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A big hand-off is underway at Disney’s Pixar animation studio as longtime 21-year vet Jim Morris will segue to President Emeritus after 12 years in the position. He’ll be succeeded by 30-year-plus Disney vet Jonathan Garson. This is all effective on Jan. 4, 2027. Pete Docter will continue to lead the Toy Story and Inside […]

Ahead of the release of Rockstar Games’ Grand Theft Auto VI, Nintendo is launching its own fall juggernaut: a Switch 2 remake of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. The remake, which is releasing 28 years after the launch of the original version on Nintendo 64, has a much more realistic visual style and […]

Banwell, in North Somerset, has struggled with heavy traffic for decades (Picture: Tom Wren/SWNS) Britain’s longest-running road project has been delayed yet again, meaning residents will have to wait more than 100 years for a bypass first proposed in 1927. Banwell, in North Somerset, has struggled with heavy traffic for generations, with congestion making the village centre a nightmare for drivers and residents. Plans for a bypass were first put forward almost a century ago, but the scheme was only finally approved in 2023. Now, a further six-month delay to water main diversion work means the road is not expected to open until later in 2027, rather than the planned summer completion. The project was initially backed with £56million in government funding through Homes England, but its cost has since risen to more than £105million after the original contractor pulled out. Sign up for all of the latest stories Start your day informed with Metro's News Updates newsletter or get Breaking News alerts the moment it happens. North Somerset Council says the water main work must be completed before construction can progress, as the project involves extensive ground improvements, including piling. Britain’s longest-running road project has been delayed yet again (Picture: Tom Wren/SWNS) Residents of Banwell will have to wait more than 100 years for a bypass first proposed in 1927 (Picture: Tom Wren/SWNS) The latest delay has frustrated residents who have spent decades waiting for traffic to be taken away from their village. Steve Voller, chairman of Banwell Parish Council, said: ‘This delay extends the inconvenience and stress to those that live in the village and for anyone trying to get through it – especially at peak times.’ He also raised concerns about the impact of congestion on emergency services, saying he had seen an ambulance turn around because the village centre was at a standstill. North Somerset Council leader Mike Bell said work was still…

The cost of checking your coat or bag is galloping ahead of other – also rising – prices at venues. We explain the surprisingly complex reasons why Not long ago, it cost just £2 to put a coat or a heavily stuffed tote bag in a cloakroom on a night out. But over the course of the 2020s, that cost has increased to more than £13 in some UK venues. At the Outernet Live venue complex in London’s Soho, it costs £11 to put a bag in a large locker. It’s £9 at east London nightclub Fold, and if you want to retrieve something, you’ll need to pay again. At north London’s Drumsheds, the UK’s biggest nightclub, they cost up to £13.20 (though they’re reusable with no extra fee). At the Warehouse Project in Manchester, large bags must be stored at a nearby Premier Inn at £11.99 per locker. Manchester’s Co-op Live Arena has a dedicated bag storage facility which costs £15 for large bags. It’s £9.99 near the 3,000-capacity Edinburgh Playhouse and £9.90 at Testbed in Leeds. How have double-digit cloakroom costs like these been normalised? Continue reading...

Yothu Yindi’s Treaty, Midnight Oil’s Beds Are Burning and Helen Reddy’s I Am Woman are among the first songs to be honoured on new list that will grow every year Warning: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised that this article contains images and names of Indigenous Australians who have died Midnight Oil’s Beds Are Burning, Yothu Yindi’s Treaty and Helen Reddy’s I Am Woman are among the first 10 Australian songs to be inducted into the National Songbook – a new digital archive that celebrates and preserves songs that have shaped Australia’s national cultural identity. Launched on Wednesday night at the National Film and Sound Archive (NFSA) in Canberra, the songbook is a joint initiative between NFSA and the music rights organisation Apra Amcos. The first 10 songs were selected by a panel of 11 music experts including broadcasters Richard Kingsmill and Zan Rowe, composer Cornel Wilczek and musician Mo’Ju. Continue reading...

It is getting ever harder for Eurosceptics to deny that it was an economic and strategic blunder for Britain to leave the single market The EU is a constantly evolving institution. The rules keep changing and, since Britain is destined by geography to want a close economic relationship with the bloc, there will always be something to negotiate in Brussels. Most of those discussions over the past two years have been uncontroversial, except in the eyes of dogmatic Eurosceptics. That doesn’t mean the talks have been easy. They never are with a club of 27 nations. But later this month, at a summit with the EU commission president, Ursula von der Leyen, Andy Burnham is expected to complete a treaty covering closer cooperation in a wide range of areas, including elimination of customs barriers to agricultural goods, a youth-mobility programme and integration with the EU’s carbon emissions trading scheme. Do you have an opinion on the issues raised in this article? If you would like to submit a response of up to 300 words by email to be considered for publication in our letters section, please click here. Continue reading...

