General news

• Canada looks to USMCA review after Trump's tariffs struck down - BBC

  20-02-2026 23:46 via news.google.com
  Canada looks to USMCA review after Trump's tariffs struck down  BBCVictoria boat company ready to pivot following Trump's plans to impose a 10 per cent global tariff  CHEK News
  
  Read more

• USA and Canada to meet in Olympic men’s ice hockey gold medal game

  20-02-2026 23:41 via theguardian.com
  Hughes and Eichel spark US rout of SlovakiaMacKinnon scores late to send Canada throughBorder rivals to meet for men’s hockey goldThe United States and Canada men’s ice hockey teams will play for the gold medal on Sunday’s final day of the Milano Cortina Games after both teams came through semi-final contests of varying difficulty on Friday evening, setting up a blockbuster final in the first Olympic tournament to feature National Hockey League players in 12 years.Canada left t
  
  Read more

• Tudor promises Spurs will avoid relegation but accepts club are in ‘emergency situation’

  20-02-2026 23:30 via theguardian.com
  New coach starts tenure against Arsenal on SundayTudor insists ‘we have enormous quality in the squad’Igor Tudor has said Tottenham are in “an emergency situation” but issued a guarantee that his new team would escape relegation.Tudor is a veteran of short-term appointments and has performed rescue jobs at Udinese, Verona and Juventus. He offered a curt “100%” in response to questions on his confidence in Spurs’s survival. The Croat’s tenure begins
  
  Read more

• ‘I won the league with Liverpool’: Arne Slot responds to Wayne Rooney jibe

  20-02-2026 23:30 via theguardian.com
  Rooney claimed coach lacked ‘aura’ to manage club‘Jürgen Klopp and me both won the league’Arne Slot has responded to Wayne Rooney’s claim that the Liverpool head coach does not have the “aura” to manage the club by pointing to his Premier League title success last season.Rooney questioned Slot’s suitability for the job, telling The Overlap: “I have met him a few times. He was a nice fella but I just don’t think, for Liverpool, he&r
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• Arne Slot issues response over Wayne Rooney Liverpool 'aura' claim - 'you tell me' - Liverpool Echo

  20-02-2026 23:30 via news.google.com
  Arne Slot issues response over Wayne Rooney Liverpool 'aura' claim - 'you tell me'  Liverpool Echo‘I won the league with Liverpool’: Arne Slot responds to Wayne Rooney jibe  The GuardianLiverpool: Romano reveals 'quite clear' Arne Slot sack ultimatum; reveals Xabi Alonso 'waiting'  Football365Former Liverpool striker makes fresh claim over Arne Slot future - 'Now is the time'  Liverpool Echo'Liverpool could be about to copy PSG example - and Ar
  
  Read more

• US envoy Mike Huckabee says it would be ‘fine’ if Israel took all Middle East land

  20-02-2026 23:29 via theguardian.com
  Rightwing Trump ally tells Tucker Carlson Israel has biblical right to land from ‘wadi of Egypt to the great river’The US’s ambassador to Israel, Mike Huckabee, has contended to the podcaster Tucker Carlson that Israel has a biblical right to take over the entire Middle East – or at least the lion’s share of it.“It would be fine if they took it all,” Huckabee said to Carlson during an interview posted on Friday. The Trump administration appointee and for
  
  Read more

• US judge expresses concern about government’s role in Washington Post raid

  20-02-2026 23:24 via theguardian.com
  Federal judge said reporter Hannah Natanson ‘has basically been deprived of her life’s work’ after January raidA federal judge in Virginia on Friday declined to immediately rule on the Washington Post’s request for the government to return devices seized from reporter Hannah Natanson in a January raid of her home.But the judge, William B Porter of the eastern district of Virginia, acknowledged the enormity and significance of the seizure during the afternoon hearing. &ldq
  
  Read more

• Olympic speed skater Sellier in hospital after taking blade to the face - The Guardian

  20-02-2026 22:33 via news.google.com
  Olympic speed skater Sellier in hospital after taking blade to the face  The GuardianKamila Sellier injury update after skate cuts face during Olympics  USA TodayKamila Sellier: Polish speed skater suffers gruesome cut from rival’s blade  The TimesHorror moment Winter Olympics skater left covered in blood after being sliced by opponent's blade during race  The SunOlympics 2026: Milano Cortina: Short Track Speed Skating Women's  Reuters Conn
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• UK clinical trial into puberty blockers on hold after medicines regulator steps in

