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Audio deepfake scams: Criminals are using AI to sound like family and people are falling for it<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>This \u201cepidemic\u201d can only be driven back by halting the scams at their source, he added.<\/p>\n<p>The bank called for four policy changes that would help to prevent scams:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Create a cross-government group that can coordinate regulators, policymakers, industry groups, and companies across different sectors to effectively fight scams.<\/li>\n<li>Make preventing scams a mandatory measure for tech companies.<\/li>\n<li>Force companies to publish their scam data to inform customers of the risks involved in using their platforms.<\/li>\n<li>Create a victim reimbursement fund which would be financed by all firms whose platforms were used to carry out scams, including tech companies and banks.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>According to their data, 76 per cent of Brits feel unsafe on social media due to criminals carrying out scams on those platforms.<\/p>\n<p>Young adults, aged 21-30, are the most likely to be scammed, and they make up 24 per cent of scam victims.<\/p>\n<p>People over the age of 70 are however the ones who lose the most money to scams - making up a quarter of all the money lost to scammers.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1692716150,"publishedAt":1692721215,"updatedAt":1692841093,"expiresAt":0,"canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/next\/2023\/08\/22\/major-uk-bank-calls-on-social-media-companies-to-compensate-victims-of-scams","images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/83\/98\/16\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_50265c6b-7160-5842-bc55-21d596fde88b-7839816.jpg","altText":"Purchase scams are where people buy products that either never arrive or aren\u2019t as advertised","caption":"Purchase scams are where people buy products that either never arrive or aren\u2019t as advertised","captionCredit":"Canva","captionUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"sourceUrl":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":1920,"height":1080}],"authors":{"journalists":[{"urlSafeValue":"hurst","title":"Luke Hurst","twitter":"@lukekhurst"}],"producers":[],"videoEditor":[]},"keywords":[{"id":12052,"slug":"social-media","urlSafeValue":"social-media","title":"Social Media","titleRaw":"Social Media"},{"id":12092,"slug":"scam","urlSafeValue":"scam","title":"Scam","titleRaw":"Scam"},{"id":21548,"slug":"product-scams","urlSafeValue":"product-scams","title":"product scams","titleRaw":"product scams"},{"id":9505,"slug":"new-technologies","urlSafeValue":"new-technologies","title":"New technologies","titleRaw":"New technologies"},{"id":12860,"slug":"money","urlSafeValue":"money","title":"money","titleRaw":"money"},{"id":6254,"slug":"crime","urlSafeValue":"crime","title":"Crime","titleRaw":"Crime"}],"widgets":[{"slug":"related","count":1}],"related":[{"id":2085556},{"id":2211648},{"id":2267656}],"technicalTags":[],"video":0,"videos":[],"externalPartners":[],"liveStream":[{"startDate":0,"endDate":0}],"isLiveCoverage":0,"scribbleLiveId":0,"scribbleLiveRibbon":0,"sourceId":1,"sources":[],"freeField2":null,"type":"","program":{"id":"money","urlSafeValue":"money","title":"Money","online":0,"url":"\/\/www.euronews.com\/next\/money\/money"},"vertical":"next","verticals":[{"id":9,"slug":"next","urlSafeValue":"next","title":"Next"}],"primaryVertical":{"id":9,"slug":"next","urlSafeValue":"next","title":"Next"},"themes":[{"id":"money","urlSafeValue":"money","title":"Money","url":"\/\/www.euronews.com\/next\/money"}],"primaryTheme":{"id":41,"urlSafeValue":"money","title":"Money"},"advertising":0,"advertisingData":{"startDate":0,"endDate":0,"type":null,"isDfp":null,"slug":null,"title":null,"disclaimerLabelKey":null,"sponsor":null,"sponsorName":null,"sponsorUrl":null,"sponsorLogo":"","sponsorLogoReverse":""},"geoLocation":{"lat":0,"lon":0},"location":1,"continent":{"id":104,"urlSafeValue":"europe","title":"Europe"},"country":{"id":291,"urlSafeValue":"united-kingdom","title":"United Kingdom","url":"\/news\/europe\/united-kingdom"},"town":[],"grapeshot":"'gt_negative','gb_safe_from_high','gb_safe_from_high_med','pos_equinor','pos_facebook','pos_pmi','pos_ukraine-russia','pos_ukrainecrisis','gs_busfin','neg_facebook_2021','gb_spam_edu','gb_spam_high_med_low','gv_crime','gs_tech','neg_facebook','gs_busfin_indus','neg_intel_en','neg_mobkoi_feb2021','gs_tech_compute_net_social','gs_tech_compute','gs_tech_compute_net','gs_busfin_indus_media','neg_nespresso','gs_finance'","versions":[],"programDeliverable":{"slug":"sujet","format":"default"},"storyTranslationMethod":[],"localisation":[],"showOpinionDisclaimer":0,"path":"\/next\/2023\/08\/22\/major-uk-bank-calls-on-social-media-companies-to-compensate-victims-of-scams","lastModified":1692841093},{"id":2351178,"cid":7836766,"versionId":6,"archive":0,"housenumber":"230821_NWSU_52823233","owner":"euronews","isMagazine":0,"channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":3},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"Scotland drugs deaths remain highest in Europe despite slight fall in latest figures","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Scotland still has Europe's highest drugs deaths, new figures show","titleListing2":"\ud83c\udff4\udb40\udc67\udb40\udc62\udb40\udc73\udb40\udc63\udb40\udc74\udb40\udc7f Scotland still has the highest drugs death rate in Europe, despite a small fall in overall numbers, the latest figures show. ","leadin":"The number of drug deaths fell from the previous year's figures but are huge in comparison to numbers from 20 years ago, and other European countries.","summary":"The number of drug deaths fell from the previous year's figures but are huge in comparison to numbers from 20 years ago, and other European countries.","url":"drug-deaths-in-scotland-remain-highest-in-europe-despite-fall-in-latest-figures","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"New figures have revealed that Scotland still has the highest number of drugs-related deaths per million population in Europe.\u00a0 \n\nThe latest data, published Tuesday, shows drug deaths in Scotland fell to 1,051 last year from 1,330 the year before. \n\nHowever, this reduction in deaths contrasts with fewer than 300 deaths, total, in 1996. \n\nThe rate of drug deaths compared to other countries, however, is huge. \n\nBased on the latest Scotland figures, and figures from the\u00a0 European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction \u00a0about drug deaths across Europe, while Scotland now has 248 deaths per million population, the next nearest countries have much lower death rates.\u00a0 \n\nFinland, for example, has 79 per million population, while Ireland has 73 per million.\u00a0 \n\nMost of the top ten worst countries in Europe for drugs deaths are in the Nordic and Baltic countries, Ireland, Scotland, and the UK as a whole. \n\n\nKirsten Horsburgh, the CEO of the charity the Scottish Drugs Forum, said Scotland was \u201cnow well beyond the need for urgent action.\u201d\u00a0 \n\n\"These are overdose deaths and wholly preventable,\" she said, speaking to Euronews.\u00a0 \n\nShe said the reasons for the high rate of substance abuse were complex, but \"culturally depressant drugs like alcohol have always been more commonly used in Scotland \u2013 and there is a close connection with poverty and marginalisation\". \n\nShe called on Scotland to learn from Europe and North America and develop drug checking facilities, safe drug use sites and move away from a criminal justice approach to health and social support.\u00a0 \n\nOne of the measures the forum has called for is the\u00a0\"decriminalisation of the possession of drugs for personal use through the use of alternatives to prosecution for all people, for all drugs in all circumstances.\" \n\nHowever, the latter call is being held back by a political row. The Scottish Government wants to decriminalise all drugs for personal use but lacks the devolved powers to do so, while the UK Government has shown no signs of supporting the move.\u00a0 \n\nThis was raised by the Scottish Government in its response to the figures. It welcomed the drop, saying it was focusing on getting more people into treatment. But Scotland's drug policy minister Elena Whitham added \"as we highlighted in our recent Drug Law Reform proposals, the UK Government could do more to work with us to help introduce harm reduction measures.\" \n\nHowever, Scottish Conservative leader Douglas Ross criticised any suggestion of decriminalising drugs.\u00a0 \n\n\"I find it a ridiculous policy of the SNP to want to decriminalise drugs - how will this reduce deaths?,\" he told LBC radio. \n\nHe is instead calling for a \"right to recovery\" Bill, which would enshrine in law the right of those struggling with addiction to access a preferred treatment method unless a clinician was to rule it harmful. \n\n\"No one wins if this becomes a constitutional issue or part of a culture war,\" drugs forum CEO Horsburgh said. \"That would be a tragic response to what is already a tragic set of circumstances.\" \n\nOthers were even more direct about the challenges faced.\u00a0 \n\nAnnemarie Ward, the CEO of FAVOR UK, which advocates for those suffering and recovering from addiction told LBC radio she could get opiates including heroin delivered to her door faster than a pizza.\u00a0 \n\nShe said she couldn't celebrate the figures as they \"don't match my experience of going to funerals this year\". \n\n","htmlText":"<p>New figures have revealed that Scotland still has the highest number of drugs-related deaths per million population in Europe.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The latest data, published Tuesday, shows drug deaths in Scotland fell to 1,051 last year from 1,330 the year before.<\/p>\n<p>However, this reduction in deaths contrasts with fewer than 300 deaths, total, in 1996.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-tweet widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio\u2014auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"widget__tweet\" data-tweet-id=\"1693903599976202414\"><\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The rate of drug deaths compared to other countries, however, is huge.<\/p>\n<p>Based on the latest Scotland figures, and figures from the\u00a0<a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.emcdda.europa.eu//index_en/">European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0about drug deaths across Europe, while Scotland now has 248 deaths per million population, the next nearest countries have much lower death rates.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Finland, for example, has 79 per million population, while Ireland has 73 per million.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Most of the top ten worst countries in Europe for drugs deaths are in the Nordic and Baltic countries, Ireland, Scotland, and the UK as a whole. <\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.5625\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//83//67//66//808x454_cmsv2_cd5fdc6f-dc35-585a-a5bf-bad228982677-7836766.jpg/" alt=\"Euronews Graphistes\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/83\/67\/66\/384x216_cmsv2_cd5fdc6f-dc35-585a-a5bf-bad228982677-7836766.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/83\/67\/66\/640x360_cmsv2_cd5fdc6f-dc35-585a-a5bf-bad228982677-7836766.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/83\/67\/66\/750x422_cmsv2_cd5fdc6f-dc35-585a-a5bf-bad228982677-7836766.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/83\/67\/66\/828x466_cmsv2_cd5fdc6f-dc35-585a-a5bf-bad228982677-7836766.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/83\/67\/66\/1080x608_cmsv2_cd5fdc6f-dc35-585a-a5bf-bad228982677-7836766.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/83\/67\/66\/1200x675_cmsv2_cd5fdc6f-dc35-585a-a5bf-bad228982677-7836766.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/83\/67\/66\/1920x1080_cmsv2_cd5fdc6f-dc35-585a-a5bf-bad228982677-7836766.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Graphic showing drug deaths across Europe, per million population<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Euronews Graphistes<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Kirsten Horsburgh, the CEO of the charity the Scottish Drugs Forum, said Scotland was \u201cnow well beyond the need for urgent action.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\"These are overdose deaths and wholly preventable,\" she said, speaking to Euronews.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>She said the reasons for the high rate of substance abuse were complex, but \"culturally depressant drugs like alcohol have always been more commonly used in Scotland \u2013 and there is a close connection with poverty and marginalisation\".<\/p>\n<p>She called on Scotland to learn from Europe and North America and develop drug checking facilities, safe drug use sites and move away from a criminal justice approach to health and social support.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>One of the measures the forum has called for is the\u00a0\"decriminalisation of the possession of drugs for personal use through the use of alternatives to prosecution for all people, for all drugs in all circumstances.\"<\/p>\n<p>However, the latter call is being held back by a political row. The Scottish Government wants to decriminalise all drugs for personal use but lacks the devolved powers to do so, while the UK Government has shown no signs of supporting the move.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-tweet widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio\u2014auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"widget__tweet\" data-tweet-id=\"1693906516456202693\"><\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>This was raised by the Scottish Government in its response to the figures. It welcomed the drop, saying it was focusing on getting more people into treatment. But Scotland's drug policy minister Elena Whitham added \"as we highlighted in our recent Drug Law Reform proposals, the UK Government could do more to work with us to help introduce harm reduction measures.\"<\/p>\n<p>However, Scottish Conservative leader Douglas Ross criticised any suggestion of decriminalising drugs.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\"I find it a ridiculous policy of the SNP to want to decriminalise drugs - how will this reduce deaths?,\" he told LBC radio.<\/p>\n<p>He is instead calling for a \"right to recovery\" Bill, which would enshrine in law the right of those struggling with addiction to access a preferred treatment method unless a clinician was to rule it harmful.<\/p>\n<p>\"No one wins if this becomes a constitutional issue or part of a culture war,\" drugs forum CEO Horsburgh said. \"That would be a tragic response to what is already a tragic set of circumstances.\"<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"7763470,7681232\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//my-europe//2023//06//16//eu-drug-report-2023-we-never-had-so-many-drugs-smuggled-or-produced-in-europe/">EU drug report 2023: 'We never had so many drugs smuggled or produced in Europe'<\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//next//2023//07//20//drug-checking-can-save-lives-berlin-counselling-centres-offer-free-anonymous-drug-testing/">/u2018Drug checking can save lives\u2019: Berlin counselling centres offer free, anonymous drug testing<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Others were even more direct about the challenges faced.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Annemarie Ward, the CEO of FAVOR UK, which advocates for those suffering and recovering from addiction told LBC radio she could get opiates including heroin delivered to her door faster than a pizza.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>She said she couldn't celebrate the figures as they \"don't match my experience of going to funerals this year\".<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1692624220,"publishedAt":1692695358,"updatedAt":1692708524,"expiresAt":0,"canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2023\/08\/22\/drug-deaths-in-scotland-remain-highest-in-europe-despite-fall-in-latest-figures","images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/83\/67\/66\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_d848a479-25e7-5e26-ac6f-bbd8788476ad-7836766.jpg","altText":"Scotland's high rate of drug deaths remains a challenge. 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","captionCredit":"Graphistes Euronews","captionUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"sourceUrl":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":1600,"height":900},{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/83\/67\/66\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_cd5fdc6f-dc35-585a-a5bf-bad228982677-7836766.jpg","altText":"Graphic showing drug deaths across Europe, per million population","caption":"Graphic showing drug deaths across Europe, per million population","captionCredit":"Euronews Graphistes","captionUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"sourceUrl":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":1600,"height":900},{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/83\/67\/66\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_37e0da23-3d4e-56a4-be49-1822a080f621-7836766.jpg","altText":"Discarded paraphernalia used by drug users on a lane in Glasgow.","caption":"Discarded paraphernalia used by drug users on a lane in Glasgow.","captionCredit":"ANDY BUCHANAN \/ 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lead to a major cut in deaths in men over 50, new study shows","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"MRI scans \u2018more reliable\u2019 than a blood test to detect prostate cancer","titleListing2":"MRI scans could improve prostate cancer diagnosis alongside blood test, study shows","leadin":"Researchers have found that a blood test alone to detect prostate cancer can be unreliable, leading to overdiagnosis and missing some cancers.","summary":"Researchers have found that a blood test alone to detect prostate cancer can be unreliable, leading to overdiagnosis and missing some cancers.","url":"mri-scans-for-prostate-cancer-could-lead-to-a-major-cut-in-deaths-in-men-over-50-new-study","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to screen for prostate cancer in addition to a blood test can improve diagnosis, a new study has shown. \n\nThe study, published in the BMJ Oncology journal, was the first to look at the use of an MRI scan alongside a prostate-specific antigen (PSA) test. \n\nThis blood test measures the amount of PSA, a protein made by the prostate, in the blood as it can be higher for men that have prostate cancer. A raised PSA level (3 ng\/ml or more) can be a sign of prostate cancer. \n\nBut, according to the UK\u2019s National Health Service (NHS) , the test can be unreliable: three in four men with a raised level will not have cancer while one in seven men with prostate cancer could have a normal PSA result. \n\nThe new study by University College London (UCL) and King\u2019s College London researchers published on Tuesday found that 15 of the 29 participants that were found to have serious prostate cancer had a low PSA score, meaning they would not have been referred for further testing based on the blood test alone. \n\n\u201cThe thought that half the men with clinically significant cancer had a PSA less than 3 ng\/ml and would have been reassured that they didn\u2019t have cancer by a PSA test alone is a sobering one and reiterates the need to consider a new approach to prostate cancer screening,\u201d said Caroline Moore, a urologist from UCL\u2019s Surgical and Interventional Science department in a statement. \n\n\u201cOur results give an early indication that MRI could offer a more reliable method of detecting potentially serious cancers early, with the added benefit that less than one per cent of participants were \u2018over-diagnosed\u2019 with low-risk disease,\u201d she added. \n\nAround 16 per cent of the more than 300 participants, who were men aged 50 to 75, had an MRI scan that indicated there might be cancer, and most of them had a PSA test lower than 3 ng\/ml. \n\nPrevious research has shown that using an MRI could reduce over-diagnosis and help nearly one in four men to avoid a biopsy, which is an invasive procedure. \n\nFuture national screening on the horizon \n\nThere is currently no national screening programme for prostate cancer in the United Kingdom but men over the age of 50 can have the PSA test if they have symptoms or are concerned about prostate cancer. \n\nMany men with early prostate cancer will not have symptoms, but those more at risk include black men, men over 50 and those with a family history of prostate cancer, according to Prostate Cancer UK . \n\nThe charity added that changes to urination can be a sign of prostate cancer, but is more frequently a sign of an enlarged prostate, which is a benign condition. \n\nSome 47,000 men are diagnosed with prostate cancer in the UK and around 12,000 die per year in the country, according to Cancer Research UK . \n\nThe study authors said that black men were five times less likely to sign up for the trial than white men despite being at a higher risk for prostate cancer and that any national screening programme will need to encourage black men to get tested. \n\n\u201cThe UK prostate cancer mortality rate is twice as high as in countries like the US or Spain because our levels of testing are much lower than other countries,\u201d said Mark Emberton, senior author of the study from the UCL Cancer Institute. \n\n\u201cGiven how treatable prostate cancer is when caught early, I\u2019m confident that a national screening programme will reduce the UK\u2019s prostate cancer mortality rate significantly,\u201d he said. \n\n\u201cThere is a lot of work to be done to get us to that point, but I believe this will be possible within the next five to ten years\u201d. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>Using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to screen for prostate cancer in addition to a blood test can improve diagnosis, a new study has shown.<\/p>\n<p>The study, published in the BMJ Oncology journal, was the first to look at the use of an MRI scan alongside a prostate-specific antigen (PSA) test.<\/p>\n<p>This blood test measures the amount of PSA, a protein made by the prostate, in the blood as it can be higher for men that have prostate cancer. A raised PSA level (3 ng\/ml or more) can be a sign of prostate cancer.<\/p>\n<p>But, according to the <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.nhs.uk//conditions//prostate-cancer//psa-testing///">UK/u2019s National Health Service (NHS)<\/strong><\/a>, the test can be unreliable: three in four men with a raised level will not have cancer while one in seven men with prostate cancer could have a normal PSA result.<\/p>\n<p>The new study by University College London (UCL) and King\u2019s College London researchers published on Tuesday found that 15 of the 29 participants that were found to have serious prostate cancer had a low PSA score, meaning they would not have been referred for further testing based on the blood test alone.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe thought that half the men with clinically significant cancer had a PSA less than 3 ng\/ml and would have been reassured that they didn\u2019t have cancer by a PSA test alone is a sobering one and reiterates the need to consider a new approach to prostate cancer screening,\u201d said Caroline Moore, a urologist from UCL\u2019s Surgical and Interventional Science department in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur results give an early indication that MRI could offer a more reliable method of detecting potentially serious cancers early, with the added benefit that less than one per cent of participants were \u2018over-diagnosed\u2019 with low-risk disease,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p>Around 16 per cent of the more than 300 participants, who were men aged 50 to 75, had an MRI scan that indicated there might be cancer, and most of them had a PSA test lower than 3 ng\/ml.<\/p>\n<p>Previous research has shown that using an MRI could reduce over-diagnosis and help nearly one in four men to avoid a biopsy, which is an invasive procedure.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"7836368\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n 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href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////prostatecanceruk.org//prostate-information-and-support//risk-and-symptoms//about-prostate-cancer#\"><strong>according to Prostate Cancer UK<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The charity added that changes to urination can be a sign of prostate cancer, but is more frequently a sign of an enlarged prostate, which is a benign condition.<\/p>\n<p>Some 47,000 men are diagnosed with prostate cancer in the UK and around 12,000 die per year in the country, <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.cancerresearchuk.org//health-professional//cancer-statistics//statistics-by-cancer-type//prostate-cancer#:~:text=There%20are%20around%2012%2C000%20prostate,UK%20(2017%2D2019)\"><strong>according to Cancer Research UK<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The study authors said that black men were five times less likely to sign up for the trial than white men despite being at a higher risk for prostate cancer and that any national screening programme will need to encourage black men to get tested.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe UK prostate cancer mortality rate is twice as high as in countries like the US or Spain because our levels of testing are much lower than other countries,\u201d said Mark Emberton, senior author of the study from the UCL Cancer Institute.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGiven how treatable prostate cancer is when caught early, I\u2019m confident that a national screening programme will reduce the UK\u2019s prostate cancer mortality rate significantly,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is a lot of work to be done to get us to that point, but I believe this will be possible within the next five to ten years\u201d.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1692627384,"publishedAt":1692690750,"updatedAt":1692690753,"expiresAt":0,"canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/next\/2023\/08\/22\/mri-scans-for-prostate-cancer-could-lead-to-a-major-cut-in-deaths-in-men-over-50-new-study","images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/83\/69\/34\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_b7393be1-7f85-540e-bd2b-04c9ff1e56ba-7836934.jpg","altText":"Ultrasound and MRI images are combined to increase accuracy of taking biopsies from the prostate of a patient in California, 2014.","caption":"Ultrasound and MRI images are combined to increase accuracy of taking biopsies from the prostate of a patient in California, 2014.","captionCredit":"Michael Macor\/San Francisco Chronicle via AP","captionUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"sourceUrl":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":4902,"height":3090}],"authors":{"journalists":[{"urlSafeValue":"chadwick","title":"Lauren 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scans could detect signs of Parkinson\u2019s disease 7 years before diagnosis","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Eye scans could reveal signs of Parkinson\u2019s disease 7 years earlier","titleListing2":"Eye scans could detect signs of Parkinson\u2019s disease 7 years before diagnosis","leadin":"Using eye scan data and machine learning, researchers have confirmed artificial intelligence (AI) can spot subtle signs of Parkinson\u2019s years before a clinical diagnosis.","summary":"Using eye scan data and machine learning, researchers have confirmed artificial intelligence (AI) can spot subtle signs of Parkinson\u2019s years before a clinical diagnosis.","url":"eye-scans-could-detect-signs-of-parkinsons-disease-7-years-before-diagnosis","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Eye scans could detect signs of Parkinson\u2019s disease in patients seven years before it would usually be diagnosed, new research has revealed. \n\nIn the largest study to date on retinal imaging in Parkinson\u2019s, researchers were able to show how markers that indicate the presence of the disease were identified years before clinical diagnosis. \n\nThe team behind the study used artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning to identify markers of the disease in eye scans, using the AlzEye dataset, which contains data from more than 250,000 people linking retinal images and scans with hospital records from the NHS in the UK on cardiovascular and neurodegenerative disease. \n\nThe results were then replicated using the wider UK Biobank database which is made up of healthy volunteers. \n\nThe results showcase a further development in the emergence of the field of \u201coculomics,\u201d which is the use of data from eye scans to reveal signs of illnesses and conditions, including Alzheimer\u2019s, multiple sclerosis, and schizophrenia. \n\nEye scans and eye data have also been used to reveal a propensity to high blood pressure, cardiovascular disease, and diabetes. \n\nPublishing the study in Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology, the scientists from University College London and Moorfields Eye Hospital said they were \u201camazed by what we can discover through eye scans\u201d. \n\n\u201cWhile we are not yet ready to predict whether an individual will develop Parkinson\u2019s, we hope that this method could soon become a pre-screening tool for people at risk of disease,\u201d said lead author Dr Siegfried Wagner from the UCL Institute of Ophthalmology and Moorfields Eye Hospital. \n\nParkinson\u2019s is a progressive neurological condition where there isn\u2019t enough dopamine in the brain, causing problems that worsen over time. \n\nThe main symptoms are involuntary shaking of parts of the body, slow movement, and stiff and inflexible muscles, but there can also be psychological symptoms such as depression, loss of smell, and memory issues. \n\nResearchers are trying to find ways to detect it earlier, as earlier detection could provide options for slowing the progression of the disease. \n\nThe majority of people with Parkinson\u2019s start to show symptoms after the age of 50, but some experience symptoms in their 40s, and by the time the hallmark symptoms start to show, more than half of the cells in the affected part of the brain may already have died. \n\n\u201cFinding signs of a number of diseases before symptoms emerge means that, in the future, people could have the time to make lifestyle changes to prevent some conditions arising, and clinicians could delay the onset and impact of life changing neurodegenerative disorders,\u201d added Wagner. \n\nProfessor Alistair Denniston, consultant ophthalmologist at University Hospitals Birmingham added: \u201cThis work demonstrates the potential for eye data, harnessed by the technology to pick up signs and changes too subtle for humans to see. We can now detect very early signs of Parkinson\u2019s, opening up new possibilities for treatment\u201d. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>Eye scans could detect signs of Parkinson\u2019s disease in patients seven years before it would usually be diagnosed, new research has revealed.<\/p>\n<p>In the largest study to date on retinal imaging in Parkinson\u2019s, researchers were able to show how markers that indicate the presence of the disease were identified years before clinical diagnosis.<\/p>\n<p>The team behind the study used artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning to identify markers of the disease in eye scans, using the AlzEye dataset, which contains data from more than 250,000 people linking retinal images and scans with hospital records from the NHS in the UK on cardiovascular and neurodegenerative disease.<\/p>\n<p>The results were then replicated using the wider UK Biobank database which is made up of healthy volunteers.<\/p>\n<p>The results showcase a further development in the emergence of the field of \u201coculomics,\u201d which is the use of data from eye scans to reveal signs of illnesses and conditions, including Alzheimer\u2019s, multiple sclerosis, and schizophrenia.<\/p>\n<p>Eye scans and eye data have also been used to reveal a propensity to high blood pressure, cardiovascular disease, and diabetes.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"7727008\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//next//2023//07//05//ai-could-interpret-your-smartwatch-data-to-detect-parkinsons-up-to-7-years-earlier/">AI could interpret your smartwatch data to detect Parkinson's up to 7 years earlier<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Publishing the study in Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology, the scientists from University College London and Moorfields Eye Hospital said they were \u201camazed by what we can discover through eye scans\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile we are not yet ready to predict whether an individual will develop Parkinson\u2019s, we hope that this method could soon become a pre-screening tool for people at risk of disease,\u201d said lead author Dr Siegfried Wagner from the UCL Institute of Ophthalmology and Moorfields Eye Hospital.<\/p>\n<p>Parkinson\u2019s is a progressive neurological condition where there isn\u2019t enough dopamine in the brain, causing problems that worsen over time.<\/p>\n<p>The main symptoms are involuntary shaking of parts of the body, slow movement, and stiff and inflexible muscles, but there can also be psychological symptoms such as depression, loss of smell, and memory issues.<\/p>\n<p>Researchers are trying to find ways to detect it earlier, as earlier detection could provide options for slowing the progression of the disease.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"7591234\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//next//2023//05//09//gut-bacteria-may-hold-the-key-to-preventing-parkinsons-disease-say-finnish-scientists/">Gut bacteria may hold the key to preventing Parkinson's disease, say Finnish scientists<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The majority of people with Parkinson\u2019s start to show symptoms after the age of 50, but some experience symptoms in their 40s, and by the time the hallmark symptoms start to show, more than half of the cells in the affected part of the brain may already have died.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFinding signs of a number of diseases before symptoms emerge means that, in the future, people could have the time to make lifestyle changes to prevent some conditions arising, and clinicians could delay the onset and impact of life changing neurodegenerative disorders,\u201d added Wagner.<\/p>\n<p>Professor Alistair Denniston, consultant ophthalmologist at University Hospitals Birmingham added: \u201cThis work demonstrates the potential for eye data, harnessed by the technology to pick up signs and changes too subtle for humans to see. We can now detect very early signs of Parkinson\u2019s, opening up new possibilities for treatment\u201d.