A Lufthansa crew member has died after a freak swimming pool accident (Picture: Eckel/imageBROKER/Shutterstock) Two people have died after a suspected electrocution in a swimming pool, which left two more injured. Police have launched an investigation into the incident, which occurred at a five-star hotel in Bengaluru, India, at around 5.10pm local time on Friday. Of the two men who died, one has reportedly been identified as Alexander Maximilian Theiss, 57, who was a German national. He was thought to be on a layover while working with Lufthansa. The company has since confirmed the death of a crew member in an accident in Bengaluru. The other is believed to be Slovak national Juraj Horvat, 45, who worked as a project manager for IBM, according to police. Two other men at the Conrad Hotel pool were injured while attempting to save the men and have since been taken to Manipal Hospital. Sign up for all of the latest stories Start your day informed with Metro's News Updates newsletter or get Breaking News alerts the moment it happens. The men were killed at the Conrad Hotel in Bengaluru (Picture: REUTERS) Mathew Desantis, 41, a hotel guest from the US and Rahul Tiwari, 28, a local pool attendant employed by the hotel, are both said to be out of danger. While attempts were made by emergency services to save the men, Theiss died before arriving at hospital, and Horvat died while doctors tried to revive him. Theiss’ wife has filed a police complaint alleging negligence by the hotel management when it came to maintaining the pool, according to NDTV. It claims the men suffered an electric shock while leaving the pool, which resulted in their drowning. The hotel, which is part of the Hilton group, has closed the area for maintenance for the rest of the month, as stated on their website. Get in touch with our news team by emailing us at webnews@metro.co.uk. For more stories like this, check our news page. Add Metro as a Preferred Source on Google Add as…

Jesus de Miguel died after colliding with Andorra goalkeeper Jesus Owono (Diario de Avisos via AP) FC Andorra goalkeeper Jesus Owono says he is enduring ‘the most difficult days of my life’ following the death of the Tenerife striker Jesus de Miguel. The 30-year-old died in hospital on Tuesday following a challenge from Owono during FC Andorra’s game against Tenerife in the Spanish second division on Monday. De Miguel suffered a cardiac arrest after Owono had sprinted from his goal towards the halfway line and struck the Tenerife striker in the chest with his knee as he attempted to clear the ball. After being taken to hospital, Tenerife described De Miguel’s condition as ‘stable’ on Monday night but the club issued a second update in the early hours of Tuesday morning which said that his ‘medical condition has deteriorated neurologically.’ Get personalised updates on your favourite club Sign up to our daily football newsletter, pick your team and get the latest news sent directly to your inbox every morning. De Miguel died later on Tuesday morning, while police in Spain have opened an investigation for possible involuntary manslaughter. In his first statement since De Miguel’s death, Owono says he will ‘face whatever comes with the utmost respect’. Jesus de Miguel died in hospital on Tuesday morning (Avalon) ‘These are the most difficult days of my life. I’m struggling to find the words and finding it very hard to process what has happened,’ Owono said. ‘I feel immense pain at the loss of Jesus. I’m thinking of him, his family, and all the people who loved him. ‘I know there will be many issues to address, and I will face whatever comes with the utmost respect. But right now, honestly, I can’t think of anything other than Jesus and the pain we are experiencing. Rest in peace, Jesus.’ The club added at the end of the statement: ‘FC Andorra requests the utmost sensitivity and respect.’ Jesus Owono deleted his Instagram account after being called a…

With 2023’s monster hit Godzilla Minus One, Takashi Yamazaki became only the second director after Stanley Kubrick and 2001: A Space Odyssey to take home the Visual Effects Academy Award, and his film became the only Godzilla movie in 70 years to win an Oscar. Naturally that all calls for a sequel, doesn’t it? The […]

Kartik Aaryan is to lead Ladaku, a “heart-tugging, inspiring” move from Kabul Express director Kabir Khan. Birla Studios is leading on production ahead of a June 18, 2027, worldwide theatrical release, with Kabir Khan Entertainment also attached. Aaryan will also make his debut as a producer through his Dopamine Studios, which he launched earlier this […]

Feed Erling Haaland and Manchester City’s totemic No 9 will score. The problem, recently has been a paucity of openings for him. This was true again before, on 77 minutes, Elliot Anderson crossed and Haaland slid home for a priceless winner for Enzo Maresca’s disjointed unit, Rayan Cherki hitting a post late on. Continue reading...

British player sent abusive messages after defeat in India WTA says ‘staff in Chennai offering Jodie support’ The WTA has offered additional support to Jodie Burrage after she received death threats and online abuse following a first-round defeat at a tournament in India on Tuesday. Burrage shared a raft of abusive messages sent to her Instagram account after a gruelling 3-6, 6-3, 7-5 defeat by India’s Vaishnavi Adkar at the Chennai Open. The 27-year-old, who was playing her first WTA Tour match since last summer, accompanied the messages with the caption: “Nice welcome back to the tour. I remember why I left.” Continue reading...

