricket Ground honours board – take a bow, Annabel Sutherland. The 23-year-old already had a Test double-hundred to her name, scored against South Africa last year: now, she will go down in history …
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Pressure grows on Met over ‘heavy-handed’ policing of pro-Gaza protest
The Met police is facing growing questions over its handling of a pro-Palestine protest in central London at which
more than 70 people were arrested
.On Friday, trade union leaders became the latest group to write to the home secretary, Yvette Cooper, demanding an independent inquiry into …
Long-lost anti-fascist mural from 1930s restored and back on show in Mexico
A long-neglected 1930s mural in Mexico that warns about the rise of fascism has been revealed and restored – just as some historians say the world faces that threat once more.
The mural, which is titled The Struggle Against Terrorism, covers a 40ft wall in a colonial courtyard in Morelia, …
Will the Dodgers’ billions make MLB like European soccer? Not so fast …
Deferred contracts were once baseball’s annual joke played on the New York Mets.
They released veteran third baseman Bobby Bonilla after a dismal season in 1999. But rather than pay the $5.9m left on his contract as a lump sum, the club offered a 25-year deferred deal at a munificent …
How the quick high of ‘fast-food gambling’ ensnared young men
Watching televised sports in 2025 can feel a little like sitting through one long gambling commercial, interspersed by occasional flashes of actual games. Those sports, meanwhile, are played in venues and uniforms plastered with the logos of yet more betting houses, airing on broadcasts that sprinkle in mentions of gambling …
Body found near to where sisters went missing in Aberdeen
A body has been recovered from the River Dee in Aberdeen close to where two sisters went missing in early January.
Eliza and Henrietta Huszti, both 32 and originally from Hungary, were last seen on CCTV near the Dee at Aberdeen harbour early in the morning on Tuesday 7 January, …