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1692690177,"publishedAt":1692690485,"updatedAt":1692690489,"expiresAt":0,"canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/next\/2023\/08\/22\/eye-scans-could-detect-signs-of-parkinsons-disease-7-years-before-diagnosis","images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/83\/84\/12\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_0feb3fc6-9c1e-5c39-a955-6651cd11fce5-7838412.jpg","altText":"Eye scans could detect signs of Parkinson's years before diagnosis","caption":"Eye scans could detect signs of Parkinson's years before diagnosis","captionCredit":"Canva","captionUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"sourceUrl":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":1920,"height":1080}],"authors":{"journalists":[{"urlSafeValue":"hurst","title":"Luke Hurst","twitter":"@lukekhurst"}],"producers":[],"videoEditor":[]},"keywords":[{"id":16398,"slug":"parkinson","urlSafeValue":"parkinson","title":"Parkinson's disease","titleRaw":"Parkinson's disease"},{"id":139,"slug":"health","urlSafeValue":"health","title":"Health","titleRaw":"Health"},{"id":18052,"slug":"study","urlSafeValue":"study","title":"study","titleRaw":"study"},{"id":380,"slug":"research","urlSafeValue":"research","title":"Research","titleRaw":"Research"},{"id":7928,"slug":"medical-research","urlSafeValue":"medical-research","title":"Medical research","titleRaw":"Medical research"},{"id":8235,"slug":"disease","urlSafeValue":"disease","title":"Disease","titleRaw":"Disease"}],"widgets":[{"slug":"related","count":2}],"related":[{"id":2055132},{"id":2139826},{"id":2264252}],"technicalTags":[],"video":0,"videos":[],"externalPartners":[],"liveStream":[{"startDate":0,"endDate":0}],"isLiveCoverage":0,"scribbleLiveId":0,"scribbleLiveRibbon":0,"sourceId":1,"sources":[],"freeField2":null,"type":"","program":{"id":"health","urlSafeValue":"health","title":"Health","online":0,"url":"\/\/www.euronews.com\/next\/health\/health"},"vertical":"next","verticals":[{"id":9,"slug":"next","urlSafeValue":"next","title":"Next"}],"primaryVertical":{"id":9,"slug":"next","urlSafeValue":"next","title":"Next"},"themes":[{"id":"health","urlSafeValue":"health","title":"Health","url":"\/\/www.euronews.com\/next\/health"}],"primaryTheme":{"id":43,"urlSafeValue":"health","title":"Health"},"advertising":0,"advertisingData":{"startDate":0,"endDate":0,"type":null,"isDfp":null,"slug":null,"title":null,"disclaimerLabelKey":null,"sponsor":null,"sponsorName":null,"sponsorUrl":null,"sponsorLogo":"","sponsorLogoReverse":""},"geoLocation":{"lat":0,"lon":0},"location":1,"continent":{"id":104,"urlSafeValue":"europe","title":"Europe"},"country":{"id":291,"urlSafeValue":"united-kingdom","title":"United Kingdom","url":"\/news\/europe\/united-kingdom"},"town":[],"grapeshot":"'gv_safe','gb_safe','gb_safe_from_high','gb_safe_from_high_med','pos_equinor','pos_facebook','pos_ukraine-russia','pos_ukrainecrisis','gs_health','gs_health_misc','gt_mixed','gs_tech','neg_facebook_2021','gs_health_specialities','gs_science_misc','neg_mobkoi_feb2023','gs_tech_computing','gs_healthylvng','gs_healthylvng_senior','neg_facebook','castrol_negative_uk','neg_mobkoi_castrol','gt_positive_curiosity','neg_intel_en'","versions":[],"programDeliverable":{"slug":"sujet","format":"default"},"storyTranslationMethod":[],"localisation":[],"showOpinionDisclaimer":0,"path":"\/next\/2023\/08\/22\/eye-scans-could-detect-signs-of-parkinsons-disease-7-years-before-diagnosis","lastModified":1692690489},{"id":2351096,"cid":7836506,"versionId":4,"archive":0,"housenumber":"230821_NWSU_52822153","owner":"euronews","isMagazine":0,"channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":3},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"'Evil' nurse: Life in prison for Britain's most prolific serial killer who preyed on babies","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"'Evil' nurse: Life in prison for Britain's most prolific serial killer","titleListing2":"'Evil' nurse: Life in prison for Britain's most prolific serial killer who preyed on babies","leadin":"Lucy Letby injected newborns with air, physically attacked them, force-fed others milk and poisoned two with drugs. ","summary":"Lucy Letby injected newborns with air, physically attacked them, force-fed others milk and poisoned two with drugs. ","url":"evil-nurse-life-in-prison-for-britains-most-prolific-serial-killer-who-preyed-on-babies","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"A British nurse has been sentenced to life in prison for murdering seven babies and attempting to kill six others while she\u00a0worked in a hospital. \n\nLucy Letby - who refused to appear in court - will remain behind bars until she dies for a series of horrific crimes at a neonatal ward in Chester, close to the England-Wales border, which left other children with severe disabilities.\u00a0 \n\nShe is the UK's most prolific child serial killer in modern times.\u00a0 \n\nThe reasons why Letby killed the infants may never be fully understood, with the neo-natal nurse not explaining her motives.\u00a0 \n\nProsecutors have speculated she did so to gain the attention of a doctor colleague she was \"infatuated\" with, while lawyer Nick Johnson said during the trial Letby enjoyed \"playing God\".\u00a0 \n\n\"The lives of newborn babies were ended almost as soon as they began and life-long harm has been done,\" said Judge Mr Justice Goss, handing out a rare whole life order - the most severe punishment available in the UK.\u00a0 \n\n\"Loving parents have been robbed of their children, and others have to live with the consequences... siblings have to live without their brothers and sisters,\" he said.\u00a0 \n\n\"The reasons for your actions are known only to you.\" \n\nThe 33-year-old attacked and killed the infants, some only hours old, at the Countess of Chester Hospital between June 2015 and June 2016. \n\nShe deliberately injected babies with air, physically attacked them, force-fed others milk and poisoned two with insulin, while deliberately trying to dupe her colleagues into believing they died naturally.\u00a0\u00a0 \n\nLetby was also involved in a resuscitation attempt on one of her victims.\u00a0 \n\nDuring the trial, which started in October 2022, the prosecution called her \"calculating and devious\", adding she \"gaslighted\" colleagues to cover up \"murderous assaults\". \n\nReading out his verdict to the Crown Court in Manchester on Monday the judge noted how Letby, originally from Hereford, had kept \"morbid records\" of the deaths.\u00a0 \n\n\"You had a fascination with the babies and their families, searching for them on Facebook. A piece of paper with dense writing on it was found at your home. You wrote 'the world is better off without me' and 'I am evil I did this'.\" \n\nThe trial has shocked the UK, with many angry at the fact Letby was allowed to refuse to appear in court.\u00a0\u00a0 \n\nOn Monday, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak called her \"cowardly\", confirming the government is planning to change the law to compel convicts to attend sentencing. \n\nThe court heard statements from victims' families this morning, before the televised sentencing began at 12:30 local time.\u00a0 \n\n\"You thought it was your right to play god with our children's lives,\" said the parents of twins whom Letby attacked - one died, the other survived, but was left with brain damage.\u00a0 \n\nAnother mother says the murder of her son was \"like something out of a horror story\". \n\nThe allegations against Letby and her subsequent conviction have triggered a government inquiry amid questions over how she was able to escape detection for so long. \n\nHospital bosses failed to investigate her and tried to silence doctors who raised the alarm, Dr Stephen Brearey, the lead consultant at the neonatal unit where she worked, told the BBC earlier this week.\u00a0 \n\nHe said he first raised concerns about Letby in 2015, claiming the hospital delayed calling the police, despite months of warnings from colleagues she may have been harming babies.\u00a0 \n\nDoctors were reportedly asked by the top managers to write an apology to Letby, who told them to stop making allegations against her.\u00a0 \n\nA senior NHS manager was suspended on Monday for allegedly ignoring their concerns.\u00a0 \n\nPolice are now probing the cases of 4,000 babies at Liverpool Women\u2019s Hospital where Letby was working before moving to the neo-natal unit in Chester. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>A British nurse has been sentenced to life in prison for murdering seven babies and attempting to kill six others while she\u00a0worked in a hospital.<\/p>\n<p>Lucy Letby - who refused to appear in court - will remain behind bars until she dies for a series of horrific crimes at a neonatal ward in Chester, close to the England-Wales border, which left other children with severe disabilities.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>She is the UK's most prolific child serial killer in modern times.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The reasons why Letby killed the infants may never be fully understood, with the neo-natal nurse not explaining her motives.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Prosecutors have speculated she did so to gain the attention of a doctor colleague she was \"infatuated\" with, while lawyer Nick Johnson said during the trial Letby enjoyed \"playing God\".\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\"The lives of newborn babies were ended almost as soon as they began and life-long harm has been done,\" said Judge Mr Justice Goss, handing out a rare whole life order - the most severe punishment available in the UK.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\"Loving parents have been robbed of their children, and others have to live with the consequences... siblings have to live without their brothers and sisters,\" he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\"The reasons for your actions are known only to you.\"<\/p>\n<p>The 33-year-old attacked and killed the infants, some only hours old, at the Countess of Chester Hospital between June 2015 and June 2016.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.666015625\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//83//65//06//808x539_cmsv2_e9e52300-1637-516f-b7ed-72a7095627c7-7836506.jpg/" alt=\"JACOB KING/AFP\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/83\/65\/06\/384x256_cmsv2_e9e52300-1637-516f-b7ed-72a7095627c7-7836506.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/83\/65\/06\/640x426_cmsv2_e9e52300-1637-516f-b7ed-72a7095627c7-7836506.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/83\/65\/06\/750x500_cmsv2_e9e52300-1637-516f-b7ed-72a7095627c7-7836506.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/83\/65\/06\/828x551_cmsv2_e9e52300-1637-516f-b7ed-72a7095627c7-7836506.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/83\/65\/06\/1080x719_cmsv2_e9e52300-1637-516f-b7ed-72a7095627c7-7836506.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/83\/65\/06\/1200x799_cmsv2_e9e52300-1637-516f-b7ed-72a7095627c7-7836506.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/83\/65\/06\/1920x1279_cmsv2_e9e52300-1637-516f-b7ed-72a7095627c7-7836506.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Media gather outside of Countess of Chester Hospital, August 18, 2023.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">JACOB KING/AFP<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>She deliberately injected babies with air, physically attacked them, force-fed others milk and poisoned two with insulin, while deliberately trying to dupe her colleagues into believing they died naturally.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Letby was also involved in a resuscitation attempt on one of her victims.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>During the trial, which started in October 2022, the prosecution called her \"calculating and devious\", adding she \"gaslighted\" colleagues to cover up \"murderous assaults\".<\/p>\n<p>Reading out his verdict to the Crown Court in Manchester on Monday the judge noted how Letby, originally from Hereford, had kept \"morbid records\" of the deaths.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\"You had a fascination with the babies and their families, searching for them on Facebook. A piece of paper with dense writing on it was found at your home. You wrote 'the world is better off without me' and 'I am evil I did this'.\"<\/p>\n<p>The trial has shocked the UK, with many angry at the fact Letby was allowed to refuse to appear in court.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6435546875\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//83//65//06//808x521_cmsv2_a645407f-ec8b-5376-a5b4-dc43758169c1-7836506.jpg/" alt=\"AFP PHOTO / CHESHIRE CONSTABULARY/ HANDOUT\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/83\/65\/06\/384x247_cmsv2_a645407f-ec8b-5376-a5b4-dc43758169c1-7836506.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/83\/65\/06\/640x412_cmsv2_a645407f-ec8b-5376-a5b4-dc43758169c1-7836506.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/83\/65\/06\/750x483_cmsv2_a645407f-ec8b-5376-a5b4-dc43758169c1-7836506.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/83\/65\/06\/828x533_cmsv2_a645407f-ec8b-5376-a5b4-dc43758169c1-7836506.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/83\/65\/06\/1080x695_cmsv2_a645407f-ec8b-5376-a5b4-dc43758169c1-7836506.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/83\/65\/06\/1200x772_cmsv2_a645407f-ec8b-5376-a5b4-dc43758169c1-7836506.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/83\/65\/06\/1920x1236_cmsv2_a645407f-ec8b-5376-a5b4-dc43758169c1-7836506.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">A handout image taken from police bodycam footage released by Cheshire Constabulary police force in Manchester on August 17, 2023 as they arrest Letby.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AFP PHOTO / CHESHIRE CONSTABULARY/ HANDOUT<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>On Monday, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak called her \"cowardly\", confirming the government is planning to change the law to compel convicts to attend sentencing.<\/p>\n<p>The court heard statements from victims' families this morning, before the televised sentencing began at 12:30 local time.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\"You thought it was your right to play god with our children's lives,\" said the parents of twins whom Letby attacked - one died, the other survived, but was left with brain damage.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Another mother says the murder of her son was \"like something out of a horror story\".<\/p>\n<p>The allegations against Letby and her subsequent conviction have triggered a government inquiry amid questions over how she was able to escape detection for so long.<\/p>\n<p>Hospital bosses failed to investigate her and tried to silence doctors who raised the alarm, Dr Stephen Brearey, the lead consultant at the neonatal unit where she worked, told the BBC earlier this week.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He said he first raised concerns about Letby in 2015, claiming the hospital delayed calling the police, despite months of warnings from colleagues she may have been harming babies.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Doctors were reportedly asked by the top managers to write an apology to Letby, who told them to stop making allegations against her.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A senior NHS manager was suspended on Monday for allegedly ignoring their concerns.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Police are now probing the cases of 4,000 babies at Liverpool Women\u2019s Hospital where Letby was working before moving to the neo-natal unit in Chester.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1692617907,"publishedAt":1692621524,"updatedAt":1692629780,"expiresAt":0,"canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2023\/08\/21\/evil-nurse-life-in-prison-for-britains-most-prolific-serial-killer-who-preyed-on-babies","images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/83\/65\/06\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_4d40b138-fc6e-5fe3-9055-12fc8a714b9b-7836506.jpg","altText":"A handout image of Letby released by Cheshire Constabulary police force in Manchester on August 17, 2023.","caption":"A handout image of Letby released by Cheshire Constabulary police force in Manchester on August 17, 2023.","captionCredit":"AFP PHOTO \/ CHESHIRE CONSTABULARY\/ HANDOUT","captionUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"sourceUrl":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":1024,"height":684},{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/83\/65\/06\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_a645407f-ec8b-5376-a5b4-dc43758169c1-7836506.jpg","altText":"A handout image taken from police bodycam footage released by Cheshire Constabulary police force in Manchester on August 17, 2023 as they arrest Letby. 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knew a pair of undies could hold so much power': New underwear labels to raise cancer awareness","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"New labels in underwear aim to raise cancer awareness in UK campaign","titleListing2":"\u2018Who knew a pair of undies could hold so much power?\u2019: New UK underwear labels raise cancer awareness","leadin":"The partnership between Britain\u2019s National Health Service (NHS) and UK supermarket Morrisons is seeking to inform about breast and testicular cancer.","summary":"The partnership between Britain\u2019s National Health Service (NHS) and UK supermarket Morrisons is seeking to inform about breast and testicular cancer.","url":"who-knew-a-pair-of-undies-could-hold-so-much-power-new-uk-underwear-labels-raise-cancer-aw","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"A new underwear line aims to help raise awareness about cancer with new labels and QR codes that provide information about the symptoms of breast and testicular cancer. \n\nIt\u2019s the result of a new partnership between Britain\u2019s National Health Service (NHS) and UK supermarket Morrisons that strives to remind people to examine themselves for signs of cancer. \n\nNHS guidance will be displayed on the products\u2019 fabric labels and QR codes will also direct customers to information about cancer on the NHS website. \n\n\"This is the first time the whole of the NHS has worked with a national supermarket brand to put health messaging on clothing,\" said Dame Cally Palmer, NHS England\u2019s national director for cancer. \n\nThe underwear - launched by Morrisons\u2019 brand Nutmeg - will be available across 240 stores nationwide. It will initially feature men\u2019s boxer shorts with crop top bras set to be introduced shortly after. \n\nUK primary care and public health minister Neil O\u2019Brien praised the campaign, stating: \u201cWe know the biggest factor in people surviving is early diagnosis and this is exactly the type of innovative campaign which will remind people to examine themselves\". \n\nWhat are the symptoms of breast and testicular cancer? \n\nSymptoms of breast cancer include lumps - as well as a change in the look, shape or feel of breasts. For testicular cancer, symptoms include painless swelling, lumps and changes in the shape or texture of testicles, according to the NHS. \n\nBreast cancer is the most common cancer in the UK, with around 55,000 women and 400 men diagnosed each year, according to the charity Breast Cancer Now. \n\nNational figures show that 91 per cent\u00a0of women in the UK survive for at least five years if diagnosed at an early stage of breast cancer.\u00a0 \n\nAround 2,400 new testicular cancer cases are detected in the UK yearly (figures for 2016-2018), according to the charity Cancer Research UK .\u00a0While nearly all men survive testicular cancer, if the cancer spreads, survival for five years or more can reduce to 65 per cent. \n\nFormer Morrisons employee Edward Solly from Kent said in a statement: \u201cAs a cancer survivor myself, I know that a daily reminder to be body aware really could save your life \u2026 who knew a pair of undies could hold so much power?\u201d \n\n","htmlText":"<p>A new underwear line aims to help raise awareness about cancer with new labels and QR codes that provide information about the symptoms of breast and testicular cancer.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s the result of a new partnership between Britain\u2019s National Health Service (NHS) and UK supermarket Morrisons that strives to remind people to examine themselves for signs of cancer.<\/p>\n<p>NHS guidance will be displayed on the products\u2019 fabric labels and QR codes will also direct customers to information about cancer on the NHS website.<\/p>\n<p>\"This is the first time the whole of the NHS has worked with a national supermarket brand to put health messaging on clothing,\" said Dame Cally Palmer, NHS England\u2019s national director for cancer.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6669921875\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//83//63//68//808x539_cmsv2_a323da39-f0ab-58f0-a7db-81b948ac29d7-7836368.jpg/" alt=\"Morrisons\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/83\/63\/68\/384x256_cmsv2_a323da39-f0ab-58f0-a7db-81b948ac29d7-7836368.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/83\/63\/68\/640x427_cmsv2_a323da39-f0ab-58f0-a7db-81b948ac29d7-7836368.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/83\/63\/68\/750x500_cmsv2_a323da39-f0ab-58f0-a7db-81b948ac29d7-7836368.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/83\/63\/68\/828x552_cmsv2_a323da39-f0ab-58f0-a7db-81b948ac29d7-7836368.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/83\/63\/68\/1080x720_cmsv2_a323da39-f0ab-58f0-a7db-81b948ac29d7-7836368.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/83\/63\/68\/1200x800_cmsv2_a323da39-f0ab-58f0-a7db-81b948ac29d7-7836368.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/83\/63\/68\/1920x1281_cmsv2_a323da39-f0ab-58f0-a7db-81b948ac29d7-7836368.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Morrisons and NHS partner up - guidance will be displayed on the products\u2019 fabric labels and QR codes will also direct customers to information about cancer.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Morrisons<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The underwear - launched by Morrisons\u2019 brand Nutmeg - will be available across 240 stores nationwide. It will initially feature men\u2019s boxer shorts with crop top bras set to be introduced shortly after.<\/p>\n<p>UK primary care and public health minister Neil O\u2019Brien praised the campaign, stating: \u201cWe know the biggest factor in people surviving is early diagnosis and this is exactly the type of innovative campaign which will remind people to examine themselves\".<\/p>\n<h2>What are the symptoms of breast and testicular cancer?<\/h2><p>Symptoms of breast cancer include lumps - as well as a change in the look, shape or feel of breasts. For testicular cancer, symptoms include painless swelling, lumps and changes in the shape or texture of testicles, according to the NHS.<\/p>\n<p>Breast cancer is the most common cancer in the UK, with around 55,000 women and 400 men diagnosed each year, according to the charity Breast Cancer Now.<\/p>\n<p>National figures show that 91 per cent\u00a0of women in the UK survive for at least five years if diagnosed at an early stage of breast cancer.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Around 2,400 new testicular cancer cases are detected in the UK yearly (figures for 2016-2018), according to the charity <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.cancerresearchuk.org///">Cancer Research UK<\/strong><\/a>.\u00a0While nearly all men survive testicular cancer, if the cancer spreads, survival for five years or more can reduce to 65 per cent.<\/p>\n<p>Former Morrisons employee Edward Solly from Kent said in a statement: \u201cAs a cancer survivor myself, I know that a daily reminder to be body aware really 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England player Ella Toone set to launch own label","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Lioness style superstar Ella Toone set to launch own label","titleListing2":"The attacking midfielder, who was one of the most successful among England's women's football team at the World Cup, will likely cash in on her new found fame and love of fashion. ","leadin":"The attacking midfielder, who was one of the most successful among England's women's football team at the World Cup, will likely cash in on her new found fame and love of fashion. ","summary":"The attacking midfielder, who was one of the most successful among England's women's football team at the World Cup, will likely cash in on her new found fame and love of fashion. ","url":"football-star-and-now-style-icon-england-player-ella-toone-set-to-launch-own-label","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Fresh off the pitch, England's Ella Toone is said to be planning her own fashion range. \n\nOne of the stand out stars of the Lionesses, Toone has applied to have her name trademarked. That suggests she\u2019s keen to ride the wave of her success, even after England\u2019s defeat against Spain in the final of the women\u2019s World Cup. \n\nToone has long been the style star of the team, often wearing lashes and nail polish while scoring goals. \n\nAmid criticism of these players looking too \u2018feminine\u2019, she has fought back, explaining there should be no stigma surrounding women\u2019s appearances, regardless of their career choice. \n\n\u201cThere\u2019s definitely a stereotype around [players],\u201d she told Elle , adding, \u201cBut having your nails and lashes done doesn\u2019t mean that you can\u2019t play football\u201d. \n\nThis year\u2019s World Cup has been the most successful for women in the sport\u2019s history but the salaries are lacking, especially in comparison to their male counterparts. \n\nThe average salary of a Women\u2019s Super League player is estimated at \u00a347,000 (or \u20ac55,000), a tiny fraction earned by men in the same category. \n\nIt\u2019s no surprise, then, that Toone and her teammates are already planning to make the transition to a media career when they retire. \n\nWhile the attacking midfielder was already in partnership with Nike before the tournament began, it\u2019s been estimated that she and her fellow Lionesses could scoop around \u20ac11.5 million in sponsorship deals. \n\nDespite not managing to \u2018bring football home\u2019 to England following their defeat, Toone and her team are now household names. \n\nWe could soon see them becoming ambassadors for brands even larger than Nike, including high fashion and luxury goods companies. \n\nToone is arguably the most stylish woman footballer in recent times and her social media presence - likely inspired by glamorous American athletes - shows she\u2019s keen to infiltrate our wardrobes as well as the hearts of England fans. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>Fresh off the pitch, England's Ella Toone is said to be planning her own fashion range.<\/p>\n<p>One of the stand out stars of the Lionesses, Toone has applied to have her name trademarked. 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border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;\"><\/div><\/div><\/a><p style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;\"><a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.instagram.com//p//Cu42KEyN0-k//?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=loading\%22 style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none;\" target=\"_blank\">A post shared by Ella Toone (@ellatoone)<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/blockquote> <script async src=https://www.euronews.com/"////www.instagram.com//embed.js/"> \n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Amid criticism of these players looking too \u2018feminine\u2019, she has fought back, explaining there should be no stigma surrounding women\u2019s appearances, regardless of their career choice.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s definitely a stereotype around [players],\u201d she told <em>Elle<\/em>, adding, \u201cBut having your nails and lashes done doesn\u2019t mean that you can\u2019t play football\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>This year\u2019s World Cup has been the most successful for women in the sport\u2019s history but the salaries are lacking, especially in comparison to their male counterparts.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6667290769518817\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//83//58//90//808x539_cmsv2_b2b59bbe-a3f5-5010-b5f8-5c6f5ecf0721-7835890.jpg/" alt=\"Abbie Parr/The AP\" 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(max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Ella Toone, with painted nails, gestures during the Women's World Cup soccer final between Spain and England<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Abbie Parr/The AP<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The average salary of a Women\u2019s Super League player is estimated at \u00a347,000 (or \u20ac55,000), a tiny fraction earned by men in the same category.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s no surprise, then, that Toone and her teammates are already planning to make the transition to a media career when they retire.<\/p>\n<p>While the attacking midfielder was already in partnership with Nike before the tournament began, it\u2019s been estimated that she and her fellow Lionesses could scoop around \u20ac11.5 million in sponsorship deals.<\/p>\n<div 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href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.instagram.com//p//CkJR18htdKg//?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=loading\%22 style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none;\" target=\"_blank\">A post shared by Ella Toone (@ellatoone)<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/blockquote> <script async src=https://www.euronews.com/"////www.instagram.com//embed.js/"> \n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Despite not managing to \u2018bring football home\u2019 to England following their defeat, Toone and her team are now household names.<\/p>\n<p>We could soon see them becoming ambassadors for brands even larger than Nike, including high fashion and luxury goods companies.<\/p>\n<p>Toone is arguably the most stylish woman footballer in recent times and her social media presence - likely inspired by glamorous American athletes - shows she\u2019s keen to infiltrate our wardrobes as well as the hearts of 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are polarising the debate","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Could a new \u2018culture war\u2019 threaten climate action in the UK?","titleListing2":"Weaponising the climate crisis: How extremists and politicians are polarising the debate","leadin":"As the UK looks at rolling back green commitments, there are concerns that climate issues are feeding into cultural confrontation and identity politics.","summary":"As the UK looks at rolling back green commitments, there are concerns that climate issues are feeding into cultural confrontation and identity politics.","url":"weaponising-the-climate-crisis-how-extremists-and-politicians-are-polarising-the-debate","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Climate change has once again become a hot topic in the UK but for all the wrong reasons. \n\nAt the end of July, the government approved hundreds of new oil and gas licences, a \u201crethink\u201d of pollution-cutting policies has been proposed and MPs are pushing to ditch green commitments. \n\nA by-election in former Prime Minister Boris Johnson\u2019s constituency appears to have triggered the shift after the Conservative party candidate dubbed his race a \u201creferendum on ULEZ\u201d (the ultra-low emissions zone ). The focus on opposing London\u2019s pollution reduction scheme narrowly won him the race. \n\nNow, as even opposition politicians start to reassess their position on climate action, there are worries that a climate \u2018culture war\u2019 has arrived in the UK. \n\nWhat is the \u2018climate culture war\u2019? \n\nThe phrase \u2018climate culture war\u2019 has started to creep into news headlines and politicians\u2019 tweets in recent weeks. It is being used in an attempt to call out this shift in the way climate action is being portrayed. \n\nJennie King, an expert in the evolving trends of climate mis and disinformation , says that many aren\u2019t entirely sure what they mean when they use the term. \n\n\u201cYou now have a space where the traditional climate deniers or delayers are merging with a much broader and largely decentralised universe of extremists and conspiracy movements,\u201d the head of Climate Research and Policy at the Institute for Strategic Dialogue (ISD) explains. \n\nThis leaves the space open to \u201cprofessional disinformation actors and outrage merchants\u201d. \n\nIt is also merging with the right-wing media ecosystem, she adds, in a way that isn\u2019t even necessarily about the substance of climate change policy, but more about how the climate is symbolic of larger unifying themes. \n\n\u201cDenier\u2019s arguments have existed for a very long time, but climate issues are, in much more prominent ways, feeding into cultural confrontation and identity politics.\u201d \n\nIssues like the cost of living crisis , Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine and personal freedom are being dragged into the debate. The playbook of arguments is one that has been seen before. \n\nMuch like during COVID-19, King says climate change has become a \u201cnew crucible\u201d where previously distinct movements and actors have found a common cause. The trauma of huge global events like the pandemic can\u2019t be discounted. \n\nThese seismic shocks to our social and economic systems rock people\u2019s sense of security about the future and their ability to look after themselves or their families. \n\n\u201cThere are very genuine concerns and grievances that lie at the heart of that trauma,\u201d King says. \n\n\u201cBut those traumas are very easily weaponised, exploited and pivoted towards opposition on a whole host of different issues.\u201d \n\nExploiting the gap between public opinion and climate action \n\nA number of public policy issues have become victims of this dynamic. \n\nLocalised issues, just like the ULEZ in the Uxbridge and South Ruislip by-election, are more vulnerable to \u201cvery emotive, partially conspiratorial attacks\u201d, King says. They have become a lightning rod for people who want to talk about \u201cgreen tyranny\u201d and civil liberties. \n\nMany of these criticisms play on people\u2019s genuine concerns about current societal issues. Narratives have emerged around climate policies costing too much or being too difficult to implement. \n\n\nA group of Conservative politicians recently urged the Prime Minister to rethink the government\u2019s climate commitments with MP Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg claiming they are \u201cunpopular\u201d and \u201cexpensive\u201d. \n\nEven Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has now hinted at watering down policies, saying measures must be \u201cproportional and pragmatic\u201d without adding \u201chassle\u201d or cost to households. The Prime Minister defended his approval of new oil and gas licences by reasoning that energy security was important following Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine. \n\nBritish public increasingly concerned about climate change \n\nA majority of the UK public is still concerned about the effects of climate change. A recent poll from Ipsos found that one in four Britons see it as an important issue for the country - the highest level since COP26 in Glasgow in 2021. \n\nResearchers say recent reports of wildfires and extreme temperatures disrupting people\u2019s holidays are likely the cause. \n\nWhere and who you ask also matters. Transport for London found in May this year that a small majority of Londoners are in favour of the ULEZ whereas UK-wide polling showed the opposite.