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‘We were the original punks’: the rebel women revitalising local music scenes | Punk

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Ask Cathy Loughead the most punk thing she’s ever done, and she doesn’t miss a beat: “I went on stage with my neck broken in two places. I couldn’t bounce around, so I blinged the brace up instead. That was a great gig.”Loughead is part of a growing movement of women redefining punk. When Riot Women, Sally Wainwright’s new BBC drama spotlighting female punk, airs this Sunday, it will reflect a scene that’s already thriving far beyond television.That energy is being felt most viscerally in Leicester, where Ruth Miller’s 2022 Unglamorous Music project – now known as the Riotous Collective…

Google Chrome silences those pesky notifications

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Google’s Chrome web browser is about to become much less noisy. On Friday, the technology giant announced a new feature that will automatically disable browser notifications for the websites you haven’t interacted with recently, disrupting their ability to pop up alerts and updates that you may no longer be interested in. The feature will launch on Chrome on Android and on desktop. The feature expands on existing functionality already available in Chrome’s Safety Check feature, which revokes camera and location permissions from websites you don’t visit anymore. The company tacitly admits that browser notifications, as designed, might have been a…

Trump reaches drug pricing deal with AstraZeneca

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U.S. President Donald Trump participates in a bilateral meeting with Finland's President Alexander Stubb (not pictured), in the Oval office at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., Oct. 9, 2025. Nathan Howard | ReutersThe Trump administration and AstraZeneca announced Friday they have reached an agreement for the U.K.-based pharmaceutical giant to cut drug prices in the U.S.The deal with AstraZeneca follows a similar pact with U.S. drugmaker Pfizer, which was announced late last month.AstraZeneca will agree to sell drugs directly to Medicaid patients at the lowest price offered in other developed countries, or what Trump calls "most-favored nation" pricing,…

Gregor Townsend: ‘Red Bull link can help me and Scotland’

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There's no doubt that if Scotland have a poor autumn series, a disappointing Six Nations and a bad summer then Townsend will be in trouble. The new gig will be used as a stick to beat him with. It could get deeply uncomfortable."If we have a poor autumn, poor Six Nations, poor summer tour, then they're going to criticise me as a head coach anyway and I don't think they need to say it's anything to do with Red Bull," he says."My time, my focus, my connection with the players will be the same as it was before. The intention…

Liquid Glass Is Cracked, and Usability Suffers in iOS 26

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Summary: iOS 26’s visual language obscures content instead of letting it take the spotlight. New (but not always better) design patterns replace established conventions. With iOS 26, Apple seems to be leaning harder into visual design and decorative UI effects — but at what cost to usability? At first glance, the system looks fluid and modern. But try to use it, and soon those shimmering surfaces and animated controls start to get in the way. Let’s strip back the frost and look at how these changes affect real use. Liquid Glass: Apple’s New Visual Language iOS 26 introduces Apple’s new…

WATCH LIVE: Trump expected to make announcement on pharmaceutical drug prices

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The White House budget office said Friday that mass firings of federal workers have started in an attempt to exert more pressure on Democratic lawmakers as the government shutdown continues. President Donald Trump is scheduled to speak at 5 p.m. Watch in the player above. Russ Vought, the director of the Office of Management and Budget, said on the social media site X that the “RIFs have begun,” referring to reduction-in-force plans aimed at reducing the size of the federal government. The White House previewed that it would pursue the aggressive layoff tactic shortly before the government shutdown began on…

Taylor Swift scores second-biggest UK charts opening week ever with The Life of a Showgirl | Taylor Swift

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Taylor Swift’s 12th album, The Life of a Showgirl, has given the US pop star her biggest-ever opening week on the UK chart.It is her 14th No 1 album (she has also scored No 1s with the Taylor’s Version rerecordings of previous albums), moving 432,000 combined units in its first week on the Official Chart. It is second only to Ed Sheeran’s ÷, released in 2017 to 672,000 first-week sales.Only the Beatles and Robbie Williams have had more UK No 1 albums than Swift, with 15 apiece. At a concert in London last night, Williams admitted that he had pushed…

Kalshi hits $5B valuation days after rival Polymarket gets $2B NYSE backing at $8B

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Kalshi, a prediction market that allows people to bet on future events, announced that it raised over $300 million at a $5 billion valuation. The company’s value has increased 2.5x since its last fundraise just three months ago, when it was valued at $2 billion. The fresh capital came from Kalshi’s existing investor, Sequoia Capital, with new investor Andreessen Horowitz co-leading the round. Paradigm Ventures, CapitalG, and Coinbase Ventures also participated. Kalshi also revealed that consumers in 140 countries can now make bets on its platform. The prediction market is seeing a dramatic surge in activity: Kalshi is set to reach…

Football gossip: Schade, Guehi, Konate, Upamecano, Murillo, Lukeba, Sulueiman, Phillips, Wilson, Tonali, Wharton

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Brentford forward Kevin Schade is a target for Tottenham, Real Madrid prefer Crystal Palace centre-back Marc Guehi to Liverpool defender Ibrahima Konate, while the Reds want Bayern Munich defender Dayot Upamecano.Tottenham are among the teams closely monitoring Brentford's 23-year-old German forward Kevin Schade. (Sky Germany via Sky Sports), externalCrystal Palace and England defender Marc Guehi, 25, has overtaken Liverpool and France centre-back Ibrahima Konate, 26, as Real Madrid's first-choice free-transfer signing next summer. (Fichajes - in Spanish), externalLiverpool are interested in Bayern Munich and France centre-back Dayot Upamecano, 26, in addition to Crystal Palace's Guehi. (Florian Plettenberg), externalJuventus will make…

Bankruptcy court approves lifeline financing

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A Spirit Airlines flight arrives at Arnold Palmer Regional Airport in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, U.S., September 18, 2025. Quinn Glabicki | ReutersSpirit Airlines won approval for a $475 million lifeline and a $150 million payment from its biggest aircraft lessor in court on Friday, as the struggling budget airline races to stabilize itself after its second bankruptcy since November. U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York approved the $475 million in debtor-in-possession financing, a lifeline that bankrupt companies can use to continue operating, along with $150 million from AerCap and the rejection of 27 airplane leases. Spirit…