  20-02-2026 22:26 via theguardian.com
  Recruitment of children for study delayed after MHRA warns that participants should be no younger than 14 A clinical trial into puberty blockers for children has been paused after the medicines regulator warned it should have a minimum age limit of 14 because of the “unquantified risk” of “long-term biological harms”.Discussions between the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) and the trial sponsor, King’s College London, will begin next week t
  
  Read more

• Crystal Palace will not sack Oliver Glasner despite ‘not good enough’ remark

  20-02-2026 22:26 via theguardian.com
  Fans turned on manager during match on ThursdayClub decide against change with big games coming upCrystal Palace have decided against sacking Oliver Glasner despite his latest public outburst on Friday when the manager said he was “just not good enough” to turn around the club’s fortunes.Glasner has announced he will leave Palace at the end of the season, but the club’s chair, Steve Parish, considered bringing forward the Austrian’s departure after supporters turned
  
  Read more

• U20 Six Nations: Wales 31-21 Scotland - Welsh youngsters win in Cardiff - BBC

  20-02-2026 22:22 via news.google.com
  U20 Six Nations: Wales 31-21 Scotland - Welsh youngsters win in Cardiff  BBCWatch U20 Six Nations: Wales v Scotland  BBCU20s 6N: Christian Lindsay says Scotland will impose themselves on Wales  theoffsideline.comOne change for Scotland U20 clash with Wales  Scottish RugbyWales youngsters secure commanding Six Nations win over Scotland  Wales Online
  
  Read more

• Olympic speed skater Sellier in hospital after taking blade to the face

  20-02-2026 22:17 via theguardian.com
  Opponent’s blade slices above Kamila Sellier’s eyePolish skater was given stitches at arenaCollision occurred during 1500m quarter-finalsShort-track speed skater Kamila Sellier of Poland was immobilized on a stretcher and wheeled out of the Milano Ice Skating Arena on Friday night after a competitor’s blade sliced her above her left eye during the women’s 1500m at the Milano Cortina Olympics.Sellier went down along with 14-time Olympic medalist Arianna Fontana of Italy an
  
  Read more

• Birmingham City Council granted bin strike protestors ban - Birmingham Live

  20-02-2026 22:11 via news.google.com
  Birmingham City Council granted bin strike protestors ban  Birmingham LiveBirmingham bins: Labour council attempts injunction against ‘persons unknown’  Socialist PartyBirmingham City Council secures injunction to prevent waste depot blockades  RayoBirmingham Council granted injunction banning protests after year-long bin strike  The Mirror
  
  Read more

• Floreana giant tortoise reintroduced to Galápagos island after almost 200 years

  20-02-2026 22:00 via theguardian.com
  Subspecies driven to extinction by hungry whalers returns after ‘back breeding’ programme using partial descendantsGiant tortoises, the life-giving engineers of remote small island ecosystems, are plodding over the Galápagos island of Floreana for the first time in more than 180 years.The Floreana giant tortoise (Chelonoidis niger niger), a subspecies of the giant tortoise once found across the Galápagos, was driven to extinction in the 1840s by whalers who removed thou
  
  Read more

• Winter Olympics: USA’s Alex Ferreira completes medal set with freeski halfpipe gold

  20-02-2026 21:49 via theguardian.com
  31-year-old adds to his 2018 silver and 2022 bronzeEstonia’s Sildaru, Canada’s Mackay round out podiumAmerican freeskier Alex Ferreira won the men’s halfpipe final at the Milano Cortina Winter Games on Friday to complete his collection of Olympic medals.The 31-year-old Ferreira won with a third and final run worth 93.75 points, adding the gold medal to his silver from Pyeongchang in 2018 and bronze from Beijing in 2022. Continue reading...
  
  Read more

• Eze plays long game but end-of-season form could give Arsenal title lift now | Ed Aarons

  20-02-2026 21:00 via theguardian.com
  Playmaker, out of favour under Mikel Arteta, has scored 18 of his 38 Premier League goals at business end of the seasonEberechi Eze was asked in an interview this week if there is a motto that he lives by and his answer was most revealing given how things have been going for him at Arsenal recently. “It’s not about now. It’s the long game,” he told the Men in Blazers podcast before Sunday’s north London derby.Remaining patient has been a recurring theme throughout E
  