\u00a0 \n\n\u00a0Support was split down political lines with Labour, Liberal Democrat and Green party voters far more likely to back clean air zones. \n\n\u201cWhat's really coming to the fore in conversation at the moment is how easy it is to exploit the gap between\u00a0 general public approval and recognition for the necessity of climate action versus actually being able to propose and implement an ambitious policy platform,\u201d King adds. \n\nLabelling climate groups as \u2018extremists\u2019 could have serious consequences \n\nAs the UK approaches its next general election, the climate crisis looks set to become the next weaponised topic. \n\nWhat is particularly concerning to organisations like the ISD is how the conversation around climate action has been co-opted by those who want to split it into \u2018pro-freedom\u2019 and \u2018anti-freedom\u2019 groups. \n\n\u201cI also suspect that the rhetoric around so-called eco-extremism is going to become more and more febrile,\u201d King says. She believes that this shift in language could rapidly become dangerous. \n\nWhen the ISD uses terms like \u2018eco-extremism\u2019, it means something substantive and specific. A neo-Nazi movement that justifies its supremacist worldview through the environmental lens, for example. \n\n\u201cWhat is not eco-extremism, at least from a definitional point of view, is movements that use forms of civil disobedience to advocate for climate action on the streets of the UK,\u201d she explains. \n\n\nA key element of the disinformation playbook is to \u2018other\u2019 certain groups in society - setting them apart by attributing negative characteristics. Though it may seem trivial, using this kind of language against environmental movements helps to drive a wedge between members of society. \n\n\nDiscussions about whether throwing paint at a building or glueing yourself to the road is the right thing to do are fine, King says, but there are serious implications to labelling these groups as \u2018extremists\u2019. \n\nDrawing links between societal problems and people who are protesting can escalate to the point of violence. Tensions rise and dangerous arguments emerge, such as justifying running protesters over with cars. \n\nWe\u2019ve already seen this happen when a truck driver pushed, dragged and almost ran down a Last Generation protester in Germany in July. Videos of the incident posted online gathered hundreds of comments and posts praising the driver for his actions. \n\nKing points out that it\u2019s always worth highlighting when the people who are using this inflammatory terminology have affiliations that may discredit their positions . \n\n\u201cThat isn't going to be the case in every example, but where there is an MP that is using that language who also happens to, I don't know, sit on the board of one of these think tanks that receive funding for fossil fuel and of the industries,\u201d she says, \u201cI don't think it ever loses its value to point out those associations.\u201d \n\nUltimately what is lost in this polarisation is the ability to have sober and candid conversations about the net zero transition. Essential debates between citizens and elected officials get pulled into this highly divisive space and everyone loses out. \n\n\u201c[It] has nothing to do with the substance of policy and is all to do with who should or should not be involved in the conversation,\u201d King explains.\u00a0 \n\n","htmlText":"<p>Climate change has once again become a hot topic in the UK but for all the wrong reasons.<\/p>\n<p>At the end of July, the government approved hundreds of new oil and gas licences, a \u201crethink\u201d of pollution-cutting policies has been proposed and MPs are pushing to ditch green commitments.<\/p>\n<p>A by-election in former Prime Minister Boris Johnson\u2019s constituency appears to have triggered the shift after the Conservative party candidate dubbed his race a \u201creferendum on ULEZ\u201d (the <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2022//12//17//transport-for-london-how-one-of-the-worlds-most-congested-cities-is-keeping-cars-out/">ultra-low emissions zone<\/strong><\/a>). The focus on opposing London\u2019s pollution reduction scheme narrowly won him the race.<\/p>\n<p>Now, as even opposition politicians start to reassess their position on climate action, there are worries that a climate \u2018culture war\u2019 has arrived in the UK.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"7790330,7812930\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//07//31//selfish-uk-to-grant-100-new-licenses-for-north-sea-oil-and-gas-exploration/">'Selfish': UK to grant 100 new licenses for North Sea oil and gas exploration <\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//08//10//france-is-raising-taxes-on-flights-to-pay-for-trains-should-other-european-countries-do-th/">France is raising taxes on flights to pay for trains: Should other European countries do the same?<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2>What is the \u2018climate culture war\u2019?<\/h2><p>The phrase \u2018climate culture war\u2019 has started to creep into news headlines and politicians\u2019 tweets in recent weeks. It is being used in an attempt to call out this shift in the way climate action is being portrayed.<\/p>\n<p>Jennie King, an expert in the evolving trends of <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//07//26//europe-heatwave-here-are-some-of-the-most-common-myths-debunked/">climate mis and disinformation<\/strong><\/a>, says that many aren\u2019t entirely sure what they mean when they use the term.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou now have a space where the traditional climate deniers or delayers are merging with a much broader and largely decentralised universe of extremists and conspiracy movements,\u201d the head of Climate Research and Policy at the Institute for Strategic Dialogue (ISD) explains.<\/p>\n<p>This leaves the space open to \u201cprofessional disinformation actors and outrage merchants\u201d.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-quotation\n widget--size-fullwidth\n widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__content\">\n <blockquote class=\"widget__quote\">\n <span class=\"widget__quoteText\">Denier\u2019s arguments have existed for a very long time, but climate issues are, in much more prominent ways, feeding into cultural confrontation and identity politics.<\/span>\n <\/blockquote>\n <cite class=\"widget__author\">\n <div class=\"widget__authorText\">\n Jennie King\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"widget__author_descriptionText\">\n Head of Climate Research and Policy at the Institute for Strategic Dialogue\n <\/div>\n <\/cite>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>It is also merging with the right-wing media ecosystem, she adds, in a way that isn\u2019t even necessarily about the substance of climate change policy, but more about how the climate is symbolic of larger unifying themes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDenier\u2019s arguments have existed for a very long time, but climate issues are, in much more prominent ways, feeding into cultural confrontation and identity politics.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-ease-in-up widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6525857169918545\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//83//11//92//808x528_cmsv2_0713b3cf-b057-5509-8af6-6a03de8d36e0-7831192.jpg/" alt=\"REUTERS/Toby Melville/File Photo\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/83\/11\/92\/384x251_cmsv2_0713b3cf-b057-5509-8af6-6a03de8d36e0-7831192.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/83\/11\/92\/640x418_cmsv2_0713b3cf-b057-5509-8af6-6a03de8d36e0-7831192.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/83\/11\/92\/750x489_cmsv2_0713b3cf-b057-5509-8af6-6a03de8d36e0-7831192.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/83\/11\/92\/828x540_cmsv2_0713b3cf-b057-5509-8af6-6a03de8d36e0-7831192.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/83\/11\/92\/1080x705_cmsv2_0713b3cf-b057-5509-8af6-6a03de8d36e0-7831192.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/83\/11\/92\/1200x783_cmsv2_0713b3cf-b057-5509-8af6-6a03de8d36e0-7831192.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/83\/11\/92\/1920x1253_cmsv2_0713b3cf-b057-5509-8af6-6a03de8d36e0-7831192.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">London's Ultra Low Emissions Zone has become a spark point in the climate debate.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">REUTERS/Toby Melville/File Photo<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Issues like <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//06//23//only-the-super-wealthy-stand-to-lose-money-from-shutting-down-fossil-fuels-study-finds/">the cost of living crisis<\/strong><\/a>, Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine and personal freedom are being dragged into the debate. The playbook of arguments is one that has been seen before.<\/p>\n<p>Much like during COVID-19, King says climate change has become a \u201cnew crucible\u201d where previously distinct movements and actors have found a common cause. The trauma of huge global events like the pandemic can\u2019t be discounted.<\/p>\n<p>These seismic shocks to our social and economic systems rock people\u2019s sense of security about the future and their ability to look after themselves or their families.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are very genuine concerns and grievances that lie at the heart of that trauma,\u201d King says.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut those traumas are very easily weaponised, exploited and pivoted towards opposition on a whole host of different issues.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>Exploiting the gap between public opinion and climate action<\/h2><p>A number of public policy issues have become victims of this dynamic.<\/p>\n<p>Localised issues, just like the ULEZ in the Uxbridge and South Ruislip by-election, are more vulnerable to \u201cvery emotive, partially conspiratorial attacks\u201d, King says. They have become a lightning rod for people who want to talk about \u201cgreen tyranny\u201d and civil liberties.<\/p>\n<p>Many of these criticisms play on people\u2019s genuine concerns about current societal issues. Narratives have emerged around <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//08//13//greenlash-why-its-getting-harder-to-pass-environmental-reforms-in-the-eu/">climate policies costing too much or being too difficult to implement.<\/strong><\/a> <\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-ease-in-up widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6669921875\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//79//08//18//808x539_cmsv2_e2938f71-a328-5756-9835-04682c4f1e2b-7790818.jpg/" alt=\"Frank Augstein/AP\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/79\/08\/18\/384x256_cmsv2_e2938f71-a328-5756-9835-04682c4f1e2b-7790818.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/79\/08\/18\/640x427_cmsv2_e2938f71-a328-5756-9835-04682c4f1e2b-7790818.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/79\/08\/18\/750x500_cmsv2_e2938f71-a328-5756-9835-04682c4f1e2b-7790818.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/79\/08\/18\/828x552_cmsv2_e2938f71-a328-5756-9835-04682c4f1e2b-7790818.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/79\/08\/18\/1080x720_cmsv2_e2938f71-a328-5756-9835-04682c4f1e2b-7790818.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/79\/08\/18\/1200x800_cmsv2_e2938f71-a328-5756-9835-04682c4f1e2b-7790818.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/79\/08\/18\/1920x1281_cmsv2_e2938f71-a328-5756-9835-04682c4f1e2b-7790818.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has hinted at a watering down of climate policies.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Frank Augstein/AP<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>A group of Conservative politicians recently urged the Prime Minister to rethink the government\u2019s climate commitments with MP Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg claiming they are \u201cunpopular\u201d and \u201cexpensive\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Even Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has now hinted at watering down policies, saying measures must be \u201cproportional and pragmatic\u201d without adding \u201chassle\u201d or cost to households. The Prime Minister defended his approval of new oil and gas licences by reasoning that <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//08//01//scare-tactics-about-putins-russia-wont-wash-uk-government-slammed-over-new-oil-and-gas-lic/">energy security was important following Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>British public increasingly concerned about climate change<\/h2><p>A majority of the UK public is still concerned about the effects of climate change. A recent poll from Ipsos found that one in four Britons see it as an important issue for the country - the highest level since COP26 in Glasgow in 2021.<\/p>\n<p>Researchers say recent reports of wildfires and extreme temperatures disrupting people\u2019s holidays are likely the cause.<\/p>\n<p>Where and who you ask also matters. Transport for London found in May this year that a small majority of Londoners are in favour of the ULEZ whereas UK-wide polling showed the opposite.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0Support was split down political lines with Labour, Liberal Democrat and Green party voters far more likely to back clean air zones.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat's really coming to the fore in conversation at the moment is how easy it is to exploit the gap between\u00a0<a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//07//21//only-one-eu-country-thinks-its-government-is-doing-enough-on-climate-crisis-new-survey-fin/">general public approval<\/strong><\/a> and recognition for the necessity of climate action versus actually being able to propose and implement an ambitious policy platform,\u201d King adds.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"7822256,7793598\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//08//01//scare-tactics-about-putins-russia-wont-wash-uk-government-slammed-over-new-oil-and-gas-lic/">/u2018Scare tactics about Putin\u2019s Russia won\u2019t wash\u2019: UK government slammed over new oil and gas licences<\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//08//14//300000-residents-left-without-reliable-water-sources-as-drought-ravages-southern-france/">30,000 residents left without reliable water sources as drought ravages southern France<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2>Labelling climate groups as \u2018extremists\u2019 could have serious consequences<\/h2><p>As the UK approaches its next general election, the climate crisis looks set to become the next weaponised topic.<\/p>\n<p>What is particularly concerning to organisations like the ISD is how the conversation around climate action has been co-opted by those who want to split it into \u2018pro-freedom\u2019 and \u2018anti-freedom\u2019 groups.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI also suspect that the rhetoric around so-called eco-extremism is going to become more and more febrile,\u201d King says. She believes that this shift in language could rapidly become dangerous.<\/p>\n<p>When the ISD uses terms like \u2018eco-extremism\u2019, it means something substantive and specific. A neo-Nazi movement that justifies its supremacist worldview through the environmental lens, for example.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat is not eco-extremism, at least from a definitional point of view, is movements that use forms of civil disobedience to advocate for climate action on the streets of the UK,\u201d she explains. <\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-ease-in-up widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6669921875\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//83//11//92//808x539_cmsv2_66a9f588-6bfb-5b22-b5a9-300059b35241-7831192.jpg/" alt=\"AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/83\/11\/92\/384x256_cmsv2_66a9f588-6bfb-5b22-b5a9-300059b35241-7831192.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/83\/11\/92\/640x427_cmsv2_66a9f588-6bfb-5b22-b5a9-300059b35241-7831192.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/83\/11\/92\/750x500_cmsv2_66a9f588-6bfb-5b22-b5a9-300059b35241-7831192.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/83\/11\/92\/828x552_cmsv2_66a9f588-6bfb-5b22-b5a9-300059b35241-7831192.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/83\/11\/92\/1080x720_cmsv2_66a9f588-6bfb-5b22-b5a9-300059b35241-7831192.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/83\/11\/92\/1200x800_cmsv2_66a9f588-6bfb-5b22-b5a9-300059b35241-7831192.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/83\/11\/92\/1920x1281_cmsv2_66a9f588-6bfb-5b22-b5a9-300059b35241-7831192.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Handcuffed activisits from the group Just Stop Oil lie on the road as they are arrested after they blocked a road in London.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>A key element of the disinformation playbook is to \u2018other\u2019 certain groups in society - setting them apart by attributing negative characteristics. Though it may seem trivial, using this kind of language against environmental movements helps to drive a wedge between members of society. <\/p>\n<p>Discussions about whether throwing paint at a building or <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//08//10//surveillance-raids-and-arrests-europe-cracks-down-on-direct-action-climate-protests/">glueing yourself to the road<\/strong><\/a> is the right thing to do are fine, King says, but there are serious implications to labelling these groups as \u2018extremists\u2019.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"7608336,7760590\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//07//19//britains-most-vile-and-sordid-secret-fox-cubbing/">'Britain's most vile and sordid secret': What is fox cubbing?<\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//08//16//we-need-to-be-prepared-el-nino-and-greenhouse-gases-could-make-the-next-5-years-warmest-on/">/u2018We need to be prepared\u2019: El Ni\u00f1o and emissions could make the next 5 years warmest on record<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Drawing links between societal problems and people who are protesting can escalate to the point of violence. Tensions rise and dangerous arguments emerge, such as justifying running protesters over with cars.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ve already seen this happen when a truck driver pushed, dragged and almost ran down a Last Generation protester in Germany in July. Videos of the incident posted online gathered hundreds of comments and posts praising the driver for his actions.<\/p>\n<p>King points out that it\u2019s always worth highlighting when the people who are using this inflammatory terminology have <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//08//14//what-is-greenhushing-how-to-spot-the-sophisticated-greenwashing-tactics-being-used-in-2023/">affiliations that may discredit their positions<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat isn't going to be the case in every example, but where there is an MP that is using that language who also happens to, I don't know, sit on the board of one of these think tanks that receive funding for fossil fuel and of the industries,\u201d she says, \u201cI don't think it ever loses its value to point out those associations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ultimately what is lost in this polarisation is the ability to have sober and candid conversations about the net zero transition. Essential debates between citizens and elected officials get pulled into this highly divisive space and everyone loses out.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[It] has nothing to do with the substance of policy and is all to do with who should or should not be involved in the conversation,\u201d King explains.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1692361246,"publishedAt":1692511218,"updatedAt":1692511229,"expiresAt":0,"canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/green\/2023\/08\/20\/weaponising-the-climate-crisis-how-extremists-and-politicians-are-polarising-the-debate","images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/83\/11\/92\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_3e61cbce-4bef-51c9-90e9-c30ca1b928d4-7831192.jpg","altText":"Demonstrators protest against proposed upcoming expansion of London's Ultra Low Emissions Zone.","caption":"Demonstrators protest against proposed upcoming expansion of London's Ultra Low Emissions Zone.","captionCredit":"REUTERS\/Toby Melville","captionUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"sourceUrl":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":1920,"height":1080},{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/83\/11\/92\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_66a9f588-6bfb-5b22-b5a9-300059b35241-7831192.jpg","altText":"Handcuffed activisits from the group Just Stop Oil lie on the road as they are arrested after they blocked a road in London.","caption":"Handcuffed activisits from the group Just Stop Oil lie on the road as they are arrested after they blocked a road in London.","captionCredit":"AP Photo\/Kirsty Wigglesworth","captionUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"sourceUrl":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":1024,"height":683},{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/83\/11\/92\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_0713b3cf-b057-5509-8af6-6a03de8d36e0-7831192.jpg","altText":"London's Ultra Low Emissions Zone has become a spark point in the climate debate. 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And as you go through there's several installations and opportunities for you to truly immerse yourself,\" explains Omotayo.\u00a0 \n\nThe roots of Fuji music \n\nFuji music arose from the improvisational w\u00e9r\u00e9 music, also known as aj\u00edsari, a genre of music performed to wake Muslims before dawn during the Ramadan fasting season,\u00a0in Yor\u00f9b\u00e1 towns and cities in southwestern Nigeria.\u00a0 \n\nIn the 1950s, pioneering musicians Alhaji Dauda Epo-Akara and Ganiyu Kuti (Gani Irefin) introduced and popularised w\u00e9r\u00e9 in Ibadan.\u00a0 \n\nEmerging in communities around Ibadan, Lagos, and \u00ccl\u1ecdrin, these artists also drew inspiration from Yoruba s\u00e1k\u00e1r\u00e0 music, adapting the s\u00e1k\u00e1r\u00e0 drum.\u00a0 \n\nAs w\u00e9r\u00e9 evolved, performers like the influential Nigerian-born singer-songwriter Ayinde Barrister integrated mouth organs, enriching the genre's compositions.\u00a0 \n\nBarrister led the prominent group Jibowu Barrister, pushing w\u00e9r\u00e9 into wider recognition and even coined the term 'Fuji'. \n\nAccording to Barrister, \"I came up with it when I saw a poster at an airport, advertising the Mount Fuji, which is the highest peak in Japan.\"\u00a0 \n\n\"Fuji: A Opera\" will be on display at London's Africa Centre from 18 August to 28 August 2023.\u00a0 \n\nCheck out the video for a look inside the exhibition. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>A new exhibition titled \"Fuji: A Opera\" narrates the tale of the Fuji music genre, a pivotal component of Nigeria's music landscape that laid the very foundations for today's chart-topping Afrobeat sound.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The melodies of Burna Boy and Wizkid bare an\u00a0indelible debt to the roots of Fuji music.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Once hosted in Lagos, this multi-faceted exhibition has now found its stage at the Africa Centre in London.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It boasts an array of fascinating unearthed archival footage and artefacts, delving into the historical roots of Fuji music, showcasing its seminal origins, and paying homage to its vibrant subculture spanning from the early 1960s to the contemporary era.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"7142968,7830590\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//culture//2023//08//18//nile-rogers-fights-right-wing-swiss-partys-use-of-his-song/">Nile Rodgers fights right wing Swiss party's alleged use of his song<\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//culture//2022//10//21//music-as-a-weapon-paris-honours-afrobeat-pioneer-fela-kuti-in-retrospective-exhibition/">/"Music as a weapon\": Paris honours Afrobeat pioneer Fela Kuti in retrospective exhibition<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-tweet widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio\u2014auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"widget__tweet\" data-tweet-id=\"1692513636240007321\"><\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The architect behind this carefully curated collection is Bobo Omotayo, who aspired to craft an immersive experience suitable for all ages, while also serving as an educational conduit for Fuji music and Nigerian cultural insights.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\"It's really an edu-tainment exhibition. 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He pointed to her to go through the curtain. \n\nAuton spent the first few minutes of the show explaining to the audience why a drunk lady had walked on stage first instead of him.\u00a0 \n\n\u201c15 minutes into the show and she was asleep. She was hammered,\u201d Auton says. While he\u2019s incorporated some elements of previous shows into his current routine, that one might not make the final cut. \n\nI\u2019ve been following comedian-poet Rob Auton\u2019s career for over a decade. As a teenager, I spent many Thursday nights at the wonderful BANG Said The Gun event above the Roebuck pub in London, always in anticipation of his set. \n\n\u201cIt was a really special Thursday night. Sometimes the electricity in that room was epic,\u201d Auton recalls. He references the origin of the night in the current show with a story of his first gig at a fireworks party in BANG Said The Gun creator Martin Galton\u2019s garden. \u201cIf I did a good gig then, that could have been the best gig I\u2019d have ever done,\u201d he says. \u201cI\u2019m always trying to get back to that.\u201d \n\nPerforming the same material day-in-day-out at the Fringe though gives him the opportunity to refine lines to get the perfect delivery. \u201cYou find out line-by-line, how to say it.\u201d It suits Auton\u2019s anxious approach to comedy. He records every show to listen back and work out what works and what doesn\u2019t. \n\nIn a show dedicated to the \u201chuman experience,\u201d this precision analysis of the hour-set doesn\u2019t detract from the thrilling reality of being up there on stage. \u201cIf you have a spontaneous nice night out at the pub with your mates and then you agree to do it again, same mates, same pub, it\u2019s just not the same,\u201d he explains. \u201cIt\u2019s exactly the same on stage.\u201d \n\nIn the BANG Said The Gun days, Auton was a quirky comic whose awkward demeanour and earnest poetry divided the room. Silence from those who didn\u2019t get it. Rapturous adoration from those who did. \n\nAuton knows his shtick has divided crowds. He refers to it openly in this show. His calm and unadorned delivery is deliberate. Tune out and you mightn\u2019t notice. But listen in and every word is golden. A decade ago he sometimes lost the Roebuck despite lines as razor sharp as \u201cthe watch is the wristband to the festival of punctuality.\u201d This year in Edinburgh, he has the audience in the palm of his hand. \n\nPart of the way he brings people onside is through an outward recognition of his particular brand of comedy. He brings up a reviewer that once said Auton \u201cadopts the persona of an underprepared best man\u201d.\u00a0 \n\n\u201cI think as long as you let people in, and go, \u2018Hey guys, I know this isn't what we will class as regular normal comedy\u2019, people go \u2018Oh, okay. He knows\u2019.\" \n\nOver the past 10 years, he\u2019s brought shows to every Fringe, each focused on a specific subject matter (e.g. Sleep, Hair, Faces, Yellow). In 2013, he collected the accolade of Dave\u2019s Best Joke of the Fringe.\u00a0 \n\nThis year, his specific subject isn\u2019t dogs or the dentist or cricket; it\u2019s himself. \n\nWhy is it that he has turned the mirror on himself more than ever with a show about himself? In part, it\u2019s because of the poetic neatness of it being the tenth one. Once he\u2019d decided to go with the theme though, Auton found himself pulling out stories from his life like \u201cthe guy on Instagram in Amsterdam pulling out things from the canals with a big magnet.\u201d\u00a0 \u201cI wanted to do that, but with my brain,\u201d he says. \n\n\u201cI think about my brain and a lot of stuff that happened when I was a kid all the time and I never talk about it,\u201d he says. \u201cI\u2019m so privileged I haven\u2019t had much trauma in my life but there are all these events like making crab cakes or my dad getting me a job in advertising,\u201d Auton recalls. They might seem like vastly disparate anecdotes but they fit neatly into his overarching theme of celebrating the quotidian wonders of everyday life. \n\nThe Rob Auton Show is the slickest, most universally enjoyable show he\u2019s created yet. Impressively, Auton\u2019s not sacrificed an ounce of his unique stage persona to achieve it. In the show, he juxtaposes hilarious stories with heart-rending existential poetry. \n\nA highlight is a glorious retelling of his circumcision coupled with a less than usual visit from the tooth fairy and his mum scolding him: \u201cNo, you\u2019re only allowed to get circumcised once!\u201d There\u2019s also an intimate story of his first see-outside-of-school girlfriend and the cricket pitch that plagued his childhood.\u00a0 \n\nOver the hour, Auton opens his heart and finds dazzling humour: lines like the one about cling film (\u201cWho do you think you are, the ghost of tinfoil?\u201d), but also piercing observations about the difficulties he\u2019s faced. It\u2019s a funny, deeply personal show from one of the loveliest comics at the Fringe. \n\nThe experience of growing with the Fringe \u2014 from early days of flyering in a paddling pool with his posters in an outstretched pool noodle \u2014 has seen Auton reach a point where his gigs are guaranteed crowds. But he\u2019s never complacent about winning them over. Each time on stage is just as wonderfully terrifying as the last, he explains.\u00a0 \n\n\u201cThe human experience is always so wild. It\u2019s completely unattainable, isn't it? So basically, just try to grab on to moments when they come along, and go \u2018I'm going to enjoy this moment\u2019.\u201d\u00a0 \n\nRob Auton: The Rob Auton Show is on at 14:25 at the\u00a0Assembly Roxy - Upstairs of the Edinburgh Fringe until 26 August. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>Throughout his latest show, the comedian Rob Auton routinely announces that he\u2019s trying to have a \u201chuman experience.\u201d At first he shouts it triumphantly, embracing the highs and lows of modern life. Later, he\u2019ll skewer it with a dampened delivery over an embarrassing anecdote.<\/p>\n<p>Embracing the human experience however comes with its ups and downs. On the day we spoke, an audience member managed to get backstage to ask for a selfie as the show was starting. Despite the voiceover introducing Auton to the stage, she persisted. He pointed to her to go through the curtain.<\/p>\n<p>Auton spent the first few minutes of the show explaining to the audience why a drunk lady had walked on stage first instead of him.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201c15 minutes into the show and she was asleep. She was hammered,\u201d Auton says. While he\u2019s incorporated some elements of previous shows into his current routine, that one might not make the final cut.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"7815312,7801892\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//culture//2023//08//14//dancing-ghouls-dystopian-butchers-and-cancer-comedies-the-top-shows-of-edinburgh-fringe-20/">Dancing ghouls, dystopian butchers and cancer comedies: The top shows of Edinburgh Fringe 2023<\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//culture//2023//08//05//dont-fancy-edinburgh-why-the-camden-fringe-is-an-amazing-alternative-this-august/">Don't fancy Edinburgh? Why the Camden Fringe is an amazing alternative this August<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>I\u2019ve been following comedian-poet Rob Auton\u2019s career for over a decade. As a teenager, I spent many Thursday nights at the wonderful BANG Said The Gun event above the Roebuck pub in London, always in anticipation of his set.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was a really special Thursday night. Sometimes the electricity in that room was epic,\u201d Auton recalls. He references the origin of the night in the current show with a story of his first gig at a fireworks party in BANG Said The Gun creator Martin Galton\u2019s garden. \u201cIf I did a good gig then, that could have been the best gig I\u2019d have ever done,\u201d he says. \u201cI\u2019m always trying to get back to that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Performing the same material day-in-day-out at the Fringe though gives him the opportunity to refine lines to get the perfect delivery. \u201cYou find out line-by-line, how to say it.\u201d It suits Auton\u2019s anxious approach to comedy. He records every show to listen back and work out what works and what doesn\u2019t.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-ease-in-up widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.66675\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//82//67//42//808x539_cmsv2_186b0636-aecb-5cda-b02b-6e5ec89aaecf-7826742.jpg/" alt=\"David Monteith-Hodge Photographise\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/82\/67\/42\/384x256_cmsv2_186b0636-aecb-5cda-b02b-6e5ec89aaecf-7826742.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/82\/67\/42\/640x427_cmsv2_186b0636-aecb-5cda-b02b-6e5ec89aaecf-7826742.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/82\/67\/42\/750x500_cmsv2_186b0636-aecb-5cda-b02b-6e5ec89aaecf-7826742.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/82\/67\/42\/828x552_cmsv2_186b0636-aecb-5cda-b02b-6e5ec89aaecf-7826742.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/82\/67\/42\/1080x720_cmsv2_186b0636-aecb-5cda-b02b-6e5ec89aaecf-7826742.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/82\/67\/42\/1200x800_cmsv2_186b0636-aecb-5cda-b02b-6e5ec89aaecf-7826742.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/82\/67\/42\/1920x1280_cmsv2_186b0636-aecb-5cda-b02b-6e5ec89aaecf-7826742.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Rob Auton on stage<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">David Monteith-Hodge Photographise<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>In a show dedicated to the \u201chuman experience,\u201d this precision analysis of the hour-set doesn\u2019t detract from the thrilling reality of being up there on stage. \u201cIf you have a spontaneous nice night out at the pub with your mates and then you agree to do it again, same mates, same pub, it\u2019s just not the same,\u201d he explains. \u201cIt\u2019s exactly the same on stage.