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Nearly half of London Underground track in 'very poor' condition as TfL faces £6.5bn maintenance backlog

Almost half of Tube track is rated ‘very poor’, as TfL warns it needs billions more to maintain the capital’s ageing transport network

Evening Standard

Alcina review – Handel’s opera of sex and sorcery comes alive in vivid staging

This revival of Richard Jones and Antony McDonald’s 2022 staging has kept most of its excellent original cast Lisette Oropesa is imperious and gleaming as the enchantress Alcina

The Guardian - UK

'A very busy mission': SpaceX on track to launch 4 astronauts to the ISS on Sept. 12

NASA and SpaceX officials, together with the four members of Crew-13, spoke to the media on Aug. 3, providing an update on their preparations for launch.

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Ash the angel: memorial jersey a touching tribute on a day to help those in need

'He would think that's pretty special ... he supported a lot of people,' father Richard Jones says.

Newcastle Herald

I Puritani at Royal Opera: Lisette Oropesa is astounding

4/5 Bellini’s I Puritani lands at Royal Opera with a superstardom-sealing display from soprano Lisette Oropesa

Evening Standard

I Puritani review – Oropesa dazzles in Jones’s engaging Bellini staging

Bellini’s tale of Roundheads vs Cavaliers requires vocal gymnastics on an Olympic scale. Lisette Oropesa rises effortlessly to the challenge in Richard Jones’s detailed new production

The Guardian - UK

Nicola Peltz’s brother extends billionaire family dynasty with wedding to music legend Quincy Jones’s daughter

Kenya Kinski-Jones is the youngest daughter of the late Grammy winner

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Samson et Dalila review – their two voices combine as if made to measure

As the central couple, SeokJong Baek and Aigul Akhmetshina are dramatically persuasive and expressive in this revival of Richard Jones’s staging that works hard to make Saint-Saëns’ often dramatically inert opera zing

The Guardian - UK

Boris Godunov review – Bryn Terfel wild-eyed and barking in Mussorgsky’s relentless study of power

The second revival of Richard Jones’s compelling production boasts an impressive cast, with Terfel’s supple and rich voice at its centre. Conductor Mark Wigglesworth keeps up the momentum

The Guardian - UK

Boris Godunov at Royal Opera: Psychologically probing Russian epic

4/5 Richard Jones’ staging of Mussorgsky’s opera showcases some startling talents

Evening Standard

Sophie Ellis-Bextor: 'I've had too many children to be a strict parent'

Sophie Ellis-Bextor - who has kids Sonny, 21, Kit, 14, Ray, 11, Jesse, seven, and Mickey, four with her husband Richard Jones - says she has "too many children to be a strict parent".

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Kansas man spends 17 years in prison for robbery he swears he didn’t commit. Then police find the real culprit – and can’t believe their eyes

A blunder cost him the best years of his life.

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Final Hillsborough report ends investigation with no consequences

Failings of legal system mean 97 people were unlawfully killed, but no one will be held accountable

The Guardian - UK

Leaves on the line! Inside TfL's battle to keep the Piccadilly line running during autumn and winter

The Standard takes a ride on a ‘RAT’ train used to keep the overground sections of the London Underground free of leaves

Evening Standard

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Tube graffiti 'off the scale' as vandals return and leave Central line trains covered in tags

TfL says its cleaners are removing a graffiti tag every three minutes from London Underground trains, with problem seemingly on the rise

The Independent UK

The best men’s tracksuits for unrivalled comfort, from streetwear to loungewear

From luxury to high street picks, elevate your everyday rotation with one of these sets

The Independent UK

London Underground signalling: How does it work and what can go wrong?

Exclusive: After a week of Northern line chaos, Simon Calder explains how the Tube’s communication systems work

The Independent UK

Rolando Villazón directs opera at the world's top houses while still singing

Tenor Rolando Villazón has made his Metropolitan Opera directing debut with Bellini's “La Sonnambula.”

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The Guardian - US

‘I was reborn’: Cincinnati imam reflects on 10 weeks in Ice custody after release

Ayman Soliman recalls isolation, abuse and fear of deportation and the community that fought for his release

Woman & Home

Sophie Ellis-Bextor shares secret to 'a much happier relationship' as she celebrates her 20th wedding anniversary

Sophie and her husband Richard met when they were just 22

The Guardian - UK

‘I’m in my sod-it era’: Sophie Ellis-Bextor on speaking up, suing the tabloids and finding power in perimenopause

The singer’s kitchen discos and that Saltburn scene have given her the mother of all career resurgences. So how is she capitalising on this midlife moment? With an album about the perimenopause

The Guardian - US

Dream turns to nightmare for midwest town in grip of US migrant crackdown

An imam’s detention, firings and police violence have sown fear among immigrants who helped revive an Ohio town

The Independent UK

Sophie Ellis-Bextor says she has discussed toxic masculinity ‘for a long time’ with her sons

‘I’ve always had a lot of faith in my boys,’ singer said

Evening Standard

Tube graffiti epidemic 'fuelled by prizes for vandalising key targets' as scale of clean-up revealed

33,000 pieces of graffiti removed by cleaners in last two months – including 5,500 ‘repeat hits’

The Guardian - UK

Survival Kids proves Nintendo Switch 2 isn’t just about Mario Kart World

Everyone might be talking about the new title from gaming’s favourite plumber, but there’s at least one other interesting original launching with the new console this week

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