  Read more

• England bet on Pollock spark against Ireland to reignite Six Nations charge

  20-02-2026 21:00 via theguardian.com
  Steve Borthwick needs a charge of electricity after the power cut in Scotland and team’s 21-year-old forward could fire up title challengeThe third weekend of the Six Nations used to be a time for contemplation and reflection. After the fury of the first two rounds, everything would stop for a much-needed fallow week in which to restore energy levels. And now? The battle-scarred gladiators are about to “go again”, putting their bodies on the line out on the pitch or, in the cas
  
  Read more

• Who are the winners and losers from F1 pre-season testing? - BBC

  20-02-2026 20:44 via news.google.com
  Who are the winners and losers from F1 pre-season testing?  BBCWhat we learned from Day 3 of the second Bahrain test  Formula 1Charles Leclerc clocks quickest time at final F1 pre-season testing in Bahrain  The GuardianF1 test long-run analysis: Piastri wins 'race', Audi surprises  The RaceF1 predicted running order for 2026: Who is on top of the new cars?  ESPN
  
  Read more

• Sheffield Wednesday: Championship side on the brink of historic relegation - BBC

  20-02-2026 20:12 via news.google.com
  Sheffield Wednesday: Championship side on the brink of historic relegation  BBCSteel City derby symbolic scene for Sheffield Wednesday’s fall from grace  The GuardianJaïro back confirms boss  Sheffield United FCSWFC News: How Cooper, Nakamba and other players are fixed for Owls' derby mission  thestar.co.ukHow Sheffield United can relegate Sheffield Wednesday in derby this weekend  ESPN
  
  Read more

• Five former education secretaries urge Labour MPs to back Send reforms - The Guardian

  20-02-2026 20:10 via news.google.com
  Five former education secretaries urge Labour MPs to back Send reforms  The GuardianThe SEND reforms parents, students and teachers want to see most  BBCParents to lose free choice of schools under special needs education reforms  Financial TimesPupils with SEND to have support reviewed when they join secondary school  Sky NewsChildren with ADHD could lose extra special needs support in secondary school  The Telegraph
  
  Read more

• Winter Olympics showcase golden oldies, fourth-place pain and sliding-doors moments | Lizzy Yarnold

  20-02-2026 20:00 via theguardian.com
  Bravery on display has been inspirational, but behind the glamour and the glory it’s the humanity that captivates us Milano Cortina has been the first Games where I’ve been around town, not just being whisked from the sliding centre to the athletes’ village. It has given me the chance to really be present and feel the excitement and anticipation that sport brings, not to mention the importance it has in giving us something else to focus on in difficult times.As a TV pundit, it
  
  Read more

• Bishop of Lincoln suspended from ministry while complaint to the NST is looked into - The Church Times

  20-02-2026 19:59 via news.google.com
  Bishop of Lincoln suspended from ministry while complaint to the NST is looked into  The Church TimesBishop of Lincoln arrested in sexual assault inquiry  BBCArchbishop of Canterbury suspends bishop after complaint  The TelegraphArchbishop of Canterbury suspends Bishop of Lincoln following safeguarding complaint  The i PaperFormer Bishop of Ely arrested on suspicion of sexual assault of a man  Ely Standard
  
  Read more

• At least three killed after avalanches hit across Austrian Alps - Metro.co.uk

  20-02-2026 19:53 via news.google.com
  At least three killed after avalanches hit across Austrian Alps  Metro.co.uk3 People Are Killed in Series of Avalanches in Austrian Alps  The New York TimesA deadly avalanche broke loose near St. Anton am Arlberg, Austria, on Friday, according to the police. It was one of several avalanches that left three people dead. Read more: https://nyti.ms/4aHbemh  facebook.comYet More Avalanche Deaths in the Alps  PlanetSKIFresh Avalanches Kill Four Skiers In Austri
  
  Read more

• The Winter Olympics finale, Six Nations stardust and Tottenham v Arsenal – follow with us

  20-02-2026 19:37 via theguardian.com
  Here’s how to follow along with our coverage – the finest writing and up-to-the-minute reports Continue reading...
  
  Read more

• Five former education secretaries urge Labour MPs to back Send reforms

  20-02-2026 19:33 via theguardian.com
  Exclusive: David Blunkett and Estelle Morris among those calling plans a ‘once in a generation chance’ to fix systemFive former education secretaries have made a joint appeal to Labour MPs to back the overhaul of special education provision in English schools, calling it “a once in a generation chance” to fix a failing system.The open letter is signed by David Blunkett, Estelle Morris, Charles Clarke, Ruth Kelly and Alan Johnson, who between them held the post for a decad
  
  Read more

• What happens next for Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor?