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In the BANG Said The Gun days, Auton was a quirky comic whose awkward demeanour and earnest poetry divided the room. Silence from those who didn\u2019t get it. Rapturous adoration from those who did.<\/p>\n<p>Auton knows his shtick has divided crowds. He refers to it openly in this show. His calm and unadorned delivery is deliberate. Tune out and you mightn\u2019t notice. But listen in and every word is golden. A decade ago he sometimes lost the Roebuck despite lines as razor sharp as \u201cthe watch is the wristband to the festival of punctuality.\u201d This year in Edinburgh, he has the audience in the palm of his hand.<\/p>\n<p>Part of the way he brings people onside is through an outward recognition of his particular brand of comedy. He brings up a reviewer that once said Auton \u201cadopts the persona of an underprepared best man\u201d.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think as long as you let people in, and go, \u2018Hey guys, I know this isn't what we will class as regular normal comedy\u2019, people go \u2018Oh, okay. He knows\u2019.\"<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-ease-in-up widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"1.3333333333333333\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//82//67//42//808x1077_cmsv2_b12084c4-1afb-53fc-8ab3-db7e5f2f2431-7826742.jpg/" alt=\"Julian Ward\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/82\/67\/42\/384x512_cmsv2_b12084c4-1afb-53fc-8ab3-db7e5f2f2431-7826742.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/82\/67\/42\/640x853_cmsv2_b12084c4-1afb-53fc-8ab3-db7e5f2f2431-7826742.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/82\/67\/42\/750x1000_cmsv2_b12084c4-1afb-53fc-8ab3-db7e5f2f2431-7826742.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/82\/67\/42\/828x1104_cmsv2_b12084c4-1afb-53fc-8ab3-db7e5f2f2431-7826742.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/82\/67\/42\/1080x1440_cmsv2_b12084c4-1afb-53fc-8ab3-db7e5f2f2431-7826742.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/82\/67\/42\/1200x1600_cmsv2_b12084c4-1afb-53fc-8ab3-db7e5f2f2431-7826742.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/82\/67\/42\/1920x2560_cmsv2_b12084c4-1afb-53fc-8ab3-db7e5f2f2431-7826742.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Rob Auton<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Julian Ward<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Over the past 10 years, he\u2019s brought shows to every Fringe, each focused on a specific subject matter (e.g. Sleep, Hair, Faces, Yellow). In 2013, he collected the accolade of Dave\u2019s Best Joke of the Fringe.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This year, his specific subject isn\u2019t dogs or the dentist or cricket; it\u2019s himself.<\/p>\n<p>Why is it that he has turned the mirror on himself more than ever with a show about himself? In part, it\u2019s because of the poetic neatness of it being the tenth one. Once he\u2019d decided to go with the theme though, Auton found himself pulling out stories from his life like \u201cthe guy on Instagram in Amsterdam pulling out things from the canals with a big magnet.\u201d\u00a0\u201cI wanted to do that, but with my brain,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think about my brain and a lot of stuff that happened when I was a kid all the time and I never talk about it,\u201d he says. \u201cI\u2019m so privileged I haven\u2019t had much trauma in my life but there are all these events like making crab cakes or my dad getting me a job in advertising,\u201d Auton recalls. They might seem like vastly disparate anecdotes but they fit neatly into his overarching theme of celebrating the quotidian wonders of everyday life.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-ease-in-up widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.66675\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//82//67//42//808x539_cmsv2_2e2937c0-42fc-5479-bfdb-76228f4482bd-7826742.jpg/" alt=\"David Monteith-Hodge Photographise\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/82\/67\/42\/384x256_cmsv2_2e2937c0-42fc-5479-bfdb-76228f4482bd-7826742.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/82\/67\/42\/640x427_cmsv2_2e2937c0-42fc-5479-bfdb-76228f4482bd-7826742.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/82\/67\/42\/750x500_cmsv2_2e2937c0-42fc-5479-bfdb-76228f4482bd-7826742.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/82\/67\/42\/828x552_cmsv2_2e2937c0-42fc-5479-bfdb-76228f4482bd-7826742.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/82\/67\/42\/1080x720_cmsv2_2e2937c0-42fc-5479-bfdb-76228f4482bd-7826742.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/82\/67\/42\/1200x800_cmsv2_2e2937c0-42fc-5479-bfdb-76228f4482bd-7826742.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/82\/67\/42\/1920x1280_cmsv2_2e2937c0-42fc-5479-bfdb-76228f4482bd-7826742.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Performing the Rob Auton Show<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">David Monteith-Hodge Photographise<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////tickets.edfringe.com//whats-on//rob-auton-the-rob-auton-show/">The Rob Auton Show<\/strong><\/a> is the slickest, most universally enjoyable show he\u2019s created yet. Impressively, Auton\u2019s not sacrificed an ounce of his unique stage persona to achieve it. In the show, he juxtaposes hilarious stories with heart-rending existential poetry.<\/p>\n<p>A highlight is a glorious retelling of his circumcision coupled with a less than usual visit from the tooth fairy and his mum scolding him: \u201cNo, you\u2019re only allowed to get circumcised once!\u201d There\u2019s also an intimate story of his first see-outside-of-school girlfriend and the cricket pitch that plagued his childhood.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Over the hour, Auton opens his heart and finds dazzling humour: lines like the one about cling film (\u201cWho do you think you are, the ghost of tinfoil?\u201d), but also piercing observations about the difficulties he\u2019s faced. It\u2019s a funny, deeply personal show from one of the loveliest comics at the Fringe.<\/p>\n<p>The experience of growing with the Fringe \u2014 from early days of flyering in a paddling pool with his posters in an outstretched pool noodle \u2014 has seen Auton reach a point where his gigs are guaranteed crowds. But he\u2019s never complacent about winning them over. Each time on stage is just as wonderfully terrifying as the last, he explains.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe human experience is always so wild. It\u2019s completely unattainable, isn't it? 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Museum staff member sacked after items 'missing, stolen or damaged'","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"British Museum sacks staff member over missing and stolen items","titleListing2":"The museum says the pieces include \"gold jewellery and gems of semi-precious stones and glass dating from the 15th Century BC to the 19th Century AD\". ","leadin":"The museum says the pieces include \"gold jewellery and gems of semi-precious stones and glass dating from the 15th Century BC to the 19th Century AD\". ","summary":"The museum says the pieces include \"gold jewellery and gems of semi-precious stones and glass dating from the 15th Century BC to the 19th Century AD\". ","url":"british-museum-staff-member-sacked-after-items-missing-stolen-or-damaged","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"The British Museum has dismissed a member of its staff after items dating back as far as the 15th century B.C. were found to be missing, stolen or damaged. \n\nThe museum said it has also ordered an independent review of security and a \u2018\u2018vigorous program to recover the missing items.\u2033 \n\nThe stolen artefacts include gold jewellery and gems of semi-precious stones and glass dating from the 15th century B.C. to the 19th century A.D. Most were small items kept in a storeroom and none had been on display recently, the museum said. \n\nBritish Museum director Hartwig Fischer apologized and said the museum would \"throw our efforts into the recovery of objects\". \n\n\"This is a highly unusual incident. I know I speak for all colleagues when I say that we take the safeguarding of all the items in our care extremely seriously,\u201d he added. \n\n\"We have already tightened our security arrangements and we are working alongside outside experts to complete a definitive account of what is missing, damaged and stolen.\" \n\nFormer chancellor George Osborne, who chairs the British Museum, stated that the priority was threefold: \u201cFirst, to recover the stolen items; second, to find out what, if anything, could have been done to stop this; and third, to do whatever it takes, with investment in security and collection records, to make sure this doesn\u2019t happen again.\u201d \n\nThe museum said legal action would be taken against the dismissed staff member and that the matter was under investigation by London\u2019s Metropolitan Police Service. \n\nThe 264-year-old British Museum is a major London tourist attraction, drawing visitors from around the world who come to see a vast collection of artefacts ranging from the Rosetta Stone that unlocked the language of ancient Egypt to scrolls bearing 12th century Chinese poetry and masks created by the indigenous people of Canada. \n\nBut the museum has also attracted controversy because it has resisted calls from communities around the world to return items of historical significance that were acquired during the era of the British Empire. The most famous of these disputes include marble carvings from the Parthenon in Greece and the Benin bronzes from west Africa.\u00a0 \n\n","htmlText":"<p>The British Museum has dismissed a member of its staff after items dating back as far as the 15th century B.C. were found to be missing, stolen or damaged.<\/p>\n<p>The museum said it has also ordered an independent review of security and a \u2018\u2018vigorous program to recover the missing items.\u2033<\/p>\n<p>The stolen artefacts include gold jewellery and gems of semi-precious stones and glass dating from the 15th century B.C. to the 19th century A.D. Most were small items kept in a storeroom and none had been on display recently, the museum said.<\/p>\n<p>British Museum director Hartwig Fischer apologized and said the museum would \"throw our efforts into the recovery of objects\".<\/p>\n<p>\"This is a highly unusual incident. I know I speak for all colleagues when I say that we take the safeguarding of all the items in our care extremely seriously,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>\"We have already tightened our security arrangements and we are working alongside outside experts to complete a definitive account of what is missing, damaged and stolen.\"<\/p>\n<p>Former chancellor George Osborne, who chairs the British Museum, stated that the priority was threefold: \u201cFirst, to recover the stolen items; second, to find out what, if anything, could have been done to stop this; and third, to do whatever it takes, with investment in security and collection records, to make sure this doesn\u2019t happen again.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The museum said legal action would be taken against the dismissed staff member and that the matter was under investigation by London\u2019s Metropolitan Police Service.<\/p>\n<p>The 264-year-old British Museum is a major London tourist attraction, drawing visitors from around the world who come to see a vast collection of artefacts ranging from the Rosetta Stone that unlocked the language of ancient Egypt to scrolls bearing 12th century Chinese poetry and masks created by the indigenous people of Canada.<\/p>\n<p>But the museum has also attracted controversy because it has resisted calls from communities around the world to return items of historical significance that were acquired during the era of the British Empire. The most famous of these disputes include marble carvings from the Parthenon in Greece and the Benin bronzes from west Africa.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1692214737,"publishedAt":1692254586,"updatedAt":1692259572,"expiresAt":0,"canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/culture\/2023\/08\/17\/british-museum-staff-member-sacked-after-items-missing-stolen-or-damaged","images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/82\/73\/18\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_4be4b3e8-acb4-5bd5-b518-88baf8492132-7827318.jpg","altText":"Visitors walk outside the British Museum in Bloomsbury, London","caption":"Visitors walk outside the British Museum in Bloomsbury, London","captionCredit":"Tim Ireland \/ 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industry.","leadin":"Plymouth University will play an integral role in multi-million project aiming to drive the decarbonisation of the fashion and textile industry.","summary":"Plymouth University will play an integral role in multi-million project aiming to drive the decarbonisation of the fashion and textile industry.","url":"fashions-climate-crisis-british-university-to-tackle-industrys-carbon-problem","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"A British university has announced it is taking part in a high profile project which aims to drive the decarbonisation of the fashion and textile industry. \n\nThe University of Plymouth is playing an integral role in the Future Fibres Network+ (or FFN+) research, which will work towards embedding environmental sciences at the heart of the fashion and textile sectors. \n\nThe \u00a31.6 million (approximately \u20ac1.85m) project will shed further light on sustainability - or lack of - in the fashion industry. \n\nResearch conducted by Plymouth as well as the Universities of Exeter, Leeds, Blackburn, Huddersfield and the University of the Arts London is set to delve more into the necessity of a sustainable approach to the industry. \n\nThe clothing and apparel market remains a key part of the UK and the global economy, but it continues to be one of the greatest environmental polluters throughout the supply chain. \n\nPlymouth University has previously used research to highlight how microfibres can be released into wastewater during the laundry process and how mechanical devices are able to prevent this release. \n\nThey\u2019ve also discovered clothing fibres in places you\u2019d likely not expect - including on the slopes of Mount Everest and in the Ganges as well as in the deepest oceans. \n\nProfessor Richard Thompson has also given evidence to the UK parliament about the sustainability of the fashion industry. \n\nIn his capacity as the university\u2019s head of the International Marine Litter Research Unit, he explains, \u201cThis 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Over the next two years, it will build a committed community of researchers across the disciplines along with key stakeholders across the fashion supply chain\u201d. \n\n\u201cBy bringing existing initiatives and research together and identifying key gaps, this project will help the fashion industry \u2013 from designers to consumers \u2013 to be sustainable for everyone: the economy, people and the planet,\u201d adds Thompson.\u00a0 \n\nThe professor and the team behind the project will work towards the creation of a circular fashion model, which will aim to reduce microfibre pollution to the environment while delivering positive changes for both the sector and society. \n\nThey\u2019re hoping to instil this knowledge into the minds of the next generation of fashion designers, encouraging them to understand the challenges of lessening the environmental impact of the textile industry on the natural world. \n\nThe FFN+ project is one of a number of initiatives around the globe with the aim of making both fast and luxury fashion less damaging. \n\nKeeping in mind that the industry is one of the world\u2019s greatest polluters, responsible for about 20% of the planet\u2019s waste water and around 10% of the world\u2019s greenhouse gas emissions, the European Union has a plan. \n\nLast month, the EU adopted recommendations including policies to make clothes tougher, repairable and recyclable, also backing regulations which ensure production respects human, social and label rights, animal welfare and the environment throughout the entire supply chain. \n\nThey\u2019re also hoping to move away from a linear fashion production model to a circular one, namely one in which every garment can be reused, recycled or made to be biodegradable and compostable. \n\nDespite leaving the European Union, the UK is similarly invested. The FFN+ project is part of a \u00a315 million (approx. \u20ac17.5m) programme headed up by the country\u2019s Research and Innovation department. \n\nThat aims to build awareness of the importance of circular fashion - before it\u2019s too late. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>A British university has announced it is taking part in a high profile project which aims to drive the decarbonisation of the fashion and textile industry.<\/p>\n<p>The University of Plymouth is playing an integral role in the Future Fibres Network+ (or FFN+) research, which will work towards embedding environmental sciences at the heart of the fashion and textile sectors.<\/p>\n<p>The \u00a31.6 million (approximately \u20ac1.85m) project will shed further light on sustainability - or lack of - in the fashion industry.<\/p>\n<p>Research conducted by Plymouth as well as the Universities of Exeter, Leeds, Blackburn, Huddersfield and the University of the Arts London is set to delve more into the necessity of a sustainable approach to the industry.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6666666666666666\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//82//13//90//808x539_cmsv2_b5963176-3eb5-5fbd-b9c9-8b94d90034c3-7821390.jpg/" alt=\"University of Plymouth\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/82\/13\/90\/384x256_cmsv2_b5963176-3eb5-5fbd-b9c9-8b94d90034c3-7821390.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/82\/13\/90\/640x427_cmsv2_b5963176-3eb5-5fbd-b9c9-8b94d90034c3-7821390.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/82\/13\/90\/750x500_cmsv2_b5963176-3eb5-5fbd-b9c9-8b94d90034c3-7821390.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/82\/13\/90\/828x552_cmsv2_b5963176-3eb5-5fbd-b9c9-8b94d90034c3-7821390.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/82\/13\/90\/1080x720_cmsv2_b5963176-3eb5-5fbd-b9c9-8b94d90034c3-7821390.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/82\/13\/90\/1200x800_cmsv2_b5963176-3eb5-5fbd-b9c9-8b94d90034c3-7821390.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/82\/13\/90\/1920x1280_cmsv2_b5963176-3eb5-5fbd-b9c9-8b94d90034c3-7821390.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">The university's research has suggested that one person could release more than 900 million polyester microfibres to the air by simply wearing clothes<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">University of Plymouth<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The clothing and apparel market remains a key part of the UK and the global economy, but it continues to be one of the greatest environmental polluters throughout the supply chain.<\/p>\n<p>Plymouth University has previously used research to highlight how microfibres can be released into wastewater during the laundry process and how mechanical devices are able to prevent this release.<\/p>\n<p>They\u2019ve also discovered clothing fibres in places you\u2019d likely not expect - including on the slopes of Mount Everest and in the Ganges as well as in the deepest oceans.<\/p>\n<p>Professor Richard Thompson has also given evidence to the UK parliament about the sustainability of the fashion industry.<\/p>\n<p>In his capacity as the university\u2019s head of the International Marine Litter Research Unit, he explains, \u201cThis is a fantastic forward-thinking and proactive project. Over the next two years, it will build a committed community of researchers across the disciplines along with key stakeholders across the fashion supply chain\u201d.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.8019662921348315\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//82//13//90//808x646_cmsv2_5e682b26-620f-5901-b769-9b23ebd3b7b5-7821390.jpg/" alt=\"Francesca De Falco\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/82\/13\/90\/384x308_cmsv2_5e682b26-620f-5901-b769-9b23ebd3b7b5-7821390.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/82\/13\/90\/640x513_cmsv2_5e682b26-620f-5901-b769-9b23ebd3b7b5-7821390.jpg 640w, 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play in the future sustainability of the fashion industry<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Francesca De Falco<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>\u201cBy bringing existing initiatives and research together and identifying key gaps, this project will help the fashion industry \u2013 from designers to consumers \u2013 to be sustainable for everyone: the economy, people and the planet,\u201d adds Thompson.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The professor and the team behind the project will work towards the creation of a circular fashion model, which will aim to reduce microfibre pollution to the environment while delivering positive changes for both the sector and society.<\/p>\n<p>They\u2019re hoping to instil this knowledge into the minds of the next generation of fashion designers, encouraging them to understand the challenges of lessening the environmental impact of the textile industry on the natural world.<\/p>\n<p>The FFN+ 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a washing machine<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">University of Plymouth<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Keeping in mind that the industry is one of the world\u2019s greatest polluters, responsible for about 20% of the planet\u2019s waste water and around 10% of the world\u2019s greenhouse gas emissions, the <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//culture//2023//08//06//the-end-of-the-road-for-fast-fashion-the-eu-hopes-so/">European Union has a plan.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Last month, the EU adopted recommendations including policies to make clothes tougher, repairable and recyclable, also backing regulations which ensure production respects human, social and label rights, animal welfare and the environment throughout the entire supply chain.<\/p>\n<p>They\u2019re also hoping to move away from a linear fashion production model to a circular one, namely one in which every garment can be reused, recycled or made to be biodegradable and compostable.<\/p>\n<p>Despite leaving the European Union, the UK is similarly invested. The FFN+ project is part of a \u00a315 million (approx. \u20ac17.5m) programme headed up by the country\u2019s Research and Innovation department.<\/p>\n<p>That aims to build awareness of the importance of circular fashion - before it\u2019s too late.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1692005227,"publishedAt":1692250207,"updatedAt":1692250258,"expiresAt":0,"canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/culture\/2023\/08\/17\/fashions-climate-crisis-british-university-to-tackle-industrys-carbon-problem","images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/82\/13\/90\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_39b1711c-5b40-51b3-9d79-351d7a2bd6ff-7821390.jpg","altText":"Researchers from Plymouth University have previously shown that each load of laundry can result in countless fibres being released into the environment","caption":"Researchers from Plymouth University have previously shown that each load of laundry can result in countless fibres being released into the 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capital faces US-style conspiracy theories over 20-minute neighbourhoods","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Edinburgh faces conspiracy theories over 20-minute neighbourhoods ","titleListing2":"Scotland's capital faces US-style conspiracy theories over 20-minute neighbourhoods","leadin":"There are fears that misinformation is gaining \"enough traction to be dangerous\" amid a report that someone was assaulted for promoting the policy. ","summary":"There are fears that misinformation is gaining \"enough traction to be dangerous\" amid a report that someone was assaulted for promoting the policy. ","url":"scotlands-capital-faces-us-style-conspiracy-theories-over-20-minute-neighbourhoods","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Politicians in Scotland's capital are worried about \"wild conspiracy theories\" which have been spread about the concept of 20-minute neighbourhoods.\u00a0 \n\nThe Scottish Government says the concept aims to provide access to the majority of daily needs such as shops and schools within a 20-minute \"walk, wheel or cycle\". \n\nA report to Edinburgh City Council said their plan would give \"people the choice to access more services and facilities in their local area, it is not about restricting anyone from getting to or from other parts of the city,\" and help achieve green goals, while one local politician noted that \"there are already 20-minute neighbourhoods in the city, they\u2019ve probably already been here 600 years.\" \n\nHowever, conspiracy theories surrounding this and 15-minute cities proposed elsewhere have been widespread across the world. \n\nA conspiracy theory surrounding the concept even made it into the UK Parliament, with Conservative MP Nick Fletcher calling it an \"international socialist concept\" that would \"cost us our personal freedom\".\u00a0 \n\nLocal politicians fear misinformation in Edinburgh is now \"gaining enough traction to be dangerous\".\u00a0 \n\nSpeaking to Euronews,\u00a0Councillor Amy McNeese-Mechan said she was \"dismayed\" that Edinburgh was \"falling victim to some of the sort of online conspiracies that we usually associate with fringe groups in the US\". \n\n\"I know that quite a few of our council workers have been threatened online and in person, including I understand an actual assault,\" she added. \n\nShe said the Leith area of the city was a perfect example of the kind of thing envisaged by the concept.\u00a0 \n\n\"We're fortunate to have access to shopping, leisure and health services locally, but still get around the city by active travel and public transport, for work or visiting family and friends,\" she added.\u00a0 \n\nAnother councillor, Alex Staniforth , said at a recent meeting of a council committee that \"there are frankly a lot of conspiracy theories that are for some reason also tied to the low traffic neighbourhoods and the low emission zones as though they are all one vast conspiracy to force everyone to need a pass to leave their street, which is of course absolute errant nonsense.\" \n\nHowever, Conservative councillor Marie-Clair Munro said the opinions of all residents should be taken on board, and told a council official that residents would be watching the discussion and asking \"Am I able to get into my car in my neighbourhood that\u2019s now a 20-minute neighbourhood and move around it if I wish?\" \n\n\"I think that\u2019s what\u2019s causing a nervousness across Edinburgh about these 20 minute neighbourhoods and I think we have to make sure that residents know fully what\u2019s going to happen,\" she said. \n\nThe council\u2019s head of placemaking and mobility Daisy Narayanan made it clear that \"we don\u2019t have the legislation to use number plate technology first of all, and there is no intention of as you read sometimes on social media sometimes that people will be limited to where they can travel. That is not the case at all.\" \n\n","htmlText":"<p>Politicians in Scotland's capital are worried about \"wild conspiracy theories\" which have been spread about the concept of 20-minute neighbourhoods.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Scottish Government says the concept aims to provide access to the majority of daily needs such as shops and schools within a 20-minute \"walk, wheel or cycle\".<\/p>\n<p>A report to Edinburgh City Council said <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.edinburgh.gov.uk//future-council//need-20-minute-neighbourhoods/">their plan<\/strong><\/a> would give \"people the choice to access more services and facilities in their local area, it is not about restricting anyone from getting to or from other parts of the city,\" and help achieve green goals, while one local politician noted that \"there are already 20-minute neighbourhoods in the city, they\u2019ve probably already been here 600 years.\"<\/p>\n<p>However, conspiracy theories surrounding this and 15-minute cities proposed elsewhere have been widespread across the world.<\/p>\n<p>A conspiracy theory surrounding the concept even made it into the UK Parliament, with Conservative MP <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////twitter.com//NickFletcherMP/">Nick Fletcher<\/strong><\/a> calling it an \"international socialist concept\" that would \"cost us our personal freedom\".\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Local politicians fear misinformation in Edinburgh is now \"gaining enough traction to be dangerous\".\u00a0<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"6798182\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a 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That investigation continues. \n\nThe other two arrested, a 31-year-old man and 29-year-old woman, both from London, were released on bail and are due in court next month. \n\nNo pleas have been entered for the three people charged. Their next court date has not been set. \n\nBritish media reports the three had been living in the UK for several years. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>Three Bulgarian citizens living in England have been charged with possessing false identity documents, police said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The trio -\u00a0Orlin Roussev, 45, Bizer Dzhambazov, 42, and Katrin Ivanova, 32 - were among five people first arrested in February, and were taken into custody after they appeared last month in the Central Criminal Court in London.<\/p>\n<p>The trio is suspected of working for Russian security services, British media reports.<\/p>\n<p>The charges allege the three had false documents among 34 pieces of identification in their possession.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The BBC said documents, including passports and identity cards, were from the UK, Bulgaria, France, Italy, Spain, Croatia, Slovenia, Greece and the Czech Republic.<\/p>\n<p>Counter-terrorism detectives arrested the three with two others on suspicion of an offense under the Official Secrets Act 1911, which criminalises spying. 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This was where Darwin's observations on how related bird species differ from island to island helped inspire his seminal book on evolution, 'On the Origin of Species'. \n\n\"Charles Darwin was only 22 when he set sail from Plymouth on his life-changing voyage in 1831 aboard HMS Beagle, famously saying that it was by far the most important event in his life, determining his whole career,\" says Darwin200 Founder and Mission Director Stewart McPherson. \n\nThe voyage hopes to recreate this experience for members of the public and young environmentalists.\u00a0 \n\nThe ship's route includes some of the greatest wildlife sites and wonders on Earth - from Brazil's Atlantic rainforests to one of the most remote inhabited islands on the planet.\u00a0 \n\nStudying climate change and conservation around the world\u00a0 \n\nMcPherson says researchers will study the impacts of climate change on coral reefs and shrinking wildlife habitats. The expedition will also plant thousands of trees to help mitigate problems such as the desertification of land, document ocean plastics and carry out surveys of seabirds, whales and dolphins.\u00a0 \n\n\"The point of this project is to show solutions, show real actions that all of us can do to help make a better future,\" McPherson said in an interview. \n\nThroughout the journey, 200 young environmentalists will be selected to temporarily join the ship to be trained in conservation efforts. \n\nData collected during the voyage will form part of a citizen-science project where members of the public and students will be able to join weekly sessions live from the ship. It has been dubbed the \"world's most exciting classroom\".\u00a0 \n\nPatrons of the project include Darwin's great-great-granddaughter - the botanist Sarah Darwin - and British primatologist Jane Goodall. \n\n\"We all know we're in the midst of the sixth great extinction with a lot of doom and gloom about the problems facing the environment, climate change and loss of biodiversity,\" Goodall said. \n\n\"This voyage will give many people an opportunity to see there is still time to make change.\" \n\n","htmlText":"<p>Almost two centuries after Charles Darwin's voyage around the world, environmentalists plan to follow in his footsteps.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>They are undertaking a two-year journey across four continents to study endemic wildlife and boost conservation.<\/p>\n<p>The group will set sail on board a 105-year-old schooner on Tuesday (15 August) from the southern English port of Plymouth.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This is where British naturalist Darwin's own expedition began in 1831, leading him to develop the theory of <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2022//08//19//walking-shark-scientists-investigate-the-mysterious-shark-that-can-move-on-land/">evolution by natural selection.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"7823148,7815146\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//08//15//court-rules-children-have-a-right-to-a-healthy-environment-in-major-blow-to-fossil-fuel-in/">Montana court rules children have right to a healthy environment in major blow to fossil fuels<\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//08//12//martha-the-pigeon-to-toughie-the-tree-frog-iconic-endlings-that-were-the-last-of-their-spe/">Martha the pigeon, to Toughie the tree frog: Iconic endlings that were the last of their species<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2>Where is the Darwin200 expedition sailing to?<\/h2><p>The 40,000 nautical mile (74,080 kilometres) Darwin200 expedition hopes to anchor in 32 ports, including all the major ports visited by Darwin's HMS Beagle.<\/p>\n<p>The group will travel on the Oosterschelde, a restored Dutch tall ship, to a number of remote locations like <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//05//12//new-hope-tiny-galapagos-island-birds-make-promising-comeback/">the Galapagos archipelago<\/strong><\/a>. This was where Darwin's observations on how related bird species differ from island to island helped inspire his seminal book on evolution, 'On the Origin of Species'.<\/p>\n<p>\"Charles Darwin was only 22 when he set sail from Plymouth on his life-changing voyage in 1831 aboard HMS Beagle, famously saying that it was by far the most important event in his life, determining his whole career,\" says Darwin200 Founder and Mission Director Stewart McPherson.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-ease-in-up widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.5625\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//82//38//10//808x454_cmsv2_80f5daa0-d9b2-5c1c-96b4-155593f1a2d9-7823810.jpg/" alt=\"DARWIN200 / Oosterschelde/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/82\/38\/10\/384x216_cmsv2_80f5daa0-d9b2-5c1c-96b4-155593f1a2d9-7823810.