John Aloisi’s side need a point on the final day to seal their maiden title – but their form has dropped off a cliff With four games of the Chinese Super League to go, Chengdu Rongcheng needed just a point to clinch their first title. With one game to go, they still need a point. What was a formality has become a formidable task. The biggest bottle job in Asian football history is very much on and it would be as popular as it would be dramatic. The coach of the Sichuan club, the former Portsmouth and Coventry striker John Aloisi, has seen a 12-point lead over Dalian Yingbo cut to just three before Sunday’s showdowns. Whatever happens, this is a positive and thrilling end to a season that started negatively – literally – with nine of the 16 top-tier clubs kicking off on minus points. They had been punished as part of a “special campaign to crack down on match-fixing, gambling and corruption in the football industry”, said a joint statement from the Chinese Football Association, the Ministry of Public Security and the General Administration of Sport at the time. Continue reading...

With the midterms now upon us, polls continue to suggest that we’re headed for a blue wave election. One thing that might stop it is if Republican voters come out in big numbers on Election Day. But is MAGA even united behind their candidates? And do they have a plan to motivate a base that […]

Credit to Arsenal for restricting opportunities at Anfield but Iraola will need his side to learn to unpick low backlines Liverpool did not have a shot on target in their 1-0 defeat by Arsenal on Sunday, according to Opta, the first time they have drawn this type of blank in a Premier League game at Anfield since records began in 2003-04. They did not find the target in a goalless draw at the Emirates Stadium this year either, though in both games they struck the woodwork. The margins tend to be fine when recording statistical outliers. If Alexis Mac Allister’s floated ball from distance into David Raya’s waiting arms had actually counted as a shot, would Andoni Iraola’s side have delivered a markedly better attacking performance? Far more concerning for the Spaniard will be that his team had 52 touches in the Arsenal penalty area (which is good) to create only one Opta‑defined big chance (which is bad). The Premier League average this season is five times more efficient; 10.3 box touches per big chance. Continue reading...

There were protests at Old Trafford and even though two academy products stood out, Michael Carrick’s future is far from safe Green and yellow balloons bobbed around the Stretford End. Tennis balls rained down on the pitch in protest at the chronic, enduringly cinematic decline presided over by Manchester United’s ownership. Then came a reminder of the humble football’s extraordinary power to bend history, minds and wills. United’s players departed victorious having somehow won the game within the game, separating themselves from the fog of unhappy context swirling on all sides and turning the second half into its own soaring, ripping story for the ages. Will it be enough to save Michael Carrick, who was once again serenaded when minds wandered from the joint scourges of the Glazer family and Jim Ratcliffe? If Aston Villa defend a shade more competently than Roma on Sunday then perhaps not. United have led their supporters, remarkable in their tenor of backing for players and head coach here, up more than enough false peaks over the past 13 years. Arguably, that is one reason for Carrick being given the job on a permanent basis. Continue reading...

Brahms’ first symphony was 21 years in the making. It was well worth the wait. Also, today, why Ivan Fischer and the Berlin Phil have parted company over a seating arrangement By any reckoning, 21 years is a very long gestation period. Beethoven wrote his first eight symphonies (and was stuck into the ninth) in less time. But it’s how long it took Brahms to complete his First Symphony. He initially sketched it in the mid-1850s, in his 20s, and he was 43 by the time it was premiered, exactly 150 years ago on 4 November 1876 in Karlsruhe. Earlier that summer had seen the premiere of Wagner’s Ring cycle in Bayreuth – another project that had taken more than 20 years to bring to fruition. But in contrast to the 15 hours and four operas of the Ring, all Brahms had to do was compose four movements, lasting about 45 minutes in performance. Why did it take him so long? Continue reading...

A federal judge has granted a government motion to dismiss all charges against a Russian-born scientist who was accused of smuggling frog embryos into the United States

Bookmakers’ odds have shortened to 8/13 for the British actor, seen sipping martinis with his wife Dua Lipa at the weekend Ten days after final screentests for the most coveted role in British cinema, one actor has emerged as a strong favourite to don the 007 tux for Denis Villeneuve’s forthcoming film. The bookmaker William Hill has cut the odds of Callum Turner being named as the next James Bond from 3/1 to 8/13, with previous favourite Jack Lowden now at 2/1. Josh O’Connor, who also auditioned recently, is now at 9/2, with Richard Madden, Robert Pattinson and Joe Alwyn at 16/1. Continue reading...

Viesturs Kairišs also shares Herzog and Bergman inspirations for the film, opening Tallinn and starring Kārlis Arnolds Avots as Uljana Semjonova, the first non-U.S. woman in the Basketball Hall of Fame.

Much of the debate about the proposed EU KIDS Act centres on children’s access to social media, warns Lawyer Peter Caddock in an opinion piece for Euronews. However, in addition to the platforms in question, companies whose services are not aimed at children could also face new obligations.

We are raiding the Guardian long read archives to bring you some classic pieces from years past, with new introductions from the authors This week, from 2023: A year ago, Germany’s vice-chancellor was one of the country’s best-liked public figures. Then came the tabloid-driven backlash. Now he has to win the argument all over again By Philip Oltermann. Read by Sam Peter Jackson Read the text version here Support the Guardian today: theguardian.com/longreadpod Continue reading...