  20-02-2026 19:32 via bbc.com
  The former prince was arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office and taken to a Norfolk police station for questioning on Thursday 19 February.
  
  Read more

• Tributes paid to teen couple who died of suspected carbon monoxide poisoning in Yorkshire

  20-02-2026 19:21 via theguardian.com
  Cherish Bean, 15, and Ethan Slater, 17, were discovered at a rental property in Little Eden Holiday Lodge Park on WednesdayA teenage couple who died from suspected carbon monoxide poisoning at an East Yorkshire holiday park have been named by police.Cherish Bean, 15, and Ethan Slater, 17, were discovered at a rental property at Little Eden holiday park, near Bridlington, on Wednesday. Continue reading...
  
  Read more

• ‘The costs could rise’: Austria manslaughter ruling could alter climbing in Europe - The Guardian

  20-02-2026 19:12 via news.google.com
  ‘The costs could rise’: Austria manslaughter ruling could alter climbing in Europe  The GuardianAustrian climber found guilty after girlfriend froze to death on mountain  BBCAustrian Man Found Guilty in Girlfriend’s Death on Mountain Hike  The New York TimesClimber who left his girlfriend to die on mountain ‘had done it before’  The TelegraphClimber guilty of manslaughter after leaving girlfriend to die  The Times
  
  Read more

• Met asks Andrew's protection officers what they saw or heard in Epstein inquiry - BBC

  20-02-2026 19:11 via news.google.com
  Met asks Andrew's protection officers what they saw or heard in Epstein inquiry  BBCPolice to question Andrew’s former protection officers over his Epstein links  The GuardianAndrew’s former protection officer ‘silenced’ by Met police  The TimesGordon Brown hands new sex trafficking dossier to police  The TelegraphUK police assess claims Epstein trafficked women on flights through London Stansted Airport  CNN
  
  Read more

• Hamas reportedly holds leadership vote at critical moment for militant group

  20-02-2026 19:09 via theguardian.com
  New head will face decisions crucial to movement’s future, such as how far to cooperate with Trump’s Gaza planHamas has reportedly begun holding leadership elections among its members at a time when the militant Palestinian movement faces imminent decisions which will be critical to its own continued existence and the potential for peace in Gaza.According to the BBC and press reports in the Gulf, Hamas members in Gaza have already voted. Those in the West Bank, in Israeli prisons and
  
  Read more

• Bishop of Lincoln arrested in sexual assault inquiry - BBC

  20-02-2026 19:02 via news.google.com
  Bishop of Lincoln arrested in sexual assault inquiry  BBCArchbishop of Canterbury suspends bishop after complaint  The TelegraphBishop of Lincoln suspended from ministry while complaint to the NST is looked into  The Church TimesArchbishop of Canterbury suspends Bishop of Lincoln following safeguarding complaint  The i PaperFormer Bishop of Ely arrested on suspicion of sexual assault of a man  Ely Standard
  
  Read more

• The Guardian view on Trump’s Board of Peace: serving private interests more than public good | Editorial

  20-02-2026 18:52 via theguardian.com
  As aid trickles into Gaza, Washington channels $10bn into a body chaired by the president. Peace in the region rests on law and sovereignty, not ego and brinkmanshipIn Gaza, aid still trickles in at levels relief agencies say are far below what is required. Temporary shelters are scarce. Reconstruction materials are restricted by Israel’s controls on goods entering the territory. Conditions, say the UN, remain “dire”. The violence has not stopped: Israeli strikes on Gaza have k
  
  Read more

• The Guardian view on the Southbank Centre: ministers must support innovation in the present as well as the past | Editorial

  20-02-2026 18:51 via theguardian.com
  The decision to grant listed-building status to the brutalist arts complex was bold. Now artists need support to match itThe granting of Grade II-listed building status to the brutalist concrete Southbank Centre, comprising the Queen Elizabeth Hall, Hayward Gallery and Purcell Room, is a bold embrace by the government of this London landmark. It is also timely. Seventy-five years ago, the 1951 Festival of Britain transformed the South Bank. Of its buildings, only the Royal Festival Hall remains.
  