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/82\/38\/10\/640x360_cmsv2_80f5daa0-d9b2-5c1c-96b4-155593f1a2d9-7823810.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/82\/38\/10\/750x422_cmsv2_80f5daa0-d9b2-5c1c-96b4-155593f1a2d9-7823810.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/82\/38\/10\/828x466_cmsv2_80f5daa0-d9b2-5c1c-96b4-155593f1a2d9-7823810.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/82\/38\/10\/1080x608_cmsv2_80f5daa0-d9b2-5c1c-96b4-155593f1a2d9-7823810.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/82\/38\/10\/1200x675_cmsv2_80f5daa0-d9b2-5c1c-96b4-155593f1a2d9-7823810.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/82\/38\/10\/1920x1080_cmsv2_80f5daa0-d9b2-5c1c-96b4-155593f1a2d9-7823810.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">British geographer Stewart McPherson stands in the ship 'Oosterschelde'<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">DARWIN200 / Oosterschelde/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The voyage hopes to recreate this experience for members of the public and young environmentalists.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The ship's route includes some of the greatest wildlife sites and wonders on Earth - from <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//07//07//brazil-amazon-deforestation-drops-34-under-lula-but-el-nino-is-stoking-the-risk-of-forest-/">Brazil's Atlantic rainforests<\/strong><\/a> to one of the most remote inhabited islands on the planet.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"7814504,7711354\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//07//27//wildfires-meet-the-local-volunteer-firefighters-learning-to-protect-the-amazon-rainforest/">Wildfires: Meet the local volunteer firefighters learning to protect the Amazon rainforest<\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//08//10//it-wrote-me-a-new-life-meet-the-mexican-woman-who-opened-her-heart-to-hummingbirds/">/u2018It wrote me a new life\u2019: Meet the Mexican woman who opened her heart to hummingbirds<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2>Studying climate change and conservation around the world<\/h2><p>McPherson says researchers will study the impacts of <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//06//09//meet-the-ex-poachers-restoring-the-indonesian-coral-reefs-they-destroyed/">climate change on coral reefs<\/strong><\/a> and shrinking wildlife habitats. The expedition will also plant thousands of trees to help mitigate problems such as the desertification of land, document ocean plastics and carry out surveys of seabirds, whales and dolphins.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\"The point of this project is to show solutions, show real actions that all of us can do to help make a better future,\" McPherson said in an interview.<\/p>\n<p>Throughout the journey, 200 young environmentalists will be selected to temporarily join the ship to be trained in conservation efforts.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-ease-in-up widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.667\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//82//38//10//808x539_cmsv2_8fc0cb3e-795e-5af5-824e-625a891443c4-7823810.jpg/" alt=\"DARWIN200 / Oosterschelde/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/82\/38\/10\/384x256_cmsv2_8fc0cb3e-795e-5af5-824e-625a891443c4-7823810.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/82\/38\/10\/640x427_cmsv2_8fc0cb3e-795e-5af5-824e-625a891443c4-7823810.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/82\/38\/10\/750x500_cmsv2_8fc0cb3e-795e-5af5-824e-625a891443c4-7823810.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/82\/38\/10\/828x552_cmsv2_8fc0cb3e-795e-5af5-824e-625a891443c4-7823810.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/82\/38\/10\/1080x720_cmsv2_8fc0cb3e-795e-5af5-824e-625a891443c4-7823810.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/82\/38\/10\/1200x800_cmsv2_8fc0cb3e-795e-5af5-824e-625a891443c4-7823810.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/82\/38\/10\/1920x1281_cmsv2_8fc0cb3e-795e-5af5-824e-625a891443c4-7823810.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">A general view of the ship 'Oosterschelde', launched by the planetary conservation mission DARWIN200.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">DARWIN200 / Oosterschelde/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Data collected during the voyage will form part of a citizen-science project where members of the public and students will be able to join weekly sessions live from the ship. It has been dubbed the \"world's most exciting classroom\".\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Patrons of the project include Darwin's great-great-granddaughter - the botanist Sarah Darwin - and British primatologist Jane Goodall.<\/p>\n<p>\"We all know we're in the midst of the sixth great <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//08//12//martha-the-pigeon-to-toughie-the-tree-frog-iconic-endlings-that-were-the-last-of-their-spe/">extinction with a lot of doom and gloom about the problems facing the environment, climate change and loss of biodiversity,\" Goodall said.<\/p>\n<p>\"This voyage will give many people an opportunity to see there is still time to make 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ghouls, dystopian butchers and cancer comedies: The top shows of Edinburgh Fringe 2023","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"The top shows of Edinburgh Fringe 2023","titleListing2":"Dancing ghouls, dystopian butchers and cancer comedies: Euronews' top shows this Edinburgh Fringe","leadin":"Euronews Culture reporters Jonny Walfisz and Hannah Brown were on the scene to pick out the best shows at the world's biggest cultural festival.","summary":"Euronews Culture reporters Jonny Walfisz and Hannah Brown were on the scene to pick out the best shows at the world's biggest cultural festival.","url":"dancing-ghouls-dystopian-butchers-and-cancer-comedies-the-top-shows-of-edinburgh-fringe-20","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"The Edinburgh Fringe is back. The biggest arts festival in the world has taken over the Scottish capital for the entirety of August. With\u00a03,535 shows registered this year to play across the city, it can be a bit of a headache to work out what you want to see.\u00a0 \n\nFret not! We've got up close and personal with the Fringe to find some gems for your viewing pleasure. The joy of the Fringe is the opportunity to discover something incredible to recommend to all your mates. We've trawled through famous comedians, circus acts, solo theatre pieces and the Free Fringe to deliver our top tips for anyone interested in seeing something a little bit different.\u00a0 \n\nComedy \n\nChloe Petts: If You Can\u2019t Say Anything Nice \n\nOne of the comedians with the biggest buzz around her this year is Chloe Petts. Fresh off a tour supporting Ed Gamble, Petts\u2019 comedic star is in ascendance. Her new solo show, after the much-loved \u2018Transience\u2019, navigating the challenges of her anger, is hilarious and charming in equal measures. Petts is adept with the crowd, split demographically into her two kinds of fans: the \u201cgentle queers\u201d and the \u201cfootball lads\u201d. Both encompass the two opposing poles of her personality as a 6ft tall lesbian woman who loves nothing more than screaming at a telly when Crystal Palace are winning. She weaves tales of football hooliganism with observations of a gendered society. Jonny Walfisz \n\nChloe Petts: If You Can\u2019t Say Anything Nice is on at the\u00a0Pleasance Courtyard - Pleasance Above. \n\nRob Auton: The Rob Auton Show \n\nAuton is something of a Fringe staple. He brought his first solo show (The Yellow Show) to the festival 10 years ago and has followed up with an array of other similarly specific shows (Hair, Sky, Sleep, and Faces). Last year, he focused his illuminating gaze on the audience with The Crowd Show. To celebrate a decade of Fringe shows, it's only right that the time has come to focus his razor sharp poetic wit on himself. The Rob Auton Show is his most personal work yet and it might also be his funniest. The spoken word poet blends his fundamentally optimistic view of life with erudite quotidian observation, hilarious childhood anecdotes, and penetratingly earnest revelations. You'll laugh until you cry at\u00a0a glorious retelling of his circumcision coupled with a less than usual visit from the tooth fairy. You'll be just crying by the time of his final poetic monologue. The winner of\u00a0Dave's Funniest Joke of the Fringe 2013 hits a whole new height. Catch it before it sells out. JW \n\nRob Auton: The Rob Auton Show is on at the\u00a0Assembly Roxy - Upstairs. \n\nEmotionally Unreasonable \n\nAmerican comedian Maria DeCotis brings her no-nonsense New York attitude to a funny hour of jokes about the patriarchy. With a side hustle as a wedding officiant, she\u2019s witnessed up close and personal the trials and tribulations women go through just to permanently tie their freedom and assets to\u2026 some guy named Tyler. DeCotis is a classically trained actor and it shows. While her jokes on topics ranging from abstinence to ultimate frisbee are pitch perfect, her expressive face jumps through emotional hoops to land every joke. DeCotis continuously refers to musical comedy as \u201ckinda hack\u201d before breaking out into hilarious songs that follow the golden rule of musical comedy: never repeat the same punchline twice. DeCotis is also performing in Be fore the Drugs Kick In , a darker theatre piece about a 62-year-old waking up as a 28-year-old comedian. JW \n\nEmotionally Unreasonable is on at the\u00a0Laughing Horse @ Home Bar - Basement. \n\nBest of the Fest \n\nIf you\u2019re short on time and want to get a taster of as many acts at the Fringe as possible, this is your best bet. With guest hosts and five other guest slots, each show is completely different. The evening I visited was comp\u00e8red by Jarred Christmas and Beatbox Hobbit. Even if the other five acts (Chris Kent, Micky Overman, Tadiwa Mahlunge, Michelle Brasier and Pierre Novellie) hadn\u2019t been rib-ticklingly funny, Hobbit\u2019s beatboxing skills were so unbelievable I could have watched him all evening. You can find upcoming line-ups\u00a0 here .\u00a0 Hannah Brown \n\nBest of the Fest is on at the\u00a0 Assembly Hall - Main Hall , the\u00a0 Assembly George Square Gardens - Palais du Variete , and\u00a0 Assembly George Square Studios - Studio Three . \n\nFat, Femme and Crippled \n\nAlex Gibbon has carved out perhaps the most niche comedy act of this year\u2019s festival. Not content to let a neurological condition get in the way of a good time, the non-verbal comedian provides a tight set of laughs via a text-to-speech programme. Sat on his mobility scooter (nicknamed Miss Carriage), he glugs away at a bottle of wine as he regales the humour and hiccups that come with being a queer disabled man. His jokes are often outrageous, opening with the explanation that, no \u201cStephen Hawking didn\u2019t get a perm\u201d and it only gets filthier from there. As he rails against the cultural appropriation of TikTokkers using the same speech software as him, Gibbon brings mountains of personality to the set through great one-liners and his wonderfully expressive physicality. JW \n\nFat, Femme and Crippled \u00a0is on at the\u00a0Laughing Horse @ Bar 50 - Garden Room. \n\nDaniel Muggleton: How the Whitey Have Fallen \n\nEdinburgh Fringe can be pretty pricey but fear not, there\u2019s also PBH\u2019s Free Fringe to get your teeth into. The shows are actually \u2018pay what you feel\u2019 but even though they haven\u2019t assigned a monetary value to the show, that doesn\u2019t mean the quality is any lower. This was perfectly demonstrated by Daniel Muggleton. His show had tears and mascara running down my face as I laughed uncontrollably. Daniel challenges us to think about what makes us uncomfortable \u2014 it seems modern audiences are happy to laugh at wanking jokes, but when it comes to talking about money, society has taught us that\u2019s a no-no. In his signature red tracksuit, Daniel casually works the room discussing politics, money and racism without getting too deep. HB \n\nDaniel Muggleton is on at Laughing Horse @ Cabaret Voltaire. \n\nAbsolute Chaos \n\nLiving up to its title, Absolute Chaos is a great way to wrap up a night of revelry, or perhaps to just get it started. In its basement location at 11:30pm, comp\u00e8re Stuart Kennedy does his absolute best to corral a disobedient crowd into watching a selection of comedy acts. The premise is simple. Hecklers are encouraged, but any attitude from the audience will be met by equal fury. On the night I went to see it, audience members are forced on stage to prove they can do a better job, one act performs a song then proceeds to chuck copies of his CDs out in the crowd through the next, and Kennedy breaks down in laughter when someone calls him \u201ccrackhead Santa.\u201d Go in with a thick skin. JW \n\nAbsolute Chaos \u00a0is on at the\u00a0Laughing Horse @ 32 Below - Little Cellar. \n\nTheatre \n\nAnything We Wanted To Be \n\nAmid old CRT televisions, neon lights and looped beats, Adam Lenson presents a memoir of his entire life and all the other lives he could have lived. Using the multiverse as a narrative tool, he tells the non-linear story of his diagnosis with cancer. Lenson is obsessed with how the decisions we make reflect and refract into alternative timelines, each defined by the one anxiety, would he have cancer if he\u2019d have done something differently. His ability to keep the audience oriented in his entire-lifetime-at-once plot speaks to his brilliant storytelling ability, while his wit and charm keep everything moving nicely. Alongside songs, it\u2019s a masterfully put-together piece of multimedia theatre. In the end, \u201cit\u2019s not you that made choices, it\u2019s the choices that made you.\u201d One of my absolute favourites this year. JW \n\nAnything We Wanted To Be \u00a0is on at the\u00a0Summerhall - Cairns Lecture Theatre. \n\nThe Last Show Before We Die \n\nEll Potter and Mary Higgins hug, argue, apologise, sing, dance, and writhe their way through one of the most jaw-dropping shows of this year\u2019s Fringe. The duo have worked together on two plays (\u2018Hotter\u2019 and \u2018Fitter\u2019) that brought verbatim accounts of how gender impacted life from women and men, respectively. This time, they\u2019ve got a new question on their minds. Why are we so bad at ending things? As they weave interview segments from palliative carers to Mary\u2019s late grandfather, they also tell the story of their own personal ending. Higgins and Potter have made a name for themselves with their penetratingly autobiographical theatre. This piece is their most vulnerable yet as they navigate the dissolution of their own artistic collaboration. They bicker like an old married couple in between clever set pieces and even smarter deconstructions of the form. If that sounds too high-concept for you, the whole thing is anchored by both Potter and Higgins\u2019 tight comic writing. Endings never felt so euphoric. JW \n\nThe Last Show Before We Die is on at the ROUNDABOUT @ Summerhall. \n\nNobody\u2019s Talking About Jamie \n\nJamie Finn will sing and spin his way to your heart as he tells the tragic tale of his co-dependent life. Finn\u2019s semi-autobiographical story takes us through his break-up with Cordelia and the friendship with his spin class teacher Lily that blossomed in her absence. This tale of love, friendship and loss is kept fresh by Finn\u2019s talent for storytelling, pinpoint wit, and knack for a good tune. The portrait he paints of his one-time friend Lily is so vivid, you wish you could meet her in real life. JW \n\nNobody's Talking About Jamie is on at the\u00a0Underbelly, Cowgate - Iron Belly. \n\nFrigid \n\nRosa Bowden delivers a blisteringly witty show on the humiliations of youth in Dublin. Set in 2007, Bowden plays Niamh O\u2019Reilly, a 14-year-old girl who\u2019s a bit too precocious and a bit too much of a misfit to have kissed anyone yet (or \u201cmeeted\u201d in the local twang). Afraid of the \u201cFrigid\u201d moniker, Niamh must find a suitable partner at the upcoming dance. With the help of DJ Ciar\u00e1n Gallagher on period-authentic decks, Bowden plays a whole host of school characters and parents to recreate an exaggerated but hyper-believable portrait of a North Dublin Mean Girls. As the adult Bowden inhabits the personas of children trying to pose as adults, she\u2019ll make you laugh with embarrassment, then cry from nostalgia, then laugh all over again. JW \n\nFrigid \u00a0is on at the\u00a0Underbelly, Cowgate - Iron Belly. \n\nBUTCHERED \n\nFor a (meaty) taste of something different, the horror-comedy BUTCHERED is one of the more unique theatre pieces of this year\u2019s Fringe. The hour-long dialogue features grim mime-grinding galore. With the help of some particularly visceral sound and lighting design, the viscera are brought to life with gut-clenching vividity. Set in a dystopian nightmare of butch-or-get-butchered, the show feels like something out of Samuel Beckett or Robert Eggers\u2019 The Lighthouse. Performed by Expial Atrocious, both actors Nic Lawton and Ez Holland bring committed character comedy to their gruesome double act. Their characters are part vaudeville, part nightmare and sell the horror-comedy genre well. It was a hit at last year\u2019s Fringe and London\u2019s VAULTS Festival. Needs to be seen to be believed. JW \n\nBUTCHERED \u00a0is on at the\u00a0Underbelly, Cowgate - Iron Belly. \n\nThe Death & Life of All of Us \n\nVictor Esses presents the story of a relative he barely got to know on the other side of the world. The Jewish-Lebanese performer grew up in Brazil but found out at 19 he had a great-aunt in Rome. The piece brings together his video documentation of a woman whose deep transformation \u2014 from a Jewish-Lebanese girl to a Christian-Italian woman \u2014 with intriguing choreography, personal revelation and live music. It\u2019s a highly personal show about identity, loss and family. JW \n\nThe Death & Life of All of Us \u00a0is on at the\u00a0Summerhall - Demonstration Room. \n\nA Funeral for My Friend Who Is Still Alive \n\nAlthough the Fringe is best known for its showcase of British theatre and comedy, it\u2019s also an incredible hub for international talent. \u2018A Funeral for My Friend Who Is Still Alive\u2019 is Kasen Tsui\u2019s first solo show in the UK. Her personal tale of the disintegration of press freedoms and friendships as China tightens its grip on Hong Kong. Directed by Cathy Lam, Tsui\u2019s performance is comical but under the surface throbs the deep pain as she recalls the process of bidding a forever farewell to the friends who choose to leave Hong Kong. JW \n\nA Funeral for My Friend Who Is Still Alive \u00a0is on at\u00a0theSpace @ Niddry St - Studio. \n\nDance, Musicals and Everything Else \n\nParty Ghost \n\nEasily one of the most exciting of the circus acts on this year. Double Take present their macabre take on the whole gamut of circus talents. It all starts with a veiled Rapha\u00ebl Herault raising himself up to the trapeze bar by a noose to perform a set of acrobatic contortions before running off stage shrieking \u201cThe will, the will, where is the will to live?\u201d Herault and Summer Hubbard take turns bashing in each other's heads with alarming believability. There\u2019s a hint of \u2018The Young Ones\u2019 and \u2018Bottom\u2019 about all the damage they inflict upon each other. These sections are matched with hilarious haunting episodes with the group all decked out in ghostly white sheets. Expect gruesome laughs, impressively athletic choreography, and a music video premise Adele wishes she\u2019d thought of. JW \n\nParty Ghost \u00a0is on at the\u00a0Assembly Checkpoint - Assembly Checkpoint. \n\nFall and Flow \n\nExploring traditional Chinese theatre, Kung-Fu action films and modern clown narrative, the Hong Kong Theatre de la Feuille group present a refreshingly bold piece of physical theatre. The piece takes place over a five part story of jianghu, the quasi-mythical world of wuxia in Ancient China where martial arts reigns supreme. The five performers are dressed in all black with charcoal clown face markings. They perform alongside a live musician, bringing together traditional Chinese instruments with modern stylings. It\u2019s a bracingly original piece of dance. The troupe aren\u2019t afraid of slapstick humour as they transport you back to the palaces and temples of jianghu. A handy cheat-sheet is given out at the start to explain the backstories of the complex cast of characters. JW \n\nFall and Flow is on at the\u00a0Underbelly, Cowgate - Big Belly. \n\nHorizon Showcase: Birthmarked \n\nJoined onstage by a talented group of musicians, Brook Tate tells his own heart-breaking yet hopeful story of life as a young, gay Jehovah\u2019s Witness after he\u2019s cast out by his community. Through the medium of song, spoken word and some conversations with a whale, Brook\u2019s undeniable talent shines through in a performance that will have you both tearing up and dancing in your seat. HB \n\nHorizon Showcase: Birthmarked is on at the Assembly Room Ballroom. \n\nLosing the Plot \n\nFor a bit of early-morning fun, you\u2019d be hard pressed to find a better pick-me-up than this 80s jukebox musical. Combining all of your favourite karaoke hits, tied neatly together with an enjoyable plot about a writing team struggling to come up with a musical while under dictatorial conditions, this is a great way to shake off any lingering hangover from the night before. JW \n\nLosing the Plot \u00a0is on at\u00a0theSpace @ Niddry St - Lower Theatre. \n\nDrag Queen Story Hour \n\nIt\u2019s a peculiar feature of today\u2019s political climate that my recommendation for this year\u2019s best children\u2019s theatre is arguably the most controversial of the list. \u2018Drag Queen Story Hour\u2019 has been plagued by protests from bigots in multiple cities, including a paltry eight people turning up at this year\u2019s Fringe. It\u2019s an unfortunate blight for one of the most joyous ways you can spend an hour of your time. Perfect for families with young children, Aida H Dee is a captivating entertainer. Her larger-than-life drag persona is a natural foil for the hyper energy of the average three year old. There\u2019s a touch of Rik Mayall to her outrageous showmanship as she takes the kids along for her story \u2018Three Goats United\u2019. Alongside natural charisma, there are also enough knowing winks to the audience to keep the parents entertained as well. In the performance I attended, the kids were so excited by the whole thing, it rivalled \u2018Absolute Chaos\u2019 above for most raucous audience. JW \n\nDrag Queen Story Hour is on at the\u00a0Assembly Roxy - Downstairs. \n\nYUCK Circus \n\nYUCK Circus is an all-female Australian acrobatic, comedy show. Each woman has her own unique, impressive (and occasionally horrifying) talent. The whole show is masterfully put together, blending incredible shows of strength, with hilarious anecdotes of life as a modern woman. Prepare to laugh, dance and woop in your seat in this vivacious 50 min performance. HB \n\nYUCK Circus is on at Assembly George Square Gardens - Palais du Variete. \n\nThe Edinburgh Fringe Festival lasts until 28 August. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>The Edinburgh Fringe is back. The biggest arts festival in the world has taken over the Scottish capital for the entirety of August. With\u00a03,535 shows registered this year to play across the city, it can be a bit of a headache to work out what you want to see.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Fret not! We've got up close and personal with the Fringe to find some gems for your viewing pleasure. The joy of the Fringe is the opportunity to discover something incredible to recommend to all your mates. We've trawled through famous comedians, circus acts, solo theatre pieces and the Free Fringe to deliver our top tips for anyone interested in seeing something a little bit different.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"7799510,7801892\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//culture//2023//08//04//edinburgh-fringe-preview-our-choose-your-own-adventure-guide-to-the-festival/">Edinburgh Fringe Preview: Choose-Your-Own Adventure guide to the festival<\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//culture//2023//08//05//dont-fancy-edinburgh-why-the-camden-fringe-is-an-amazing-alternative-this-august/">Don't fancy Edinburgh? Why the Camden Fringe is an amazing alternative this August<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2>Comedy<\/h2><p><strong>Chloe Petts: If You Can\u2019t Say Anything Nice<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>One of the comedians with the biggest buzz around her this year is Chloe Petts. Fresh off a tour supporting Ed Gamble, Petts\u2019 comedic star is in ascendance. Her new solo show, after the much-loved \u2018Transience\u2019, navigating the challenges of her anger, is hilarious and charming in equal measures. Petts is adept with the crowd, split demographically into her two kinds of fans: the \u201cgentle queers\u201d and the \u201cfootball lads\u201d. Both encompass the two opposing poles of her personality as a 6ft tall lesbian woman who loves nothing more than screaming at a telly when Crystal Palace are winning. She weaves tales of football hooliganism with observations of a gendered society. <strong>Jonny Walfisz<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////tickets.edfringe.com//whats-on//chloe-petts-if-you-can-t-say-anything-nice/">Chloe Petts: If You Can\u2019t Say Anything Nice<\/strong><\/a> is on at the\u00a0Pleasance Courtyard - Pleasance Above.<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-ease-in-up widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.5625\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//81//53//12//808x454_cmsv2_e7277481-1fb0-53cc-bb31-3aae05fcdab7-7815312.jpg/" alt=\"Julian Ward\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/53\/12\/384x216_cmsv2_e7277481-1fb0-53cc-bb31-3aae05fcdab7-7815312.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/53\/12\/640x360_cmsv2_e7277481-1fb0-53cc-bb31-3aae05fcdab7-7815312.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/53\/12\/750x422_cmsv2_e7277481-1fb0-53cc-bb31-3aae05fcdab7-7815312.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/53\/12\/828x466_cmsv2_e7277481-1fb0-53cc-bb31-3aae05fcdab7-7815312.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/53\/12\/1080x608_cmsv2_e7277481-1fb0-53cc-bb31-3aae05fcdab7-7815312.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/53\/12\/1200x675_cmsv2_e7277481-1fb0-53cc-bb31-3aae05fcdab7-7815312.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/53\/12\/1920x1080_cmsv2_e7277481-1fb0-53cc-bb31-3aae05fcdab7-7815312.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Rob Auton<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Julian Ward<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Rob Auton: The Rob Auton Show<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Auton is something of a Fringe staple. He brought his first solo show (The Yellow Show) to the festival 10 years ago and has followed up with an array of other similarly specific shows (Hair, Sky, Sleep, and Faces). Last year, he focused his illuminating gaze on the audience with The Crowd Show. To celebrate a decade of Fringe shows, it's only right that the time has come to focus his razor sharp poetic wit on himself. The Rob Auton Show is his most personal work yet and it might also be his funniest. The spoken word poet blends his fundamentally optimistic view of life with erudite quotidian observation, hilarious childhood anecdotes, and penetratingly earnest revelations. You'll laugh until you cry at\u00a0a glorious retelling of his circumcision coupled with a less than usual visit from the tooth fairy. You'll be just crying by the time of his final poetic monologue. The winner of\u00a0Dave's Funniest Joke of the Fringe 2013 hits a whole new height. Catch it before it sells out. <strong>JW<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////tickets.edfringe.com//whats-on//rob-auton-the-rob-auton-show/">Rob Auton: The Rob Auton Show<\/strong><\/a> is on at the\u00a0Assembly Roxy - Upstairs.<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-ease-in-up widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.5625\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//81//53//12//808x454_cmsv2_7d348e4c-5f04-5663-9e30-8ac493c762f1-7815312.jpg/" alt=\"Emotionally Unreasonable\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/53\/12\/384x216_cmsv2_7d348e4c-5f04-5663-9e30-8ac493c762f1-7815312.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/53\/12\/640x360_cmsv2_7d348e4c-5f04-5663-9e30-8ac493c762f1-7815312.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/53\/12\/750x422_cmsv2_7d348e4c-5f04-5663-9e30-8ac493c762f1-7815312.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/53\/12\/828x466_cmsv2_7d348e4c-5f04-5663-9e30-8ac493c762f1-7815312.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/53\/12\/1080x608_cmsv2_7d348e4c-5f04-5663-9e30-8ac493c762f1-7815312.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/53\/12\/1200x675_cmsv2_7d348e4c-5f04-5663-9e30-8ac493c762f1-7815312.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/53\/12\/1920x1080_cmsv2_7d348e4c-5f04-5663-9e30-8ac493c762f1-7815312.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Maria DeCotis<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Emotionally Unreasonable<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Emotionally Unreasonable<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>American comedian Maria DeCotis brings her no-nonsense New York attitude to a funny hour of jokes about the patriarchy. With a side hustle as a wedding officiant, she\u2019s witnessed up close and personal the trials and tribulations women go through just to permanently tie their freedom and assets to\u2026 some guy named Tyler. DeCotis is a classically trained actor and it shows. While her jokes on topics ranging from abstinence to ultimate frisbee are pitch perfect, her expressive face jumps through emotional hoops to land every joke. DeCotis continuously refers to musical comedy as \u201ckinda hack\u201d before breaking out into hilarious songs that follow the golden rule of musical comedy: never repeat the same punchline twice. DeCotis is also performing in <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////tickets.edfringe.com//whats-on//before-the-drugs-kick-in/">Before the Drugs Kick In<\/a><\/strong>, a darker theatre piece about a 62-year-old waking up as a 28-year-old comedian. <strong>JW<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////tickets.edfringe.com//whats-on//emotionally-unreasonable/">Emotionally Unreasonable<\/strong><\/a> is on at the\u00a0Laughing Horse @ Home Bar - Basement.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Best of the Fest<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re short on time and want to get a taster of as many acts at the Fringe as possible, this is your best bet. With guest hosts and five other guest slots, each show is completely different. The evening I visited was comp\u00e8red by Jarred Christmas and Beatbox Hobbit. Even if the other five acts (Chris Kent, Micky Overman, Tadiwa Mahlunge, Michelle Brasier and Pierre Novellie) hadn\u2019t been rib-ticklingly funny, Hobbit\u2019s beatboxing skills were so unbelievable I could have watched him all evening. You can find upcoming line-ups\u00a0<a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////assemblyfestival.com//whats-on//best-of-the-fest/">here./u00a0Hannah Brown<\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><em><a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////tickets.edfringe.com//whats-on//best-of-the-fest/">Best of the Fest<\/strong><\/a> is on at the\u00a0<a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////tickets.edfringe.com//whats-on//best-of-the-fest/">Assembly Hall - Main Hall<\/strong><\/a>, the\u00a0<a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////tickets.edfringe.com//whats-on//best-of-the-fest-daytime/">Assembly George Square Gardens - Palais du Variete<\/strong><\/a>, and\u00a0<a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////tickets.edfringe.com//whats-on//best-of-the-fest-the-new-class/">Assembly George Square Studios - Studio Three<\/strong><\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-ease-in-up widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.5625\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//81//53//12//808x454_cmsv2_4336cc53-5fbd-58f6-a9c1-f2ec07b53477-7815312.jpg/" alt=\"Alex Gibbon\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/53\/12\/384x216_cmsv2_4336cc53-5fbd-58f6-a9c1-f2ec07b53477-7815312.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/53\/12\/640x360_cmsv2_4336cc53-5fbd-58f6-a9c1-f2ec07b53477-7815312.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/53\/12\/750x422_cmsv2_4336cc53-5fbd-58f6-a9c1-f2ec07b53477-7815312.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/53\/12\/828x466_cmsv2_4336cc53-5fbd-58f6-a9c1-f2ec07b53477-7815312.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/53\/12\/1080x608_cmsv2_4336cc53-5fbd-58f6-a9c1-f2ec07b53477-7815312.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/53\/12\/1200x675_cmsv2_4336cc53-5fbd-58f6-a9c1-f2ec07b53477-7815312.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/53\/12\/1920x1080_cmsv2_4336cc53-5fbd-58f6-a9c1-f2ec07b53477-7815312.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Fat, Femme and Crippled<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Alex Gibbon<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Fat, Femme and Crippled<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Alex Gibbon has carved out perhaps the most niche comedy act of this year\u2019s festival. Not content to let a neurological condition get in the way of a good time, the non-verbal comedian provides a tight set of laughs via a text-to-speech programme. Sat on his mobility scooter (nicknamed Miss Carriage), he glugs away at a bottle of wine as he regales the humour and hiccups that come with being a queer disabled man. His jokes are often outrageous, opening with the explanation that, no \u201cStephen Hawking didn\u2019t get a perm\u201d and it only gets filthier from there. As he rails against the cultural appropriation of TikTokkers using the same speech software as him, Gibbon brings mountains of personality to the set through great one-liners and his wonderfully expressive physicality. <strong>JW<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////tickets.edfringe.com//whats-on//fat-femme-and-crippled/">Fat, Femme and Crippled<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0is on at the\u00a0Laughing Horse @ Bar 50 - Garden Room.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Daniel Muggleton: How the Whitey Have Fallen<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Edinburgh Fringe can be pretty pricey but fear not, there\u2019s also PBH\u2019s Free Fringe to get your teeth into. The shows are actually \u2018pay what you feel\u2019 but even though they haven\u2019t assigned a monetary value to the show, that doesn\u2019t mean the quality is any lower. This was perfectly demonstrated by Daniel Muggleton. His show had tears and mascara running down my face as I laughed uncontrollably. Daniel challenges us to think about what makes us uncomfortable \u2014 it seems modern audiences are happy to laugh at wanking jokes, but when it comes to talking about money, society has taught us that\u2019s a no-no. In his signature red tracksuit, Daniel casually works the room discussing politics, money and racism without getting too deep. <strong>HB<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////tickets.edfringe.com//whats-on//daniel-muggleton-how-the-whitey-have-fallen/">Daniel Muggleton<\/strong><\/a> is on at Laughing Horse @ Cabaret Voltaire.