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Shoplifter: Police need to stop people like me

A persistent shoplifter says stealing is easy and that police could do more to stop people like her.

Foe review – Paul Mescal and Saoirse Ronan can’t lift dull Black Mirror knock-off

The stars try to save a familiar slab of sci-fi pondering involving a robotic replacement for a husband, but it’s not enoughIn the year 2065, water and fertile land are precious resources. The US midwest, ravaged by heat and drought, is sparsely popu...

Ban on single-use plastic cutlery comes into force in England

Polystyrene cups and balloon sticks are also banned in England as part of efforts to cut waste.

Winter warning as new energy price cap comes in

The annual energy bill for a typical household falls on Sunday but is high by historical standards.

Glastonbury announces ticket price for 2024 - a rise of £75 in two years

Glastonbury 2024 will cost £360, organisers have said, meaning the cost of the festival has risen £75 in two years.

Rumble in the Jungle Rematch review – immersive recreation aims to leave you reeling

Dock X, LondonThe fight that sealed Muhammad Ali’s fame as the greatest is re-enacted in a London warehouse, complete with David Frost, Don King, music and foodMuhammad Ali’s audacity, as he shocked the world by knocking out George Foreman, his seemi...

Were the Beatles used as propaganda by Greece’s military rulers?

Junta hoped group’s devotion to the country would help offset global condemnation, says veteran journalistIn the summer of love, on a hot July day, John Lennon was sitting by a lake in central Greece. The Beatles were on their way to Delphi, via the...

The Old Oak review – compassionate refugee drama from Ken Loach

A young Syrian woman and a pub landlord join forces to unite two traumatised communities in the north-east in the veteran director’s forthright, hopeful filmPublican TJ Ballantyne (Dave Turner) uses a mop handle to fix the name on the front of his pu...

PJ Harvey review – Dorset ghosts come alive

Barrowland Ballroom, GlasgowThe uncanny world of the singer-songwriter’s first album in six years acquires a more corporeal form on stage, alongside a satisfying deep dive into her back catalogueThe stage for PJ Harvey’s first tour since 2017 is set...

The week in classical: Picture a day like this; Peter Grimes; Carol Williams: Mad Rush – review

Linbury theatre, Royal Opera House; Coliseum; Royal Festival Hall, LondonSparkling musical invention pierces the gloom of George Benjamin’s mysterious new chamber opera; Britten’s masterpiece holds its own at ENO; and one woman, 7,866 pipes and resou...

Tupac Shakur: after 27 years, an arrest in unsolved murder of hip-hop legend

Decades-long inquiry into the 1996 killing aided by gang leader admitting he was in the shooter’s car and provided the gunFor nearly 30 years the killing of Tupac Shakur remained one of the music industry’s most enduring unsolved crimes. His 1996 mur...

Energy bills forecast to rise in January to £1,996

Analysts at Cornwall Insight say higher wholesale energy prices will drive bills up by £73 a year.

‘My father believed the sanctity of my soul was at stake’: Safiya Sinclair on leaving her Rastafari childhood behind

The poet began life in a hidden village by the sea. But then her father became stricter and more suspicious of the corrupting influence of ‘Babylon’ …We lived by the seaside until I was five years old, in our tiny fishing village called White House,...

Train strikes set to cause travel disruption

Aslef union members are walking out in a long-running dispute over pay and conditions.

U2 review – an utterly astonishing, admirably raw Vegas extravaganza

Sphere at the Venetian Resort, Las VegasPlaying Achtung Baby interspersed with other hits, the band use slick LED displays to eye-popping effect while remaining unpredictableU2 have never been a band noted for their love of shy understatement, but ev...