  Read more

• Eric Dane obituary

  20-02-2026 18:31 via theguardian.com
  Actor who set pulses racing as Mark Sloan – nicknamed McSteamy – in the TV medical drama Grey’s AnatomyThe American actor Eric Dane, who has died of motor neurone disease aged 53, found fame and sex-symbol status as the brilliant plastic surgeon Mark Sloan in the medical drama Grey’s Anatomy, which went to the top of the TV ratings in the US and attracted big audiences worldwide.The character first appeared in 2006, in the second series of the show, as a one-off visitor t
  
  Read more

• Wood Mackenzie Says Big Oil's Strategy Has Snapped Back to Upstream - Crude Oil Prices Today | OilPrice.com

  20-02-2026 18:30 via news.google.com
  Wood Mackenzie Says Big Oil's Strategy Has Snapped Back to Upstream  Crude Oil Prices Today | OilPrice.comBig Oil executives under pressure to spell out growth plans  Financial TimesMinnow oil companies are back on the menu for Big Oil  Energy VoiceBig Oil is on the global boil again  Daily PioneerAusterity returns to the oil patch  WorkBoat
  
  Read more

• Four men, one aim - to end 102-year wait for Winter Olympic curling gold - BBC

  20-02-2026 18:30 via news.google.com
  Four men, one aim - to end 102-year wait for Winter Olympic curling gold  BBCWho are the Team GB athletes hoping for a 'Super Saturday' at the Winter Olympics?  Sky NewsBritain’s curlers guarantee a medal as Mouat holds his nerve against Swiss  The GuardianTeam Mouat ready to finish ultimate Italian job  Team GBGreat Britain and Canada to play for gold at Olympic Winter Games  World Curling
  
  Read more

• Defence Secretary ‘misled Parliament over Chagos deal’ - The Telegraph

  20-02-2026 18:27 via news.google.com
  Defence Secretary ‘misled Parliament over Chagos deal’  The TelegraphKeir Starmer misled Parliament over Chagos 'surrender' deal, claims Tory MP  GB NewsGovernment likely misled Parliament on Chagos deal, says Alicia Kearns  London PostThe Record Speaks: Parliament Was Misled Over Chagos  Conservative Post
  
  Read more

• There’s an epidemic of men pushing women, and it needs to stop | Letters

  20-02-2026 18:26 via theguardian.com
  Readers respond to an article by Lucy Pasha-Robinson about being shoved in the street by an angry manRe Lucy Pasha-Robinson’s article (A man pushed me in the street, he wanted to teach me a lesson. Is that OK now?, 17 February), I noticed many years ago how almost all women move aside, unconsciously, out of the path of oncoming men. Sit at a cafe watching – it’s shocking once you realise that this happens all day every day.I decided to challenge myself to hold my line when walk
  
  Read more

• We don’t need to control pigeons – just the people who feed them | Letters

  20-02-2026 18:25 via theguardian.com
  Dr Dave Dawson and Paul Roberts advise on how to combat pigeon invasions – but Nicholas Milton says we should celebrate these remarkable birds and David Jobbins suggests letting nature takes its courseYour feature reminds us that debates over feral pigeons are not new (The Norwich pigeon wars: how birds are dividing a UK city, 17 February). They are the archetypical pest. I studied them as an introduced pest on crops of garden peas in Hawkes Bay, New Zealand, in the 1960s, and again for Ke
  
  Read more

• The World Service must be preserved, whatever the cost | Letters

  20-02-2026 18:25 via theguardian.com
  Readers respond to an editorial on the funding threats to a vital source of information and comfort provided by the BBCYour editorial on the predicament facing the BBC World Service (The Guardian view on the BBC World Service: this is London calling, 13 February) rightly stresses the strategic importance of this national asset at a time when the global order is under unprecedented attack, not least from an erstwhile ally.But some home truths need to be stated. It was the Conservative-Liberal coa
  
  Read more

• The rock history of Ireland’s stone lifters | Letters

  20-02-2026 18:25 via theguardian.com
  Prof Murray Gray on the origin of the boulders used in the sport of stone lifting, and Mo Heard on her great-great-great-grandfather’s work as a ‘ballast-getter’Your article on the ancient sport of stone lifting in Ireland (14 February) didn’t explain the historic origin of the rocks. Most of these boulders are glacial erratics, eroded and transported by Irish ice sheets during which the rocks have their edges worn down as they grind against other rocks. This explains the
  