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Absolute Chaos<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Living up to its title, Absolute Chaos is a great way to wrap up a night of revelry, or perhaps to just get it started. In its basement location at 11:30pm, comp\u00e8re Stuart Kennedy does his absolute best to corral a disobedient crowd into watching a selection of comedy acts. The premise is simple. Hecklers are encouraged, but any attitude from the audience will be met by equal fury. On the night I went to see it, audience members are forced on stage to prove they can do a better job, one act performs a song then proceeds to chuck copies of his CDs out in the crowd through the next, and Kennedy breaks down in laughter when someone calls him \u201ccrackhead Santa.\u201d Go in with a thick skin. <strong>JW<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////tickets.edfringe.com//whats-on//absolute-chaos/">Absolute Chaos<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0is on at the\u00a0Laughing Horse @ 32 Below - Little Cellar.<\/em><\/p>\n<h2>Theatre<\/h2><div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-ease-in-up widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6665\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//81//53//12//808x539_cmsv2_a65cb1e7-8abe-5151-a561-0f8169b037e5-7815312.jpg/" alt=\"Jane Hobs\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/53\/12\/384x256_cmsv2_a65cb1e7-8abe-5151-a561-0f8169b037e5-7815312.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/53\/12\/640x427_cmsv2_a65cb1e7-8abe-5151-a561-0f8169b037e5-7815312.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/53\/12\/750x500_cmsv2_a65cb1e7-8abe-5151-a561-0f8169b037e5-7815312.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/53\/12\/828x552_cmsv2_a65cb1e7-8abe-5151-a561-0f8169b037e5-7815312.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/53\/12\/1080x720_cmsv2_a65cb1e7-8abe-5151-a561-0f8169b037e5-7815312.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/53\/12\/1200x800_cmsv2_a65cb1e7-8abe-5151-a561-0f8169b037e5-7815312.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/53\/12\/1920x1280_cmsv2_a65cb1e7-8abe-5151-a561-0f8169b037e5-7815312.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Adam Lenson in 'Anything We Wanted To Be'<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Jane Hobs<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Anything We Wanted To Be<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Amid old CRT televisions, neon lights and looped beats, Adam Lenson presents a memoir of his entire life and all the other lives he could have lived. Using the multiverse as a narrative tool, he tells the non-linear story of his diagnosis with cancer. Lenson is obsessed with how the decisions we make reflect and refract into alternative timelines, each defined by the one anxiety, would he have cancer if he\u2019d have done something differently. His ability to keep the audience oriented in his entire-lifetime-at-once plot speaks to his brilliant storytelling ability, while his wit and charm keep everything moving nicely. Alongside songs, it\u2019s a masterfully put-together piece of multimedia theatre. In the end, \u201cit\u2019s not you that made choices, it\u2019s the choices that made you.\u201d One of my absolute favourites this year. <strong>JW<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////tickets.edfringe.com//whats-on//anything-that-we-wanted-to-be/">Anything We Wanted To Be<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0is on at the\u00a0Summerhall - Cairns Lecture Theatre.<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-ease-in-up widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.5625\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//81//53//12//808x454_cmsv2_f6217f7b-03e6-5d94-b295-fc09ccc9341f-7815312.jpg/" alt=\"Felix Mosse\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/53\/12\/384x216_cmsv2_f6217f7b-03e6-5d94-b295-fc09ccc9341f-7815312.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/53\/12\/640x360_cmsv2_f6217f7b-03e6-5d94-b295-fc09ccc9341f-7815312.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/53\/12\/750x422_cmsv2_f6217f7b-03e6-5d94-b295-fc09ccc9341f-7815312.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/53\/12\/828x466_cmsv2_f6217f7b-03e6-5d94-b295-fc09ccc9341f-7815312.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/53\/12\/1080x608_cmsv2_f6217f7b-03e6-5d94-b295-fc09ccc9341f-7815312.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/53\/12\/1200x675_cmsv2_f6217f7b-03e6-5d94-b295-fc09ccc9341f-7815312.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/53\/12\/1920x1080_cmsv2_f6217f7b-03e6-5d94-b295-fc09ccc9341f-7815312.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Ell Potter and Mary Higgins in 'Last Show Before We Die'<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Felix Mosse<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>The Last Show Before We Die<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ell Potter and Mary Higgins hug, argue, apologise, sing, dance, and writhe their way through one of the most jaw-dropping shows of this year\u2019s Fringe. The duo have worked together on two plays (\u2018Hotter\u2019 and \u2018Fitter\u2019) that brought verbatim accounts of how gender impacted life from women and men, respectively. This time, they\u2019ve got a new question on their minds. Why are we so bad at ending things? As they weave interview segments from palliative carers to Mary\u2019s late grandfather, they also tell the story of their own personal ending. Higgins and Potter have made a name for themselves with their penetratingly autobiographical theatre. This piece is their most vulnerable yet as they navigate the dissolution of their own artistic collaboration. They bicker like an old married couple in between clever set pieces and even smarter deconstructions of the form. If that sounds too high-concept for you, the whole thing is anchored by both Potter and Higgins\u2019 tight comic writing. Endings never felt so euphoric. <strong>JW<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////tickets.edfringe.com//whats-on//last-show-before-we-die/">The Last Show Before We Die<\/strong><\/a> is on at the ROUNDABOUT @ Summerhall.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Nobody\u2019s Talking About Jamie<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Jamie Finn will sing and spin his way to your heart as he tells the tragic tale of his co-dependent life. Finn\u2019s semi-autobiographical story takes us through his break-up with Cordelia and the friendship with his spin class teacher Lily that blossomed in her absence. This tale of love, friendship and loss is kept fresh by Finn\u2019s talent for storytelling, pinpoint wit, and knack for a good tune. The portrait he paints of his one-time friend Lily is so vivid, you wish you could meet her in real life. <strong>JW<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////tickets.edfringe.com//whats-on//nobody-s-talking-about-jamie/">Nobody's Talking About Jamie<\/strong><\/a> is on at the\u00a0Underbelly, Cowgate - Iron Belly.<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-ease-in-up widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6666666666666666\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//81//53//12//808x539_cmsv2_95dbad34-9ded-5c49-801c-363a14003931-7815312.jpg/" alt=\"HAZEL COONAGH 2021/HAZEL COONAGH 2021\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/53\/12\/384x256_cmsv2_95dbad34-9ded-5c49-801c-363a14003931-7815312.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/53\/12\/640x427_cmsv2_95dbad34-9ded-5c49-801c-363a14003931-7815312.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/53\/12\/750x500_cmsv2_95dbad34-9ded-5c49-801c-363a14003931-7815312.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/53\/12\/828x552_cmsv2_95dbad34-9ded-5c49-801c-363a14003931-7815312.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/53\/12\/1080x720_cmsv2_95dbad34-9ded-5c49-801c-363a14003931-7815312.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/53\/12\/1200x800_cmsv2_95dbad34-9ded-5c49-801c-363a14003931-7815312.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/53\/12\/1920x1280_cmsv2_95dbad34-9ded-5c49-801c-363a14003931-7815312.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Frigid<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">HAZEL COONAGH 2021/HAZEL COONAGH 2021<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Frigid<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Rosa Bowden delivers a blisteringly witty show on the humiliations of youth in Dublin. Set in 2007, Bowden plays Niamh O\u2019Reilly, a 14-year-old girl who\u2019s a bit too precocious and a bit too much of a misfit to have kissed anyone yet (or \u201cmeeted\u201d in the local twang). Afraid of the \u201cFrigid\u201d moniker, Niamh must find a suitable partner at the upcoming dance. With the help of DJ Ciar\u00e1n Gallagher on period-authentic decks, Bowden plays a whole host of school characters and parents to recreate an exaggerated but hyper-believable portrait of a North Dublin Mean Girls. As the adult Bowden inhabits the personas of children trying to pose as adults, she\u2019ll make you laugh with embarrassment, then cry from nostalgia, then laugh all over again. <strong>JW<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////tickets.edfringe.com//whats-on//frigid/">Frigid/u00a0is on at the\u00a0Underbelly, Cowgate - Iron Belly.<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-ease-in-up widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6664497233973316\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//81//53//12//808x539_cmsv2_4e5461c9-cec9-55ba-9bd6-769704c1c2be-7815312.jpg/" alt=\"Expial Atrocius\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/53\/12\/384x256_cmsv2_4e5461c9-cec9-55ba-9bd6-769704c1c2be-7815312.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/53\/12\/640x427_cmsv2_4e5461c9-cec9-55ba-9bd6-769704c1c2be-7815312.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/53\/12\/750x500_cmsv2_4e5461c9-cec9-55ba-9bd6-769704c1c2be-7815312.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/53\/12\/828x552_cmsv2_4e5461c9-cec9-55ba-9bd6-769704c1c2be-7815312.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/53\/12\/1080x720_cmsv2_4e5461c9-cec9-55ba-9bd6-769704c1c2be-7815312.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/53\/12\/1200x800_cmsv2_4e5461c9-cec9-55ba-9bd6-769704c1c2be-7815312.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/53\/12\/1920x1280_cmsv2_4e5461c9-cec9-55ba-9bd6-769704c1c2be-7815312.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">BUTCHERED<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Expial Atrocius<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>BUTCHERED<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For a (meaty) taste of something different, the horror-comedy BUTCHERED is one of the more unique theatre pieces of this year\u2019s Fringe. The hour-long dialogue features grim mime-grinding galore. With the help of some particularly visceral sound and lighting design, the viscera are brought to life with gut-clenching vividity. Set in a dystopian nightmare of butch-or-get-butchered, the show feels like something out of Samuel Beckett or Robert Eggers\u2019 The Lighthouse. Performed by Expial Atrocious, both actors Nic Lawton and Ez Holland bring committed character comedy to their gruesome double act. Their characters are part vaudeville, part nightmare and sell the horror-comedy genre well. It was a hit at last year\u2019s Fringe and London\u2019s VAULTS Festival. Needs to be seen to be believed. <strong>JW<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////tickets.edfringe.com//whats-on//butchered/">BUTCHERED/u00a0is on at the\u00a0Underbelly, Cowgate - Iron Belly.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Death & Life of All of Us<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Victor Esses presents the story of a relative he barely got to know on the other side of the world. The Jewish-Lebanese performer grew up in Brazil but found out at 19 he had a great-aunt in Rome. The piece brings together his video documentation of a woman whose deep transformation \u2014 from a Jewish-Lebanese girl to a Christian-Italian woman \u2014 with intriguing choreography, personal revelation and live music. It\u2019s a highly personal show about identity, loss and family. <strong>JW<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////tickets.edfringe.com//whats-on//death-life-of-all-of-us/">The Death & Life of All of Us<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0is on at the\u00a0Summerhall - Demonstration Room.<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-ease-in-up widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6675531914893617\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//81//53//12//808x539_cmsv2_1b545928-81bf-501b-8934-f38feb123f4c-7815312.jpg/" alt=\"Cathy Lam\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/53\/12\/384x256_cmsv2_1b545928-81bf-501b-8934-f38feb123f4c-7815312.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/53\/12\/640x427_cmsv2_1b545928-81bf-501b-8934-f38feb123f4c-7815312.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/53\/12\/750x501_cmsv2_1b545928-81bf-501b-8934-f38feb123f4c-7815312.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/53\/12\/828x553_cmsv2_1b545928-81bf-501b-8934-f38feb123f4c-7815312.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/53\/12\/1080x721_cmsv2_1b545928-81bf-501b-8934-f38feb123f4c-7815312.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/53\/12\/1200x801_cmsv2_1b545928-81bf-501b-8934-f38feb123f4c-7815312.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/53\/12\/1920x1282_cmsv2_1b545928-81bf-501b-8934-f38feb123f4c-7815312.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Kasen Tsui in A Funeral for my Friend who is Still Alive<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Cathy Lam<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>A Funeral for My Friend Who Is Still Alive<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Although the Fringe is best known for its showcase of British theatre and comedy, it\u2019s also an incredible hub for international talent. \u2018A Funeral for My Friend Who Is Still Alive\u2019 is Kasen Tsui\u2019s first solo show in the UK. Her personal tale of the disintegration of press freedoms and friendships as China tightens its grip on Hong Kong. Directed by Cathy Lam, Tsui\u2019s performance is comical but under the surface throbs the deep pain as she recalls the process of bidding a forever farewell to the friends who choose to leave Hong Kong. <strong>JW<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////tickets.edfringe.com//whats-on//funeral-for-my-friend-who-is-still-alive/">A Funeral for My Friend Who Is Still Alive<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0is on at\u00a0theSpace @ Niddry St - Studio.<\/em><\/p>\n<h2>Dance, Musicals and Everything Else<\/h2><div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-ease-in-up widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.5625\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//81//53//12//808x454_cmsv2_a329047c-014c-55e2-8465-8f0691eb8f87-7815312.jpg/" alt=\"Hamish McCormick\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/53\/12\/384x216_cmsv2_a329047c-014c-55e2-8465-8f0691eb8f87-7815312.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/53\/12\/640x360_cmsv2_a329047c-014c-55e2-8465-8f0691eb8f87-7815312.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/53\/12\/750x422_cmsv2_a329047c-014c-55e2-8465-8f0691eb8f87-7815312.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/53\/12\/828x466_cmsv2_a329047c-014c-55e2-8465-8f0691eb8f87-7815312.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/53\/12\/1080x608_cmsv2_a329047c-014c-55e2-8465-8f0691eb8f87-7815312.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/53\/12\/1200x675_cmsv2_a329047c-014c-55e2-8465-8f0691eb8f87-7815312.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/53\/12\/1920x1080_cmsv2_a329047c-014c-55e2-8465-8f0691eb8f87-7815312.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Party Ghost<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Hamish McCormick<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Party Ghost<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Easily one of the most exciting of the circus acts on this year. Double Take present their macabre take on the whole gamut of circus talents. It all starts with a veiled Rapha\u00ebl Herault raising himself up to the trapeze bar by a noose to perform a set of acrobatic contortions before running off stage shrieking \u201cThe will, the will, where is the will to live?\u201d Herault and Summer Hubbard take turns bashing in each other's heads with alarming believability. There\u2019s a hint of \u2018The Young Ones\u2019 and \u2018Bottom\u2019 about all the damage they inflict upon each other. These sections are matched with hilarious haunting episodes with the group all decked out in ghostly white sheets. Expect gruesome laughs, impressively athletic choreography, and a music video premise Adele wishes she\u2019d thought of. <strong>JW<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////tickets.edfringe.com//whats-on//party-ghost/">Party Ghost<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0is on at the\u00a0Assembly Checkpoint - Assembly Checkpoint.<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-ease-in-up widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6666666666666666\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//81//53//12//808x539_cmsv2_06c05cb0-6048-5b00-90ac-1c2e48e0958e-7815312.jpg/" alt=\"CHRISTIANDEHERICOURT/CHRISTIANDEHERICOURT\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/53\/12\/384x256_cmsv2_06c05cb0-6048-5b00-90ac-1c2e48e0958e-7815312.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/53\/12\/640x427_cmsv2_06c05cb0-6048-5b00-90ac-1c2e48e0958e-7815312.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/53\/12\/750x500_cmsv2_06c05cb0-6048-5b00-90ac-1c2e48e0958e-7815312.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/53\/12\/828x552_cmsv2_06c05cb0-6048-5b00-90ac-1c2e48e0958e-7815312.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/53\/12\/1080x720_cmsv2_06c05cb0-6048-5b00-90ac-1c2e48e0958e-7815312.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/53\/12\/1200x800_cmsv2_06c05cb0-6048-5b00-90ac-1c2e48e0958e-7815312.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/53\/12\/1920x1280_cmsv2_06c05cb0-6048-5b00-90ac-1c2e48e0958e-7815312.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Fall and Flow<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">CHRISTIANDEHERICOURT/CHRISTIANDEHERICOURT<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Fall and Flow<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Exploring traditional Chinese theatre, Kung-Fu action films and modern clown narrative, the Hong Kong Theatre de la Feuille group present a refreshingly bold piece of physical theatre. The piece takes place over a five part story of jianghu, the quasi-mythical world of wuxia in Ancient China where martial arts reigns supreme. The five performers are dressed in all black with charcoal clown face markings. They perform alongside a live musician, bringing together traditional Chinese instruments with modern stylings. It\u2019s a bracingly original piece of dance. The troupe aren\u2019t afraid of slapstick humour as they transport you back to the palaces and temples of jianghu. A handy cheat-sheet is given out at the start to explain the backstories of the complex cast of characters. <strong>JW<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////tickets.edfringe.com//whats-on//fall-and-flow/">Fall and Flow<\/strong><\/a> is on at the\u00a0Underbelly, Cowgate - Big Belly.<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-ease-in-up widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6666666666666666\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//81//53//12//808x539_cmsv2_e867e3cb-e568-5247-8fb1-58daae3b796c-7815312.jpg/" alt=\"PAUL BLAKEMORE/PAUL BLAKEMORE\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/53\/12\/384x256_cmsv2_e867e3cb-e568-5247-8fb1-58daae3b796c-7815312.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/53\/12\/640x427_cmsv2_e867e3cb-e568-5247-8fb1-58daae3b796c-7815312.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/53\/12\/750x500_cmsv2_e867e3cb-e568-5247-8fb1-58daae3b796c-7815312.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/53\/12\/828x552_cmsv2_e867e3cb-e568-5247-8fb1-58daae3b796c-7815312.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/53\/12\/1080x720_cmsv2_e867e3cb-e568-5247-8fb1-58daae3b796c-7815312.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/53\/12\/1200x800_cmsv2_e867e3cb-e568-5247-8fb1-58daae3b796c-7815312.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/53\/12\/1920x1280_cmsv2_e867e3cb-e568-5247-8fb1-58daae3b796c-7815312.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Horizon Showcase: Birthmarked<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">PAUL BLAKEMORE/PAUL BLAKEMORE<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Horizon Showcase: Birthmarked<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Joined onstage by a talented group of musicians, Brook Tate tells his own heart-breaking yet hopeful story of life as a young, gay Jehovah\u2019s Witness after he\u2019s cast out by his community. Through the medium of song, spoken word and some conversations with a whale, Brook\u2019s undeniable talent shines through in a performance that will have you both tearing up and dancing in your seat. <strong>HB<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////tickets.edfringe.com//whats-on//horizon-showcase-birthmarked/">Horizon Showcase: Birthmarked<\/strong><\/a> is on at the Assembly Room Ballroom.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Losing the Plot<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For a bit of early-morning fun, you\u2019d be hard pressed to find a better pick-me-up than this 80s jukebox musical. Combining all of your favourite karaoke hits, tied neatly together with an enjoyable plot about a writing team struggling to come up with a musical while under dictatorial conditions, this is a great way to shake off any lingering hangover from the night before. <strong>JW<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////tickets.edfringe.com//whats-on//losing-the-plot/">Losing the Plot<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0is on at\u00a0theSpace @ Niddry St - Lower Theatre.<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-ease-in-up widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.5625\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//81//53//12//808x454_cmsv2_c9d6df19-b213-576a-96dc-830f094537bf-7815312.jpg/" alt=\"Aida H Dee\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/53\/12\/384x216_cmsv2_c9d6df19-b213-576a-96dc-830f094537bf-7815312.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/53\/12\/640x360_cmsv2_c9d6df19-b213-576a-96dc-830f094537bf-7815312.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/53\/12\/750x422_cmsv2_c9d6df19-b213-576a-96dc-830f094537bf-7815312.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/53\/12\/828x466_cmsv2_c9d6df19-b213-576a-96dc-830f094537bf-7815312.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/53\/12\/1080x608_cmsv2_c9d6df19-b213-576a-96dc-830f094537bf-7815312.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/53\/12\/1200x675_cmsv2_c9d6df19-b213-576a-96dc-830f094537bf-7815312.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/53\/12\/1920x1080_cmsv2_c9d6df19-b213-576a-96dc-830f094537bf-7815312.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Drag Queen Story Hour<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Aida H Dee<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Drag Queen Story Hour<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a peculiar feature of today\u2019s political climate that my recommendation for this year\u2019s best children\u2019s theatre is arguably the most controversial of the list. \u2018Drag Queen Story Hour\u2019 has been plagued by protests from bigots in multiple cities, including a paltry eight people turning up at this year\u2019s Fringe. It\u2019s an unfortunate blight for one of the most joyous ways you can spend an hour of your time. Perfect for families with young children, Aida H Dee is a captivating entertainer. Her larger-than-life drag persona is a natural foil for the hyper energy of the average three year old. There\u2019s a touch of Rik Mayall to her outrageous showmanship as she takes the kids along for her story \u2018Three Goats United\u2019. Alongside natural charisma, there are also enough knowing winks to the audience to keep the parents entertained as well. In the performance I attended, the kids were so excited by the whole thing, it rivalled \u2018Absolute Chaos\u2019 above for most raucous audience. <strong>JW<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////tickets.edfringe.com//whats-on//drag-queen-story-hour/">Drag Queen Story Hour<\/strong><\/a> is on at the\u00a0Assembly Roxy - Downstairs.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>YUCK Circus<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>YUCK Circus is an all-female Australian acrobatic, comedy show. Each woman has her own unique, impressive (and occasionally horrifying) talent. The whole show is masterfully put together, blending incredible shows of strength, with hilarious anecdotes of life as a modern woman. 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Henderson's move to Saudi team may not ruin his legacy as LGBTQ+ ally, say UK public","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Can sports stars who play in Saudi Arabia still be LGBTQ+ allies?","titleListing2":"\ufe0f\u26bd\ufe0f Jordan Henderson's move to Saudi team may not ruin his legacy as LGBTQ+ ally, say UK public ","leadin":"Whether or not Liverpool player Jordan Henderson can still be considered a supporter of LGBTQ+ rights will hinge on whether his transfer to Saudi Arabia silences him. ","summary":"Whether or not Liverpool player Jordan Henderson can still be considered a supporter of LGBTQ+ rights will hinge on whether his transfer to Saudi Arabia silences him. ","url":"jordan-hendersons-move-to-saudi-team-may-not-ruin-his-legacy-as-lgbtq-ally-say-uk-public","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Polling in the UK has shed new light on public opinion when it comes to one of sport's most contentious issues: whether players can still call themselves LGBTQ+ allies when they move to teams in highly conservative countries. \n\nThe survey from YouGov comes after Liverpool FC player Jordan Henderson accepted an offer to join Saudi team Al Ettifaq \u2013 this despite his history of supporting LGBTQ+ visibility in football and campaigning against homophobia in the sport. \n\nHis transfer, which cost Al Ettifaq some \u20ac14 million, has been criticised as a betrayal by Liverpool's LGBTQ+ fan organisation, Kop Outs, which condemned Henderson for participating in a PR campaign for an exceptionally repressive government. \n\n\u00a0\"Given choices he has recently made, Kop Outs doubt & question if @JHenderson was ever an actual ally,\" the group said in a statement. \n\n\"We are deeply disappointed that he is choosing to work as part of a sportswashing operation, attempting to distract from a regime where women & LGBT+ people are oppressed, & that regularly tops the world death sentence table.\" \n\nHowever, according to polling firm YouGov, the British public is unsure whether it is possible for players like Henderson to still call themselves LGBTQ+ allies after joining or working for teams in repressive country. \n\nA clear majority, 60%, agreed that a player who joins such a team cannot be called an \"ally\" if they do not speak up in favour of LGBTQ+ rights after moving.\u00a0However, the public appears less hawkish towards players who do continue to support the issue in public after they transfer. \n\nLGBTQ+ respondents were notably more likely than the overall public to consider such players as allies provided they continued to speak out, or began to do so, after joining or working for a team in a repressive country, with 60% considering this a form of allyship. \n\nThe findings indicate that the future of Henderson's role as a supporter of LGBTQ+ rights hinges not on the political stance of the team he's joined, but on what he says and does after he moves to one of the world's most hostile countries for sexual minorities. \n\nA matter of life and death \n\nSaudi Arabia is notorious for meting out harsh punishments to LGBTQ+ people, including fines, imprisonment, lashes, torture, deportation and the death penalty. \n\nSaudi authorities impose these penalties for an extremely broad range of conduct, not just sexual activity. There have even been cases of social media users being arrested for posting pictures of themselves in shorts. \n\nHowever, Saudi Arabia's official tourism body claims that the country welcomes LGBTQ+ visitors. \n\nThe campaign group Stonewall, whose Rainbow Laces campaign has enlisted top footballers to campaign against homophobia on and off the pitch, has expressed hope that Henderson's move will not mark an end to his work. \n\n\u201cWe are grateful to Jordan Henderson for using his platform to stand up for LGBTQ+ inclusion in sports and fitness, including by wearing our Rainbow Laces,\" Robbie de Santos, Stonewall's Director of External Affairs, told Euronews. \n\n\"In the ten years since our campaign started, public attitudes towards LGBTQ+ people in sport have improved considerably, and this is thanks in no small part to bold allyship from athletes such as Henderson,\" he said. \n\n\"We can\u2019t deny the reality of lives for the LGBTQ+ community in Saudi Arabia, and we hope that Henderson continues his work to build towards a world where sport is everybody's game.\" \n\n","htmlText":"<p>Polling in the UK has shed new light on public opinion when it comes to one of sport's most contentious issues: whether players can still call themselves LGBTQ+ allies when they move to teams in highly conservative countries.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////yougov.co.uk//topics//society//articles-reports//2023//08//03//can-sportspeople-be-lgbtq-ally-while-playing-count/">survey from YouGov<\/strong><\/a> comes after Liverpool FC player Jordan Henderson accepted an offer to join Saudi team Al Ettifaq \u2013 this despite his history of supporting LGBTQ+ visibility in football and campaigning against homophobia in the sport.<\/p>\n<p>His transfer, which cost Al Ettifaq some \u20ac14 million, has been criticised as a betrayal by Liverpool's LGBTQ+ fan organisation, Kop Outs, which condemned Henderson for participating in a PR campaign for an exceptionally repressive government.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\"Given choices he has recently made, Kop Outs doubt & question if @JHenderson was ever an actual ally,\" the group said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>\"We are deeply disappointed that he is choosing to work as part of a sportswashing operation, attempting to distract from a regime where women & LGBT+ people are oppressed, & that regularly tops the world death sentence table.\"<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-tweet widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio\u2014auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"widget__tweet\" data-tweet-id=\"1540730749686530048\"><\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>However, according to polling firm YouGov, the British public is unsure whether it is possible for players like Henderson to still call themselves LGBTQ+ allies after joining or working for teams in repressive country.<\/p>\n<p>A clear majority, 60%, agreed that a player who joins such a team cannot be called an \"ally\" if they do not speak up in favour of LGBTQ+ rights after moving.\u00a0However, the public appears less hawkish towards players who do continue to support the issue in public after they transfer.<\/p>\n<p>LGBTQ+ respondents were notably more likely than the overall public to consider such players as allies provided they continued to speak out, or began to do so, after joining or working for a team in a repressive country, with 60% considering this a form of allyship.<\/p>\n<p>The findings indicate that the future of Henderson's role as a supporter of LGBTQ+ rights hinges not on the political stance of the team he's joined, but on what he says and does after he moves to one of the world's most hostile countries for sexual minorities.<\/p>\n<h2>A matter of life and death<\/h2><p>Saudi Arabia is notorious for meting out harsh punishments to LGBTQ+ people, including fines, imprisonment, lashes, torture, deportation and the death penalty.<\/p>\n<p>Saudi authorities impose these penalties for an extremely broad range of conduct, not just sexual activity. There have even been cases of social media users being arrested for posting pictures of themselves in shorts.<\/p>\n<p>However, Saudi Arabia's official tourism body claims that the country welcomes LGBTQ+ visitors.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-tweet widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio\u2014auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"widget__tweet\" data-tweet-id=\"1684260415549628416\"><\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The campaign group Stonewall, whose Rainbow Laces campaign has enlisted top footballers to campaign against homophobia on and off the pitch, has expressed hope that Henderson's move will not mark an end to his work.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are grateful to Jordan Henderson for using his platform to stand up for LGBTQ+ inclusion in sports and fitness, including by wearing our Rainbow Laces,\" Robbie 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The Home Office says that 39 people have so far moved on board.\u00a0 \n\nHowever, it has proven controversial, with protests from local people, politicians and pro-migrant groups before anyone even got on board.\u00a0 \n\nThe Home Office spokesperson added that samples from the water system had shown \"levels of legionella bacteria which require further investigation.\"\u00a0 \n\n\"As a precautionary measure, all 39 asylum seekers who arrived on the vessel this week are being disembarked while further assessments are undertaken,\" he added. \"No individuals on board have presented with symptoms of Legionnaires', and asylum seekers are being provided with appropriate advice and support.\" \n\n\"The samples taken relate only to the water system on the vessel itself and therefore carry no direct risk indication for the wider community of Portland nor do they relate to fresh water entering the vessel.\" \n\n\"Environmental samples from the water system on the Bibby Stockholm have shown levels of legionella bacteria which require further investigation,\" they said. \n\nLegionella bacteria can cause a serious infection called Legionnaires' disease. If it's in water tanks and plumbing systems then it raises the danger that someone may breathe in infected water through something like taking a shower. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>Migrants have been temporarily removed from the controversial Bibby Stockholm barge after traces of Legionella bacteria were found in the water system on board.<\/p>\n<p>As a result, everyone living on the barge in Dorset, in the south of England, is likely to be taken to alternative accommodation as a precautionary measure.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A UK Home Office spokesperson said the health and welfare those on board the vessel \"is our utmost priority\".<\/p>\n<p>The Bibby Stockholm is one of a number of sites the UK government is trying to set up to provide an alternative to housing migrants in hotels.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The government is planning to house 500 men aged 18 to 65 on the barge who are awaiting the outcome of asylum applications. The Home Office says that 39 people have so far moved on board.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>However, it has proven controversial, with protests from local people, politicians and pro-migrant groups before anyone even got on board.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"7801940\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2023//08//07//bibby-stockholm-the-chequered-past-of-europes-floating-prison/">Bibby Stockholm: The chequered past of Europe\u2019s \u2018floating prison\u2019<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The Home Office spokesperson added that samples from the water system had shown \"levels of legionella bacteria which require further investigation.\"\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\"As a precautionary measure, all 39 asylum seekers who arrived on the vessel this week are being disembarked while further assessments are undertaken,\" he added. \"No individuals on board have presented with symptoms of Legionnaires', and asylum seekers are being provided with appropriate advice and support.\"<\/p>\n<p>\"The samples taken relate only to the water system on the vessel itself and therefore carry no direct risk indication for the wider community of Portland nor do they relate to fresh water entering the vessel.\"<\/p>\n<p>\"Environmental samples from the water system on the Bibby Stockholm have shown levels of legionella bacteria which require further investigation,\" they said.<\/p>\n<p>Legionella bacteria can cause a serious infection called Legionnaires' disease. 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Euronews Culture's own @JonathanWalfisz explains why he thinks Shakespeare is actually... a bit rubbish.","leadin":"With endless adaptations on stage and screen, does Shakespeare deserve all the reverence?","summary":"With endless adaptations on stage and screen, does Shakespeare deserve all the reverence?","url":"why-shakespeare-is-totally-overrated","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"In the National Theatre\u2019s most recent staging of \u2018Twelfth Night\u2019, Malvolia (a gender-swapped Malvolio played by Tamsin Greig) performs some of the most famous lines of the play from a fountain. \n\nGreig is ingenious casting for the role. She\u2019s comedy royalty in the UK, known for her range of witty and eccentric characters in sitcoms like Black Books, Green Wing and Friday Night Dinner. Here, she puts her best slapstick chops forward, dashing water around as she reads a note that portends a romantic admirer. \n\nSome critics viewed her splashing about in the fountain as a coming out scene, as was likely the intention of the director Simon Godwin. Watching it, it\u2019s one of the funniest scenes of the play. In fact, every time Greig is on stage the whole performance goes up a notch. \n\nThe problem is it all rests on Greig\u2019s top-shelf physical comedy. The audience is enraptured by her. So much so, she could have said anything. It just so happens to be the monologue where Shakespeare writes the immortal line: \u201cSome are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon \u2018em.\u201d \n\nThis is the heart of my problem with William Shakespeare. More specifically, this is my problem with the endless productions of Shakespeare on British stages with little thought as to what theatre actually needs. \n\nBefore I go on, I will note that I\u2019m not about to question Shakespeare\u2019s legacy. He is, bar none, the most influential writer in the English language. His use of language is also exceptional. It is worth studying in schools and preserving. \n\nWhat Shakespeare isn\u2019t, is actually enjoyable to watch today.\u00a0 \n\nWhile at university, I spent a lot of time around drama students where I heard a regular adage. The gist was, the only way to perform Shakespeare is if you understand the text exactly. The theory being that simply saying the lines to an audience would always leave them clueless to their meaning. Instead, the way to communicate the intent of the text would always require a physical form of acting. \n\nMost directors would insist that you understand the text of a play you are performing. But the reason Shakespeare was the example is, I believe, because we\u2019ve all tacitly agreed that these words don\u2019t make sense anymore. On the page under rigorous scrutiny, they hold wonders. On a stage, they are limp and hollow. \n\nBack to Greig and \u2018Twelfth Night\u2019. Her performance was enthralling entirely because she understood that university message. You could watch the whole thing on mute and it would work just as well. Some would argue this is thanks to the richness with which Shakespeare imbued his text. I\u2019d argue that if this is the man we herald as the greatest of English writers, shouldn\u2019t the specific words he used matter? \n\nAnother example, this time the trailer for the more recent National Theatre adaptation of \u2018Much Ado About Nothing\u2019. Set in the Riviera, the swing soundtrack and snappy editing of the trailer implies this is a legendary romcom. In many ways, \u2018Much Ado About Nothing\u2019 is the original romcom, so they\u2019re not far off. \n\nBut you\u2019ve seen trailers for comedies before. Usually, they\u2019re funny. At one point titles read: \u201cShakespeare\u2019s irresistible comedy\u201d. Yet no line works as comedy. You\u2019re not alone either. Notice how there is no suggestion the audience is laughing along. An exception even proves this. A character falls from a hammock and clatters to the floor. You hear the audience erupt in laughter. It\u2019s the only time it happens in the trailer and it\u2019s an unscripted slapstick bit. Our greatest writer? \n\nA third example. The most praised adaptation of Shakespeare on a British stage in recent years was the Bridge\u2019s immersive theatre version of \u2018A Midsummer Night\u2019s Dream\u2019. Directed by Nicholas Hytner, the audience was immersed in an experience shuffling between circus and hippy revelry. People spoke of the staging in adoration. Once again, not the words. \n\nI question if that many people actually enjoy watching his works at all anymore. Yet, British stages are constantly filled with revivals of these 400-year-old works.\u00a0 \n\nAt the Edinburgh Fringe this year alone, there are 54 plays about Shakespeare, ranging from straight adaptations to wry deconstructions. \n\nThe Globe Theatre in London almost exclusively performs Shakespeare. The Royal Shakespeare Company regularly churns out\u2026 you guessed it. That\u2019s not to even start on the endless other adaptations that take place every year. \n\nI would note, however, that it\u2019s not all of Shakespeare that gets adapted. If you want a bit of romance, there\u2019s \u2018Romeo & Juliet\u2019, a bit of bloodshed means \u2018Macbeth\u2019, while comedy is \u2018Much Ado About Nothing\u2019 and \u2018Twelfth Night\u2019. The politics lovers always enjoy \u2018Julius Caesar\u2019 and \u2018Henry V\u2019 while \u2018The Merchant of Venice\u2019 and \u2018Othello\u2019 are there for anyone desperate to prove Shakespeare is diverse. Oh there\u2019s also \u2018The Tempest\u2019 and \u2018A Midsummer Night\u2019s Dream\u2019 but they\u2019re only staged for an excuse to design a stage like a desert island or a fairytale garden. \n\nThat\u2019s a reasonably long list of plays. But it\u2019s nowhere near the 39 plays this supposed genius wrote. It also misses out \u2018Hamlet\u2019, of which adaptations are far rarer. Many critics would argue \u2018Hamlet\u2019 is Shakespeare\u2019s masterpiece. But at over four hours long, even British artistic directors won\u2019t pretend audiences will sit through it. Pretentious numb bums will only take so much. \n\nIn Britain, whenever someone wants to praise a piece of drama, the instinct is to reference Shakespeare Kendall Roy\u2019s name being underlined or crossed out in \u2018Succession\u2019 was called Shakespearean. Even the King\u2019s pompous coronation this May was given the moniker. \n\nIf it\u2019s suggested he is celebrated as an originator of drama, we do a disservice to the far older (and in my opinion more interesting) plays of Ancient Greece, rarely staged in Britain. If we staged him so often because we loved the brilliance of his dramatic era, we\u2019d also see performances of Francis Bacon, Christopher Marlowe or Ben Johnson. If we were interested in the entire dramatic canon, we\u2019d see far more adaptations of Anton Chekhov, Moli\u00e8re, Bertolt Brecht, Goethe, Oscar Wilde, George Bernard Shaw and Samuel Beckett. \n\nNone of these things happen. Instead, we have the same author singled out for the rest of history as the only playwright worth adapting. \n\nShakespeare has become, like so much in Britain, merely an idea. It is a stand-in for a directionless and uninformed instinct to civic pride. Post-Brexit, it\u2019s easier to see Britain\u2019s sense of national pride as what it is. Jingoism. He can be a symbol of our great cultural tradition without requiring any interest in Britain\u2019s culture. His drama is exceptional, for his era. But the plays fall flat today without masses of dramaturgical intervention. Yet the endless repetition of his works seems to be rooted in one desire among any other, to continue to pursue a narrative of his works as great. It is the same voidless \u201cgreat\u201d that often precedes the name Britain. \n\nNaturally, writing a thousand-plus words on why Shakespeare is overrated is a bit of a futile task. What rankles me most though is that while Shakespeare is used as a paragon of Britain\u2019s cultural richness by our institutions, there is a real lack of investment in cultivating the arts today.\u00a0 \n\nTwo of the UK\u2019s only theatres dedicated to supporting new writing had their funding cut by the government last year. Yet works of brilliance that actually deal with the country as it is show the talent that exists today. Right now, \u2018Grenfell: in the words of survivors\u2019 is at the National Theatre. It\u2019s an astounding work that revisits the 2017 tragedy in central London. Later in the year, there will be a revival of \u2018The Father and the Assassin\u2019, Anupama Chandrasekhar\u2019s excellent play on Mahatma Gandhi and his battle against the British Empire.\u00a0 \n\nDon\u2019t bother with seeing some posh actor living out a private school fantasy this year and go see those plays instead. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>In the National Theatre\u2019s most recent staging of \u2018Twelfth Night\u2019, Malvolia (a gender-swapped Malvolio played by Tamsin Greig) performs some of the most famous lines of the play from a fountain.<\/p>\n<p>Greig is ingenious casting for the role. She\u2019s comedy royalty in the UK, known for her range of witty and eccentric characters in sitcoms like Black Books, Green Wing and Friday Night Dinner. Here, she puts her best slapstick chops forward, dashing water around as she reads a note that portends a romantic admirer.<\/p>\n<p>Some critics viewed her splashing about in the fountain as a coming out scene, as was likely the intention of the director Simon Godwin. Watching it, it\u2019s one of the funniest scenes of the play. In fact, every time Greig is on stage the whole performance goes up a notch.<\/p>\n<p>The problem is it all rests on Greig\u2019s top-shelf physical comedy. The audience is enraptured by her. So much so, she could have said anything. It just so happens to be the monologue where Shakespeare writes the immortal line: \u201cSome are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon \u2018em.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This is the heart of my problem with William Shakespeare. More specifically, this is my problem with the endless productions of Shakespeare on British stages with little thought as to what theatre actually needs.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-youtube-embed\nwidget--size-fullwidth\nwidget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"auto widget__ratio widget__ratio--16x9\">\n <iframe type=\"text\/html\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.youtube.com//embed//pDf48SJbdwg/" width=\"100%\" loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen seamless>\n <\/iframe>\n <\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Before I go on, I will note that I\u2019m not about to question Shakespeare\u2019s legacy. He is, bar none, the most influential writer in the English language. His use of language is also exceptional. It is worth studying in schools and preserving.<\/p>\n<p>What Shakespeare isn\u2019t, is actually enjoyable to watch today.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>While at university, I spent a lot of time around drama students where I heard a regular adage. The gist was, the only way to perform Shakespeare is if you understand the text exactly. The theory being that simply saying the lines to an audience would always leave them clueless to their meaning. Instead, the way to communicate the intent of the text would always require a physical form of acting.<\/p>\n<p>Most directors would insist that you understand the text of a play you are performing. But the reason Shakespeare was the example is, I believe, because we\u2019ve all tacitly agreed that these words don\u2019t make sense anymore. On the page under rigorous scrutiny, they hold wonders. On a stage, they are limp and hollow.<\/p>\n<p>Back to Greig and \u2018Twelfth Night\u2019. Her performance was enthralling entirely because she understood that university message. You could watch the whole thing on mute and it would work just as well. Some would argue this is thanks to the richness with which Shakespeare imbued his text. I\u2019d argue that if this is the man we herald as the greatest of English writers, shouldn\u2019t the specific words he used matter?<\/p>\n<p>Another example, this time the trailer for the more recent National Theatre adaptation of \u2018Much Ado About Nothing\u2019. Set in the Riviera, the swing soundtrack and snappy editing of the trailer implies this is a legendary romcom. In many ways, \u2018Much Ado About Nothing\u2019 is the original romcom, so they\u2019re not far off.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-youtube-embed\nwidget--size-fullwidth\nwidget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"auto widget__ratio widget__ratio--16x9\">\n <iframe type=\"text\/html\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.youtube.com//embed//-VubMdamVvo/" width=\"100%\" loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen seamless>\n <\/iframe>\n <\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>But you\u2019ve seen trailers for comedies before. Usually, they\u2019re funny. At one point titles read: \u201cShakespeare\u2019s irresistible comedy\u201d. Yet no line works as comedy. You\u2019re not alone either. Notice how there is no suggestion the audience is laughing along. An exception even proves this. A character falls from a hammock and clatters to the floor. You hear the audience erupt in laughter. It\u2019s the only time it happens in the trailer and it\u2019s an unscripted slapstick bit. Our greatest writer?<\/p>\n<p>A third example. The most praised adaptation of Shakespeare on a British stage in recent years was the Bridge\u2019s immersive theatre version of \u2018A Midsummer Night\u2019s Dream\u2019. Directed by Nicholas Hytner, the audience was immersed in an experience shuffling between circus and hippy revelry. People spoke of the staging in adoration. Once again, not the words.<\/p>\n<p>I question if that many people actually enjoy watching his works at all anymore. Yet, British stages are constantly filled with revivals of these 400-year-old works.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>At the <strong><a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//culture//2023//08//04//edinburgh-fringe-preview-our-choose-your-own-adventure-guide-to-the-festival/">Edinburgh Fringe<\/a><\/strong> this year alone, there are 54 plays about Shakespeare, ranging from straight adaptations to wry deconstructions.<\/p>\n<p>The Globe Theatre in London almost exclusively performs Shakespeare. The Royal Shakespeare Company regularly churns out\u2026 you guessed it. That\u2019s not to even start on the endless other adaptations that take place every year.<\/p>\n<p>I would note, however, that it\u2019s not all of Shakespeare that gets adapted. If you want a bit of romance, there\u2019s \u2018Romeo & Juliet\u2019, a bit of bloodshed means \u2018Macbeth\u2019, while comedy is \u2018Much Ado About Nothing\u2019 and \u2018Twelfth Night\u2019. The politics lovers always enjoy \u2018Julius Caesar\u2019 and \u2018Henry V\u2019 while \u2018The Merchant of Venice\u2019 and \u2018Othello\u2019 are there for anyone desperate to prove Shakespeare is diverse. Oh there\u2019s also \u2018The Tempest\u2019 and \u2018A Midsummer Night\u2019s Dream\u2019 but they\u2019re only staged for an excuse to design a stage like a desert island or a fairytale garden.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s a reasonably long list of plays. But it\u2019s nowhere near the 39 plays this supposed genius wrote. It also misses out \u2018Hamlet\u2019, of which adaptations are far rarer. Many critics would argue \u2018Hamlet\u2019 is Shakespeare\u2019s masterpiece. But at over four hours long, even British artistic directors won\u2019t pretend audiences will sit through it. Pretentious numb bums will only take so much.<\/p>\n<p>In Britain, whenever someone wants to praise a piece of drama, the instinct is to reference Shakespeare Kendall Roy\u2019s name being underlined or crossed out in \u2018Succession\u2019 was called Shakespearean. Even the King\u2019s <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.theguardian.com//tv-and-radio//2023//may//07//the-coronation-review-immaculately-rehearsed-touching-and-shakespearean/">pompous coronation<\/strong><\/a> this May was given the moniker.<\/p>\n<p>If it\u2019s suggested he is celebrated as an originator of drama, we do a disservice to the far older (and in my opinion more interesting) plays of Ancient Greece, rarely staged in Britain. If we staged him so often because we loved the brilliance of his dramatic era, we\u2019d also see performances of Francis Bacon, Christopher Marlowe or Ben Johnson. If we were interested in the entire dramatic canon, we\u2019d see far more adaptations of Anton Chekhov, Moli\u00e8re, Bertolt Brecht, Goethe, Oscar Wilde, George Bernard Shaw and Samuel Beckett.<\/p>\n<p>None of these things happen. Instead, we have the same author singled out for the rest of history as the only playwright worth adapting.<\/p>\n<p>Shakespeare has become, like so much in Britain, merely an idea. It is a stand-in for a directionless and uninformed instinct to civic pride. Post-Brexit, it\u2019s easier to see Britain\u2019s sense of national pride as what it is. Jingoism. He can be a symbol of our great cultural tradition without requiring any interest in Britain\u2019s culture. His drama is exceptional, for his era. But the plays fall flat today without masses of dramaturgical intervention. Yet the endless repetition of his works seems to be rooted in one desire among any other, to continue to pursue a narrative of his works as great. It is the same voidless \u201cgreat\u201d that often precedes the name Britain.<\/p>\n<p>Naturally, writing a thousand-plus words on why Shakespeare is overrated is a bit of a futile task. What rankles me most though is that while Shakespeare is used as a paragon of Britain\u2019s cultural richness by our institutions, there is a real lack of investment in cultivating the arts today.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Two of the UK\u2019s only theatres dedicated to supporting new writing had their funding cut by the government last year. Yet works of brilliance that actually deal with the country as it is show the talent that exists today. Right now, \u2018Grenfell: in the words of survivors\u2019 is at the National Theatre. It\u2019s an astounding work that revisits the 2017 tragedy in central London. Later in the year, there will be a revival of \u2018The Father and the Assassin\u2019, Anupama Chandrasekhar\u2019s excellent play on Mahatma Gandhi and his battle against the British Empire.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t bother with seeing some posh actor living out a private school fantasy this year and go see those plays instead.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1691487467,"publishedAt":1691646300,"updatedAt":1691646330,"expiresAt":0,"canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/culture\/2023\/08\/10\/why-shakespeare-is-totally-overrated","images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/80\/90\/64\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_96f5045d-afc9-5fcb-9ef3-ae453467ef95-7809064.jpg","altText":"\"Shakespeare has become, like so much in Britain, merely an idea. It is a stand-in for a directionless and uninformed instinct to civic pride.\"","caption":"\"Shakespeare has become, like so much in Britain, merely an idea. 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At least 700 people perished on the spot, with the remainder of the inmates transferred to France as the war neared its end. Some 400 graves of victims remain on the island to this day. \n\nThe victims of the Holocaust on British soil have waited too long for their stories to be told, and this inquiry is a crucial opportunity to bring their experiences to light. \n\nA sacred journey to confront the past \n\nMemory, as the cornerstone of our humanity, shapes our actions and guides our future.\u00a0 \n\nIt is our solemn duty to ensure that the horrors of the Holocaust are etched into the collective consciousness of humanity.\u00a0 \n\nBy working to uncover the truth of lesser-known Holocaust atrocities, we honour the victims' memories and embrace the survivors' resilience, ensuring that their experiences reach every corner of the world. \n\nThe Alderney inquiry transcends mere historical examination; it represents a sacred journey to confront our past honestly and responsibly.\u00a0 \n\nIt calls for an alliance of nations, standing together as guardians of memory and advocates for a more compassionate and understanding world. \n\nThe Holocaust was a universal tragedy, transcending borders and impacting the lives of countless individuals and communities.\u00a0 \n\nIt is a history that calls for collective remembrance, transcending national boundaries to foster unity in our commitment to safeguarding human rights and preventing future atrocities. \n\nLearning from the survivors \n\nAs the Chairman of March of the Living, an organisation dedicated to Holocaust remembrance and education, I have the privilege of meeting countless survivors whose indomitable spirit continue to inspire me.\u00a0 \n\nTheir courage in sharing their traumatic experiences highlights the significance of preserving and disseminating their stories to ensure that history's lessons are learned, not forgotten. \n\nThe survivors of the Holocaust provide a living testament to the resilience of the human spirit. They serve as beacons of hope, reminding us that even in the darkest times, hope and courage can prevail.\u00a0 \n\nTheir experiences are not merely chapters in history books; they are profound lessons in humanity and the consequences of unchecked hatred. \n\nPreserving their stories and sharing them with the world is not only a tribute to their endurance but also a crucial step in educating future generations about the consequences of intolerance.\u00a0 \n\nTheir voices must not be lost in the sands of time but must echo through the ages, inspiring generations to come to stand against bigotry and prejudice. \n\nThe importance of collaboration \n\nThe UK government's decision to undertake the Alderney inquiry is a commendable step, but it is essential to recognise the importance of international cooperation.\u00a0 \n\nAs the European Union represents a union of diverse nations bound by a shared commitment to historical remembrance and human rights, its participation in the inquiry would reinforce the notion that the memory of the Holocaust unites us all. \n\nBy supporting the inquiry, the EU can contribute invaluable resources, expertise, and solidarity, elevating the investigation to greater heights of thoroughness and comprehensiveness.\u00a0 \n\nCollaborating on this vital endeavour will send a powerful message of unity and empathy, demonstrating that Europe stands shoulder to shoulder in the face of the darkest episodes in its history. \n\nMoreover, the EU's involvement would extend the impact of Holocaust education across its member states, fostering a sense of collective responsibility to remember and learn from the past.\u00a0 \n\nThe stories of the survivors, like echoes from history, resonate throughout the continent, reminding us of the price of hatred and intolerance. \n\nBuilding a future rooted in compassion \n\nThe inquiry is not merely about unearthing historical facts but also about honouring the memories of those who perished and those who survived.\u00a0 \n\nBy understanding the true extent of the horrors that occurred even in places we might not expect, we can confront the darkest elements of our history and work towards a future free from bigotry and violence. \n\nThrough collaboration and education, we can break the cycle of hatred and intolerance that has perpetuated human suffering throughout history.\u00a0 \n\nBy uniting memory and cooperation, we can build a better world \u2014 a world where diversity is celebrated, where prejudice is condemned, and where the lessons of history guide us towards a future of compassion, understanding, and peace. \n\nThe Alderney inquiry is a testament to the power of memory and the strength of collaboration.\u00a0 \n\nTogether, let us embrace this opportunity to illuminate history's darkest corners, remembering the victims, honouring the survivors, and working collectively to build a world rooted in tolerance, compassion, and peace.\u00a0 \n\nMay our unity in this endeavour serve as an eternal beacon of hope, guiding humanity away from the shadows of the past and towards a future defined by understanding, empathy, and a shared commitment to never forget. \n\nScott Saunders is the Founder and Chair of March of the Living UK. \n\nAt Euronews, we believe all views matter. Contact us at view@euronews.com to send pitches or submissions and be part of the conversation. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>The recent announcement of a UK government inquiry into the Nazi concentration camps on Alderney is a profound and commendable step towards preserving the memory of one of history's darkest chapters.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Channel Islands, nestled within the UK and under Nazi occupation during World War II, became the site of unimaginable cruelty that mirrored the horrors experienced across Europe.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Between 1942 and 1944, the Nazis operated four camps on Alderney. At least 700 people perished on the spot, with the remainder of the inmates transferred to France as the war neared its end. Some 400 graves of victims remain on the island to this day.<\/p>\n<p>The victims of the Holocaust on British soil have waited too long for their stories to be told, and this inquiry is a crucial opportunity to bring their experiences to light.<\/p>\n<h2>A sacred journey to confront the past<\/h2><p>Memory, as the cornerstone of our humanity, shapes our actions and guides our future.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It is our solemn duty to ensure that the horrors of the Holocaust are etched into the collective consciousness of humanity.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>By working to uncover the truth of lesser-known Holocaust atrocities, we honour the victims' memories and embrace the survivors' resilience, ensuring that their experiences reach every corner of the world.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.7255859375\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//81//18//60//808x586_cmsv2_c119b1fb-8746-592c-b53c-e9bb0482e14e-7811860.jpg/" alt=\"AP Photo/Markus Schreiber\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/18\/60\/384x279_cmsv2_c119b1fb-8746-592c-b53c-e9bb0482e14e-7811860.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/18\/60\/640x464_cmsv2_c119b1fb-8746-592c-b53c-e9bb0482e14e-7811860.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/18\/60\/750x544_cmsv2_c119b1fb-8746-592c-b53c-e9bb0482e14e-7811860.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/18\/60\/828x601_cmsv2_c119b1fb-8746-592c-b53c-e9bb0482e14e-7811860.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/18\/60\/1080x784_cmsv2_c119b1fb-8746-592c-b53c-e9bb0482e14e-7811860.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/18\/60\/1200x871_cmsv2_c119b1fb-8746-592c-b53c-e9bb0482e14e-7811860.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/18\/60\/1920x1393_cmsv2_c119b1fb-8746-592c-b53c-e9bb0482e14e-7811860.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">A man walks through the gate of the Sachsenhausen Nazi death camp with the phrase 'Arbeit macht frei', January 2019<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP Photo/Markus Schreiber<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The Alderney inquiry transcends mere historical examination; it represents a sacred journey to confront our past honestly and responsibly.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It calls for an alliance of nations, standing together as guardians of memory and advocates for a more compassionate and understanding world.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"7607912\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2023//05//16//nazi-book-burnings-have-taught-us-to-fight-against-attempts-to-silence-minorities-90-years/">Nazi book burnings have taught us to fight against attempts to silence minorities 90 years later<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The Holocaust was a universal tragedy, transcending borders and impacting the lives of countless individuals and communities.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It is a history that calls for collective remembrance, transcending national boundaries to foster unity in our commitment to safeguarding human rights and preventing future atrocities.<\/p>\n<h2>Learning from the survivors<\/h2><p>As the Chairman of March of the Living, an organisation dedicated to Holocaust remembrance and education, I have the privilege of meeting countless survivors whose indomitable spirit continue to inspire me.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Their courage in sharing their traumatic experiences highlights the significance of preserving and disseminating their stories to ensure that history's lessons are learned, not forgotten.<\/p>\n<p>The survivors of the Holocaust provide a living testament to the resilience of the human spirit. They serve as beacons of hope, reminding us that even in the darkest times, hope and courage can prevail.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-quotation\n widget--size-fullwidth\n widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__content\">\n <blockquote class=\"widget__quote\">\n <span class=\"widget__quoteText\">Voices [of survivors] must not be lost in the sands of time but must echo through the ages, inspiring generations to come to stand against bigotry and prejudice.<\/span>\n <\/blockquote>\n <cite class=\"widget__author\">\n <\/cite>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6669921875\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//81//18//60//808x539_cmsv2_b07026b8-ef76-5801-93f9-b454a90d0560-7811860.jpg/" alt=\"Alastair Grant/Copyright 2023 The AP. All rights reserved\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/18\/60\/384x256_cmsv2_b07026b8-ef76-5801-93f9-b454a90d0560-7811860.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/18\/60\/640x427_cmsv2_b07026b8-ef76-5801-93f9-b454a90d0560-7811860.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/18\/60\/750x500_cmsv2_b07026b8-ef76-5801-93f9-b454a90d0560-7811860.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/18\/60\/828x552_cmsv2_b07026b8-ef76-5801-93f9-b454a90d0560-7811860.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/18\/60\/1080x720_cmsv2_b07026b8-ef76-5801-93f9-b454a90d0560-7811860.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/18\/60\/1200x800_cmsv2_b07026b8-ef76-5801-93f9-b454a90d0560-7811860.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/18\/60\/1920x1281_cmsv2_b07026b8-ef76-5801-93f9-b454a90d0560-7811860.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Nazi Holocaust survivors John Hajdu, Joan Salter, and Martin Stern holding candles of remembrance on the International Holocaust Remembrance Day in London, January 2023<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Alastair Grant/Copyright 2023 The AP. All rights reserved<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Their experiences are not merely chapters in history books; they are profound lessons in humanity and the consequences of unchecked hatred.<\/p>\n<p>Preserving their stories and sharing them with the world is not only a tribute to their endurance but also a crucial step in educating future generations about the consequences of intolerance.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Their voices must not be lost in the sands of time but must echo through the ages, inspiring generations to come to stand against bigotry and prejudice.<\/p>\n<h2>The importance of collaboration<\/h2><p>The UK government's decision to undertake the Alderney inquiry is a commendable step, but it is essential to recognise the importance of international cooperation.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>As the European Union represents a union of diverse nations bound by a shared commitment to historical remembrance and human rights, its participation in the inquiry would reinforce the notion that the memory of the Holocaust unites us all.<\/p>\n<p>By supporting the inquiry, the EU can contribute invaluable resources, expertise, and solidarity, elevating the investigation to greater heights of thoroughness and comprehensiveness.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-quotation\n widget--size-fullwidth\n widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__content\">\n <blockquote class=\"widget__quote\">\n <span class=\"widget__quoteText\">The Alderney inquiry serves as a powerful reminder that the Holocaust was a universal tragedy, transcending borders and impacting the lives of countless individuals and communities.<\/span>\n <\/blockquote>\n <cite class=\"widget__author\">\n <\/cite>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6669921875\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//81//18//60//808x539_cmsv2_f3de41bd-db82-5d05-a1a9-41de4bc0b119-7811860.jpg/" alt=\"AP Photo/Markus Schreiber\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/18\/60\/384x256_cmsv2_f3de41bd-db82-5d05-a1a9-41de4bc0b119-7811860.