  Read more

• Charles Leclerc clocks quickest time at final F1 pre-season testing in Bahrain

  20-02-2026 18:18 via theguardian.com
  Lando Norris second fastest; Max Verstappen thirdAston Martin completed just six laps after problemsFerrari’s Charles Leclerc took the bragging rights with the quickest time at the final Formula One test before the season proper begins in Australia in just two weeks, while Aston Martin endured a horror show.At the end of the final day of the third test, some of the cars were let off the leash to put in some runs on soft tyres with lower fuel loads and Leclerc looked very much at home as he
  
  Read more

• Bounty Pack 2 Vault Card - Borderlands | Official Website

  20-02-2026 18:12 via news.google.com
  Bounty Pack 2 Vault Card  Borderlands | Official WebsiteBorderlands 4: Legend of the Stone Demon Details  Restart.runBorderlands 4 remains on course: Gearbox plans new content despite subdued sales  PlayFrontBorderlands 4 Bounty Pack 2: Legend Of The Stone Demon Overview  MobalyticsBorderlands 4’s Pearlescent Rarity Will be the New Holy Grail (But Expectations Are High)  GameRant
  
  Read more

• Martin Rowson on the impact of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor on the royal family – cartoon

  20-02-2026 18:08 via theguardian.com
  Continue reading...
  
  Read more

• Trump’s EPA to roll back rule limiting hazardous mercury from coal plants

  20-02-2026 18:01 via theguardian.com
  Environmental groups warn that weakening air toxics and mercury standards will lead to higher health-related costsThe Trump administration announced on Friday it would roll back air regulations for power plants limiting mercury and hazardous air toxics at an event in Kentucky, a move it says will boost baseload energy but that public health groups say will harm public health for the most vulnerable groups in the US.Donald Trump’s EPA has said that easing the pollution standards for coal pl
  
  Read more

• ‘An incredible human being’: readers on their memories of Robert Duvall

  20-02-2026 18:00 via theguardian.com
  Fans celebrate unmatched talent on screen, while those who met the actor in person remember his kindnessAnother one of the greats has passed. What a career. I sincerely believe Duvall was the best actor in a generation of best actors: De Niro, Pacino, Hoffman, Nicholson and more. What made Robert stand above these other figures was how he disappeared into a part. There was no Duvall persona. He was invisible. There were just the characters he played. He could do loud and angry – see his su
  
  Read more

• Former Mail on Sunday journalist denies being PI ‘handler’ at high court

  20-02-2026 17:42 via theguardian.com
  Ex-investigations editor Paul Henderson says allegation he was link for corrupt private investigators is an ‘absolute lie’A former Mail on Sunday journalist has denied being the “handler” of a private investigator alleged to have bugged homes and tapped the phones of his targets, the high court has heard.Paul Henderson, who was the Mail on Sunday’s investigations editor and briefly its news editor, said it was surreal to be described as having a close relationship w
  
  Read more

• ‘The costs could rise’: Austria manslaughter ruling could alter climbing in Europe

  20-02-2026 17:23 via theguardian.com
  Amateur climber’s conviction over girlfriend’s death could put people off activity, say expertsClimber convicted of manslaughter after leaving girlfriend on Austria’s highest peak to seek helpThe decision of an Austrian court to convict an amateur climber of manslaughter after he had left his girlfriend behind to die on an Alpine peak in winter is certain to be examined closely throughout Europe.In his decision in Innsbruck, the judge, Norbert Hofer – a climber, and an ex
  
  Read more

• ‘The trick is not being so annoying that people hate you’: is awards-show hosting the toughest gig out there?

  20-02-2026 17:15 via theguardian.com
  From the dire Hathaway and Franco double act to the charming Fey and Poehler combo, the choice of MC is vital to a show’s success. With Alan Cumming set to helm the Baftas on Sunday, here’s what he needs to knowNo modern film awards show is complete without a wisecracking host, who has the tricky job of compering the evening, bringing people on and off stage in rapid succession, keeping a restless audience entertained, and coming up with a decent comedy routine themselves. Hence the
  
  Read more

• ‘A joyful day’: final piece of Sagrada Familia’s central tower put in place

  20-02-2026 17:09 via theguardian.com
  Completion of glass cross brings Antoni Gaudí’s church to maximum final height of 172.5m, 144 years after work beganThe final piece of the central tower of Barcelona’s Sagrada Familia has been laid in place, bringing the church to its maximum final height 144 years after work began.After several days when it has been too windy to work, the upper section of the 17 metre-high four-sided steel and glass cross was winched into position at 11am on Friday, completing the tower dedic
  
  Read more

Follow @GeneralnewsUK on Twitter!