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/18\/60\/640x427_cmsv2_f3de41bd-db82-5d05-a1a9-41de4bc0b119-7811860.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/18\/60\/750x500_cmsv2_f3de41bd-db82-5d05-a1a9-41de4bc0b119-7811860.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/18\/60\/828x552_cmsv2_f3de41bd-db82-5d05-a1a9-41de4bc0b119-7811860.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/18\/60\/1080x720_cmsv2_f3de41bd-db82-5d05-a1a9-41de4bc0b119-7811860.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/18\/60\/1200x800_cmsv2_f3de41bd-db82-5d05-a1a9-41de4bc0b119-7811860.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/18\/60\/1920x1281_cmsv2_f3de41bd-db82-5d05-a1a9-41de4bc0b119-7811860.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">People march near the Holocaust Memorial during a "March Of The Living" in Berlin, April 2023<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP Photo/Markus Schreiber<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Collaborating on this vital endeavour will send a powerful message of unity and empathy, demonstrating that Europe stands shoulder to shoulder in the face of the darkest episodes in its history.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"7542726\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2023//04//18//eight-decades-since-the-warsaw-uprising-its-time-to-honour-and-celebrate-its-heroines/">Eight decades since the Warsaw Uprising, it's time to honour and celebrate its heroines<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Moreover, the EU's involvement would extend the impact of Holocaust education across its member states, fostering a sense of collective responsibility to remember and learn from the past.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The stories of the survivors, like echoes from history, resonate throughout the continent, reminding us of the price of hatred and intolerance.<\/p>\n<h2>Building a future rooted in compassion<\/h2><p>The inquiry is not merely about unearthing historical facts but also about honouring the memories of those who perished and those who survived.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>By understanding the true extent of the horrors that occurred even in places we might not expect, we can confront the darkest elements of our history and work towards a future free from bigotry and violence.<\/p>\n<p>Through collaboration and education, we can break the cycle of hatred and intolerance that has perpetuated human suffering throughout history.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-quotation\n widget--size-fullwidth\n widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__content\">\n <blockquote class=\"widget__quote\">\n <span class=\"widget__quoteText\">Together, let us embrace this opportunity to illuminate history's darkest corners, remembering the victims, honouring the survivors, and working collectively to build a world rooted in tolerance, compassion, and peace.<\/span>\n <\/blockquote>\n <cite class=\"widget__author\">\n <\/cite>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6669921875\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//53//89//78//808x539_cmsv2_489f1031-b702-536a-8797-ce9486e60c17-7538978.jpg/" alt=\"Zoltan Balogh/MTI via AP\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/53\/89\/78\/384x256_cmsv2_489f1031-b702-536a-8797-ce9486e60c17-7538978.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/53\/89\/78\/640x427_cmsv2_489f1031-b702-536a-8797-ce9486e60c17-7538978.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/53\/89\/78\/750x500_cmsv2_489f1031-b702-536a-8797-ce9486e60c17-7538978.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/53\/89\/78\/828x552_cmsv2_489f1031-b702-536a-8797-ce9486e60c17-7538978.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/53\/89\/78\/1080x720_cmsv2_489f1031-b702-536a-8797-ce9486e60c17-7538978.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/53\/89\/78\/1200x800_cmsv2_489f1031-b702-536a-8797-ce9486e60c17-7538978.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/53\/89\/78\/1920x1281_cmsv2_489f1031-b702-536a-8797-ce9486e60c17-7538978.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">A man stands in front of the Memorial Wall of Victims at the Holocaust Memorial Center in Budapest, April 2023<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Zoltan Balogh/MTI via AP<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>By uniting memory and cooperation, we can build a better world \u2014 a world where diversity is celebrated, where prejudice is condemned, and where the lessons of history guide us towards a future of compassion, understanding, and peace.<\/p>\n<p>The Alderney inquiry is a testament to the power of memory and the strength of collaboration.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Together, let us embrace this opportunity to illuminate history's darkest corners, remembering the victims, honouring the survivors, and working collectively to build a world rooted in tolerance, compassion, and peace.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>May our unity in this endeavour serve as an eternal beacon of hope, guiding humanity away from the shadows of the past and towards a future defined by understanding, empathy, and a shared commitment to never forget.<\/p>\n<p><em>Scott Saunders is the Founder and Chair of March of the Living UK.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>At Euronews, we believe all views matter. Contact us at <a href=https://www.euronews.com/news/europe/\"mailto:view@euronews.com\">view@euronews.com to send pitches or submissions and be part of the conversation.<\/em><\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1691578651,"publishedAt":1691583036,"updatedAt":1691585271,"expiresAt":0,"canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2023\/08\/09\/this-is-why-the-eu-should-join-britains-holocaust-inquiry-on-alderney","images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/18\/60\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_dcf921c3-7138-5736-b6b8-57b86271bb0b-7811860.jpg","altText":"Holocaust survivor Peter Stein holds a photograph of his grandparents during the 2023 Days of Remembrance commemoration, Washington DC, April 2023","caption":"Holocaust survivor Peter Stein holds a photograph of his grandparents during the 2023 Days of Remembrance commemoration, Washington DC, April 2023","captionCredit":"AFP\/Euronews","captionUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"sourceUrl":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":1600,"height":900},{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/18\/60\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_b07026b8-ef76-5801-93f9-b454a90d0560-7811860.jpg","altText":"Nazi Holocaust survivors John Hajdu, Joan Salter, and Martin Stern holding candles of remembrance on the International Holocaust Remembrance Day in London, January 2023","caption":"Nazi Holocaust survivors John Hajdu, Joan Salter, and Martin Stern holding candles of remembrance on the International Holocaust Remembrance Day in London, January 2023","captionCredit":"Alastair Grant\/Copyright 2023 The AP. 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Some of them don't even tell their close friends and associates,\" he added. \n\nThey \"work under cover of the greatest potential threats, both on and off duty\", according to Kelly, \"so it's important (...) that the organisation protects them too\". \n\n","htmlText":"<p>A document detailing the names and ranks of thousands of police officers in Northern Ireland was mistakenly published online on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>It has raised concerns for their safety in a place where law enforcement remains the target of sporadic violence.<\/p>\n<p>Police in Northern Ireland said the leaked data included staff members' place of work, surnames and first initials, but not their home address.<\/p>\n<p>The incident occurred while the police were responding to a routine request under the UK's Freedom of Information Act. In its response, it mistakenly published a table containing the details of its employees, potentially visible to the public for three hours.<\/p>\n<p>\"We are aware of the concern this will cause many of our colleagues and their families. We will do everything in our power to alleviate these concerns,\" said Chris Todd, the head of the Northern Ireland police force, on Tuesday evening.<\/p>\n<p>He explained that \"the matter is being fully investigated\".<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-tweet widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio\u2014auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"widget__tweet\" data-tweet-id=\"1689019584223883265\"><\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The incident comes a few months after the terrorist threat level in the British province was raised following an attempted assassination of a police officer by dissident republicans.<\/p>\n<p>The attack on police officer John Caldwell in February shocked Northern Ireland, where the police remain the target of sporadic violence after being regularly targeted during the three decades of conflict in Northern Ireland.<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, the chairman of the Northern Ireland Police Federation, Liam Kelly, described the data leak as \"monumental\", saying on the BBC that he had been \"inundated\" with messages from police officers.<\/p>\n<p>\"They are shocked, appalled and fundamentally angry that this has happened,\" he said. \"Our officers go to great lengths to protect their identity. 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Electoral Commission says 'hostile actors' had access to voting registers in cyberattack","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Cyberattack by 'hostile actors' exposed UK voter data to hackers","titleListing2":"\ud83d\uddf3 UK's Electoral Commission says 'hostile actors' had access to electoral registers after cyberattack","leadin":"The election watchdog admits the attack wasn't detected for more than a year and doesn't know for sure what files were accessed.","summary":"The election watchdog admits the attack wasn't detected for more than a year and doesn't know for sure what files were accessed.","url":"uks-electoral-commission-says-hostile-actors-had-access-to-voting-registers-in-cyberattack","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"The UK's elections watchdog has admitted it has been the victim of a cyberattack.\u00a0 \n\nThe Electoral Commission said unspecified \"hostile actors\" gained access to copies of the country's electoral registers from August 2021.\u00a0 \n\nThe attack was not 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They did not, however, include information relating to those who registered anonymously for security or safety reasons.\u00a0 \n\nThe commission's email system was also accessible during the attack, however it says that information about donations or loans to political parties and campaigners was not impacted by this hack, as that data is stored in a different system.\u00a0 \n\nThe Electoral Commission has moved to reassure people that the electoral process itself has not been affected.\u00a0 \n\n\n\"The UK\u2019s democratic process is significantly dispersed and key aspects of it remain based on paper documentation and counting,\" Electoral Commission chief executive Shaun McNally said. \"This means it would be very hard to use a cyberattack to influence the process.\" \n\n\"Nevertheless, the successful attack on the Electoral Commission highlights that organisations involved in elections remain a target, and need to remain vigilant to the risks to processes around our elections,\" he added. \n\nMcNally said the commission had taken \"significant steps, with the support of specialists, to improve the security, resilience and reliability of our IT systems\".\u00a0 \n\nHe said that, while the commission knew what systems were accessible to the hackers, he did not know conclusively what files had been accessed. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>The UK's elections watchdog has admitted it has been the victim of a cyberattack.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Electoral Commission said unspecified \"hostile actors\" gained access to copies of the country's electoral registers from August 2021.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The attack was not discovered for more than a year.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-tweet widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio\u2014auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"widget__tweet\" data-tweet-id=\"1688871271767867392\"><\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>At the time, the registers included details such as the names and addresses of anyone in the UK who registered to vote between 2014 and 2022, as well as the names of those registered as overseas voters. They did not, however, include information relating to those who registered anonymously for security or safety reasons.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The commission's email system was also accessible during the attack, however it says that information about donations or loans to political parties and campaigners was not impacted by this hack, as that data is stored in a different system.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Electoral Commission has moved to reassure people that the electoral process itself has not been affected.\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p>\"The UK\u2019s democratic process is significantly dispersed and key aspects of it remain based on paper documentation and counting,\" Electoral Commission chief executive Shaun McNally said. \"This means it would be very hard to use a cyberattack to influence the process.\"<\/p>\n<p>\"Nevertheless, the successful attack on the Electoral Commission highlights that organisations involved in elections remain a target, and need to remain vigilant to the risks to processes around 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","summary":"A UK Parliament report found that devices are being used to \"monitor, harass, coerce and control\" victims by collecting recordings and images. ","url":"how-smart-speakers-fitness-trackers-and-even-baby-monitors-are-being-used-by-domestic-abus","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Smart technology like fitness trackers, smart speakers, baby monitors, and even Netflix accounts are being used by domestic abusers to control their victims. \n\nThe findings of the UK Parliament's Culture, Media, and Sport Committee, published in a report on Monday, have been described by the committee's chair,\u00a0Dame Caroline Dinenage, as \"truly chilling\".\u00a0 \n\n\"The Government must make it a priority to work with manufacturers to tackle this technology-facilitated abuse, which is only going to get worse in the future,\" she added. \n\nThe committee found the vast majority of domestic abuse cases now feature what the committee calls \"some sort of cyber element\". That includes the use of spyware, people monitoring movements and collecting recordings and images of others.\u00a0 \n\n\"Perpetrators quite often set up a host of different devices in the home,\" Jessica Eagleton, Policy and Public Affairs Manager for the charity Refuge, told the Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Bill Committee.\u00a0 \n\n\"Recently, we supported a woman whose former partner had bought a whole host of devices, including smart cameras, a smart doorbell, a smart thermostat - all those kinds of things. She and her child felt like they were constantly being monitored; they talked about how exhausted they were by that constant surveillance\". \n\nGiving away locations \n\nRefuge also reported that \"devices gifted to children are used to continue exerting control post-separation and can enable the perpetrator to access audio-visual information and to track the address of the new location the survivor has fled to\". \n\nConcern was also raised at the dangers of victims unwittingly giving away their locations by leaving their devices and accounts connected.\u00a0 \n\n\"People now need to think, 'If I go into a refuge, is my smartwatch still connected with my device,\" Dr Leonie Tanczer of University College London said.\u00a0 \n\n\"Interestingly, people have found that women are often detected in the refuge through their Netflix account because they forget that they are still connected when they log in at the refuge,\" she added. \n\nThe committee acknowledged that there was no \"silver bullet\" for dealing with tech abuse, but concluded: \"The Government can take more steps to tackle it by improving the criminal justice response, raising public awareness and convening industry to ensure manufacturers and distributors are mitigating risks through product design\". \n\nA UK government spokesperson said: \"Domestic abuse is a despicable crime and one which this government is determined to tackle. \n\n\"That is why we published the cross-government tackling domestic abuse plan in March 2022 and are investing over \u00a3230 million [\u20ac267 million] of funding to prevent offending, support victims and pursue perpetrators\". \n\n","htmlText":"<p>Smart technology like fitness trackers, smart speakers, baby monitors, and even Netflix accounts are being used by domestic abusers to control their victims.<\/p>\n<p>The findings of the UK Parliament's Culture, Media, and Sport Committee, published in a report on Monday, have been described by the committee's chair,\u00a0Dame Caroline Dinenage, as \"truly chilling\".\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\"The Government must make it a priority to work with manufacturers to tackle this technology-facilitated abuse, which is only going to get worse in the future,\" she added.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"7727008\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//next//2023//07//05//ai-could-interpret-your-smartwatch-data-to-detect-parkinsons-up-to-7-years-earlier/">AI could interpret your smartwatch data to detect Parkinson's up to 7 years earlier<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The committee found the vast majority of domestic abuse cases now feature what the committee calls \"some sort of cyber element\". 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We should be sending a welcome message locally, but nationally as well,\" explained one of the protesters.\u00a0 \n\nThe British government wants to use barges and former military bases to house some migrants as the cost of housing them in hotels soars. \n\nHome Office Minister Sarah Dines told the BBC that people arriving in the UK via unauthorised means should have \u201cbasic but proper accommodation\u201d and that they \u201ccan\u2019t expect to stay in a four-star hotel.\u201d \n\nOpposition MPs and migrants' rights activists say the core of the problem is the lack of legal options for migrants seeking asylum as illegal crossings of the English Channel continue to rise. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>The Swedish company-owned Bibby Stockholm is moored at Portland Port in Dorset where the migrants were met by a small group who were protesting against the government plan.<\/p>\n<p>They welcomed the migrants but said they want a different approach from the government.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\"The way that the government has been running their asylum policy is set up to target these people and to scapegoat them and I think, you know, that, that starts from the top. 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Lithium is a key component in the manufacturing of electric vehicle (EV) batteries. \n\nUp to 60 per cent of new car sales by 2030 will use lithium-ion batteries. The battery of a Tesla Model S, for example, currently uses around 12 kg of lithium. \n\nHowever, the boom in EV car building means manufacturers are reliant on East Asia, including China, where 89 per cent of the world\u2019s lithium is currently refined. \n\nThe UK government has now given the green light to a UK-based company, Green Lithium for construction of a refinery in Teesside, England, in a bid to provide a vital boost to the UK and Europe's car makers. \n\n\"It's the growth in battery materials that's required to power the electric revolution, the fact that we need electric vehicles, the fact that we need grid storage and domestic storage is producing a huge demand in battery chemicals in Europe and we think by 2030 we're going to need about 800,000 tonnes per annum,\" said Sean Sargent, Green Lithium's CEO. \n\n'A huge dividend in carbon reduction' \n\nThe plant will begin operations in 2027 and is expected to have an annual production capacity of 50,000 tonnes of battery-grade lithium chemicals, which is enough lithium to provide batteries for one million EV car batteries, according to the company. \n\n\nAccording to Green Lithium, the refinery in Teesside will import spodumene, a hard rock mineral, from Western Australia and process it at the facility to eventually extract the lithium and refine it to a chemical that can be used in batteries. \n\nLithium mining, however, is known to cause air pollution and soil contamination. \n\nGreen Lithium says it plans to reduce the carbon footprint of lithium refining by using low-energy processes, renewable electricity, hydrogen gas, and carbon capture technology to achieve an 80 per cent lower carbon footprint than traditional refineries. \n\n\n\"So the small price you pay for shipping the material to the UK is completely outweighed by the benefits of the decarbonised process we use in the UK,\" said Sargent. \n\n\"So, straight away we start with a huge dividend in carbon reduction, but we're also producing our chemicals sustainably,\" he added. \n\nFor more on this story, watch the video in the media player above. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>The UK is building Europe\u2019s first and largest lithium refinery to produce the much-sought-after material.<\/p>\n<p>Demand for the ore metal has skyrocketed in recent years as the world doubles down on the transition to renewables. Lithium is a key component in the manufacturing of electric vehicle (EV) batteries.<\/p>\n<p>Up to 60 per cent of new car sales by 2030 will use lithium-ion batteries. The battery of a Tesla Model S, for example, currently uses around 12 kg of lithium.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"7054796\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//next//2023//04//26//evs-explained-how-do-electric-cars-actually-work-and-are-they-really-better-than-tradition/">EVs explained: How do electric cars actually work and are they really better than traditional cars?<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>However, the boom in EV car building means manufacturers are reliant on East Asia, including China, where 89 per cent of the world\u2019s lithium is currently refined.<\/p>\n<p>The UK government has now given the green 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facility to eventually extract the lithium and refine it to a chemical that can be used in batteries.<\/p>\n<p>Lithium mining, however, is known to cause air pollution and soil contamination.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"6444452\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2022//02//01//south-america-s-lithium-fields-reveal-the-dark-side-of-our-electric-future/">In pictures: South America's 'lithium fields' reveal the dark side of our electric future<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Green Lithium says it plans to reduce the carbon footprint of lithium refining by using low-energy processes, renewable electricity, 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Now the UK government is housing asylum seekers on the barge. ","summary":"Death, bomb threats and crime have blighted Bibby Stockholm's 47 years on the waves. Now the UK government is housing asylum seekers on the barge. ","url":"bibby-stockholm-the-chequered-past-of-europes-floating-prison","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"The Bibby Stockholm has hit the headlines a lot in recent months. \n\nAttention is focused on the UK government\u2019s decision to house asylum seekers on the massive barge, which began on Monday with around 50 people moved on board.\u00a0\u00a0 \n\nThe Conservatives claim it offers cost-effective accommodation, amid a record backlog of asylum cases.\u00a0However, the move has widely been condemned as dangerous, inhumane and not cost-saving.\u00a0\u00a0 \n\nYet this is just the latest chapter in Bibby\u2019s chequered history.\u00a0 \n\nIt has been variously used across Europe to house rough sleepers, as a floating detention centre and was even the subject of a bomb threat. \n\nBuilt in 1976 by the Dutch company Nederlandse Scheepsbouw, the ship was converted into an accommodation barge in 1992. \n\nCurrent owners Bibby Lane \u2013 which has \u201cwell-evidenced historic ties\u201d to the slave trade, according to the UK Refugee Council - say it can accommodate more than 500 people in \u201cluxury\u201d, but it was originally fitted out to house just 222.\u00a0 \n\nFears about overcrowding led Britain\u2019s Fire Brigades Union to warn the 47-year-old vessel would be a \u201cpotential deathtrap\u201d for anyone housed there. \n\nDuring the late 1990s, Bibby provided 52 overnight beds for the homeless in Hamburg, Germany. \n\nGerman authorities resorted to the ship as an emergency measure to ensure that during \u201cwinter no one has to sleep the street\u201d, then Hamburg's Senator for Social Affairs, Helgrit Fischer-Menzel said at the time. \n\nID checks, crime and the size of the rooms kept many rough sleepers away from the barge, reported the left-wing German news outlet Taz in 1994.\u00a0 \n\nIt noted only 65% of the beds were used, with the homeless steering clear of the barge. \n\nNext the gigantic 90m-long, 27m-wide ship was used to detain asylum seekers in Rotterdam in 2005. \n\nA Dutch watchdog called Bibby an \u201coppressive environment\u201d, though it has reportedly been refurbished since then. \n\nIn February 2008 an Algerian asylum-seeker Rachid Abdelsalam died of heart failure on board. \n\nFellow detainees claim that although they warned the guards of Rachid's deteriorating health, his cell door was only opened two hours after he died, the monitoring organisation State Watch\u00a0 reported \u00a0in 2012.\u00a0 \n\nThe vessels-come-prisons were notorious for offering poor quality health care and terrible services, triggering repeated hunger strikes and riots from detainees, State Watch added. \n\nGoing undercover as a security guard, Dutch journalist Robert van de Griend documented the abysmal treatment of inmates.\u00a0 \n\nRotterdam later closed the Bibby and the other detention centres, after new facilities were created.\u00a0 \n\nConstruction workers were next to stay in the nearly 11,000-tonne behemoth. \n\nBibby was used in 2013 by Petrofac to accommodate those working on Scotland\u2019s Shetland Gas Plant in the North Sea. \n\nA disgruntled former offshore worker told emergency services in 2015 that bombs had been planted on the barge along with another accommodation ship berthed in Lerwick Harbour in the Shetland Islands. \n\nHe was given a six-month tagging order, admitting threatening and abusive behaviour. \n\nBibby, the last \u201cfloatel\u201d, was towed away from Lerwick in 2017, after being unoccupied - save for a single security guard - for more than a year. \n\nThe Shetland Times quoted the port authority as saying the ship had brought in welcome revenue to the remote archipelago, though they now wanted to free up berthing space. \n\nMonths later it was reported by the Irish Times that discussions were ongoing about using Bibby as floating accommodation for university students in Galway, Ireland. \n\nThe plans were soon dropped, however, with the docks deemed unsuitable and concerns over planning permission. \n\nAuthorities in the West Ireland city said the student accommodation crisis needed to be tackled in a different way. \n\nIn April, the UK government announced it would use the barge to house asylum-seekers, as the country grapples with a record backlog of 166,000 asylum cases.\u00a0 \n\nPlans to start putting people onto the 500-capacity boat have been repeatedly pushed back, reportedly costing the British taxpayer \u20ac3.5 million in delays. \n\nMinisters claim Bibby will help reduce the \u20ac6.5 million daily bill footed by taxpayers to house asylum seekers in hotels, with existing facilities fill to the brim.\u00a0That the ship is a more cost-effective alternative is disputed, however.\u00a0 \n\nCritics point out hotels are only needed as the Conservative government has degraded the asylum system and failed to process applications quickly, with two-thirds of people waiting over six months for an initial decision,\u00a0 figures by the Insitute for Government show. \n\n\"As a survivor of torture, I am deeply disturbed that the Government is going ahead with its cruel plan to cram refugees onto a barge that has been branded a \u2018potential death trap,\"\u00a0said Kolbassia Haoussou , Director of Survivor Empowerment at Freedom from Torture in a statement sent to Euronews. \n\n\u201cInstead of punishing people like me who\u2019ve already been through so much, survivors should be offered protection and support,\u201d he added.\u00a0 \n\n\"It\u2019s time for this Government to stop wasting time by forcing refugees to live in unsafe and undignified accommodation, and concentrate its efforts on rebuilding an asylum system that treats people with humanity and compassion.\" \n\n","htmlText":"<p>The Bibby Stockholm has hit the headlines a lot in recent months.<\/p>\n<p>Attention is focused on the UK government\u2019s decision to house asylum seekers on the massive barge, which began on Monday with around 50 people moved on board.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Conservatives claim it offers cost-effective accommodation, amid a record backlog of asylum cases.\u00a0However, the move has widely been condemned as dangerous, inhumane and not cost-saving.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Yet this is just the latest chapter in Bibby\u2019s chequered history.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It has been variously used across Europe to house rough sleepers, as a floating detention centre and was even the subject of a bomb threat.<\/p>\n<p>Built in 1976 by the Dutch company Nederlandse Scheepsbouw, the ship was converted into an accommodation barge in 1992.<\/p>\n<p>Current owners Bibby Lane \u2013 which has \u201cwell-evidenced historic ties\u201d to the slave trade, <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.refugeecouncil.org.uk//latest//news//an-open-letter-to-bibby-marine///">according to the UK Refugee Council - say it can accommodate more than 500 people in \u201cluxury\u201d, but it was originally fitted out to house just 222.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Fears about overcrowding led Britain\u2019s Fire Brigades Union to warn the 47-year-old vessel would be a \u201cpotential deathtrap\u201d for anyone housed there.<\/p>\n<p>During the late 1990s, Bibby provided 52 overnight beds for the homeless in Hamburg, Germany.<\/p>\n<p>German authorities resorted to the ship as an emergency measure to ensure that during \u201cwinter no one has to sleep the street\u201d, then Hamburg's Senator for Social Affairs, Helgrit Fischer-Menzel said at the time.<\/p>\n<p>ID checks, crime and the size of the rooms kept many rough sleepers away from the barge, <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////taz.de//!1536861///">reported the left-wing German news outlet Taz in 1994.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It noted only 65% of the beds were used, with the homeless steering clear of the barge.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-tweet widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio 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vessels-come-prisons were notorious for offering poor quality health care and terrible services, triggering repeated hunger strikes and riots from detainees, State Watch added.<\/p>\n<p>Going undercover as a security guard, Dutch journalist Robert van de Griend documented the abysmal treatment of inmates.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Rotterdam later closed the Bibby and the other detention centres, after new facilities were created.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.666015625\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//80//19//40//808x539_cmsv2_33a1cd6f-0237-5ca7-a345-5a0bd2365cbd-7801940.jpg/" alt=\"Bibby Marine Limited / AFP\" 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(max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">A handout picture taken in an unknown location by Bibby Marine Limited and released by the UK Home Office, on April 5, 2023<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Bibby Marine Limited / AFP<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Construction workers were next to stay in the nearly 11,000-tonne behemoth.<\/p>\n<p>Bibby was used in 2013 by Petrofac to accommodate those working on Scotland\u2019s Shetland Gas Plant in the North Sea.<\/p>\n<p>A disgruntled former offshore worker told emergency services in 2015 that bombs had been planted on the barge along with another accommodation ship berthed in Lerwick Harbour in the Shetland Islands.<\/p>\n<p>He was given a six-month tagging order, admitting threatening and abusive behaviour.<\/p>\n<p>Bibby, the last \u201cfloatel\u201d, was towed away from Lerwick in 2017, after being unoccupied - save for a single security guard - for more than a year.<\/p>\n<p>The Shetland Times <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.shetlandtimes.co.uk//2017//05//31//last-floatel-leaves-lerwick-harbour/">quoted the port authority as saying the ship had brought in welcome revenue to the remote archipelago, though they now wanted to free up berthing space.<\/p>\n<p>Months later it was <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.irishtimes.com//news//education//floating-accommodation-for-students-being-explored-in-galway-1.3195047/">reported by the Irish Times that discussions were ongoing about using Bibby as floating accommodation for university students in Galway, Ireland.<\/p>\n<p>The plans were soon dropped, however, with the docks deemed unsuitable and concerns over planning permission.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities in the West Ireland city said the student accommodation crisis needed to be tackled in a different way.<\/p>\n<p>In April, the UK government announced it would use the barge to house asylum-seekers, as the country grapples with a record backlog of 166,000 asylum cases.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Plans to start putting people onto the 500-capacity boat have been repeatedly pushed back, reportedly costing the British taxpayer \u20ac3.5 million in delays.<\/p>\n<p>Ministers claim Bibby will help reduce the <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////fullfact.org//immigration//hotel-accommodation-asylum-seeker-cost///">/u20ac6.5 million daily bill<\/strong><\/a> footed by taxpayers to house asylum seekers in hotels, with existing facilities fill to the brim.\u00a0That the ship is a more cost-effective alternative is disputed, however.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Critics point out hotels are only needed as the Conservative government has degraded the asylum system and failed to process applications quickly, with two-thirds of people waiting over six months for an initial decision,\u00a0<a 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